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Zac Poonen

(Exchanging our Self-life for Christ's life) 1. The corruption of the self-life

Zac PoonenWe can never enjoy deliverance from our self-life before we see something of its total corruption. Let us look at the elder son (in the parable in Luke 15), for he illustrates, perhaps better than anyone else in the Bible, the utter rottenness of the self-life. The younger son in the parable is usua... Read More
Zac Poonen

(Needed-Men Of God) 4. An Anointed Man

Zac PoonenElisha took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan; and he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the Lord God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: ... Read More
Zac Poonen

(New Wine In New Wineskins) 6. The new covenant - a partnership with Jesus

Zac PoonenNo one has seen God at any time, but Jesus came to reveal Him as a Father (John 1:18). Jesus revealed the Name of God as 'Father' (John 17:6). In that Name (and in all that lay behind it) the disciples were to find their security (John 17:11, 12). In Old Testament times, God dwelt behind a thick vei... Read More
Zac Poonen

Freedom from Fear

Zac PoonenOne of the first things we read that happened to Adam as soon as he sinned, and when God came and spoke to him, was that he got afraid. It’s the first time that fear is mentioned in the Bible. When God came to him and He asked where he was hiding among the trees. And he said, “I was afraid,” and eve... Read More
Zac Poonen

The Opinion That 99% of Our Fellow-Believers Have About Us Can Be 100% Wrong

Zac PoonenIn Rev 3:1 we read; and to the angel of the church in Sardis write; He who has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars says this; �I know your deeds, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead. The messenger in Sardis was one who had built up a tremendous reputation before oth... Read More
Aaron Hills

Death Or Glory, Which?

TEXT: Rom. 8:5-14. "For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh: but they that are after the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace." -- Rom. 8:5, 6. On the previous Section, verses 1-4, Lange tells us:... Read More
Denis Lyle

The problem of rationalism

2 Kings 4:38-41 THE PROBLEM OF RATIONALISM Long ago, one of England's greatest preachers, Joseph Parker, preached a mighty sermon on the stupidity of the specialists. His text was from (1 Pet 2) concerning the stone which the builders rejected... the builders of all people, mind you,... the experts,... Read More
Grace Gems

Grace Gems for OCTOBER 2005

The devil's sin (John Angell James, "The Olive Branch and the Cross") Pride is the parent sin. Pride is the original sin, both in heaven and on earth. Pride is the devil's sin, and that by which our first parents fell. We have all more of this hateful disposition than we either know or suspect. An i... Read More
Greg Herrick

Bibliology: The Bible

The term Bibliology (from Greek biblos meaning “book”) refers to the study of the nature of the Bible as revelation. It often includes such topics as revelation, inspiration, inerrancy, canonicity, illumination, and interpretation. Revelation We use the term “revelation” to translate the Greek term ... Read More
Shane Idleman

Pastor Offers Warning to America On National Day of Prayer

Shane Idleman“Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?” Psalm 85:6 I’m not referring to all churches collectively in this article, but to the large majority who have drifted away from God. The present condition of the church leaves one to wonder if the lack of the fear of the Lord is c... Read More

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