GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH

PREVIOUS EDITORIALS

Don Fortner

WHAT IS A SOVEREIGN GRACE CHURCH?

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE REFORMED



Updated 06-15-2007

• Let's just use Bible terms - 2 Timothy 4:1-5


• Market-Driven Christianity - Galatians 1:10


• Which Version?


• Salvation As God Describes It - Psalm 68:18-20


• A Priest Upon His Throne - Hebrews 10:12


• Out of the Pit


• Abide In Him - I John 2:28


• Buy The Truth, And Sell It Not - Prov. 23:23


• God So Loved The World! - John 3:16


• Jesus Christ Himself - Ephesians 2:20


• Threefold Sanctification


• Public Prayer


• The Fruits Of Christ's Death - John 12:24


• Eternal Redemption - Hebrews 9:12


• The Public Ministry Of The Word - Eph. 4:8-16


• Husband and Wives


• Christ The Royal Savior - Acts 5:31


• Blessed Forgiveness - I John 1:9


• Jesus Christ Himself - Ephesians 2:20


• Profit And Loss


• Saving Faith - Luke 7:50


• Wonderous Grace - Luke 4:18


• Thy People Shall Be Willing In The Day Of Thy Power


• Who Should Be Baptized? - Acts 8:35-39


• God Sent Forth His Son - Galatians 4:4-5


• The Brazen Serpent - John 3:14


• Forgiveness


• Our Fellowship


• The Importance Of The Lord's Table - I Cor. 11:26


• The Must Of The New Birth - John 3:7


• Two-Fold Redemption


• Is Your Bed Too Short? - Isaiah 28:20


• The Preacher's Responsibility


• The Christian's Great Interest


• What Think Ye Of Christ?


• Confession, Experience, Acknowledgement - I Corinthians 15:10


• Are You Proud Of Grace?


• Charity Suffereth Long


• Seeing The Savior - John 6:40


• Substitution


• Something To Consider


• Our Teacher - Titus 2:11-12


• Eternity - II Corinthians 4:18


• Predestination - Acts 2:23


• The Love Of God - I John 4:10


• Comming To Christ


• Hearing The Word of God - James 1:19


• Who Are The True People Of God?


• I Believe God - Acts 27:25


• A Call For Separation - Revelation 18:4


• Limited Atonement - Isaiah 53:8


• The Lord's Table - I Corinthians 10:21


• Vital Christianity - Colossians 1:27


• The Passion of Christ - The Movie


• Consider Him 2


• Happy New Year!


• Seven Prophecies Fulfilled By Christ - Psalm 40:6


• He That Believeth And Is Baptized - Mark 16:16


• He That Believeth On The Son - John 3:36


• Believers Baptism


• Consider Him


• My Kindness Shall Not Depart From Thee - Isaiah 54:10


• So Have I Sworn - Isaiah 54:9


• Idolatrous Samaritans - II Kings 17:25-34


• Seeing The Glory Of God - John ll:40


• If Thou Wouldest Believe - John 11:40


• All False Religions


• Enter Into Rest - Hebrews 4:3


• Rest - Hebrews 4:3


• True Religion Gives Rest - Matt. 11:28-29


• Called To Be Saints - Romans 1:7


• The Elect - Colossians 3:12


• Preach Christ - I Corinthians 1:17-25


• Six 'Ifs' To Think About - I John 1:6 - 2:2


• Liberty - Isaiah 61:1


• The Matter Of Church Discipline - II Peter 2:1


• Damnable Heresies - II Peter 2:1


• Like A Shepard - Isaiah 40:2


• Covenant Love Reaffirmed - I Samuel 20:17


• Covenant Love - I Samuel 18:3


• Jonathan's Love For David - I Samuel 18:1


• The Everlasting Covenant - Hebrews 13:20


• The Better Covenant - Hebrews 8:6


• The Threefold Character Of The Covenant - II Samuel 23:5


• The Covenant Of Grace - II Samuel 23:5


• God's Covenant - The Believer's Comfort - II Samuel 23:5


• Are You Forsaking Christ?


• What Might Have Been - Isaiah 48:18-19


• Why Do We Use The King James Version?


• Who Will The Lord Use? - Isaiah 6:8


• What Do You Look For In A Church? - Isaiah 51:6


• Three Weighty Facts - John 6:37-40


• Four Glaring Differences


• Is Salvation


• The Saving Work Of God The Holy Spirit - John 6:63


• Of That Day Aad Hour Knoweth No Man - Matthew 24:36


• Baptized For The Dead - I Corinthians 15:29


• None Of God's People Are Mercenaries!


• Four Glorious Gospel Doctrines - John 6:37


• Take My Yoke Upon You - Matthew 11:29


• Come Unto Me - Matthew 11:28


• God's People Love One Another


• Covenant Love Reaffirmed - I Samuel 20:17


• Covenant Love - I Samuel 18:3


• Jonathan's Love For David - I Samuel 18:1


• The Blood Of The Everlasting Covenant - Hebrews 13:20


• The Everlasting Conenant - Hebrews 13:20


• The Better Covenant - Hebrews 8:6


• The Covenant Of Grace


• Paul A Pattern - I Timothy 1:16


• What Is That To Thee? - John 21:22


• For The Truth's Sake - II John 2


• Love Suffereth Long, And Is Kind - I Corinthians 13:4


• Enoch Walked With Christ - Genesis 5:24


• Christ Hath Redeemed Us - Galatians 3:13


• That Ye Sin Not - I John 2:1-2


• Our Rallying Point - Isaiah 11:10


• Trinitarian Grace - Ephesians 1:3-14


• God Was Manifest In The Flesh - I Timothy 3:16


• The Mysteries Of God - I Corinthians 4:1


• Judge Nothing Before The Time - II Corinthians 4:18


• I Am The Way - John 14:6


• Dare To Be A Daniel - Daniel 1:8


• My Salvation Shall Be Forever! - Isaiah 51:6


• Needless Fears - Isaiah 51:12-13


• What About Those Who Do Fall Away? - I John 2:19


• Can A Saved Person Ever Be Lost? - John 10:28


• Will You Endure To The End?


• Necessities - I Corinthians 1:23


• We Preach Christ - I Corinthians 1:23


• Distinguishing Grace - I Corinthians 4:12


• Ye Are Sanctified - I Corinthians 6:11


• The Necessity Of Faith In Christ - Hebrews 11:6


• What Does God Require Of Man? - John 6:29


• Anyone


• Be Thou Faithful - Revelation 2:10


• Prove Me - Malachi 3:10


• I Have Chosen You - John 15:16


• The Wiles Of The Devil - Ephesians 6:11


• Whether Ye Be In The Faith - II Corinthians 13:5


• The Lord Is In This Place - Genesis 28:16


• A Letter To A Preacher


• Honor The Lord With Thy Substance - Proverbs 3:9-10


• To The Glory of God - I Corinthians 10:31


• We Are Bound To Give Thanks - II Thessalonians 2:13


• Why Will Ye Die? - Ezekiel 33:11


• Six Bible Descriptions Of Salvation - Ephesians 2:8-9


• Beware Of Covetousness - Luke 12:15


• Who Will The Lord Use? - Isaiah 6:8


• What Might Have Been - Isaiah 48:18-19


• The World Is A Stage


• That He Might Be Lord - Romans 14:9


• All Things - Matthew 7:37


• Bring My Sons From Far - Isaiah 43:6


• Precious, Honorable, Beloved - Isaiah 43:4


• The Sovereignty of Grace - Hebrews 2:16


• Judgment Day - Acts 17:31


• Thus Saith The Lord! - Isaiah 8:20


• What Happened To Barnabas?


• Eternity! - II Corinthians 4:18


• Perseverance of the Saints


• Irresistable Grace


• Limited Atonement


• Unconditional Election


• Total Depravity


• Show Me Thy Faith - James 2:18


• Justification in Time - Romans 3:24-28


• Eternal Justification - Romans 8:30


• Providence - Hebrews 2:9


• The Captain of Our Salvation - Hebrews 2:9


• Glory! - Hebrews 2:9


• Bringing Many Sons Unto Glory - Hebrews 2:10


• How Does Grace Save? - Ephesians 2:5


• What Is Grace? - Galatians 2:21


• He Shall Be Great - Luke 1:32


• Behold, I Am Alive For Evermore! - Revelation 1:18


• Believing Men and Women Worship and Serve The Lord God Freely - Ezra 2:68-69


• Grace is Free! - Romans 3:24


• Freely - Genesis 2:16


• Read This Only If...You Want A Stirring Example Of Commitment!


• The Wages of Sin And The Gift of God - Romans 6:23


• What Must I Do To Be Saved? - Acts 16:30


• Are You Concerned About Your Soul?


• They Shall Be As Still As A Stone - Exodus 15:16


• The People Which Thou Hast Purchased - Exodus 15:16


• He Shall Not Fail! - Isaiah 42:4


• Behold My Servant - Isaiah 42:1-3


• Public Worship


• Christ Is All - Colossians 3:11


• A Worm, and No Man - Psalm 22:6


• Particular, Effectual, Redemption


• Seek Ye The Lord- Isaiah 55:6


• So Great Salvation- Hebrews 2:3


• Christ Is All! No. 2 - Colossians 3:11


• Christ Is All! No. 1 - Colossians 3:11


• The Heart- Jeremiah 17:9


• Lessons For The Day of Trouble- Isaiah 37:3


• Bless The LORD, O My Soul! - Psalm 103:1-5


• In Everything Give Thanks! - I Thessalonians 5:18


• Them He Also Justified - Romans 8:30


• Ye Are Justified! - I Corinthians 6:11


• That's Dangerous Doctrine!


• Five Wells - Genesis 25:11


• Gave All That He Had - Genesis 25:5


• Made Unto Us - I Corinthians 1:30


• He Was Made! - Hebrews 7:20


• Preaching and Hearing - Ephesians 3:21


• Who Will Stand Up For Me? - Psalm 94:16


• Ye Know Not What Ye Ask - Matthew 20:22


• Why Am I Thus? - Romans 7:18-21


• Getting A Lost Person


• Grace


• Love one Another - John 4:24


• God Is! - John 4:24


• Whose Choice Is It?


• Confess Christ Now!


• The Everlasting Covenant - Hebrews 13:20


• Will Worship - Colossians 2:23


• Interpreting The Word of God - II Timothy 3:16-17


• Free-Will or Free-Grace? - Romans 9:16


• Worry


• Be Ye Thankful #2 - Colossians 3:15


• Be Ye Thankful #1 - Colossians 3:15


• Ye Know Not What Ye Ask - Matthew 20:22


• Christ Is Able - Psalm 89:19


• My Peace I give unto you - John 14:27


• Peace - John 14:27


• In Him is no sin - I John 3:5


• I am the Truth - John 14:6


• The Trinity


• In Him is no sin - 1 John 3:5


• Dead to the law - Galatians 2:19-21


• Religious, But Lost! - Philippians 3:5-7


• Who must we know? - John 17:3


• The Lord is Righteous - Exodus 9:27


• Questions about the Church - Ephesians 3:21


• Hurt Feelings


• Divine predestination - Ephesians 1:11


• Trophies of grace - Ephesians 2:7


• If God be for us, who can be against us? - Romans 8:31


• The gifts of God - I Timothy 6:17


• Seven indisputable facts revealed in the Bible


• Thy servant was busy here and there - I Kings 20:40


• Four characteristics of love - 1 Cor. 13:5


• Doctrinal error and damning heresy - 1 Cor, 11:19


• Four characteristics of grace - Eph. 4:8-9


• God's Omnipresence


• We are not under the law - Rom. 6:15


• I rejoice that Christ is preached - Phil. 1:18


• Your election of God - I Thess. 1:4


• Elect according to the foreknowledge of God - I Peter 1:2


• Why do the convictions of many die? - Acts 2:23


• Dying Convictions - Hosea 6:4-5


• But he giveth more grace - James 4:6


• The spirit that dwelleth in us - James 4:5


• Religion - Man's way and God's - Isa. 2:17


• In Christ - Eph. 1:3


• Where the prince of peace reigns


• Thou art that Christ - John 6:69


• Thou art the Christ - Matt. 16:16


• That God may be all in all - 1 Cor. 15:58


• Them cometh the end - 1 Cor. 15:24-28


• Them cometh the end - 1 Cor. 15:24


• Ley us walk in the light of the Lord - Isa. 2:5


• Three Crucifixions - Gal. 6:14


• The Glory of the Cross - Gal. 6:14


• My Father is greater than Thee - John 14:28


• The Hiding place of his power - Habakkuk 3:4


• Power Belongeth unto God - Psa. 62:11


• Divine Foreknowledge - Acts 2:23


• The Foreknowledge of God - 1 Peter 1:2


• Thou hast fully known my doctrine - 2 Tim. 3:10


• It is still true - Acts 16:31


• Not a novice - 1 Tim. 3:6


• Oh how great is thy goodness - Psa. 31:19


• His name shall be called the prince of peace


• The Salvation of your soul - 1 Peter 1:9


• The distinguishing grace of God - 1 Cor. 4:7


• Six divine attributes - Nahum 1:2-7


• The Lord is good - Nahum 1:7


• Six great priviliges of grace - Rev: 20:6


• One Thing - Luke 10:42


• One thing I have desired of the Lord - Psalm 27:4


• Do those babies who die in infancy go to heaven? - 1 Samuel 12:23


• Sovereignty is of God - Psa. 115:3
• Sovereignty is an essential attribute of God - Psa. 135:6
• His name - The everlasting Father - Isa. 9:6
• His name shall be called the mighty God - Isa. 9:6
• Four facts about those who die in Christ -1 Thess. 4:13-18
• His name shall be called Counsellor -Isa. 9:6
• His name shall be called wonderful no. 2. -Isa. 9:6
• His name shall be called wonderful no. 1. -Isa. 9:6
• A child Born - A son given - Isa. 9:6
• This is my savior - Isa. 9:6-7
• I will redeem Them - Hosea 13:14
• Seeking the Lord's Sheep - John 10:14-16
• Freed from sin - Rom. 6:7
• The servants of sin - Rom. 6:20
• Never! - Heb. 13:5
• Come unto me - Matt. 11:28
• David's spoil - I Sam. 30:18-20
• Our sin and fall in our father Adam - Rom. 5:12
• Called, and Chosen and Faithful - Rev. 17:14
• Congreagational singing - Col. 3:16
• Forsaking all - Luke 14:25-33
• Jehovah-Shamma, the Lord is there - Ezek. 48:35
• Thou shouldest see the glory of God - John 11:40
• Seeing the Glory of God - John 11:40
• If Thou Wouldest Believe - John 11:40
• The Lamb Slain From the Foundation of the World - Rev. 13:8
• The Book of Life - Rev. 13:8
• Ye Cannot Serve the Lord - Joshua 24:19
• The Grace of God, the Word of God, and the Gospel of God - I Peter 1:23-25
• Justification from Eternity
• Justification
• What is the Gospel - Romans 10:13-17
• The Holy Trinty - Deut. 6:4
• Not Saved!
• Just Suppose!
• All Things
• Traveling to Another Country
• Did Christ Die For Everyone?
• Does God Love You?
• Do You Follow The Pattern?
• Look And Live
• Christ Transforms
• Never Perish
• Baptist and the Bible
• How Does Grace Save?
• What is Grace?
• What Is Good For Me?
• What Is The Gospel? - Rom. 10:13-17; I Pet. 1:23-25
• What is a Church Supposed to do? - Matt. 28:18-20
• What is a successful Ministry? - I Cor. 4:2
• Sin, Redemption, and Salvation by Divine Imputation - Rom. 5:12, 18, 19
• Does Your Religion Give You Rest - Isa. 28:20
• A Holy God Cannot Justify A Wicked Man - Job 25:4
• What Think Ye Of Christ - Matthew 22:42
• By The Grace of God I Am What I Am - I Cor. 15:10
• But ye are Washed, But ye are Sanctified, But ye are Justified - I Cor.6:11
• Such Were Some of You - I Cor. 6:11
• Seven Learned too Late - Luke 16:19-31
• Grace Baptist Church
• What Does the Bible Teach About Election?
• Thou Hast Loved Them as Thou Hast Loved Me - John 17:23
• Honor God
• Home Bible Studies -Romans 16:15
• Here Are Some Bible Doctrines Which Lost Religious People Hate to Hear
• Does the Bible Teach Predestination?
• Did Christ Die For You?
• Will There be Degrees of Rewards in Heaven?
• Are You Worthy of Heaven?
• Are You One of God's Elect?
• Are You and Idolater?
• Are You An Athiest?
• Alms, Prayer, and Fasting - Matthew 6:1-18
• The Sin of The World - John 1:29
• That Taketh Away The Sin Of The World - John 1:29
• The Lamb of God - John 1:29
• John The Baptist - God's Messenger - Matt. 11:10-14
• Seven Stubborn, Irrefutable Statements
• Are You Prepared to Die?
• Sound Doctrine - I Timothy 1:10
• Sheep and Goats - Matt. 25:31-33
• Why Do You Think You Are Saved?
• Pratical answers to an Impratical Question - Matt. 24:1-14
• Understanding - Matt. 24
• What's the Difference?
• Why do God's People Suffer?
• Vital Christanity
• Was Jesus Christ a Failure?



• Daily Devotional Readings from The Book - GRACE FOR TODAY



• Additional Articles No. 1


• Additional Articles No. 2


• Radio Messages