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The Pope, Stephen Colbert, Hillary’s Apology, and Truth
For absolute truth to exist, God must exist. For truth to be absolute, it must be transcendent, that is, not dependent. I think of James 1:17: Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. Whatever comes […]
Kim Davis, Gavin Newsom, and the Christian’s Obedience to Unlawful Laws
Marriage according to natural law (and scripture) and so by definition is between only a man and a woman. Same sex marriage isn’t marriage. In 2000, the State of California adopted Proposition 22 which, as an ordinary statute, forbade recognition or licensing of same-sex marriages in the state. In 2004, then Democrat mayor of San […]
The Lord’s Supper: Close, Closed, or In-Between?
There has been a long-standing debate among Baptists about whether the correct position on the Lord’s Supper is close communion, where baptized members of Baptist churches other than the assembly in which the ordinance is being celebrated partake along with the host church’s members, or closed communion, where the ordinance is restricted to the members […]
Enablers of a False Gospel and Bad Church
Consider the following criminal law: At law, an accomplice is a person who actively participates in the commission of a crime, even if they take no part in the actual criminal offense. Even further, A person charged with aiding and abetting or accessory is usually not present when the crime itself is committed, but he […]
The Meaning of the Word Church According to ReligiousAffections.Org
Religiousaffections.org (RA) will help you discern. You should read the works by Scott Aniol, its president. I recommend the site and most of the work done by its contributors. It doesn’t surprise me that it differs on the nature of or definition of the church, but in light of the purpose of RA, it intrigues me […]
Does Christ live the Christian Life for the Christian? The Keswick View of Galatians 2:20 Examined, part 1 of 4
Does Jesus Christ live the Christian life for the Christian–the Christ-life–or does the Christian live the Christian life empowered by Jesus Christ? The former is the Keswick position, the latter the Scriptural one. Galatians 2:20 is the text that is supposed to prove that Jesus Christ lives the Christian life for the believer: I am […]
The Lie of Two Worlds, pt. 2
Earlier today, I linked to a sermon I had preached on coming to positions. Still go there and listen to that. Some of you might recognize this “two worlds” language as Christian worldview talk, and you would be right on that. Only one thing ever happens, not two. I don’t both do what I did […]
How to Come to Positions on Issues
I might be coming back to write a second part of the series on the lie of two worlds, but we had recently uploaded a sermon I preached or taught on a Wednesday night in July of 2012 on how to come to positions, actual title — How To Come to Positions on Issues Scripturally […]
The Lie of Two Worlds
You’ve heard the expression, the best of both worlds. As an expression, it doesn’t need to be wrong, because someone can live in the country close to the city and enjoy the best of both. I get that. Almost everyone in the world though acts like there are really two worlds. There is the world […]
Learn About Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and African Tribal Religions in Scholarly Christian Perspective
I have downloaded (for the right price–free!) and have recently been listening to a seminary level course on Islam, one on Hinduism, and one on Buddhism. as well as a seminar on African Traditional Religions taught by the same professor. I had listened to a significant number of the great and highly Biblical and expository […]
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