Saturday, February 2, 2019

Daily Bible Verses for Saturday, February 2, 2019

"For the Lord, himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words." - I Thessalonians 4:16-18 (Audio):

The following sermons are on I Thessalonians 4:16-18:

Is the Rapture For Real? by Pastor Kevin Boling
Comfort From God's Judgment? by Dr. David P. Murray
Christ Our King From Heaven, by Rev. Foppe VanderZwaag
The Sound of the Savior's Coming, by Rev. Roger Higginson
Earthquake, But Not Heartquake, The Confidence of the Saints, The Courage That Follows, by Pastor Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)
The Prospect of Eternal Communion With Christ, by Rev. Lawrence J. Bilkes
Comfort in Life and Death, by Rev. John Marcus

Bible Reading for Saturday, February 2, 2019

 The following Bible reading program is taken from the One Year Bible KJV By Tyndale House

The One Year Bible, which helps people read the entire Bible in as little as 15 minutes a day, guides readers through God's Word with daily readings from the Old Testament, New Testament, Psalms and Proverbs.

I have added sermons from Sermonaudio.com to each day's Bible reading. 

Exodus 13:17-19:15 (Audio)

The Lord Leads the Way Out of Bondage and to the Promised Land, by Pastor Joel Overduin [Text: Exodus 13:17-22; Romans 8:12-39]
Marching Orders, by Dr. Ian R. K. Paisley (1926-2014) [Text: Exodus 14]
Tests in the Wilderness, by Dr. Michael Barrett [Text: Exodus 15-17]
The Manna That Meets the Need, by Rev. William McCrea [Text: Exodus 16]
Christ the Rock Smitten for Us, by Rev. Stephen Hamilton [Text: Exodus 17]

Here is a hymn based on Exodus 15:

I Will Sing Unto the Lord (Horse and RIder)

Matthew 21:23-23:12 (Audio)

The Parable of the Two Sons, by Rev. Lawrence J. Bilkes [Text: Matthew 21:28-31]
What a Wedding Reception May Teach Us, by Rev. Ian Brown [Text: Matthew 22:1]
Your God Vs. the God of the Bible, by Evangelist Rolfe Barnard (1904-1969) [Text: Matthew 23; John 17:3]

Psalm 26 & 27 (Audio)

The Saint's Spiritual Delight is in the Law of the Lord, by Thomas Watson (1620-1686) [Text: Psalm 1:2; Psalm 26:4]
God is Worth Waiting on and Waiting For, by Rev. Hans Overduin [Text: Psalm 26]

The following hymns are based on Psalm 27:

Jehovah is My Light

Proverbs 6:16-35 (Audio)

See Jesus Love, Facing What He Hated, by Rev. Hans Overduin [Text: Proverbs 6:16-19; Matthew 26:57-27:2]

Friday, February 1, 2019

A Silenced World

A Silenced World, by Dr. David P. Murray

The text for this sermon is on Romans 3: 19 & 20 (Audio)

"Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may become guilty before God.  Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge

This Ain't Taco Bell - Why College Kids Leave the Church

This Ain't Taco Bell - Why College Kids Leave the Church,  by Pastor Kevin Swanson

Recommended books by Pastor Kevin Swanson:

  

Ann Coulter: Dems Evolved From 'If You Like Your Doctor, You Can Keep Your Doctor,' to 'If You Like Your Doctor, He Will Kill Your Baby For You'

Ann Coulter: Dems Evolved From 'If You Like Your Doctor, You Can Keep Your Doctor,' to 'If You Like Your Doctor, He Will Kill Your Baby For You' - cnsnews.com

Excerpt from this article:

"...on the anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion - Roe v. Wade - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law the Reproductive Health Act, a bill that legalizes abortion up until the point of birth."
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Recommended reading:


The Briefing: Cultural Commentary for Friday, February 1, 2019

The Briefing: Cultural Commentary for Friday, February 1, 2019, by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr.

Recommended reading:


099152: The Apostles" CreedThe Apostles' Creed
By R. Albert Mohler, Jr. / Thomas Nelson





454881: Words From the Fire: Hearing the Voice of God in the  10 CommandmentsWords From the Fire: Hearing the Voice of God in the 10 Commandments
By R. Albert Mohler, Jr. / Moody Publishers





423818: Culture Shift: The Battle for the Moral Heart of  AmericaCulture Shift: The Battle for the Moral Heart of America
By R. Albert Mohler, Jr. / Multnomah





77441EB: We Cannot Be Silent: Speaking Truth to a Culture Redefining Sex, Marriage, and the Very Meaning of Right and Wrong - eBookWe Cannot Be Silent: Speaking Truth to a Culture Redefining Sex, Marriage, and the Very Meaning of Right and Wrong - eBook
By R. Albert Mohler Jr. / Thomas Nelson

Continental Sprint

Continental Sprint,  by Ken Ham

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Six Days & the Eisegesis Problem, by Ken Ham
The Ark Encounter, by Ken Ham
Exploring The Ark Encounter, by Peter Hammond

Recommended reading from Ken Ham and Answers in Genesis:


334523: Six Days or Millions of Years? Booklet

Six Days or Millions of Years? Booklet
By Ken Ham / Answers in Genesis


400548: Science Confirms the Bible

Science Confirms the Bible
By Ken Ham / Answers in Genesis



518199: New Answers Book Box Set Volumes 1-4

New Answers Book Box Set Volumes 1-4
By Master Books


080970: Four Views on Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent DesignFour Views on Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design
By Edited by J.B. Stump / Zondervan








News Roundup and Comment

How Marxists Subvert Churches and Society

Trump Just Scored Another Major Trade Victory

Trump Just Scored Another Major Trade Victory - dailycaller.com

Excerpt from this article:

"The European Commission approved U.S. soybeans to be used in the production of biofuels, a decision that will fulfill President's Donald Trump's demand that the European Union buy more if the product."
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Check out the following from Patrick Buchanan's book The Great Betrayal: How American Sovereignty and Social Justice Are Being Sacrificed to the Gods of the Global Economy:

"No site better captures yesterday's America than Detroit, forge and furnace of America's democracy. Detroit is the burned out case of American cities. The Empire of the Sun has its revenge. Japanese imports helped kill the city that built the weapons that destroyed the empire. Now grandsons of the soldiers of the imperial army work at high paying manufacturing jobs once held by the fathers of ten-dollar-an-hour retail clerks in Macomb County.

"But why blame the Japanese? We did it to ourselves. We Americans created a post-war trading regime, in which, over 25 years, Japan bought 400,000 American cars while selling us 40 million Japanese cars, a ratio of 100:1. One president after another sat still while a third of America's greatest industry was shipped off to Japan...

"Americans no longer make their own cameras, shoes, radios, TVs, toys. A fifth of our steal, a third of our autos, half our machine tools, and two-thirds of our textiles are made abroad...

"The decline and fall of Middle America were neither preordained nor inevitable. It was engineered in Washington D.C. Wages have fallen and the standard of living of American families has stagnated because of a basic law: the law of supply and demand. The price of labour has been dropping because the supply of labour has exploded...

"Having declared free trade and open borders to be American policy, why are we surprised that corporate executives padlocked their plants in the Rust Belt and moved overseas?  Why keep your plants here when you can manufacture at a fraction of the cost abroad, ship your goods back, and pocket the windfall profits that come from firing $20 an hour Americans and hiring fifty-cent-an-hour  Asians? A pair of Nikes that sells for $150 in the United States costs $5 in wages to make in Indonesia. Any wonder that Nike president Philip Knight is the fifth richest man in America, with $5.2 billion, while his Indonesian workers make 31 cents an hour?"
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Recommended reading:


Today in the News - Friday, February 1, 2019

Daily Bible Verse for Friday, February 1, 2019

"Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else." - Isaiah 45:22 (Audio)

Here are some sermons on Isaiah 45:22:

Sovereignty and Salvation, by Pastor Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)
Look Unto Me and Be Saved, by Dr. David P. Murray
A Gospel So Urgent, and Well Grounded, and Inviting, by Rev. Hans Overduin
Salvation Plain and Simple, by Rev. Ian Brown
The Universal Gospel Call, by Rev. Cornelis (Neil) Pronk

Thursday, January 31, 2019

Deeds in the Dark

Deeds in the Dark, by Rev. Ian Brown

The text for this sermon is Ezekiel 8:8,12 (Audio)

"Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door...Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth."

No Excommunication For Gov. Cuomo - Catholic Abortion Rate Higher Than the Rest

No Excommunication For Gov. Cuomo - Catholic Abortion Rate Higher Than the Rest,  by Pastor Kevin Swanson

Recommended books by Pastor Kevin Swanson:

  

Rescue the Perishing - Sanctity of Life Sunday

U.S. Dept. of Treasury Needs $1 Trillion to Finance the Debt This Year

U.S. Dept. of Treasury Needs $1 Trillion to Finance the Debt This Year - thenewamerican.com

Excerpt from this article:

"The government of the United States will soon borrow up to  $1 trillion in order that it can finance the national debt, which totals nearly $22 trillion"
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  "A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the majority discovers it can vote itself largess out of the public treasury. After that, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits with the result the democracy collapses because of the loose fiscal policy ensuing, always to be followed by a dictatorship and then a monarchy." (Source)

"You should view these politicians with the deepest contempt you can possibly imagine. What they are doing to this country, what they are doing to our finances - there is not a criminal in any federal prison, state prison, city or county jail with respect to financial crimes of any sort who collectively could have done the kind of damage that Barack Obama and Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi and yes, willing, timid, gutless Republicans have done to this country! To your future, to your children and your grandchildren. What they are doing is with malice and with forethought."  (Source)

"If you knew that you could live in luxury for the rest of your life but that by doing so it would absolutely destroy the future of your children, your grandchildren, and your great-grandchildren, would you do it? Well, that is exactly what we are doing as a nation. Over the past several decades we have stolen $15 trillion dollars from future generations so that we could enjoy a dramatically inflated level of prosperity. Our 15 trillion dollar party has been a lot of fun, but what we have done to our children and our grandchildren has been beyond criminal. We ran up the greatest mountain of debt in the history of the planet and we are sticking them with the bill. Sadly, both political parties have been responsible for the big spending that has been going on (Source)

Another Shutdown or Resolution?

A Migration - From Ararat

A Migration - From Ararat,  by Ken Ham

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Six Days & the Eisegesis Problem, by Ken Ham
The Ark Encounter, by Ken Ham
Exploring The Ark Encounter, by Peter Hammond

Recommended reading from Ken Ham and Answers in Genesis:


334523: Six Days or Millions of Years? Booklet

Six Days or Millions of Years? Booklet
By Ken Ham / Answers in Genesis


400548: Science Confirms the Bible

Science Confirms the Bible
By Ken Ham / Answers in Genesis



518199: New Answers Book Box Set Volumes 1-4

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By Master Books


080970: Four Views on Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent DesignFour Views on Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design
By Edited by J.B. Stump / Zondervan








The Briefing: Cultural Commentary for Thursday, January 31, 2019

The Briefing: Cultural Commentary for Thursday, January 31, 2019, by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr.

Recommended reading:


099152: The Apostles" CreedThe Apostles' Creed
By R. Albert Mohler, Jr. / Thomas Nelson





454881: Words From the Fire: Hearing the Voice of God in the  10 CommandmentsWords From the Fire: Hearing the Voice of God in the 10 Commandments
By R. Albert Mohler, Jr. / Moody Publishers





423818: Culture Shift: The Battle for the Moral Heart of  AmericaCulture Shift: The Battle for the Moral Heart of America
By R. Albert Mohler, Jr. / Multnomah





77441EB: We Cannot Be Silent: Speaking Truth to a Culture Redefining Sex, Marriage, and the Very Meaning of Right and Wrong - eBookWe Cannot Be Silent: Speaking Truth to a Culture Redefining Sex, Marriage, and the Very Meaning of Right and Wrong - eBook
By R. Albert Mohler Jr. / Thomas Nelson

Today in History - January 31

1606: Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is executed for plotting against Parliament and King James (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

The Gunpowder Plot, by Rev. Ian Brown [Text: 2 Kings 7:39]
The Gunpowder Plot, by Stephen Holland

Daily Quotes for Thursday, January 31, 2019

Quote 1 "The Final Heartbeat for the Christian is not the mysterious conclusion to a meaningless existence. It is, rather, the grand beginning to a life with our Savior that will never end." - Dr. James Dobson (Source)

Recommended reading:

  

 Quote 2 "If sinners will be damned, at least let them leap to hell over our bodies. And if they will perish, let them perish with our arms around their knees, imploring them to stay. If hell must be filled, at least let it be filled in the teeth of our exertions, and let not one go there unwarned and unprayed for." - Pastor Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)

Recommended reading:
   



Quote 3 The following advice to pastors comes from a sermon by Dr. David P. Murray (Flee, Fight, Follow). Dr. Murray says that he first heard this from Pastor John MacArthur.

How a Man Becomes A Man of God

 "Fling him into his office. Then tear the office sign from his door, and replace it with a sign that says, 'Study.' Take him off the mailing list. Lock him up with his books, and his typewriter, and his Bible.
Slam him down on his knees before texts and broken hearts and the lives of a superficial flock and a Holy God. Force him to be the one man in the community who knows about God. Throw him into the ring to box with God until he learns how short his arms are. Engage him to wrestle with God all the night through, and let him come out only when he's bruised and beaten into being a blessing. Shut his mouth from forever spouting remarks and stop his tongue from forever tripping lightly over every nonessential. Require him to have something to say before he breaks his silence. Burn his eyes with weary study. Wreck his emotional poise with worry for the things of God. Make him exchange his pious stance for a humble walk with God and man. Make him spend and be spent for the glory of God. Rip out his telephone. Burn up his success sheets. Put water in his gas tank. Give him a Bible and tie him to the pulpit. Test him. Quiz him. Examine him. Humiliate him for his ignorance of things divine. Shame him for his good comprehension of finance, batting averages, and political party issues. Laugh at his frustrated effort to play psychiatrist. Form a choir, raise a chant, and haunt him night and day with 'Sir, we would know God!' When at long last he does assay the pulpit, ask him if he has a word from God.  If he doesn't, dismiss him. Tell him you can read the paper yourself. You can digest the television commentary. You can think through the day's superficial problems, and manage the weary drives of the community and bless the assorted baked potatoes and green beans better than he can. When he does speak God's Word, listen. And when he's burned out finally by the flaming Word, consumed by the fiery grace blazing through him, and when he's privileged to translate the truth of God to man and finally has himself transferred from earth to heaven, wave him away gently. Blow a muted trumpet. Lay him down softly. Place a two-edged sword in his coffin. And raise the tune triumphant. For before he died, he had become a man of God!"

Recommended reading::


   

How I Found Christ?

 How I Found Christ? by Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892)