Schemes That Avoid Consequences Scripture Guarantees for True Followers of the Lord
This last several days, among other things, I’ve been reading In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson. It is the true story of the American ambassador to Germany, William E. Dodd, and his family at both the beginning of the FDR presidency and the start of Hitler’s ascent to power. On August 12, 1933 […]
Spirit Baptism, the Historic Baptist View, part 10
This complete study, with all it parts and with additional material not reproduced on this blog in this series, is available by clicking here. TDR
Orientation: This Side of the Glass
When I started college, I took an orientation course. Orientation was not about the course itself, but about college. Orientation was short compared to college—little bit of time about a much longer period of time. Life is about eternity. I am convinced that my life is an orientation for eternity. Everything in the here […]
Evangelistic website and Bible Software
Before going on, in my series on Spirit baptism, to deal with the lynch-pin of universal church dispensationalism, 1 Corinthians 12:13, which I will, Lord willing, begin to discuss next Friday, I wanted to make blog readers aware of two other matters. 1.) The evangelistic website “What Must I Do To Be Saved?” at http://sites.google.com/site/faithalonesaves/salvation […]
The Convergence of Aliens and the Apocalypse
In case you didn’t know, the expositions or sermons of our church are being regularly uploaded to our church website. We had a period where they were not, because of some technical issues, and then for a week or so because of Word of Truth sessions being uploaded, but now they are again. We are […]
Why Believe or Why We Should Believe What We Believe
A spectrum of belief exists between our own thinking on the left and what God says on the right. On the far right is believing what God says—all of it. On the far left is not believing what God says—none of it—but believing what you think. In between is a mixture of those two. Closer […]
Spirit Baptism, the Historic Baptist View, part 9
This complete study, with all it parts and with additional material not reproduced on this blog in this series, is available by clicking here. TDR
Postscript to the ETS Meeting
On November 16-17, I attended the Evangelical Theological Society meeting in San Francisco, mainly as an observer, then I did a series as a report. As one general observation, I wrote this: I wouldn’t travel far to go to an ETS meeting, but if it’s in your area, it would be worth the visit. I […]
A Debate about the Perfect Preservation of Scripture that You May Have Missed
Several years ago now (2008), I debated one of the Pyromaniacs about the perfect preservation of Scripture. If he had defeated me in the debate, I guarantee you that it would have been promoted and proclaimed and published big time all over the internet. However, the debate received crickets afterwards. Nobody said anything about it. […]
The Choice Between Regulating Church Growth Methodology by Scripture or by Silence
The panel discussion for the 2011 Word of Truth Conference on Ecclesiastical Separation is now available to play or download at our conference website. You may now read the post. +++++++++++++++++++++ For church growth, do you think it would be better to follow Scripture or silence? When I say silence, I’m talking about something […]