Archive for March 2006
Special Places, Special People
Memory Lane Some places have been locations for special, meaningful events in my life. I recall: *Orange Memorial Hospital–where I was born [1] *First Baptist Church, Bloomfield, NJ–where I first understood the Gospel and received Christ as my savior *The little house in McCaysville, Georgia where my mother’s parents and grandmother welcomed our extended family…
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Christ desires to be not only our Saviour and our Lord, but to be the very Life of our life. God has made ample provision for this through Christ’s resurrection and ascension Creation of the New Man–Co-Resurrection with Christ Death is the gate to life. Co-crucifixion opens the door to co-resurrection. Identification with Christ in…
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. The New Creation–Christ in the Believer When the Holy Spirit begat in the believer a new nature He opened the door to a living, organic union between the Christian and Christ [1 Cor. 6:17]. Christ and the Christian are then eternally one. So what is it to be a Christian? It is to have…
Read MoreMy Testimony
My Testimony by “Russ,” an African evangelist My father was a Reverend in a Christian religious organization. We therefore grew up acquainted with church. However, as I grow older I discovered that religion was used to subjugate African people. The Reformed Church theologically was subscribing to the philosophy which saw Africans as inferior beings. Also,…
Read MoreThe Divine Side of Sanctification
[In his popular book on Bible doctrine, Evans traces out the divine and human aspects of how believers are set apart from sin, unto God. Here is a brief outline of God’s initiative in this process.] The Divine Side of Sanctification: The Work of the Triune God 1. God the Father sanctifies 1 Thessalonians 5:23,24…
Read MoreAnticipating the Second Coming of Christ
According to a Gallup pole taken about 20 years ago, 62 percent of all Americans believed that Jesus Christ will return to earth someday. [1] However, judging by the increasing apostasy in Christendom and the skepticism of the western media, now the percentage is probably lower. But even of those who assent to this future…
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