Regenerated Adam

2012-02-12T23:43:00.001-08:00

On the Box at Super Bowl 2012 Outreach

2012-02-12T22:45:00.000-08:00

Mike Stockwell at the Super Bowl Outreach

2012-02-12T20:48:00.001-08:00

Tony Miano at the SuperBowl Outreach

2012-02-06T16:57:00.001-08:00

Free Audiobook of the Month!

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Presuppositional Apologetics with Sye Ten Bruggencate

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Free Audiobook of the Month

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MARK 1:17

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May the LORD open your eyes and cause you to believe.

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Amen!

2011-10-25T18:10:00.000-07:00

Amazing Testimony

2011-09-11T00:15:00.001-07:00

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IllBeHonest.com

2011-08-29T23:56:00.001-07:00

180movie.com - September 26th

2011-08-29T17:13:00.000-07:00

Pre-Order from Granted Ministries

2011-08-29T15:31:00.000-07:00

The church of Jesus Christ has but one foundation, Christ Himself. But upon that stone must come basic and fundamental truths taught by the Bible. This book is a collection of writings produced throughout the fires and challenges of a quarter-century of pastoral ministry, being written with wisdom, insight, humility, and practicality, in order to instruct and equip the people of God.

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Herald of the GOSPEL: Brother Robert Gray

2011-08-09T12:27:00.001-07:00

Violent for Humility

2011-08-08T22:35:00.001-07:00

The first single off the new album, The Attributes of GOD by Shai Linne

2011-08-01T23:05:00.001-07:00

‎If Jesus Christ be God and died for me, then no sacrifice can be too great for me to make for Him. - C. T. Studd

2011-07-30T10:40:00.001-07:00

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Our churches fortnightly men’s group study looking at Spiritual Disciplines For The Purpose of Godliness has been such a great blessing to my soul. Last night we looked at journaling which has been I think the most helpful to me so far. Inspired by George Whitefield I have compiled a list of 10 daily personal goals for me to be accountable for and examine my progress each day, which I share with you below for your edification and encouragement. Reading and considering these Scriptures alone is a worthwhile exercise (Please PRAY that the Lord would give me much grace in keeping these)

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What is the Gospel? - Paul Washer

2011-07-07T22:46:00.001-07:00

HeartCry Missionary ~ Paul Washer

2011-07-07T22:45:00.001-07:00

You can Watch the Movie Above or Click on the Link to Visit the Website

2011-07-07T22:35:00.000-07:00

There is a crisis. Christian youth are rapidly leaving evangelical churches for the world. This well-recognized disaster has been the topic of significant discussion in recent years for both church leaders and modern new media. DIVIDED follows young Christian filmmaker Philip Leclerc on a revealing journey as he seeks answers to what has led his generation away from the church. Traveling across the country conducting research and interviewing church kids, youth ministry experts, evangelists, statisticians, social commentators, and pastors, Philip discovers the shockingly sinister roots of modern, age-segregated church programs, and the equally shocking evidence that the pattern in the Bible for training future generations is at odds with modern church practices. He also discovers a growing number of churches that are abandoning age-segregated Sunday school and youth ministry to embrace the discipleship model that God prescribes in His Word.
“It’s time to get past the denial phase.” — KEVIN SWANSON
“The church has set aside the sufficiency of Scripture for the discipleship of the next generation.” — SCOTT BROWN

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2011-07-07T20:08:00.001-07:00

In this book, Rev. Phillips provides this essential exegesis and issues a call to reformation in the evangelical church’s attitude toward the role of men in the family, the church, and society.

If you have no love for Christ then you will be accursed. 1 Cor 16:22

2011-07-04T20:58:00.000-07:00

Why is it that so many people are running to pornography and masturbation? It's because they're not satisfied in Christ. This is what leads a person to prostitute themselves to an idol. Are you falling into sexual sin? or any sin for that matter, and want freedom? Do not pursue freedom but pursue Christ and you will find yourself satisfied in the Lord to were you will have freedom, from whatever it is. If you have no love for Christ then you will be accursed. (1 Cor 16:22) The true test of whether you're a Christian or not is if you are indeed satisfied in Christ. John 17:3 says - And this is eternal life, that they KNOW you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. -- Do you know the Lord and have intimacy with Him? Then you will indeed be satisfied in Him. Glory to God!

IllBeHonest.com

2011-07-04T20:54:00.001-07:00

Get Your Copy at GrantedMinistries.Org

2011-07-01T23:45:00.001-07:00

BackPack Radio - Legitimacy of Open Air Preaching - Rob Roy Nelson

2011-07-01T11:35:00.000-07:00

$5 Fridays at Ligonier

2011-07-01T11:27:00.000-07:00

As he examines the roles of fathers, mothers, and children, Dr. R.C. Sproul Jr. addresses the mission of the covenant family in the church and world. Also, in three special sessions, Dr. Sproul Sr. and Dr. Sproul Jr. discuss what it means for a family to be in covenant.

Free Album From LampMode Records

2011-06-28T14:16:00.001-07:00

Free Messages!

2011-06-27T20:23:00.000-07:00

We live in a day and age where people seem to be confused about the practices, structure and importance of the church. Christian nomadism, church hopping, neglect, and broken relationships are legendary in the modern church. People often leave their churches without even notifying the leaders or their brothers and sisters. They just disappear and never return. Sometimes this confusion is seen in the neglect of the discipleship program of the church, and the meetings of the church. Is it that we don’t understand the nature of the church? Is it that we don’t understand Christ’s love for the church or His sacrifice? Is it that our love for Christ is low so our love for the church is low? Is it possible that some even despise the church by their nonchalance?

The American Form of Government

2011-06-27T00:29:00.001-07:00

Introduction to the Family Catechism Series

2011-06-25T22:05:00.001-07:00

HeartCry Missionary ~ Paul Washer

2011-06-25T22:01:00.000-07:00

Part 1: Introduction to Biblical Courtship

Part 2: The Parent's Responsibility in the Home

Part 3: The Child's Responsibility to the Parents

2011-06-25T19:00:00.001-07:00

Backpack Radio

2011-06-24T11:39:00.000-07:00

Slave: The Hidden Truth About Your Identity in Christ

2011-06-21T20:31:00.000-07:00

The most profound reality for every believer is a relationship with Jesus Christ. He is our Savior, our teacher, and our friend. But the Bible teaches that at the most basic level Jesus is our Lord, our Master, which means we are His slaves.

Peruse most Bible translations and it’s easy to miss that crucial reality. That’s because many find the notion of slavery to be a cruel and embarrassing concept. John MacArthur’s new book, Slave, uncovers the conspiracy, bringing the doctrine of our slavery to Christ to its proper place in our thinking.

Embrace for yourself what the Bible really teaches about slavery—your relationship with Jesus Christ will never be the same.

James White & the Open Air Atheist

2011-06-21T20:26:00.001-07:00

Wretched Radio

2011-06-21T19:46:00.001-07:00

How To Kill Sin

2011-06-21T17:37:00.000-07:00

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Illbehonest.com

2011-06-19T21:03:00.000-07:00

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2011-06-17T10:15:00.001-07:00

Some Helpful Resources for Witnessing to Mormons

2011-06-16T07:58:00.000-07:00

In this multi-media seminar, Brad explains who the Mormons are culturally and historically, shares his own deeply personal journey into and out of Mormonism, compares several Mormon and Christian doctrines (God, Jesus, Salvation, Priesthood, Scripture), exposes what takes place in secret temple ceremonies, provides a first- hand look at Mormon garments and temple clothing, explains why Christians convert to Mormonism and the reality of life on the inside, explores major challenges to Mormonism, and equips Christians to more effectively witness to Mormons.

2011-06-09T07:03:00.001-07:00

In this video, Paul Washer introduces a teaching series for young adults and their parents on relationships with the opposite sex.

IN LIGHT OF ETERNITY - The Life of Leonard Ravenhill by Mack Tomlinson

2011-06-09T07:01:00.000-07:00

Ravenhill’s spiritual life, uniquely marked by experiential godliness, was from its beginning rooted in eighteenth century English Methodism. Had he lived two hundred years earlier, he could have been one of the men laboring in the gospel with John Wesley or George Whitefield. His grandmother, mother, and father were all converted to Christ through that spiritual heritage. Converted at age fifteen, Ravenhill later trained for Christian ministry under the saintly influence of Samuel Chadwick at Cliff College in England. Characterized by a deep life of prayer, passionate evangelistic zeal and a powerful preaching gift, his ministry drew traffic-jamming crowds in the British Isles during the 1930’s and 1940’s. Along with D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones and J. Edwin Orr, Ravenhill was one of the few specialists in the 20th century regarding the message of genuine revival and spiritual awakening.

Hardcover / 597 pages

2011-06-09T06:59:00.000-07:00

On Selfishness

2011-06-09T06:54:00.001-07:00

"When we believe that we ought to be satisfied, rather than God glorified, we set God below ourselves, imagine that He should submit His own honor to our advantage; we make ourselves more glorious than God, as though we were not made for Him, but He made for us; this is to have a very low esteem of the majesty of God."
Stephen Charnock

Quote by Augustine

2011-06-09T06:51:00.000-07:00

"Christ is not valued at all unless He is valued above all."
Augustine of Hippo

John Owen on Sin

2011-06-09T06:48:00.000-07:00

"Custom of sinning takes away the sense of it; the course of the world takes away the shame of it."
John Owen

Some Helpful Videos for Witnessing to JW's

2011-06-08T17:05:00.000-07:00

9 Marks Interview with Shai Linne & Voice

2011-06-07T14:19:00.000-07:00

Brother Gabriel Huddleson

2011-06-06T21:50:00.000-07:00

Four Ways We Forget the Lord

2011-06-06T21:30:00.000-07:00

David Powlison has written that "the only way we ever sin is by suppressing God, by forgetting, by tuning out his voice, switching channels, and listening to other voices. When you actually remember, you actually change. In fact, remembering is the first change."

Here are four examples from the Bible of how we actively forget God:

By forgetting God's past works of salvation: "then take care lest you forget the Lord, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery" (Deuteronomy 6:12).
By believing lies instead of the Word of God: "This is your lot, the portion I have measured out to you, declares the Lord, because you have forgotten me and trusted in lies" (Jeremiah 13:25).
By going after other lovers: "And I will punish her for the feast days of the Baals when she burned offerings to them and adorned herself with her ring and jewelry, and went after her lovers and forgot me, declares the Lord" (Hosea 2:13).
By being satisfied with the temporary need of the hour: "but when they had grazed, they became full, they were filled, and their heart was lifted up; therefore they forgot me" (Hosea 13:6).
The challenge, then—and where the Spirit helps us—is to remember God and his promises.

For My Brother

2011-06-04T12:46:00.001-07:00

The claims of the Roman "Church" exposed

2011-06-04T12:09:00.000-07:00

2011 Fellowship Conference ~ Tim Conway

2011-06-01T09:26:00.000-07:00

2011 Fellowship Conference ~ Kevin Williams

2011-05-26T20:43:00.001-07:00

2011 Fellowship Conference ~ Mason Vann

2011-05-26T20:40:00.001-07:00

Free Music at Granted Ministries

2011-05-23T20:34:00.000-07:00

The Bible is God's living and powerful Word. It can be trusted because it is inerrant, inspired, and infallible.

2011-05-23T20:23:00.001-07:00

It is the compass God has given us to govern our lives.

2011 Fellowship Conference ~ Bob Jennings

2011-05-22T22:19:00.000-07:00

The Full Sermon

2011 Fellowship Conference ~ Kevin Williams

2011-05-22T22:18:00.001-07:00

Who is the Holy Spirit and What Does He Do?

2011-05-22T19:41:00.001-07:00

Who is the Holy Spirit and What Does He Do? [05/15/2011]:

We discuss the person of the triune God known as the Holy Spirit, what the role of this person is in regards to the trinity and believers, and some misconceptions of His role (also articulated in rap-form by Vocab).

Run Time: 43:00

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New Biography on Johnny Mac From Iain Murray ~ June 2011

2011-05-22T19:33:00.000-07:00

Publisher's Description: Through more than forty years, John MacArthur has opened and taught the Word of God in one local congregation, Grace Community Church, Los Angeles. Consequences have followed which no one anticipated, and which the preacher attributes to ‘the sovereign hand of God’. A people united to Christ, and to their pastor, became a channel for blessing across the earth. It has been a ministry marked by characteristics that re-appear in every spiritual advance – not concern for ‘relevance’; not special attractions for young or old, male or female; but love for God and dependence on his Word and promises. MacArthur has proved, without ever intending to do so, that true preaching of the Word of God is international, ‘because if you teach the Bible it transcends every border, every language, every culture. It is as relevant today, and will be tomorrow, as in all the years since God put it down.’ That is why his sermons are heard or read in more than two hundred countries around the world today.

But this is also a human story, including the shaping of his youth, the strength of marriage and family, the refining influence of trials and controversies, and the building of a man whose staff have never known to be angry. There are friends who, for all their love of his ministry, say his life is his best sermon.

264 Pages
Published May 2011

When the Law is Used Unlawfully

2011-05-20T11:47:00.001-07:00

The Secular Mind

2011-05-20T08:24:00.000-07:00

Dr. James White is challenged by a caller, a lady named Alex.

After the program, Dr. White commented that this call (and another like it later on in the show) illustrates "what we are up against in attempting to deal with a secularized younger generation - a generation that will soon be making moral decisions about cloning, the use of stem cells, nuclear weapons, and so much more. God have mercy."

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Doctrine & Worship

2011-05-20T06:54:00.000-07:00

"The foundation of true holiness and true Christian worship is the doctrine of the gospel, what we are to believe. So when Christian doctrine is neglected, forsaken, or corrupted, true holiness and worship will also be neglected, forsaken, and corrupted."
John Owen

The Triune GOD

2011-05-16T20:01:00.001-07:00

Harold Camping & 05-21-2011

2011-05-16T19:21:00.000-07:00

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In 1958, a Christian Reformed Church member and construction company owner, Harold Camping, invested in a series of radio stations, eventually becoming the president of what was to become Family Radio. For many years Family Radio provided a distinctively Reformed Christian message to the world. Even as late as 2002, Family Radio was still broadcasting sermons from the likes of R.C. Sproul and James M. Boice.

In 1988, Camping and his family left the Christian Reformed Church, joining a local fellowship in Alameda. By 1992 Camping was teaching that Christ would probably return in 1994. He then set to work writing his book 1994(?) in which he predicted the return of Christ in 1994 and declaring that true Christians must leave their churches. Like many cults before, when Camping's date passed without Christ's visible return, Camping, now 88, decided that 1994 was the when the "latter rain" pouring of the Spirit took place. Camping claims that the "great tribulation" began in 1988.

Several years ago we had learned that the silence in Heaven for about half an hour referred to the 2,300 days that were the first part of the 23-year (exactly 8,400 days) Great Tribulation period. This period began on May 21, 1988. - "No Man Knows the Day or Hour?", Family Radio

What does Harold Camping Teach?

Within the recent past, Camping has declared May 21, 2011 to be the date of the rapture, with Oct 21, 2011 the date of Christ's return and the destruction of the Earth. Camping claims that all churches are evil and that anyone attending a church when the rapture comes is damned and without hope.

The time line of Camping's eschatology as explained by Dr. David R. Reagan:

The Church Age ended on May 21, 1988 and the Tribulation began that day.
Between May 21, 1988 and September 6, 1994, the first six years of the Tribulation, almost no one was saved.

On September 6, 1994, God began to pour out His Spirit. This will result in a great end time harvest of souls during the last years of the Tribulation.

Since the Tribulation will last 8,400 days or 23 years, dating from May 21, 1988, the Rapture will occur on May 21, 2011.

Those left behind will be judged by Jesus for a period of five months, until October 21, 2011, at which time the world will come to an end.

Harold Camping: The Madness of Date-Setting, Dr. David R. Reagan, http://www.lamblion.com/articles/articles_cults16.php

Since his original declaration of 1994, Camping's views have drifted further and further from orthodox Christianity. Camping's latest heretical teachings include:

A denial of total depravity and original sin. (Harold Camping, "Please explain what Romans 2:14…")

Annihilationism; the view that life will end and existence will cease for the unsaved soul. - (Harold Camping, "To God be the Glory!")

Modalism/Oneness; a denial of the Trinity stating that Christ is a mere mode of God, not a different person within the Godhead - (Iron Sharpens Iron, Radio Broadcast, Debate with James White, http://mp3.sharpens.org/ISI/20090729ISI.mp3)

On May 23, 2011, two days after Harold Camping's predicted rapture of believers, Bible-believing churches around the world will open the doors and the Law and the Gospel will be proclaimed in Word and Sacrament and Christ will still commune with His people on Earth. Churches will welcome those who, deceived by Camping's lies, find themselves still here. More than likely, Harold himself will still be alive, pondering how to spin his latest failure. We hope that those misled by the false prophecies of Harold Camping find a Bible-teaching church and abandon the Family Radio cult.

Completely Done ~ Free Song!

2011-05-15T23:51:00.000-07:00

Lyrics

What reason have I to doubt
Why would I dwell in fear
When all I have known is grace
My future in Christ is clear

My sins have been paid in full
There’s no condemnation here
I live in the good of this
My Father has brought me near
I’m leaving my fears behind me now

Chorus
The old is gone, the new has come
What You complete is completely done
We’re heirs with Christ, the victory won
What You complete is completely done

I don’t know what lies ahead
What if I fail again
You are my confidence
You’ll keep me to the end
I’m leaving my fears behind me now

2011-05-15T22:02:00.000-07:00

2011-05-15T06:57:00.000-07:00

Carl Trueman and G K Beale joined forces at Desert Springs Church Clarus conference this year to speak about God’s speaking…in Scripture.

Trueman’s messages are:

The Prophetic Word: What Preaching Is (and Is Not)

Scripture’s Authority: An Ancient Doctrine

A Clear and Present Word: Luther and the Clarity of Scripture

Like Sheep Without a Shepherd

Beale’s messages are:

The Effects of Meditating on God’s Word

How to Guard the Good Deposit of Scripture

The Centrality of Scripture in Marriage

Receiving and Resounding God’s Word

Beale and Trueman also gathered for a panel discussion.

The Evangelical Endowment (John 20:19-23) - A Must Hear!

2011-05-13T12:05:00.000-07:00

JOHN 20:19-23

19 On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” 20 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. 21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.” 22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.” (ESV)

The resurrection mobilizes missions. Every discerning pastor should be concerned his congregation doesn't fall into missional irrelevance. It must be the church's ministry to exist in continuity with the risen Christ, keeping his ministry moving forward. The evangelical endowment is peace, power, and prerogative. Therefore Christ has equipped the church in such a way that it must be a life saving station, not a club with life saving decor.

Witnessing to Omar

2011-05-13T09:55:00.000-07:00

Hitler, Religion, and the Holocaust - The Power of Deception

2011-05-13T09:50:00.001-07:00

A Visual Description of RELATIVISM

2011-05-13T09:48:00.000-07:00

Free Audio Book of the Month

2011-05-05T15:23:00.000-07:00

Even the least technical among us are being pressed from all sides by advances in digital technology. We rely upon computers, cell phones, and the Internet for communication, commerce, and entertainment. Yet even though we live in this “instant message” culture, many of us feel disconnected, and we question if all this technology is really good for our souls.

In a manner that’s accessible, thoughtful, and biblical, author Tim Challies addresses questions such as:
• How has life—and faith—changed now that everyone is available all the time through mobile phones?
• How does our constant connection to these digital devices affect our families and our church communities?
• What does it mean that almost two billion humans are connected by the Internet … with hundreds of millions more coming online each year?

Providing the reader with a framework they can apply to any technology, Tim Challies explains how and why our society has become reliant on digital technology, what it means for our lives, and how it impacts the Christian faith

A Scandalous Mercy

2011-04-22T22:15:00.000-07:00

Heart Cry Missionary

2011-04-21T13:10:00.000-07:00

In this teaching session on Biblical manhood, Paul Washer shows how our society has drifted from a right understanding of what a man is.

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You must earn the right to have a relationship with a daughter of God. In this teaching session on Biblical Manhood, Paul Washer explains what a young man must be in order to consider beginning a relationship with the opposite sex.

Although our American culture has blurred the lines between masculinity and femininity, Christians are to be different in the way that they treat the opposite sex. In this teaching session on Biblical manhood, Paul Washer explains what kind of attitude that young men are supposed to have toward young women.

35 FREE Downloadable Messages from this entire conference!!

2011-04-20T14:31:00.000-07:00

We believe that the doctrine of the sufficiency of Scripture is the most important doctrinal battleground in the Church today with the purity of the Church, the supremacy of the gospel, the biblical family, and the survival of Christian civilization hanging in the balance. Known as “Sola Scriptura” during the reformation, this doctrine teaches that Scripture is fully adequate in both content and clarity for “everything pertaining to life (salvation) and godliness (sanctification)” including the ordering of nations, churches, and families (2 Pet. 1:3-4; 2 Tim. 3:16-17). The Church’s desertion of this doctrine in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries resulted in the defilement of nearly every aspect of America, the church, and the home through multiple waves of pragmatic, worldly ideas.

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2011-04-19T14:40:00.000-07:00

7 Marks of a Right Heart Before God

2011-04-16T20:55:00.000-07:00

1) A right heart is a NEW heart (Ezek. 36:26). It is not the heart with which a person is born—but another heart put in them by the Holy Spirit. It is a heart which has new tastes, new joys, new sorrows, new desires, new hopes, new fears, new likes, new dislikes. It has new views about the soul, sin, God, Christ, salvation, the Bible, prayer, heaven, hell, the world, and holiness. It is like a farm with a new and good tenant. “Old things are passed away. Behold all things are become new” (2 Cor. 5:17).

2) A right heart is a BROKEN and CONTRITE heart (Psalm 51:17). It is broken off from pride, self-conceit, and self-righteousness. Its former high thoughts of self are cracked, shattered, and shivered to atoms. It thinks itself guilty, unworthy, and corrupt. Its former stubbornness, heaviness, and insensibility have thawed, disappeared, and passed away. It no longer thinks lightly of offending God. It is tender, sensitive, and jealously fearful of running into sin (2 Kings 22:19). It is humble, lowly, and self-abased, and sees in itself no good thing.

3) A right heart is a heart which BELIEVES on Christ alone for salvation, and in which Christ dwells by faith (Rom. 10:10; Eph. 3:17). It rests all its hopes of pardon and eternal life on Christ’s atonement, Christ’s mediation, and Christ’s intercession. It is sprinkled in Christ’s blood from an evil conscience (Heb. 10:22). It turns to Christ as the compass-needle turns to the north. It looks to Christ for daily peace, mercy, and grace—as the sun-flower looks to the sun. It feeds on Christ for its daily sustenance, as Israel fed on the manna in the wilderness. It sees in Christ a special fitness to supply all its needs and requirements. It leans on Him, hangs on Him, builds on Him, cleaves to Him, as its physician, guardian, husband, and friend.

4) A right heart is a PURIFIED heart (Acts 15:9; Matt. 5:8). It loves holiness, and hates sin. It strives daily to cleanse itself from all filthiness of flesh and spirit (2 Cor. 7:1). It abhors that which is evil, and cleaves to that which is good. It delights in the law of God, and has that law engraved on it, that it may not forget it (Psalm 119:11). It longs to keep the law more perfectly, and takes pleasure in those who love the law. It loves God and people. Its affections are set on things above. It never feels so light and happy as when it is most holy; and it looks forward to heaven with joy, as the place where perfect holiness will at length be attained.

5) A right heart is a PRAYING heart. It has within it “the Spirit of adoption whereby we cry, Abba Father” (Rom. 8:15). Its daily feeling is, “Your face, Lord, will I seek” (Psalm 27:8). It is drawn by an habitual inclination to speak to God about spiritual things—weakly, feebly, and imperfectly perhaps—but speak it must. It finds it necessary to pour out itself before God, as before a friend, and to spread before Him all its needs and desires. It tells Him all its secrets. It keeps back nothing from Him. You might as well try to persuade a person to live without breathing, as to persuade the possessor of a right heart to live without praying.

6) A right heart is a heart that feels CONFLICT within it (Gal. 5:17). It finds within itself two opposing principles contending for the mastery—the flesh lusting against the spirit, and the spirit against the flesh. It knows by experience what Paul means when he says, “I see a law in my members warring against the law of my mind” (Rom. 7:23). The wrong heart knows nothing of this strife. The strong man armed keeps the wrong heart as their palace, and their goods are at peace (Luke 11:21). But when the rightful King takes possession of the heart, a struggle begins which never ends until death. The right heart may be known by its warfare, quite as much as by its peace.

7) A right heart is HONEST, UNDIVIDED, and TRUE (Luke 8:15;1 Chron. 12:33; Heb. 10:22). There is nothing about it of falsehood, hypocrisy, or image-acting. It is not double or divided. It really is what it professes to be, feels what it professes to feel, and believes what it professes to believe. Its faith may be feeble. Its obedience may be very imperfect. But one thing will always distinguish the right heart. Its religion will be real, genuine, thorough, and sincere.

► Summary:

A heart such as that which I have now described, has always been the possession of all true Christians of every name, nation, people and tongue. They have differed from one another on many subjects—but they have all been of a right heart. Some of them have fallen, for a season, like David and Peter—but their hearts have never entirely departed from the Lord. They have often proved themselves to be men and women laden with infirmities—but their hearts have been right in the sight of God. They have understood one another on earth. They have found that their experience was everywhere one and the same. They will understand each other even better in the world to come. All that have had right hearts upon earth, will find that they have one heart when they enter heaven.

~ J.C. Ryle

Old Paths, “The Heart”, [Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1999], 348-351.

The Lawman on Rightly Divided

2011-04-15T15:26:00.000-07:00

(*Note: Ironically, this show on Open Air Evangelism was shot in the open air so the sound quality does suffer sometimes. Hopefully it doesn't take away from the overall presentation of the the truths found in this video.)

Is open air preaching supposed to be a nomadic tribe of people disassociated from everything or is it supposed to be done under the guidance of a local church? Can open air evangelism produce people who become a law unto themselves? Is everyone required to open air preach?

The lawman, Tony Miano, joins me on this episode of Rightly Divided to discuss this and more.

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Shai Linne on Rightly Divided hosted by Lane Chaplin

2011-04-13T22:36:00.000-07:00

Why does someone need justification? What exactly is justification? Why is it important to preach Jesus Christ and not moralism? How does justification affect one's marriage? How does it affect racism?

Shai Linne joins me on this edition of Rightly Divided to discuss these topics and more.

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For those who aren't familiar with Shai, check out this clip of him below.