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 […]
The Doctrine of Inspiration of Scripture and Translation (Part Three)
Part One Part Two Statements for Consideration Consider these three statements: The King James Version is divinely inspired. God immediately inspired the King James Version. God gave the King James Version by inspiration. Do all three have the same meaning? Are all three true? If not all three are true, then is any one […]
The Doctrine of Inspiration of Scripture and Translation (Part Two)
Part One Support for the KJV We know the King James Version translators (KJVT) in 2 Timothy 3:16 italicized “is” in “is given” because no verb exists in the text of that verse. They gave the verse a smoother reading, but they were also telling the reader that verb did not exist. That’s why they […]
The Doctrine of Inspiration of Scripture and Translation
2 Timothy 3:16 Three Words The classic location for the doctrine of the inspiration of the Bible is in 2 Timothy 3:16. It reads: All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness. The first part provides the doctrine, which says: “All scripture […]
Shaping a Jesus In Your Own Image and then Believing in Him for Salvation
Contrasting Christianity Have you talked in public to an evangelical woman with a cross hanging down into her revealed cleavage? You see the cross juxtapositioned with the other as a backdrop. Not a fit, is it? Maybe you, like me, wonder about the vast differences in professing Christianity. They both claim to believe in Jesus […]
The Law Enhances, Does Not Conflict, With Grace
Relationship Between the Law and Grace or Faith In Galatians, the Apostle Paul argues for salvation by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone. He opposes the alternative, adding even one work to grace. Paul provides several arguments in Galatians 3 for the churches of Galatia to combat corruption of a true gospel. To […]
An Alcohol Story
A Man Questions Me about Alcohol Restaurant Wants to Serve Alcohol Our church meets in a small town right across the street from a new and popular Mexican restaurant. My wife and I moved to Southern Indiana on February 23, 2023 to evangelize a twenty five minute radius with 70,000 people. We want to build […]
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