If Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised. [...]
Category Archives: 1. White hot faith
When I die
14 April, 2006 – 2:01 PM
When I survey the wondrous cross On which the Prince of glory died, My richest gain I count but loss, And pour contempt on all my pride. Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, Save in the death of Christ my God! All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to His [...]
Before the Throne
14 April, 2006 – 6:05 AM
Before the throne of God above, I have a strong and perfect plea – A great High Priest whose name is love, Who ever lives and pleads for me. My name is graven on His hands, My name is written on His heart, I know that while in heaven He stands, No tongue can bid [...]
The Cross: Wallace
13 April, 2006 – 6:41 AM
Christ is the mediator who places himself between two conflicting powers. On the one hand he is on God’s side. Therefore he exposes himself to the world’s whole hatred of God, and the satanic powers of the world seek to limit his influence, to rob him of his godhead and dishonour him. On the other [...]
The Cross: Stott
12 April, 2006 – 9:40 AM
As we stand before the cross, we begin to gain a clear view both of God and ourselves, especially in relation to each other. Instead of inflicting upon us the judgment we deserved, God in Christ endured it in our place. Hell is the only alternative. This is the ‘scandal’, the stumbling block, of the [...]
The day God died
11 April, 2006 – 6:06 AM
Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed. Never shall I forget that smoke. Never shall I forget the little faces of the children, whose bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent [...]
The Cross: PT Forsyth
9 April, 2006 – 10:04 PM
With mere spirituality the Church has not much directly to do. . . Christian faith is neither spirituality nor charity. Its revelation is the holiness in judgment of the spiritual and loving God. Love if only divine as it is holy; and spirituality is Christian only as it meets the conditions of Holy Love in [...]
The only happiness
8 April, 2006 – 6:46 AM
The enjoyment of God is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied. … Fathers and mothers, husbands, wives, or children, or the company of earthly friends are but shadows, but enjoyment of God is the substance. These are but scattered beams, but God is the sun. These are but streams, but God [...]
When the world sets the agenda
31 March, 2006 – 11:24 AM
Once you have made the world an end and faith a means, you have almost won your man, and it makes very little difference what kind of worldly end he is pursuing. Provided that meetings, pamphlets, policies, movements, causes, and crusades matter more to him than prayers and sacraments and charity, he is ours. Screwtape [...]
Babyboomer Unbelief
15 March, 2006 – 9:11 PM
Will the last Presbyterian please turn out the lights? The Presbyterian Church USA is hemorrhaging. According to the number crunchers at denominational headquarters, membership loss for the denomination in 2005 was estimated at sixty-five thousand, followed by an eighty-five thousand projected loss in 2006. The projected 2006 loss would represent a single-year decline of 3.7 [...]
