Another Quixotic Whiff for Mark Ward on the Bible and Its Preservation
With full disclaimer, from my childhood I recall Gilligan and the fearless crew on the uncharted desert isle. Mr. Howell, the Professor, and Skipper are dressed as women in an attempt to fool some visiting natives looking for a “white goddess” to throw into their volcano. Not expecting any of those three to pull it […]
Who is God? Bible study #2
Following Bible study #1 on the character of Scripture as inspired and preserved, Bible study #2, on the most important Being, covers the nature of God, discussing His incommunicable attributes such as omnipotence, self-existence, His character as a Spirit, and so on, as well as communicable attributes such as justice, love, holiness, etc. The meaning […]
The Myth of the Recovering Fundamentalist
I’ve been a fundamentalist. I’m not one. Do I consider myself to have “recovered”? I left fundamentalism. I separated from it. I didn’t escape it. I didn’t recover from it. I stopped being a fundamentalist. I didn’t go through a process of recovery. I saw it was wrong to be one, so I stopped being […]
Biblical Preservation and Canonicity: Bible study 1B
Years ago, as a member of Lehigh Valley Baptist Church, I was introduced to the Scriptural pattern of doing evangelistic Bible studies with the lost as well as simply preaching the gospel to them at their doors. There are a number of good evangelistic Bible studies that have been written; the ones available here are in use in a number […]
King Jesus, the Least of the Commandments, and the Destructive Essential/Non-Essential Doctrine
In the flow of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5, He preaches the requirement for entrance into His kingdom (5:1-12) and then the present identity on the earth of its citizens, salt and light (5:13-16). Salt presents the negative identity of influence against decay or corruption (5:13). Light presents the positive identity of […]
Test Your Theological Knowledge!
How is your theological knowledge? If you would like to find out, the: Theological Placement Exam (click on the link) is a useful test. I do not endorse Credo House, which produced the test, because of its new evangelical character and compromise to the point where it will produce material by “evangelicals” who are willing to […]
Baptism Debate Questions Answered: The Jacoby / Ross debate questions we ran out of time before answering, part 2 of 2
In my debate with Dr. Douglas Jacoby on the topic of whether faith before baptism is the moment of the new birth (I argued yes, he argued no) or baptism after faith is the moment of the new birth (I argued no, he argued yes), we had a question and answer session at the end of […]
The Religion of Social Justice And Its Infiltration of Churches
For my entire lifetime, liberal theology has presented an alternative to the biblical story. Man arises progressively through naturalistic origins. The Christian story is superstition, proceeding from mythology in various cultures with hopes of explaining the past and the present. Instead of taking the Bible literally, use it as an allegory, a source of archetypes […]
Lack of Application of Scripture to Cultural Issues and Ecclesiastical Separation Now Haunting Conservative Evangelicals Like MacArthur
Scripture exhaustively and scrupulously furnishes and profits unto every good work (2 Timothy 3:16-17). For scripture to do this, it must be applied. The Bible doesn’t say, “Thou shalt not smoke crack pipes.” The Bible does make that point, but it must be applied to do so. Scripture applies to cultural issues. God wants His […]
Baptism Debate Questions Answered: The Jacoby / Ross debate questions we ran out of time before answering, part 1 of 2
In my recent debate with Dr. Douglas Jacoby on the topic of whether faith before baptism is the moment of the new birth (I argued yes, he argued no) or baptism after faith is the moment of the new birth (I argued no, he argued yes), we had a question and answer session at the […]