I love the smell of freedom in the morning.
#liberty #faithalone #biblestr #christianostr #christian #grownostr
"Joshua leads Israel in to conquer the land of Canaan. They leave nothing breathing in Jericho. But can Israel conquer the sin in their own hearts, and is Joshua the one who will give them lasting rest and peace?"
Full sermon at the link below:
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/firstbaptist/episodes/Joshua-Conquering-the-Land-e2ba15d
#biblestr #grownostr #christianostr #bible #christian #faith
No one has a right to oxygen—he has a right to breathe. No one has a right to a stomach full of water—he has a right to drink such water as he may find. No one has a right to food—he has a right to work for a living.
No one has a right to shelter—he has a right to build a home on such property as he has acquired by honest dealing. No one has a right to health care—he has a right to trade for the services of those willing to trade with him, at a price agreed upon by both parties.
#justice #capitalism #american
You cannot claim as a right something that must first be earned, produced, created, or discovered by another human being.
#justice #rights #capitalism
"the rule about loving one's neighbor begins with oneself, seeing that the Scripture says, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'" -Augustine, City of God
Christianity teaches the mortification of sin, covetousness, vanity, not the mortification of self.
#christianostr #biblestr #christian
What's with all the laws and ordinances in Leviticus, the Tabernacle, and the sacrifices and washings? Could Israel expect to keep this law for eternal life? Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to all who believe.
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/firstbaptist/episodes/Leviticus-Called-to-be-Holy-e2adl7b
"If we believe in Christ, let us believe His words and promises, and we shall never die, and shall come to Christ with joyful security with Him to reign forever." -Cyprian, quoted in Perkins, A Reformed Catholic
#biblestr #christianostr #jesus #catholic #reformed
"The papist says we are justified by faith because it disposes a sinner to his justification...We say otherwise that faith justifies because it is a supernatural instrument created by God in the heart of man at his conversion, whereby he apprehends and receives Christ's righteousness for his justification." -William Perkins, A Reformed Catholic (AD 1598)
#christianostr #biblestr #jesus #christianity #reformationday #reformed
The book of Exodus continues the story begun in Genesis, of the offspring of the woman who will crush the head of the serpent. How God fulfills His word time and again, how Pharaoh shows he is of the seed of the serpent, and how the LORD accomplishes an initial fulfillment of the crushing of the serpent in judging Pharaoh and his army at the Red Sea. How God begins to make a way to restore and perfect the communion Adam and Eve enjoyed with Him in Eden.
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/firstbaptist/episodes/Exodus-Going-out-of-Egypt-e2a3pe4
#christianostr #biblestr #christianity #bible #jesus
These black walnut racks finished in hemp oil are getting more popular. You can see the walnut with and without the oil finish side by side in the photo.
#workfromhome #homestead #handmade #art #woodworking #maker
Have you ever heard a sermon on the Trinity? God is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. But how did the early church come to terms with the claims of Jesus and His resurrection and arrive at this conclusion? And what does it really mean to say God is Trinity? Application: Christianity is Triune at its very foundation. How should this truth impact our Christian life, and the life of a church? Baptism, the Lord's Supper, order in the church.
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/firstbaptist/episodes/God-the-Trinity-e2982is
More black walnut.
#etsy #handmade #homemade #maker #homestead
"If I thought that the notes of the bank of England could not be cashed next week, I should decline to take them." -Charles Spurgeon
#bitcoin #fiat #fakemoney #commonsense #spurgeon
Found a few tomatoes in the garden today too.
#foodstr #garden #gardening
The chickens are all on ice after a successful butchering day with the gramps.
#homestead #chicken #countryliving #foodstr
"[it is a] grand and fundamental Principle of the British Constitution that no Freeman should be subjected to any Tax to which he has not given his own Consent." -John Adams, quoted in C. Bradley Thompson's John Adams and the Spirit of Liberty
Is God good? Pastor Josh seeks to answer this fundamental question of human life and religion. Scripture says that only God is good, but if only God is good, then man is not. So how can anyone be saved and enjoy life?
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/firstbaptist/episodes/God-of-All-Goodness-e284sa0
If God is high and lofty and set apart from man in stature, power, and purity, how can man draw near to him and be saved? Pastor Josh explains that Scripture teaches both the transcendence of God and the nearness of God, in His great mercy. God is merciful to those in misery in their sin.
Click the link below to hear the sermon.
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/firstbaptist/episodes/God-of-Mercy-e27seq1
#biblestr #christianity #gospel #life #mercy #christ
