Think of Reformation on a Local Level and on a Small Scale by Stuart DiNenno If you are a Christian man who recognizes the appallingly low state of Christianity in America, or wherever you may be, and you want to help reform the church (something I believe we all should be trying to do), you … Read more
Christianity Is About Facing Up to Your Own Evil by Stuart DiNenno When Christians are asked what Christianity is all about, most probably answer, “It’s about how to get to heaven.” or “It’s about following Jesus.” or “It’s about having peace with God.” None of those answers are wrong but my answer is quite different. … Read more
Flavel on the Knowledge of Christ “Let us compare this knowledge [the knowledge of Christ] with all other knowledge. 1. All other knowledge is natural, but this wholly supernatural, “No man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.” (Matthew … Read more
Perkins on the Proper Interpretation of Galatians 3:28 Galatians 3:28, “There is neither Jew nor Grecian,” etc. “These words (as I have said) contain an answer to an objection, which is this. If all believers among the Gentiles be children of God, and all put on Christ, then there is no difference between Jew and … Read more
THE NATIONAL PREACHER Go…Teach all nations…Matthew 28:19 Volume II New York, December, 1827 No. 7 Sermon XXVIBy Aaron W. Leland, D. D.Charleston, S. Carolina The Pure Gospel Rejected by the Perishing “For the preaching of the cross is, to them that perish, foolishness.” (1 Corinthians 1:18) In the Christian revelation, there is an evident purpose … Read more
If Sermon Titles Reflected What Today’s Churches Really Teach And Practice… By Stuart DiNenno …Then This Is What They Would Say: — Going Along To Get Along: The Virtue of Conforming To An Ungodly Society — Doing the Will Of The Government Is Doing The Will Of God — The Unnecessary Doctrine Of Repentance — … Read more
Who Were the People Calling for the Crucifixion of Christ? Were They All Israelites? by Stuart DiNenno Almost everyone reading the biblical account of the trial of Jesus Christ under the Roman governor of Judea, Pontius Pilate, assumes that the crowd urging Pilate to “Crucify! Crucify!” consisted entirely of apostate ethnic Israelites, or, more specifically, … Read more
The Gospel Is Not Being Preached in America Today Because of its deficiencies, the gospel as it is preached in American churches today (barring rare exceptions) fails to create convictions of sin and therefore is unlikely to produce repentance; and without repentance there is no salvation. by Stuart DiNenno If you spend much time among … Read more
A Few Thoughts on Christians and Military Service for the USA by Stuart DiNenno The Bible does not condemn military service, in and of itself, and can be said even to sanction it. However, it does not logically follow therefrom that all military service, for every cause or under every government, is righteous or even … Read more
The Unfaithful Shepherds of Today’s Christian Churches A Call to Repentance The apostasy of the churches, and in particular the infidelity of the modern-day Christian ministry, is the root cause of the disease that has brought Western nations to their present deplorable condition. By failing to take a stand against evil, today’s ministers, and their … Read more