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Soul Calm That Buttresses Biblical Leadership
A Psychology In the title, I use the terminology, “soul calm,” which is peace from God. I don’t mind calling “soul calm,” psychology, which would mean a psychology behind biblical leadership or pastoring. “Psychology” comes from the two Greek words, psuche (“soul”) and logos (“word”). True psychology is God’s word about the soul. To continue […]
Does Doctrine Matter?
President James Monroe on December 2, 1823 first communicated the “Monroe Doctrine” in his State of the Union address to Congress. The Monroe Doctrine viewed any foreign intervention in the Western Hemisphere, the Americas, as a potentially hostile act against the United States. One might ask Spain and Japan whether the Monroe Doctrine matters. These […]
Can Restorationist Churches Be or Are They True?
This post provides a good accompaniment to the last three posts I’ve written here (one, two, and three). I’ll return to the first two of those posts, as they are the beginning of a continuing series. ************************ Successionism or Restorationism The choices are not apostolic succession or no succession of churches. Apostolic succession is bogus, […]
People Saying They Love Who Don’t Love
Good to Say, I Love You It’s good to say, “I love you.” Maybe we can practice it together. “I love you guys.” “Love you.” Apostle Paul Scripture does this. Usually the Apostle Paul will include a clear expression of love among the words of the text of one of his epistles. In Romans 12:19, […]
The Nature of the Church
As I’ve reminded you in the past, I’ve got several series going, which include the following: The Moral Nature of God (part one, part two, part three, part four) Crucial to a Gospel Presentation: Explain Belief (part one, part two, part three, part four, part five, part six) Biblical Equality and the Societally Destructive Lie […]
How Does Someone Receive the Gift of Faith That Saves? (part two)
Part One Rejection of the Gift of Faith or Suppressing the Truth The rejection of God’s gift of faith, ‘biting the hand that feeds you,’ comes from ignoring or refusing general revelation from God. Even if someone does not recognize it or acknowledge it, it is rebellion against God. Romans 1:25 says that this lack […]
Crucial to a Gospel Presentation: Explain Belief (part three)
Part One Part Two Jesus is the Christ John wrote his gospel, he says, so people would believe Jesus is the Christ and believing they would have life through His name (John 20:31). The object of belief is crucial to saving faith. I like to say that you might believe in Jesus, but if […]
Crucial to a Gospel Presentation: Explain Belief (part two)
Part One Rampant Corruption of Belief Belief is a very malleable concept. It’s easy to manipulate by people. Churches and their leaders can offer the results of belief for something less and far less than belief. They evoke the promises of God for those who believe, yet without the actual believing. Nothing could be of […]
Zeitgeist: The Divine Requirement to Discern the Spirit of the Age
Zeitgeist Zeitgeist is a German or Germanic term found in books going back to the 18th century. Within a translation of the German Philosophisches Journal in 1794, the English translation reads on page 302, “Zeitgeist also works on the national spirit. Every age has its own imagination.” Zeit is the German word for “time” and […]
God’s Perfect Preservation of the Old Testament Hebrew Text and the King James Version (Part Two)
Part One Most talk about the text of the Bible focuses on the New Testament. The Old Testament is much larger and yet there is less variation in extant copies of the Old Testament than the New. As well, more Christian scholars know the Greek than the Hebrew, and when they know the Hebrew, they […]
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