Historiography, Bible Doctrine, and the Text of Scripture
Historiography as it stands today refers to the methodology used by historians to decide history. It covers the approach a historian will use for judging what happened in the past. This is important to Bible doctrine, because there is a history to Bible doctrine, and to the text of scripture, because there is a history […]
Ask Jesus into your Heart? 14 Reasons not to, part 3 of 3
The last two Fridays we have looked at the question of whether the lost need to ask Jesus into their hearts, and have provided ten reasons why the answer is “no.” We will look now at four final reasons. 11.) Nobody asked Jesus to come into his heart to be saved for the overwhelming majority […]
Delusional Disconnect and Legitimate Demonstration
The French supported the American revolution. Then most Americans started supporting the French revolution, until they were revolted by what took awhile to hear across the Atlantic. The American revolution proceeded from Great Awakening and its resultant natural rights. The French Revolution was spawned by dead religion and consequential paganism. We see the French model […]
Are the Qualifications for the Office of the Pastor Also Disqualifications?
The Apostle Paul in two of the pastoral epistles lists qualifications for the office of the pastor of a church. In 1 Timothy 3:2-7, in the form of a list, they are blameless the husband of one wife vigilant sober of good behaviour given to hospitality apt to teach not given to wine no striker […]
Ask Jesus into your Heart? 14 Reasons not to, part 2 of 3
Do the lost need to ask Jesus into their hearts in order to be saved? Last Friday we saw five reasons why the answer is “no”! Here are reasons #6-10. 6.) Asking Jesus to come into your heart confuses the means of salvation with a result of salvation. When a lost sinner, enabled by […]
Honesty About the Historical Position on Preservation
Recently I’ve taken up the cause of the preservation of Scripture, mainly in view of an edition of Frontline magazine, which has an article by David Shumate, entitled: “The Doctrine of Preservation: The Need of the Hour in the Bible Version Debate.” John Vaughn referenced this same statement, “the doctrine of preservation is ‘the need […]
MacArthur and Piper and Driscoll: Case Study on God Wanting Ecclesiastical Separation and That It Should Matter
Sometimes you hear evangelicals say that fundamentalists define themselves by the doctrine of separation, when they should be delineating themselves by the gospel. Again, the reference for this that I most often hear is 1 Corinthians 15:3-4, which starts, “For I delivered unto you first of all,” which the New American Standard Version (NASV) translates, […]
14 Reasons not to Ask Jesus into your Heart, part 1 of 3
Since the terminology of asking Christ into one’s heart in order to be saved became popular in the 1950s, many millions of people have asked Jesus into their hearts and thought that they were saved because they did so. Since the clear truth of the gospel of Christ is that sinners become the children of […]
Various Editions of the “Which TR?” Question in a Debate about the Preservation of Scripture
We have new youtube presentations of the 2014 Word of Truth Conference. Look here for all of them. And if you want to go straight to mine on Sentimentalism Versus Love and Doubt Versus Certainty, go to here 1, here 2, here 3, and here 4. ************************** I got a Jews for Jesus mailing last […]
Psalm 12:6–7 and Gender Discordance: the anti-KJV and anti-preservation argument debunked (again)
Psalm 12:6–7 states: The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. Opponents of the perfect preservation of Scripture often claim that Psalm 12:6–7 cannot refer to the preservation of […]