Proverbs 22:6 and Adoption, part 1 of 2
A while ago, I published at What is Truth? parts a study on Proverbs 22:6 and related texts on child-rearing, demonstrating exegetically that godly parents who train up their children in the way they should go, the way of moral righteousness, have God’s promise that their children will be converted and live for God. (See […]
Women Can’t Find Good Men
On September 23, 2017 The Globe and Mail, a Toronto newspaper, Canada’s number one, published an article by Margaret Wente, one of their columnists, entitled, Why are good men so hard to find? It seems that women do want men, do want husbands. I would have thought that, but I was surprised that a woman has admitted […]
What Many Professional Athletes Really Think and Other Observations
I’m going to come with something else tomorrow, but now that I’ve gone down this path, I’m going to stay there until at least tomorrow morning. I’ve got several jointed disjointed observations. They are jointed, because they are all connected, but not in any kind of syllogistic way. If I want to see that connection, […]
What’s the Protest: NFL and NBA Athletes
When Martin Luther protested, he nailed 95 theses to the door of a Wittenberg church building. He was very specific about his problems with Roman Catholicism. The Protestant Reformation came out of that protest. Many people know the very beginning of the Declaration of Independence, a very small portion of the declaration, but very few, […]
Frederick B. Meyer: Applications from his Keswick Apostasy, part 2 of 2
The study of Frederick B. Meyer is now posted at the link below: F. B. Meyer, Keswick / Higher Life Leader: a Biographical Sketch Please click on this link to read the study.
Is the Macedonian Call Normative for Missions Today?
During the first missionary journey of Paul, he traveled to Asia Minor, which moved him into territory he could reach on foot. You could call that an obvious endeavor. You don’t get into a boat until you have first tried the folks in walking distance. This relates to the concentric paradigm laid out in Acts […]
Dumbing Unity Down and Excluding God
A couple of happenings prevailed for me to write something on the dumbing down of unity, biblical unity or actual unity. One, I’m preaching through John for the second time, and I’m in John 17. Two, I somehow was directed to Todd Friel on his Wretched radio program, where he said (between 1 and 2 […]
Learn Greek, Archaeology, and Evangelism
Lord willing, we will be starting a new round of courses at our Bible Institute at Mukwonago Baptist Church in the (very) near future. Some brethren at a distance that offer both local and distance classes of their own have asked me to teach for them, and, of course, there are the local saints in […]
How Biblical Change Looks When It Happens — And the Opposite
Biblical change starts with conviction. The Holy Spirit reproves the world of sin (Jn 16:8). The Greek word is not about a feeling someone has, but someone convinced, as in being proven guilty. Romans 12:1 says true, perpetual worship of God is reasonable. Faith comes by hearing the Word of God. Every major change in […]
Should Christians Change?
Have you changed as a Christian since you became a Christian? Should Christians change? Change is characteristic of a Christian after he becomes a Christian at his justification by faith, the moment of His conversion. God changes him. He changes. This is sanctification. This is Christian growth. Scripture predicts the change of a Christian after […]