Southern Baptist Pastor Arrested On Child Pornography

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Southern Baptist Pastor Arrested On Child Pornography

The bad publicity of the Southern Baptist Convention is not going away. After a disastrous annual meeting where the messengers voted against banning female pastors. Now a pastor has been arrested on four counts of possession of child pornography. Jonathan Elwing, the (now former) pastor of Palm View Baptist Church has been arrested.

According to Newsweek:

The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office said that Jonathan Edward Elwing, a 43-year old senior pastor of Palm View Baptist Church in Palmetto, Florida, was charged with four counts of possession of child sexual abuse images.

The arrest comes after detectives with the sheriff’s office received information on Thursday that Elwing used cryptocurrency to make an online purchase of the images.

According to the sheriff’s office’s press release, when authorities executed a search warrant on Friday at Elwing’s home and church, deputies said they found four “sexually explicit photos of children” on his cellphone.

Before Elwing was arrested, he resigned from his job, the sheriff’s office’s press release said. Elwing is now being held at the Manatee County Jail without bond.

Palm View Baptist Church has not yet released a statement, although they have publicly acknowledged the arrest.

Elwing was a leader in the Conservative Baptist Network’s Florida chapter.

“Upon learning of this news, he was immediately removed from the Network,” Timothy Pigg, the network director, said in an announcement.

What’s notable is how he thought that it wasn’t an obvious sting operation because he allegedly purchased it with cryptocurrency.

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Numbers 32:23 “But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord: and be sure your sin will find you out.”

Pray for this man and his family. Except for the grace of God, there go I. Jonathan’s transgressions have gone public. How about you and me? I believe our sexually saturated and warped nation has countless Christians whose sins are flying under the radar. This incident should place us all upon our knees, lest the same thing happen to us and/or others. Beware oh Christian who thinks he stands, lest he fall! When a preacher falls into sin, he preaches a sermon one Sunday and becomes a sermon illustration the next.

Sin will take you farther than you want to go, keep you there longer than you want to stay, and charge you more than you are willing to pay.

“The great and important duty which is incumbent on Christians is to guard against all appearance of evil; to watch against the first risings in the heart to evil; and to have a guard upon our actions, that they may not be sinful or so much as seem to be so.” -George Whitefield

“I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected” is a verse from the Bible, 1 Corinthians 9:27. In this verse, Paul compares the need for self-discipline in a believer’s life to athletic training. He describes himself as an athlete competing for the prize of a crown in eternity, and encourages believers to pursue godliness and the good of others with the same commitment.

People always erroneously believe they can control their sin and they will never be caught. Getting caught will hopefully be the initial step in Jonathan’s road to recovery. What about the sins of others who have not been arrested, yet God knows, and He will deal with us justly in His time. As I ponder on this heartbreaking incident, I look in my heart and see the need to stay in worship / fellowship with believers, to pray without ceasing, to stay grounded in the Word and disciplined, to witness, repent of known sin, and to obey God and live a holy life! Amen and amen. Pastor Steve <><

The Sword Of The Lord ~ Dr. Shelton Editor ~ March 1, 2024

Judges 7:20 King James Version (KJV)
And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon.

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The Amen Corner

“Only one life, ’twill soon be past; Only what’s done for Christ will last.” -C. T. Studd

“If you believe indeed in the Lord Jesus for the salvation of your soul, if you walk uprightly and do not regard iniquity in your heart, if you continue to wait patiently and believingly upon God; then answers will surely be given to your prayers.” -George Muller

“Press forward. Do not stop…do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you.” -George Whitefield

“Embrace every opportunity of exercising kind feelings and doing good to others, especially to the household of faith.” -Adoniram Judson

“If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you’ll never enjoy the sunshine.” -Morris West

“A sad countenance is a poor testimony for a Christian.” -John R. Rice

“I am always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.” -Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965), British Prime Minister

“It is not enough to have a song on your lips. You must also have a song in your heart.” -Fanny Crosby

“No one can be a good Christian who does not, with holy zeal, set out to know, delight in and live by the Word of God!” -John R. Rice

“Resolution One: I will live for God. Resolution Two: If no one else does, I still will.” -Jonathan Edwards

“There will be no peace in any soul until it is willing to obey the voice of God.” -D. L. Moody

“Too many churches are little more than four walls and a roof.” -Billy Sunday

“The church suffers most from its misrepresentatives. There are entirely too many ‘Christianettes’ who do not ‘adorn the doctrine of God in all things.’ There is plenty of LOVE in books; what we need above everything else is LOVE in boots.”

“Love is the very essence of God, for ‘God is love.’ No man has ever fully comprehended or even estimated the love of God. It is like a bottomless ocean without shores. Its reaches are as far as the east is from the west.” -William E. Troup

The Sword Of The Lord ~ Dr. Shelton Editor ~ November 17, 2023

Judges 7:20 King James Version (KJV)
And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon.

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The Amen Corner

“Don’t be a quitter because somebody criticizes you. Many a choir singer has performed until somebody hurt her feelings. Then the nightingale became a raven croaking ‘Nevermore.'” -Vance Havner

“I never prayed earnestly for anything, but it came sooner or later, and oftentimes in the way I least imagined.” -Adoniram Judson

“Deathbed repentance is burning the candle of life in the service of the Devil and then blowing the smoke into the face of God.” -Billy Sunday

“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” -Will Rogers

“It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.” -Defoe

“Jesus Christ is willing to receive the Devil’s castaways.” -George Whitefield

“Christ may wait long, but He will not wait forever.”

“It must be felt that there is no national security but in the nation’s humble acknowledged dependence upon God.” -John Adams, the 2nd President of the United States

“Morality without religion is a tree without roots, a stream without any spring to feed it, a house built on the sand, a pleasant place to live until the heavens grow dark, and the storm begins to beat.” -J. B. Shaw

“Will the church that bows down and compromises succeed? Of course, it will. It is the very thing that the natural man wants, but it is the lure of a wrong road to the kingdom. Beware of putting anything sweet and winsome in front of the One who suffered in Gethsemane.” -Oswald Chambers

“It would be a great business transaction for me to die, for my Heavenly Father has insured me for more than I am worth, and I can only collect the policy by exchanging the cross for my crown. Hallelujah! Amen!” -Bud Robinson

“Even if you don’t have faith to do it, if it’s right to do it, just go ahead and do it anyhow.” -Bill Rice

“Allow nobody to live in your family whose sentiments, habits, manners or temper may corrupt your children.” -Charles G. Finney

The Sword Of The Lord ~ Dr. Shelton Editor ~ June 2, 2023

Judges 7:20 King James Version (KJV)
And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon.

An Independent Christian Publication, Standing for the Verbal Inspiration of the Bible, the Deity of Christ, His Blood Atonement, Salvation by Faith, New Testament Soul Winning and the Premillennial Return of Christ; Opposing Modernism (Liberalism), Worldliness and Formalism.

The Amen Corner

“Those who bow lowest in God’s presence can stand straightest in presence of enemies of God.”

“When God has led us through the wilderness with victory, it is our part to give Him the praise for what He has given us the joy of receiving and to let even unbelievers know what is the power that is with us.”

“Failure is the one thing you can achieve without much effort.”

“Everybody makes mistakes; that’s the reason they put erasers on pencils.”

“No man ever progresses beyond the point where he is willing to admit failure.” -Curtis Hutson

“The strength of a country is the strength of its religious convictions.” -David Livingstone

“We could be thankful if we didn’t get quite as much government as we are paying for.”

“I thank God that I am engaged in something that fire can’t burn and wind can’t blow down and the years of eternity shall never rust away – the eternal work of winning souls to Jesus Christ.” -Tom Malone

“The great and important duty which is incumbent on Christians is to guard against all appearance of evil; to watch against the first risings in the heart to evil; and to have a guard upon our actions that they may not be sinful or so much as seem to be so.” -George Whitefield

The branch of the vine does not worry and toil and rush here to seek for sunshine and there to find rain. No; it rests in union and communion with the vine; and at the right time and in the right way, is the right fruit found on it. Let us so abide in the Lord Jesus.” -Hudson Taylor

“The church that lives simply for itself is bound to die a spiritual death and sink into stagnancy and corruption. We never can thank God enough for giving us not only a whole Gospel to believe but a whole world to give it to.” -A. B. Simpson

The Sword Of The Lord ~ Dr. Shelton Editor ~ May 5, 2023

Judges 7:20 King James Version (KJV)
And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon.

An Independent Christian Publication, Standing for the Verbal Inspiration of the Bible, the Deity of Christ, His Blood Atonement, Salvation by Faith, New Testament Soul Winning and the Premillennial Return of Christ; Opposing Modernism (Liberalism), Worldliness and Formalism.

The Amen Corner

However wickedly crazy the world becomes, the truth is still valid. Every principle of Scripture is unchanged! Every doctrine of the faith remains solid! Every moral value is yet in place!

A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that one could find no fault with what he had done.

He who never rides never falls off the horse. If therefore we are not expert riders, our safety lies in keeping off the horse. The same is true of every questionable practice. He who does not bet will not lose. He who does not brag will not make himself ridiculous. He who does not frequent debatable amusements will not be defiled by the evils which come of them.

Other books were given for our information; the Bible was given for both our information and our transformation.

The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.

The lions never get out of the road of the man who waits to see the way clear before he starts.

When thou prayest, rather let thy heart be without words than thy words without heart. -John Bunyan

To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace, -George Washington

Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival. -Winston Churchill

Everything I meet with seems to carry this voice with it: “Go thou and preach the Gospel; be a pilgrim on earth; have no particular or certain dwelling!” My heart echoes back: “Lord Jesus, help me to do or suffer Thy will! When Thou seest me in danger of nesting, then in pity, in tender pity, put a thorn in my nest to prevent me from it.” -George Whitefield

Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclination, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. -John Adams

The Sword Of The Lord ~ Dr. Shelton Editor ~ November 19, 2021

Judges 7:20 King James Version (KJV)
And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon.

An Independent Christian Publication, Standing for the Verbal Inspiration of the Bible, the Deity of Christ, His Blood Atonement, Salvation by Faith, New Testament Soul Winning and the Premillennial Return of Christ; Opposing Modernism (Liberalism), Worldliness and Formalism.

The Amen Corner

The head may be well stocked with Scripture; yet unless the heart, the seat of emotions and director of wills, be also the habitation of God, the feet may stray. -W. B. Riley

The chief danger of the church today is that it is trying to get on the same side as the world instead of turning the world upside down. Our Master expects us to accomplish results, even if they bring opposition and conflict. Anything is better than compromise, apathy and paralysis. God, give to us an intense cry for the old-time power of the Gospel and the Holy Ghost! -A. B. Simpson

I am sworn, eternal and uncompromising enemy of the liquor traffic. -Billy Sunday

It is my confident hope that my subjects may never cease to cherish their noble inheritance in the English Bible which is the first of national treasures. Its spiritual significance is the most valuable thing the world affords. -King George V

John Wesley read and reread the Bible through many times. In his old age he said, “I am a homo unius libri” – a man of one Book.

Someone once asked George Muller, “What is the secret of your great life?” He answered, “There was a day when George Muller died.”

I do not drink alcoholic liquors. I have a better use for my head. To put alcohol in the human brain is like putting sand in the bearings of an engine. -Thomas A. Edison

I go to my everlasting rest. My sun has risen, shone and is setting – nay, it is about to rise and shine forever! I have not lived in vain. And though I could live to preach Christ a thousand years, I die to be with Him, which is far better. -George Whitefield

Prayer gives you courage to make the decisions you must make in a crisis and then the confidence to leave the results to God. -Dwight Eisenhower

A man found another man wandering aimlessly in the woods and asked, “Are you lost?” The lost man replied, “No! No! I’m not lost. My house is lost!”

How like that lost man are many who are too proud to acknowledge their lostness and to pray, “God be merciful to me a sinner!”

I can take my telescope and look millions and millions of miles into space; but I can lay it aside and go into my room, shut the door, get down on my knees in earnest prayer and see more of Heaven and get closer to God than I can assisted by all the telescopes and material agencies on earth. -Sir Isaac Newton

There must come with decision for truth a corresponding protest against error. -Charles Spurgeon

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time. -Abraham Lincoln

Why Revival Is America’s Only Hope! 💢

Breaking News Updates – April 01, 2021

Why Revival Is America’s Only Hope!

BY SHANE IDLEMAN/SHANEIDLEMAN.COM APRIL 01, 2021

The results are in: America’s stage four cancer has metastasized to the family and the church as well as to the government and the schools. Is there any hope for our nation?

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The results are in: America’s stage four cancer has metastasized to the family and the church as well as to the government and the schools. We are more depraved than ever before. 
Animals are guarded but innocent children are slaughtered. Porn is protected and sex-trafficking is on the rise. Cardi B’s lyrics get a pass but Scriptures are banned on social media. 
Words cannot express this outright lunacy. Like the bungee jumper who plunged to her death because she thought she heard “now jump,” when, in reality, her instructor said, “No jump!” 
America thinks that she is hearing from God, but she is not. We are drowning in a cesspool of moral filth: “The wicked freely parade and prance about while evil is praised throughout the land” (Psalm 12:8). 
Recently, a father was arrested for referring to his biological 14-year-old daughter as “she” after she transitioned to a male gender. “But that’s in Canada,” you say. Trust me, we are not far behind. 
Most on the liberal left would have no problem imprisoning anyone who disagreed with them, and that’s exactly where the Equality Act is going — unless you accept, rejoice in, and validate sin they are coming after you. Revival is our only hope.
There is Only One Remedy
We see throughout the Bible that there is only one remedy — one solution — one cure to reverse the judgment of God: Revival. During times of crisis, the cure for judgment was to return back to God: “Consecrate a fast, call a sacred assembly; gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the Lord your God, and cry out to the Lord” (Joel 1:14). 
Revival changes a nation from the inside out. Benjamin Franklin, commenting on George Whitefield’s preaching, said this about the revival sweeping the land, “It was wonderful to see the change soon made in the manners of our inhabitants. From being thoughtless or indifferent about religion, it seemed as if all the world were growing religious.” Revival must begin in the pulpits as well as the pews. 
What Revival Is And Is Not
Revival is not adding more church services to the calendar. Revival is not having a guest speaker host an event. And revival most certainly is not acting weird and loud. Revival is a sovereign act of God: “Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?” (Psalm 85:6). 
In the same way that we cannot produce a bumper crop by making it rain, revival cannot be planned, organized, or scheduled, but you can till the soil of your heart: “I live in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite” (Isaiah 57:15). 
Revival is when we till the soil through brokenness, humility, and surrender via fasting and prayer. God responds by rending the heavens with a downpour: “Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains would tremble before you” (Isaiah 64:1)! 
Revival Has a Cost
The cold hard truth is that many are not willing to pay the price. Gone are the days of John Wesley, George Whitefield, and Jonathan Edwards who would fast and pray as if America’s future depended upon it (because it did and still does). It’s no surprise that Edwards’ famous sermon, “Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God”, was preached at the tail end of his three-day fast. 
Today that title would be labeled offensive and many pastors would be too ashamed to preach it — too ashamed because they lack the fire of the Spirit.  
Gone are the days of David Brainard who spent nights in agonizing prayer, as well as “praying” John Hyde, William Bramwell, and countless others who prayed fervently for our nation. Instead of carrying the baton and running the race, we are captivated by American Idol, love our porn, and over-indulge. King Stomach is clearly on the throne. https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pag
“It’s too hard to fast,” we say. The problem isn’t fasting; it’s addiction. We can’t fast because we’re withdrawing from our favorite addictions: coffee, sugar, alcohol, processed food, and so on. Let that sink in. And we wonder why we aren’t experiencing a massive move of God in our nation. We abort revival before it’s even been conceived. 
When revivals spread across our landscape, Christians spent countless hours praying and fasting. They paid the price! When pastors stood at the pulpit they preached boldly about the cross, sin, judgment, and repentance. They could say, “Thus saith the Lord,” because they were filled with the Holy Spirit, not Hollywood. They didn’t work revival up, God brought it down because His Word was honored. 
Prophets Can’t Be Popular
Today, most pastors want to be popular and most Christians want their ears tickled. If you doubt this, just look at the top sermons on social media today and their attire. The messages are soothing rather than convicting. As in Israel’s day, the people still say, “You must not prophesy to us what is right! Speak to us pleasant things and smooth words, prophesy [deceitful] illusions [that we will enjoy]” (Isaiah 30:10 AMP).
Granted, we need to hear uplifting messages, but we have a huge problem when pastors don’t want to ruffle feathers and Christians don’t want to hear controversial topics. America’s stage four cancer was caused by a bad diet of frivolous preaching. The cure will require a complete diet change back to whole life-giving food from the Word of God. 
I don’t say this in arrogance; my heart breaks for the church. This article is more of a plea than a rebuke, but the truth is, “We have too many puppets in our pulpits and not enough prophets” (Leonard Ravenhill). 
Pastors and Christians must lead the way, but the way won’t be popular and wide, it will be narrow and difficult. We must fast like it matters, pray like we mean it, and seek God as if everything depends upon it, because it does. 
You Don’t Want Revival, Do You? 
Nearly a decade ago, I prayed, “Lord, bring revival to the churches,” but I was not ready for the response that followed. I share the response and the sermon below as often as possible to reach as many people as possible. 
After I prayed, it was almost as if God was saying: “You don’t want revival — it will ruin your schedule, your dignity, your image, and your reputation as a person who is ‘well balanced.’ Men will weep throughout the congregation. Women will wail because of the travail of their own souls. Young adults will cry like children at the magnitude of their sin. With the strength of My presence, the worship team will cease playing. Time will seem to stand still. 
You won’t be able to preach because of the emotions flooding your own soul. You’ll struggle to find words, but only find tears. Even the most dignified and reserved among you will be broken and humbled as little children. The proud and self-righteous will not be able to stand in My presence. The doubter and unbeliever will either run for fear or fall on their knees and worship Me — there can be no middle ground. The church will never be the same again.”
Do you truly want revival? It will cost you. National revival begins with personal revival when we look in the mirror, repent, and turn toward God. He is our only hope. 
Originally published at Shane Idleman – reposted with permission.

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The Sword Of The Lord ~ Dr. Shelton Editor ~ November 27, 2020

Judges 7:20 King James Version (KJV)
And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon.

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The Amen Corner

A revival does two things. First, it returns the church from her backsliding; and second, it causes the conversion of men and women – and it always includes the conviction of sin on the part of a church. What a spell the Devil seems to cast over churches today! -Billy Sunday

More churches have died because of their music than any other one thing. -Harold Sightler

Soul winning is not winning an argument, but winning a soul. -John Hamblin

Remember, a small light will do a great deal when it is in a very dark place. Put one little tallow candle in the middle of a large hall and it will give a good deal of light. -D. L. Moody

Among the many reasons assignable for the sad decay of true Christianity, perhaps the neglecting to assemble ourselves together…may not be one of the least. -George Whitefield

Humility is to make a right estimate of one’s self. It is no humility for a man to think less of himself than he ought, though it might rather puzzle him to do that. -Charles Spurgeon

If the power of the Gospel is not felt through the length and breadth of the land, anarchy and misrule, degradation and misery, corruption and darkness will reign without mitigation or end. -Daniel Webster

I resolve never to do anything which I would be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life. -Jonathan Edwards

The best measure of a spiritual life is not its ecstasies, but its obedience. -Oswald Chambers

It makes no difference whether or not I impress you; the important thing is to serve my Lord and Master. -James Earls

The same fire which melts the wax hardens the clay; the same sun which makes the living tree grow dries up the dead tree and prepares it for burning. Nothing so hardens the heart of man as a barren familiarity with sacred things….It is not privileges alone which make people Christians, but the grace of the Holy Ghost. -J. C. Ryle

If Jesus Christ be God and died for me, then no sacrifice can be too great of me to make for Him. C. T. Studd

Live near to God and so all things will appear to you little in comparison with eternal realities. -Robert M. M’Cheyne

The Sword Of The Lord ~ Dr. Shelton Editor ~ October 30, 2020

Judges 7:20 King James Version (KJV)
And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon.

An Independent Christian Publication, Standing for the Verbal Inspiration of the Bible, the Deity of Christ, His Blood Atonement, Salvation by Faith, New Testament Soul Winning and the Premillennial Return of Christ; Opposing Modernism (Liberalism), Worldliness and Formalism.

The Amen Corner

A scared world needs to see a fearless church. -A. W. Tozer

I have found that there are three stages in every great work of God: first, it is impossible; then, it is difficult; then, it is done. -Hudson Taylor

It was leadership here at home that gave us strong American influence abroad and the collapse of imperial communism. Great nations have responsibilities to lead and we should always be cautious of those who would lower our profile, because they might just wind up lowering our flag. -Ronald Reagan

If I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not fear a million enemies. Yet distance makes no difference. He is praying for me. -Robert M. M’Cheyne

If you pray for bread and bring no basket to carry it, you prove the doubting spirit which may be the only hindrance to the boon you ask. -D. L. Moody

If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without bloodshed, if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves. -Winston Churchill

Various are the pleas and arguments which men of corrupt minds frequently urge against yielding obedience to the just and holy commands of God. -George Whitefield

What more canst thou hope for than the fulfillment of this great promise, “I will be their God?” This is the masterpiece of all the promises. Its enjoyment makes a heaven below and will make a Heaven above. -Charles Spurgeon

Why then should we who believe in Christ be so surprised at what God can do with a willing man in a laboratory? Some things must be baffling to the critic who has never been born again. -George Washington Carver

A small act of kindness can mean a lot. A touch can mean much. Nothing is as touching as a tear, as needed as a hug, as rewarding as a kind deed, as timely as a friend, as appreciated as kindness, as needed as love, as tender as a touch. -Ted Camp

Home is the place we love best and grumble the most. -Billy Sunday

The Sword Of The Lord ~ Dr. Shelton Editor ~ July 24, 2020

Judges 7:20 King James Version (KJV)
And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon.

An Independent Christian Publication, Standing for the Verbal Inspiration of the Bible, the Deity of Christ, His Blood Atonement, Salvation by Faith, New Testament Soul Winning and the Premillennial Return of Christ; Opposing Modernism (Liberalism), Worldliness and Formalism.

The Amen Corner

God is the God of revival, but man is the human agent through whom revival is possible.  -Duncan Campbell

It is an awful contentment when man can be satisfied without God.  -Charles Spurgeon

When those who are governed do too little, those who govern can – and often will – do too much.  -Ronald Reagan

When I read the life of that great apostle Paul, I blush for the Christianity of this century.  Five times he was scourged.  If we should get one stripe upon our backs, what a whining!  There would be forty publishers after us ere the sun went down wanting to write up our lives and make capital out of them.  -W. B. Riley

The sweetest lives are those to duty wed.  -Elizabeth Barrett Browning

The riches of His free grace cause me daily to triumph over all the temptations of the Wicked One, who is very vigilant and seeks all occasions to disturb me.  -George Whitefield

Jesus never had a harsh word for a penitent sinner and He never had a good one for a Pharisee.  When a man claims to be a Christian, he ought to do what Jesus would do.  -Billy Sunday

Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshiped.  -Calvin Coolidge

When you get away from God, you can find your way back – on your knees.  -Tom Malone

There is nothing that will so effectively cause believers to serve in sincerity and occupy faithfully until Jesus comes as will the moment-by-moment expectancy of looking for His return.  If we are expecting Jesus, we will be busy for Jesus, and we will also be very careful where we go, what we do, how we live and how we use our time.  -Oliver B. Greene

Suppose a nation in some distant region should take the Bible for their only law Book and every member should regulate his conduct by the precepts there exhibited….  What a paradise would this region be!  -John Adams

Men will wrangle for religion, write for it, fight for it, die for it – anything but live for it.  -D. L. Moody

God has no grandchildren; either you know Him firsthand, or you do not know Him at all.