Tomorrow is Flag Day and Sunday is Father’s Day, two special days on our calendars. We pause tomorrow to thank God for everything “Old Glory” stands for; we proudly sing our National Anthem and without apology pledge allegiance to our nation’s emblem of liberty and justice for all! Then, Father’s Day. Fourteen years ago, oneContinue reading “Flag Day/Father’s Day”
Author Archives: Dr. Anthony Slutz
Baptism for Salvation?
In a post last week, I answered those who believe that baptism by water is necessary for salvation on the basis of Acts 2:38, showing that there is no justifiable reason—that one can substantiate from the Bible—to believe that water baptism has anything to do with one’s soul salvation. If you missed that post, letContinue reading “Baptism for Salvation?”
Faith says….
“Faith is just believing what God’s Word says is true.” That refrain comes to my heart often, and it is simply a line of a chorus I learned somewhere—probably in leading children in songs. Amazing what a simple chorus can do for the soul! But, speaking of faith—the substance of things hoped for, the evidenceContinue reading “Faith says….”
“and be baptized…for the remission of sins.” (Acts 2:38)
By grace alone, through faith alone, has been and remains the mantra of Bible-believers concerning the essence of salvation from the time (and even before) that Paul and Barnabas met in Jerusalem with the mother church to “hammer out” the sine qua none of salvation. The Jerusalem council determined that salvation is a matter ofContinue reading ““and be baptized…for the remission of sins.” (Acts 2:38)”
Giving God’s Way
In his very emotional farewell meeting with the elders of the church of Ephesus, as recorded in Acts 20, Paul said toward the conclusion of his remarks—to which the elders were without doubt giving their undivided attention—“I have shewed you, how that so laboring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the wordsContinue reading “Giving God’s Way”
Richard Hall*
For several years now, a group of 10 or 12 men have met on Tuesday mornings to discuss a book that we are working through as a group. The current one is “The Life God Blesses,” by Gordon MacDonald. Richard has been a faithful member of this group, never missing a meeting. The book weContinue reading “Richard Hall*”
Bookstore Betty*
The Apostle Paul, writing to his protégé, Timothy, spoke of Timothy’s unfeigned faith—faith that had dwelt first in his grandmother, Lois, and also in his mother Eunice—and, Paul added, “I am persuaded also in thee.” (II Tim. 1:3,4) Betty Blythe, like these mothers of old, possessed an unfeigned faith. That faith, operative most of herContinue reading “Bookstore Betty*”
When They Think of You Do They Think of Him?
In a Faith Promise Missions conference at our church in 2003, missionary Ron White challenged us with these words, “If every time when your loved ones remember you, they think of Him, your influence lives on.” Puritan pastor Richard Baxter wrote a book titled A Call to the Unconverted, and many folk were drawn toContinue reading “When They Think of You Do They Think of Him?”
“I Will…If You Can’t Find Anyone Else.”
Those words were whispered by a young woman in response to a Bible college chapel challenge presented by a Muslim-background believer in a missions service, as he shared God’s message to Isaiah: “Whom shall I send, and who will go for me?” (Isa. 6:1-8) As a young single woman, Valerie Anderson did not feel equippedContinue reading ““I Will…If You Can’t Find Anyone Else.””
The Generations to Come
The Psalmist puts the burden of educating our children squarely at the doorstep of parents—not the church, nor the government, nor the greater community. Things which “we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of theContinue reading “The Generations to Come”
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