Girded with Truth

Separating From Unbelievers

Karen — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:04:04 +0000

Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness? 2 Corinthians 6:14

Shepherds’ Conference 2010

Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said, “I WILL DWELL IN THEM AND WALK AMONG THEM; AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND [Continue reading ...]

What Must I Believe?

Karen — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:22:14 +0000

Standing on the foundation of Scripture is a body of truth that you must believe. If you reject that body of truth, you are not a Christian.

First, can we agree that a true Christian is someone who embraces those truths by faith?

Second, which of those truths are the subjects of evangelical sermons, books, and media today?

Third, what can we do (as individual Christians) to see that evangelicalism is characterized once again by proclaiming all those truths faithfully? [Continue reading ...]

Bought with the Precious Blood of Christ

Karen — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:22:23 +0000

For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body. 1 Corinthians 6:12-20

The hope of a resurrection to glory, should keep Christians from dishonouring their bodies. And if the soul be united to Christ by faith, the whole man is become a member of his spiritual body. Our bodies have been redeemed from deserved condemnation and hopeless slavery by the atoning sacrifice of Christ. We are to be [Continue reading ...]

Truth

Karen — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:14:21 +0000

1. God is a God of. De 32:4; Ps 31:15.

2. Christ is. John 14:6; 7:18.

3. Christ was full of. John 1:14.

4. Christ spoke. John 8:45.

5. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of. John 14:17.

6. The Holy Spirit guides into all. John 16:13.

7. The word of God is. Da 10:21; John 17:17.

8. God regards, with favour. Jer 5:3.

9. The judgments of God are according to. Ps 96:13; Ro 2:2.

10. Saints should

a. Worship God in. John 4:24; Ps 145:18.

b. Serve God in. Jos [Continue reading ...]

Fellowship in Truth

Karen — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:39:52 +0000

The Bible is the only authoritative source from which Christianity is derived. Sound strange? That used to be the defining characteristic of evangelicalism.

Collectively evangelicals seem to have drifted far from that principle, and evangelicalism is taking on some strange shapes.

So the first thing that is true about the delivered, the true Christians, is that they do not believe error because they have come to the light. They have come to the truth. [Continue reading ...]

You Cant Get There from Here

Karen — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:24:04 +0000

You can’t be a Christian without embracing that body of truth, “which was once for all delivered to the saints.” Jude 3

So, what is that body of non-negotiable doctrine that must be believed to receive eternal life? For that matter, what is it to believe?

After briefly contrasting what can be known through natural theology with what God has revealed in Scripture, John says, “Anybody who says you can be in the body [Continue reading ...]

The Fear of God – J. Randall Easter

Karen — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:08:21 +0000

But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him! (Luke 12:5)

Fear is something that mankind deals with on several different levels. Fear causes mankind to hide, rebel, lash out, slander, panic, and to be something that they really are not. The fear of man is a great snare that binds men and constrains them to simply be tossed around by the [Continue reading ...]

Spurgeon Quotes on Universalism

Karen — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:39:55 +0000

The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob these deep thinkers cannot endure, but if you say that God is angry with the wicked every day, these modern god-makers tell you that he is too loving for that,—that he cannot possibly be angry, but loves all, has redeemed all, and will in the long run save all, including Satan himself. C.H. Spurgeon

Men seem to think that God is under obligation to grant salvation to guilty men; that if [Continue reading ...]

England Should Be a Catholic Country again – Spectator Debate

Karen — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:23:59 +0000

Reportedly, according to zenit.org – March 5, 2010:

“The Reformation was bad for England, and the nation would do well to become a Catholic country again.”

This was the affirmation proposed by Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor on Tuesday during a debate hosted by The Spectator magazine as part of its debate series. The topic under discussion was “England Should Be a Catholic Country Again,” and the cardinal — who is a retired archbishop of Westminster — was joined by author [Continue reading ...]

Unity or Uniformity?

Karen — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:54:24 +0000

“The promotion of unity at the expense of truth is satanic; it is demonic; it is not true unity. It is not the unity of the Holy Spirit for He is the Spirit of Truth. The Scriptural command which we have in Ephesians to promote the unity of the Spirit and the bond of peace is given to those who have a common foundation of truth. Truth by its very nature divides. Where you have appeal to unity at [Continue reading ...]