Total Depravity

Calvinists and Catholics have a  common view on original sin but there  is a difference. Catholics believe  that the guilt of Adam is removed at  baptism and that man has a free will  whereas Calvinists believe that original  sin persists after baptism of infants ...

The Cost of Compromise

“Now Jehoshaphat had riches and  honor in abundance, and joined  affinity with Ahab” (2Chron.18:1).  Ahab was the son of Omri who reigned  over the northern ten tribes of Israel that  separated from Judah when Rehoboam  was king in Judah. Rehoboam was the  son of...

Israel’s Amazing Restoration

IN AD70 the nation of Israel ceased to exist and the Jews were scattered among the nations and for almost 1,900 years Jews have amazingly survived and maintained their national identity. Today they exist as a nation in spite of centuries of Antisemitism. On 12...

Thy Temple at Jerusalem

by John R Ecob DD “Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee” (Ps.68:29). PSALM 68 IS A PSALM OF DAVID to whom God gave the design of the Temple that was built by his son Solomon and he said that the Temple would be the means by which...

Who Was David’s Mother?

by John R Ecob DD What did David mean when he said in his great prayer of confession that “in sin did my mother conceive me”? If you ask the Catholic he may say that it refers to the doctrine of original sin: that every one of us has original sin such that we bear the...