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The Myth of ECx Internalism and Grace
During the 1970s a common and then continuing practice began in which churches dropped their denominational name for some non-descript, generic one. For instance, Calvary Baptist Church would become Calvary Community Church or just Calvary Church. This related mainly to two different issues. First, research showed that the general public had negative feelings about certain […]
Isaiah 59:21 and Revelation 22:18-19 at Jackhammer
At the Jackhammer team blog on which I write, I’ve written two articles that those who only read here should go over to look at. You can comment here if you’re more comfortable doing that. The two posts are:Isaiah 59:21 and the Perfect Preservation of Scripture and Revelation 22:18-19 and the Perfect Preservation of Scripture
Gender Discord and Psalm 12:6-7
Thou Shalt Keep Them (TSKT)—that’s what the authors named our book on the perfect preservation of scripture. And those words come from Psalm 12:7. Psalm 12:6-7 alone do not buttress the biblical doctrine of preservation; however, we believe that they teach it. We believe that these verses nicely complement the many other places that teach […]
Christian Rock Equals Andres Serrano
In 1989 the National Endowment for the Arts funded an exhibition of Andres Serrano’s work, which included a photograph of a crucifix submerged in the artist’s urine. It was known as the Mapplethorpe exhibition because of the inclusion of Robert Mapplethorpe’s work in the funding. I think that the Serrano work and Christian Rock parallel […]
Latest Young People’s Symphony Orchestra Concert
Two of my daughters play in YPSO. When my son was principal trombone in the orchestra two years ago, they toured Australia and New Zealand in the summer, playing at the Sydney Opera House. This summer is a domestic tour in June in Alaska. They will play in Anchorage and Fairbanks. When David Ramadanoff, the […]
Can You Prove It From Scripture?
The Bible is our sole authority for faith and practice. You know what that means, don’t you? Gotcha! That’s what it means. Why? Well, because you can’t show me a verse in scripture that says that rock music is wrong. So that means it’s right. Game over! “I just want to do what scripture says […]
Inspiration: How and What?
Does the Bible teach that it is a divinely inspired book? Those who say they believe in so-called “verbal-plenary” inspiration say “yes.” Those who study the Bible in the most scholarly institutions of America are not so sure. Who is right? Points of Agreement Nearly all involved in the controversy are agreed that the Bible […]
Answering Aaron on the Doctrine of Preservation—Part Three
Aaron Blumer posted the third article in his series at SharperIron, Preservation: How and Why. I’ll provide scriptural analysis for his article in this post. I offered to send this to Aaron first to proof it, but he said go ahead and just publish, so I have. Perhaps to those on his side of things, […]
Rock and Rap Music Are Becoming a Non-Issue in Fundamentalism part 2
I’m quite sure that most professing fundamentalists still wouldn’t allow for rock music in their church services. Even if much of fundamentalist worship isn’t acceptable to God, they won’t use rock music at their churches. But I do believe that the relationship to rock music has changed in fundamentalist churches. Before they were sure that […]
Wear the Pants: The Dockers Campaign
Has anyone seen the new Docker’s campaign about wearing the pants? It’s for men, evangelicals and fundamentalists. Just to let you know. I assumed you thought “Wear the Pants” was for women. That was the signal you were receiving, but somehow Dockers missed it. Everyone knows that pants no longer are a symbol of masculinity […]
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