“The Old Testament is Mainly Fiction, not Fact”: the Dan Barker – Thomas Ross Debate
I am very pleased to announce that my debate with Dan Barker, President of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, on the topic: “The Old Testament is Mainly Fiction, not Fact,” is now available online. (Of course, Mr. Barker was in the affirmative and I was in the negative.) Mr. Barker and his organization are very […]
An Analysis and Review of Kevin Bauder’s “Landmarkism”
Someone gave me a copy of two books by Kevin Bauder, his Baptist Distinctives and New Testament Church Order, and One in Hope and Doctrine: Origins of Baptist Fundamentalism, 1870-1950, the latter co-written by Robert Delnay. Despite our differences and perhaps even his protests, Kevin Bauder and I have a lot in common, I think […]
Case Study in the Rise of a False Doctrine or Misinterpretation of Scripture: Preservation Passages
Paul told Timothy that from a child he had known the holy scriptures (1 Tim 3:15). God wrote scripture so that people could understand it, so it isn’t God and it isn’t the Bible that people don’t understand it. What is it? What happens? Many things. Men teach false doctrine. They conform scripture to their […]
Keswick’s Corrupt Gospel: in Keswick’s Errors–an Analysis and Critique of So Great Salvation by Stephen Barabas, part 7 of 17
The content of this post is now available at the link viewable by clicking here. It combines all the parts of this series of blog posts in one file. Please view the material at that link. This part covers from the words: “Keswick adopted the error of the Broadlands Conference and its successors … Many […]
The Male and the Female Vote
I don’t want to preempt my own post from Wednesday with this little one, so please read yesterday’s posting HERE. Nate Silver has compared, if only women voted and if only men voted, percentages. You can see the impact of women on the vote. Does this mean anything scripturally? Should Christians take this into consideration?
Comparative: Amending the U. S. Constitution and Amending the Bible
Perhaps you are impressed with the founding fathers of the United States and their work on the Constitution. Perhaps you like that document and its outcome for the United States. The United States was no powerhouse when the Constitution was written. They became one with it. We can’t chalk that up only to the Constitution, […]
You Should Consider Very Strongly How Bad A Clinton Administration Will Be
When you go to vote and you consider third party, write-in, not voting at all, or voting for Hillary Clinton, you need to consider how bad that administration will be. The Democrats aren’t going to miss on their Supreme Court justices like Republicans have. They will get a liberal justice to replace Scalia. It will […]
Judging the 2016 Presidential Election as of Today, October 9
I don’t think anyone should vote for Trump because of his godliness or moral purity or even his Christian faith. This is not how to judge this election. The media, which supports Hillary Clinton at something greater than 90%, released the tape on the weekend to hurt Trump. It’s not news. Everyone already knew that […]
Inexpensive Prepaid Cell Phone Plans
In the past on this blog I have reviewed Republic Wireless and FreedomPop. With Republic Wireless, customers can get unlimited talk and text for only $15 a month. With FreedomPop, one can get a cell phone plan that is totally free–$0 a month–but has limited minutes. Let’s say, though, that neither of those companies is […]
Analyzing King James Version Revision or Update Arguments, pt. 2
Part One I’m happy our church uses the King James Version. Because of our belief in the preservation of its underlying text, our church can’t use the New King James Version, even if it were a superior translation. The NKJV doesn’t come from the identical Hebrew and Greek text of the KJV, so we won’t […]