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Has God Made Numerical Church Growth Difficult to Figure Out or Hard to Understand?
The church in Jerusalem grew. As it grew, it built bigger buildings, its leaders became famous, were approached for book contracts, and scheduled for large conferences, and many came from all over to visit to find its secret. No. Nothing like that. Its members fled for their lives and nearly all its leaders were […]
“The just shall live by faith”— A Study of the Relationship of Faith to Salvation in its Justifying, Sanctifying, and Glorifying Fulness, part 14
The study in this post is now part of a larger study available online by clicking here: “The just shall live by faith”— A Study of Faith’s Connection with Salvation in All Its Justifying, Sanctifying, and Glorifying Fullness The part here began with the words: The peitho word group supplies further light on the nature […]
What Can We Conclude from How Big Churches Get or How Small They Are?
This week I was reading the tale of a pastor in which he compared his time of pastoring a small congregation with little to no numerical growth to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The idea was that God was putting him to death, crucifying him, through this experience of staying small despite his sincerity, intentions, […]
Graduation Address from our M.Div Recipient
We had an M.Div. graduate in our theology program, and here is David Warner’s commencement address. ********************************* First, I want to say that I count it an honor and privilege to serve the Lord with these two men, who have partaken in bringing me to this point. I enjoy their fellowship in the ministry of […]
“The just shall live by faith”— A Study of the Relationship of Faith to Salvation in its Justifying, Sanctifying, and Glorifying Fulness, part 13
The study in this post is now part of a larger study available online by clicking here: “The just shall live by faith”— A Study of Faith’s Connection with Salvation in All Its Justifying, Sanctifying, and Glorifying Fullness The part here began with the words: The Apostle Paul also taught that a believer’s continuing faith […]
The Strategy of Doubt
In 1908 G. K. Chesterton in Orthodoxy wrote (p. 55): A man was meant to be doubtful about himself, but undoubting about the truth; this has been exactly reversed. Nowadays the part of a man that a man does assert is exactly the part he ought not to assert — himself. That was a hundred […]
Memorial Day Family Update
When I look at our nation’s flag and I see the red stripes, I recognize the sacrifice paid for freedom. Generally, soldiers have died for our freedom. They died in Korea and Vietnam because of the threat of communism. It had to be stopped somewhere. The Persian Gulf War was a little more complicated, but […]
Why You Should Get Rid of Yahoo! E-Mail and Avoid Yahoo! Entirely
I am eliminating my Yahoo! mail accounts, and you should get rid of them also. Why? I’m not getting rid of my Yahoo! e-mail accounts because of Yahoo’s leftist political bias, although it is irritating to see it when I go to yahoo.com to log in. Google may be politically biased also, but I’m not subjected […]
A Trail of Blood
I’ve written a little more on Baptist history here and here and here. You can read those. ***************** My family moved to Watertown, WI in 1973 for my dad to attend Maranatha Baptist Bible College, when I was entering 7th grade. My dad, my sister, my brother, and I all graduated there. He got his […]
Everybody Draws Lines (It Really Is All About Why)
One of the area evangelical churches, which has a rock band, had someone spontaneously begin taking his music to a different level with his behavior. He was jumping up and down and spinning and generally making the people attending feel uncomfortable. Leadership didn’t allow him to continue. They couldn’t agree to disagree. They wouldn’t allow […]
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