First Forgiveness Then Healing By: Charles Spurgeon

 

Jonathan Edwards and the Great Awakening

 Jonathan Edwards and the Great Awakening, by Dr. Peter Hammond

Recommended sermon: Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, by Jonathan Edwards (1704-1758)

                           

The following quote is from Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) sermon:

"It would be dreadful to suffer this fierceness and wrath of Almighty God for one moment; but you must suffer it to all eternity. There will be no end to this exquisite horrible misery. When you look forward, you shall see a long forever, a boundless duration before you which will swallow up your thoughts, and amaze your souls, and you will absolutely despair of ever having any deliverances, any end, any mitigation, any rest at all; and you will know certainly that you must wear out long ages, millions and millions of ages, in wrestling and conflicting with this Almighty merciless vengeance; and then when you have so done, when many ages have actually been spent by you in this manner, you will know that it is all but a point to what remains. So that your punishment will indeed be infinite." :

Sermounaudio for Monday, May 1, 2023

1.  The Wrong Type of Christianity, by Rev. Timothy Ormerod [Text: 2 Samuel 6:1-11]
2. How God Exercises His Saving Grace, by Dr. Joel Beeke [Text 2 Samuel 16:1-4; 2 Samuel 19:15-30]
3. Original Sin and External Election, by Rev. Jan Neels [Text: Romans 5:12-21; Romans 9:14-24]
4. The Need of Salvation, by Rev. Fred Greenfield [Text: Acts 16:23-34]
5. Vital Steps to a New Life, by Rev. John Morrow  [Text: John 5:40]
6. How We Can Know the Gospel of the Great Mediator, by Rev. Eric Moerdyk [Text: James]
7. Learning from David's Last Public Words, by Rev. Joel Overduin [Text: 2 Samuel 23:1-7; 15-18; Revelation 11:15-18]
8. Promoting the Gospel, by Rev. David VanBrugge ;Text: Romans 15:14-33]

Today in the News - Monday, May 1, 2023

    Today's Headlines:

1. Pupils as Young as Seven are Being Encouraged to Wear a Badge Which Displays Whether they Used Male, Female or Non-Binary Pronouns - dailymail.com
2. Epstein's Private Calendar Emerges: Among Prominent Names Listed are Biden's CIA Chief, Goldman Top Lawyer - zerohedge.com
3. Justice Alito Has 'Good Idea' Who Was Behind Roe V. Wade Leak Believe Motive was Assassination - americanmilitarynews.com
4. Blacklist of the Unvaccinated: Is Big Brother Tracking You? - thenewamerican.com
5. WEF Members Summoned to Accelerate and Advance the 'Great Reset' - fism.tv
6. Not Again! Report Says U.S. Supported 'Extremely Dangerous' Biolab in Another Country - wnd.com
7. 'Come Here': Young Girl Refuses Biden's Attempt to Lure Her into the White House - wnd.com
8. US Lawmaker: 700,000 to 1 Million Gather at US Border After Title 42 Ends (Video) - thegatewaypundit.com
9. A Torrent of Layoffs - Here Are 16 Large Companies That Have Just Announced Massive Terminations - naturalnews.com
10. What Happened in Hospitals During COVID? - americanthiniker.com
11. Ukraine Peace Deal or Nuclear War? Art of War=Deception - lewrockwell.com
12. Irish LGBTQ+++Lady Inmate Proves He Shouldn't Be Housed with Women - pjmedia.com

Columnists

1. Ann Coulter: Expel Them Again - townhall.com
2. Pat Buchanan: DeSantis Was Right on Ukraine - townhall.com
3. Tyler Durden: Walmart Abandons Unprofitable Chicago Stores After Investing "Hundreds of Millions" in the City - lewrockwell.com
4. John Stossel: Save the Planet, Invest in Fossil Fuels - townhall.com
5. Ron Paul: Will the End of the Petro Dollar End the US Empire?  - cnsnews.com
6. David Stockman: Why Decades of Inflationary Finance are Finally Coming Home to Roost - lewrockwell.com
7. Ben Shapiro: The Left's Favorite Lie: Widespread White on Black Crime - cnsnews.com
8. Lew Rockwell: How Greening the Economy will Destroy America  - lewrockwell.com
9. Katie Pavlich: The Deadbeat Granddad - townhall.com
10. Emma Waters: The Equal Rights Amendment is the Anti-Life and Anti-Women - cnsnews.com
11. Stephen Moore: Scholars Rand Biggest Spending Presidents as the Greatest - cnsnews.com
12. Chuck Norris: The Top 10 Fears in America - Any of Them Yours? - wnd.com
13. Katie Pavlich: TikTok Just Got its Claws Into Something Else - townhall.com
14. Andrew Napolitano: What Happens When the Government Break its Own Laws? - lewrockwell.com
15. Allen West: Why Can't We Be Friends - townhall.com
16. Larry Elder: Pro-Life: The Political Disadvantage - townhall.com
17. Cal Thomas: More or Less - townhall.com

Note: Be careful where to go to for your news. The following quote is from David Rockefeller's Memoirs:

"We are grateful to the Washington Post, the New York Times, Time Magazine and other great publications whose directors have attended our meetings and respected their promises of discretion for almost 40 years......It would have been impossible for us to develop our plan for the world if we had been subjected to the lights of publicity during those years. But, the world is more sophisticated and prepared to march towards a world government. The supernational sovereignty of an intellectual elite and world bankers is surely preferable to the national autodetermination practiced in past centuries.” - David Rockefeller (Source)

Daily Sermon for the Hearing Impaired: A Vision of God's Glory

A Vision of God's Glory, by Joe W Allen [Text: Ezekiel]

Note: This daily sermon for the hearing impaired is dedicated to my good friend, David J. Bishop, who went home to be with his Lord Jesus on July 1, 2021. David was the inspiration for me to begin posting links to sermons for the hearing impaired. David's not deaf anymore. And the first words he heard were from our Lord Jesus, saying to him, "Well done, David, thou good and faithful servant. Enter into the joy of thy Lord!" [Matthew 25:21 (Audio)]

Here is one of the last pictures David sent to me before he died. He was a big sports fan and LOVED the Seattle Seahawks! He was also a BIG baseball fan. I'm sure if David had been able to hear he would have loved the song, Take Me Out to the Ball Game! But David loved our Lord Jesus much, much, much more than any sporting event!

Recommended sermon: The Deaf Ministry of Jesus, by Jon Speed

Today in History - May 1

A special thanks to Wikipedia.com for following historical information. The sermons I have chosen from Sermonaudio.com

1486 – Christopher Columbus presents his plans discovering a western route to the Indies to the Spanish Queen Isabella I of Castile.

Recommended reading: Sympathy for the Devil: Columbus Day and Why it Matters - townhall.com

Excerpt from this article: "This hatred for Columbus and the misunderstanding of what it is he did is nothing new. In fact, the earliest criticisms of Columbus were made about a century ago by the old Democratic party institution, the Ku Klux Klan."
 
Recommended sermons and podcasts:

1. Columbus, by BJU Students and Faculty (A radio drama)
2. America's Sins Against the Indians, by Pastor Kevin Swanson

1807 – The Slave Trade Act 1807 takes effect, abolishing the slave trade within the British Empire.

Recommended reading: 'Ironically, the same court that decreed that Dred Scott, a slave, was property, had granted to the corporation, a non-man, the sacred rights of citizenship...The Fourteenth Amendment provided that no state shall 'deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law, nor deny any persons within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.' It was to be a shield of freedom to protect the emancipated slave against abuses from the states. But the Fourteenth Amendment soon became a formidable weapon used to subject both black and white to the will of corporate America. We have not often heard that story." With Justice for None - Destroying an American Myth, by Gerry Spence (Attorney)

Recommended sermons and podcast: Exposing and Opposing Slavery Today, by Dr. Peter Hammond

More recommended reading:

1. The Welfare State Did What Slavery Couldn't - zerohedge.com
2. African Slavery Reexamined by Senegalese Academic - americanthinker.com

2009 – Same-sex marriage is legalized in Sweden.

Recommended sermon: A Biblical Response to the Supreme Court's Ruling, by Dr. David P. Murray (2015)

Westminster Shorter Catechism Q & A #98-100

 The following is from thewestminsterstandard.org:

Q. 98. What is prayer?
A. Prayer is an offering up of our desires unto God, for things agreeable to his will, in the name of Christ, with confession of our sins, and thankful acknowledgment of his mercies.

Ps. 62:8; 1 John 5:14; John 16:23; Ps. 32:5-6; Dan. 9:4; Phil. 4:6.

Q. 99. What rule hath God given for our direction in prayer?
A. The whole Word of God is of use to direct us in prayer, but the special rule of direction is that form of prayer which Christ taught his disciples, commonly called, The Lord’s Prayer.

1 John 5:14; Matt. 6:9-13 with Luke 11:2-4.

Q. 100. What doth the preface of the Lord’s Prayer teach us?
A. The preface of the Lord’s Prayer, which is, Our Father which art in heaven,” teacheth us to draw near to God with all holy reverence and confidence, as children to a father, able and ready to help us; and that we should pray with and for others.

Matt. 6:9; Rom. 8:15; Luke 11:13; Acts 12:5; 1 Tim. 2:1-2.

Daily Bible Verse for Monday, May 1, 2023

"So teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom." - Psalm 90:12

The following sermons are on Psalm 90:12:

1. Your Days Are Numbered, by Pastor Kevin Boling
2. What Happens When the Unbeliever Dies? by Rev. Kyle Paisley
3. Limited Time, by Rev. Stephen Hamilton
4. Teach Us to Number Our Days, by Rev. Gordon Dane
5. Prayer to Learn Holy Mathematics, by Rev. Lawrence J. Bilkes
6. Right Use of Our Days, by Rev. Graeme Craig
7. Moses Asks About the Right Us of Our Time, by Pastor Carl A Schouls

The following hymn is based on Psalm 90: Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Dwelling Place

Daily Bible Reading for Monday, May 1, 2023

The following Bible readings are taken from the website, Oneyearbibleonline.com. If you follow this reading plan you will read through the whole Bible in one year. I highly encourage you to do so. Also, the sermons below each section are ones that I have chosen from the website, Sermonaudio.com

Judges 13-14 (Audio)

Sermons on Judges 13 (Audio): Samson: The Story of His Family, by Rev. Stephen Hamilton [Judges 13]

Sermons on Judges 14 (Audio): The Over-Ruler, by Pastor Joel Overduin [Text: Judges 14]

John 1:29-51 (Audio)

"In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God and the word was God." - John 1:1-28 (Audio):

The following sermons are on John 1:1: 

1. History of the Nicean Creed, by Rev. Ian Goligher
2. Christ or Pope as Head of the Church? by Dr. Ian R. K. Paisley (1926-2014)
3. The Son of God! The Son of Man! by Dr. Joel Beeke

Here is how a friend of mine explained John 1:1 to me:

“Now on John 1:1. The problem is that ancient Greek has no indefinite articles (a, or an). For example, they never say ‘there is a tree.’ They would just say, “There is tree.” If they wanted to be specific they would say, ‘There is the tree.’ That’s the general rule anyway. But anyone who has ever studied any language knows that there are always exceptions to the rules. If an ancient Greek was writing about a specific tree, he didn’t have to put ‘the’ in it to make it definite – you just knew by the context that it was definite, i.e., a specific tree. “The way this applies to John 1:1 is that the Greek literally says: In beginning was the word, and the word was with the God, and God was the word. First, notice that there is no ‘the’ before beginning – and yet the JW Bible (New World Translation) doesn’t say ‘a beginning’ because the context makes it pretty clear that we are talking about the beginning of creation.
“Second, notice that there is no ‘the’ before the second occurrence of ‘God.’ The Jehovah Witnesses insist that this must be translated ‘a god’ because any word without ‘the’ is indefinite, i.e., a god, a tree, etc. And as a general rule, this would be correct. But there is a grammatical reason that the Greeks could not put ‘the’ before the second reference to God – and it gets complicated. Stay with me.
“Greeks did not do sentences like we do. Take the sentence ‘Spot ran home.’ Spot is the subject, ran is the verb, and home is the direct object. We know that because we generally put subjects first toward the front of sentences and before objects. If we change the order and said ‘Home ran spot’, the sentence would be somewhat confusing because it looks like ‘home’ should be the subject of the verb ran – and that doesn’t make sense.
“Greeks didn’t do subjects and objects with word order – they did it with word endings. Very generally speaking, their subjects often ended in os, as in Logos (Word) or Theos (God). If they wanted to make Logos the object, they would spell it Logon. If they wanted to make Theos the object they would spell it Theon. Then you can put it anywhere in the sentence and still know which the subject is. Pretty straightforward.
“You’ll notice that my translation of John 1:1 above reads: ‘God was the word.’ and nearly all Bible translations translate this as ‘The word was God.’ In Greek there is no question whatsoever that ‘the Word’ is the subject and God is the object of that clause – hence, the English translation. ‘The Word was God is correct (I capitalize God to avoid for now the question of whether it should be god or God). That comes next.
“Unfortunately, there is an exception to this rule of os =subject, on = object (there are also other endings for subjects and objects by the way). The exception is this: If two nouns are connected by a ‘to be’ verb (am, are, is, was, etc.) both the subject and the object end with the same endings. It’s crazy, I know but that’s the way it works! So in the clause ‘Theos han ho logos (God was the word) the subject is ho logos (the Word) because it has the definite article (ho=the) and God is the object because, even though it has a subject ending in accordance with Greek grammar – it does not have a definite article. If the Greeks had put ‘the’ in front of God too, it not only would have been poor grammar – we couldn’t tell whether God was the subject or the object.
“So we know that Word is the subject, how do we then know if God in this verse should be definite (i.e. God) or indefinite (i.e. a god)? Context! First the broader context: In John, God is always the one true Jewish God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. To rip this one passage out of this broader context and assume that in this verse it must be ‘a god’ because there was no definite article is absurd. Second, the immediate context - the passage says ‘the Word was with the God’ (Note the ‘the’) and the Word was God. The immediate context – in fact, the exact same sentence – makes it perfectly clear that John is speaking of God and not a god.
“Now, a note on consistency. While JWs insist that Theos (God) in John 1:1 must be translated ‘a god’ because it doesn’t have a definite article (the), it is important to note that The New World Translation translates Theos as God (capital G) in John 1:6, 12, 13 and 18 – even though none of those verses put the ‘the’ in front of Theos!

“Finally, even radical liberal Greek scholars who don’t believe in Jesus deity acknowledge that John is calling Jesus God (not a god). The JW’s are simply factually in error on this one. “By the way, Revelation 1:8 in The New World Translation reads ‘I am Alpha and Omega, says Jehovah God…’ This is really interesting, because Revelation 22:12-16 says ‘Look, I am coming quickly … I am Alpha and Omega, … I Jesus sent my angel to bear witness…’ In other words, chapter 1 of the New World Translation says God is the Alpha and Omega — but chapter 22 says that Jesus is the Alpha and Omega. I once heard of a Jehovah Witness who got saved after this was pointed out the him.”

Psalms 102 (Audio)

Recommended sermon: Deliverance in the Dark Paths, by Rev. Gordon Dane [Text: Psalm 102]

Recommended hymn based on Psalm 102: Thou, O Lord, Are God Alone

Proverbs 14:15 & 16 (Audio)

Here is a sermon on Proverbs 14: Swine Flu: There's a Familiar Sound to this Strain! by Rev. Ian Brown [Text: Proverbs 14:9; James 1:14-15]

What Does It Mean to Be Born Again?: Born Again with R.C. Sproul

Here are some quotes from Dr. R.C. Sproul:

Here are some of my favorite quotes from the late R.C. Sproul:

• "While God-given, the conscience has certain limitations in its ability to discern right from wrong. To hold a razor's edge, it must constantly be informed by the Word of God."
• "We often hear the question, 'What happens to the poor innocent native in Africa who never had an opportunity to hear the gospel?'...Nothing happens to the poor innocent native who never had an opportunity to hear the gospel. Innocent people don't need salvation."
• "Does saving faith require a trust in the righteousness of Christ alone as the grounds of our justification? Or may a person have a different view of the gospel and still be a Christian?" (From Faith Alone)
• "It is to Rome's credit, in my opinion, that she placed anathema on what she believed to be a false and heretical gospel. If sola fide is a distortion of the biblical gospel, surely it deserves such anathema. If the Reformers were preaching and teaching a false gospel, then they were apostate and deserved the labels put on them by Vatican I, 'schismatics and heretics.'" (from Faith Alone)
• "The Reformation was waged, not over the question of justification by faith, but over the issue of justification by faith alone. It was the sola of sola fide that was the central point of dispute." (From Faith Alone)
• "I said that if justification by faith alone is essential for salvation, and if Rome rejects justification by faith alone, then the conclusion follows by resistless logic that Rome rejects an essential truth of Christianity. When I use the word, if, here, I do so for the sake of the present argument. In my mind, there is no if about it. I am convinced, as were the Reformers, that justification by faith alone is essential to the gospel, and that Rome clearly rejects it." (from Faith Alone.)
• "Agreement between Rome and Evangelicals can be reached in several ways. One is for Evangelicals to abandon their historic position of sola fide. A second is for Rome to adopt sola fide as its official doctrine. The third is for agreement to be reached that sola fide is not essential to the gospel." (From Faith Alone).
• "To indicate that the Roman view is inadequate, or it falls short, is a gentle criticism. In my estimation, it is too gentle. One could construe this statement to mean that, though it has shortcomings and is less than adequate, the Roman 'version of the gospel' is still just that, a 'version of the gospel.' The New Testament makes it clear that there is only one gospel. An 'inadequate' gospel is not the gospel. A gospel that 'falls short' of its essence is not a true gospel and must be vigorously rejected." (From Faith Alone).
• "I can imagine no Reformed theologian from the 16th century to the present day suggesting that the Roman Catholic view is not a serious threat to the gospel." (From Faith Alone).
• "The Bible teaches that there are degrees in hell, and that some sins are punished more severely by God than others (John 19:11, Luke 12:47-48)...we must keep in mind that the punishment for adultery will be more severe than the punishment for lust."

Barbie Releases New Doll with Downs Syndrome in New Lineup of Inclusive Figures

 Barbie Releases New Doll with Downs Syndrome in New Lineup of Inclusive Figures - msn.com

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Recommended podcasts:

1. Socality Barbie And Culture of Authenticity, by Dr. Paul J. Dean, Jr. of The Dean's List (2015)
2. Sexualized Barbie for 8 Year Olds - What Are Parents Thinking? by Pastor Kevin Swanson (2018)

Israel Celebrates 75 Years

 Israel Celebrates 75 Years, by Jim Schneider of Crosstalk America

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Recommended sermon: I'm a Jew. Hope You Are Too! by Dr. David P. Murray

The text for this sermon is Romans 2:28 & 29: "For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God."

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The Bible also says: "For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. And so all Israel shall be saved..." - Romans 11:25,26a

Recommended reading: Studies Reveal There are Now 1 Million Followers of Jesus Worldwide of Jewish Descent - allisrael.com

Recommended sermons:

1. The 70 Weeks  Prophecy, by Rev. John Sawtelle [Text: Daniel 9:20-27 (Audio)]
2. The Restoration and Conversion of the Jews, by Pastor Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) [Text: Romans 11:25-27; Ezekiel 37:1-10]

There are many who believe we may be very close to the time when this "blindness" is lifted and Jews all over the world will accept our Lord Jesus as their long-awaited Messiah! And when that happens - and it will happen! - the following Jewish songs may be slightly rewritten so it could be included in our Christian hymnbooks!

1. Minyan Man, by The Maccabeats
2. I'm A Jew and I'm Proud, by Benny Ivri Anochi

Reverse ATMs Take Bills, Dispense Cards as Stores Go Cashless - axios.com

 Reverse ATMs Take Bills, Dispense Cards as Stores Go Cashless - axios.com

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The Bible says:

Revelation 13:16-18 says: "And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six."

And a closely related text is Revelation 14:9-11: "And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name."

Recommended sermon and You Tube video:

1. The Mark of the Beast - Is it Unfolding Before Our Eyes? by Rev. Noel Hughes
2. Amazon One: An Easier Way Through Your Day (Commercial)

America's Pulpits Under indictment: Let the Adjustments Begin

 America's Pulpits Under indictment: Let the Adjustments Begin - lewrockwell.com

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How about we start be listening to these two sermons:

Serious Preaching in a Comedy Culture, by Dr. David P. Murray

The text for this sermon is 1 Corinthians 5:10,11 (Audio): "For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that everyone may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men..."

Our Nation Laid in God's Balance, by Dr. Joel Beeke

The text for this sermon is Jeremiah 9:9: "Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?"

Sermonaudio for Saturday, April 29, 2023

1. The Briefing for Friday, April 28, 2023, by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr.
2. News Roundup and Comment, by Jim Schneider of Crosstalk America
3. Keep Your Heart, by Rev. Ian Goligher [Text: Proverbs 4:23]
4. The Coronation and the Kingdom of God, by Dr. Peter Hammond
5. Men by Nature are Enemies to God, by Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758: [Text: Romans 5:10: "For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life."]
6. China's Trojan Horse US Invasion, by Dr. Fred DeRuvo
7. Satanists Will Meet This Weekend for a Sold Out 'SatanCon 2023' in Boston, by Geoffrey Grider of nowtheendbegins.com
8. Advancements Towards Globalism, by Jim Schneider of Crosstalk America

From You Tube for Saturday, April 29, 2023

1. The SHOCKING Truth About the James Webb Telescope - Answers in Genesis
2. Why Christians Should Worry about the FBI - You Won't Believe What Biden Admin Said About COVID - Judicial Watch
3. Nations Ditch Dollars --- That's The Real "Debt Ceiling" - Ron Paul
4. What Globalists Really Think About Sovereignty | JBS News Analysis - John Birch Society
5. (171) Tucker Carlson: Why You Shouldn't Throw Away Your Hard Copy Books - Forbes Breaking News

Today in the News - Saturday, April 29, 2023

   Today's Headlines:

1. Bets Offering 2400% Payout on US Default Lure Growing Crowd - bnnbloomberg.ca
2. Arizona Democrat Apologizes After Getting Caught Hiding Bibles From House Lounge - lifesitenews.com
3. Scientists Have Full State of a Quantum Liquid Down Cold - sciencedaily.com
4. Watch: Mayor Confronts School Board After Discovering 'Filth' and 'Pornographic' Materials in School - resistthemainstream.com
5. Surprising Surge of Young Americans Turn Toward Religion - zerohedge.com
6. US Invests $1.5 Billion to Spur 5G Rollout Despite New Evidence of 'Devastating' Health Issues - globalresearch.ca
7. Big Pharma's Chemical Castration Drugs are Creating TRANS Monsters Filled with Rage and Violence - naturalnews.com
8. Reverse ATMs Take Bills, Dispense Cards as Stores Go Cashless - axios.com
9. Planned Parenthood Said They Performed 374,155 Abortions Last Year - gatewaypundit.com
10. Sudan: "America and Russia Are At it Again", and WHO Seeks to Help its Donors Make Money From it - expose-news.com
11. Villanova Students Required to Read Graphic Trans Sex Scene Between Minors - dailysignal.com
12. How Conservatives Got the Trump Indictment Backwards - americanthinker.com
13. America's Pulpits Under indictment: Let the Adjustments Begin - lewrockwell.com

Columnists

1. Ann Coulter: Expel Them Again - townhall.com
2. Pat Buchanan: DeSantis Was Right on Ukraine - townhall.com
3. Tyler Durden: Walmart Abandons Unprofitable Chicago Stores After Investing "Hundreds of Millions" in the City - lewrockwell.com
4. John Stossel: Save the Planet, Invest in Fossil Fuels - townhall.com
5. Ron Paul: Will the End of the Petro Dollar End the US Empire?  - cnsnews.com
6. David Stockman: Why Decades of Inflationary Finance are Finally Coming Home to Roost - lewrockwell.com
7. Ben Shapiro: The Left's Favorite Lie: Widespread White on Black Crime - cnsnews.com
8. Lew Rockwell: How Greening the Economy will Destroy America  - lewrockwell.com
9. Katie Pavlich: The Real Reason the Left is Banning Gas Powered Cars - townhall.com
10. Emma Waters: The Equal Rights Amendment is the Anti-Life and Anti-Women - cnsnews.com
11. Stephen Moore: Scholars Rand Biggest Spending Presidents as the Greatest - cnsnews.com
12. Chuck Norris: The Top 10 Fears in America - Any of Them Yours? - wnd.com
13. Katie Pavlich: TikTok Just Got its Claws Into Something Else - townhall.com
14. Andrew Napolitano: What Happens When the Government Break its Own Laws? - lewrockwell.com
15. Allen West: Like Bees to Honey - townhall.com
16. Larry Elder: Pro-Life: The Political Disadvantage - townhall.com
17. Cal Thomas: More or Less - townhall.com

Note: Be careful where to go to for your news. The following quote is from David Rockefeller's Memoirs:

"We are grateful to the Washington Post, the New York Times, Time Magazine and other great publications whose directors have attended our meetings and respected their promises of discretion for almost 40 years......It would have been impossible for us to develop our plan for the world if we had been subjected to the lights of publicity during those years. But, the world is more sophisticated and prepared to march towards a world government. The supernational sovereignty of an intellectual elite and world bankers is surely preferable to the national autodetermination practiced in past centuries.” - David Rockefeller (Source)

Daily Sermon for the Hearing Impaired: Charged and Equipped

Charged and Equipped, by Joe W Allen [Text: Ezekiel]

Note: This daily sermon for the hearing impaired is dedicated to my good friend, David J. Bishop, who went home to be with his Lord Jesus on July 1, 2021. David was the inspiration for me to begin posting links to sermons for the hearing impaired. David's not deaf anymore. And the first words he heard were from our Lord Jesus, saying to him, "Well done, David, thou good and faithful servant. Enter into the joy of thy Lord!" [Matthew 25:21 (Audio)]

Here is one of the last pictures David sent to me before he died. He was a big sports fan and LOVED the Seattle Seahawks! He was also a BIG baseball fan. I'm sure if David had been able to hear he would have loved the song, Take Me Out to the Ball Game! But David loved our Lord Jesus much, much, much more than any sporting event!

Recommended sermon: The Deaf Ministry of Jesus, by Jon Speed

Today in History - April 29

A special thanks to Wikipedia.com for following historical information. The sermons I have chosen from Sermonaudio.com

1945 - Dachau concentration camp is liberated by United States troops (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts: Faith & Victory in Dachau, by Jacobus Overduin

1968 - The controversial musical Hair, a product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution on the 1960s, opens at the Biltmore Theatre Theatre on Broadway, with some of its songs becoming anthems of the anti-Vietnam War movement (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts: Should Christians Watch Movies? by Dr. David P. Murray

[Note: The text for this sermon is Revelation 18:4 (Audio):

"And I heard another voice from heaven saying, Come out of her, my people, my people, that ye be not partaker of her sins, and that ye share not in her plagues."
 
Recommended poems: The Devil's Vision & The Bible or the TV Guide

The following quotes are from Ann Coulter's book, Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism

Here is what Ann Coulter has to say about the Vietnam War:

• "Vietnam is the Left's favorite war because America lost."
• "Historical accounts of the Vietnam War are incomprehensible because liberals refuse to admit the failure of their national security strategy. The only important lesson from the Vietnam War is this: Democrats lose wars."
• "In the great Democratic tradition of taking the nation to war without a plan to win, only the Democrats could have produced Vietnam."
• "President Lyndon Johnson, who inherited the war when Kenedy was assassinated, viewed the Vietnam War as a method of proving the Democrats could be trusted with foreign policy, which they cannot."
• "Nixon had been elected in part based on his promise to end the war honorably. He would have done so, too, but for Democrats in Congress,"
• "A Republican President either wouldn't have started that war, or would have won it pretty fast."

Westminster Shorter Catechism Q & A #91-97

The following is from thewestminsterstandard.org:

Q. 91. How do the Sacraments become effectual means of salvation?

A. The Sacraments become effectual means of salvation, not from any virtue in them, or in him that doth administer them; but only by the blessing of Christ, and the working of his Spirit in them that by faith receive them.

1 Pet. 3:21; Matt. 3:11; 1 Cor. 3:6-7; 1 Cor. 12:13.

Q. 92. What is a Sacrament?
A. A Sacrament is a holy ordinance instituted by Christ; wherein, by sensible signs, Christ and the benefits of the new covenant are represented, sealed, and applied to believers.

Gen. 17:7, 10; Ex. 12; 1 Cor. 11:23, 26.

Q. 93. Which are the Sacraments of the New Testament?
A. The Sacraments of the New Testament are Baptism, and the Lord’s Supper.

Matt. 28:19; Matt. 26:26-28.

Q. 94. What is Baptism?
A. Baptism is a Sacrament, wherein the washing with water, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, doth signify and seal our ingrafting into Christ, and partaking of the benefits of the covenant of grace, and our engagement to be the Lord’s.

Matt. 28:19; Rom. 6:4; Gal. 3:27.

Q. 95. To whom is Baptism to be administered?
A. Baptism is not to be administered to any that are out of the visible Church, till they profess their faith in Christ, and obedience to him; but the infants of such as are members of the visible Church are to be baptized.

Acts 8:36-37; Acts 2:38-39; Gen. 17:10 with Col. 2:11-12; 1 Cor. 7:14.

Q. 96. What is the Lord’s Supper?
A. The Lord’s Supper is a Sacrament, wherein, by giving and receiving bread and wine, according to Christ’s appointment, his death is showed forth; and the worthy receivers are, not after a corporal and carnal manner, but by faith, made partakers of his body and blood, with all his benefits, to their spiritual nourishment and growth in grace.

1 Cor. 11:23-26; 1 Cor. 10:16.

Q. 97. What is required to the worthy receiving of the Lord’s Supper?
A. It is required of them that would worthily partake of the Lord’s Supper, that they examine themselves, of their knowledge to discern the Lord’s body, of their faith to feed upon him, of their repentance, love, and new obedience; lest, coming unworthily, they eat and drink judgment to themselves.

 Recommended Sermons: 

1. WSC #91-97: The Sacraments: Summary and Review, Part 1, by Pastor J.D. Dusenbury [Text: Acts 2:37-42 (Audio)]
2. WSC #91-97: The Sacraments: Summary and Review, Part 2, by Pastor J.D. Dusenbury [Text: Acts 2:37-42 (Audio)]We

Daily Bible Verses for Saturday, April 29, 2023

"In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS." - Jeremiah 23:6

Here are 2 sermons on Jeremiah 23:6:

1. The Lord Our Righteousness, by George Whitefield (1714-1770)
2. Jeremiah's Prophecy About the Lord Our Righteousness, by Rev. Cornelis Pronk

"Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the LORD." - Jeremiah 23:12

Here is a sermons on Jeremiah 23:12: A Blind Walk to Hell, by E. A. Johnston

"Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off? Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD." - Jeremiah 23:23,24

Here is a sermon on Jeremiah 23:23,24: The Omnipresence of God, by Pastor Robert McCurley

"One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad." - Jeremiah 24:2

Daily Bible reading for Saturday & Sunday, April 29 & 30, 2023

The following Bible readings are taken from the website, Oneyearbibleonline.com. If you follow this reading plan you will read through the whole Bible in one year. I highly encourage you to do so. Also, the sermons below each section are ones that I have chosen from the website, Sermonaudio.com

Judges 9:22-12:15 (Audio)

Here are some sermons on Judges 9:

1. When Thieves Fall Out, by Dr. Alan Cairnes
2. Wickedness Has a Price, by Pastor Robert McCurley
3. Abimelech: Israel's Usurper King, by Rev. Cornelis (Neil) Pronk
4. Jotham's Message to Abimelech and the Men of Shechem, by Rev. Cornelis (Neil) Pronk
5. The Judas Iscariots That Did Not Commit Suicide, Part 1, by Dr. Ian R. K. Paisley
6. The Judas Iscariots That Did Not Commit Suicide, Part 2, by Dr. Ian R. K. Paisley
7. The Judas Iscariots That Did Not Commit Suicide, Part 3, by Dr. Ian R. K. Paisley

Here are some sermons on Judges 10:

1. The Great Ministry of Little Men, by Dr. Alan Cairnes
2. The Judge Thola, by G. R. Procee

Sermons on Judges 11 (Audio):

1. Jesus on Every Page - Jephthah's Perfect Vow, by Dr. David P. Murray [Judges 11]
2. No Turning Back on a Sacred Vow, by Rev. Stephen Hamilton [Text: Judges 11]

Sermons on Judges 12 (Audio):

1. Pride and Providence, by Pastor Robert McCurley [Text: Judges 12]
2. Using Shibboleths as Tests of Identity and Character, by Rev. Cornelis (Neil) Pronk [Text: Judges 12:5-6]

Luke 24:13-53 (Audio)

Sermons on Luke 24 (Audio):

1. Sad Saints With Cold Hearts, by Rev. Colin Mercer [Text: Luke 24]
2. The Wounds of Jesus, by Pastor Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) [Text: Luke 24:40; Luke 24]
3. The Revelation of the Risen Redeemer, Part 1, by Rev. Ian Brown [Text: Luke 24; John 20]
4. The Revelation of the Risen Redeemer, Part 2, by Rev. Ian Brown [Text: Luke 24; John 20]

The following sermons are on Luke 24:27: "And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself."

1. John Calvin and the Bible, by Rev. Ian Goligher
2. The Holy Gospel Revealed in Christ Jesus, by Rev. David Kranendonk

The following sermons are on Luke 24:32: "And they said one to another, Did not our hearts burn within us, while he talked with us, and while he opened to us the scriptures?"

1. The Preeminence of Christ: His Personal Talks, by Rev. Ian Brown
2. Set My Heart on Fire Again! by Rev. Ian Brown
3. The Only Answer for Spiritual Depression, Part 1, by Rev. Colin Mercer
4. The Only Answer for Spiritual Depression, Part 2, by Rev. Colin Mercer
5. The Only Answer for Spiritual Dispair, Part 3, by Rev. Colin Mercer
6. A Revived Heart, by Rev. John Greer
7. Hearts Enflamed on the Way to Emmaus, by Rev. Lawrence J. Bilkes
8. The Kind of Heartburn We Need, by Rev. Ian Brown
9. Spiritual Heartburn, by Dr. David P. Murray

John 1:1-28 (Audio)

"In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God and the word was God." - John 1:1-28 (Audio):

The following sermons are on John 1:1:

1. History of the Nicean Creed, by Rev. Ian Goligher
2. Christ or Pope as Head of the Church? by Dr. Ian R. K. Paisley (1926-2014)
3. The Son of God! The Son of Man! by Dr. Joel Beeke

Here is how a friend of mine explained John 1:1 to me:

“Now on John 1:1. The problem is that ancient Greek has no indefinite articles (a, or an). For example, they never say ‘there is a tree.’ They would just say, “There is tree.” If they wanted to be specific they would say, ‘There is the tree.’ That’s the general rule anyway. But anyone who has ever studied any language knows that there are always exceptions to the rules. If an ancient Greek was writing about a specific tree, he didn’t have to put ‘the’ in it to make it definite – you just knew by the context that it was definite, i.e., a specific tree. “The way this applies to John 1:1 is that the Greek literally says: In beginning was the word, and the word was with the God, and God was the word. First, notice that there is no ‘the’ before beginning – and yet the JW Bible (New World Translation) doesn’t say ‘a beginning’ because the context makes it pretty clear that we are talking about the beginning of creation.
“Second, notice that there is no ‘the’ before the second occurrence of ‘God.’ The Jehovah Witnesses insist that this must be translated ‘a god’ because any word without ‘the’ is indefinite, i.e., a god, a tree, etc. And as a general rule, this would be correct. But there is a grammatical reason that the Greeks could not put ‘the’ before the second reference to God – and it gets complicated. Stay with me.
“Greeks did not do sentences like we do. Take the sentence ‘Spot ran home.’ Spot is the subject, ran is the verb, and home is the direct object. We know that because we generally put subjects first toward the front of sentences and before objects. If we change the order and said ‘Home ran spot’, the sentence would be somewhat confusing because it looks like ‘home’ should be the subject of the verb ran – and that doesn’t make sense.
“Greeks didn’t do subjects and objects with word order – they did it with word endings. Very generally speaking, their subjects often ended in os, as in Logos (Word) or Theos (God). If they wanted to make Logos the object, they would spell it Logon. If they wanted to make Theos the object they would spell it Theon. Then you can put it anywhere in the sentence and still know which the subject is. Pretty straightforward.
“You’ll notice that my translation of John 1:1 above reads: ‘God was the word.’ and nearly all Bible translations translate this as ‘The word was God.’ In Greek there is no question whatsoever that ‘the Word’ is the subject and God is the object of that clause – hence, the English translation. ‘The Word was God is correct (I capitalize God to avoid for now the question of whether it should be god or God). That comes next.
“Unfortunately, there is an exception to this rule of os =subject, on = object (there are also other endings for subjects and objects by the way). The exception is this: If two nouns are connected by a ‘to be’ verb (am, are, is, was, etc.) both the subject and the object end with the same endings. It’s crazy, I know but that’s the way it works! So in the clause ‘Theos han ho logos (God was the word) the subject is ho logos (the Word) because it has the definite article (ho=the) and God is the object because, even though it has a subject ending in accordance with Greek grammar – it does not have a definite article. If the Greeks had put ‘the’ in front of God too, it not only would have been poor grammar – we couldn’t tell whether God was the subject or the object.
“So we know that Word is the subject, how do we then know if God in this verse should be definite (i.e. God) or indefinite (i.e. a god)? Context! First the broader context: In John, God is always the one true Jewish God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. To rip this one passage out of this broader context and assume that in this verse it must be ‘a god’ because there was no definite article is absurd. Second, the immediate context - the passage says ‘the Word was with the God’ (Note the ‘the’) and the Word was God. The immediate context – in fact, the exact same sentence – makes it perfectly clear that John is speaking of God and not a god.
“Now, a note on consistency. While JWs insist that Theos (God) in John 1:1 must be translated ‘a god’ because it doesn’t have a definite article (the), it is important to note that The New World Translation translates Theos as God (capital G) in John 1:6, 12, 13 and 18 – even though none of those verses put the ‘the’ in front of Theos!

“Finally, even radical liberal Greek scholars who don’t believe in Jesus deity acknowledge that John is calling Jesus God (not a god). The JW’s are simply factually in error on this one. “By the way, Revelation 1:8 in The New World Translation reads ‘I am Alpha and Omega, says Jehovah God…’ This is really interesting, because Revelation 22:12-16 says ‘Look, I am coming quickly … I am Alpha and Omega, … I Jesus sent my angel to bear witness…’ In other words, chapter 1 of the New World Translation says God is the Alpha and Omega — but chapter 22 says that Jesus is the Alpha and Omega. I once heard of a Jehovah Witness who got saved after this was pointed out the him.”

Psalms 100 & 101 (Audio)

Sermons on Psalms 100 (Audio):

1. The Old One Hundreth's Call to Thankfulness, by Dr. Joel Beeke [Text: Psalm 100]
2. Being Truly Thankful?! by Rev. Hans Overduin [Text: Psalm 100]

Here are some hymns based on Psalm 100: All People That On Earth Do Dwell (Also known as Old One Hundreth) and I Will Enter His Gates.

Sermons on Psalms 101 (Audio):

Living by Godly Resolutions, by Rev. Hans Overduin [Text: Psalm 101]

Proverbs 14:11-14 (Audio)

Here is a sermon on Proverbs 14: Swine Flu: There's a Familiar Sound to this Strain! by Rev. Ian Brown [Text: Proverbs 14:9; James 1:14-15]