What is “Reformed”? An Overview of the Five Solas and Calvinism.

Basically "Reformed" comes straight from the time of Martin Luther and the reformation, formally beginning in the controversy on justification and the authority of the church. Remember that the two issues dealt with back then was (1) How man is to be made right before God, and (2) What is the authority of the church that binds the conscience of the Christian. To make the long story short, Luther and the reformers labored to "re-form" the church ...

Ligonier Ministries’ National Conference 2010 Friday Session Videos!

Thanks to Christianity.com and Ligonier Ministries for making available for Christians all over the world the recent free Webcast last week, June 17 and 18. I, like many others, have been greatly blessed with the preaching of the truth of God's Word. And it is my prayer that the Conference would bring many a people to saving faith in the Lord, Jesus Christ. Here are the archived videos from Friday's session: [The links for Thursday's session can ...

Ligonier Ministries’ National Conference 2010 Thursday Session Videos!

Thanks to Christianity.com and Ligonier Ministries for making available for Christians all over the world the recent free Webcast last week, June 17 and 18. I, like many others, have been greatly blessed with the preaching of the truth of God's Word. And it is my prayer that the Conference would bring many a people to saving faith in the Lord, Jesus Christ. Here are the archived videos from Thursday's session: [The links for ...

Why Don’t All Men Believe?

How does salvation work? How does faith work? Why do we say things like "if you just allow God to", or "if only you would choose to believe?" Where does this kind thinking come from? Are we to accept what the Bible means when it says that the Lord Christ Jesus is the "author and perfecter of faith" ((Hebrews 12:2))or are we still to run off with our "buts"? "But you need to choose Him." ...

Life’s Toughest Question.

Here we have another excerpt from Grace Christian Assembly's Q&A Section. In this excerpt Jim McClarty answers an interesting question: "How would you go about structuring a message titled: answering life's toughest questions?" I have a brief answer. Woody Allen said in one of his films (they all run together at some point) that humans spend their time creating trouble and dilemmas in their life so that they won't have to face the really big ...

What You Believe?

Starting today, every Wednesday's, or maybe some other day of the week, once a week, we will be posting excerpts from the Grace Christian Assembly (Salvation by Grace) Question and Answer section (Of course with Pastor Jim McClarty's permission to do so). This particular excerpt is taken from the section entitled What You Believe?. The Question: I recently had a conversation with a person who said, 'I believe that God wants everyone to be saved. That's what is ...