By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 28, 2012 in Current Issues, Features, Quotes
The culture does not annul the Law of God; God’s Law stands whether the culture stands or not. What you are getting from the Cult of Liberalism is what is known as moral relativism. Do you understand that; moral relativism, which means you get away with whatever you think in your heart you can get away […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 14, 2012 in Current Issues, Features, Quotes
Looking back on the creepy cults of the 70s and the self-indulgent excesses of the televangelists of the 80s can be a little like watching an episode of some ghastly ‘reality TV show’: as the freaks and frauds parade on the television screen, that subtle sentiment of “I thank thee Lord that I am not […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 13, 2012 in Quotes
[T]he New Testament itself, the very cradle of Christianity, reflects in a startling way the fact that the faith of Jesus Christ was built and nourished upon the controversy which it provoked. It was said of the early Christians that they “turned the world upside down” (Acts 17:6); indeed the message of the Cross itself […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 27, 2012 in Quotes
By entertaining of strange persons, men sometimes entertain angels unawares: but by entertaining of strange doctrines, many have entertained devils unaware. John Flavel
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 4, 2012 in Quotes
Surely what we gather from the history of the first three or four centuries is that the joy that is taught and promised in the New Testament was exemplified constantly in the lives of the early Christians. Have you read something of the story of the martyrs and the confessors — those people who, at […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 21, 2012 in Quotes
Discernment is not simply a matter of telling the difference between what is right and wrong; rather it is the difference between right and almost right. Charles Spurgeon
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 16, 2012 in Devotions, Quotes
Woman’s virtue, dignity, honor, and happiness, are nowhere safe but under the protection of the Word of God. The Bible is the benefactor of the female sex. Beneath this protection they are secure in their rights, their dignity, and their peace. It is their vine and fig tree, under which in calm repose they may enjoy […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 18, 2012 in Quotes
What a man believes is ultimately going to determine his life. A man who is loose in doctrine eventually becomes loose also in his life and in his behaviour. And I do not hesitate to say that the church of God on earth is as she is today primarily because of the looseness of belief […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 7, 2012 in Quotes
Greatness does not come by gifts, success, or popularity but by our reverence for, respect of, and obedience to the Word in daily life and how we encourage those attitudes in others. John MacArthur
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Feb 28, 2012 in Current Issues, Devotions, Features, Quotes
I feel that we all need more and more of the presence of the Holy Spirit in our hearts, to guide, to teach and to keep us sound in the faith. There are certain great truths, which, in a day like this [1874!], we are especially bound to keep in mind. I believe there are […]