“The one cast out as a branch was a branch, and not some bit of tumbleweed caught in the branches. So there is such a thing as genuine covenantal connection to Christ which is not salvific at the last day”
Letters-0-Rama
Letter to the Editor: What biblical reasoning do we have for self-defense? Why is it justifiable for us to defend ourselves and others? Do you have any resources I can read on this ...
A Straightforward Question
“Objective assurance is never found through trying to peer into the secret counsels of God, or into the murky recesses of one’s own heart. The gospel is preached, the water was applied, the Table is now set. Do you believe? The question is a simple one.“
A Bit of Help for Those Worried About the Election
If you have a few brain cells, and a pulse, it is quite possible that you have had a few worries about the upcoming presidential election. Not only that, but it is also possible that your wife is worried about it also, not to mention some of your older teens. So I thought it might …
God’s Hand and Determinate Counsel
Acts of the Apostles (10): Sermon Video Introduction: The God of all creation is, of necessity, the God of all history. It is not possible to separate the two, and any attempts to separate ...
One Wonders Indeed
Dyslexic Discipleship
[Concerning Matt. 18:3] “We have to be careful here because in many instances we get this turned around. We say that little children have to become like adults before they can enter the kingdom. They have to meet with the elders before they can come to the Table, and often preparation for communion seems more like preparation for ordination.”
Good Theology Pinches
No, Really
“For example, if the Scripture teaches election, then this is the ‘position’ of all churches in principle, regardless of what their denominational documents might say about it. This means that children of Baptists are in the covenant anyway, Nazarenes are eternally secure, and charismatics are not exercising the gift of prophecy.”
Summers
As I was growing up, my family was a road-tripping family. My father was not yet a pastor, but he was an evangelist and conference speaker, and so we would often accompany him on speaking gigs, and roll a family vacation into it. As I was just a kid at the time, and not yet …