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Did the Trinity Come From Paganism? part 2
The Watchtower also, as quoted above in part one, wrote: “The Encyclopedia of Religion admits: ‘Theologians today are in agreement that the Hebrew Bible does not contain a doctrine of the Trinity.’ . . . The Encyclopedia of Religion says: ‘Theologians agree that the New Testament also does not contain an explicit doctrine of the […]
Nothing Is Weird Any More
Homosexuality isn’t weird. Purple hair isn’t weird. Women wearing their underwear in public isn’t weird. Trying to walk slow in front of cars isn’t weird. Pants hanging below the buttocks aren’t weird. Nose rings aren’t weird. Churches that bribe you to attend aren’t weird. Believing there’s life on Mars isn’t weird. Mr. Mom isn’t weird. […]
Local Only Ecclesiology, Baptist History, and Landmarkism, pt. 4
Part One, Part Two, Part Three An assembly is an assembly. People who don’t assemble are not an assembly. A church is an assembly. That’s the meaning of the word, “church” (ekklesia). If you take the plain or normal meaning of “church,” you read it as an assembly. A church is a group of people, […]
Did the Trinity Come From Paganism? part 1
Unitarians (like the Watchtower Society) and modalists (like Oneness Pentecostals) often directly affirm that Trinitarianism is derived from paganism. They commonly quote various publications as well to support such affirmations. For example, the Watchtower society (so-called “Jehovah’s Witnesses”), representative of modern Bible-affirming Arianism, states, “‘New Testament research has been leading an increasing number of scholars […]
Daniel Wallace and Bart Ehrman: We Don’t Really Know For Sure
In my mind, I can hear the very normal condescending tones and expressions of James White as I begin to write this, and despite the resulting nausea, I continue to write. The tone itself is his most effective argument. If you don’t give up, you will be sick to your stomach. I must remind myself that […]
A Circle and a Graph: Evangelical Excuses for Disobedience to God
It would be great if evangelicals experienced conviction of sin, felt bad about being evangelicals, for instance. I believe there are a few signs that they do, which should help some of us breathe a shallow sigh of relief. One way we see their guilt is in their incessant explanation or excuses for disobedience to […]
Images and Pictures of Jesus Christ Forbidden by Scripture
Historically, Baptists have rejected the use of all images in worship, including images of Jesus Christ. The London Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689 states: The light of nature shews that there is a God, who hath lordship and sovereignty over all; is just, good and doth good unto all; and is therefore to be […]
Land of Liberty
A patriotic favorite, “My Country Tis of Thee,” calls America “sweet land of liberty.” Is it? Liberty is the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority. People with liberty have rights, I believe, natural ones, given to them by God. We don’t get our liberties from government, but they […]
Local Only Ecclesiology, Baptist History, and Landmarkism, pt. 3
Part One, Part Two Fred Moritz in the online only Maranatha Baptist Theological Journal attempts to discredit local only ecclesiology as of recent origin, merely a pendulum swing from Campbellism. In part two, I showed how that the Church of Christ (COC) stems from a hermeneutical problem, one mirrored by a universal church ecclesiology. The […]
A Confession of Faith on the Inspiration and Preservation of Scripture
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