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 […]
Done. Yes, But…. (Part Two)
Part One [Also a Previous Post I Forgot I Wrote] Two Religions in the World? A common modern aphorism, very catchy, you will read from many sources: “There are only two religions in the world.” Men say they are “do” and “done.” That’s what Cary Schmidt says in his book, Done. He’s not the […]
God the Highest and Its Ramifications
Our Father, Which Art In Heaven The model prayer of Matthew 6 and Luke 11 begins with the words: “Our Father which art in heaven.” Very often, I will follow this model and pray something like the following: “Dear Father, I ask that you will be praised. You are high and far above us.” What […]
John the Baptist’s Diminishment of His Own Water Baptism in Matthew 3
Matthew 3 provides the New Testament introduction of the forerunner of Jesus Christ, John the Baptist. While John preached in the wilderness of Judea, the Pharisees and Sadducees came out to him for the purpose of baptism in the Jordan River. Matthew 3:7-12 read: 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees […]
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