If ever there were a time there was nothing, there would be nothing now.

For a Christian to be a Christian, he must first be a sinner. Being a sinner is a prerequisite for being a church member. The Christian church is one of the few organizations in the world that requires a public acknowledgement of sin as a condition for membership.

The promises of God for tomorrow are the anchor for believers today.

The gospel is the proclamation of the person and work of Jesus Christ and how those benefits can be applied to us by faith alone.

We talk about predestination because the Bible talks about predestination. If we desire to build our theology on the Bible, we run head on into this concept. We soon discover that John Calvin did not invent it.

Doctrine does matter.

It's because Jesus spoke so frequently about hell that the church should take the concept seriously.