The Shortest Chapter

By Irvin Himmel There is an appropriate time for long hymns and for short hymns, for long prayers and for short prayers, for long sermons and for short sermons, for long admonitions and for short admonitions, for long compositions and for short compositions. Interestingly, the longest and shortest chapters in the Bible are in the same …

For the Truth’s Sake: Confidence Resting Upon a Sure Foundation

By Ron Halbrook For The Truth’s Sake, Christians rejoice in blessed assurance. This confidence cannot exist on a true foundation while we live in sin. Before forgiveness of his sin, David said, “When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring (groaning) all the day long.” After forgiveness he exclaimed, “Blessed is he whose …

Election Without Reprobation?

By Mike Willis As we examine the Calvinist doctrines of salvation, we need to also examine what Calvinists teach about reprobation. The strict Calvinists have no hesitancy in stating emphatically that God has decreed the damnation of certain men. They state, By the decree of God, for the manifestation of his glory, some men and angels …