The Son of David
There he was, the son of David — suspended between heaven and earth. Silver had been offered for...
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Author: Allen Nelson IV
Why Heaven Now is Incomplete
First, I’ll admit that I’m a bit hesitant about the word “incomplete.” I...
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Christ is King
What does it mean that Christ is King? We explored this recently as a church as we walked through...
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Rightly Understanding John 3:16 — Applications
In a previous post, I wrote a little on understanding John 3:16. In today’s post, I’d...
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Rightly Understanding John 3:16
It seems some Calvinists get so concerned about John 3:16 being used as a “gotcha” against the...
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5 Reasons Baptist Churches Should Associate
I may write a follow-up post on the nature of associations, but in today’s post, I just want...
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Someone Turned Out the Light: Guest Post from Pastor Paul Vawter
I’ve gotten to know Pastor Paul Vawter on Twitter. He is a good brother, though we disagree...
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Full Stomach, Empty Heart: A Sermon Outline from Ruth 1, Part 2
Last time we looked at how Elimelech’s departure from Bethlehem to Moab revealed that he...
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Full Stomach, Empty Heart: A Sermon Outline from Ruth 1, Part 1
In this post, we’ll look at a sermon outline from the book of Ruth and focus on Elimelech’s...
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Should Small Churches Unite?
I’m working on my master’s thesis with Grace Bible Theological Seminary and came...
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How Far Might Deception Go?
In his classic work, The Doctrine of the Law and Grace Unfolded, John Bunyan contrasts the...
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Futile Thoughts, Foolish Hearts
Recently, we’ve been walking through Romans 1:18-32 for Sunday School. This passage teaches...
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Living in the Light: An Inconsistency in the Grammatical-Historical Hermeneutic
I’ve sat on this blog post for some time and there have been times I thought it might not ever be...
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The Immeasurable Greatness of His Power
We are working through the book of Ephesians at Perryville Second Baptist Church. Recently, we...
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An Age Old Question: What do you think about the End Times?
Recently, I took a seminary examination that posed the following question. I thought I would post...
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God’s Hatred of Sin and the Coming Judgment
Since God is unchangeably holy, His hatred of sin has not changed. God will always have an intense...
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Unconditional Election
The biblical doctrine of election is God’s unconditional, eternal, immutable, particular, and...
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From Death to Life – Third Printing Pre-Sale
Sometime in May of 2020, From Death to Life: How Salvation Works ran out of its second printing!...
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What Happens When You Die?
I had a seminary assignment recently that I thought might be a benefit to our readers. I’m...
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My Top 7 Books of 2020
It would seem that with the large amount of downtime we had in 2020 back in the Spring, that I...
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How to Know if You’re Elect
For an upcoming project I’ve been reading some of Wilhelmus A. Brakel’s (1635–1711)...
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Why Aren’t More People Christians?
I live in the Bible Belt. This is a place that certainly has a lot of bad teaching in terms of...
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How to Know the Holy Spirit is at Work — Part 4
In 1741 Jonathan Edwards preached his sermon, The Distinguishing Marks of a Work of the Spirit of...
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How to Know the Holy Spirit is at Work — Part 3
In 1741 Jonathan Edwards preached his sermon, The Distinguishing Marks of a Work of the Spirit of...
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How to Know the Holy Spirit is at Work — Part 2
In 1741 Jonathan Edwards preached his sermon, The Distinguishing Marks of a Work of the Spirit of...
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