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WHY I’M NOT A CALVINIST (part two): Romans 9
The Bible comes first, then comes theology. When we look at the Bible, do we see Calvinism? We started with Romans 9 and we continue, picking up in v. 14. God’s love can be trusted. The national election of Israel did not assure personal salvation. Physical descent from Abraham did not guarantee the blessings of […]
The Pentecostal Doctrine of Faith-Healing and James 5:14-20, part 4
Indeed, when James 5 teaches that the sick believer is to consider his spiritual needs and fellowship with the Lord, pray and get godly counsel and fellowship, and use medicine, he affirms a view of the relationship between God as healer and physicians dominant in inter-testamental Judaism as seen in the Apocrypha in the Wisdom […]
The Actual History of King James Onlyism
King James Only people aren’t obsessed over their history. I haven’t even heard a King James Only person bring up the history of King James Onlyism (KJO). However, the opponents of KJO seem to be very interested and want to be its historians. In the last few months, I heard two versions of KJO history, […]
The Pentecostal Doctrine of Faith-Healing and James 5:14-20, part 3
Note: The Greek in this post may become garbled unless you have Accordance Bible Software Greek fonts. You can download a trial version of Accordance free here and get the fonts with the free download if you wish. The oil of James 5:14-20 is medicinal. Medicinal oil was very frequently used in ancient times. In James […]
“I’m Gunna Use Worldly Lust to Lure Kids to Christian College”
A few months ago now, someone I don’t really even know sent me a hyperlink to see a new promotional video for my alma mater, Maranatha Baptist Bible College. Yes, I went there. I lived in Watertown for 13 years. My dad, sister, brother, and I all graduated from there. I graduated from the academy, […]
Self-Loathing Revivalist Baptist Continuationists
Friday I’m going to post again, postponing (ha, is that a pun?) Thomas Ross’s regular contribution until Monday. My post will be entitled “I’m Gunna Use Worldly Lust to Lure Kids to Christian College.” I’ll leave it to you to guess what that will be about. Don’t miss it though. Now proceed to read. ********************* […]
WHY I’M NOT A CALVINIST (part one): Romans 9
It will help you if you pull out a Bible and turn to and look at Romans 9 as you read this. I tell people I’d like to be a Calvinist but Scripture keeps getting in the way. Romans 9 is one place that gets in the way of my being a Calvinist. If I’m […]
The Pentecostal Doctrine of Faith-Healing and James 5:14-20, part 2
“The prayer of faith”[i] is a specific,[ii] Divinely enabled and energized[iii] petition for healing, for the person to be healed and raised up from his bed of sickness.[iv] As faith is a gift from God (Philippians 1:29; James 1:17-18), so when a particular healing is in the will of God, […]
Who Is Killing Who? The Real Issues in the Trayvon Martin Situation
We don’t want murder. We want to protect life. If the real issue is keeping more people alive, then media and popular culture are missing with their emphasis on the Trayvon Martin death. First, do we want to protect more life, to keep more people alive? Second, are we interested in keeping more black […]
The Lie about the History of One Bible Onlyism
Several weeks ago I was listening to an audio interview (2/20/12) of Kevin Bauder by Scott Oakland, who produces his own online show, called Reformed Cast. Oakland was asking Bauder about his contribution to the book, The Spectrum of Evangelicalism. At only the 12:30 mark of the interview, Oakland asks Bauder to comment on how […]
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