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Secondary, Tertiary, or Essential? (part five)
Why Do We Love God First and Our Neighbor Second Much of religion talks about loving one’s neighbor, meanwhile ignoring the love of God. Of course, if everyone loves his neighbor, then obviously some of that love is going to be coming our way. On top of that, loving God is controversial. If we are […]
THE EJECT BUTTON—Zichterman and Beckwith Learned Their Lessons a Little Too Well
Zichterman went to BJU and taught at Northland. He’s the brother-in-law of Sharper Iron owner, Jason Janz. He got a doctorate at PCC. He says he is now reconciling to the body. That means he’s part of Bill Hybels church and thinking and in dialogue with the emerging church. Beckwith was the president of the […]
Secondary, Tertiary, or Essential? (part four)
What About the Passages Used to Defend the Ranking of Primary and Secondary Doctrines? One will not find the “doctrine” of primary and secondary, essential and non-essential, in the history of Christian doctrine. I once heard a preacher say, “If it’s new it’s not true, and if it’s true it’s not new.” This doctrine is […]
A Case Study in Preparations for the False Prophet and the One World Church
Just across the street from us (we’re on top of the hill and they’re in the valley) in El Sobrante is the Bay Hills Community Church. I’m not trying to be mean when I say that I hate calling it a church. Until a few years back, they were EV-Free, but their leader became totally […]
Secondary, Tertiary, or Essential? (part three)
Who Ranks Into Primary and Secondary Doctrines? Who asked the following question? “Master, which is the great commandment in the law?” Answer: An unbelieving Pharisee asked it in Matthew 22:36. Why? The religious leaders had added through their traditions numbers of extra-scriptural regulations. They piled their rules so high that it was impossible to keep […]
The Corporeal Discipline of Children
All of you should know that the state government of California is attempting to outlaw spanking of children of any age as a means of child discipline or correction. In lieu of this, someone anonymously sent our Biblical presentaion on the corporeal discipline of children, written by our principal, Pastor David Sutton, to the Contra […]
Secondary, Tertiary, or Essential? (part two)
A little over a week ago, I started a short series on core-versus-tertiary-doctrine issue. I referenced Phil Johnson. This is not a position exclusive to evangelicals (new-evangelicals) like Phil. Here is part two, continuing right where part one left off. The Parent-Child Principle The middle of the ten commandments, “Honor thy father and mother,” mirrors […]
Secondary, Tertiary, or Essential?
Phil Johnson, primary editor for John MacArthur and executive director of Grace to You, wrote over at the comment section of his blog, Pyromaniacs: The fundamentalist movement was eventually ruined by anti-intellectualism, overweening separatism, and a contentious attitude over secondary and tertiary issues that caused many fundamentalists to forget what the truly essential doctrinal issues […]
The Waldenses Controversy
Who They Were The Waldenses were Bible-believing Christians who remained separate from Rome during the Dark Ages and who were bitterly persecuted for their faith. The name Waldenses in English is from the French Vaudois, Vallenses in Latin, and Valdisi in Italian, and these words mean “men of the valleys.” They refer to several valleys […]
The Mainstream Media Exposes Mainstream Media Christian Bashing
Not to have a pity party, but I think this article in the mainstream media actually is the first that I have read to go after all the attacks on Christ and the Bible that are out there in the mainstream media. I don’t remember reading anything like this in something as mainstream as MSNBC. […]
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