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“I Don’t See Man Clothes and Woman Clothes” — Evangelicalism and Most of Fundamentalism Agree
Why are professing Christian leaders opposed to same sex marriage? Sure, God the Father in Genesis 2 and God the Son in Matthew 19 teach marriage only between one man and woman. It’s God’s only way. Yet, what is the major problem with same sex marriage? It is the rebellion against God’s design, which is […]
The Providence of God and Sickness
The terminology “providence of God” doesn’t appear in the Bible, but it represents how God works in the Bible and, therefore, history. God wants to be trusted. Trusting God, as related to sickness, means remaining hopeful in light of God’s love, goodness, and grace. God cares about sparrows. God even cares about the grass of […]
Damning Danger in Asking Christ into Your Heart: The Testimony of Baptist Pastor Ovid Need, part 4 of 4
Hardness & Hostility A man who represented Accelerated Christian Education in our area once told me in the midst of an intense discussion about the plan of salvation presented in ACE’s material: “All the best scholars agree that the terms are the same—Ask Jesus into your heart and trust Christ as your substitute.” He went […]
Vulgarity, Meaning, Evangelicalism, Politics, and Hypocrisy
For fulfilling its particular purpose, I don’t know of a better metaphor than the pot calling the kettle black. Our culture, our society, loves vulgarity, craves vulgarity, embraces vulgarity. Evangelicalism loves vulgarity. I think most of fundamentalism loves vulgarity. Very few people dislike vulgarity in the whole United States. Along comes Donald Trump […]
The Baptist Distinctives Are Not the Bible
Most of my readers probably know or have at least heard of the terminology, “the Baptist distinctives.” The two words, Baptist distinctives, answer the question, what distinguishes a New Testament church in contrast to other religious denominations? What sets a church apart as a New Testament church? This assumes Baptist churches alone are […]
Pay $12 For Unlimited Talk & Text on Your Cell Phone
The average cell phone bill in 2014 was $73 a month. Verizon customers paid an average of $148 a month, Sprint customers $144, AT&T $141, and T-Mobile $120 a month. (source). I pay $10 a month for uhlimited talk and text on my phone (c. $12 with taxes) with a company that I had never heard of […]
What Is Preaching? And What Is Not
Perhaps you’ve heard someone say he didn’t like someone’s “preachiness,” or he said, “stop being preachy.” Generally preachiness refers to stylistic aspects of someone’s speech. According to this understanding, someone may not have preached unless he takes on that speech quality. Certain men haven’t “preached” unless they get a “preachy” style of speech, a particular […]
College Class on Bible Texts and Versions, Manuscript Evidence, and Biblical Preservation
At Mukwonago Baptist Church we have started a course on Bible Texts and Versions, Manuscript Evidence, and Biblical Preservation. The course outline states: This course on Biblical preservation, Bible texts and versions, and manuscript evidence will examine God’s promises concerning the perfect preservation of Scripture and its perpetual availability to His churches. The fulfillment of […]
Judgment Must Begin in the House of God, pt. 2
Part One. We look around the nation and the world, and people aren’t doing what God says. I see one major contributing factor to the demise with one corollary. First, people want to do what they want to do, and they’re easier to get along with if you let them do what they want. […]
Judgment Must Begin in the House of God
The Apostle Peter wrote in his first epistle: “judgment must begin at the house of God” (4:17). We can talk about what is going on in the world, but the world is not responsible like the church is, which is why judgment begins there first. The church can’t expect the world to change, if it […]
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