The world lost a great woman today in the person of Paula Martin. I am so saddened by her passing and the unspeakable loss to her husband, Craig, and sons, one of whom is my son-in-law, Willis, and all the […]
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Jesus died for everyone so why are there not more people saved? I can think of five reasons: 1/ People can be superficial. They don’t think deeply or thoroughly enough about the importance of salvation and its looming aspects, such
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It’s been a while since I posted. My wife and I have been in the process of selling our home and buying another one— out of state. We’re headed back to our home Church in Ohio and we’re excited about
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The fourth external hindrance to being saved is the category of the trials of life. In this broken world, every one of us experiences problems, disappointments, and setbacks. There are frequent occurrences of trouble, such as natural disasters, accidents, sickness,
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Religious falsehood The third great external hindrance to people being saved is religious falsehood. By that general title, I am referring to all non Christian religions and to all false salvation doctrine within Christianity. All falsehood is dangerous because
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By culture, I am referring to the prevalent philosophy and lifestyle of the day. We sometimes refer to this present state of being simply as, the world, or, the world system. We refer to it in contrast with the way
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In blogpost 49, I introduced the subject of obstacles to people being saved. In light of the love of God and Calvary itself, it’s amazing that all persons will not be saved. The Gospel is clear that all persons are
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The perfect Scriptural text for this post on weakness is Matthew 26:41b. Jesus said, the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. I think it clearly describes that sad state of human experience when a person truly wants
By vanity, we are referring to worldly involvement and ambition, to the neglect of spiritual things. The Bible refers to some who are lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God (2Timothy 3:4). They simply, or mostly, live for this
There are four great areas of spiritual vulnerability for people: The second one we will cover is Corruption (moral & spiritual). Human corruption is natural to us due to the Fall of our original parents, Adam and Eve. Our