New Book on Separation in Pre-Publication, Online Audio, and European Tour
Pillar and Ground Publishing, out of our church, Bethel Baptist Church, in El Sobrante, CA has a new book in publication. It is in pre-publication, that is, the book is about to go to printer. Here’s the cover. After publication, the price will be $15 per book and $12 for multiple copies. Pre-publication price will […]
A Confession of Faith on the Inspiration and Preservation of Scripture, part 2
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Attacks or Denials of God’s Creation
Scripture emphasizes God as Creator. God Himself elevates His work of creation. He desires recognition and glory for what He did and then continues to do in sustaining the creation. Believing in Him as Creator is one vital aspect of believing in Him. In other words, you don’t believe in Him if you deny […]
I Don’t Like Door-to-Door But I Do Love It
We’ve discussed whether door-to-door is scriptural. But I need to tell you that I don’t like it. I dread it at least a little every time I go. The dislike and the dread don’t last long. How it works fits with what Jesus said in John 13:17, “If ye know these things, happy are ye […]
A Confession of Faith on the Inspiration and Preservation of Scripture, part 1
The confession of faith in this post has moved. Please click here to view this confession of faith.
Local Only Ecclesiology, Baptist History, and Landmarkism
Sometimes I get spam email from a character in an African country, who wants to help me out financially. Maybe you’ve deleted some of these letters too, knowing they’re a fraud. And then I get these letters from parachurch organizations or representatives who want to help me and my church. I like the scriptural analogy […]
The Embarrassing History of the Doctrine of Preservation for the Multiple Versionists
Is the historical doctrine of preservation an embarrassment to multiple versionists (MV)? I do ask this question in part because one MV recently asked if the preface of the King James Version (KJV) was an embarrassment to King James Onlyists (KJO). The preface is supposed to be embarrassing to someone like myself because the translators […]
Thoughts on “‘Keswick’ and the Reformed Doctrine of Sanctification” by J. I. Packer
I read, not too long ago, the article mentioned in the title of this post, by J. I. Packer, from The Evangelical Quarterly, vol. 27 (1955) 153-167. Packer is reviewing the book So Great Salvation: The History and Message of the Keswick Convention by Steven Barabas. Both Packer and Barabas are neo-evangelicals. Packer’s article was […]
How Door-to-Door Evangelism Works
Do the attitudes of people in general prevent someone from preaching the gospel door-to-door? No. Is the major problem with door-to-door preaching that people do not want strangers there uninvited? Is it “the secluded disposition so prevalent among much of suburbia”? Is it “the unsolicited presence is so intrusive and overbearing as to prevent the […]
Do You Have to Do Door-to-Door Evangelism?
Ignore your teeth, they’ll go away. Ignore door-to-door evangelism and you won’t preach the gospel to everyone. Does it matter if you don’t preach to everyone? If it doesn’t, then go ahead and ignore door-to-door. Churches ignore door-to-door. They are either defying what God said or they don’t believe it matters if you preach […]