The Expectations of the Apostle Paul for the Visit of an Unbeliever to a Meeting of the Lord’s Church
Seeker Sensitive? Maybe out of spiritual sensitivity someone seeks to visit a church meeting. Such seeking happens though in far less frequency today. A tension exists about the issue of seeking. On the one hand, the Apostle Paul writes in Romans 3:11, “There is none that seeketh after God.” That must be true. God said […]
For All Have Synd
Sin “Sin” is a word most people rarely say or hear any more. If they admit they’ve done anything wrong, they’ve made mistakes and committed errors. Rightly so, because they’re not thinking so much about whether they offended God in what they’ve done. A very biblical word, “sin” left common usage as people eliminated it […]
Scripture Is Science
Science The English word “science” occurs only once in the New Testament, referring to “science falsely so-called” (1 Tim 6:20). What is often called “science” really is “science falsely so-called.” What is science? Merriam-Webster online gives the following definitions: 1 a : knowledge or a system of knowledge covering general truths or the operation of […]
Are You a Piglet?
Winnie the Pooh This might surprise you, but I categorize personalities sometimes by Winnie the Pooh characters. Not everyone fits into the Pooh constellation, but many do, I’ve found. For instance, if I say, Eeyore, does that sound like anyone you know? I’ve known several Eeyores in my lifetime. You’ve got Pooh himself, Owl, Rabbit, […]
Watching a Slow Motion Car Crash: 2023-2024 United States
Preach the Gospel My wife and I live in a mobile home in small town rural Indiana, evangelizing Decatur County as well as a 25 minute radius of our church building. I preach the gospel almost every day to someone. We do discipleship, Bible studies, and meet for church. Her and I exist in our […]
Modernism Is Not an Acceptable Alternative to Postmodernism: Jordan Peterson
Early Experience with Modernism Growing up in small town Indiana, no one exposed me to modernism. Without anyone telling me, I read the Bible as literal. Everything happened in it just like it read. When I was twelve, my dad took us all off to Bible college in Wisconsin when he was thirty-five years old, […]
Paul Stands Against Peter and the Subject of Authority (Part Four)
Part One Part Two Part Three God Uses Human Intervention Take a moment with me to participate in a thought experiment. Paul stood against Peter to the face. Why would Paul stand against Peter if God predetermined or just determined everything in life? As a free agent, Peter chose not to eat with […]
Paul Stands Against Peter and the Subject of Authority (Part Three)
Part One Part Two Authority of Scripture To obey God and His Word, one must first believe in His authority and the authority of His Word. I believe in God’s authority and the authority of His Word. True New Testament churches submit to the Bible as their final authority. God and His Word also […]
Paul Stands Against Peter and the Subject of Authority
Galatians 2 and Paul Withstanding Peter Apostleship In Galatians 2:11 the Apostle Paul writes: But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed. One could say at that point in church history, Peter was the greatest apostle. Peter saw Jesus’ glory on the Mount of […]
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