A Handy Explanatory Guide for Hillary Clinton’s Basket of Deplorables
A few nights ago, Hillary Clinton made what will be one of the more memorable statements in the 2016 United States presidential campaign: You know, to just be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump’s supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables. Right? The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic—you name it. And […]
Internet Filtering for Churches: High Quality, Low Price, Christian Influence: Covenant Eyes
Covenant Eyes offers attractive Internet filtering and accountability options for individuals and families. They have good customer service and produce a good product, and I feel confident recommending them. I have discussed on this blog in the past the benefits for individuals and for families of having this service. In the post below, however, I […]
Nationalism and Conservatism: Nations Are God’s Will
The term “nation” or “nations” occurs 481 times in the King James Version of the Bible. The Hebrew term most translated “nation” is go’-ee (pronunciation), which is found 554 times in the Hebrew Masoretic text of the Old Testament. The Greek term most translated “nation” is ethnos, which is found 164 times in the Greek […]
Hearing Voices: Extra-Canonical Fallacies (Including James White)
(Part Of This Series) When I preach, I preach an already settled text of scripture. I don’t determine what is scripture or wait for God to reveal to me what His Words are. That is already determined. I preach what is already there. I don’t wait for a voice in the head, telling me what […]
Keswick Testimonials Over Exegesis: in Keswick’s Errors–an Analysis and Critique of So Great Salvation by Stephen Barabas, part 4 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 theology, following the practice of the Broadlands Conference … its misinterpretation of […]
Getting Past Your Lying Eyes
People think they can look at the world in an objective way, totally impassive, unabated by bias, “just the facts, maam,” except that people are messed up. One important value to the holiness of God is that He has remained and remains separate from the mess. His Word retains the same holy quality. The […]
Distinctions in Churches and Characteristics of Churches: I Know What Distinguishes Ours
When I talk to most others about our church, I characterize it with the Lord Jesus Christ, His identity. We deny ourselves, take up our cross and follow Jesus. I might explain the Trinity. I could talk about a Christian worldview, where God is separate from and not part of His creation. The world has […]
Creationist and Jesus-Mythicist Videos, and a Blog for Women
Do you want a good resource for someone who thinks evolution is what all intelligent people believe in? Have you ever run into someone who says Jesus Christ did not exist, but was a myth (a Jesus mythicist)? A Great Creationist Video I am very pleased to let you know about Behind the MRI: The […]
Why I’m King James and the Contrast with a Dangerous King James Version Position
Like many English speaking people, I rely on the King James Version. I have biblical reasons. There are biblical reasons. The number one biblical reason is the doctrine of divine, perfect preservation of the text of scripture in the language in which it was written. The Bible teaches its own perfect preservation, including how it […]
Erroneous Reliance on Circumstances as Evidence of the Holy Spirit’s Leading
Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five Part Six Very often through the years, I have witnessed or heard professing believers speak about “waiting on the leading of the Holy Spirit,” and what they meant actually was “waiting on circumstances that they interpreted as the leading of […]