by J.C. Ryle
Let us read our Bibles in private more, and with more pains and diligence. Ignorance of Scripture is the root of all error, and makes a person helpless in the hand of the devil. There is less private Bible reading, I suspect, than there was fifty years ago. I never can believe that so many men and women would have been “tossed to and fro with every wind of doctrine,” some falling into skepticism, some rushing into the wildest and narrowest fanaticism, and some going over to Rome, if there had not grown up a habit of lazy, superficial, careless, perfunctory reading of God’s Word. “You do err not knowing the Scriptures” (Matt. 22:29). The Bible in the pulpit must never supersede the Bible at home.
by J.C. Ryle
by Martyn Lloyd Jones
… [Some] people … never fully accept the teaching and the authority of the Scriptures … They do not come to the Bible and submit themselves utterly and absolutely to it. If only we came to the Scriptures as little children and took them at their face value and allowed them to speak to us, this sort of trouble would never arise. These people will not do that. What they do is to mix their own ideas with spiritual truth. Of course they claim that basically they take it from the scriptures, but, and that is the fatal word, they immediately proceed to modify it. They accept certain biblical ideas, but there are other ideas and philosophies which they desire to bring with them from their old life. They mix natural ideas with spiritual ideas. They say that they like the Sermon on the Mount and 1 Corinthians, chapter 13. They claim that they believe in Christ as Saviour, but still they argue that we must not go too far in these matters, and that they believe in moderation. Then they begin to modify the Scriptures. They refuse to accept it authoritatively in every respect, in preaching and living, in doctrine and world outlook. ‘Circumstances are changed’, they say, ‘and life is not what it used to be. We are now living in the twentieth century.’ So they modify it here and there to suit their own ideas instead of taking Scriptural doctrine right through from beginning to end, and confessing the irrelevancy of talk about the twentieth century. This is God’s Word which is timeless, and because it is God’s Word we must submit to it and trust Him to employ His own methods in His own way.
by Martyn Lloyd Jones
by Yeshua (Jesus) Is Lord
A young woman was packing a suitcase for a long trip.
She said to a woman who was watching her, "I’m just about finished…
I only have to put in a guidebook, a lamp, a mirror, my favorite love letters, a microscope, a telescope, a volume of fine poetry, a song book, a few biographies, a package of old letters, a sword, and a set of books I have been studying."
The onlooker gasped, "How do you intend to get all that in your suitcase? It’s almost full now!"
The young woman replied, "Oh, all that won’t take much room."
She then walked over to a table, picked up her Bible, placed it in the corner of her suitcase, and closed the lid.
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by Mike Taylor
I Corinthians 6:9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, (“gay” people!) Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Kirk Cameron made the “politically incorrect” mistake of taking a biblical stance when pressured on a recent interview by a liberal commentator on CNN, one Pier Morgan who steered the conversation away from what Mr. Cameron was there for, which was plugging his new movie film, “Monumental: In Search of America’s National Treasure,” onto the left’s favorite talking point and badgered Kirk into answering to his views about homosexuality. How is a bible believing Christian to react and answer that question? They answer it just like Kirk Cameron did. He answered it from his bible. His remark told CNN’s Pier Morgan that marriage “was defined in the garden between Adam and Eve — one man, one woman for life.” He added that in his view, homosexuality is “socially destructive,” “unnatural,” “detrimental, and ultimately destructive to so many of the foundations of civilization.”
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by Vance Havner
My father considered himself to be the head of the family, and the rest of us were inclined to agree with him. He was not opposed to the posterior application of superior force, if necessary. He was not afraid he would frustrate Junior. He saw no conflict between love and discipline. Neither does the Bible. Our Lord said,
“As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten” (Revelation 3:19).
by Vance Havner
by Bill Wilson
Verified sources within Wycliffe have contacted The Daily Jot confirming that Wycliffe has replaced God the Father with allah in many Arabic translations of the Bible and Bible resources. The sources, who took great care to remain unidentified due to fears of harsh retribution, collectively are "torn as to what they should do. Do they stay and try to stand for right or resign in protest?" One source summed up the situation, writing,
"many of the intellectuals in Wycliffe are convinced that this is just cultural bridge building and Western Christians are not sophisticated enough to understand what they do. Therefore, they are keeping it as secret as possible."
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by Ron Graham
“…for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.” 2 Peter 2:19b.
If I was the devil and I wanted to motivate people toward a certain goal to bring them to a point of full bondage to me, what tool could I incorporate into their lives to control their minds, hearts, even their very souls? T.E.L.E.V.I.S.I.O.N. What a concept; a tool that would start out to be so very innocuous but would grow to become a highly successful manipulator. After all, it’s always on.
Every Christian believer knows full well that it is Satan’s intent to remove God from the minds of men – period. Just look how much freer Satan is now that he’s able to introduce subjects more in line with humanities sinful nature and desires, without condemnation or much resistance, all through the medium of television. The enemy of mankind has created a “leisure time” product that has now infiltrated every home, and what a potential for leading the masses astray. Television has become the full-on corrupting influence of a major segment of earth’s society. Television now dominates the human mind and heart. What better source of influence than television to bring evil right into the living room of every home?
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by J.C. Ryle
