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Hebrews 11 is a description of people who persisted in faith. With one or two exceptions (as Abel, verse 4) Hebrews does not describe saving faith but persistent faith. Saving […]

Hebrews 11 is about men and women coming into their inheritance. Inheritance is what we receive when we persist in faith. Once saved, always saved; that is a given. But,

After I had been at Westminster Chapel for a year or so I felt drawn to Hebrews 11. One evening, driving Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones to Chipping Norton in the English

When Jesus said for us to love our enemies and “pray for those who persecute you” in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt.5:44), it was an extension of his treatment

I did not vote for Barack Obama. I am almost ashamed to admit I voted for a Mormon. Until two weeks ago I decided not to vote at all, knowing

Jesus deals largely with three of the Ten Commandments in the Sermon on the Mount: (1) the Sixth Command (“You shall not murder”), (2) the Seventh Command (“You shall not

The Beatitudes (Matt.5:1-12) not only introduce the Sermon on the Mount but provide the “text” of Jesus’ famous sermon. In other words, what he would say in the rest of

When Jesus introduced the kingdom of heaven no one knew what he was talking about. But they assumed it would be something visible, especially something that would put Israel on

There is a good pride (like good cholesterol which the body needs) and bad pride (like bad cholesterol which brings disease). Good pride leads to a sense of self-respect and