By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “God’s sovereignty is of great comfort to me. I mean tremendous comfort. As director of a state-wide Christian public policy organization, watching lawmakers ignore the eternal principles of God’s word, trusting in their own understanding, and at times even knowingly wielding their influence in nefarious and corrupt ways, has […]
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Guard Your Heart
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “Happy is that young man [young woman] whose heart is never defiled with vice! There is no way of being kept from impurity except by giving up the heart to the holy Lord…the most pure-minded are surrounded with innumerable temptations; and many there are that slip with their feet […]
Progressive Churches Don’t Progress
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “When people give up convictions and think it doesn’t matter what you believe just so you get together, then the next step is to throw away faith in the Bible as the Word of God, faith in the blood of Jesus Christ as essential to atone for man’s sin, […]
The Sufferings of this Present Time
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “Christ our Lord suffered. If we suffer for the same reasons he suffered, which all true Christians at some point in their lives do, then it confirms our sonship. I hear a lot of people say they accepted Christ on this date and at this time as proof of […]
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup/Patriotism and Christianity
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “It’s time we rediscovered what it means to be ‘one nation under God,’ as President Abraham Lincoln said in the Gettysburg Address. It’s time we understand the full meaning of our national motto, ‘In God We Trust.’ It’s time we stop the ‘state sanctioned atheism’ that has been stripping […]
Streaming Church…The New Normal?
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “I understand that going to church via social media has provided new opportunities during the pandemic for reaching people. Praise the Lord! But I don’t care what anyone says, going to church by radio, television, your personal computer, or a smart phone is not really going to church. The […]
Beware of the Me Monster
By Jeff Larson, the Back Pew “The unbeliever naturally puts himself first, others second, and God last. And he may think he merits the order. The Bible teaches that we should reverse the series. God is to be first; others must be second; and we must come last. The Bible says, ‘Bear ye one another’s […]
Easter Morning .. Incognito
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “Personally I have no more use for a dead Christ than I have for a molten image. The Christ who once did loving deeds and does them no more, who once spoke words of comfort but has been silent for centuries, means nothing to me. It is the Christ […]
No Longer a Cat in a Hat
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “What we see today is the aftermath of denying absolute truth. As Francis Schaeffer once opined, even most Christians see the truth in bits and pieces but have largely failed to see it as a totality. Christianity is truth. Every worldview contrary to it is a lie or only […]
A Great Perspective for Life
Cartoon by Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people my accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway. If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway. The good you […]