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What then? Shall we try to put another meaning into the text than that which it fairly bears? I trow not. You must, most of you, be acquainted with the general method in which our older Calvinistic friends deal with this text. “All men,” say they,—“that is, some men”: as if the Holy Ghost could not have said “some men”…
I want to challenge you to read “The Potter’s Promise: A Commentary on Romans 9” I have just finished this book and highly recommend. “Confused by the issues surrounding Calvinism? Does Romans 9 teach unconditional predestination? Want to cut through some of the red tape? Then read Leighton’s book. He is charitable but gets right to the point, making a strong,…
I Samuel 16:7 But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart. As the story starts Samuel is just sad that God didn’t use…
I literally do not know what to say. Yesterday was a tremendously wonderful day. I saw so many people who worked so hard. I want to thank all of Vision. I want to thank all of our missionaries. Vision supports a lot of missionaries and currently has 23 families that are members of the church. Trent Cornwell and his…
I have spent the last several days here in Arequipa. Our missionaries are doing a great job. I am grateful to see God at work. There were over 1,000 in the largest night of the Pastor’s School, I believe! But as I look around I notice that all the missions are either pulling out or not planting churches. They may…
Let a flood or a fire hit a populous countryside and no able-bodied citizen feels that he has any right to rest till he has done all he can to save as many as he can. While death stalks farmhouse and village no one dares relax; this is the accepted code by which we live. The critical emergency for some…
Every time God thinks about you, He thinks about you lovingly. Even if He must chastise you, or allow hardships to come to you, it is love that allows it to come and love that sends it. And we never should be afraid of love, because love casts out fear. We talk about love, but God proved His love. “But…
All that some people know about Christianity is that it won’t let you do things. A man once told Spurgeon, “I don’t drink, I don’t use tobacco, I don’t swear, I don’t attend theater.” Spurgeon replied, “Do you eat hay?” He said, “No, I don’t. What do you mean?” And Spurgeon said, “I hoped you did something. Up to now…
I’ve just been reading again the early chapters of Genesis and there’s no escaping the fact that God felt pleasure in His creation. God made the light, shook His head and said, “That’s good!” He liked that! Then He made the dry land to appear and put the seas in one place, and said, “That’s good!” Then He made the…
Moody made another trip to Britain in 1872, during which he was introduced to “dispensational truth” and met evangelist Henry Varley. It was Varley who said to Moody (and this seems to be the accurate version): “Moody, the world has yet to see what God can do with and for and through and in a man who is fully and…
