The Knotty Subject of Free Will: Do We Have It Or Is It an Illusion? (Part One)
If someone says man doesn’t have “free will,” he contradicts what scripture says. The Bible uses the terminology, “freewill,” and mainly in the freewill offerings of animals in the Old Testament sacrificial system. However, the Old Testament uses that same Hebrew word on occasion for free motivation of an act. Old Testament Usage of Free […]
Are These Really Uniquely Dark Times Today?
A Debate About Whether Times Really Are Dark A very high percentage of people with whom I speak agree with deep decline of the United States. I ask many people the question, “Do you think the country is in decline?” Very few say “no.” Two different men touched on this subject in recent days, and […]
Israel through a Biblical Lens
A Biblical Lens to See Israel Everyone should look at everything through a biblical lens. God’s Word is truth. I hear people make assessments of Israel without any reference to what the Bible says. On the other hand, some overshoot and use Israel as their prophetic pin cushion. I see two perspectives to organize appraisal […]
The Whole Universe Both Runs and Acknowledges It Runs on Jesus’ Time
I know that the title of this post sounds like Donald Trump saying, Mexico will pay for the wall. It sounds like it can’t be right. Nevertheless, the title is right. Despite Outlawing Jesus, the Public Acknowledges Jesus All Over In the last few days, I talked to someone who worked for Gideons, the parachurch […]
David Whose Heart Was Perfect With The LORD His God?
David. You look back to Saul, and then back at David. Of course, David. You look forward to Solomon, and then back to David. Of course, David. David. Why? Something is different about David. What is it? David and Solomon When you arrive at 1 Kings 11:4, the Lord says: For it came to pass, […]
Fried Preacher
Early Personal Considerations When I was a child, growing up in an independent Baptist church, I thought God dropped pastors down from heaven, at least something like that. Even when I was in high school and college, I regarded these men with reverence. God was infinitely higher and greater to me, of course, but they […]
Making Sin Justifiable and Permanent By Diagnosing It As A Psychological Disorder
Part One “Mad” and “Madness” As you read through the King James Version, you will read the related English words “mad” and “madness.” People in general don’t use these words any more or they use them in a completely different way than both the King James Version and historic Christianity. In 1863, William Smith in […]
The Doctrine of Inspiration of Scripture and Translation (Part Five)
Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four God Gave Words in their Original Languages and Preserved Them In Scripture Part of the story of the doctrine of inspiration of scripture and then its translation relates to languages. God immediately inspired the original manuscripts of scripture in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek. God […]
The Doctrine of Inspiration of Scripture and Translation (Part Four)
Part One Part Two Part Three In the history of Christian doctrine, true believers through the centuries have been in general consistent in their position on inspiration. When reading historical bibliological material, homogeneity exists. Changes emerged with modernism in the 19th century and then many novel, false beliefs sprouted up. In many cases, men invented […]
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