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The Inspired Books of Seventh-Day Adventists, Mormons, Christian Scientists, Muslims, and Others
Having grown up in a non-Christian home, and having done a decent amount of work in Christian apologetics and having spoken to many people of all sorts of backgrounds, from atheists, agnostics, materialists, communists, etc., the evidence for the Bible is irrefutable and incredibly powerful. (For example, see the evidence here and here.) The […]
Political Candidates and the Evolution Question
The liberal news media plays a political ‘gotcha’ game with conservative or even just Republican candidates that they do not with liberal or even just Democrat candidates. They did this last week (Feb 11, 2015) to thrice elected governor of Wisconsin and possible 2016 Republican presidential candidate, Scott Walker, when they asked what he believed […]
I Don’t Choose What Distinguishes Our Church, But It Still Does
Our church believes in one God, Who Is Three Persons — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. That belief distinguishes us from others, but I didn’t choose that it would distinguish us. We believe the Bible is the inspired Word of God. The Bible is our sole authority for faith and practice. Those qualities distinguish us […]
Hannah W. Smith and Keswick Precursor Conventions at Broadlands: part 9 of 21 in Hannah W. Smith: Keswick Founder, Higher Life Preacher, Quaker Quietist and Universalist Heretic
This entire 21-part study appears on the FaithSaves.net website in a study entitled “Hannah Whitall Smith: Higher Life Writer, Speaker on Sanctification, Developer of the Keswick Theology, Quaker Quietist and Universalist Heretic.” Click here to read the entire study. Search for: “Broadlands ecumenicalism was held together, not by universalism only, but by the […]
Bribery and Pandering: Ties that Bind Modern Church Growth (that neither Jesus nor the Apostles Used), pt. 2
I discovered I’d already written on this part of the two (here as well). When I think of pandering, normally I imagine what political candidates do to win voters. They invent and reinvent themselves to conform to whatever group they’re campaigning. I don’t remember the word “demographic” back as I grew up, but now a population […]
Bribery and Pandering: Ties that Bind Modern Church Growth (that neither Jesus nor the Apostles Used)
How much is an eternal soul worth? We could or should say eternal value or incalculable worth. Jesus said a soul was worth more than the whole world, let alone individual things in the world. With that in mind, if bribery was a means to the salvation of a soul, we can’t put a price […]
Acts 2:38–Baptism Essential to Salvation?
Acts 2:38 reads, “Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.” This verse is the favorite proof-text for many who defend salvation by baptism. It is usually argued […]
One Particular Corruption of Repentance to Accommodate a Methodology, Success, and Numbers
Through my years, I’ve heard or read many numbers of perversions of the doctrine of salvation, but I want to focus on one. Someone defines repentance as a willingness to change, a willingness to turn from his way to God’s way. Further, once he is willing, he doesn’t in fact change or turn. He might, […]
Perfect Preservation of Scripture and Young Earth Creationism
For awhile an issue has existed between what is now called “old earth creation” and “new earth creation.” New earth creation takes Genesis literally and old earth creation allegorizes it. This bubbled to the surface again with a defense of old earth creation from Justin Taylor at The Gospel Coalition blog. Many have answered Taylor, […]
Hannah W. Smith’s Higher Life patrons, the Mount-Temples: part 8 of 21 in Hannah W. Smith: Keswick Founder, Higher Life Preacher, Quaker Quietist and Universalist Heretic
This entire 21-part study appears on the FaithSaves.net website in a study entitled “Hannah Whitall Smith: Higher Life Writer, Speaker on Sanctification, Developer of the Keswick Theology, Quaker Quietist and Universalist Heretic.” Click here to read the entire study. Search for: “Mrs. Mount-Temple was not only Mrs. Smith’s patron in her Higher Life […]
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