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The Terrible Effect of the Wrong View of Church on a Truly Biblical Understanding of Unity and the Truth
In two passages, Jesus taught how to pray — Matthew 6 and Luke 11 — with a model prayer. Both those are the same. The New Testament references Jesus praying many times, but actual recorded prayers of His are very few: a couple of thanks (Matthew 11:25-26, John 11:41-42), very brief cries on the cross […]
Colossians 1:24: The Place of Suffering in Ministry and Sanctification of Others
Epistle to the Colossians The Lord Jesus Christ, the Apostles, and the first century Christian, as you know, all suffered. Greatly. It was their way of life, enduring a lot of opposition, hardship, and physical persecution. Jesus, as you remember, said to expect it. They hated me, so they’ll hate you. This is also what […]
Steps in the Right Process for Belief Change (Part Five)
Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Changing and Changes Ever since mankind fell in the Garden of Eden and sin entered the world, God required men to change. Everyone needs to change through their life, which is growth. The Lord commands, especially believers, to grow. If they grow, they are […]
Steps in the Right Process for Belief Change (Part Four)
Part One Part Two Part Three Salvation involves change. Any man in Christ is a new creature (2 Corinthians 5:18). Then he keeps changing all through the rest of his life to conform to the image of Jesus Christ (Romans 8:29). Change starts with scripture and then will petition counsel. The one changing […]
Steps in the Right Process for Belief Change (Part Three)
Part One Part Two Someone who doesn’t either believe right or practice right should change. When something isn’t right, it’s because it differs from what God says in HIs Word. Change should then proceed from the Bible too. However, much change actually defies scripture. Someone changes to adapt to his lust or his own […]
Steps in the Right Process for Belief Change (Part Two)
Part One Change, Sanctification, and God’s Purpose The Bible says change is God’s purpose for people. The Apostle Paul in a pivotal moment in his epistle to the church at Rome, writes (Romans 8:28-30): 28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the […]
Steps in the Right Process for Belief Change
Change in Belief People and institutions, then cultures, tribes, and nations, change their beliefs. Perhaps, like me, you recognized changes in belief and practice not preceded by any announcement of change. The belief just changed — no explanation or even notice that the belief changed. I grew up in institutions where a particular belief and […]
Announcement for and Thanks to Thomas Ross on What Is Truth Blog
Biography Many years ago I met Thomas Ross as a young man. My wife and I moved to the San Francisco Bay Area two weeks after we married in August of 1987. Thomas grew up in San Francisco with a single mother. We came into contact when he was still college age. He had already […]
A New Alternative List to the Points of Calvinism (Part Five)
Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four The last point of Calvinism is 5. PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS He That Overcometh That language sounds right to me, but especially like “total depravity,” the first point, it depends on how one explains it. Why it seems good is because of certain scriptural […]
The Validity and Potential Value of a Liturgical Calendar (Part Four)
Part One Part Two Part Three Being Intentional When you intend to do something — some people today call that “being intentional” — you might plan it or schedule it. Does scripture regulate or legislate intentionality? This thing of being intentional even has a definition: “making deliberate choices to reflect what is most […]
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