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  • Thinking upon God | Recent Ponderings upon the Revelation of Jesus

    Oh that the end product of my faith “may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.” (1st Peter 1:7) Oh to be so singular of mind and passionate in love for the nearness of Christ, both here in the present and at His second coming, that…

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  • Thoughts with Whitefield

    In 1740, George Whitefield, a man greatly used of God in launching the first great awakening, and a man to whom I love to read, wrote to John Wesley, a close friend, “I never read anything that Calvin wrote.”[1] He was also quoted as saying, “I embrace the Calvinistic scheme, not because of Calvin, but…

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  • So, I was asked…

    So, I was asked today, “Do you believe in individual election for salvation?” After talking with many people, I know that this often comes with much baggage and often a hidden agenda. The context is that this was asked in a very public and online social scene. There were also many other issues that were…

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  • Thoughts Concerning Our Helplessness

    The depths of the chasm of man’s depravity is of an endless pit; it is a pit too impossible to climb, too impossible for all of human wisdom combined to engineer the most ingenious of escapes, too dark, too vile, too at enmity with God to perceive. For this reason, we must not stop to…

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  • Thoughts and Reflections

      Thoughts with God this AM. I have thought much and prayed some, about how much God really is tired of all my opinions. Oh, it is so much more: Lamentations 3:22-40. 1. Love of God and His mercies know no end. 2. Waiting for God is good and seeks for Him. 3. Waiting quietly…

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  • My “Easter” Thoughts

    My “Easter” Thoughts If your planning on “going to church” this Easter and yet you never usually fellowship with and are a part of the bride of Christ, those who have been regenerated by the blood atoning payment of the Son of God, the true church, then why even go? Your guilt won’t be eased; your…

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  • If All Go, Tolerance, Thoughts.

    If all go to “heaven” and are “right” with God, then there is no need for religious agendas, ministries, nor evangelism of any sort. There is then no need for belief systems, morality or discipline of any type. If all go to “heaven” then we do not need to waste time with religious affairs, duties,…

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