Letter to the Editor: Doug, interesting observation about the Isaac Watts hymn you quoted: "“Yet,” saith the Lord, “should nature change,And mothers monsters prove,"In fact, that's ...
Epistolary Fun in February
Apostate or Corrupt?
“Churches that have had their lampstand removed are apostate. Churches that are being seriously warned about that possibility are corrupt. Branches that have been cut out of the olive tree are apostate. Branches that are still on the tree but have started to think that they support the root are corrupt. The short answer is that apostasy does not occur with no warning at all—the run up to that apostasy is the period of corruption. God dealt with the Israelites even though they worshipped him in the high places. They were corrupt, but not yet rejected. The prophets were ticked about it, as they should have been, but God nevertheless still owned them as His people. That was corruption, not apostasy. The severance of Israel from the olive tree after 70 AD was apostasy, the culmination of corruption.
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 510.
More Spiritual Than Religious
The Tumult Continues
Introduction: Sometimes ten-year-old boys will throw a baseball at a nest of Asian hornets, and they do this because they are curious. They want to see what would happen. The hornets are also ...
Letters to Brighten Your Morning
Letter to the Editor: I want to thank you for your post, As the Fighting Moderates Mount the Lone Bulwark.Your fair, honest, and always erudite observations refresh me and my family ...
As the Fighting Moderates Mount the Lone Bulwark
Introduction: Oscar Wilde once defined a gentleman as someone who never insults anyone else accidentally. There is a principle here that Christians can take and reapply in other situations. A "gold ...
Even More Orthodox
“Some won’t accept the explanations we offer because they flat don’t believe us. In other words, when it sounds orthodox, it must be a trick. Heretics often manage to sound orthodox. Yeah, but orthodox people often sound orthodox too.”
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 501
Insurmountable
It All Comes Alive
“When you believe God, the whole world comes alive, and this is especially true with instruments that God has appointed, like the Word . . . and like baptism. But without evangelical faith, man, your situation is worse than it was before. You gotta have Jesus, and no Christian should have a problem with that.”
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 500
Just Be Patient
“New life in Christ is weightier than Calvinism. We can tell this because our gracious God has given that new life to all His true children, and He has not given Calvinism to all His true children. That will have to wait until heaven.”
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 499