#salvation

New Birth and Soul Transformation

This is the fifth of a series of articles (6 planned) sharing the content of my booklet called Salvation: Understanding Jesus’ Original…

Elaboration on the Two Gospels

This is the fourth of a series of articles (6 planned) sharing the content of my booklet called Salvation: Understanding Jesus’ Original…

PhD Holders On The Verge of Eternal Destruction

What I have chosen to write about is true, whether it offends you or not. I pray it does offend you and prick at your heart, but rather…

The Birth of John the Baptist

Because of his major role in salvation history, John the Baptist’s birth is one of only three celebrated by the Catholic Church. The others…

If You Hear His Voice

“While it is said, ‘Today if you hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts, as when they provoked Me.’” — Hebrews 3:15, NASB

Can I Be a Good Person Without Believing in God?

Morality, Human Nature, and the Standard Nobody Wants to Talk About

Both Lord and Christ: When Does Jesus Become Lord?

How Can a Loving God Send People to Hell?

Justice, Love, and the God Who Forces No One

love synonyms

Love is an addiction I never sought, a salvation I never deserved, and a poem I never learned to stop reading.

The Holy Scriptures of Techno-Optimism

Technology helps humanity, but it is no salvation promise.

Is Knowing Possible?

Knowing

How Do I Maintain Consistency in My Faith?

Building a Spiritual Life That Does Not Collapse Under Pressure

How Can I Show God’s Love to Someone Who Hates Christianity?

Loving Those Who Reject the Gospel

The Valley of Dry Bones: God’s Power to Restore

The world measures reality by present conditions. God measures it by His purposes.

From Ruins to Restoration: A Devotional on the Book of Ezekiel

The message of the Book of Ezekiel begins in a place of loss, discipline, and brokenness. Israel was no longer standing strong in their…

How Do I Overcome the Fear of Evangelism?

Trading Paralysis for Holy Boldness

A Commentary — on why humanity has become terrorists

At the time I wrote this and published it to the web at in August 2020, I saw the escalation and now we are standing in the junction of…

Catholic Hope for Salvation Is Biblical

Refuting a Lutheran Pastor’s Argument for “Assurance”

Walk into the Ark

An act of obedience

southern psalm for the whipping boy

Down by the riverbanks there’s blood in the waters. The poisons of condemnation and sin. The cross hung in the streets with dirty clothes…

Can Someone Be Saved Without Hearing the Gospel?

Or Is There Another Plan?

Five Stories That Prove Why You Might Still End Up in Hell Despite Jesus’ Sacrifice

The cross was not the problem. You are.

LIVING A PURPOSEFUL LIFE (10) Blessed be the Name of the Lord for His edifying Word of Truth.

How Do I Ask Someone to Accept Christ?

Leading a Soul to the Most Important Decision of Their Life

Lunch with Jesus Christ

What Questions Would You Ask?

THE REMAINDER OF WRATH

A Sermon on Psalm 76 — God’s Sovereign Restraint of Evil

(Orthodoxy) Salvation of the soul. The meaning of life.

Orthodox Herald The foundation of salvation “…words by which you and all your house shall be saved” Bible, New Testament: Acts, Chapter 10…

From the Cross Onwards: The Increasing Dawn

Every seed sown at the Cross reaches its full harvest in the Day of the Lord, but it will not be a long silence until then. We shall…

For Ìfẹ́: The Search for Higher Love

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HOPING FOR YOU TO TRULY BE BORN AGAIN OF THE WATER AND THE SPIRIT.

IN THIS LAST DAYS HOPING FOR YOU TO SAVED THROUGH WATER AND BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST

Getting on the Restoration List

Recently, the courts in Canada ruled that major tobacco companies must pay out approximately $25 billion to cover the costs of…

The Final Verdict: Judgment on Evil

There are many birds perched upon the branches of a stubborn tree that God did not plant. Eventually, He will cut it down, but He does not…

The Difference Between Being Religious and Being Saved

Why Church Attendance Is Not a Salvation Certificate

Rahab and the Gentile Inclusion

Is Yahweh the God of the Jews only? No, He is the God of the Gentiles, too (Rom 3:29). In fact, He is Lord of all (Acts 10:36; 17:24); and…

The Fourth Verdict: The Decree of Worth

Sometimes, life remains so hard for so long that people lose the will to desire anything great. They have lived in chains for so long that…

The Glory of Salvation Before the World Was

Salvation is not an emergency response to human failure. It is not a divine “Plan B.” It was all part of the plan.

Ādittapariyāya Sutta: The Fire Sermon

Buddha’s discourse on the burning entanglements of senses.

God’s Love Isn’t Always Comfortable — And That’s Good News — Pr. Marlon’s Blog

Personal Story

We Received What Others Rejected

Greetings Stewards, Happy Easter. I pray you are well and strengthened in this season. Today is not one of the days this blog is updated…

Is Jesus the Only Way to Salvation? A Biblical Answer from Gethsemane — Pr. Marlon’s Blog

“Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.” Acts 4:12 NIV

“My [Father] Told Me”

to “My Mother Told Me,” as sung by Peyton Parrish in English and Colm McGuinness in Old Norse

The Mormon Jesus Leaves His Followers Dying in Their Sins

Why the Content of Saving Faith Disqualifies Mormon Christology

Struggling to Believe

I still pray still try to hold on to those good Christian values. But I’m becoming increasingly aware of the nastiness of our world…

GOD…HOPE Chapbook Series XI

Poem 11: “….a POEM”

Posthumous SalvationTaught by Christian Leaders

Early Church Fathers, the Reformer Martin Luther, the theologian Karl Barth, and other Christian leaders taught the idea of a “second…

Let’s Meet God

Answering Common Questions Concerning Christianity

A Mighty Harvest is Coming

Sometimes I wonder if my voice ever gets heard by those who really need to hear. I see people walking by street preachers and no one is…

A Christian Poem About Salvation

What did He See In Me

Chapter 1: New Life in Christ

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God’s Work for Your Salvation

Salvation of sinners, as it is taught in the Bible, is God’s will. This is according to God’s eternal purpose carried out in the Person and…