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We are living in an age of idolatry and very few people profess Christ. Of those that do, very few seem to understand Gospel. For example, 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. But the Scriptures declare that salvation is by grace and mercy and not of him that runs or wills it (Rom 9:16).
And then there are others who still believe in things like "common grace" or the "free offer" of the Gospel. We believe these things are erroneous and distort God's precious love for His elect. We prefer the word "free" or "pristine" instead of the word "common" to describe grace because the Scriptures declare God's love is 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 He is absolutely Sovereign! We believe He has redeemed His people from their sins (Mat 1:21) and that all of His sheep will be given the gift of faith in the Gospel of Christ at His appointed time.
Upcoming Event : July 23 - July 25, 2021, Sovereign Grace Conference, Almont MI (Don Bell)
Upcoming Event : July 23 - July 25, 2021, Sovereign Grace Conference, Hurricane Road Grace Church, Ashland KY - Chris Cunningham, Kevin Thacker (Details)
Upcoming Event : November 12 - November 14, 2021, Sovereign Grace Conference, 13th Street Baptist Church, Ashland KY - Tim James, Lance Hellar, Drew Dietz, David Pledger (Details)
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 ... Many ordinary Christians are woefully ignorant. In a class of enthusiastic Christian students at a summer conference, all of college level, all ‘on fire for Jesus’, singing wild ‘gospel songs’ with abandon, thirty four out of thirty five had not the dimmest notion of justification by faith. The present treatise will at least quote some very elementary Biblical passages, if not for the edification of those whirling dervishes, at least for the sober-minded, ev...Gordon H. Clark Article Length: Short |
 ... In an earlier article and podcast I mentioned that your knowledge can't save you. This is true. Christ saves. However, I firmly believe that ALL WHO HAVE BEEN SAVED will know Christ. And by KNOWING Christ, they will know certain things about Him. Knowledge is necessary, only that it is a necessary consequence of having been saved by Christ in His life, death, and resurrection. ...Brandan Kraft Article Length: Very Short |
 ... “Give unto the LORD the glory due unto His name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness” - Psalm 29:2.
How can we glorify Him?
Praise the perfections of the Trinity. Adore and respectfully speak of the Lord and His attributes. Micah 7:18, “Who is a God like unto Thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He retaineth not His anger for ever, because He delig...Jim Byrd Article Length: Short |
 ..."Stand in awe and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed and be still. Selah. Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the Lord." - Psalm 4:4-5
David was surrounded with many wicked and cruel enemies. They touched him in a tender place when they mocked his religion, and so turned his glory into shame. They invented all kinds of lies against him; but the worst of all was that they said, “There is no help for him in God.” As ...Charles Spurgeon Article Length: Short |
 ... As I sit here in my study this 5th day of September, 2000, I recall when God first put me into the ministry. I soon found that the admonition of Jude, “Earnestly contend for that faith which was once delivered unto the saints” (vs. 3), to be a real, vital, and perpetual necessity. I found that in holding to “that faith,” I was opposed on every hand by numerous and varied “doctrines of devils.” In the zeal and ignorance of youth, I studied night a...Maurice Montgomery Article Length: Short |
| ... Let me introduce you to yourselves, some of you. You were of a pious family too, were you not? Yes. And you have a religion which you love - you love it so far as the chrysalis of it goes, the outside, the covering, the husk. You would not have one rubric altered, nor one of those dear old arches taken down, nor the stained glass removed for all the world; and any man who should say a word against such things, you would set down as a heretic at once. Or, perhaps you do not go to su... Charles Spurgeon Article Length: Short |
 ... I have heard people say, “Don’t preach doctrine to me.” I say, “Preach sound doctrine to me!” There is no salvation without the preaching and hearing of true doctrine. No one can believe on Christ until they have heard and believed the truth about Christ. However, salvation and eternal life are much more than a mere head knowledge of true doctrine.
Doctrine knows that all men died in Adam. Saving faith believes ...Frank Tate Article Length: Short |
 ... Want to know what a real climate crisis is? Well, how about a glacier moving south in America all the way to the Ohio river?
Or how about a super volcano erupting in Yellowstone park? How about a wall of water one thousand feet tall hitting the east or west coast?
How about a flood that destroyed all life on the planet except for a handful of people?
What do all these things have in common? They are all controlled by God himse...Chip Holbrook Article Length: Short |
| ..."Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation." - Joel 1:3
In this simple way, by God's grace, a living testimony for truth is always to be kept alive in the land - the beloved of the Lord are to hand down their witness for the gospel, and the covenant to their heirs, and these again to their next descendants. This is our first duty, we are to begin at the family hearth: he is a bad preacher wh... Charles Spurgeon Article Length: Short |
 ... Outside of my church, I will sometimes hear people speaking of salvation, but when they do they seem to miss the most important part. They often believe salvation is by your own choosing. They think you first have to “accept” Jesus as your savior. That is not salvation. If you’re lost you can’t choose to be found. No, this is up to the other party. A god that wants you to be saved but can’t save you is a weak god! A go...Cole Kraft Article Length: Short |
 ... Obviously, this article concerns the issue of the timing of the justification of sinners before God, and this automatically concerns the timing of the imputation of the sins of God’s elect to Christ as well as the imputation of Christ’s righteousness to God’s elect. God justifies His people upon the ground of Christ’s righteousness which He has imputed to them. Let me make it clear at the outset that I have never considered the issue of the timing of justifi...Bill Parker Article Length: Very Long |
| ...Pride is an ancient sin. It was pride that destroyed Lucifer. He sought to sit upon the throne of God and rule the universe. He could not bear the thought that human nature, in the person of the Son of God, should be exalted above himself. It was also pride that cut down our parents in the garden when Adam set himself above the command of God to abstain from eating the forbidden fruit (read Genesis 2:16-17). He and Eve were ambitious to be gods.
Pride is ... Jim Byrd Article Length: Short |
| ..."Our heart shall rejoice in Him." - Psalm 33:21
Blessed is the fact that Christians can rejoice even in the deepest distress; although trouble may surround them, they still sing; and, like many birds, they sing best in their cages. The waves may roll over them, but their souls soon rise to the surface and see the light of God's countenance; they have a buoyancy about them which keeps their head always above the water, and helps them to sing amid the temp... Charles Spurgeon Article Length: Short |
 ... True humility is to have a right estimate of one’s self. It is not to deny or underestimate true ability, real knowledge, and obvious gifts. The gifted singer knows he can sing. An intelligent person is aware of his knowledge. A successful businessman knows his business and an artist knows his skills. It is not humility to speak what one does not truly feel. True humility is born when one discovers the source of all gifts, talents and knowledge. “Who maketh thee to diff...Henry Mahan Article Length: Short |
 ..."His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him." - Psalm 21:5 (KJV)
Preachers do not talk about it much anymore, because preachers, for the most part, know nothing about the grace of God; but a common theme of meditation and preaching in earlier times was God’s prevenient grace.
Prevenient grace is the secret operation of grace that precedes and prepares the way for God’s saving grace. Prevenient grac...Don Fortner Article Length: Short |
 ...Isaiah 53:1-12, (KJV)
1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?
2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
4 &nb...Henry Mahan Article Length: Medium |
 ... Resting in the ever caring and loving Hand of Almighty GOD, because God's wisdom in the government of our world shall yet be completely vindicated before all created intelligences. God is no idle spectator looking on from a distant world at the happenings on our earth, but is Himself shaping everything to the ultimate promotion of His own glory. Even now He is working out His eternal purpose not only in spite of human and satanic opposition but by means of them. Preach Ch...James Mwale Article Length: Very Short |
| ...“Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.” - 1 Cor 1:10
How easy it is to be judgmental and even contentious with those who differ with us on matters of practice or opinion. It is a sad truth that divisions have frequently existed among the people of the L... Jim Byrd Article Length: Short |
 ... Many years ago I read John Newton's hymn or poem entitled, "Tis A Point I Long To Know." It seem to me that it emphasized doubt instead of faith. In his epistles, the apostle John often says, "we know." We know because we believe God. The Bible never glorifies unbelief. Unbelief is not true humility and believing is not pride if we believe what God has told us. Later, I wrote a hymn or poem myself that speaks of the assura...Gary Shepard Article Length: Short |