Every year thousands of Christians amble down to their local county courthouse and obtain a marriage license from the State in order to marry their future spouse. They do this unquestioningly. They do it because their pastor has told them to go get one, and besides, “everybody else gets one.” This pamphlet attempts to answer...Continue reading
Ed Dobson, pastor emeritus of the mega-Calvary Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is the latest older Christian man I have watched apostatize. This past weekend, on January 4 th, 2009, Dobson, with beaming face, proudly told the world on ABC’s Good Morning America that he voted for Barack Obama. You can see the whole sorry...Continue reading
I became a Christian in 1978. When I first became a Christian I never went to theatre. For the first three years of my Christianity, I remained resolute. I never darkened the door of a movie theatre. Over the years however, I routinely ran into Christians who went to movies. Even when I went to...Continue reading
In His economy, God instituted an armed citizenry, not a standing army, in order to deal with the affairs of war regarding Israel. This is what the Founding Fathers of America envisioned for our nation. Even in Switzerland today, every home is furnished with a machine gun (one of the reasons Hitler chose not to invade Switzerland).Continue reading
A name is of great importance, therefore, naming our children is of great importance. The Israelites of old knew this importance. They took the choosing of names for their children very seriously. They wanted the name they chose to have special significance to the child. As Christians, we should have the same desire when naming...Continue reading
Sermons from the Kingdom of God series at Mercy Seat Christian Church. How God’s Kingdom Expands in the Earth. God does have a kingdom. His kingdom is here in the earth now. His kingdom is to expand in the earth. How does His kingdom expand in the earth? This sermon lists five ways through which...Continue reading
Sermons on Eschatology from Mercy Seat Christian Church. An Exegetical Eschatology – The Mt. Olivet Discourse. The present popular eschatology has neutralized the Church, and our nation – and more importantly Christ’s kingdom – is reaping the bad fruit of 150 years of this aberrant teaching. This sermon goes through the Mt. Olivet discourse by...
Sermons on Church History from Mercy Seat Christian Church, including A Defense of the Crusades, Katherine von Bora: A Labor Day Sermon, The Hounded and The Martyred (Luther and Hus) and Nicholas von Amsdorf - Champion of Magdeburg, available here.Continue reading
Of all the questions you will ask yourself in life, probably the most important is, Am I good enough to go to Heaven? The way to find this out is to ask yourself if you have obeyed the Ten Commandments. Most would answer the question, ‘Well, I’ve broken one or two, but nothing too serious,...Continue reading
Sermons on General Topics and Scripture from Mercy Seat Christian Church. Galatians 1:1-9 A Dire Situation. The book of Galatians is known as the Magna Carta of Christian liberty. By that, we mean liberty in the true sense of the word – freedom to meet with God not on the basis of any of our...Continue reading