By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 24, 2011 in Current Issues, Devotions, Features, Quotes
O Christless man, you have pleasure, but it is only for a season. Laugh on if you will – your candle will soon be out. Your games, your dance, your social parties, will soon be over. There are no games in hell… Men must be brought down by law work to see their guilt and […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 20, 2011 in Current Issues, Devotions, Features
Keep not back. (Isaiah 43:6) Although this message was sent to the south, and referred to the seedof Israel, it may profitably be a summons to ourselves. Backward we are naturally to all good things, and it is a lesson of grace to learn to go forward in the ways of God. Reader, are you unconverted, […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 18, 2011 in Devotions
Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice. (1 Samuel 15:22) Saul had been commanded to slay utterly all the Amalekites and their cattle. Instead of doing so, he preserved the king, and suffered his people to take the best of the oxen and of the sheep. When called to account for this, he declared that he […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 15, 2011 in Current Issues, Devotions, Features
“Then Jesus spoke again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.” (John 8:12) Are you, my reader, a searcher of this life? Are you breathing for it, panting after it, seeking it? Then be it known […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 14, 2011 in Current Issues, Devotions, Features
The trait of holiness, though absent from much modern preaching and writing, is a central character trait of God in the Bible. It may even be the central essential facet of God. Holiness virtually defines God. How can I say that? The prophet Isaiah writes “thus says the One who is high and lifted up, […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 14, 2011 in Current Issues, Devotions, Features
Contrary to the comfortable and convenient feeling as one sails along on that Sea of Relativity, that there is no such thing as absolute truth, the fact remains, there is. Today I bring to you as a storm the claims of Jesus of Nazareth in an attempt to not only rock your boat, but to warn you […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 12, 2011 in Current Issues, Devotions, Features
A shepherd protects his sheep from their enemies. Wolves enter in among the sheep. The wolves which harass the church of God are emissaries of false doctrine and of evil practice. Satan is never out of his diocese and his specialty is to destroy the pure witness and the fellowship of the church of God. […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 2, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Devotions, Features
More than ever as we near the end of an Age we need to realize, and to fully believe, that these are not just mere words but instead have even more pronounced meaning in our day. As you know from Holy Scripture God never does anything without first dealing with His remnant at any given time […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 4, 2011 in Current Issues, Devotions, Features
Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you hblameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen. (Jude 24-25) Many Pervert the […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 31, 2011 in Devotions
Thoughts upon sin that I read this morning from Thomas Watson in his book titled: “A Body of Divinity” What is sin? 1) Sin is the transgression of the law (1 John 3:4) What is the nature of sin? 1) It is a defiling thing 2) It grieves the Spirit of God 3) […]