Honoring Joshua Bernard, Marine Corporal, and Bringing Awareness to Rules of Engagement
We’ve seen mainly controversy over the publishing of a photo of Marine Corporal Joshua Bernard and his recent death in Afghanistan. To start though, I would like to honor his commitment to duty and service to our nation. According to the testimony of his father in this video, his fellow Marines called him “holy man” […]
Does Accommodation to Culture Help Evangelism?
My last post, an evaluation of Stephen Davis’ article on church planters at SharperIron, triggered my thinking on a major theme in his piece, that is, the place of culture in the evangelism of the lost. Here’s the way Davis’ pictured it: You might be surprised at how many people think that new churches should […]
Church Planting Foolishness
My wife happened to be sitting next to me when I was reading this article on church planting over at SharperIron. Yes, I look at their main post to see what they’re talking about and I get sucked in. The moral of the story might be to stop looking there any more. I know that. […]
A True Statement on Dealing with a Disagreement on an Issue
Dave Doran, pastor of Inter-City Baptist Church and president of Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary, recently made this statement over at his blog. As an example, if someone wants to preach a message on women never wearing pants, then the burden on me would be to evaluate the arguments that are made and, if I disagree, […]
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WORD OF TRUTH CONFERENCE HEADQUARTERS The information for the Word of Truth Conference will be stored at this site. More and more will be added as the time gets closer. The dates for the 2009 Word of Truth Conference are November 11-15, Wednesday through Sunday. During the evenings of Wednesday through Friday, there will be […]
The Debate over the Prohibition of Alcoholic Beverage part five
Let’s review some things. God prohibits drinking alcoholic beverage in Proverbs 23:31. The terms yayin, oinos, and shekar, translated “wine” and “strong drink,” can be either alcoholic or non-alcoholic, and this must be indicated by the context in which they are used. Now a question. Having those two points in mind, how does a particular […]
The Debate over the Prohibition of Alcoholic Beverage part four
Here’s a poem written in 1847, “Look Not Upon the Wine When It Is Red” by N. P. Willis. Look not upon the wine when itIs red within the cup ;Stay not for pleasure when she fillsHer tempting beaker up ;Though clear its depths, and rich its glow,A spell of madness lurks below.They say ’tis […]
The Debate over the Prohibition of Alcoholic Beverage part three
Do you think that juice that is just squeezed or pressed out of grapes is alcoholic? Do you really believe that if you kept drinking juice the instant it came from grapes that at some point you could get drunk from drinking that juice? Really? That’s the argument you’re supposed to believe if you take […]
The Debate over the Prohibition of Alcoholic Beverage part two
God cannot deny Himself. He cannot lie. Therefore, Scripture will not contradict itself. The Bible does not contradict itself. We always have a reasonable explanation for what might seem like a contradiction. In the Old Testament we have the word yayin (“wine”) used 134 times. What are we to think that yayin is? How are […]
The Debate over the Prohibition of Alcoholic Beverage part one
In my lifetime, I cannot remember a debate about the prohibition of alcohol among people in churches with Bible as sole authority. What has happened? I believe it has started with the acceptance of alcohol in evangelical, non-separatist churches. One important way that these churches have become popular is through their compromise. They reduce this […]