Since before time began God ordained an intimate relationship between BLOOD and LIFE. This relationship was all a part of God’s eternal plan for the salvation of mankind, driven by His great love for His creation. However, that relationship did not involve just any blood. It was based on the Blood of the only Perfect, […]
My friend looked rather dejected, and so I commented, “You look depressed; is there a problem?” He replied, “I’m worried about the future.” “What worries you about the future?” I asked. “My past.” That is a legitimate concern. The past has everything to do with the future. We are the product of our past. We […]
“Ought” is a word that we use frequently but find difficult to define. “OUGHT” (1) Necessary; Bound, One Must: “Vines Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words.” (2) Moral Obligation, Natural Expectation: “Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary” (3) Compulsion of Necessity, Following the Desires of One’s Conscience: “Webster’s Third New International Dictionary”. Examples of how we […]
It is no secret that I have a deep fascination and great admiration for the lyrics/words found in our Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs that we sing together in worship. The many songs we sing at Wilsonville are soul stirring, sin damning, faith building, hope providing, and heaven longing. A few days into this Pandemic, […]
The church of the Lord is the body of saved persons who have been redeemed by Christ. (Acts 2:47, Ephesians 5:23) The Lord adds continually to the church those who are being saved. The very means by which one receives forgiveness of sins is the same that makes him a member of the church. It […]
When the apostle Paul addressed the churches in Galatia, he chided them for accepting a perversion of the gospel. “I marvel that you are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the […]