Author: Ron Francis

One more quick post...today's readings have all been quite rich...Here is the audio:  https://www.biblegateway.com/audio/mclean/kjv/Acts.8BTW I wrote earlier about false and good doctrine, there is a useful article here:http://www.challies.com/articles/test-every-doctrine-test-every-teacherAnd this quote is timely, since I can hardly read a verse without desiring to comment upon it:The sharp two-edged sword of the word of God is without a… Continue reading Acts 8 – False Teaching Revealed

Such a powerful chapter...There is much in here...think of the number of times Jesus refers to this idea.Isa 42:18  Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.Isa 42:5  Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of… Continue reading Isaiah 42 – Thus saith God the LORD…..

This chapter is worth reading especially if one is in a leadership position.https://www.biblegateway.com/audio/mclean/kjv/1Tim.4One point that is often neglected today is the position of Doctrine, or sound teaching. You can't miss that even in Paul's day this needed special emphasis. I will let you find and read the whole chapter on your own.1Ti 4:1  Now the Spirit… Continue reading 1 Timothy 4 – Good Doctrine…….

Perhaps one could write a whole book on this chapter...Paul builds on this theme about which he also wrote to the church at Ephesus .Eph 4:4  There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;Eph 4:5  One Lord, one faith, one baptism,Eph 4:6  One God and Father of all, who is above… Continue reading Romans 12 – Transformed by Grace and Faith