Scripture declares that the Words of God are pure, as silver tried in a furnace [Psalm 12:6], that God proves us as silver is tried [Psalm 66:10], and refines us as silver is [Zechariah 13:8-9]. I pray through this blog, not my words but, through the reading of the scriptures, through the presentation of thoughts and of comments, splinters of silver may prick and stay with us throughout our lives as we grow as Christians.
Sinners, let me address you with words of life; Jesus wants nothing from you, nothing whatsoever, nothing done, nothing felt; he gives both work and feeling. Ragged, penniless, just as you are, lost, forsaken, desolate, with no good feelings, and no good hopes, still Jesus comes to you, and in these words of pity he addresses you, "Him that cometh unto me I will in no wise cast out."
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A friend of mine has just published her first book!
Thoughts from
Splinters of Silver
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To be saved is to be preserved in the faith to the end. 'He that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.' (Mt. 24:13) Not that perseverance is an accident in Christianity, or a thing performed by human industry; they that are saved 'are kept by the power of God, through faith unto salvation.' (1 Pet. 1: 3-6) But perseverance is absolutely necessary to the complete saving of the soul…. He that goeth to sea with a purpose to arrive at Spain, cannot arrive there if he be drowned by the way; wherefore perseverance is absolutely necessary to the saving of the soul.
To escape the error of salvation by works we have fallen into the opposite error of salvation without obedience - and there is no such a thing.
The articles posted here are simply my thoughts and opinions on different topics and subjects, as I see them at the time of write, which could change without me returning to the archives to note such. They are of a personal nature and are not to be used to judge the church I attend nor its members. You are responsible to draw your own conclusions and further check out the information presented by the writer and commenters. If you see a factual mistake, please bring it to the writer or commenter's attention.
Just because you see the link here doesn't mean I support the entire site. Take the silver and leave the impurities.
- Writer
Any Bible teacher great or small who mingles their own inventions with the Word of God or who advance anything that does not belong to it, must be rejected, how honourable soevermay be their rank.
Do not stumble at the doctrine of ELECTION. Preach the gospel to all, and (as some one has said) if you convert any one who was not "chosen", God will forgive you. [Notes from my Bible, page 167]
If anyone has a topic they would like discussed, please send me a note, and I'll see what we can do. - Writer
2 comments:
mr waldrop,
did you write those books that are shown on the side of your blog? my mom was looking at another one of your blogs about those books, and it seemed pretty obvious that you had written them, but we couldn't find your name anywhere on it. the books look sooooo cool! i love christian fantasy books, my favorite series' that i've read so far are 'dragons in our midst' by brian davis, and 'dragon keeper chronicles' by donita k. paul. i love dragons, they are so amazing. well, i hope to read those books sometime, maybe i can get our church library to order them.
~beth =)
Hey Beth,
Yes, I have tried my hand at writing a Christian fantasy trilogy, 'In the Land of Erde.' The author of 'One More Sunset' here has been my editor.
Just for fun, instead of using my real name I reversed my last name for the first name and used my middle name as the last; thus, Pordlaw LaRue.
I may have to check out the books you mentioned here. Although I do have a dragon in my books, he doesn't really play a major role, per say, till book three of which I am currently writing.
I can send you a free copy of my first book, Ekleipsis if you would like. I know how we must be careful about giving our information over the internet, so please ask your mom if it is okay and I can mail it to your church address if you want.
Use this email:(writer@splintersofsilver.com) to send an address for me to mail it to if it is okay and you would like a copy to have.
Tim
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