By Richard Boone Now the works of the flesh are manifest which are these: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things …
Author Archives: Mark Mayberry
Summer Sins
By Donald Townsley Introduction: 1. Summer brings some temptations to Christians that they don’t face to the same degree at other times of the year. 2. We think it well to deal with some of these temptations and sins because Satan is going to use every device he can to destroy us (2 Cor. 2:11; 1 …
Is John 3:5 All Wet?
By David A. Padfield Many passages in the New Testament plainly demonstrate the necessity of water baptism for the remission of sins. We use verses like Mark 16:16 and Acts 2:38 frequently in our preaching because they are so simple to understand. Yet, there are other verses which teach the same thing and we sometimes shy …
Scoffing At Sin
By Irvin Himmel Fools mike a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favor” (Prov. 14:9). Four important lessons are now pointed out, all of them suggested in this text. Sin A Reality The Bible depicts sin as a reality, not a myth; it exists in actuality and is not a mere figment of …