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                                                                   (arranged by topic)

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Bible

Has Satan Given You a Dose of Deism?

Some Notes in Certain Bibles are Blatantly Deceptive!

Let us be careful not to preach as certain, things that the Bible does not portray as certain.

Some Thoughts Concerning the Revelation of Jesus Christ

Evaluating the Basic Principle (of textual criticism) by Wilbur Pickering

Read it or Weep!

Does God Approve of the Way you Handle His Word?

Ample Reason to Question the Concensus 

Stop Believing Satan’s Lie!

Churches are Filled with People who Despise God’s Word!

God Has Miraculously Preserved the Greek NT

Burn Your Commentaries!

Some Principles of God’s Revelation (written by Van Parunak)

Appreciating the Precision of the New Testament Greek (Also listed under Jesus.)

How Should a Christian Approach the Word of God?

The Deep Treasure of God (Also under Christian Living)

More Precious than Gold (Also under Christian Living)

All Scripture is God-Breathed! (Also under Evangelism)

Christian Living 

Divorce and Remarriage

My Doctors were Caught a bit off guard

Are you obeying Jesus’ command to pray that God will keep you from falling away?

How the Trajectory of the Christian Impacts His Outlook on COVID 19

The “Generational Curses” Hoax

How to Pray Strategically for Revival

What Does it Mean to Live By Faith?

Works “of Law” versus Works “of Faith”

Worship in Spirit and in Truth

70 Resolutions of Jonathon Edwards

Dying Saint Take Courage! (Read this to Believers who are about to die.)

Comprehend the Love of Christ?

The Unrighteous Steward

Email exchange with Pastor Bright of Uganda March 2019

The World does not Hate its Jesus   (Also under Salvation)

Words of Great Comfort, or Not  (Also under Salvation)

My Little Squirrel

Atheists, Agnostics, Deists and Us

God’s Intended Product of the Gospel  (also under salvation)

The Rewards Jesus Promised (also under salvation)

What is God doing? (also under Salvation)

Fear God

It Would be Better for me if I Died Right Now!

Taking the Mystery out of Being Filled with the Spirit

Forgiving Others

Do You Want Deliverance From an Habitual Sin?

A Lack of Contentment May Point to a Lack of Faith

When Preachers Turn Out to be Wolves

Love Always Presumes a Person is Innocent Until Proven Guilty

Making Decisions in Accordance with God’s Will (Revised June, 2022)

Go to a Land I Will Show You

Eye Salve for the Wretched (our need for revival)

The Deep Treasure of God (also under Bible)

More Precious the Gold (also under Bible)

Prepare to Die–  Mp3 audio file about 40 minutes long

Are You Growing?  – Mp3 audio file about 40 minutes long

Take Heed Lest You FallMp3 audio file about 40 minutes long

Church

Is a Plurality of Elders Biblical?

When Church Leaders Think Too Highly of Themselves

How Should Biblical Accountability Work in a Church?

Eldad and Medad

Two Essential Elements of Biblical Unity

Who is Equipping the Saints for the Work of the Ministry (Also under Evangelism)

Evangelism

Should I be discouraged?

The New Covenant (undiluted version that we must preach)

New tract (June 2023): How to live a life that pleases God.

The Absolute Righteousness of God

Are you unknowingly communicating a skewed gospel?

New 20-minute Gospel of Jesus Christ MP3 audio file (for the scripture references, go to Free Evangelism Tools, “Message of the Bible Summarized Tract.”

Misusing I John 5:13  (also under salvation)

Do We Sometimes Prejudge Roman Catholic Responses?

Stones Cry Out door to door guidelines

How Complete is the Gospel You Preach?

Be Ready Always to Give an Answer

What Does it Mean to Call Upon the Lord? (Also listed under Salvation.)

It is Better to Say “Remission” (of Sins) than “Forgiveness” (of Sins)

There is No Such Thing as the Gift of Evangelism

How Much Do You Really Believe the Gospel?

All Scripture is God-Breathed!  (discusses a common false gospel)

Woe to me if I do not Preach the Gospel!

Be Thou Cast Into the Sea

Who is Equipping the Saints for the Work of the Ministry? (Also under Church)

Concise Gospel PresentationMp3 audio file about 12 minutes long

Who Runs Your Life?- Mp3 audio tract about 10 minutes long

Things You Can Do to EvangelizeMp3 audio file about 40 minutes long

Thy Kingdom ComeMp3 audio file about 40 minutes long (importance of evangelism)

Jesus

He Broke My Legs

Anticipating our Next Intimate Encounter with Jesus

Appreciating the Precision of the New Testament Greek (Also listed under Bible.)

Thoughts About Jesus in His Incarnation

Jesus Loves Me!

Spit and Slaps

Righteousness and Peace have Kissstonescryout.info/…/What-is-God-Doing.pdfed– Mp3 audio file about 40 minutes long

Salvation

Today’s truncated gospel and who is behind it.

The New Covenant (Undeluted version that we must preach)

Brief answers to people that object to aspects of the gospel I proclaim. (1 page)

An analysis of Hebrews 6:4-6.

Are you a “duck-backed Christian?”  (1/2 page article)

Know what you must do to be saved from the coming wrath of God (excerpt from Tom Bear’s latest book, “The Narrow Way Gospel Study Guide).

Commands in Greek present tense demand continuous, ongoing obedient response.

Maybe this is why pastors are not talking about this.

The Apostles and early church fathers thought of salvation as something that takes place in the future when Jesus comes back (rather than something already possessed).

A closer analysis of Jesus’ sheep/shepherd analogy (in John 10)

Does your understanding of John 6:37-40 need a little tweaking?

Are you obeying Jesus’ command to pray that God will keep you from falling away?

Some things that Christians can be 100% certain about

It is not within us to persevere, but persevere we must. (Words from Jonathan Edwards)

Verses whose primary purpose is to help Christians persevere to the end

A Denial of Christ’s Substitutionary Death for Sins is a Direct Attack on Jesus Himself!

Sanctification will include both victories and defeats

Are you unknowingly communicating a skewed gospel?

“Works of Law” Versus “Works of Faith”

Romans 1:16 Clarified

The Vile Doctrine of Purgatory

Misusing I John 5:13  (also under evangelism)

It’s Difficult to Know What Type of Soil We Are.

“Salvation” (the word) Pop Quiz

The World does not Hate its Jesus   (Also under Christian Living)

Who will sit at Jesus’ right hand?   

Words of Great Comfort, or Not (Also under Christian Living)

God’s Intended Product of the Gospel (also under Christian Living)

The Rewards Jesus Promised (also under Christian Living)

What Was Paul Thinking? (An examination of what Romans teaches about salvation.)

What is God Doing? (also under Christian living)

The Assurance of Salvation

Does God Ever Get Angry at Christians?

Come Boldly to the Throne of Grace!

Are You Feeling the Breeze?  (This is about sanctification)

A Strong Reason to Hope

We Are Not Saved Yet!

If we do not Endure, we will not be Saved

Only Those Who Share in Christ’s Sufferings Will Be in Heaven

Salvation is Conditional!

“Atonement” in the New Testament (written by Van Parunak)

Faith is Not a Philosophy!

I will Keep Preaching These Things Even if it is Unpopular to do so

What Does it Mean to Call Upon the Lord? (Also listed under Evangelism.)

A More Likely Interpretation of Romans 10:9-10

Another Possible View of Hebrews 6:1-6

Blessed

Are You a Slave of Jesus?

The Two Types of People and Their Outcome

The Sovereignty of God

What God has Said Relative to the COVID 19 Crisis