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We are justified by faith alone, but by a faith that is not alone. John Calvin

A man may fancy that he is prospering in business, and yet he may be going back in the world. If he does not face his books or take stock, he may be living in a fool’s paradise, spending largely when on the verge of bankruptcy. Many think well of themselves because they never think seriously. They do…

If we can be saved by our own merits, we need justice, but we certainly do not want mercy. A man who can go into court with a clear case and a bold countenance does not ask for mercy from the judge, and the offer of it would insult him. “Give me justice,” he says, “give me my rights,” and he stands up…

Fyli, a municipality in Greece, northwest of Athens has a debt of $500 million. They have been granted generous terms for repayment. In 2016, authorities awarded the city 25,546 months to pay meaning the debt will finally be paid in 4144. Our debt of sin could not be paid, even if we had 25,000 months…

Danny Duchene had been in prison for twenty years serving a double life sentence when he first read Rick Warren’s book, The Purpose Driven Life. The book changed Duchene’s life and led to the beginning of a “Purpose Driven Church” group in the prison, and the introduction of the Celebrate Recovery program,…

Rosaria Butterfield, author of The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert is a former lesbian whose book talks of her conversion. She says this about what happened to her. “I wasn’t converted out of homosexuality. I was converted out of unbelief.” The Bible holds out hope to all. There are no sinners…

In March of 2015, former presidential candidate Mitt Romney said he wouldn't have swapped Terrorist prisoners for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. "I don't think I would have made the trade," said Romney on NBC's "Today Show." Bergdahl was charged with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, about nine months…

Ana Marie Cox was a political writer taking hard left positions. She describes herself as a “progressive, feminist, tattooed, pro-choice, graduate-educated believer.” She wrote left wing commentary for several magazines, and appeared on left-wing talk shows. Several years ago she seemingly disappeared.…

A maximum security penitentiary in Louisiana has allowed the inmates to produce and perform a passion play called The Life of Jesus Christ. It has changed the atmosphere of the prison, once known as “America’s bloodiest prison.” Inmates are discovering the gospel message in the Life of Christ. This is…

In 1931, a young mother died suddenly. Her two children, ages seven and four, were sent to separate homes and raised apart. After 80 years, Doris Petre discovered that her older brother was alive and well, living in Brunswick, Maine. 80 years after the separation, Doris and Richard Watrous met each other…

JUSTIFICATION The Canadian Ironman competition involves a 3.8 km swim, followed by an 180 km cycle, and ending with the traditional 42 km marathon run. The Ironman competition however, is not just a physical fitness competition, but a battle of the mind. In the race, all of a racer's self-doubts and…

JUDGMENT In Cuba, nothing is bigger than baseball, not even the cigars. Nothing, that is, except Castro. Recently, the 74-year-old dictator, grabbed an aluminum bat and walked to the plate in an exhibition game against Venezuela. When Castro approached the batter’s box, the president of Venezuela, Hugo…

JUSTICE Anssi Vanjoki, was caught racing his Harley down a street in Helsinki, Finland. The police clocked him at 47 mph in a 31 mph zone and the judge assessed him with a $103,600 fine for speeding. The millionaire executive is fighting the fine, not because he wasn't speeding. He is appealing the amount…

For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. /Romans 5:10. I am not saved by believing; I realize I am saved by believing. It is not repentance that saves me; repentance is the sign that I realize what God…

William S. Plummer Justification is an act of God complete at once and forever. Sanctification is a work of God begun in regeneration, conducted through life and completed at death. The former is equal and perfect in all; the latter is not equal in all, nor perfect in any till they lay aside the flesh.…

Martin Luther is reported to have said that the most damnable and pernicious heresy that has ever plagued the mind of man was the idea that somehow he could make himself good enough to deserve to live with an all-holy God. You couldn't make an omelet out of five good eggs and one rotten egg and expect…

D. L Moody Said about the changes that take place at salvation: Justification: a change in standing – before God. Regeneration: a change in nature – from God. Repentance: a change of mind – about God. Conversion: a change of life – for God. Adoption: a change of family – in God. Sanctification: a change…

ILLUSTRATION: Grace, Salvation David Jeremiah points out that in the 1980s, the Smith-Barney brokerage firm made a series of commercials in which distinguished actor John Houseman spoke the famous line, "We make money the old-fashioned way. We earn it!" Sometime later, based on that commercial, a Christian…