The Last Church Standing in North Cyprus, and Musings..

This news story found at the Christian Post, made me feel sad. Its the same sense of sadness I’ve experienced when walking by old Church buildings in my town and seeing them now turned into apartments or private residences. Before moving to where I live now I actually lived within a block, in which two [...]

Leonard Ravenhill - The Value of the Human Soul

This is excellent. If you’ve been a Christian for any length of time you’ve witnessed false confessions of Christ, as Ravenhill speaks about in this clip…
If interested in sermons from the late Leonard Ravenhill you can find them HERE and HERE.
There is also an excellent post, quoting A.W. Pink which addresses this issue at OldTruth [...]

Do Embryos Have Rights?

A more important question, is an embryo a baby…has it already been given life by God?
Interesting story from CBN: Survival Tale of an ‘Embryo’ Called Noah: (Video at link)
The fate of 400,000 embryos, frozen in labs around the country, is up for grabs. The government is spending millions to encourage their adoption, concerned [...]

The Death Of Shame

“Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush…” Jeremiah 6:15
Good commentary by Coach Dave Daubenmire this week: NewsWithViews, The Death Of Shame
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Shame–the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, [...]

God Has Been Murdered, The Earth Trembles!

“He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities. The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. - Isaiah 53:5
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Pay attention, all families of the nations, and observe! An extraordinary murder has taken place in the center of Jerusalem, in the city devoted to God’s [...]

Friday: The Crucifixion

Every year I re-read this. It reminds me of the Great sacrifice which was paid for our salvation: A Physician’s View of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ
 

And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. And the sun was darkened, and [...]

A Token Bestowed

  Does God ever present you with a little token…something which takes you totally by surprise and reminds you immediately of His presence, of hope, and brings joy bubbling up within? I love those unexpected moments. They don’t happen often, but when one does it brings such overflowing gladness and joy to my heart. They [...]

Andrew Clarkson (1945-2008) Has Gone Home To Be With The Lord

Last week I had requested prayer for our Brother at Spiritual Pathways Ministries blog, but his race ended early this morning. Andrew is now in the presence of our Lord and re-united with all those gone on before him. Remember those he left behind in prayer, and if you would, drop by the blog to [...]

Where Is This World Headed?

Technology and its possible implications….
Where Is This World Headed? Posted by brittgillette
Few people are really asking the question, “where is this world headed?” Previous generations were awestruck by the wonder of human invention and its seemingly magical applications, yet our current generation projects a more or less apathetic viewpoint.
The world of today is conditioned to [...]

Ian Paisley to step down as first minister

   What a life this man has led! Ian Richard Kyle Paisley, Political Leader/Clergyman
Sermons here
The first lecture I read given by Paisley was: The Battle Cries of the Reformation. Its well worth reading…
From Reuters,  Ian Paisley to step down as first minister:
BELFAST (Reuters) - Ian Paisley, a Protestant who set aside decades of hatred to [...]

Christian Truth Confronts Post-Christian America

The commentary below by Albert Mohler is very good. He points out the simple fact which many Christians want to deny; that being we’re really not a Christian Nation any more.
Being born shortly after WW2 and being aware of living through the 50’s and 60’s as a kid and teen, the biggest change I’ve witnessed [...]

Aborting Downs Syndrome babies is a moral obligation?

What an evil world we live in folks. I know I know, thats a phrase I seem to be using to lead in to a lot of articles recently–but its the truth.
Excellent commentary from Triablogue blog:
Aborting Downs Syndrome babies is a [...]

Worse Than Sodom?

Very good article by Anton Bosch: Worse Than Sodom?
A line in this week’s Time magazine struck me. It was speaking about someone who was “the political embodiment of the megachurch approach: “get people in the door with rock or cappuccino or stand-up (comedy) – but get them in the door.” The article went on to [...]

Only One Life to Live

Todays devotion, has jump-started my thinking once again onto something I’ve considered doing for awhile. Paint! I use to paint..in fact I loved it. But once growing older and being faced with working and raising a family alone, the dream kind of fell by the wayside, as did the time to pursue it: The little [...]

How Can You Sleep?

God is continuing to speak through his prophets today…
Sam Ketcher: How can you sleep? 
 

The Race Is On

Ellen MacArthur’s journey began and ended on the south coast of England. Persisting through 65 mph winds, intimidating storms, burns, bruises, depression, and a near miss with a whale, MacArthur was hoping to set the record for the fastest, nonstop, solo circumnavigation of the globe. The young captain slept an average of [...]

The Twilight of the Books?

Albert Mohler has an interesting commentary today: The Twilight of the Books?. Being an avid book reader and lover of books all my life, its interesting to read how little books play a part in the lives of most people today. I had to leave school at a very young age, 16, so didn’t get [...]

Leaving A Church Behind

For anyone who has ever found themselves leaving a Church that has fallen into apostasy you might want to read a post which Ken Silva linked to this evening: Leaving A Church Behind.
Thankfully this was a group which left together…it can be extremely difficult when you leave Church ‘family’ which you’ve grown to love also, [...]

Redeem the Time

The world is full of beginnings and endings. We begin a new year with a certain hope–another year, another chance, a new day. But we carry with us the same fears, the same longings, the same resolutions.
Is there ever really anything new about a new year?
There was a particular time in my life when the [...]

Apostasy, Hypocrisy and Violence

This afternoon I was reading over on Monergism,  and came across this: Apostasy, Hypocrisy and Violence. -
“It brings me great sadness to report that a person whom I once considered a dear brother has gone apostate from the faith. With joy we used to go together to the house of the Lord, yet he [...]