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Biblical Christianity
Sep 7, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by lawrenceblair
We will begin today a long study of theology, a simplified and hopefully easily understandable series of lectures by Dr. John Gerstner. It is a huge amount of knowledge packed into one-hundred short videos which after watching the complete series ...
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Biblical Christianity
Sep 7, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by lawrenceblair
1. Through every age, eternal God, Thou art our rest, our safe abode: High was Thy throne ere heaven was made, Or earth Thy humble footstool laid. 2. Long hadst Thou reigned ere time began, Or dust was fashioned into ...
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Biblical Christianity
Sep 7, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by lawrenceblair
7 SEPTEMBER (PREACHED 8 SEPTEMBER 1867) Serving the Lord with gladness ‘Serve the Lord with gladness.’ Psalm 100:2 SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Colossians 3:16–4:1 By serving God we do not mean merely when we come to a place of worship; for to ...
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Biblical Christianity
Sep 7, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by lawrenceblair
salm 72:1–19 (ESV) Give the King Your Justice 1 Give the king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to the royal son! 2 May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice!...
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Biblical Christianity
Sep 7, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by lawrenceblair
We love to read the scriptures of God's love over and over again, but if one really desires to know God as He is in a ll His many attributes, one must also learn that He is a righteous judge as well as a loving savior. Ezekiel 24:6–14 (ESV) 6 ...
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Sep 6, 2020Sep 2020

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Lecture 6, Guilt and Forgiveness: The central message in Scripture is one of forgiveness. The believer in Jesus Christ can have real assurance that the guilt from sin is no more, and that forgiveness has been freely granted. Jesus says that He who ...
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Biblical Christianity
Sep 6, 2020Sep 2020

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1. How long, sometimes, a day appears! And weeks, how long are they! Months move on slow, as if the years Would never pass away. 2. But even years are passing by, And soon must all be gone; For day by day, as...
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Biblical Christianity
Sep 6, 2020Sep 2020

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6 SEPTEMBER (1868) The perfuming of the heart ‘And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.’ Romans 5:5 SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Isaiah 63:7–9 The pity of God ...
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Biblical Christianity
Sep 6, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by lawrenceblair
Psalm 71:1–21 (ESV) 71 In you, O LORD, do I take refuge; let me never be put to shame! 2 In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me; incline your ear to me, and save me! 3 Be to me a rock of ...
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Biblical Christianity
Sep 5, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by lawrenceblair
PRAYER ALMIGHTY GOD, is not all our life a parable, full of instruction, full of rebuke, yet full of comfort? Thou art always coming to us in figures and incidents, and in things we cannot explain, mysteries that darken upon us, and lights above the ...
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Sep 5, 2020Sep 2020

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5 SEPTEMBER (1869) Real grace for real need ‘He healed them that had need of healing.’ Luke 9:11 SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: 1 John 3:4–16 ‘Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, ...
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Sep 5, 2020Sep 2020

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1. Lord! when my raptured thought surveys Creation’s beauties o’er, All nature joins to teach Thy praise, And bid my soul adore. 2. Where’er I turn my gazing eyes, Thy radiant footsteps shine; Ten thousand...
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Biblical Christianity
Sep 5, 2020Sep 2020

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Lecture 5, The Battle with the Devil: Is there an evil force in the world that is working towards your destruction? You may be surprised to learn that the answer is no. But before you find comfort in that, there is something else you should know. Dr....
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Biblical Christianity
Sep 5, 2020Sep 2020

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19 You know my reproach, and my shame and my dishonor; my foes are all known to you. 20 Reproaches have broken my heart, so that I am in despair. I looked for pity, but there was none,...
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Biblical Christianity
Sep 5, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by lawrenceblair
An important message for our time. Ezekiel 22:23–31 (ESV) 23 And the word of the LORD came to me: 24 “Son of man, say to her, You are a land that is not cleansed or rained upon in the day of indignation. 25 The conspiracy of her prophets in her ...
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Biblical Christianity
Sep 4, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by lawrenceblair
Lecture 4, The Battle with the Flesh: In this series entitled Pleasing God, Dr. Sproul looks at the threefold battlefront for the Christian—that is the world, the flesh, and the devil. In this message, Dr. Sproul considers the second enemy on that ...
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Biblical Christianity
Sep 4, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by lawrenceblair
4 SEPTEMBER (1870) The unconquerable king ‘I Nebuchadnezzar … blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion …: and all the inhabitants of earth are reputed as nothing: and...
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Biblical Christianity
Sep 4, 2020Sep 2020

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Psalm 68:32–35 (ESV) 32  O kingdoms of the earth, sing to God; sing praises to the Lord, Selah 33  to him who rides in the heavens, the ancient heavens; behold, he sends out his voice, his mighty ...
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Sep 3, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by lawrenceblair
It's just two months until put up or shut up and take the shot.
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Biblical Christianity
Sep 3, 2020Sep 2020

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ALMIGHTY GOD, we would rest in thee. Thou hast welcomed us to thy rest, and made us, in promise, sharers of thy feast. The Lord will bless his people with peace, yea, with peace that passeth understanding. Thou dost cause men to possess their souls ...
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Biblical Christianity
Sep 3, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by lawrenceblair
Lecture 3, The Battle with the World: If you are a Christian then you are in a war, but not alone. Even better, you have Jesus Himself praying for you. But He is not praying for you to leave the battle. In fact, He calls you to it. One particular ...
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Biblical Christianity
Sep 3, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by lawrenceblair
3 SEPTEMBER (1871) Travailing for souls ‘As soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.’ Isaiah 66:8 SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Philippians 3:17–21 A young man who had grown up and left the parental roof had been enticed into ...
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Biblical Christianity
Sep 3, 2020Sep 2020

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Psalm 67:1–7 (ESV) Make Your Face Shine upon Us 1 May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, Selah 2 that your way may be known on earth, your saving power among ...
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Biblical Christianity
Sep 3, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by lawrenceblair
2 Corinthians 6:14–18 (ESV) The Temple of the Living God 14 Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? 15 What accord has Christ with Belial? ...
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Sep 2, 2020Sep 2020

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Lecture 2, Beware of the Leaven of the Pharisees: When we look into the gospels at the Pharisees and see the confrontations they had with Jesus, it is hard to find anything good about them. They did do some things right, but as men who spent so much ...
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Sep 2, 2020Sep 2020

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1. Father! how wide Thy glory shines! How high Thy wonders rise! Known through the earth by thousand signs— By thousand through the skies. 2. Those mighty orbs proclaim Thy power, Their motions speak Thy skill;...
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Biblical Christianity
Sep 2, 2020Sep 2020

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2 SEPTEMBER (UNDATED SERMON) Preach, preach, preach everywhere ‘And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be ...
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Biblical Christianity
Sep 2, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by lawrenceblair
Psalm 64:1–10 (ESV) Hide Me from the Wicked 1 Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy. 2 Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked, from the throng of ...
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Biblical Christianity
Sep 2, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by lawrenceblair
Things to be remembered and taken to heart during the plandemic. 2 Corinthians 5:1–10 (ESV) Our Heavenly Dwelling 5 For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, ...
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Biblical Christianity
Sep 1, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by lawrenceblair
Genesis This is a book of beginnings. Do not force the mind to immediate opinions upon it; let it tell out every bar of its new music, until the soul, startled by the unfamiliar tones, has become acquainted with the far-off melody and been brought ...
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Biblical Christianity
Sep 1, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by lawrenceblair
Lecture 1, The Goal of Christian Living: Is the mere possession of faith all that we need to please God? With faith, comes responsibilities. Do you have a plan? That is, what steps are you taking to direct your life that are honorable to the King? In...
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Biblical Christianity
Sep 1, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by lawrenceblair
1. ’Twas God who hurl’d the rolling spheres And stretch’d the boundless skies; Who form’d the plan of endless years, And bade the ages rise. 2. From everlasting is His might, Immense and unconfin’d:...
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Sep 1, 2020Sep 2020

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Psalm 62:1–12 (ESV) My Soul Waits for God Alone 1 For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation. 2 He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken. 3 How long will all of you attack a man to...
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Biblical Christianity
Sep 1, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by lawrenceblair
1 SEPTEMBER (1872) A simple remedy ‘With his stripes we are healed.’ Isaiah 53:5 SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: 2 Kings 5:1–14 Gospel healing is so very simple; our text describes it—‘with his stripes we are healed.’ These six words ...
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News & Links
Aug 31, 2020Aug 2020

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“Portland is as corrupt as any place you’ve ever seen or heard about in the movies,” said the friend, adding that Patriot Prayer members are being charged with felony rioting while the actual Antifa rioters who throw explosives at police are ...
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News & Links
Aug 31, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by lawrenceblair
2020 Bolshevik Revolution has started
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Biblical Christianity
Aug 31, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by lawrenceblair
1. Stand up, and bless the Lord, Ye people of His choice; Stand up, and bless the Lord your God, With heart, and soul, and voice. 2. Though high above all praise, Above all blessing high, Who would not fear His ...
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Biblical Christianity
Aug 31, 2020Aug 2020

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31 AUGUST (UNDATED SERMON) Grace—the one way of salvation ‘But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.’ Acts 15:11 SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Galatians 2:7–16 A company of Jews have ...
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Biblical Christianity
Aug 31, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by lawrenceblair
Psalm 61:1–8 (ESV) Lead Me to the Rock 1 Hear my cry, O God, listen to my prayer; 2 from the end of the earth I call to you when my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock ...
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Biblical Christianity
Aug 31, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by lawrenceblair
2 Corinthians 3:1–18 (ESV) Ministers of the New Covenant 3 Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you, or from you? 2 You yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on our ...
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Aug 30, 2020Aug 2020

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Lecture 7, Psalm 77: Questions in Grief: Psalm 77 is characteristic of the psalms of crisis in Book Three of the Psalter, but unlike many of these psalms, it ends in hope. In this lesson, Dr. Godfrey employs Psalm 77 as the key to an appropriate ...
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Biblical Christianity
Aug 30, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by lawrenceblair
1. My soul repeat His praise Whose mercies are so great, Whose anger is so slow to rise, So ready to abate. 2. High as the heavens are raised Above the ground we tread, So far the riches of His grace Our ...
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Biblical Christianity
Aug 30, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by lawrenceblair
30 AUGUST (1868) Dying daily ‘I die daily.’ 1 Corinthians 15:31 SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: 2 Corinthians 13:5–10 Alas for that evil habit of looking back a few years ago and believing that we were then converted, and reckoning that it must ...
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Biblical Christianity
Aug 30, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by lawrenceblair
Ezekiel 16 has so much to say that relates to our nation today. It is a long but a worthwhile read. Read it and meditate upon it, you will be blessed.
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Biblical Christianity
Aug 30, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by lawrenceblair
Psalm 58:title–11 (ESV) God Who Judges the Earth 1 Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods? Do you judge the children of man uprightly? 2 No, in your hearts you devise wrongs; your hands deal out violence on earth. 3 The wicked are ...
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Biblical Christianity
Aug 29, 2020Aug 2020

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Lecture 6, Psalm 52: The Psalms & History: Psalm 52 refers to a specific historic event in the life of David and serves as an indictment against Doeg the Edomite. In this lesson, Dr. Godfrey explores the context of Psalm 52 to showcase the importance...
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News & Links
Aug 29, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by lawrenceblair
Beijing-Moscow is already on; Berlin-Beijing is a work in progress; the missing but not distant link is Berlin-Moscow
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Biblical Christianity
Aug 29, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by lawrenceblair
Lecture 6, Psalm 52: The Psalms & History: Psalm 52 refers to a specific historic event in the life of David and serves as an indictment against Doeg the Edomite. In this lesson, Dr. Godfrey explores the context of Psalm 52 to showcase the importance...
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Aug 29, 2020Aug 2020

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29 AUGUST (1869) The silken fetter ‘Fear the LORD and his goodness.’ Hosea 3:5 SUGGESTED FURTHER READING (Spurgeon): Psalm 3:–22 Many a man has put his trust in his riches and has presumed against the Most High; because he has enjoyed long ...
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Biblical Christianity
Aug 29, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by lawrenceblair
1. Praise ye the Lord, immortal choir That fill the realms above; Sing, for He formed you of His fire, And feeds you with His love. 2. Thou restless globe of golden light, Whose beams create our days, Join ...
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Biblical Christianity
Aug 29, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by lawrenceblair
Have many today lost the true idea of comfort. Have many become, maybe, a bit too comfortable? To be comfortable in the world is not to be ready for heaven. 2 Corinthians 1:3–11 (ESV) God of All Comfort 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord...
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Biblical Christianity
Aug 29, 2020Aug 2020

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2 Samuel 7:18–29 (ESV) David’s Prayer of Gratitude 18 Then King David went in and sat before the LORD and said, “Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far? 19 And yet this was a small thing in your eyes, O...
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News & Links
Aug 28, 2020Aug 2020

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“I’m represented by counsel. I don’t talk to cops. You have no right to detain me.”
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Aug 28, 2020Aug 2020

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Lecture 5, Psalms 49 & 50: All the World & All the People: Psalms 49 and 50 uniquely depart from the great theme of Book Two by focusing beyond the kingdom of God onto the world. In this lesson, Dr. Godfrey traces the progression of these psalms and ...
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Biblical Christianity
Aug 28, 2020Aug 2020

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28 AUGUST (1870) A string of pearls ‘Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.’ 1 Peter 1:3 ...
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Biblical Christianity
Aug 28, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by lawrenceblair
1. Begin, my soul, th’ exalted lay; Let each enraptured thought obey, And praise the Almighty name; Lo! heaven, and earth, and seas, and skies, In one melodious concert rise, To swell th’ inspiring theme. 2....
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Biblical Christianity
Aug 28, 2020Aug 2020

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Psalm 55:1–23 (ESV) 1 Give ear to my prayer, O God, and hide not yourself from my plea for mercy! 2 Attend to me, and answer me; I am restless in my complaint and I moan, 3 ...
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Aug 27, 2020Aug 2020

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Here is a video statement from Jack Trieber, Pastor of North Valley Baptist Church, on the "Cease and Desist" letter and the $10,000 in fines from Santa Clara County for church services yesterday. We greatly appreciate all the prayers and support! ...
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Biblical Christianity
Aug 27, 2020Aug 2020

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Lecture 4, Psalms 26 & 39: Peculiar Psalms: Certain psalms raise difficult questions that require us to apply a biblical hermeneutic so that we can make appropriate distinctions about them. In this lesson, Dr. Godfrey focuses his attention on Psalms ...
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Aug 27, 2020Aug 2020

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1. All ye nations, praise the Lord, All ye lands, your voices raise; Heaven and earth with loud accord, Praise the Lord, forever praise. 2. For His truth and mercy stand, Past and present and to be, Like the ...
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Biblical Christianity
Aug 27, 2020Aug 2020

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27 AUGUST (1871) Love’s logic ‘We love him, because he first loved us.’ 1 John 4:19 SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Romans 8:31–39 God loves me—not merely bears with me, thinks of me and feeds me, but loves me. It is a very sweet thing to ...
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Aug 27, 2020Aug 2020

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Psalm 52:1–9 (ESV) The Steadfast Love of God Endures 1 Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The steadfast love of God endures all the day. 2 Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, ...
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Aug 27, 2020Aug 2020

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Ezekiel 13:1–16 (ESV) False Prophets Condemned 13 The word of the LORD came to me: 2 “Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel, who are prophesying, and say to those who prophesy from their own hearts: ‘Hear the word of the ...
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Aug 27, 2020Aug 2020

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1 Corinthians 15:50–58 (ESV) Mystery and Victory 50 I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we ...
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Biblical Christianity
Aug 27, 2020Aug 2020

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1 Corinthians 15:35–50 (ESV) The Resurrection Body 35 But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?” 36 You foolish person! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. 37 And what you sow is not...
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Biblical Christianity
Aug 27, 2020Aug 2020

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1 Corinthians 15:12–28 (ESV) The Resurrection of the Dead 12 Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even ...
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Biblical Christianity
Aug 26, 2020Aug 2020

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Third in a series on the ressurection: SUPPLEMENTS 7.3.1 (see p. 867). Howe (Blessedness of the Righteous, chap. 9) notices the fact that Pythagoras, Plato, and the Neoplatonists not only held the soul to be of a different substance from the body ...
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News & Links
Aug 26, 2020Aug 2020

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More news on the vaccine.
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News & Links
Aug 26, 2020Aug 2020

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Few will believe this message. Why? Because if they believed it they would take off their masks, refuse testing, and especially refuse vaccination which would mean ostracism, being shunned, home arrest, and total banishment from society. Few have ...
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Biblical Christianity
Aug 26, 2020Aug 2020

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Lecture 3, Psalm 11: The Power of Poetry: Psalm 11 exhibits the powerful characteristics of Hebrew poetry typically found throughout the Psalms. In this lesson, Dr. Godfrey uses Psalm 11 to provide us with an interpretive grid that we may apply to ...
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Biblical Christianity
Aug 26, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by lawrenceblair
1. Father, they who Thee receive, And in Thee begin to live, Day and night they cry to Thee, As Thou art, so let us be. 2. Fix, O, fix my wavering mind! To the cross my spirit bind: Earthly passions far remove;...
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Biblical Christianity
Aug 26, 2020Aug 2020

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26 AUGUST (PREACHED 27 AUGUST 1868) A cheerful giver beloved of God ‘God loveth a cheerful giver.’ 2 Corinthians 9:7 SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: 1 Chronicles 29:6–18 What is meant by ‘a cheerful giver’? The rest of the verse tells us what...
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Biblical Christianity
Aug 26, 2020Aug 2020

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Psalm 51:1–19 (ESV) Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God 1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. 2...
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Biblical Christianity
Aug 25, 2020Aug 2020

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Third in a series on the resurrection: It should be carefully observed that St. Paul does not mean that the resurrection of the body is the same in every particular with the reproduction of grain by germination. It is only an illustration and not an...
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Biblical Christianity
Aug 25, 2020Aug 2020

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Lecture 2, Introduction (Part 2): Solving Difficulties: Learning to love the Psalms requires us to overcome the interpretive difficulties outlined in the previous lecture. In this lesson, Dr. Godfrey demonstrates how the difficulties commonly ...
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Biblical Christianity
Aug 25, 2020Aug 2020

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1. Let us with a joyful mind Praise the Lord, for He is kind, For His mercies shall endure, Ever faithful, ever sure. Let us sound His name abroad, For of gods He is the God Who by wisdom did create Heaven’s ...
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Biblical Christianity
Aug 25, 2020Aug 2020

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1 Corinthians 13:1–13 (ESV) The Way of Love 13 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I ...
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Biblical Christianity
Aug 24, 2020Aug 2020

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Lecture 1, Introduction (Part 1): Attractions & Difficulties: The Psalms have a Godward direction, being God’s words to us to give back to Him. In this lesson, Dr. Godfrey discusses the uniqueness of the Psalms as well as the difficulties that must...
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Biblical Christianity
Aug 24, 2020Aug 2020

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Colossians 4:5–6 (ESV) 5 Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. 6 Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person. The apostle exhorts them further to a ...
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Aug 24, 2020Aug 2020

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Second in a series on the resurrection: That the resurrection body of both the good and the evil will have the common characteristic of being destitute of fleshly appetites and passions and will be a “spiritual” in distinction from a ...
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Biblical Christianity
Aug 24, 2020Aug 2020

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1. To Thy pastures fair and large, Heavenly Shepherd, lead Thy charge, And my couch, with tenderest care, Mid the springing grass prepare. 2. When I faint with summer’s heat, Thou shalt guide my weary feet To the...
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Aug 24, 2020Aug 2020

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24 AUGUST (PREACHED 25 AUGUST 1872) The resurrection credible ‘Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?’ Acts 26:8 SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: 1 Corinthians 15:50–58 I am quite certain that there ...
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Aug 23, 2020Aug 2020

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23 AUGUST (1868) The faculty baffled—the Great Physician successful ‘And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, and had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but ...
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Biblical Christianity
Aug 22, 2020Aug 2020

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Because of a discussion as to the soul of man, I begin a series of posts from Shedd's Dogmatic Theology on the subject. Scriptural Teaching on the Resurrection The principal points in the scriptural representation are the following. Christ ...
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Biblical Christianity
Aug 22, 2020Aug 2020

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Scriptural View of the Intermediate State The early patristic and Reformed view of the intermediate state agrees with the Scriptures, as the following particulars prove. Both the Old and New Testaments represent the intermediate state of the soul ...
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Biblical Christianity
Aug 22, 2020Aug 2020

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1. Source of being, source of light, With unfading beauties bright; Thee, when morning greets the skies, Blushing sweet with humid eyes; Thee, when soft declining day Sinks in purple waves away; Thee, O Parent, will I ...
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Aug 22, 2020Aug 2020

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22 AUGUST (1869) A door opened in heaven ‘After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven.’ Revelation 4:1 SUGGESTED FURTHER READING (Spurgeon): Revelation 5:6–14 I think I may say that a door has often been opened in heaven to...
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Aug 22, 2020Aug 2020

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Psalm 46:title–11 (ESV) God Is Our Fortress 1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be ...
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Aug 22, 2020Aug 2020

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Will God hear a nation that behaves in such a fashion? Ezekiel 8:7–18 (ESV) 7 And he brought me to the entrance of the court, and when I looked, behold, there was a hole in the wall. 8 Then he said to me, “Son of man, dig in the wall.” So I ...
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Aug 21, 2020Aug 2020

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So-called ‘response memes’ are the new version of conversation, and most register and communicate (sic) confusion. As beer ad marketers know, the state of your brain after consuming a six pack is pretty much the standard target ideal for ...
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Biblical Christianity
Aug 21, 2020Aug 2020

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Lecture 5, I Am with You Always: The Great Commission ends with the comforting words “I am with you always, to the end of the age.” While comforting, these words can be perplexing, causing us to ask, “How is Christ with us to the end of the ...
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Aug 21, 2020Aug 2020

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Lecture 5, The Authors of the Canon: Having made a thorough case for an early and gradual process of canon formation, Dr. Kruger now turns his attention to the authorship of the New Testament. In this lecture, he will examine and critique a ...
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Aug 21, 2020Aug 2020

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1. The spacious firmament on high, With all the blue, ethereal sky, And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great Original proclaim. 2. The unwearied sun, from day to day, Does his Creator’s power display, ...
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Aug 21, 2020Aug 2020

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21 AUGUST (1870) Seeking for Jesus ‘Seeking for Jesus.’ John 6:24 SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: John 5:32–47 I have known people who have been content to remain seekers all their days. They have felt comforted by the thought that they are ...
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Aug 21, 2020Aug 2020

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Ezekiel 7:23–27 (ESV) 23 “Forge a chain! For the land is full of bloody crimes and the city is full of violence. 24 I will bring the worst of the nations to take possession of their houses. I will put an end to the pride of the strong, and ...
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Biblical Christianity
Aug 20, 2020Aug 2020

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When, therefore, anything evil tortures us, without in turn extorting evil from us, not only do we possess our souls through patience, but, when through suffering the body itself is afflicted or lost temporarily, it actually regains lasting stability...
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Aug 20, 2020Aug 2020

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In the early days of the gospel there was a very hot persecution raised up against the professors of the Christian religion, and the believing Hebrews had their share of it: he would have them to remember, (1.) When they had suffered: In former days,...
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Aug 20, 2020Aug 2020

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Lecture 4, Teaching Them to Observe All I Have Commanded: In making disciples of all nations, what exactly are we to teach? Are we to share our testimonies? Tell people about specific events and teachings in the life of Jesus Christ? What about the ...
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Aug 20, 2020Aug 2020

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Lecture 4, The Date of the Canon: Throughout this series, Dr. Kruger has critiqued the prevalent belief that the New Testament canon was invented by the church in the fourth or fifth century. But when did the books of the New Testament start being ...
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1. Above—below—where’er I gaze, Thy guiding finger, Lord, I view, Traced in the midnight planets’ blaze, Or glistening in the morning dew; Whate’er is beautiful or fair, Is but Thine own reflection there. 2....
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