Welcome to the Pristine Grace Website! We hope you enjoy the discussion forum, articles, books, and scripture software that has been provided here. This website has been created to proclaim the truth to God's people. We are living in an age of self-idolatry and very few people who profess Christ truly understand the Gospel. Many believe that Jesus died for all men universally and that the difference between those who are saved and not saved is the individual's "free will" decision. There are others who are more enlightened but yet still believe in things like the doctrine of "common grace", the doctrine of "duty-faith" or the "free offer" of the Gospel. We believe these doctrines are erroneous and profane God's precious love for His elect. We prefer the word "free" or "pristine" instead of the word "common" to describe grace as the Scriptures declare God's love to be found only in God's Son, and that all of Grace is of the will of God and not corrupted or stained by the will of man, hence the adjective "pristine". Some would also cast aspersions on us because we believe in the absolute predestination of all things - that is there isn't a single event that occurs that God did not predestinate. We believe that the term hyper-calvinism is a pejorative used to discredit our writings. Nevertheless, we believe He is absolutely Sovereign! We believe He has saved His people from their sins (Mat 1:21) and that all of His sheep will be given the gift of faith at His appointed time. This website is currently edited and operated by Brandan Kraft in St. Louis Missouri. It is dedicated to all the brethren scattered abroad, but especially to the dear brothers and sisters he knows and loves in Christ. Special thanks go out to Bob Higby, Bill Parker, Jim Casey, Greg Winegar, Eileen Beckett, Scott O’Nanski, Nicolas Laurienzo, Milton Almeida, Richard Warmack, Jim Byrd, Scott Price, John Pedersen, Craig Miklosik, Stanley Phillips, Ed Vrell, James Guyo, Stan Terry, Tim James, John Gill, Henry Mahan, Mike Smith, John Robbins, Marc Lidgett, his bride Angie, and too many others to list here! If you are looking for Gospel Fellowship, check out our church directory..
 ... The everlasting loss of the soul is by far the greatest loss anyone could ever suffer. There are two ways a person may lose their own soul. [1] A man may lose his soul by going through life without any religion at all. A person may live in this world without any regard for God or the things of God; he may exist as if he were as a beast: godless, prayerless, graceless and faithless. He may devote himself to amassing great wealth, obtaining vast amount of secular knowledge or acquiring great possessions. Our Lord said of one man whose goal in life was to increase his riches, “Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall these things be” (Luke 12:20). The end of such a person will be everlasting destruction. [2] A p...Jim Byrd |
 ... Whatever your assurance looks to for hope is the object of your faith. Therefore, those who look to works, choices, resolve, determination, zeal, knowledge, affections, history, traditions, association, etc. are not believing in Jesus Christ alone for salvation.
The need for evangelism is great among the professing religious in our day. Proclaim the gospel of free and sovereign grace against the sovereignty of man and his abilities.
Few “brethren” are truly born again beloved.
My friends, have you been taught of your righteousness? Have you been shown from whom it comes? Does your “church” learn of imputation and how your righteousness must be greater than tha...James Tippins |
 ... About sixteen years ago, I heard a young man from Hoxton (Association Baptist) Academy make the following remarks: “I now offer you Christ, and Christ stands with open arms ready to receive you. Yea, he begs, and prays, and beseeches you all to come unto him and have life; and yet some of you will not come. Nay, it is as if God the Father came and fell upon his knees before you, begging and beseeching you to receive Christ, and come and be reconciled to him; and yet you will not come.” In this way he proceeded for a considerable length of time; and this he called “preaching the gospel to every creature.” From a professed Arminian such remarks might be expected; but for one who professes to believe in eternal and absolute election to use such awfu...William Gadsby |
 ...We do not seize the gospel, the gospel seizes us....Stan Terry |
| ... “The Thirteenth Street Baptist Church of Ashland, Kentucky invites you to listen to a message by their pastor, Henry Mahan,” that is how each television broadcast began. For over fifty years, this church and this man had a unique relationship, he was the one God ordained to begin and pastor the Thirteenth Street Baptist Church. Both the man and the church understood that the union which existed was one which the Lord brought about. Think of it: what is a church without a pastor and what is a pastor without a church? Brother Mahan was used of God to travel and faithfully preach the gospel in countless places, but always, back behind the scenes, in full support, was the church which sent him forth. Only eternity will reveal the hearts touched by the gospel he ... Jim Byrd |
James Meikle |
 ...Two sons had father Abraham,
Born in his family;
One was by the bondwoman,
The other, by the free:
The slave-born son by Hagar,
Conceived by natural function;
Sarah’s son, the free-born,
By Holy Spirit’s unction.
Two symbols these, the slave and free,
They represent two ways:
Hagar: Sinai’s strict decree,
And Sarah: God’s free grace.
Hagar and her progeny
Are slaves to natural strength;
Bound under law’s demand and curse,
Short justice’ breadth and length;
They speak of grace, forgiveness too,
But always on condition:
Salvation based on what you do;
God’s plan, but man’s rendition.
Sarah’s children have no chains,
They see law’s true demand;
They know ...John Pedersen |
 ... It seems to me that in every generation God raises up one specific man by whose voice he leads and instructs his church. Oh, there are many, many others, faithful, gifted men by whom God speaks to his people. But they, too, are taught and led of God by his singular, gifted messenger to that generation. Moses, Samuel, Elijah, Elisha, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, John the Baptist, and the Apostle Paul are all biblical examples of such men.
In my opinion, Bro. Henry Mahan was that voice in his generation, at least in the United States, if not the entire English-speaking world. That statement will raise many questioning, if not disdaining, eyebrows. But, in my opinion, the statement is not an exaggeration. I know of no single man who was more widely use...Don Fortner |
 ... We all know people who claim to know and believe the TRUE GOSPEL and the doctrine of grace that the true Gospel reveals but who compromise by claiming that false Christians are their brethren in the faith. Many of them become angry with, and accusatory of, any who challenge this position. How do they do this? They take refuge in what they see as merely DOCTRINAL knowledge and positions and Christians differing in this knowledge and these positions. Their refuge is usually stated as “Calvinism vs. Arminianism.” They claim that they as Calvinist have a higher knowledge than other Christians who are Arminians. The issue they need to face has nothing to do with John Calvin and Jacob Arminius. The issue is this – WH...Bill Parker |
 ... TD Jake's, and many of his ilk who ply his trade of prosperity gospel are not gospel preachers.
They are therapists, sooth sayers, fortune tellers, palm readers and false preachers who masquerade as gospel preachers .
Let the truth be told even Jesus was not always filling a stadium with His preaching.
Why? Because He was the Stone of Stumbling and Rock of offense.
Jesus preached Jesus and many stopped following Him.
When we preach Jesus we should expect many to be offended. Just an observation.
Jesus did not have self-esteem issues and so was never looking for validation from anyone and neither was He looking for some friends.
...James Guyo |
Bobby Capps |
| ... Augustus Toplady was bold in his opposition of the false doctrine held by John Wesley. Wesley preached a salvation conditioned upon the sinner’s cooperation with God. He embraced free-willism and staunchly opposed the gospel of sovereign grace. In one of his letters to Wesley, Toplady chided him: "Canvass the points of doctrine wherein we differ, as strictly as you can. They will stand the test. They scorn disguise. Truth, like our first parents in the state of innocence, can show herself naked without being either afraid or ashamed: and he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest that they are wrought in God."
My friends, the truth of God will stand inspection; it will bear up under scrutiny. In fa... Jim Byrd |
 ... Who is the Bible written to? Suppose I were to instruct my lawyer to draft a letter informing my child that I had left them a sizeable inheritance in my will. He would instruct his secretary to type the letter and it would be sent to the them. Both the secretary and the one that it was sent to will read the letter but it will have an entirely different affect on the two. To the secretary it will be just another letter but to the one that it written to would be glad for this good news! Such is the Bible.
The word of God is written to God’s people. Several times they are referred to as “believers” and “them that believe.” But their “believing” is not the reason or cause of their receiving the inheritan...Gary Shepard |
| ... Many today will seek to worship God at the altar of universalism. They will sit under a preacher who lulls them into the sleep of eternal death with the message of “God loves you, He loves everybody, Christ died for all men so He died for you.” They will perish under this deception while clutching one verse, John 3:16, without knowing what the Bible really says about the love of God and without knowing who Christ died for. Without knowing that God hates some men with a holy and just hatred! We know this by the whole of God’s word. Imagine a sign in the midst of the ashes of Sodom and Gomorrah saying “SMILE GOD LOVES YOU.” Here are just a couple of many verse that show that the god of universal love is not Jehovah God:
Rom 9:13 As i... Gary Shepard |
| ... And I tell you what, there never will be, there never can be, a, particle of creature work or merit in sanctification. Nothing will do but the finished work of Christ. The hope must go of any betterness in self before we have any manifestive hope in Christ. When the Lord is pleased to bring manifestive sanctification into your conscience, you will know something of being drawn by the cords of a man, and &nbs... William Gadsby |
 ... Just went to Walmart and passed two local religious facilities and their electronic signs read: "Every Christian is either a missionary or an IMPOSTER"
The second sign read: "The God who created everything LOVES YOU"
I won't deal with the silly implications of the first sign, but I would like to state something Scriptural about the second saying - "The God who created everything LOVES YOU".
No where in the Scriptures are God's children instructed or commanded to declare a "blanket declaration" to all men without exception that "God LOVES YOU". To make that sort of statement is to directly contradict the truth of the Scripture. ...Richard Warmack |
Andrew Burgess |
 ... It is a peculiar happiness to observe that in matters of spiritual concern, the philosopher and the ploughman (if truly regenerate) have the same feelings, speak the same language, and they all eat of the same spiritual meat, drink of the same spiritual Rock that follows them, and that Rock is Christ. Hence, this is that sameness of experience, or to speak figuratively, that strong and striking family likeness which exists among the converted people of God in every period of time and in every nation under heaven. They all, without exception, take refuge in the righteousness and cross of Christ and unite in ascribing the whole praise of their salvation only to the free grace and sovereign mercy of Father, Son and Holy Spirit....Augustus Toplady |
| ... At the great, white throne judgment, concerning those who will be "cast into the lake of fire," John wrote that their names were "not found written in the book of life" (Rev.20:15). The book referenced is the Lamb’s book of life, written before the world was made (Rev 13:8) which contains the names of God’s elect, inscribed with the indelible ink of sovereign grace. The Holy Spirit could have inspired John to write, "And whosoever would not believe on Christ was cast into the lake of fire" and that would be accurate for they would not come to the only Savior to be saved by Him. Or, the Holy Spirit could have inspired John to write, "And whosoever did not repent of their dead works and submit to be saved by the obedience of ... Jim Byrd |
Maurice Montgomery |