The Proper Understanding of Affections
The Great Awakening was perhaps the second most important era in American history after the founding of the Jamestown colony in 1607. The Great Awakening describes a period in the mid 1730s to early 1740s in England and its colonies that resulted in a massive number of conversions and increased devotion to God’s Word. In […]
The Erroneous Epistemology of Multiple Version Onlyism part three
In his private notebooks, Jonathan Edwards wrote: If we look over all the accounts we have of the several nations of the earth, and consider everything that has been advanced by any or all of the philosophers, we can meet with nothing to induce us to think that the first religion of the world was […]
The Erroneous Epistemology of Multiple Version Onlyism part two
How do we know what we know? David Hume insisted that all beliefs be based upon evidence and that the reality of evil was proof that God didn’t actually exist. Post- enlightenment epistemology demands the search of all our beliefs by reason, so that a belief without support of evidence is irrational. But there is […]
The Erroneous Epistemology of Multiple Version Onlyism part one
Recently in our discussion about the perfect preservation of Scripture, I’ve been told that my problem is a faulty epistemology. Here are some quotes from Jason in the comment section: Frankly, your hermeneutic and your exegesis are scary, but your epistemology is even more scary. As I’ve mentioned before, the root of this issue is […]
“Primary” and “Secondary,” Biblical Separation, and Application of Scripture: Johnson, MacArthur, Driscoll, and Murray pt. 2
Quintessential Christian biographer, Iain Murray, wrote a sketch of John MacArthur that was included in the book, Truth Endures, a 2009 commemoration of MacArthur’s forty years of ministry at Grace Community, published by Grace to You. Phil Johnson, executive director of Grace to You, preached at the 2009 Shepherd’s Conference against smutty pulpit language, exposing […]
“Primary” and “Secondary,” Biblical Separation, and Application of Scripture: Johnson, MacArthur, Driscoll, and Murray pt. 1
I do not believe that evangelicals especially, conservative or otherwise, obey biblical commands of separation. The mighty problems in evangelicalism and even fundamentalism come in a major way because they do not separate as Scripture teaches, either ecclesiastically or personally. They fellowship with unscriptural doctrine and practice. The descending slide in this country has been […]
The Indifference of Contemporary Fundamentalism
Kevin Bauder, dean of Central Baptist Theological Seminary, has revived the usage of the term “indifferentism,” and then concocted a companion word, “everythingism.”(1) He snatched the term from the writings of J. Gresham Machen, early fundamentalist. Bauder writes: “J. Gresham Machen labeled them “’indifferentists.’” In 1923 Machen uses the word “indifferentism” on pp. 50-51 of […]
Whose Beliefs Aren’t Taught In Scripture and Have No History Before the Nineteenth Century?
What would you think if what you believed had no biblical basis and no history before the nineteenth century? What would you call yourself? Could you even have such a belief? Who do you think of when I ask such a question? Is it the Mormons? Is it the Jehovah’s Witnesses? Is it the Campbellites? […]
Brainwashed Bibliology
For years evangelicals and fundamentalists (of the non revivalist variety) have given the cold shoulder to supporters of the King James Version (KJS = King James Supporters). I designate King James Only men that way because of the pejorative nature of the KJVO identification. Most evangelicals and fundamentalists are not likely to listen to anything […]
Why to Delete a Facebook Account
Facebook introduced me to world of internet social networking. I was in an orchestral board meeting and I mentioned “the rolodex.” I got real laughter. “You use a rolodex?” I was bewildered. I had not heard that rolodex was out. “People use facebook now.” Well, I didn’t know that facebook had replaced the rolodex, but […]