Simply Gospel

May my steps be worship. May my thoughts be praise.

  • A Mother Named Mary

    One mother has become very important in modern religion – Mary, the mother of Christ. She was declared sinless by the papacy in 1537. Following that comes the doctrine of her immaculate conception and her perpetual virginity. Then comes the doctrine of her bodily ascension into heaven. She is called Queen of Heaven, Co-Mediatrix, and Continue reading

  • Modern Golden Calves: Outward Appearances

    When talking about modesty or a focus of societal standards of beauty, I hear this passage quoted time and again: Do not let your adorning be external – the braiding of hair, the wearing of gold, or the putting on of clothing –  but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the Continue reading

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  • Walking As He Walked

    He that saith he abideth in [Jesus] ought himself also to walk even as he walked (1 John 2:6). Why did Jesus live? It would be entirely understandable if people got the impression that Jesus lived only to die for our sins. A lot of emphasis in preaching and teaching falls squarely on the death Continue reading

  • A New Thing

    Now all the Athenians and the strangers sojourning there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing (Acts 17:21). It is no secret that our society praises that which is new. It is exciting and different. Companies devote a good part of their resources to research and Continue reading

  • Psalm 113

    Many of us have songs that take us back to a place, remind us of important events, or remind us of a specific person. It is no different for the saints of old. In Matthew 26:30, Jesus and His apostles sing a hymn after the last supper. Psalm 113 is the beginning of the Hallel Continue reading

  • Mary and Her Ointment

    But there were some that had indignation among themselves, saying, “To what purpose hath this waste of the ointment been made? For this ointment might have been sold for above three hundred shillings, and given to the poor.” And they murmured against her. But Jesus said, “Let her alone; why trouble ye her? She hath Continue reading

  • Sanctifying God

    And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, “Because ye believed not in me, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them” (Numbers 20:12). It was another waterless place in the desert (Numbers 20:1). The refrain had Continue reading

  • Forgiven But Unforgotten

    II Samuel 13-14 provides some difficult material concerning Absalom, Tamar, and Amnon. Amnon attempts to court Tamar and ends up sexually assaulting her. David does nothing about this for two years until Absalom (Tamar’s brother and Amnon’s half-broter) kills Amnon for his crime against Tamar. Abaslom is indeed guilty of murder, but some of the Continue reading

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  • Jesus & Prophecy

    In Matthew 5, a familiar passage beginning the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus makes an interesting statement in verse 17: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.” This is one of many statements by Jesus we could Continue reading

  • Modern Golden Calves: Our Rights & Liberties

    This is my right, a right given by God, To live a free life, to live in freedom. Talking about freedom, I’m talking about freedom, I will fight for the right to live in freedom. – Paul McCartney, Freedom (2001) The United States is a country built upon concepts of freedoms and rights. The first Continue reading

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