Author Archives
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PELAGIUS AND HARDENING OF PHARAOH, Dan Mayfield
PELAGIUS: The link at the bottom is the translation and treatment of the pamphlet “Hardening of Pharaoh’s Heart” written and circulated by Pelagius. Pelagius believed exactly as I do on the message by Paul in Romans 9 that there are… Read More ›
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THE UNLOVED ACCORDING TO CALVINISM, Dan Mayfield
Calvinists like John Piper and John MacArthur are always struggling to explain their position against the vast backdrop of scriptures which speak of personal sin, personal responsibility, and the need to repent before the just judgment of God comes. The… Read More ›
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YOU WILL BE BETTER, Dan Mayfield
Christians don’t expect to be free of trials or a cross. Through patient endurance we come through perfected and matured more into the fullness of Christ. The Psalmist said, “Before I was afflicted I went astray, But now I keep… Read More ›
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PRAISE GOD FOR WHAT HE IS AND FOR WHAT HE DOES, Dan Mayfield
I could have titled this: THE SONG TO THE SALVATION, GLORY, AND POWER OF GOD! In Revelation 19, from verses 1-6 the word Hallelujah is used. It means to give praise to God. When that word is spelled without the… Read More ›
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40404040404040404040404040, Dan Mayfield
“Length of gestation. The average length of human gestation is 280 days, or 40 weeks, from the first day of the woman’s last menstrual period.” (betterhealth.vic.gov.au) What is it about the number 40? This number occurs many times throughout the… Read More ›
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SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS, Dan Mayfield
“3Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.” – Eph 1:3 Contrast the spiritual blessings in Christ with the Old Law that… Read More ›
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KINDS OF WORSHIP
This is the lesson one of our Elders taught this last Wednesday evening. 1. IGNORANT“22 So Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I observe that you are very religious in all respects. 23… Read More ›
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DO WE EMBRACE OR REJECT THE TRUTH?, Dan Mayfield
Question from Luke 7: are the flute players and singers the good guys or the bad guys? Jesus tells the parable to the Pharisees and Lawyers to describe them. Are they the ones playing the flutes and the world isnt’… Read More ›
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WHY A PREACHER, Dan Mayfield
Like the Old Testament prophets and preachers, the closest modern equivalent to them is the preacher or evangelist. Ephesians 4 says the Evangelist is given by God for the building up of the body. Paul says that through men who… Read More ›
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THE END OF DISAPPOINTMENT, Dan Mayfield
When I was 19 and 20, I was filled with too much of the hopeless life that the world said would satisfy me, and I believed I was going to be dead by the age of 30. I didn’t know… Read More ›