Category: Truth

At various times in our own lives, and even more so when we read up on the history of the world, we are tempted to think of the so-called super-power civilizations. For example, Rome was called the eternal city. Augustine, who was already witnessing the shifting foundations, put that notion to bed in his mammoth…
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After thirty years or so in the church, I have heard countless sermons on God’s Love. The preachers that have sought to wow their audience by suggesting that “agape love,” as they refer to it, is a unique God-like love. For many, it is sacrificial, it is selfless, it is saving, and it stops at…
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I know how much hatred there is for the doctrines of Calvinism. I have been attacked and accused of misrepresenting God with my views. From the epithet of ‘extreme’ or ‘Hyper-Calvinist,’ to being maligned as a ‘hard determinist,’ the latter is something that I do embrace. It needs some qualification, of course, as there are…
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It is so common it is almost the new orthodoxy, that God wants some things that we just won’t let Him have them. Take for instance salvation. God wants to save everybody, says the average popular evangelical sermon, book or tract. So why doesn’t it happen? Well the answer is simple. It was glorified in…
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Many times, the call is heard in a similar vein: “You must receive the Lord.” When this is backed up with the authority of scripture the matter becomes airtight and suggests that one has a condition to fulfill. Those who receive Him get the right to be children of God (cf. John 1:12). So the…
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It may appear strange that there would be “doctrines” that are hated. Indeed, doctrine really means teaching. So, Bible doctrine or even systematic theology (ordered doctrine) is basically the truths taught in Scripture set in an ordered manner. This lends more surprise to the notion of hated doctrines. Who hates the Bible? Of course, people…
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In today’s highly competitive publishing market, one thing remains a surety of making a windfall: Bible production. It has been estimated that every year since the printing revolution began with Gutenberg’s press, the Bible has been a best seller. So, maybe it isn’t religious purity but an economic pleroma that has driven the production and…
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The Bible is a book. It has many manifestations in many versions and is produced on differing materials. The book in and of itself is not the important aspect of the Bible; the Word is! I ask my children to try to take care of the Bibles we own, and we understand that if we…
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In James 1:18 we are reminded that the word of God is the means that God uses to bring forth (regenerate) His people. This word of truth is powerful to raise the dead. It is illustrated in the resurrection of Lazarus. Jesus spoke the words, “Lazarus, Come Forth!” and the dead man emerged from the…
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Oh, send out Your light and your truth (Psalm 43:3). This is the earnest prayer of a true disciple. Even in the midst of troubled times, which is evident from reading the two Psalms together (Pss. 42-43). They were surely a unit as can be seen by the refrain: “Why are you cast down .…
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