The Use of the Singular in the Bible, and the Church
Bruce Waltke in his Biblical Hebrew Syntax writes (p. 113): Hebrew uses the grammatical singular for countables, for collectives, and for class nouns. . . . With countables the singular serves to enumerate one object. “The earth” in Genesis 1:2 is an early example. He continues (pp. 113-114): With collectives the singular designates a group. […]
The Anabaptists Did Not Get the Trinity From Constantine, and the Ancient Arians Were Bloody Persecutors
In modern times, anti-Trinitarian cults like to claim that the doctrine of the Trinity came from Constantine, and was imposed upon an unwilling Christian world by the power of the Roman Church – State. However, such a claim is simply false, especially for the true churches, the Anabaptist churches that were separated from the Roman […]
Ekklesia Means “Assembly” pt. 3
Part One, Part Two, (A Related Blogpost) Why is the idea of the universal church dangerous? (For Those Who Want In Depth Exegesis on the Church, Find It from the Many Links at the Right Column Under “Posts On the Church”) I think this could be a pretty good discussion, but Don Johnson has just (11/24) […]
The Kaufman, Kafkaesque Performance “Art”/Hoax That Is Most of Professing Christianity Today
Last week a hoax resulted in some believing that the “late” Andy Kaufman was still alive. Some had already felt he had faked his death in 1984. I knew little of Kaufman. I remembered seeing him once on television when I was a teenager — I never saw one episode of Taxi, a show on […]
A Potentially High Interest Investment that Can be done with Christian and Socially Conscious Principles — Peer-to-Peer Lending
Prosper, a peer-to-peer lending firm, offers opportunities for a high-interest investment—it advertises an average return of around 9%. What is peer-to-peer lending? The adequate summary below is from an article in Wikipedia: Peer-to-peer lending (also known as person-to-person lending, peer-to-peer investing, and social lending; abbreviated frequently as P2P lending) is the practice of lending money to […]
The Falsehood of English Separatism
Many who profess to be Baptist today claim the English separatist view of Baptist history. They say that Baptists began during and as a part of the Protestant Reformation. And yet they are “Baptists.” I ask, “How?” Just as examples, Roman Catholics don’t teach immersion for believers only, don’t believe justification by faith, don’t teach […]
WORD OF TRUTH CONFERENCE AUDIO
All the sessions from Wednesday night to Saturday morning are already available in audio at the Word of Truth website (click here). There is the capacity to download and to play the audio right at the site. The three morning sessions that relate to the theme of the conference are the following: Soulwinning Versus Salesmanship […]
How is your growth in the knowledge of your Triune God?
As a believer, you are to grow in grace, and in the knowledge of Christ, and of the Triune God revealed through Christ (2 Peter 3:18, etc.) You are to love your God with all your mind, as well as all your soul and all your strength. How well do you know the Triune […]
Reformed Continuationists: Strange Fire or Not?
We have our Word of Truth Conference this week. You’ll at least have audio from the conference, some before it’s over and all shortly thereafter, Lord-willing. You’ll probably have video. I’m looking into live-streaming. We’ve never done it. ++++++ I’m also planning on finishing the series on Ekklesia, or the last part of that series, which would […]
I-MAGINATION: The God of Truth Replaced in an Age of Apostasy
Bethel Baptist Church will hold its fifth annual Word of Truth Conference this week Wednesday to Sunday, November 6-10. It’s a beautiful time of the year in Northern California, unlike some of the rest of the country. The first three years of the conference were on the purity of the church, and a book came […]