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The Unseen Consequence
Gospel Light My recent posts have focused on God's people being prepared for the Lord's return. Preparation for the Lord's return means...
Joseph Durso
Dec 23, 20223 min read


Avoiding Death is not Eternal Life
Gospel Light In the '60s, I heard a message by Billy Graham that gave me hope to bypass death. The only problem with such a hope is that...
Joseph Durso
Dec 16, 20223 min read


An Unnecessary Distraction
Do you ever wonder what the Christmas season would be like if there were no story about Santa Clause? How might people view the season?...
Joseph Durso
Dec 2, 20222 min read


How to Prepare for Christ's Coming
Gospel Light 1 Thessalonians 4:15 "For we say this to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of...
Joseph Durso
Dec 2, 20223 min read


How to Have a Discerning Spirit
The Lumination to Live Life Wisely There are two ways to live life. The first way is to make self-power and human effort the means of all...
Joseph Durso
Nov 18, 20223 min read


Agree or Disagree part 2
Gospel Light In my last post, we considered division in the church. My view is that there is no place for it in the church. However, it...
Joseph Durso
Nov 12, 20222 min read


Agree or Disagree?
Goepel Light What I write today will disturb some people, cause a few to doubt my sanity, and maybe even infuriate others. Please try to...
Joseph Durso
Nov 5, 20224 min read


What is a Christian?
Gospel Light and Perspective The question I ask in this post's title may seem curious to some. The answer to Jones' question is simply...
Joseph Durso
Oct 29, 20223 min read


Effeminate Preaching
Gospel Light The word Effeminate from the Oxford dictionary is (of a man or boy) looking, behaving, or sounding like a woman or girl. In...
Joseph Durso
Sep 23, 20222 min read


How Shall We Escape?
"God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days has spoken to us in...
Joseph Durso
Sep 16, 20222 min read


The Hope of Future Glory
Not I But Christ Colossians 1:26, 27 “the mystery which has been hidden from the past ages and generations, but has now been manifested...
Joseph Durso
Aug 12, 20222 min read


The Glory of the Lamb
NOT I BUT CHRIST In our last post, we looked at God's plan for a one flesh relationship with His people as exemplified in the institution...
Joseph Durso
Aug 5, 20223 min read


And The Two Shall Be One
Not I But Christ The ultimate plan of God for all eternity can be found tucked away in two verses from Paul's letter to the Ephesians,...
Joseph Durso
Jul 29, 20223 min read


Free Will or in its Bondage?
Not I But CHRIST One of the longest, ongoing debates in the Church is over the freedom of the will. Two books that many of the most used...
Joseph Durso
Jul 22, 20223 min read


Who Chose Who?
Not I But Christ Our present high-tech, scientifically enlightened, information highway world has given rise to a new level of control...
Joseph Durso
Jul 8, 20223 min read


The Knowledge of God
Not I But Christ In my last post, I described the condition of redeemed people in this present world as God communicated through the...
Joseph Durso
Jul 1, 20222 min read


Perspective is Everything
Not I But Christ Why would a redeemed sinner brag about himself or anybody else? To rejoice in God's work among His people is to glory in...
Joseph Durso
Jun 10, 20223 min read


A Testimony of Dying to Self
Out of Dry Ground The term easy-believism captures the idea of a Christianity that does not have to produce good works. By this doctrine,...
Joseph Durso
May 7, 20222 min read


A Testimony of Transparency
Out of Dry Ground The year was 1982, we were living in Abilene, Texas, and I was managing a restaurant. A simple run two years prior led...
Joseph Durso
Apr 22, 20223 min read


The Fragility of a Good Testimony
Out of Dry Ground My Testimony Series "...He is not far from each one of us; for in Him we live and move and exist..." (Acts 17:27, 28)....
Joseph Durso
Apr 7, 20223 min read
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