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Category Archives: Eternal Security
Pet Verses
Why are there so many different denominations, groups, cliques, and movements, with each one claiming the title “Christian”? It is because they all have “pet verses” to which they give favored preference over other verses from scripture. Allow me to … Continue reading
Posted in Alcohol, Baptism, Bible Study, Calvinism, Church Attendance, Discernment, Election, Eternal Security, God's Word, Scripture, The Bible, Truth
Tagged Do you have to get baptized to get saved?, Is baptismal regeneration scriptural?, Is Calvinism scriptural?, Is drinking a sin?, Seventh Day Adventist teaching on the Sabbath, using pet verses
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Eulogy for my Dad
(After years of declining health, most acutely during the past couple of months, my dad died Monday morning. That explains why I haven’t written any blog posts this week. The only thing I wrote this week was his eulogy, and … Continue reading
Posted in Death, Eternal Security, Fatherhood, Personal
Tagged eulogy for my dad, funeral for a father, preaching my father's funeral
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A Weekly Reminder
The April 16, 1990 edition of People magazine featured the story of a young man who was in the midst of paying off an interesting sentence for drunk driving. Eight years earlier his drinking and driving had resulted in the death of … Continue reading
Posted in Christ's Death, Comfort, Eternal Security, Forgiveness, God's Mercy, Grace, Making Restitution, Salvation, Satan, Seeking Forgiveness, The Devil
Tagged as far as the east is from the west, interesting sentence for drunk driving, Isaiah 43:25, man who was sentenced to pay one dollar to the victim, People magazine article about sentence for drunk driving, Psalm 103:12, when God forgives He forgets, young man who paid $1 every Friday
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Everyday Evidences of Adam & Eve’s Fall (post #1)
A straightforward, literal reading of the Bible’s record of history teaches us that approximately 6,000 years have passed since Adam and Eve’s fall into sin. That’s a lot of years. The fact is, though, the specific evidences the Bible associates … Continue reading
Posted in Angels, Assurance of Salvation, Belief, Christ's Death, Christ's Resurrection, Coming Judgment, Demons, Depravity, Eternal Security, Eternity, God's Foreknowledge, God's Judgment, Man's Freewill, Salvation, Satan, Series: "Everyday Evidences of Adam & Eve's Fall", Sin, Spiritual Warfare, The Devil, The Gospel
Tagged Did the serpent originally walk?, Did the serpent stand upright?, God's judgment upon Satan, God's judgment upon the serpent, He who is not with Me is against Me, Jesus bruising Satan's head, Satan bruising Jesus' heel, Satan's seed, the seed of the woman, Who are Satan's children?
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Rainbows
“Thus I establish My covenant with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood; never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.” And God said: “This is the sign of … Continue reading
Posted in Assurance of Salvation, Creation, Doubt, Eternal Security, Eternity, God's Omnipotence, God's Wrath, God's Judgment, God's Mercy, God's Sovereignty, Heaven, Prophecy, Restoration, Salvation, Scripture, The Bible, Trusting In God, Waiting, Weather
Tagged an emerald rainbow, Bible, Dave Hunt, different interpretations of the new earth, Genesis, god, God giving Canaan to Israel forever, Noah's flood and the Black Sea, the covenant God has made with the earth, the meaning of the rainbow, the new earth, the rainbow around God's throne, Was Noah's flood a local flood?, Was Noah's flood a worldwide flood?, what Dave Hunt taught about rainbows, Will this earth be destroyed by fire?
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Can You Trust Your Work?
For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. (Ephesians 2:10, N.K.J.V.) It is said that Napoleon once ordered a coat of mail. (Mail is a steel … Continue reading
Posted in Backsliding, Commitment, Discernment, Discipleship, Doing Good, Eternal Security, Eternity, Faithfulness, God's Will, God's Work, Heaven, Individuality, Ministry, Obedience, Priorities, Reward, Sanctification, Service, Sowing and Reaping, The Judgment Seat of Christ, Work
Tagged story about Napoleon ordering a suit of mail, the gaining of eternal reward, The Judgment Seat of Christ, the loss of eternal reward, unworthy work burned up at the judgment seat of Christ
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Salvation & Works
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which … Continue reading
Posted in Assurance of Salvation, Backsliding, Belief, Eternal Security, Faith, Good Works, Grace, Heaven, Salvation
Tagged christianity, Ephesians 2:8-10, Faith, good works and salvation, jesus, man walking on his knees to win back his girl, Marcio da Silva, Salvation, What part do works play in salvation?
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The Disciple's Road 