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Debriefing on Debating
In this space for the next few days, I will give my observations about the nightly proceedings in my debate with Mr. Hafley. I’ll be brutally honest about how I did, and tell you what I thought were the strengths and weaknesses while they are fresh in my mind. I’ll do this until the fat […]
Special Announcement
Who is this man to the left? He is Larry Hafley from Texas. I will be debating him in Pinole, CA on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday of next week, March 27, 28, 30, 31, those nights from 7:00 to 9:30pm, on the subject of eternal security. Mr. Hafley is considered to be one of […]
Robbing God: The Best Tithe Argument
The secular make fun of those who tithe like they are just throwing away their money. Of course, if you look at the way people spend money, you could probably find clear ways that people waste dollars. Statistics show that churches on the whole save society loads of cash. But I digress before I ever […]
Baptism of the Spirit Deux
Have you received the baptism of or with the Spirit? Why or why not? It might be nice to know what it is. Essentially there are four views of the baptism of the Spirit. One, I call the Protestant view. The Protestant view says that a believer is baptized with the Spirit at the moment […]
When I Would Do Good
The Christian life is a struggle against the flesh. I’m going to ramble a little bit and weave that in as the theme. Romans 7:21 says, “I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.” A believer can do good and want to do good, but right when […]
Jesus Is Jehovah
Here’s something apologetic to taste and eat. Most of you know about the Jehovah’s Witnesses, the religious group that does a lot of door-to-door work, passing out their Watchtower Magazine. The JWs teach that Jesus is not God. What they don’t often slip in until later is that He is actually the angel Michael. They […]
Does Your Music Check?
Music is a controversial issue, and I could get into why, but for now, let’s look at one of the two major texts in the NT on the issue and glean some points about it. Go to Ephesians 5:19, which says, “Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody […]
Baptism of the Spirit
John the Baptist prophesied in Matthew 3:11, “I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.” This is consistent with the parallel passages in Mark, Luke, John, and Acts. Let’s […]
Where Are the Words?
I wrote this as a post on SharperIron, and it was so much work, I thought I’d double up and put it here too.I think the original questions were (cut and pasted): “The thing that still plauges my understanding of all this is…did God promise to preserve EVERY word or not? If so, then where […]
The “As Long As It Doesn’t Hurt Somebody Else” Argument
John Donne, 17th Century English poet, wrote: “No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of […]
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