Sovereign Grace Baptist Church Meets weekly at 907 Hillsboro Boulevard, Manchester, TN, 37355. Currently, our church is without a pastor/elder and the members meet weekly for praise and worship in hymn, prayer, reading of Scripture, study of the word, and fellowship.
It is common to read both Galatians 2:16 and Romans 3:28 to narrowly as if the text was only addressing “works of the law.” On this reading, one could not be justified by works done in obedience to the law, but could conceivably be...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
This time of the year I am always retrieving insights from the reformation. Today is the anniversary of the so-called beginning of that movement when Luther banged a notice on a church door that served as a bulletin board for the community. That...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
A friendly reminder was all I needed. I called a buddy who had recently been forced to terminate his position as senior pastor of a church to see how he was holding out. Instead of me helping him, however, he was the one who blessed me. In our...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The suggestion that Christianity is about how one feels is so popular today, that any suggestion to the contrary is met with severe scorn. Christianity is not even about religion as such. Most people think that being a Christian is a matter of...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
There's a place in the darkness that I used to cling toThat presses harsh hope against time.In the absence of martyrs there's a presence of thievesWho only want to rob you blind.They steal away any sense of peace.Tho' I'm a king I'm a king on my...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
<!-- Why is it I constantly find myself enraged at Christian teachers? It is because what they are teaching is anything but true Christianity. I recall being in a bookstore when a young woman came browsing by the section I was in and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
<!-- Needed: Light and Truth Oh, send out Your light and your truth (Psalm43:3). This is the earnest prayer of a true disciple. Even in the midst of troubled times, which is evident from reading the two Psalms together (Pss. 42-43). They...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
<!-- John Calvin, Institutes, 3.VII.9-10. Lastly, if things do not go according to our wish and hope, we will still be restrained from impatience and loathing of our condition, whatever it may be. For we shall know that this is to murmur...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
<!-- One Preeminent: Its All About Him. The Christian faith centers on Christ. For believers, He is precious above all things. True Christianity is Christ centered, Christ is the alpha and omega. In Paul’s day when he wrote to the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
<!-- God’s Will: The Starting Point and Guarantee of All. By A.W. Pink From His book, The Satisfaction of Christ. “What follows may be deemed to savor of metaphysics, yet do we feel it to be called for in view of modem...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
