Dan Greenfield

  • Israel, the Church, and Separation

    Does the Lord’s patience with apostate Israel, Babylon, Nineveh, etc., give evidence that faithful believers should stay in “troubled”  denominations? Many professing believers point out that Jesus still frequented the temple despite its being controlled by those who eventually killed him. In other words, shouldn’t someone stay in a bad church until he is kicked Read more

  • Do Your Duty

    Asahel Nettleton relates the following anecdote regarding the proper response when receiving commendation or condemnation: A man once said to an aged clergyman, ‘My neighbors are slandering me, and what shall I do?’ ‘Do your duty,’ said the clergyman, ‘and think nothing about it. If they are disposed to throw mud, let them throw mud; Read more

  • Am I Elect?

    Good counsel from George Whitefield concerning ascertaining whether one is of the elect– That great man, Dr. Isaac Watts, who was called the sweet singer of Israel, says, ‘We should go first to the grammar school of faith and repentance, before we go to the university of predestination.’ Whereas the devil would have them go Read more

  • Whitefield the…Arminian? Say It Isn’t So!

    Preeminent evangelist of the first Great Awakening, George Whitefield (1714-1770), has grown to be a “hero” of sorts for me over the last decade. His life has challenged me to be more active in the Lord’s harvest field, especially since my family gave me Dallimore’s two volume biography of the great orator. In the past Read more

  • Feelings or Faith?

    Psalms 42 and 43 have always provided encouragement and challenge for me. The situations, experiences, and feelings expressed by the psalmist find parallels in the believer’s life today: feeling far from and longing for God grief and remembrance of better times a soul that is in despair and disturbed mourning feeling that God has forgotten Read more

  • The Place of Prayer in Public Worship

    1 Timothy 2 addresses some essential aspects of public worship in the proper order of the church. That public worship is the focal point of this chapter is clear from vv. 8-12. God says that much prayer must occur when God’s people assemble, and that such prayer plays an essential role in the salvation of Read more

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