Posted in Church, Spiritual Gifts on May 1st, 2008 1 Comment »
Recently, the issue of Spiritual Gifts came up in a discussion list that I periodically participate in. The question at hand was something along the lines of “is it possible to possess your spiritual gift before conversion?”. That is, a brother had commented that he believed that his spiritual gift was the gift of teaching, […]
Posted in Church, Calvinism on Apr 21st, 2008 15 Comments »
Apparently, Steve Gaines cannot evangelize with Sola Scriptura. Over at the Founders blog Gaines is quoted as saying:
“It would emaciate my evangelism if I couldn’t walk up to a total stranger and say, “Jesus died for you.” There’s some people who can’t do that. They can’t do that. They say, “Jesus died for the elect, […]
Posted in Church, The Gospel, Christian Culture on Apr 1st, 2008 8 Comments »
Have you noticed how many people praise CH Spurgeon for his impact and ‘soul-winning’ and yet turn around and denounce the methodologies and theology upon which Spurgeon built his entire ministry? Spurgeon was the staunchest of Calvinists, a Sabbatarian, a holder to the 1689 London Baptist Confession, and he spoke out vehemently against those who […]
Posted in Church, The Gospel, Christian Culture on Mar 27th, 2008 7 Comments »
In light of the discussion going on about my last blog post, both here and in my email inbox, I am re-posting an article I wrote back in January. Again, my focus is on these teachers and what they are saying; not on them personally or what they are doing. I hope this post […]
Posted in Church, The Gospel, Christian Culture on Mar 25th, 2008 16 Comments »
My friend Jim over at Oldtruth.com posted an interesting article the other day entitled: “The Number of Easter Salvations Was Exactly…” (UPDATE: Follow-up article here, and reference this page in your studies of this subject as well).
Essentially, Jim takes a quick look at some blogs where senior pastors are boasting of the […]
Posted in Church, Misc on Feb 27th, 2008 14 Comments »
Are you familiar with the Seattle pastor, Mark Driscoll? If you are not, chances are you soon will be.
I was browsing iTunes the other day, looking at the nations most popular podcasts, and among the likes of ABC news, ESPN, and ‘Christian’ heavyweights Joel Osteen and TD Jakes, I noticed that Driscoll’s podcast was right […]
Posted in Shepherding, Church on Jan 17th, 2008 5 Comments »
Let me first begin this post by emphasizing that I personally have nothing against large congregations, per se. Reading through this post might certainly give you the impression that I have something against large churches, but I want to be crystal clear in saying that it is not the size of a church which chiefly […]
Posted in Shepherding, Church, Misc on Nov 15th, 2007 14 Comments »
I recently had an interesting discussion about the biblical qualifications for an elder. This discussion centered around Mark Driscoll, the former ‘emergent’ and admittedly crass pastor from Seattle, as well as other controversial pastors that people tend to have differing opinions of. Driscoll, though he has come a long way over the past few years, […]
Posted in Shepherding, Church on Nov 5th, 2007 1 Comment »
I sometimes find it very difficult to relay to people just how important it is to be in a strong local church. So much of our growth and sanctification as Christians relies on this! It just seems to be an issue that is not taken very seriously. Many have been a casualty of the belief […]
Posted in Church, Worship, Christian Living on Aug 13th, 2007 5 Comments »
This will be the last post on the Sabbath for the time being. It has been a fruitful discussion so far, and I appreciate all the feedback I received, but it is time to move on to different studies.
Today’s post will be a summary on my convictions, and why I believe Sabbath-breaking is still a […]
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