Posted in Shepherding on Jun 28th, 2007 14 Comments »
Often times I have a hard time communicating to people exactly what I want to do with my life. With so much talk now days of being ‘called’ to the ministry and ‘feeling that God has called me’, etc., I often have a bit of difficulty explaining to people that I too feel ‘called’ to […]
Posted in Worship, Christian Living on Jun 25th, 2007 35 Comments »
Lord-willing, if time allows, I hope to post a few considerations on the Sabbath command, the 4th of the Ten Commandments, over the next few weeks.
If I had to speculate, I would say that a good majority of Christians reading this blog believe that the Sabbath command is no longer binding on the New Testament […]
Posted in Shepherding, Church on Jun 21st, 2007 3 Comments »
For my part, I study to speak as plainly and movingly as I can (and next to my study to speak truly, these are my chief studies), and yet I frequently meet with those that have been my hearers eight or ten years, who know not whether Christ be God or man, and wonder […]
Posted in Eschatology on Jun 18th, 2007 8 Comments »
If you are a Premillennialist (whether Dispensationalist or not), there are several things you must necessarily believe:
-You must necessarily believe that physical death will continue to exist beyond the time of Christ’s second coming.
-You must necessarily believe that the natural creation will continue, beyond the time of Christ’s second coming, to be subjected to the […]
Posted in Witnessing, Calvinism on Jun 12th, 2007 21 Comments »
Over lunch the other day a friend of mine shared with me a rather common perception about many who label themselves ‘Calvinists’. Calvinism, of course, is just a short way of referring to a few essential points of God’s sovereignty in salvation. Obviously, I am a Calvinist, and this gentleman was as well, but his […]
Posted in Misc, Calvinism on Jun 9th, 2007 7 Comments »
Dr. Roy Hargrave, Pastor at Riverbend Community Church in Ormond Beach, Florida (a Southern Baptist Church), has written an open letter to Jerry Vines, Johnny Hunt, John Sullivan, and the Florida Baptist Convention. This letter is a specific response to a sermon preached by Jerry Vines on October 8, 2006, at the FBC of Woodstock, […]
Posted in Witnessing, Christian Living, Trials/Sufferings on Jun 5th, 2007 3 Comments »
Have you ever considered what an anti-suffering Christian culture we live in now days? Or rather, as I would propose to you, have you noticed how the standards of being a Christian have been lowered to the point where any real suffering (because of our faith) has almost become non-existent?
There is no doubt that we […]
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