The question proposed for discussion is,—Whether the obedience to civil government required in the Scriptures, includes attachment. It certainly does not include attachment to any thing but what is declared to be “an ordinance of
Trials Are Gardens for Lies In this post, Marshall Segal turns to the book of James and the truth that every good gift comes from God as a way to fight the lies of satan.
That great numbers of people, even in this christianized country, are ignorant of the way of salvation, is too evident to be denied. It is manifestly no part of their concern, any more than if
Pain Needs Interpreting "Pain itself – though very unpleasant – doesn’t tell us much. It hurts. It’s uncomfortable. It’s upsetting. We don’t want it. Often, we just want it to go away! But good spiritual
Truth is that which furnishes the motive for every exercise of true holiness.—If once we are enabled to behold its glory, the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ, it changes us into
Bible people don’t want to say more or less than the Bible does "I think many of us are very quick to baptise and sanctify our applications, assuming the form of what we do is necessarily what
In the Middle of the Greatest Story "Sometimes it’s hard to imagine you’re actually in the right story, like maybe you stumbled into someone else’s story. Have you ever felt that way- that the story
In answer to your question, “Do not the bounds of Scriptural communion extend to all who are real Christians, except their practice is immoral, or they have embraced dangerous heresies?” There are three different grounds
Grow in Contentment Through Worship “ 'In every circumstance, I have learned to be content.' The implication of the word “learned” is that it was not always like this for Paul. He grew in contentment
That Christian baptism is properly administered only by immersion, and to those who make a credible profession of faith in Christ, it is no part of our present design to prove. Addressing you, we shall