Monthly Archives: July 2010

Signing Out Till Tuesday

Posted on July 31, 2010 by Jon J. Cardwell

When we forgive, it is a poor and humble business compared with God’s forgiving us, because we are only forgiving one another, that is, forgiving fellow-servants; whereas when God forgives us it is the Judge of all the earth forgiving, not his fellows, but his rebel subjects, guilty of treason against his majesty. For God to forgive is something great; for us to forgive, though some think it great, should be regarded as a very small matter. Continue reading →

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Self-will

Posted on July 31, 2010 by Jon J. Cardwell

Though you may know his service to the Lord and his ministry to the body of Christ at Calvinist Cartoons, our dear friend Eddie Eddings has another wonderful site, Facets of Grace. This clip comes courtesy of Facets of Grace. Continue reading →

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Practical Evangelism 2

Posted on July 31, 2010 by Jon J. Cardwell

“If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.” —Luke 14:26

While it’s true for that since Charles Finney’s shameful “New Measures” were introduced into evangelism in the early to mid 1800’s that there has been an increasing decline in preaching the reality of sin, man’s radical depravity, the wrath of God, and the judgment to come, yet 180 years later, by God’s grace, there has been a return to the public and pulpit proclamation of those truths. Although we should be grateful to God Almighty above for having mercy upon His ministers of grace and reconciliation, there is an aspect of evangelism that I would like to see return with power and passion is the truth that Jesus Christ is not just something— He is everything; and if we have not Jesus Christ, we have nothing! Continue reading →

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Christian Behavior 35

Posted on July 31, 2010 by Jon J. Cardwell

Then remember that you must die; and remember also, that when the terrors of God, of death, and a backslidden heart, meet together, there will be sad work in that soul; this is the man that hangs tilting over the mouth of hell, while death is cutting the thread of his life. Continue reading →

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Book of Martyrs 19

Posted on July 31, 2010 by Jon J. Cardwell

This emperor was the son of Julius Constantius, and the nephew of Constantine the Great. He studied the rudiments of grammar under the inspection of Mardonius, a eunuch, and a heathen of Constantinople. His father sent him some time after to Nicomedia, to be instructed in the Christian religion, by the bishop of Eusebius, his kinsman, but his principles were corrupted by the pernicious doctrines of Ecebolius the rhetorician, and Maximus the magician. Continue reading →

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Ignorant of God’s Righteousness

Posted on July 30, 2010 by Jon J. Cardwell

The unbelieving Jews were ignorant of God’s righteousness because His righteousness is revealed from faith to faith. They were too busy trying to attain righteousness by their own merit and deeds, through keeping the law. They were convinced in their own minds that their keeping the law was sufficient, and thus, the faith in Christ was a stumbling block to them. Continue reading →

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Christian Behavior 34

Posted on July 30, 2010 by Jon J. Cardwell

Objection. But what shall I do, who am so cold, slothful, and heartless, that I cannot find any heart to do any work for God in this world? Indeed time was when His dew rested all night upon my branches, and when I could with desire, with earnest desire, be doing and working for God; but, alas! now it is otherwise.

Answer. If this is true, your case is sad for you are to be pitied; the Lord pity you. And for your recovery out of this condition, I would give you no other counsel than was given to Ephesus when she had lost her first love. Continue reading →

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Book of Martyrs 18

Posted on July 30, 2010 by Jon J. Cardwell

The author of the Arian heresy was Arius, a native of Lybia, and a priest of Alexandria, who, in A.D. 318, began to publish his errors. He was condemned by a council of Lybian and Egyptian bishops, and that sentence was confirmed by the Council of Nice, A.D. 325. After the death of Constantine the Great, the Arians found means to ingratiate themselves into the favor of the emperor Constantinus, his son and successor in the east; and hence a persecution was raised against the orthodox bishops and clergy. The celebrated Athanasius, and other bishops were banished, and their sees filled with Arians. Continue reading →

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Oh Desire

Posted on July 30, 2010 by Jon J. Cardwell

“Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.” —Mark 11:24

We never read anywhere in Scripture, or even in any extra-Biblical historical accounts that any of the Lord’s disciples ever said to a mountain, “Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea” (Mark 11:23).
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Israel’s Zealous Ignorance

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Jon J. Cardwell

“For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.” —Romans 10:2

Zeal does not save anyone. Zeal doesn’t even aid in pointing you to Christ. Were zeal a necessary component in salvation, Paul would have been on the top of the list because of his religious zeal as the Pharisee of Tarsus (Galatians 1:13-15). Continue reading →

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