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...

Revive Us Again!

Revive Us Again! Psalm 85:1-13 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - Oct. 20, 2013 *Anybody paying the least bit of attention knows that we need revival in our hearts and in our homes. We need true, spiritual revival all over our nation. But what does that mean?  *In the Old Testament revival means...

There Is Power in the Blood of the Lamb

There Is Power in the Blood of the Lamb Colossians 1:12-14 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - Sept. 30, 2012 *“There is power, power, wonder working power in the precious blood of the Lamb.” To the Christ-rejecters of our day those words sound strange, barbaric and even repulsive. But we know better! *And...

Worship, Man Fulfilling God’s Plan Nehemiah

Nehemiah 9:1-38 Stephen Caswell © 2000 The Greatness Of God -- Thomas Adams "It was reported of Alanus, that he promised his audience that next Sunday he would expound more clearly on the Trinity, and to make plain the mystery. While he was studying the point by the seaside, he spied a boy very busy with...

JOHN THE BAPTIST’S BIRTH PROMISED

Luke 1:5–19 Zacharias was a priest. He was a spiritual man. He was humble and poor. He and his wife had no children. Both now are growing old. He had been faithful to God all his life. God does bless those who are faithful to Him. Faithfulness shows: (1) concern for God, (2) consecration to...

Hebrews 1:5–14

Exposition 5 to which of the angels did he ever say Christ is no created angel. He is sometimes compared to an angel, He is sometimes called the angel of the covenant, but He is not a created angel. He is higher in nature, higher in rank, higher in intellect, and higher in power than...

The Affections

1. Should be supremely set upon God. De 6:3; Mr 12:30. 2. Should be SET a. Upon the commandments of God. Ps 19:8–10; 119:20, 97, 103, 167. b. Upon the house and worship of God. 1 Ch 29:3; Ps 26:8; 27:4; 84:1, 2. c. Upon the people of God. Ps 16:3; Ro 12:10; 2 Co...