Our greatest danger, I feel today, is to quench the Spirit. This is no age to advocate restraint; the church today does not need to be restrained, but to be aroused, to be awakened, to be filled with a spirit of glory, for she is failing in the modern world. – Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Voices from the Past and Present
If a man is born again, hates sin, and depends on the Savior for life and grace, I do not care whether he is an Arminian or a Calvinist. – John Newton If we get above our Bibles and cease making the written Word of God the sole authority of our faith and practice, we [...]
A Letter that Dietrich Bonhoeffer Wrote
Here is a quote from a letter that Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote to his theologically liberal brother–in-law regarding what the Bible had come to mean to him First of all I will confess quite simply – I believe that the Bible alone is the answer to all our questions and that we need only to ask [...]
True Christianity is a Fight
True Christianity! Let us mind that word “true.” There is a vast quantity of religion current in the world which is not genuine Christianity. There are thousands of men and women who go to churches every Sunday and call themselves Christians. They make a “profession” of faith in Christ. Their names are in the baptismal [...]
Cheap “Christianity” – J. C. Ryle
“Any of you who does not give up everything he has, cannot be My disciple.” Luke 14:33 What does it cost to be a Christian? I grant freely that it costs little to be a mere outward Christian. A man has only got to attend a place of worship twice on Sunday, and to be [...]
Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings – Part 3
Carpenter, Tolkien’s biographer, tells the story of Lewis’s movement toward and into Christianity. Some of the details of Lewis coming to a theistic position and then subsequently to faith in Jesus Christ as a true Christian, are as follows. Usually his discussions with Tolkien took place on Monday mornings, when they would talk for an [...]
Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings: Part 2
Tolkien’s Characters The characters in Tolkien’s different books developed in his mind from various people he met and knew in real life situations, as well as from his mythological poetry he began to write in the 1920’s. The first of this development of characters was in 1911, while traveling in Switzerland during his summer vacation. [...]
The Lord of the Rings: A Look at the Life of J. R. Tolkien
Part 1 While in Syracuse, NY this month, I had the privilege of being with Pastor Jon Speed and the saints at Christ is King Baptist Church, along with the students who are at the Log College program for theological and ministry preparation. During the week, I was able to read the majority of the [...]
Thoughts from the Past – Augustine and More…
If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don’t like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself. – Augustine. Our faith must be tested. God builds no ships but what He sends to sea. – D.L. Moody Holiness is an impossibility without the HOLY Spirit. – Anonymous God [...]
2012 Fellowship Conference (Apr 5-8) Denton, T.X.
Brethren The registration for the 2012 Fellowship Conference in Denton TX April 5-8 has started now; please read the registration closely and fill in each thing that pertains to you. IMPORTANT NOTE- the Kirksville church is NOT taking personal checks this year; it is only paid by Paypal online at the registration link; that is how we have to do it; any questions about [...]
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