Posted in Worship, Christian Living on Jan 12th, 2008 2 Comments »
The fact that there are many professing Christians around us today who are indeed deceived and who are, in reality, outside of the faith, should be plain and clear to all.
I often ask professing Christians just what it is about them that confirms their profession of faith as real and vibrant. That is, on a […]
Posted in Calvinism, Worship on Dec 27th, 2007 9 Comments »
The other day I was listening to the podcast, The White Horse Inn (program 11-11-2007), and Mike Horton repeated an excellent quote from Martin Luther. I am assuming that it was paraphrased, but I’m not exactly sure. Consider it:
[This quote came from the book, The Bondage of the Will, by Martin Luther, and involves a […]
Posted in Worship on Dec 6th, 2007 8 Comments »
“Though God commanded love in the Old Testament, yet the manner of giving the law bespoke more of fear than love -instead of the terrible voice of the law: ‘Do this and live’, the comfortable voice of the gospel is: ‘Grace, grace’. Upon this account, the principle of the Old Testament was fear, and the […]
Posted in Worship on Dec 1st, 2007 2 Comments »
Because my recent posting on the Regulative Principle of Worship (specifically in the use of drama) has caused such a discussion, I have posted two additional articles on Strange BaptistFire which deal with some of the questions. I would encourage you to check them out if you get a chance, or if you’re wondering if […]
Posted in Shepherding, Worship, Catechizing on Nov 27th, 2007 15 Comments »
Catechizing
–verb (used with object), -chized, -chiz·ing.
1. to instruct orally by means of questions and answers, esp. in Christian doctrine.
2. to question with reference to belief.
3. to question closely.
In private studies with my wife, I have recently begun catechizing her, partly to prepare for doing the same […]
Posted in Worship on Nov 20th, 2007 1 Comment »
Over at my other blog, which I rarely have time to post on anymore, I have just posted an article on Drama and the Christmas Season.
The topic of this post is very dear to my heart, and I would greatly appreciate it if my readers would take a look at it. You may comment on […]
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 […]
Posted in Church, Worship on Jul 23rd, 2007 7 Comments »
Dead Churches: we’ve all been there before. Regardless of the doctrinal stance, size, location, affiliation, etc., most of us have experienced a ‘dead’ church or two in our lifetime. Some of us may have even had the unfortunate circumstance of actually being a member of a dead church. But what is a dead church, and […]
Posted in Church, Worship on Jul 16th, 2007 19 Comments »
While we continue to examine the issue of the Sabbath commandment, I believe today’s topic is one which might help illustrate the relevance of the Sabbath command for the New Covenant Christian. (Part 1, P2, and P3 of the Sabbath posts).
There has been an interesting trend in today’s seeker-sensitive churches: Friday and Saturday night worship […]
Posted in Church, Worship, Christian Living on Jul 12th, 2007 1 Comment »
This is now part 3 in a short series concerning the 4th commandment and whether New Covenant Christians are obligated to ‘keep the Sabbath holy’. P1, P2.
As I have previously stated, I am troubled by how readily Christians now days dismiss this commandment engraved on stone as if it were patently obvious that it has […]
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