This is part of a larger article about Biblical Repentance by David Cloud. I would urge the reader to go to his website and read the whole article. wayoflife.org http://www.wayoflife.org/database/repentance.html A SURVEY OF THE BIBLE’S TEACHING ON REPENTANCE In the following study, we examine most of the Bible passages dealing with repentance toward God. Our [...]

I like to send e-cards. It amazes me the number of different holidays that have been concocted over the years to “celebrate.” I was looking through 123greetings.com and found a card under the heading of “You Are Special.” http://www.123greetings.com/love/you_are_special/heaven_will_not_be_a_heaven.html The text of the card reads: If I am in Hell and you are in Heaven, [...]

Psalm 116:5 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. We see here three descriptions of the Lord: gracious, righteous, and merciful. God must be righteous before He can be gracious or merciful. Because God is holy, He has to be righteous. Psalm 99:9 Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at [...]

If You Never Know If you never know me, you’ll miss nothing. If you never know Jesus, you’ll miss everything! How to know Him “We know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know Him that is true, and we are in Him that is true, [...]

“I struggled and pondered over the Lordship of Christ, or the Sovereignty of God in salvation, until one day by faith I walked through a big arch on which was emblazoned the words, ‘Whosoever will may come!’ I entered inside the glories of salvation, with the joy of heaven in my soul! Once safely inside, [...]

Charles Spurgeon on repentance: Christ and we will never be one until we and our sin are two. Sin and hell are married unless repentance proclaims the divorce. A man may hate sin just as a murderer hates the gallows, but this does not prove repentance. If I hate sin because of the punishment, I [...]

Matthew 15:1-20 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,  (2)  Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.  (3)  But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?  [...]

If you have never read Leonard Ravenhill’s “Why Revival Tarries” then you are missing out on some good, soul searing hard preaching. He wrote: I do not marvel so much at the patience of the Lord with the stonyhearted sinners of the day. After all, would we not be patient with a man both blind [...]

Psalm 106:12-15 Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.  (13)  They soon forgot his works; they waited not for his counsel:  (14)  But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.  (15)  And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul. How sad this passage is… In [...]

I saw One hanging on a tree, In agony and blood; He fixed His languid eyes on me, As near His cross I stood. (chorus) Oh, can it be, upon a tree The Saviour died for me? My sould is thrilled, my heart is filled, To think He died for me. (end chorus) Sure, never, [...]