In Christ Alone!

In a world of watered-down preaching, and fluffy songs extolling some love ditty that could just as easily be heard at a night club or dinner stage, it is refreshing when new hymns are written that extol such glorious doctrines as justification by faith in Christ alone.

May you be encouraged today [...]

How Deep the Father’s Love for Us!

This is a beautiful song which reminds me often of what the Trinity did for such a wretch as I.  Truly the love of the Father is deep and vast beyond all measure!  Thanks be unto God for His unsearchable gift!

The words are sung by Ferdnando Ortega.
Every blessing,
The Desert Pastor

Which God Do You Worship?? – Pt. 9

We concluded Part 8 by saying, “More importantly, they (church members) know that what is on the inside and what they dwell on in the dark recesses of their minds would damn them to a Christ-less eternity if it wasn’t for the mercy and grace of God.”

By way of example, some of these [...]

Which God Do You Worship?? – Pt 8

Part 6 & 7 of this series dealt with Romans 12:1, 2. In this passage to the believers in Rome, Paul made it clear that only by following the commands he lays out will you be able to “prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.”

To be able to prove [...]

Which God Do You Worship?? – Part 7

There are some who say that if you put a frog into a pan of boiling water, it will hop right out fully aware of the danger. However, if you drop the frog into a pan of cold water and ever so slowly increase the temperature a few degrees at a time, the frog [...]

Which God Do You Worship?? – Part 6

Now that we are aware of the ½ pills of poison we have all been swallowing, how can we begin to remedy the problem? In Part 4, we dealt with 1 Corinthians 10:31 and learned that in ALL things we are to do everything to the glory of God.

Again, this means that every day is [...]

Which God Do You Worship?? – Part 5

Before we continue with the next verse, I want to continue with a simple illustration that I heard recently from Josh Harris, who is the author of the book “I Kissed Dating Goodbye.” In addition to his work as an author, he is one of the pastors of Covenant Life Church in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
Imagine a [...]