TheologiansAthanasiusFive-time exile for fighting “orthodoxy”

“Those who maintain ‘There was a time when the Son was not’ rob God of his Word, like plunderers.”“Black Dwarf” was the tag his enemies gave him. And the short, dark-skinned Egyptian bishop had plenty of enemies. He was exiled five times by four Roman emperors, spending 17 of the 45 years he served as...

Great Reasons to Praise the Lord

Great Reasons to Praise the Lord Isaiah 12:1-6 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - March 10, 2013 (Revised from sermon preached at McClendon Baptist Church Jan. 22, 2006) BACKGROUND: *This morning please open your Bibles to Isaiah 12, thinking about great reasons to praise the Lord. This chapter of praise mainly applies to...

Great Reasons to Praise the Lord

Reasons to Praise the LordIsaiah 12:1-6Sermon by Rick CrandallGrayson Baptist Church - March 10, 2013(Revised from sermon preached at McClendon Baptist Church Jan. 22, 2006)BACKGROUND:This morning please open your Bibles to Isaiah 12, thinking about great reasons to praise the Lord. This chapter of praise mainly applies to the coming Kingdom, when Jesus returns to...

Better Instructions for Better Living

Ignorance is bliss? Thomas Gray “Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College.” “Alas, regardless of their doom, the little victims play! No sense they have of ills to come, nor care beyond today. Yet ah! why should they know their fate? Since sorrow never comes too late, and happiness too swiftly flies. Thought would...

Apostasy and Backsliding

The Dove Has a Dovecote Genesis 3:1–5; 8:9; Numbers 11:5; 1 Corinthians 10:12–13; 2 Timothy 4:10 Preaching Themes: Addiction, Apostasy, Creation: Renewal, Sin, Temptation As children, we saw men throwing up carrier pigeons into the air, laden with letters, and we foolishly wondered how the dove knew the way to go with the letter, dreaming...

Knowledge of God

Synopsis Human knowledge of God may be a purely intellectual phenomenon, as when one knows about God through observing the results of his actions, but God’s people know him in a personal way because of their relationship with him. Knowledge of God through his actions God acts in creation Ro 1:20 Romans 1:20 (NASB95) —...

How to Get Closer to God

“Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you” (James 4:8). I. By Praying to Him. “When ye pray, believe … and ye shall have them” (Mark 11:24). A. Prayer must be accompanied with desire and faith. The promise is “Ye shall have them.” B. There are prayers of praise, petition, and fellowship....

Afflicted Saints

1. God is with. Ps 46:5, 7; Isa 43:2. 2. God is a refuge and strength to. Ps 27:5, 6; Isa 25:4; Jer 16:19; Na 1:7. 3. God comforts. Isa 49:13; Jer 31:13; Mt 5:4; 2 Co 1:4, 5; 7:6. 4. God preserves. Ps 34:20. 5. God delivers. Ps 34:4, 19; Pr 12:13; Jer 39:17,...

CALLED TO SUFFER

1 Peter 2:21 For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps, Though today’s verse seems to point out that we are called to suffer, it actually refers back to the last part of verse 20, which says, “When...