An Obvious Bibliological Contradiction: Canon — Theological, Text — “Scientific”
In modern bibliology in both evangelicalism and fundamentalism, we got our canon through Divine means, but the text of Scripture through scientific or rational means. Is there a doctrinal basis for this distinction? None at all. The distinction is a purely pragmatic one. It’s a bigger leap for evangelicals and fundamentalists to believe in the […]
Before I Continue My Selective Reformation Series
I’m preparing to write part three of Selective Reformation, hoping for saints to correct their understanding now of the nature of the church. However, I have written on this online, so I want to link those for you and then a few articles written by others. My Articles Online on Ekklesia Ekklesia History of Doctrine: […]
Sermons Are Being Uploaded Again at Church Website
We’re uploading sermons again for free here at the Bethel website. You can listen or download. They are usually me (Kent Brandenburg) or Pastor David Sutton.
Theistic or Divine Correction to the Man-Centered Trajectory of Modern Bibliology
Man has a rebellion problem. He wants charge of everything or anything in defiance of Divine rule. God is a Spirit. And since men can’t see Him, they very often act as though He either doesn’t exist or He is relatively uninvolved in what He created. We know from what He inspired, the Bible, that […]
Between Two Worlds: How Evangelicals and Fundamentalists Keep Scripture from the World in Which We Live
British evangelical John Stott died in the last week. Several years ago, he wrote a book on preaching, Between Two Worlds. The “between two worlds” metaphor says that preaching bridges the gap between two worlds, the world of the biblical text, an ancient world, and the world of the contemporary hearer. In an older interview […]
Selective Reformation pt. 2
Afterwards a story is told. The story is history. It might be historical that someone believed something, but that doesn’t mean that something is true. It might just mean that somebody believed it. That’s all. And that has some significance. Some. But usually too much to too many people. What is written as history often […]
Preaching Repentance
Some have asked about how to preach repentance. Here’s what I do. My outline in preaching is “four things you need to know.” The fourth point is, “We must believe in Jesus.” In that point I say something like the following. “Just because Jesus died for everyone doesn’t mean that everyone goes to heaven. There […]
Does Shelton Smith and the Sword of the Lord Teach a True Gospel? part three
Calling something a false gospel is very serious. I take it seriously. Is there a faith that does not save? We know there is. We can see that in James 2. And what is the faith there that does not save? It is the faith that demons have (James 2:19). Their faith is intellectual, that […]
Selective Reformation
Roman Catholicism botched up Christianity, massively changed it by mixing it with spiritualized, allegorical interpretation and Platonic philosophy. The Reformation addressed this in a major fashion especially in the one area of soteriology, the doctrine of salvation. However, the Reformation didn’t get to the root of the problem with Catholicism, that is, the faulty hermeneutic […]
Excellent Article on the Major Minor Issue
Lance Ketchum sent me an article he wrote on the major-minor issue. What he wrote is something that I haven’t pointed out, but I absolutely agree with him. This is worldly leaven that has entered the lump of the church. He advocates that churches are being influenced by worldly philosophy in this way. Read this […]