Emeth and All: I once listened to a liberal preacher from a liberal denomination expound on John 14:6 and point to the “conclusion” that we cannot say Jesus meant belief involving conscious awareness is required to come to the Father through Him. He would not quite say that is not, he just questioned it in …
The Letters Feature Will Continue in 2019
The Moral High Ground of Grace: Long time reader. First time writer. What a breath of fresh air THAT post was. Keep going!! Art Art, thanks, and I hope to keep going as the Lord enables. “I will say again that when debating with white racist punks, I will not apologize for Col. 3:11, which …
All Kinds of Letters, but Mostly One Kind
Generational Guilt and American Vision Race, Grace, and the Crimes the Ninevah: God’s actions towards Ninevah, even after their war crimes against his people, is one of the best biblical cases against the perpetuation of generational guilt. In all the articles rebuking the sustainers of white guilt I’ve seen from you and all the comments …
So Here Come the Letters
Fattest Snake Dept.: Be careful Pastor Doug, you keep pointing this stuff out, people might actually start believing this gospel thing! My wife has a very dark past and once asked me, what will she say to our son if he wants to know more about her childhood and history? She was very concerned about …
When Writing Letters, Don’t Lose Your Head
Justice & Injustice: I recently read A Justice Primer in conjunction with a couple weeks of leading a study of biblical justice in a Bible study. One question that came up was from my wife, who is a victim of childhood sexual abuse. By their very nature, crimes of abuse are carried out in secret. …
That Feeling When It Seems Your Reply Was Satisfactory
The Hellfire Piece: All Christians who experience the resurrection to life will be able endure the judgment, of course, through Christ’s imputed righteousness. These are those who will put on immortality. 1 Corinthians 15:53-55 is clear about this. But where does Scripture ever indicate that the ungodly, those experiencing the resurrection to judgment, will ALSO …
A Measly Handful of Letters
All, For the second week in a row, in order to make some timeand space for a #NoQuarterNovember post later today, I am serving up atruncated letters section today. This section should be back to normal next week.Thanks for your understanding. Modern Art: I notice three kinds of contemporary artists. They’re not all copying my …
Home Alone in the PCA
All, In order to make some space for a #NoQuarterNovember post today, I am serving up a truncated letters section today. In order to keep life simple, I am just publishing letters on the PCA, R.I.P. post. How does the story of the Southern Baptist Convention fit into your paradigm of the slippery slope toward …
Letters in November
An Overview : Thank you! We, as Christian Americans, must publicly and graciously stand up for our Biblical beliefs, such as: (1) marriage is of two biologically different genders (male and female) Genesis, (2) the killing of a child (whether identified as fetus or baby) is simply a choice to kill a growing human being, …
Nuanced November Letters
That Couch . . .: Good morning sir, Love your blog. I have a daughter who really wants to know who does the music in your video with the burning couch? Thanks, Brian Brian, here you go. Loved the couch burning video but am concerned about young impressionable preachers imitating your style . . . …