Simply Gospel

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

  • Watch and Pray

    “But of that day or that hour knoweth no one, not even the angels in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. It is as when a man, sojourning in another country, having left his house, and given authority to his Continue reading

  • Jephthah’s Vow

    And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, “If thou wilt indeed deliver the children of Ammon into my hand, then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth from the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, it shall be the LORD’s, and Continue reading

  • The Christian Purpose

    Have you ever considered the purpose in your life. While we often study from Ecclesiastes when considering this topic, we also see a few statements by Jesus that define His purpose on this world. If we want to be Christians – that is, Christ-like individuals – our purpose and his purpose should be one and Continue reading

  • Instruments in the Worship

    We can’t read many psalms without seeing God’s worshipers encouraged to play upon instruments like cymbals and harps. When Solomon brings the ark to the temple, the people play upon instruments in praise of God. Why, then, do we not use instruments in our own worship? It seems contradictory with what we see in the Continue reading

  • Modern Golden Calves: Negativity

    We love to complain. We want to complain about service being too slow at a restaurant; about the food being too hot or too cold; about seeing the bottom of our coffee cups; about the loudness of the radio. We complain about the person who cut us off in traffic; about construction; about light timings; Continue reading

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  • Modern Golden Calves: Our Traditions

    But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in… Woe to you, blind guides, who say, If anyone swears by the temple, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gold Continue reading

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  • Render to Ceasar and God

    And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, that they might catch him in talk. And when they were come, they say unto him, “Teacher, we know that thou art true, and carest not for any one; for thou regardest not the person of men, but of a truth teachest Continue reading

  • The Fool Speaks In His Heart

    The fool hath said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they have done abominable works; There is none that doeth good (Psalm 14:1). The Psalmist’s declaration in Psalm 14:1 (and Psalm 53:1) is understandably famous and often used these days when referring to those who do not believe that God exists. Continue reading

  • Modern Golden Calves: An Introduction

    In Exodus 20, when the Levitical code is given to the children of Israel, God begins the covenant with ten basic commandments that serve as a scaffold upon which the rest of the law would be built. The Ten Commandments open with a warning against worshiping other gods or creating idols. These would be commands Continue reading

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  • Relating the Father

    No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him (John 1:18). In both the Gospel and the first letter that bear his name, John affirms that no man has ever seen God (John 1:18, 1 John 4:12, 20). This seems Continue reading