Let us therefore remind ourselves before we go any further that the gospel announces, at the very beginning, that man is absolutely helpless in the matter of his salvation, he can do nothing at all about it. The gospel is not a scheme or proposal to … [Continue reading]
When John the Baptist was sitting in prison wondering if he got it all wrong about Jesus, he sent a delegation to Jesus to get the answer to one important question. "Are you the expected one?" was that question. (Matthew 11:3) Jesus' response is … [Continue reading]
The apparent failure It is my guess that just about everyone who is interested in Christian apologetics is aware of 1 Peter 3:15 in which Peter encourages believers to be ready to make a defense (apology) to everyone who asks about our hope. Yet, … [Continue reading]
The appeal made in Christian work nowadays is that we must keep ourselves fit for our work, we must not; we must be in the hands of God for God to do exactly what He likes with us, and that means disentanglement from everything that would hinder His … [Continue reading]
