Staying Calm in Captivity
If you are a Christian, how are you dealing with the days in which we live? Consider this sermon about Daniel and where our focus should be.
If you are a Christian, how are you dealing with the days in which we live? Consider this sermon about Daniel and where our focus should be.
With all that has occurred in the last year the topic of illness has certainly been on people’s minds. I think we can agree everyone thinks about it. Whether you are for or against masks, or vaccines, or natural treatments is irrelevant to the point at hand. Each mask you see, each news story, and each time a person is faced with a decision to do or not do something is a reminder of sickness and disease. I’ve also had health issues in the last year and I’ve had several relatives who are encountering some very serious health struggles of one kind or another. It is with all this as a backdrop that I place the question before you, does God use sickness? And if so, what for?
Thoughts for the day from J.C. Ryle: Mark 4:26-29 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. For the earth bringeth forth fruit of…
They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? -John 8:33 From J.C. Ryle: These verses show us, for another thing, the nature of true slavery. The Jews were fond of boasting, though without any just cause, that they were politically…
There are two key questions we all face:
1.) How can I be made right with God?
2.) How can I know that I am made right with God?
Here is a valuable reminder from John Flavel. I ran across this quote while reading a chapter out of A.W. Pink’s book Gleanings in the Godhead (specifically from the last chapter titled “The Example of Christ”, which I highly recommend). O that in this also the poorest Christians would imitate their Saviour, and learn to…
In remembrance of the recent 500th year anniversary of Martin Luther posting his protest, this is an excellent sermon from 2007 on the marks of true reformation: [mp3j track=”http://www.pccmonroe.org/uploads/4/6/4/7/46470241/2007.10.21_the_marks_of_true_reformation_-_pastor_ralph_ovadal.mp3″ title=”The Marks of True Reformation – Ralph Ovadal”] And in case you’ve never considered it before, the historicist interpretation of Bible prophecy has a lot to…
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Reverend Reggie is a voice of “Jesus” in this turmoil. Thank you for sharing. When we walk through the “fires” we need this calm reassurance of God’s Hand in it.