Category Archives: Orthopathy

41 Ideas for Confessing Sin

Let the memory of all your sins grieve you, and especially lament and bewail your daily transgressions. Then if time permits, confess to God in the secret depths of your heart all the miseries your passions have caused. Lament and … Continue reading

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Can Man See God?

No one has ever seen God nor can see God. But He said, “You cannot see My face, for no man can see Me and live!” Exodus 33:20 The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. 1 … Continue reading

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The Sinfulness of the Regenerate Heart

Are men’s hearts deceitful and desperately wicked after salvation? Having been converted for over 30 years, is my wife married to a man who has an untrustworthy, tricky heart? Scripture teaches that we should be self-doubtful. “A man was meant … Continue reading

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Pride in Missionaries

When the Lord said, “Go into all the world and make disciples,” He began the most complex industry in the history of the world. It is a call that is exhausting, terrifying, confrontational, demanding, and humbling. Who can go? Only … Continue reading

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Revival Prophecies

At least 14 books of the Old Testament promise a remarkable change in the world. Though now the gate is narrow, persecution is promised to the little flock of believers, and few are chosen, the OT promises that a revival … Continue reading

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Why My Efforts to Plant a Church Failed

Recently, we spoke with a woman who had visited our English church plant several times with her husband and children. She mentioned to my wife and I that the state of our town was sad because there was no church … Continue reading

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6 Christian Ways to Think About Death

The New Testament presents a view of death that is very different from the majority of the world’s population. Christians are under obligation to by degrees remove worldly thinking—and death is one of the ways that Christians are most tempted … Continue reading

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The Longest Sentence in the New Testament

With 218 words, Paul’s letter to the Colossians has the longest sentence in the New Testament, and perhaps in the Bible. This sentence is 16 words longer than the sentence in Ephesians 1:3-14, but they are very similar since he … Continue reading

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30 Questions for the Christian who Wants to be Sure

At the end of his 11th sermon on Love from 1 Corinthians 13, Jonathan Edwards closed with these 30 questions which I read yesterday. I want to ask and answer these in my own life. Don’t you? I edited them … Continue reading

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8 Proofs and 12 Descriptions of Christian Hatred

Hatred is a Christian duty. Our Lord was chosen because He hated iniquity (Heb. 1:9). Believers hate even the spots of sin on their robes of righteousness. Twice Jesus said His disciple must “hate his life in this world” (John … Continue reading

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