By Jeff Larson, the Back Pew “The caterpillar undergoes metamorphosis in its chrysalis and emerges a glorious butterfly. The same creature which enters the filmy tomb eventually emerges, but the change is so remarkable that it cannot be recognized as the same. It is this kind of change the Holy Spirit wishes to work in […]
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Everyone Did What Was Right in His Own Eyes. Sounds Like America
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “Everyone has an opinion about today’s issues and current events. The truth is, if your opinion is contrary to God’s Word, what you think or say, even though esteemed by some of the brightest minds, is as worthless as Confederate money.” -Rev. Mark Creech
Spirit Warfare
By Dave Eden, Eden Political Cartoons “There never was revival without warfare & there never was warfare without revival.” -Jessie Penn-Lewis, “War on the Saints”
Their Faith Shipwrecked
By Dave Eden, Eden Political Cartoons “I’ve seen quite a few people who once made a profession of faith, but now appear to be shipwrecked. Faith itself is a gift from God. It’s not something we can muster up ourselves. When God regenerates the dead soul in trespasses of sin, he puts a faith within […]
Halloween Warfare
By Dave Eden, Eden Political Cartoons “These are the times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed. The habits of a vigorous minds are formed in contending with difficulties. Great necessities call out […]
Mustard Seed Faith
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “Our Lord indeed honors faith the size of a mustard seed. But when we consider his unspeakable grace, the keeping of all of his promises, his constant presence and power, why should we doubt in times of challenge and testing? We should have abundant faith, and if we don’t, […]
If Interviewed by Today’s Media, What Might Jesus Say?
By Dave Eden, Eden Political Cartoons “We cannot say that individual suffering and sin are inevitably connected but we can say that national sin and suffering are so connected. The nation which chooses the wrong ways will in the end suffer for it.” -William Barclay
Rendering to Caesar and God
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “Jesus’ statement to render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s and unto God what is God’s is not a proof text for separation of church and state. Some read the text and set up a false dichotomy, arguing that our Lord was saying the state has authority over certain things, […]
No Entrance Exam to Heaven
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “I am persuaded that our good deeds never merit salvation. To merit salvation would mean to earn it or to deserve it. The deeds would have to be so good, so perfect, with no mixture of sin in them, that it would impose an obligation upon God to grant […]
From Uncle Sam’s Prayer Journal
By Dave Eden, Eden Political Toons “There is only a minor difference between what President Biden has done in Afghanistan and the infamous American traitor Benedict Arnold did. Arnold was prepared to surrender West Point, New York, to the British until his plot was discovered and circumvented by Gen. George Washington. As I see it, […]