Series: Hard Questions, Holy Answers — Post 42 Understanding Hebrews 12:17 What Does “He Found No Place of Repentance” Mean? “For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.” (Hebrews 12:17) At first glance,…
One of the most important questions a believer can ask is not how salvation works for the saved, but why the lost are condemned. Scripture speaks plainly to this question, yet theological systems often complicate what the Bible keeps clear. The New Testament never says men perish because they were unelected. It says they perish…
(Iron Sharpens Iron – Post 4) Where God Teaches the Heart to Know Itself There is a classroom the Lord conducts that few speak about, yet every saint is enrolled in it. It is the school of hindsight — where the Spirit lets us look back on the long winding road of our own decisions…
Giants in the Land: Volume 1 (War for Possession) — Post 3 of 33Part I — The Summons & the Stakes The Threshold God Will Not Cross For You Jordan stands in Scripture as a boundary line — not between earth and heaven, but between wilderness and inheritance. It marks the line between God’s provision…
How Christians Can Be Sure of Their True Spiritual Condition Introduction It is possible to be sincerely wrong about one’s standing with God. Jesus warned that many will one day say, “Lord, Lord,” only to hear, “I never knew you.” (Matthew 7:22–23)Few questions are more sobering than this: How can I be sure I’m not…
(Job 42 | Chapter XXVIII of Jessie Penn-Lewis’s The Story of Job) “So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning…”—Job 42:12 (KJV) The whirlwind fades. God has spoken. And now—Job repents. Not from rebellion, but from presumption. “I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now…
Jesus said the way to life is narrow, and few find it. But today’s culture — and sadly, many Bible versions — are widening the gate. “Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.” (Matthew 7:14, KJV) Modern translations often substitute “narrow”…
Series: Twisting the Scriptures — Post 4 What the False Teacher Won’t Say “For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.” — Acts 20:27 “To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.” —…
Bringing Change Without Becoming the World by Tom Frazier Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. Even this must be done with a tear in our eye and humility in our heart. But when done this way, it will have power. We are not here to pass laws or…