By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “I suggest that all of us are generous – everyone. It’s just some are generous with things like criticism, gossip, bitterness, being judgmental, etc. Jesus taught where your heart is, there will your treasure also be. The amount we invest and to what we invest is demonstrative of where […]
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Is the Church Willing to Die for Christ’s Sake?
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “When John the Baptist, the greatest man born of a woman, the Bible says, came as Christ’s forerunner he preached the absolute need for repentance from sin. When Christ started out on his public ministry he called for repentance. When the apostles of the early church arrested the attention […]
Dark Forces vs. God’s Light
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “The devil knows that his days are numbered. He wants to drag as many human beings into hell with him as he possibly can. Revelation 20:10 says the devil will be cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, with the false prophet and the beast, and he is […]
Thy Kingdom Come…
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “When we pray this petition, we are praying for the conversion of sinners to a soul-saving faith in Jesus Christ. We are praying for the putting down of Satan and everything that works evil. We are praying for the complete and total triumph of Christ. We are praying for […]
The Lord is My Rock
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “The Lord alone is exalted in the believer’s heart, and all other things are cast down. He sees his God to be his Rock, his Fortress, his high Tower, and his Deliverer. In Him he finds all that he can possibly require or desire.” – Charles Spurgeon
Revelation – The Four Horsemen
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “Calamity, tragedy, catastrophe, wars, famine, and disease are sometimes how God troubles the waters to push our boats safely to shore. In these situations, there can be an opportunity for reconciliation with him. And, no matter how deep the suffering, the cost is nothing compared to the joy that […]
Pastors Facing Today’s Challenges with Their Heads in the Sand
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “This idea that Christians should be interested in something they call ‘the Gospel’ – and not politics – shows a highly truncated concept of what the word ‘Gospel’ means. A gospel or ‘good news’, is the announcement of a new emperor. In the pagan context in which the New […]
Cast Out of Heaven
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “Casting out the Devil from heaven demonstrates the triumph of light over darkness, goodness over evil. It serves as a reminder that even amidst the fiercest battles, virtue prevails. For us, it heralds the victory of righteousness and the assurance that evil shall never reign eternally.” -Dr. Mark Creech
Never Invite a Minion to Your Small Group Bible Study on End Times
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “Nothing can change one’s life after death. There is no purgatory, no second chance, no parole for good behavior, and no graduation. As the old saying goes, ‘As death finds us, eternity keeps us. Hell is truth seen too late.’” -Mark Hitchcock in 101 Answers to the Most Asked […]
Spiritual Warfare
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew There is a great old story about two ladies who were walking around a somewhat overcrowded cemetery and they came upon a tombstone on which was the inscription: Here lies John Smith, a politician and an honest man. “Good heavens,” said one lady to the other, “evidently they had […]