“The just shall live by faith”— A Study of the Relationship of Faith to Salvation in its Justifying, Sanctifying, and Glorifying Fulness, part 15
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: The specific quotations of Genesis 15:6 and Habakkuk 2:4 in […]
Why Does this President of the United States Remain Popular?
If the Republicans had even a slightly better candidate than Mitt Romney for President in 2012, I believe they would have won the election. I say this because of the after-election reports that conservatives did not show up. Less people voted than 2008, so a big Republican turn-out could have swung the election the other […]
Origin of the Universe and Life: Random or Designed
Genesis 1:1 starts: “In the beginning God.” The most basic understanding of world view comes down to whether you support those four English words or not. If you accept them, that changes everything for you. You are no longer free to assign meaning and value to the world. God does that for you. Since there […]
Has God Made Numerical Church Growth Difficult to Figure Out or Hard to Understand?
The church in Jerusalem grew. As it grew, it built bigger buildings, its leaders became famous, were approached for book contracts, and scheduled for large conferences, and many came from all over to visit to find its secret. No. Nothing like that. Its members fled for their lives and nearly all its leaders were […]
“The just shall live by faith”— A Study of the Relationship of Faith to Salvation in its Justifying, Sanctifying, and Glorifying Fulness, part 14
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: The peitho word group supplies further light on the nature […]
What Can We Conclude from How Big Churches Get or How Small They Are?
This week I was reading the tale of a pastor in which he compared his time of pastoring a small congregation with little to no numerical growth to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The idea was that God was putting him to death, crucifying him, through this experience of staying small despite his sincerity, intentions, […]
Graduation Address from our M.Div Recipient
We had an M.Div. graduate in our theology program, and here is David Warner’s commencement address. ********************************* First, I want to say that I count it an honor and privilege to serve the Lord with these two men, who have partaken in bringing me to this point. I enjoy their fellowship in the ministry of […]
“The just shall live by faith”— A Study of the Relationship of Faith to Salvation in its Justifying, Sanctifying, and Glorifying Fulness, part 13
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: The Apostle Paul also taught that a believer’s continuing faith […]
The Strategy of Doubt
In 1908 G. K. Chesterton in Orthodoxy wrote (p. 55): A man was meant to be doubtful about himself, but undoubting about the truth; this has been exactly reversed. Nowadays the part of a man that a man does assert is exactly the part he ought not to assert — himself. That was a hundred […]
Memorial Day Family Update
When I look at our nation’s flag and I see the red stripes, I recognize the sacrifice paid for freedom. Generally, soldiers have died for our freedom. They died in Korea and Vietnam because of the threat of communism. It had to be stopped somewhere. The Persian Gulf War was a little more complicated, but […]