Steven Anderson Is a False Teacher Who Believes and Preaches a False Gospel
For various reasons, Steven Anderson has risen to national prominence over the last five or ten years from his home in Tempe, Arizona. I understand his popularity. He is very good at self-promotion and in these postmodern times, Anderson speaks with absolute certainty. I am certain too, that Anderson is a false teacher who believes […]
Abiding in Christ: What Does it Mean? part 2 of 9, Word Study Continued
Joh 15:4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. Lord willing, this series of blog posts will examine John 15 after looking at each instance of the word meno in the New Testament. Expect detailed comments on John 15 later. 15:5 I […]
Correcting False Doctrine Outside of Your Church: Permissible or Encouraged in Scripture?
The major criticism of this blog from what I’ll call, ‘my own,’ is what it might do to ‘our churches.’ Pastors might have to deal with the can of worms I open, not when they want to deal with it. For the record, I don’t care what biblical issue someone brings up, that our church […]
Smiracles
This post ties into three recent ones on continuationism and making normative the Macedonian call (parts one and two). I’ve written on this in the past too (here). I’ve also written on the leading of the Spirit [here] (and that might not be all; it was a quick look). Here are six parts on a […]
Islam: Modernist or Rationalist Critique
Islam is on the way to being the largest world religion, as husbands and wives in Christendom disobey the Biblical pattern to have as many children as possible (Psalm 127:5) while Muslims have many children. Are you equipped to evangelize Muslims? How much do you know about the history of Islam? I believe the content […]
Is the Macedonian Call Normative for Missions Today? Part Two
Part One Before I begin part two, I want to draw your attention to a series on the call that two others and myself did at Jackhammer several years ago (my parts one, two, three, and four). Those will be helpful to get some more scriptural thinking than in these two posts. In part one, […]
Reflecting on My White Privilege
I am planning to writing further in the related series, “Making the Macedonian Call Normative in Missions Today” and “You Know You’re a Continuationist When…,” so stay tuned for those. Meanwhile, there’s this. Out of accession to popular culture, I want to take a moment to reflect on my white privilege. I can encourage other […]
Abiding in Christ: What Does it Mean? part 1 of 9, Word Study
What does it mean to abide in Christ? John 15, and other texts of Scripture, clearly teach that abiding in Christ is extremely important. To understand this essential, but too often misunderstood Biblical teaching, we are going to look at the New Testament references where the Greek word meno, translated “abide,” appears in Scripture. We […]
You Know You’re a Continuationist When….
Continuationism is a belief that the sign gifts of the Holy Spirit continue to and in the present age, such as miracles, tongues, healing, and prophecy. Continuationism is the opposite of cessationism. How bad is continuationism? Is it even a big deal? Scripture says it is. I say it is. Most say, not so much. […]
Proverbs 22:6 and Adoption, part 2 of 2
(Comment on part one of this study in last Friday’s post; see the complete study here; the PDF file there will also overcome garbled Greek or Hebrew fonts.) The uses of na’ar seen in the other books of the Bible continue to be valid within Proverbs itself. In the book’s introduction the word is employed […]