Recently I obtained a copy of Brian Simmons’ “The Passion Translation”, published by Broadstreet Publishing. Gaining in popularity, I was anxious to be digging into it myself. If you are not aware, The Passion Translation (TPT) is primarily the work … Continue reading
1. Racism is not a social problem with sin implications, it is a sin issue with social implications. 2. Racism is rooted in all attempts to consider another individual or group inferior to ourselves (whatever the reason, race is only … Continue reading
Lord grant me a conscience more tenderMore fully informed by your WordIncreasingly, easily woundedBy Your Spirit perpetually stirred Forbid that I flee from exposureThe light of your countenance grantsTo hide in my vile self-deceptionAnd secretly let sin advance Convict in … Continue reading
2 Corinthians 11:2 (ESV) — 2 For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. “I make love to Jesus every night!” I was only … Continue reading
At this point in Matthew’s narrative, this is now the second time Jesus has confronted the Pharisees on this same question – they do not get what Jesus means, that God has said He desires mercy above sacrifice. See: 9:13. … Continue reading
How few, even among professed Believers actually rest in Him instead of trying to establish and live in confidence in our own performance or righteousness. How many of us sincerely trying to serve and walk with Christ do not rest … Continue reading
The observation of Wilberforce regarding depravity, and the verses below from Isaac Watts, serve as a stark reminder to the Christian mind, why even democratic governments like our own representative republic, must one day crumble due to their own internal … Continue reading
(Now the Philistines had stopped and filled with earth all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father.)… And Isaac dug again the wells of water that had been dug in the days … Continue reading
Masculinity is taking it on the chin from all sides these days. Some in our culture would tell us that masculinity in any way, shape or form is itself “toxic.” But knowing how it is that God made men and … Continue reading
A Paper delivered to the Reformation Society of Western NY on April 8, 2021 Reformation Society of Western New York Thursday, April 8th, 2021 Lessons Lifted, Learned and Listed Pastoring, Proverbs and the Christian Mind. Reid A. Ferguson Sr. Pastor … Continue reading
