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Announcement: Our Church Finishes Singing through all 150 Psalms
On Sunday evening, our church very unceremoniously finished singing all 150 of the psalms by singing Psalm 150:1-6. We decided to sing them in order right off the bat so that we would have sung all of them. It took a few years to finish. We sang them to God and because He said He […]
The Devil in the Details? Matthew 5:18, 19 and the Authority of Scripture
Bartley’s quotations say that “the devil is in the details” is actually a modification of the original quote, “God is in the details.” Does it surprise anyone that the quote has been altered? After all, God is in the details. We see that nowhere better than Matthew 5:18, 19, where Jesus says, For verily I […]
Recession in the American Economy and the Greed Cycle
Economists say that right now we are potentially on the verge of entering a national recession. Retail business had low Christmas sales. People are not buying houses, so developers have stopped building them. Corporations are laying off workers. Defining the Problem To get started, let’s understand a recession. A recession is the financial condition of […]
Corban: Rearing Its Ugly Head Again in Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism
Over and over again today I hear Mark 7:7 from evangelicals and fundamentalists. Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. I love Mark 7:7. It’s in the Bible. It’s Jesus speaking. I agree that this verse is violated. Personally, I think that it is far less violated than […]
WHY I KEEP TALKING ABOUT THE TEXT/PRESERVATION ISSUE
I should be doing more evangelism. I can’t disagree there. I need psychoanalysis because I’m obsessing about the text/preservation issue. That’s not true, although some would say it. Am I feeling left out of the conversation because of what I believe about perfect preservation, so I’m burrowing my way in? This wouldn’t be the way […]
The Way of Approval
Second Part in a Series (the first—The War against Certainty) Where we look for approval will decide what we believe and practice. We see this through Hebrews 11. Faith is how we get a “good report” from God. Faith pleases God (Heb. 11:6). But we have to make that choice: do we want to please […]
Answers to Questions about the Doctrine of Preservation of Scripture
I’m asked questions about the text/preservation issue all the time. Most of the time those asking are attempting to trip me up, to find holes in the argument. I’ve found that they mostly don’t answer questions themselves and are testy when they do. I don’t think they like their own position. They don’t like giving […]
The War against Certainty
Benjamin Franklin is given credit for saying: “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Influential nineteenth-century, liberal, British thinker John Stuart Mill wrote: “There is no such thing as absolute certainty, but there is assurance sufficient for the purposes of human life.” I don’t believe either of those […]
Is KJVO a Great Danger to Historic Fundamentalism? part three
Mike Harding is a well-known pastor in the midwest, who is on many various fundamental boards, including the Fundamental Baptist Fellowship. He is also one of the authors of God’s Word in our Hands, a contribution from the fundamentalist electic text crowd to their view of the text issue. Mike Harding has written recently that […]
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