Emergents love false antithesis. They love to pit two non-contradictory concepts against one another in the form of a question. They'll ask, "Experience or Truth?" Or they'll ask, "Orthodoxy or Orthopraxis?" To the Christian, these are stupid questions. They're stupid because the question reveals a severe lack of biblical understanding. Take, for instance: Experience or Truth? I was so impressed with how D.A. Carson dealt with this, I blogged ...
Theothursdays will officially begin next Thursday. We will, if God wills, devote each Thursday to Bible study and discussion in order that we may grow in the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ! I will provide the text, commentary, and occasionally fly in guest commentators. Tonight's guest is Matthew Henry. Our text is 1 Peter 1:1-2. Please begin with prayer. Ask our Father, in Jesus' name, to bless our time as we read ...
This is the second portion of Amazing Grace. Today's modern evangelical church puts forth a negative view of the Doctrines of Grace. There is absolutely no doctrine taught in today's church. When Christians do not study biblical doctrine for themselves, as a result of the weak teaching, they will usually believe in freewill, be against what is called Calvinism, or have absolutely no knowledge of the subject. Today's ...
Point # 1: The New Testament church was at first a messianic synagogue (James 2:2). As a messianic synagogue, the early church had elders who judged religious issues such as doctrine and morals. In the history of the Jews and the early church, the elders did not rule on civil issues such as violations of the law. Point #2 According to Matthew 22: 21 and Luke 20: 22-25, we ...
All racist theologies have the same basic core ideas and methodology. Thus it does not really matter if we are talking about the KKK, the Nation of Islam or Black liberal theology, their focus is always on skin and not sin; race and not grace; gossip and not gospel. Racism is always focused on the outward instead of the inward because it cannot deal with the root problem ...
Here's a quick recap: Feb. 25, 2008 - Tim Keller is interviewed by Anthony Sacramone, managing Editor of First Things, an interreligious journal of religion, culture, and public life, whose purpose is to advance a religiously informed public philosophy for the ordering of society. The interview is available here. Feb. 29, 2008 - I issued an "Apostasy Warning" saying, "This is a warning to all Tim Keller fans to raise ...
Biblical Thought is pleased to present a five part series on biblical interpretation by Pastor Glenn Leatherman. Pastor Glenn has reflected on a recent discussion with Mormon elders and their abuse of John 10:30 and has decided to get down to the nitty-gritty: hermeneutics. Hold on and enjoy the ride as Pastor Glenn offers his pastoral heart in teaching and walks you through the following: Part 1: The Consequence ...
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What do you think about this? I came across the website of Calvary Chapel South Bay in Gardena, CA, and I read the testimony of Steve Mays, the pastor. In his retelling of the account of his "conversion," Pastor Steve said he was "saved" before having the Gospel explained to him. In Romans 1, Paul says that the Gospel is the power of God unto salvation for everyone who ...
The original title of this post has been changed. There has been a substantial fire set amongst those who claim Christianity as their official religion of choice. Last week's youtube video "Does God Love Everyone" set thousands ablaze as they wrestled with the hard-sayings of Dr. Morey. I have heard people say that "regardless of what the Bible says, I believe that God loves everyone!" It gets worse. The ...
This clip from E.R. is about an old man on his death bed. Guilt-ridden and bogged down by his sin, he fears facing God in his current condition: guilty. The dying man recognizes his guilt and accountability before a holy God and gets pissed-off when his bedside comforter feeds him Rick Warren-like powdered milk in a moment when what he needs is steak. He ends up kicking the ...
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