Race and Culture
Let’s start with a definition of race from Martin Luther King, Jr. in his I Have a Dream speech on August 28, 1963: I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of […]
As the Church Is Subject Unto Christ
To help wives understand their responsibility to their husbands, Paul uses the church as the model, when he writes in Ephesians 5:24: Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. Wives are to be subject to their own husbands in every thing as […]
Preaching with Power, Like Jesus Christ Did
Luke 4:32 reads: And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power. και εξεπλησσοντο επι τη διδαχη αυτου οτι εν εξουσια ην ο λογος αυτου. Would you like to preach with power, the way Christ did? Many people have unbiblical ideas about what this would involve. The word “power” in this […]
What About Special Music in the Church?
Sometimes at our church, our people will hear me (pastor) say, “When I say special music, I don’t mean special like special education.” If it is special like I mean it, then it should be special. Last week, I made mention of a discussion or argument among certain evangelicals and fundamentalists (see here, here, and […]
Moving the Goal Posts on Christian Liberty
Where do Christians have liberty? They have liberty on non-scriptural issues. Where the Bible is silent, believers have the liberty to do what they want, but with certain guidelines. Believers don’t have liberty to disobey scripture (Romans 6:1). If it is scriptural, they must do it, whatever scripture says to believe and do. They don’t […]
Frederick B. Meyer: “Baptist” Kewsick Advocate & Apostate False Teacher, part 3 of 4
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.
Two Posts of Interest in the Near Future
I didn’t post this morning, because I have more going on then I normally do, that I’m forced to get done. However, I really want to write on two issues of interest in the near future. Both of them would take longer than I have right now. They are somewhat unrelated. The first one is […]
Canaanite DNA and Fake News
The New York Times joined in the story of DNA proof the Canaanites survived despite God’s command to the destroy them in the Bible. I saw the headline of the story last week at RCP, and my immediate thought was that God commanded their destruction. God also commanded Adam and Eve not to eat of […]
Mark 13:32: the Son’s Glorious Ignorance of the Day and Hour
Mark 13:32 reads: But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. This verse is a favorite of anti-Trinitarians. However, it by no means disproves the true Deity and equality of the Son of God with His Father; rather, it […]
Should I Blog?
Within this last year, someone approached me, who I believe really cares, to tell me he didn’t think I should blog. It related mainly to church autonomy, that pastors will have to deal with problems at a time not of their choice, because of what their members will read here. I might be 100% true […]