Faith

  Can a “Christian” sin so as to be eternally lost? Can a “Christian” fall from God’s grace? We are not talking about whether a “faithful Christian” will go to heaven. There is absolutely no question there. Our question is whether a “righteous” person can become “unrighteous” and be lost eternally? Let’s lay aside human…

The wind in my face was bitterly cold in downtown Dallas a few years ago since the winter weather was yet lingering. My continuing education classes had ended at the seminary in nearby Ft. Worth, so the afternoon was free for some sightseeing. A chill came over me independent of the temperature when I walked…

The cardiologist at my annual appointment asked if I’d ever had a sleep study. I said no. He suggested I do and see what we learn. What I learned is that you sleep very little during a sleep study. The kindly attendant wired me from head to toe and put a large control monitor around…

A newly-called music minister asked for long-range sermon plans. I told him I had none, though once I did. A seminary professor required us to submit a year’s pulpit work. We students did the same kind of thing, beginning with special days like Mother’s Day and Easter and Christmas – we knew what we’d talk…

“Just accept Jesus Christ as your personal Savior!” This sounds appealing, simple and good to our ears. We hear this phrase on the internet, the radio and from denominational pulpits, BUT it is NOT found in the Bible! This appears to be man’s plan, but NOT God’s. The apostle Peter admonished, “If any man speak,…

An old fable tells of a frog who envied his pond friends, the geese, when they prepared to fly south in the winter and escape arctic temperatures. The more he pondered, an idea formed in his head. The frog asked two geese to hold a stick between their beaks. He would clamp onto it with…