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Free Will?
Many years ago I was exposed to the work of McGregor Wright, No Place for Sovereignty:What’s Wrong with Freewill Theism (Downers Grove,IL: IVP, 1996). When I first read it it challenged me as I had recently made a transition to “Calvinist” thinking. However, this book led me down a more consistent road. It was McGregor…
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Trusted Teachers
As a pastor for many years, I have recommended various writers and writings to people seeking heavenly wisdom. Of course, nothing can replace a healthy dose of Scripture reading and study. The Word of God is our only anchor to the true living God. Indeed, this website is dedicated to the unsearchable riches of God’s…
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God’s Highest Priority
The popular adage, “God has a wonderful plan for your life,” ought to be forgotten and a new one adopted. “God has a wonderful plan for His life.” Now, that’s more like the reality we find in Scripture. Rather than being man-centered, the Bible is actually God-centered. This may seem strange to people. Even regular…
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Traveling Times
Quite frequently I am on the road. Most of my excursions are relatively short, between one and two hours one way. I usually listen to music and try to pray during these times. It seems that one way of ‘redeeming the time’ is utilizing these trip opportunities for something spiritually beneficial. I am by nature…
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Purposes Performed
In my readings this week, I was in Isaiah. The passages in chapters 40-48 are well known to be strong on God’s sovereignty and the certainty of God’s plan being fulfilled. I was in an earlier section that gave a similarly cogent and compelling insight to God’s plan being irrepressible. Look at the following: “The…
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Be Back Soon
I have not been on this blog for a while. It is renewal time. I will make a fresh attempt. For now, Be encouraged: God’s Word does not return void!
End of Year
At this time of the year, one is often moved to reflect. I must admit that much has occurred in the last twelve months. Some of it very unexpected. For example, this very blog has dried up with hardly anything added in recent months. Hopefully, the promise of a new year will refresh my efforts…
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The Bleeding of the Evangelical Church by David Wells
The Bleeding of the Evangelical Church by David Wells Article by Dr. David Wells, from a booklet of the same name, copyrighted by The Banner of Truth Trust. I came to America twenty-five years ago, a newly minted doctor and ready to begin a teaching ministry. Today I look back on this quarter of a century with…
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Regarding Jesus, by Anonymous and Friends: A Brief Review
Often a book comes along that you realize early on in reading it that this will be a game-changer. Such is Regarding Jesus. Not that it will shake the academic world or end up on Oprah’s list of ‘must read books.’ But for the believer in Jesus Christ, this will become a close friend that…
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