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Category Archives: Backsliding
Foundational Cracks & Little Foxes
Catch us the foxes, The little foxes that spoil the vines, For our vines have tender grapes. (Song of Solomon 2:15, N.K.J.V.) In Hand Me Another Brick, Chuck Swindoll’s commentary on the book of Nehemiah, he tells the story of … Continue reading
Posted in Backsliding, Bible Study, Character, Church Attendance, Confession, Giving, Personal Holiness, Prayer, Repentance, Sin, Temptation, Witnessing
Tagged a building's faulty foundation, Chuck Swindoll illustration, Hand Me Another Brick, Song of Solomon 2:15, The little foxes spoil the vines
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Warts & All
Oliver Cromwell was a political and military leader in 17th century England who held the official title “Lord Protector of England.” He once commissioned an artist to paint an official portrait that would enshrine his appearance so that future generations … Continue reading
Posted in Abortion, Addiction, Adultery, Alcohol, Anger, Backsliding, Christ's Death, Divorce, Divorce & Remarriage, Drugs, Encouragement, Gambling, God's Work, Grace, Guilt, Obedience, Rebellion, Repentance, Salvation, Service, Sin
Tagged Bible characters warts and all, God can use us warts and all, God using you in His service, Oliver Cromwell, warts and all
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Radical Repentance
“Ezra” series: post #17 Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have transgressed and have taken pagan wives, adding to the guilt of Israel. Now therefore, make confession to the Lord God of your fathers, and do His will; separate … Continue reading
Do You Know Jesus as Savior? Or Do You Just Know About Him?
I subscribe to a certain Christian publication that recently featured an old sermon from Oswald J. Smith. Smith was a Canadian pastor/church planter/author who is probably best known for founding The Peoples Church in Toronto and serving as the church’s … Continue reading
Posted in Assurance of Salvation, Backsliding, Baptism, Belief, Church, Church Attendance, Church Discipline, Evangelism, Heaven, Repentance, Salvation, Witnessing
Tagged examine yourself to see if you are in the faith, Oswald J. Smith, quotes from Oswald J. Smith, serving as a pastor in the Appalachian mountains, serving as a pastor in the Bible belt, The Peoples Temple
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Why the World Is Like It Is
Satan (Lucifer, the Devil) wasn’t the only angel who once rebelled against God. Revelation 12:3-4 uses symbolic imagery to tell us that one-third of all the angels aligned themselves with Satan during that rebellion. Those verses depict Satan as a … Continue reading
Posted in Angels, Backsliding, Current Events, Demons, Depravity, Discernment, Disobedience, God's Work, Government, Problems, Rebellion, Salvation, Satan, Sin, Spiritual Warfare, Submission, Suffering, The Devil
Tagged backslidden Christians, Satan as a red dragon, Satan's angels fighting God's angels, Satan's tail, Satan's tail drawing a third of the stars out of heaven, the children of the devil, the prince of the kingdom of Persia, Why is the world like it is?
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Being an Overcomer
1 John series: (post #8) With this post we launch into the list of the final five evidences of salvation that are named in 1 John. The first five evidences were: You desire fellowship with your fellow Christians. You walk … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Assurance of Salvation, Backsliding, Belief, Confession, Encouragement, Eternal Security, Faith, Grace, Ministry, Pastors, Perseverance, Repentance, Restoration, Salvation, Series: "1 John", Sin, The Sin Unto Death
Tagged being an overcomer, Gnosticism in the early church, many antichrists have come, they went out from us but they were not of us, what is the sin unto death?, What was Gnosticism?, Whatever is born on God overcomes the world
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The Disciple's Road 
Which Direction Does Your Life Flow?
Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, will inherit … Continue reading →