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Monthly Archives: February 2014
What Does True Forgiveness Look Like?
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5 More Signs You Glorify Self
Last week we looked at five ways the pursuit of self-glory shapes your ministry. Here are five more warning signs for you to consider in an effort to pursue wisdom and holiness. May God use these additional signs to expose your heart … Continue reading
5 Signs You Glorify Self
It is important to recognize the harvest of self-glory in you and in your ministry. May God use this list to give you diagnostic wisdom. May he use it to expose your heart and to redirect your ministry. Self-glory will … Continue reading
The Bible is the Best Safeguard Against False Doctrine
“Does any one ask me, What is the best safeguard against false doctrine? – I answer in one word, ‘The Bible: the Bible regularly read, regularly prayed over, regularly studied.’ We must go back to the old prescription of our … Continue reading
Posted in Church History, Discernment, J.C. Ryle
Tagged discernment, false teachers, J.C. Ryle, warning to the churches
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Even False Teachers are Zealous
“Many things combine to make the present inroad of false doctrine peculiarly dangerous. There is an undeniable zeal in some of the teachers of error: their ‘earnestness’ (to use an unhappy cant phrase) makes many think they must be right. … Continue reading
Posted in Church History, Discernment, J.C. Ryle
Tagged discernment, false teachers, J.C. Ryle, warning to the churches
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Beware of Trusting Teachers of Religion
“Beware of supposing that a teacher of religion is to be trusted, because although he holds some unsound views, he yet ‘teaches a great deal of truth.’ Such a teacher is precisely the man to do you harm: poison is … Continue reading
Posted in Church History, Discernment, J.C. Ryle
Tagged discernment, false teachers, J.C. Ryle, warning to the churches
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Was Jesus Polite to False Teachers?
Many Christians today are greatly concerned about the rising influences of communism, humanism, secularism, and social injustice. Yet those evils, great as they are, do not together pose the threat to Christianity that false shepherds and pastors do. Throughout the … Continue reading
Posted in Discernment, John MacArthur
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A Warning about New Revelation
But what is the truth? There is the point. Is the truth that which I imagine to be revealed to me by some private communication? Am I to fancy that I enjoy some special revelation, and am I to order … Continue reading
Posted in Charles Spurgeon, Church History
Tagged Charles Spurgeon, Personal Revelation, scripture
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Humiliation to Exaltation
“It just hangs there. It dangles as if it were simply an afterthought attached to the second chapter of Genesis. But we know there are no afterthoughts in the mind and inspiration of the Holy Ghost. Thus, we look at … Continue reading
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