Monday, July 21, 2008

simple truths

1. ROMANS 3:23 - All have sinned

"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God"

2. ROMANS 6:23 - All deserve hell; heaven is a free gift

"For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."

3. JOHN 14:6 - Jesus is the only way to heaven

Jesus said, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

4. 1 CORINTHIANS 15:3,4 - What Jesus did

"For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures"

5. ROMANS 10:9-11; Luke 13:3 - What you must do

"If you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. "

"I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish."

6. JOHN 1:12; EPH. 2:8-9 - Receive Christ; Don't trust works

"To all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God."

"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast."

7. 2 CORINTHIANS 5:15 - The life He calls you to live

"And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again."



Saturday, July 19, 2008

The Divine Spiration of Scripture - A Review by Dr J R de Witt

This an excellent review by Dr. J R de Witt of a new book by A.T.B. McGowan titled The Divine Spiration of Scripture.
The book attempts to present an alternative view to the traditional, biblical view of the inspiration and inerrancy of Scripture. Dr. de Witt demonstrates that this alternative view presented by McGowan is found wanting.
The Divine Spiration of Scripture
- A Review by Dr J R de Witt