Omissions From the Gospel, Important to Consider: Follow-Up
It looks like two different gospels (or more), what some might justify is two different versions or editions of the gospel, is mostly fine with independent Baptists and fundamentalists. I see most as really picky about the Bible version, pant/skirt, and music issue, but fairly come-what-may, kesara sara about the gospel, at the same time […]
Omissions From the Gospel, Important to Consider
I’m taking a short break from my series assessing independent Baptists, but this is still related to part four. I wish more interest would spread about the subject of that part in the series. Men are justified by faith in Jesus Christ. Men must believe in Jesus Christ to be saved. This is different than […]
An Honest Basic Assessment of Independent Baptists, pt. 5
Pt. 1, Pt. 2, Pt. 3, Pt. 4 The most important question someone has to answer in an assessment of himself, his family, or his church is whether the belief or practice is scriptural. I’ve been offering my assessment of independent Baptists on those terms, not because I want folks to leave independent Baptist churches […]
Hannah W. Smith’s Higher Life Corruption of Conversion: part 15 of 21 in Hannah W. Smith: Keswick Founder, Higher Life Preacher, Quaker Quietist and Universalist Heretic
This entire 21-part study appears on the FaithSaves.net website in a study entitled “Hannah Whitall Smith: Higher Life Writer, Speaker on Sanctification, Developer of the Keswick Theology, Quaker Quietist and Universalist Heretic.” Click here to read the entire study. Search for: “In addition to rejecting the core Biblical doctrine of justification, Mrs. Smith was very […]
An Honest Basic Assessment of Independent Baptists, pt. 4
The labels or designations for churches could be reduced to something like “the church,” and that would exclude almost no one. “The Church of Christ” denomination makes a big deal about the name, as if not having the right name alone disqualifies a church. If you know Baptist history, you know that “Baptist” isn’t a […]
An Honest Basic Assessment of Independent Baptists, pt. 3
When men stand before God, some might argue, what difference will it make what name or identity they were given on earth? People aren’t going to be called independent Baptist in heaven, so it doesn’t matter what they’re called right now on earth. For the most part, I’ve written, the independent Baptists do represent heaven […]
Questions for Seventh Day Adventists
The following are some (slightly edited) questions I asked a Seventh-Day Adventist with whom I engaged in a significant amount of dialogue. They deal with some of the damnable heresies and grievous errors of the Adventist religion. If, dear reader, you are a Seventh-Day Adventist, these are some of the issues that you really need […]
An Honest Basic Assessment of Independent Baptists, pt. 2
The first post in what is a series of undetermined length laid out some of the setting for this analysis. Who are we talking about when we say, “independent Baptists”? I did somewhat differentiate myself from independent Baptists by calling myself unaffiliated, but based on the most conservative definition, I’m still an independent Baptist. I […]
An Honest Basic Assessment of Independent Baptists, pt. 1
The best shortest designation of me, that would distinguish me more clearly than any other short description with words that the most people could understand, is probably “independent Baptist” (I noticed Wikipedia uses this terminology). However, even as I say that, I prefer to be called an “unaffiliated Baptist,” because I don’t think “independent Baptist” […]
Hannah W. Smith and Catholic Mystical Quietism: part 14 of 21 in Hannah W. Smith: Keswick Founder, Higher Life Preacher, Quaker Quietist and Universalist Heretic
This entire 21-part study appears on the FaithSaves.net website in a study entitled “Hannah Whitall Smith: Higher Life Writer, Speaker on Sanctification, Developer of the Keswick Theology, Quaker Quietist and Universalist Heretic.” Click here to read the entire study. Search for: “Hannah Smith’s Higher Life theology, promulgated in the Keswick movement, that sanctification produces a […]