I Don’t Think Most Christians Even Know What the Great Commission Is
Growing up, I thought the Great Commission was “go.” It isn’t. Since I thought it was “go,” I thought it was evangelism. It isn’t. When you think it is “go,” and you think it is evangelism, then you will miss out on the Great Commission. That will also mess up your church in numbers of […]
How well do you know your Triune God?
The following are questions from the midterm review for the Trinitarianism course being posted to my website. They relate to the definitional and historical sections from the first portion of the course, and also deal with the sanctifying power of knowing the Trinity. Can you answer these questions? How well do you know God–do you […]
A SAFE PLACE: Biblical Inerrancy and Perfect Preservation
As God’s Word, the Bible stands as final authority for faith and practice. What it says clashes with the world system and with man’s depravity, so it will always be under attack by that system and by men. The more scripture has grown and will grow out of fashion with the culture, the more […]
Concessions As Root Cause of Same Sex Marriage
The fundamental argument for the distinct roles for man and woman is creation order. You see it in 1 Corinthians 11:8-9, For the man is not of the woman: but the woman of the man. Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man. and 1 Timothy 2:13, For Adam […]
The Covenant Name of God: Jehovah or Yahweh?
The vowels of the Tetragrammaton, that is, Yehowah or Jehovah (Exodus 6:3; Psalm 83:18; Isaiah 12:2; 26:4) are not a late addition, but represent the original and true pronunciation of the profoundly significant Divine Name. The commonly repeated modern idea that the pronunciation Jehovah is a late and incorrect invention, while Yahweh is the true […]
John MacArthur’s Strange Fire Conference
I want to commend John MacArthur on his repudiation of the Charismatic movement as a whole. For awhile, his church has been advertising the Strange Fire Conference on October 16-18 of this year for the purpose of exposing the Charismatic movement. I also believe that he is right in saying that a majority of the […]
Debriefing the Les Ollila Interview
Les Ollila is the former president of Northland Baptist Bible College, now Northland International University. When I was in high school, our family had Ollila in for a meal when he was in Watertown, WI to speak at the Wisconsin State Youth Conclave. I think it may have been the first ever WSYC. At that […]
“The just shall live by faith”— A Study of the Relationship of Faith to Salvation in its Justifying, Sanctifying, and Glorifying Fulness, part 16
The study in this post is now part of a larger study available online by clicking here: “The just shall live by faith”— A Study of Faith’s Connection with Salvation in All Its Justifying, Sanctifying, and Glorifying Fullness The part here began with the words: In the book of Galatians, Paul quotes Genesis 15:6 and […]
The Bible Teaches Permanent Justification, Eternal Security, Unconditional Security, and Once Saved, Always Saved
Several years ago, I read through my entire Bible on the side in addition to everything else I do and with the sole purpose of looking for everything it said about the security of salvation. I read a few books on it. I read the criticism of that doctrine. I prepared hundreds of powerpoint slides […]
How Big Is Disobedience to 2 Corinthians 6:14?
The Corinthians were shutting the Apostle Paul out because of the influence of unbelievers. The prescription was a command in 2 Corinthians 6:14, “Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers.” Then Paul spends several verses giving reasons why to obey this command. It’s a command from God. It’s also axiomatic in light of the […]