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The “Tabernacle of Witness” and Objective Aesthetic Meaning
In Stephen’s sermon to the Sanhedrin in Acts 7, his theme is that God speaks and Israel’s leadership and predominately Israel doesn’t listen. They “do always resist the Holy Ghost: as [their] fathers did, so do [they]” (7:51) and “they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom […]
“Scandalous Grace,” “Jesus Plus Nothing,” and Very, Very Dangerous Christian GobbledyGook
We get Christianity from the Bible. What we get from the Bible then won’t disagree with historical, biblical teaching. I’m saying if it is Christianity, then it won’t be new. Christianity is what it is, the last part of that sentence overused but still true. What Christianity is comes from the Bible and agrees with […]
The Engagement of Others on the Modern Versions or King James Version
For the Apostle Paul to leave Judaism for faith in Christ, he had to count his old religion as dung. Paul’s life and lifestyle was woven into Judaism. It was a major break to say he had been wrong and now he was going an opposite direction and taking a different position. Today you don’t […]
Correcting False Doctrine Outside of Your Church: Permissible or Encouraged in Scripture?
The major criticism of this blog from what I’ll call, ‘my own,’ is what it might do to ‘our churches.’ Pastors might have to deal with the can of worms I open, not when they want to deal with it. For the record, I don’t care what biblical issue someone brings up, that our church […]
Church Membership and the Marriage Covenant
Marriage is a covenant that cannot be dissolved by any human authority. Jesus said in Matthew 19:6, “Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.” The condition of a marriage might not be good. He or she or both might neglect, disobey, or […]
How Does a Gathering of People Obtain Church Authority?
Churches have authority. This is seen through the whole New Testament, but for the sake of this post, I’m assuming that point. How do the churches get that authority? This is a theme brushed over in the latest series, yet unfinished, reviewing Kevin Bauder’s chapter on Landmarkism (pts. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).Yesterday I […]
Personal Thinking About Calvinism
Sometimes someone will ask me about Calvinism. I would say, none in 29 years in door to door evangelism or any other form of evangelism, except that it is one. One person. It was three to six months ago. I rang a doorbell, a man came to the door, and after I introduced myself to […]
The Gospel and Separation: What’s Worth Separating Over?
The Apostle Paul writes in Galatians 1:8-9: 8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. 9 As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that […]
An Honest Basic Assessment of Independent Baptists, pt. 4
The labels or designations for churches could be reduced to something like “the church,” and that would exclude almost no one. “The Church of Christ” denomination makes a big deal about the name, as if not having the right name alone disqualifies a church. If you know Baptist history, you know that “Baptist” isn’t a […]
30, 60, 100: Can We Conclude That More Fruit Was Caused by the One Receiving the Seed?
You might hear something so many times that you think it is the truth, but sometimes it is the truth and sometimes not. In the classroom teaching for over 25 years, I will ask students a question, and after the first one responds, others will take their answer down the same path, even though it […]
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