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Ekklesia
Ancient Greece rose out of the earliest cultures of Europe around the shores and islands of the Aegean Sea. Long before Homer, ancestor worship made family ties very strong and after that the families came together to form tribes and then villages. Villages joined to form the polis, city, from which our word “politics” comes. […]
King James Version: Elizabethan English?
I wanted to explore the idea about whether the King James Version actually was Elizabethan English. Elizabethan, of course, refers to Queen Elizabeth, who reigned until she died in 1603. To understand what was the language of the day, we should consider the writings of William Shakespeare, who died in 1616. The last of Shakespeare’s […]
Bibliology and Separation part 3
We practice separation to protect the purity of doctrine and practice, since we are not our own and the One to Whom we belong, God, is holy. We are to be holy as He is holy. We do this out of love for God, His church, His doctrine, and His practice. We want to protect […]
What’s the Scoop on the New King James Version?
I’ve noticed critical/eclectic text guys wondering, if the text is really the issue, why the King James Version supporters don’t support the New King James Version. It’s supposed to be one of those gotcha moments. We’re bumbling and fumbling, exposed as the English inspirationists or preservationists that we must be. I’m sitting here at my […]
Allegations: Schismatic, a Bad Name, and Arrogance
Pastor Mike Harding, who commented much more nicely on the first post of the Bibliology and Separation series, wrote this at SharperIron on September 23, 2009: I was reading Kent Brandenburg’s blog about this matter. One of the comments he allowed to be posted compared myself, Doran, and Pratt as using the tactics of the […]
Bibliology and Separation part two
A fundamentalist recently carved out some very narrow doctrinal ground over which he would separate. He said he’d divide over the belief that God re-inspired an English translation of scripture. He would break fellowship with those who hold to that doctrinal error. Besides that one specific point, he didn’t mention anyone else from whom he […]
Bibliology and Separation
Two posts were written during the last week about separation over faulty bibliology. The first to my attention was an essay written by David Doran, president of Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary at his blog. The link to Doran’s article was tweeted by Phil Johnson at his twitter site. Then I read a comment (another more […]
Honoring Joshua Bernard, Marine Corporal, and Bringing Awareness to Rules of Engagement
We’ve seen mainly controversy over the publishing of a photo of Marine Corporal Joshua Bernard and his recent death in Afghanistan. To start though, I would like to honor his commitment to duty and service to our nation. According to the testimony of his father in this video, his fellow Marines called him “holy man” […]
Does Accommodation to Culture Help Evangelism?
My last post, an evaluation of Stephen Davis’ article on church planters at SharperIron, triggered my thinking on a major theme in his piece, that is, the place of culture in the evangelism of the lost. Here’s the way Davis’ pictured it: You might be surprised at how many people think that new churches should […]
Church Planting Foolishness
My wife happened to be sitting next to me when I was reading this article on church planting over at SharperIron. Yes, I look at their main post to see what they’re talking about and I get sucked in. The moral of the story might be to stop looking there any more. I know that. […]
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