DISCLAIMER: The Christian Nationalism movement, in all of it’s personalities and sects, is not the same as being for the bare-bones concept Christian Nationalism. We don’t want globalism, we want nationalism. And we want our nations to be filled with Christians through the work of the Spirit, and for those nations to be as biblicalContinue reading “James White on Joel Webbon and The Descent of Christian Nationalism into the World of Candace Owens”
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Opinions
You don’t have to have an opinion on everything. You don’t need to have an opinion on the legitimacy of the actions of a grieving widow. You don’t need to have an opinion on the race of JD Vance’s wife. And you don’t need to have an opinion of those who have opinions on theseContinue reading “Opinions”
Walk, Ephesians 4:1-16, Sermon by Peter Mead – Transcript
You can listen to the recording for this transcript on Spotify, or on CrossPreach. I wonder what your neighbours, the people around you, I wonder what they think of the church. Not the building, “the church,” but the people, the church. I wonder about the way the church is perceived. A lot of people, itContinue reading “Walk, Ephesians 4:1-16, Sermon by Peter Mead – Transcript”
The Five Ways God Invites Us to Come to Jesus – Richard Sibbes
The following has been taken and edited from The Complete Works of Richard Sibbes, Volume 7, pages 462-464, in the sermon The Witness of Salvation. Italicised words are my edits and are not found directly in the words of Richard Sibbes. The words that remain un-italicised are Sibbes words. According to God’s way of salvation,Continue reading “The Five Ways God Invites Us to Come to Jesus – Richard Sibbes”
A Force for Good: William Wilberforce and the end of slavery
by Ermine Desmond Note from StandingBeforeGod: This was not written by any author associated with this site. This is a repost of an article by Ermine Desmond. I encourage you to read it on the site it was originally published, which you can find by clicking here. http://www.theologian.org.uk/churchhistory/wilberforce.html Notwithstanding this, I will repost it inContinue reading “A Force for Good: William Wilberforce and the end of slavery”
Project Prayer Request
This December, I have begun a new project on Ephesians. The goal? Compile and edit everything Richard Sibbes wrote on Ephesians and create a coherent resource of it. Richard Sibbes never wrote a commentary on Ephesians, but he had a lot to say about it! A lot to say that I think is worth hearingContinue reading “Project Prayer Request”
Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 25
Sometimes it just has to be face to face.[1] You can see all posts in this series by clicking on this line. Merry Christmas! Long distance with my now wife was, well, long and distant! One of the joys, though, were the conversations. Face-to-face (over a screen), even across the country or across an ocean,Continue reading “Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 25”
Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 24
The incarnation is an invitation, an invitation to know the Father, in the Son – a truly good God whose eternal communion is now offered to us in the Son, by the Spirit. At the centre of the universe there is a glory-giving, loving relationship, and in the incarnation we are invited to join in![1]Continue reading “Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 24”
Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 23
they were missing the glorious experience of true Christianity: fellowship with the Trinity![1] You can see all posts in this series by clicking on this line. When people sidestep Jesus as He has revealed Himself, things tend to go wrong… really wrong. Supposed spiritual knowledge begins to puff up. Sin begins to pervade souls andContinue reading “Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 23”
Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 22
the preacher urges the readers to consider their destiny. It is not Mount Sinai with all that was inadequate about the Old Covenant – that was a fearful place. But instead our destiny is Mount Zion and the city of God – a place of gathering to God the Father and His Son, a placeContinue reading “Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 22”