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“Come as you are” or “sanctify yourselves”?
Today we hear a great deal about how we should come to church just as we are. I recall a life-size ad that was posted for many weeks at a local mall in Wisconsin. It had a picture of a guy in a T-shirt holding a Bible, a big tattoo visible on his arm, wearing […]
Analyzing the Values Yard or Window Sign
I don’t know if you see this above sign in your area, but it’s everywhere in coastal cities of the Western United States. In Berkeley and adjacent cities, it’s been at about every house or yard for a few years. Here in Oregon, I saw one on our street in our neighborhood too. I picked […]
The “harvest is plenteous”: A Promise People Will Always be Saved in Matthew 9:35-38?
“The harvest truly is plenteous,” Matthew 9:37. Is this a promise that there will always be people who will be converted when the gospel is preached? Such a view is common among advocates of Keswick theology. For example, John VanGelderen on the Revival Focus blog wrote: Jesus said, “The harvest truly is plenteous.” The harvest […]
Protests and Preaching / Prayer Unequal in California: You Can’t Go to Church, But You Can Violate the Law in Leftist Protests
Yesterday I took the following short video in downtown San Francisco of radical leftist protesters blocking a street–it is slightly over a minute long, and can be seen on YouTube, or you can watch the embedded version below: People illegally blocking the street for a long time in their cars is fine; there were no […]
Experts Who Evaluate Socialism and Capitalism Don’t Consider the One Key Thing and They Can’t Because of the One Key Thing
The divide in the country now leading up to this election has spawned numerous conversations, many scholarly ones, to compare socialism and capitalism. I’ve listened to some of them with intelligent historians, economists, philosophers, or sociologists. One I heard started with the question of Joseph Schumpeter, written in 1942 in his book, Capitalism, Socialism, and […]
Could Someone Be Saved When He Acknowledges He Believes Jesus Died for Him?
In now over three decades of regular evangelism, my outline of the gospel presents four points, the third of which is either worded, Jesus Paid the Penalty for Sin, or, Jesus Died for You. Either way, I end that point by asking, Do you believe that Jesus died for you? Almost everyone says, yes, to […]
The Combinations of Work at the Start of a Church
Many of you readers know we are starting or planting a church in Oregon right now. We are missionaries. When I say, “we,” I mean my wife and I. My two eighty year old parents are with us, while we start. We are also raising support at the same time, so if you are a […]
Two Short Essays: What Postmodernism Gets the Most Right (It Does) and Science Should Recognize Supernaturalism as Science
WHAT POSTMODERNISM GETS THE MOST RIGHT (IT DOES) Here is how Britannica defines postmodernism: Postmodernism, also spelled post-modernism, in Western philosophy, a late 20th-century movement characterized by broad skepticism, subjectivism, or relativism; a general suspicion of reason; and an acute sensitivity to the role of ideology in asserting and maintaining political and economic power. Postmodernism […]
The King James Bible: Too Hard to Understand?
“The King James Version is too hard for people to understand! It is written in Old English. Therefore, we need to use a modern Bible version that is easier to understand.” Is this true? Before dealing with the most important question–what Scripture says on the subject–a few brief words on a secondary but related question. […]
No Crown Performance: God Wants To Be Sought After
One reason many give for not believing the gospel or the true message of scripture is the quality of the supportive evidence. In their assessment, the means by which God persuades of His existence or of the truth of the gospel does not rise to a high enough caliber to believe. The Bible preemptively strikes […]
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