Masculine Pastors: The Battle They Face and Will Face Even More
The two most common observations I read and hear about manhood today are some kind of (1) tortured masculinity and then (2) decreasing masculinity. Men are either participating in a type of warped manhood or are more effeminate. The two are related. I like writing and talking about tortured or warped manhood, under which is […]
Kethiv / Qere and King James Only (KJVO) or Perfect Preservation
Sometimes anti-perfect preservationists, opponents of the perfectly preserved Word in the Hebrew and Greek Textus Receptus, argue that the presence of the kethiv / qere in the Hebrew Old Testament proves that Scripture has not been perfectly preserved. While this is not the easiest issue to address for someone who does not know Hebrew, the […]
Why Should Men Protect or Defend Women If They Aren’t or Can’t Be In Charge of Women?
I want to protect and defend women, but I can’t when they don’t do what I tell them to do (and I’m not talking about something in disobedience to scripture). If I have to protect my daughters, and I tell one of them not to go somewhere, that means they shouldn’t go where I tell […]
Evan Roberts & the Welsh Revival of 1904-1905: His conversion (?): Part 1 of 22
The content of this post is now available in the study of: 1.) Evan Roberts 2.) The Welsh Revival of 1904-1905 3.) Jessie Penn-Lewis on the faithsaves.net website. Please click on the people above to view the study. On the FaithSaves website the PDF files may be easiest to read. You are also encouraged […]
The Epistle to the Galatians and Evangelicalism or New Evangelicalism: Slaves or Sons
Paul parks on a very helpful metaphor in his epistle to the Galatians to deal with the problems with the churches there, the slave and the son. The characteristic distinction between the slave and the son does not above all deal with content or the standard. Both slave and son have the same requirements of […]
Point of 2 John: Truth the Boundary of Acceptance
The Lord Jesus Christ came in due time, the Pax Romana, koine Greek, and Roman roads. Christianity grew, spread by evangelists, who were welcomed into homes of fellowshiping churches. Following upon true preachers came false ones, posing as true to take advantage of the generosity of church families, including ladies like the one addressed in […]
Help the Homeless: Buy Them Drugs, Alcohol, and Tobacco?
Especially in large cities, substantial numbers of homeless people are found. The Bible makes statements such as: “As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith” (Galatians 6:10). We are, therefore, to do good to the homeless. We also have texts such […]
Cultic KJVO?
Tomorrow Thomas Ross’s post will replace this one, but I wanted to still have it here on top for a few hours. Cultic loses its meaning when it is used as an invective and pejorative. Cultic should be reserved for the cultic. Cultic shouldn’t be weaponized as a word for staining people, even if they’ve […]
Placing Myself in Tyler’s Report Card On Baptist Fundamentalism
I have three blog posts I’ve really wanted to write, but they are difficult to write without spending a lot of time. I’m a percentage done on all three and can’t finish any of them. I’ve been in this condition for three weeks. I’m still writing posts though. Today, I make it easy on myself […]
John 12:24-25: The Corn / Grain of Wheat Dying in the Ground: A Second Blessing?
Various Keswick and Higher Life authors employ John 12:24-25 as a text about how to obtain a second blessing or the Higher Life. Supposedly when a believer becomes like the grain or corn of wheat that does not just exist, but goes all the way in full surrender to “die” to self, then the Higher […]