by admin | Oct 1, 2023 | Culture and Cultural Decay, Doubt, Idolatry, Sin, Temptation
Homosexuality is a divisive issue, particularly when it comes to the church. For the moment, let’s set aside the questions of whether the Bible is ambiguous on the practice of homosexuality and whether homosexuality is a gene designed by God and acceptable...
by admin | Sep 24, 2023 | Culture and Cultural Decay, Evangelism, Idolatry
If you have not read Parts 1 and 2, you should go back and read them before continuing here. Parts 1 and 2 include helpful background information necessary to understand this post. Joe, you may say, the Church Growth Movement doesn’t really exist anymore and doesn’t...
by admin | Sep 17, 2023 | Culture and Cultural Decay, Evangelism, Idolatry
If you have not read Part 1, you should go back and read it before continuing here. Part 1 includes helpful background information necessary to understand this post. The tactics of the Church Growth Movement represent works. We cannot obtain acceptance before God...
by admin | Sep 10, 2023 | Culture and Cultural Decay, Evangelism, Idolatry
The most amazing part about evangelism is that we have a Biblical blueprint for it in the book of Acts. There, we find the early church’s multiplication strategy, and they were focused on church planting, itinerant preaching (missionary endeavors), preaching the...
by admin | Jan 8, 2023 | Christian Perfection, Communism and Marxism, Contentment, Discipleship, Idolatry
During Christmas break, I finished reading the book, Christ’s Alternative to Communism, by E. Stanley Jones. While there are many points for discussion from the book, I came away with one over-arching theme. The whole premise or program of the kingdom of heaven...
by admin | Nov 6, 2022 | Abortion, Christian Perfection, Discipleship, Faith, Holiness, Idolatry, Obedience, Salvation, Sin, Temptation
The account of Cain and Abel in Genesis 4 is intriguing. The account can be studied in many different ways, and it carries such great meaning and significance. The account can also invite us into philosophical introspection, although this is not the subject for today....