I’m currently preaching through the little epistle of 2 John and I take the Word literally…I believe the reference to “…. the elect lady and her children…” in 2 John 1 should be understood in a normal, plain sense referring to a particular woman and her children rather than interpreted in a non-literal sense.. In…
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Webster Saw The Need In the 1830s
Noah Webster (1758-1843), known as the “Father of American Scholarship and Education,” is perhaps most famous in most Christian circles these days for his 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language. If you don’t have a copy of that dictionary, you really should get one. What a lot of Christians don’t know is he was…
Pastor John MacArthur: Gone But Not Forgotten
“I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and teaching. For the time will come when they…
Evangelism Lessons from the New Testament
Reading through the New Testament, we find some great practical lessons about evangelism in a corrupt society. As I was reading through it again this year, I decided to write some of these down. May God get the glory! First, Whether Jew or Greek – the message is the same. “For I am not ashamed…
Lessons From the Garden: Dead Or Slow Growing?
Every preacher ought to be a gardener of some sort. There’s lessons to be learned out there! See that greenery in the picture taller than the weeds? That’s my banana tree that I planted about three years ago. Every winter there is a freeze that gets it but it has always grown back as the…
Different Formatting In The LSB
A question came up after church on Wednesday night a few weeks ago, and it had to do with the Legacy Standard Bible that we are using in our studies in Genesis. I love the LSB but I come from a very strict KJVO background and as I was unable to answer the question because…
Punctuation and Your Bible
I love punctuation. You should too. Everyone should love punctuation. It clarifies what is written and may even save lives. For instance, the following sentence has the same words but much different meanings and very different consequences: Let’s eat kids! Let’s eat, kids! One comma makes all the difference in the world! I love punctuation…
Yahweh: The Name of God by RC Sproul
The above video came up in my YouTube feed today. I am posting it here to share with others.
Yahweh Elohim, Yahweh God
In the KJV I grew up reading, Genesis 2:4 reads “These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,” (Genesis 2:4, KJV) And most English translations are very similar, following a very old tradition of translating…
Paul, Division, Discipline, and the Corinthian Church
I’m currently preaching through 1 Corinthians on Sunday mornings here at Sovereign Grace Baptist Church. As has been my habit for many years, I like to start at chapter 1, verse 1 and go through the entire book verse by verse. The technical term for this type of preaching is sequential exposition. It’s the way…