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Is a Gathering of the Church, “a Worship Service,” a Biblical Belief? (Part Fifteen)
Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five Part Six Part Seven Part Eight Part Nine Part Ten Part Eleven Part Twelve Part Thirteen Part Fourteen 1 Peter 2 and 2 Peter 1 beautifully reinforce one another. In 2 Peter […]
Is a Gathering of the Church, “a Worship Service,” a Biblical Belief? (Part Eleven)
Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five Part Six Part Seven Part Eight Part Nine Part Ten Even though music itself is not words, this does not mean it is morally or theologically empty or neutral. In a major way, modern so-called worship […]
Is a Gathering of the Church, “a Worship Service,” a Biblical Belief? (Part Nine)
Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five Part Six Part Seven Part Eight Biblical worship should be reverent, joyful, solemn, heartfelt, sincere, spiritually alive, orderly, truthful, and God-centered. Psalm 95 says both “O come, let us sing unto the LORD” (v. 1) and “O come, […]
Drawing the Line on Masculinity: Getting a Male Role Back (Part Two)
Part One An Epistemological Problem To retrieve their male role, men must first settle on what the male role is. This also overlaps with the definition of masculinity. To know the male role requires objective truth. The truth of the male role or masculinity defines, describes, and explains it. Almost certainly, the reason behind the […]
Steps in the Right Process for Belief Change (Part Six)
Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five Cultural Issues and the Transcendence of God Major, widespread changes in professing Christianity occurred in what people term, “cultural issues.” For the purposes of this article, I refer “cultural issues” to standards of dress, music, entertainment, art, language, and aesthetics. Biblically […]
A True View of the World: Inside or Outside?
Anthony Kennedy and Casey In the Supreme Court decision “Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania V. Robert P. Casey” in 1992, Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote in his opinion: At the heart of liberty is the right to define one’s own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life. Is […]
God the Highest and Its Ramifications
Our Father, Which Art In Heaven The model prayer of Matthew 6 and Luke 11 begins with the words: “Our Father which art in heaven.” Very often, I will follow this model and pray something like the following: “Dear Father, I ask that you will be praised. You are high and far above us.” What […]
Roman Catholicism Versus Protestantism: Candace Owens Show (part two)
Part One Why criticize in particular a debate between George Farmer, Candace Owens’ (Farmer’s?) husband, and Allie Beth Stuckey? On the other hand, why not find better representatives for a debate between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism? I say, George and Allie bring a teaching moment in this controversy. They deal with the issues on more […]
Textual Criticism Related to the Bible Bows to Modernity
Christianity is old. There is no new and improved version of it. It is what it started to be. Changing it isn’t a good thing. Let me expand. Modern and Modernity Right now as I implement the term “modern” I am using it in the way it is in the word “modernity” or “modernism.” I […]
Perverting Beauty Perverting Truth and Perverting Truth Perverting Beauty
Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four God and Beauty God is one. All truth, goodness, and beauty proceed from God. Since God is one, His truth, goodness, and beauty are one. You can’t take away from one of these three without taking away from the other two. Each of those […]
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