God, Please Don’t Be A Gentleman The Arminian God: A Wolf in Gentleman’s Clothing As I was driving home this evening, listening to the radio, I heard the statements of a man named Ron Jones (an apparent four-point Calvinist / Calminian “pastor, church planter, and radio Bible teacher”). The statement that caught my attention was…
Category: 06. Error & Sin
What is of Christ and What is of the Devil…
What is of Christ and What is of the Devil… or, Striving to Forsake the Things of This Sin-Cursed World These last few months for me were quite cold and carnal; I wasn’t going about sinning openly in some notorious sense but such mental (and yet spiritual) sin as disdain, murmuring, pride, lust, rebellion, indifference,…
An Introduction to Systematic Theology (GBCWMM-JG-005)
To listen to these studies at your own (potentially accelerated) pace, please visit the main page from whence these studies originate: http://www.grace-bible.co/mens-meeting-top.htm An Introduction to Systematic Theology (GBCWMM-JG-005) Paterology: The Study of God the Father In All of His Attributes Pastor Jesse Gistand GBC Weekly Men’s Meetings Saturday – 02/28/2009 32 min | Matthew 23:1-9…
The Potential Idolatry of Self-Abasement
The Potential Idolatry of Self-Abasement We are wretched men in light of this body of death; we are unprofitable servants as a result of it. We know the plague of our own heart (as it relates to the ever-presence of the outer man and not to the new heart the Lord has given us). We…
Compassion and Condemnation
Compassion and Condemnation What is true compassion and what is true condemnation? What does it mean to have biblical compassion on another and what does it mean to condemn another? To condemn another is to effectively judge them as lost, damned. It is also to esteem yourself as being intrinsically superior to another and/or to…
The Great Preventive/Preventative
The Great Preventive/Preventative Every -ism there is starts with a set of core beliefs; by definition, -isms are a distinctive practice, system, or philosophy founded upon some belief or another. The best way to remedy the proliferation of negative religious -isms, and to prevent them in the first place, is to stay in the word of God. Legalism…
The Bible on Strife and Contention – Part One
The Bible on Strife and Contention Part One Much has been said on the need to avoid discord amongst the brethren — and rightly so. This has been a matter laid heavily on my heart recently, partly out of true conviction and partly out of what I perceive to be a serious misunderstanding concerning the matter.…
God’s love and hatred…
God’s love and hatred… I cannot quantify it now but I believe that there are significantly more verses pertaining to God’s love in the Bible than to God’s hatred. God is glorified in the Highest not in the damnation of the non-elect but in the salvation of the elect. Nonetheless, when His hatred is spoken of, we should…
Must It Really Be Like This?
Must It Really Be Like This? Some things should not be allowed to stand unanswered; not by me and not by others in a much better position than I to address such things (which is most brethren I believe). Yet, address it I will. I have heard it said that once we engage in ad hominems, especially when there…
The Warning Against Compromise
The Warning Against Compromise Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye…
Spiritual Wrestlings 