Why Only a Holy Remnant Preserves Society
Stream: Throughout the Bible and the teachings of the Church Fathers, there is a recurring theme that a holy remnant preserves society from moral decay and divine judgment. This concept — that a small group of righteous individuals can act as a preservative — has roots in Jewish tradition, continues in the New Testament, and runs throughout the history of the Christian church.
From Abraham’s in…
SUNDAY STUDY: Salvation
By TheBereanCall.org
In desperation, the Philippian jailer cried, “What must I do to be saved?” Paul’s reply was simple: “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved…” (Acts 16:31).
The great apostle said nothing about baptism or sacraments, candles, incense, church attendance, reforming one’s life, or anything else being necessary or even helpful for salvation. From Genesis to …
SUNDAY STUDY: “for all the earth is Mine”
“…if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine.” Exodus 19:5
For three days the whole nation of Israel went through purification rituals to prepare to meet the LORD at the base of Mount Sinai.
“… there were thunderings and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain… Mount Sinai was complete…
Should Christians Celebrate Halloween?
There is not total agreement among believers and churches concerning appropriate Christian responses to this pagan holiday. Some feel that participation in Halloween and even trick-or-treating is acceptable if alternative costumes and themes are substituted.
Halloween does seem pretty innocent when you have toddlers dressing up as princesses and superheroes, but the holiday itself is truly a fe…
SUNDAY STUDY: DO or DONE?
From middletownbiblechurch.org/helpseek/doordone.htm
“There is a wide difference between your religion and mine,” said a Christian lady to one in whose spiritual condition she had long been interested. “Indeed,” said he, “how is that?” “Your religion,” she replied, “has only two letters in it, and mine has four.”
It seems that this gentleman was one of that numerous class seeking to get to heav…
SUNDAY STUDY: The Value of a Soul
You Can’t Measure the Value of the Human Soul
By Pastor Adrian Rogers @lwf.org (loveworthfinding.org)
Your body will die, but your living soul, made in the image of God, will go on. You should not give yourself rest until your soul’s destiny is settled.
Many say, “I don’t want to surrender my life to Jesus.”
But Jesus said, “Whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his l…
Have Lukewarm Churches And Secularism Created The Perfect Storm For America’s Decline?
Authored by David Fiorazo, Harbingers Daily
Twenty years ago, when I lived in southern California, a guest speaker gave a sermon at the church we were attending at the time. He was describing the condition of America, the apathy of too many professing believers, and the moral decline that had been gradually increasing since the 1960s.
I thought of the reputation we used to have around the world…
SUNDAY STUDY: Are We Religious or Spiritual?
A Bible Study by Jack Kelley @gracethrufaith.com
These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is made up only of rules taught by men” (Isaiah 29:13).
God had the prophet Isaiah condemn the people of Israel for their religious practices although many of these practices had been ordained by God Himself. He had …
SUNDAY STUDY: The Constraint of the Call
By Oswald Chambers @utmost.org
“Woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!” —1 Corinthians 9:16
Beware of refusing to hear the call of God. Everyone who is saved is called to testify to the fact of his salvation. That, however, is not the same as the call to preach, but is merely an illustration which can be used in preaching.
In this verse, Paul was referring to the stinging pains produced in hi…
SUNDAY STUDY: The Authority of Jesus Christ
Many Christian churches, leaders, and lay Christians are eliminating the authority of Jesus Christ as the only WAY to eternal life with God. They claim they believe in a loving God, but of the Gospel of the Cross , the atonement, the holy blood, the redemption, the justification through faith in Christ, they will no longer speak about.
There is NO Christianity without the Gospel of Jesus the Ch…
Yuval Noah Harari’s new book on posthumanism demonstrates the emptiness of globalism
LifeSite News: Yuval Noah Harari’s latest book about our posthuman future is a manifesto of absence. It is curious that a prophet of novelty would bring little new, but on closer inspection this emptiness is what passes for the deeper meaning of Harari’s output – and that of his sponsors at the World Economic Forum.
Harari is better known for his earlier works of speculative fiction such as Hom…
BREAKING: Pope Francis “Every religion is a way to arrive at God”
LifeSite News:
Pope Francis today told young people of different faiths that “every religion is a way to arrive at God,” urging them to continue inter-religious dialogue.
Addressing an inter-religious meeting of young people in Singapore just before departing for his return flight to Rome, Pope Francis turned to one of the central themes of his pontificate – inter-religious dialogue.
“One of th…