Romans 9:15

Carel Fabritis, Hagar and the Angel Genesis 16 1 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian slave named Hagar; 2 so she said to Abram, “The LORD has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her.” Attempts to take your destiny […]…

The Whiskey Priest is the hero of Graham Greene’s powerful novel, “The Power and the Glory.” The Mexican government in the state of Tabasco outlaws Catholicism. But as this weak, sick, despairing, alcoholic priest with an illegitimate daughter, goes from village to village at the risk of his life, taking communion to those who believe […]…

The Whiskey Priest is the hero of Graham Greene’s powerful novel, “The Power and the Glory.” The Mexican government in the state of Tabasco outlaws Catholicism. But as this weak, sick, despairing, alcoholic priest with an illegitimate daughter, goes from village to village at the risk of his life, taking communion to those who believe…

I was recently grieved when I met a gentlemen who veered from the truth of God’s word in order to justify his decision to practice sin, and the worse part about…

I was recently grieved when I met a gentlemen who veered from the truth of God’s word in order to justify his decision to practice sin, and the worse part about it is the gentlemen knows better. He made statements to me such as, “God does not judge sin anymore, but winks at it turning... Continue Reading ￫…

God resists the proud and gives grace to the humble The Bible says that God does not want anyone to perish (2 Pet. 3:9), that Jesus has given light to all men (John 1:9) and that we have no excuse ……

This post was first published November 26, 2018. –ed. Have you ever considered the stark contrast between Judas Iscariot and the thief on the cross? One was a close disciple of Jesus Christ and gave three years of his life to the best, most intensive religious instruction available anywhere.But he lost his soul forever. The …

God is absolutely sovereign in the calling and conversion of His elect.As we have seen previously, the apostle Paul makes that cardinal truth inescapably clear in Romans 9. But why preach the gospel if God is sovereign over His redemptive work? Why call on sinners to repent and believe if the work belongs to God? …

“…I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion.” (Romans 9:15)The above is one of the most controversial passages in the Bible yet is the foremost expression by God of His freedom to be God (Exodus 33:19), having...…

The first mention of the Jews in the Bible occurs in the second book of Kings, which describes the fall and captivity of Judah. “Now it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against J…