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This World is not Our Real Home

Joh 16:33 I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” Php 3:20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and...

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Who is Our Real Enemy?

Gal 4:16 Have I then become your enemy by telling you the truth? The Galatian Christians had received the gospel from Paul with great thanksgiving. They loved Paul for bringing the good news of Christ to them. But of course,...

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The Hardness of the Human Heart (from Joel Beeke)

The following words are taken from Joel Beeke's great commentary on The Revelation. At the end of the 9th chapter of the Apocalypse we read these incredible words: Rev 9:20-21 The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these...

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Many or Few Saved? Thoughts from J.C. Ryle

This next Sunday (June 26, 2022) I will be presenting part one of an extremely important sermon taken from Pastor J.C. Ryle in his book Old Paths. If you don't have that book, be sure and get it. What do you...

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The Lord Sees it all

Eze 8:12 Then he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, each in his room of pictures? For they say, ‘The LORD does not see...

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What Does it Mean to be “Lost”?

Luke 19:10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” The Bible often speaks of people who are dead in their sins as "lost."  We think of people who reject Christ as those who are...

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The Lord Always Preserves His Remnant

In this blog ministry and in our interactions with one another on it, we talk about many negative things. Unpleasant things. Yet they are true and they need to be talked about and exposed. Light must shine on evil. And...

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And this is the Victory – Our Faith

1Jn 5:4 For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. Rev 13:10 If anyone is to be taken captive, to captivity he goes; if anyone is...

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Abuse is not a Matter of “I just don’t know”

1Ki 22:7-8 But Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not here another prophet of the LORD of whom we may inquire?” (8) And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the...

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That Point of Decision at Which we Must Decide

Mat 19:21-22 Jesus said to him, “If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” (22) When the young man heard this he...

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