Voddie Baucham 1969-September 25, 2025

September 25, 2025

A servant of God is now with the Lord. I appreciate this man and what he did to help my understanding of our great God. Here is just one of his many hopeful sermons:

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If you like debates…

September 18, 2025

If you like debates, you have probably found places where you can occasional watch one. One of the places I keep an eye on is the You Tube channel called “Standing for Truth.” I do not like debates that are not civil or where name calling is allowed. Usually, in a debate, when name calling starts the debate is over and it becomes hard to hear any constructive debate on real differences.

Although the normal moderator is a young man, Donny Budinsky, he has moderated many debates and he does a good job keeping discussions civil. Debate formats are discussed before each debate so that there are no questions about how the debate will take place. Nearly 100% of the debates on on themes that deal with faith or personal beliefs. I started watching Donny’s channel for some of the debates he had on the subject of Creation/Evolution. Since then, I have watched multiple debates on many different subjects.

If you are interested in seeing some of the subjects of the debates on the channel, you can click on “Standing for Truth.” The channel has almost 150 playlists, most of them with multiple videos. Of course, most debates take a good deal of time to digest so they aren’t for everyone. The last one I watched dealt with the different views of two believers on the subject “Is Compatibilism Biblical?” It is an interesting discussion on Calvinism that lasts almost three hours:

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Quotes…#4 Adam Clarke 1762–1832

September 10, 2025

“‘That walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly.’ Mark certain circumstances of their differing characters and conduct. The ungodly man is unconcerned about religion; he is neither zealous for his own salvation nor for that of others; and he counsels and advises those with whom he converses to adopt his plan, and not trouble themselves about praying, reading, repentance, etc., etc.; ‘there is no need for such things; live an honest life, make no fuss about religion, and you will fare well enough at last.’ Now, ‘blessed is the man who walks not in this man’s counsel,’ who does not come into his measures nor act according to his plan…”

Quoted about Psalm 1:1 in C.H.S.’s Treasury of David (Expositions of the Psalms)

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Quotes…#2 John Trapp 1660

September 1, 2025

“The psalmist saith more to the point about true happiness in this short Psalm than any one of the philosophers, or all of them put together; they did but beat the bush, God hath here put the bird into our hand.”

Quoted about Psalm 1 in C.H.S.’s Treasury of David (Exposition of the Psalms). Some think Trapp may have been referring to Psalm 16.

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Quotes…#1 Spurgeon 1855

August 27, 2025

“The preaching of good works and the exhorting of men to holiness, as the means of salvation, is very much admired in theory, but when brought into practice, it is found not only ineffectual, but more than that—it becomes even ‘a savour of death unto death.'”
So it has been found, and I think even the great Chalmers himself confessed that for years and years before he knew the Lord, he preached nothing but morality and precepts. But he never found a drunkard reclaimed by showing him merely the evils of drunkenness. Nor did he find a swearer stop his swearing because he told him the heinousness of the sin.
It was not until he began to preach the love of Jesus, in His great heart of mercy—it was not until he preached the Gospel as it was in Christ, in some of its clearness, fullness, and power, and the doctrine that, ‘by grace ye are saved, through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God,’ that he ever met with success. But when he did preach salvation by faith, by shoals the drunkards came from their cups, and swearers refrained their lips from evil speaking, thieves became honest men, and unrighteous and ungodly persons bowed to the sceptre of Jesus.”

It has come to my attention that I have been way too quiet in this space for way too long. Even though I rarely have words of my own that I think are important enough to share, I am constantly running across quotes that I would like to share with others. Here is the first in a series that I’ll call “Quotes.”

LINK TO THE SERMON WHERE THIS QUOTE IS FOUND

LINK TO MR. SPURGEON’S SERMONS

God’s blessings…

Chris Reimers

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R.C. Sproul: I Am the Lord, There is No Other

July 20, 2025

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ALL OTHER GROUND IS SINKING SAND

February 2, 2025

While thinking about the state of our world, part of an old Hymn came to me today. At times it sure seems like things are spinning out of control. This is one of those times for me and the hymn I thought of communicates a stability that this world can’t give.

1 My hope is built on nothing less
than Jesus’ blood and righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
but wholly lean on Jesus’ name.

Refrain:
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand:
all other ground is sinking sand;
all other ground is sinking sand.

2 When darkness veils his lovely face,
I rest on his unchanging grace;
in every high and stormy gale,
my anchor holds within the veil. [Refrain]

3 His oath, his covenant, his blood,
support me in the whelming flood;
when all around my soul gives way,
he then is all my hope and stay. [Refrain]

4 When he shall come with trumpet sound,
O may I then in him be found:
dressed in his righteousness alone,
faultless to stand before the throne. [Refrain]

This hymn was written by Edward Mote, who lived and preached in England during the 19th century. He didn’t enter the ministry until his 50s and was pastor at Rehoboth Baptist Church in Horsham, West Sussex, England for 26 years.

This hymn reminds me of so many instructive and comforting words found in God’s Word.

Proverbs 3:5-6

5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart
And do not lean on your own understanding.
6 In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He will make your paths straight.

John 16:33

33 These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.”

Romans 12:2

“…do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.”

1 Peter 1:3

3 “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead…”

So many other verses come to mind, but these suffice for now.

On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand: all other ground is sinking sand.

CR

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‘In the name of the Mother, Daughter and Holy Spirit’: Catholic women advocate change

March 8, 2024

In a news article out of Vatican City yesterday, this was printed:

“On Thursday, women theologians, experts and leaders met for a one-day discussion on female leadership, asking the tough questions facing the Catholic Church on the issue. In her presentation, ordained missionary and theologian Maeve Louise Heaney questioned Catholic theology that attempts to ‘essentialize’ women. ‘They speak of complementarity and name the contribution of women as essentially different to that of men,’ she explained, ‘pitching love, spirituality and nurturing against authority, leadership and intellect.’

Heaney challenged Catholics to reconsider their idea of God and the Holy Spirit as neither male nor female, quoting her ‘yoga-loving’ niece who prays to ‘the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. And the Mother, the Daughter and the Holy Spirit.’”

Clicking on this sentence will take you to the article.

I know I normally focus on the questionable things going on in Protestantism, but this is an example of Catholic theology gone awry. It seems to me that many Protestants and Catholics are getting away from obvious Biblical teachings that have been central to Christianity for two millennia.

There are these verses:

Ephesians 4:4-6
4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all.

and this verse:

Matthew 3:16,17
16 After being baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove and lighting on Him, 17 and behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased.”

and this verse among many others:

Matthew 28:19
“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit . . .”

No where in scripture do we see the Father described as the mother or Jesus described as the daughter.

This type of thing reminds me of 2 Timothy 4:3 which states:

“For the time will come when they will not tolerate sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance with their own desires…”

Many Protestants and Catholics need to get back to the basics found in the scriptures alone. It is by grace alone, through faith alone, and in Christ alone that we are saved.

Chris Reimers

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Happy New Year 2024

January 5, 2024
Photo by Chris Reimers

Happy New Year to all my friends and family. We woke up to this site this morning and it reminded me of these verses from Isaiah chapter 1:

“Let Us Reason”

18 “Come now, and let us reason together,”
Says the Lord,
“Though your sins are as scarlet,
They will be as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson,
They will be like wool.
19 “If you consent and obey,
You will eat the best of the land;
20 “But if you refuse and rebel,
You will be devoured by the sword.”
Truly, the mouth of the Lord has spoken.

What a great God we have! Though our sins are as scarlet, they can be white as snow.

1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Our God is a forgiving God. What a great thing to think upon as we begin a new year.

May God bless each and everyone of you in 2024.

God’s blessings…

CR

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Salvation

August 4, 2023

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