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The preaching of the cross of Christ was the very center and heart of the message of the apostles, and there is nothing I know of that is more important than that every one of us should realize that this is still the heart and the center of the Christian message. M. Lloyd-Jones

The credulity of dupes is as inexhaustible as the invention of knaves. Edmund Burke The characteristic of the present age is craving credulity. Benjamin Disraeli Credulity is the man’s weakness, but the child’s strength. Charles Lamb

Baptism service When the person being baptized goes down into the water, he who baptizes him, putting his hand on him, shall say: “Do you believe in God, the Father Almighty?” And the person being baptized shall say: “I believe.” Then holding his hand on his head, he shall baptize him once. And then he … Continue reading “CREEDS,
EARLY”

Crises bring out the best in the best of us, and the worst in the worst of us. Author unknown Character is not made in a crisis – it is only exhibited. Author unknown When written in Chinese, the word “crisis” is composed of two characters – one represents danger and the other represents opportunity. … Continue reading “CRISES”

God called the light “day”, and the darkness he called “night”. And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day. The Bible, Genesis 1:5

The six days of creation in Genesis 1 can represent (1) literal 24-hour days of creation, (2) literal 24-hour days of divine revelation of creation, (3) extended geological ages or epochs preparatory for the eventual occupancy of humankind, or (4) a revelatory framework to summarize God’s creative activity (Col 1:16). M.F. Unger

It is a new heart-righteousness which the prophets foresaw as one of the blessings of the Messianic age. “I will put my law within them, and I will write it upon their hearts,” God promised through Jeremiah (31:33). How would He do it? He told Ezekiel: “I will put My Spirit within you, and cause … Continue reading “COVENANT
THEOLOGY”

Courage faces fear and thereby masters it. Cowardice represses fear and is thereby mastered by it. Martin Luther King As I stood at the table, and just before I opened my mouth, the words of God came forcibly to my mind, “Only be strong and of good courage.” Lord Shaftesbury, remembering the moment he introduced … Continue reading “COURAGE
AND FEAR”

He who sows courtesy reaps friendship. St Basil

Christ had no interest in gathering vast crowds of professed adherents who would melt away as soon as they found out what following Him actually demanded of them. In our own presentation of Christ’s gospel, therefore, we need to lay a similar stress on the cost of following Christ, and make sinners face it soberly … Continue reading “COST
OF FOLLOWING CHRIST”