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What does it mean to accept God’s grace? New York Times bestselling author Max Lucado believes, “When grace happens, generosity happens.” God’s grace is always there, ready to do wonders in your life. In Grace Happens Here, you’ll learn how to accept His grace and forgiveness and how...

Is the modern Communion service biblical? Rediscover the Lord's Supper through the lens of Scripture alone. The Lord’s Supper: Remembering Christ’s One Sacrifice offers a rigorous, Bible-centered examination of this foundational Christian practice, challenging centuries of tradition by returning exclusively to the King James Version. This comprehensive study, part of the Sentinel GPT Project, meticulously dissects the origins, purpose, and proper observance of the Lord's Supper, contrasting the simple, powerful memorial instituted by Christ with later institutional rituals. Built upon ...

In the first four chapters of his letter to the Corinthian church, which was obviously not originally divided into four easy-to-read chapters, Paul talked about a division in the church that he had learned about from either Chloe or from a person in Chloe's household. Then in the next four chapters of this first volume of a commentary on the book of First Corinthians, he talked about fornication in the church, taking a brother or sister in the Lord to court, to marry or not to marry, and the Christian position on eating meats that had been offered to idols. But in looking at his ...

John 17:20 “Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;” In the powerful statement above, we read about Jesus putting His seal of approval on the apostles whom He entrusted to carry on His message after He ascended into heaven. Jesus was able to do this because of His foreknowledge of their future. If they would have strayed from His original intent for them to preach His unadulterated Word, He would have foreknown it, and accordingly would not have directed us to believe on Him through their word. Knowing this important truth, we can ...

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What does the King James Bible truly teach about baptism? Is it merely a symbol, or something more? Dive deep into one of Christianity's most foundational—and debated—doctrines in Baptism: Born of Water and of the Spirit. This comprehensive study, part of the Foundations of the Faith Series, bypasses centuries of human tradition and denominational interpretation to examine the subject using Scripture alone, drawing exclusively from the King James Version. Author David Michael Curtis employs the rigorous Topical Bible Study Method, guiding readers to discover the Bible's unified message ...

So many of the discussions that we hear today about “Social Justice” are missing the centerpiece of everything: Jesus’ justice. An observation such as this is not at all trivial. Those who try to define justice apart from the One who is holy, righteous, and just may as well try to build a sky-scraper without a blueprint or engineer. History reveals that when mere mortals contrive their own definitions and standards of justice, grave atrocities often result. Remarkably, this historical habit is occurring once again. Many today are proceeding as the torch-bearers of a new pathway to ...

Here is a strong summary of the book: Many Crowns examines the biblical language of crowns, rewards, inheritance, and judgment through the writings of Gilbert Beebe and Samuel Trott, arguing that neither man viewed heaven as a market of earned glory where the saints secure higher ranks of bliss by their works. Instead, the book shows that Beebe and Trott carefully distinguished between the believer’s secure inheritance in Christ as a son and the believer’s accountability as a servant. Working through key passages such as Matthew 19, Luke 12, 1 Corinthians 3, 1 Corinthians 9, 2 Timothy 4...

Fearful that God might not have chosen you for heaven? Wondering how God can judge people and send them to hell when He never gave them a chance to choose Him? You’re not alone. Calvinism, with its emphasis on God’s arbitrary will and predestination, has left many people anxious and confused about their spiritual standing before God. The solution is simple. Put those theology books aside and examine the Bible texts that teach how God “chooses” people for heaven. After receiving four degrees in theology, including a PhD in Systematic Theology, and engaging in numerous discussions ...

Why do the traditions of the modern institutional church often feel so different from the New Testament? Why do thousands of denominations claim the same Bible yet teach contradictory doctrines? This book presents a radical, Scripture-only refutation of modern church systems by focusing on the one doctrine that changes everything: the finished, exclusive, and unchangeable High Priesthood of Jesus Christ. Using the King James Version Topical Bible Study Method, author David Michael Curtis guides the reader through 100 critical questions about Christ's priesthood . Each question is first ...

We’ve all felt the weight of shame and brokenness. We long for a fresh start, but what we need most is the ability to see ourselves through God’s eyes of grace. New York City pastor Chris Durso believes grace is the central message of all Scripture. While there have been some daring heists and cunning capers throughout history, this book is about the greatest heist the world has ever seen...a daring raid where God’s son took back what the enemy had stolen, freeing us from the power of shame, sin, and Satan.

This book argues that the old Trinitarian controversies are not dusty relics but live theological fault lines. It opens by defining Sabellianism as modalism—the claim that Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are not eternally distinct, but are merely different modes or manifestations of one divine subject. It then sets that against classical Trinitarianism, which insists on both the unity of God and the real distinction of Father, Son, and Spirit. From there, the book moves into the Pneumatomachians/Macedonians, showing that they denied the full deity of the Holy Spirit and were led by figures ...

This book will take you on a fascinating journey through the history of Christian thought. The journey includes surprising twists and turns as we navigate the three major views of hell in church history: (1) eternal conscious torment, (2) annihilationism (sinners will cease to exist), and (3) ultimate restoration (hell is an afterlife refinery leading all to repentance and faith in Christ). But this is much more than a tour through the underworld. This topic drives us to take a closer look at the Bible, Christian theology, and the character of God.

Not surprisingly, the scriptures share many important doctrinal truths about Jesus and the principles of Christianity. It is for that reason that this book has been written. The whole goal has been to share Bible truth and doctrinal truth by presenting one hundred stories about Jesus during His incarnated life and also stories about His apostles. Those truths will be shared as short two-or-three-page essays. They range from Jesus feeding five thousand men to Jesus turning water into wine at a wedding supper in Cana. They range from Jesus and John the Baptist warning the people to repent to ...

The book Conflicts Among the Tentacles of the Monster is a compact sociology-of-reform case study: it argues that the antebellum “benevolent empire” (Bible, tract, missions, temperance, abolition, education, etc.) projected a saintly public face while internally generating predictable power-struggles—because once a “cause” becomes an institution, it must fund itself, defend itself, and govern itself, and those needs incubate the same sins reformers claim to oppose. It maps the movement’s internal conflicts into recurring fault-lines. First is authority: church courts and local ...

An examination of the power and authority which come from the Cross, and the Blood of Jesus Christ.

This bookt frames Edwards, Hopkins, and Fuller as one “Edwardsian ecosystem” expressed in different church habitats—Congregational New England (Hopkins) and Particular Baptist England (Fuller)—and it does so explicitly through Old School Baptist eyes, i.e., with the controlling suspicion that this whole line (however brilliant) proved practically corrosive to “sound Baptist doctrine.” The thesis is clean: Edwards supplies the conceptual machinery, Hopkins systematizes and weaponizes it into an activist ethical program, and Fuller translates Edwards into an anti–Hyper-Calvinist...

There’s No Such Thing As Dragons: Examining The Theology of The United Pentecostal Church is a well-written, relatable resource for those in the process of leaving, or who have already left the United Pentecostal Church or similar religious organizations. The author uses an analogy of the fear of fictitious dragons to describe the internal battle he experienced while pursuing the theological doubts he had during his time in the UPC. His captivating writing style makes it difficult to put this book down. This is a must-have for those of us trying to rebuild our faith after the UPC. -...

Chapter one of this text provides a general introduction to the five points of Calvinism and for the acrostic, TULIP. The intent, whenever possible, has been to share direct quotes from Pastor John Calvin on each of the points as a way to let him speak for himself. When that was not possible, the intent was to find and present consensus on the given point by other professing Calvinists. Their comments were provided along with the Bible verses that they had used to defend their position. The main premise of Calvinism is that God chooses those who will be saved and those who will be lost. So ...

For too long, members of the lord's church have begun conversations about salvation with, "You need to...." Certainly there are things man must do to receive god's gift of salvation, but I think we need to start the conversation with "god". Therefore, this book explains how and why god provides grace and then what man must do to receive it.