What a fantastic lectureship!  There are many reasons to be thankful and excited about the lectureship that we just hosted at PBL, including the great speakers and the great lessons each attendee heard from the Word of God.  Specifically, I want to recognize that this lectureship was a great success because of the many members who worked in various capacities before and…

The greatest treasure to be obtained on this earth is the salvation from the horror of sin through the love, grace, mercy and blood of our Lord.  Can you imagine someone having the greatest treasure on this earth (greater than all the wealth of all the world) and then turning it loose?  It is not only possible for someone to do that…

God could have provided salvation to mankind in any way that He chose.  As all of us have separated ourselves from the Lord through sin, all of us are dying—dying to drink of the water of life.  Thus, when the water of life is offered to our thirsty, drought-stricken souls, who are we to reject it? God could have provided salvation unconditionally…

If you get into a conversation about salvation with two “religious” folks today, the likelihood is high that you will be talking to two individuals who believe, practice and teach two different things about this most fundamental of all subjects—salvation!  That fact is amazing, frightening and discouraging. Remarkably, some have taught that salvation is not available to all men, for God never…

The book of Luke uses the word “lost” more than any other book in the New Testament.  It is within the pages of this account of the gospel that we read, “For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost” (19:10).  Chapter 15 focuses on a sheep that was a lost, a coin that was…

The doctrines of men have certainly created significant confusion in the religious world, regarding not just what some would try to classify as “trivial matters,” but impacting the most critical of all subjects—man’s salvation. Man-made doctrines vary on (1) identifying those who are lost, (2) designating who has the right to be saved, (3) enumerating what man must do in order to…

There are so many name brand products that you know—you hear and read a lot about them.  For most name brand products (medicines, foods, beverages, paper goods, etc., etc.) there are generic brands that are similar to their name brand counterparts, but you don’t generally see or hear the generics advertised.  The greatest appeal of generic brands is that they do not…

A few years ago, my family walked into a toy store where there was a massive display of Mr. Potato Heads, along with dozens of parts and accessories for the little spuds.  On the display  were small empty boxes that children (and parents!) could stuff full of all the Potato Heads and parts they wanted and pay a fixed price of $18. …