Biblical Hope

"When an unbeliever goes through suffering, he loses hope; but for a believer, suffering only increases his hope." ~ W. Wiersbe

Titus 2:13-15 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

Identical twin studies prove homosexuality is not genetic:

You won't see this on any mainline news outlet. Homosexuality (like all sin) is a choice. While a disagree with the unscientific argument "I was made this way." I will agree with the moral argument, "I cannot help myself - it's just the way I am." We are all sinners and born under the law of sin. "But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." (1 Cor 15:57) There is HOPE and GRACE and VICTORY through the Lord Jesus Christ!

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Every text is a road to Christ!

C. Spurgeon: Don’t you know young man that from every town, and every village, and every hamlet in England, wherever it may be, there is a road that leads to London?... So from every text in Scripture there is a road toward the great metropolis – Christ. And my dear brother, your business is when you get to a text to say, “Now what is the road that leads to Christ?”... I have not ever found a text that had not got a road to Christ in it, and ever I do find one... I will go over hedge and ditch but I would get at my Master, for the sermon cannot do any good unless there is a savor of Christ in it.

Sacrifice?

"If a commission by an earthly king is considered an honor, how can a commission by a Heavenly King be considered a sacrifice?" - David Livingstone

Unloving?

Contending for the truth of God is an act of love, not a sign of an absence of love. If we love God, if we love Christ, if we love the church, we must love the truth that defines the very essence of Christianity. (Who is the Holy Spirit? by R.C. Sproul, p 42)

Sproul earlier stated that many people refuse to contend for the faith and argue, “’I don’t care about this controversy or about doctrine in general, I just think we need to be more loving toward one another.’ But is it loving to allow serious theological error to continue unchallenged? Was Paul unloving when he disputed daily in the marketplace about the things of God (Acts 17:17)? Was Jesus unloving when He contradicted the teaching of the Pharisees? Were the prophets of ancient Israel unloving when they rebuked and admonished the false prophets? Was Elijah unloving when he disputed with the prophets of Baal (1 Kings 18)? I cannot imagine someone in the crowd on Mount Carmel that day saying: ‘You people can follow Elijah if you want to, but I’m not going to. He may have truth on his side, but he is not loving. Look what he did to these prophets of Baal. How unloving!’”

Enjoy His Bounty!

“Can you leave the choice with your King and trust him to plan what's best for you? Emmanuel knows what's best for you, lad, and if you leave the choice to him, he will give you what's best. Many times we seek our own happiness rather than seeking to please the King and we miss out on the life of joy and fulfillment that he has planned for us… Emmanuel’s children miss the Banquet of Joy because they scramble for the scraps and crumbs of their own happiness, rather than yielding to the will of their King and enjoying his bounty!” (The Quest for Thunder Mountain, by Ed Dunlop p. 154)

"The Greatest Book Ever Written."

I have the best “job” in the world. I had the opportunity to preach to a total of about 1,000 students in 3 schools this morning (2 of them public schools). The third school was a first time invitation in the village of Belo. More than 400 students in one room – and you could hear a pin drop for close to an hour (30 min. video plus 30 min message). More than 300 kids responded to the Gospel invitation! Praise God! We also gave every student and teacher a NT in this school. You should have heard the cheers, applause and shouting that erupted when the principle announced they would all be receiving “a free copy of the greatest book ever written – the Bible.”