As of tomorrow, a new friend and I will kick off a “podcast reboot” if you wish to call it that. We will be connecting over a video chat to stream and record our discussion in order to publish to our podcasting channels. Not knowing where we would like to start the show, we narrowed …
We have all heard the cliche “It’s not a religion, it’s a relationship”, even pastors talk about having a “personal relationship with Jesus” as some means to invite people to Christ. That’s not all, it has become such a wonderful phrase that it has also leaked into the pews. But is it biblical?
When we look at the early church in Acts 6 and find the Hellenists were frustrated because some of their widows were neglected in the daily distribution of the food (Acts 6:1). This shows us that such a ministry already existed among the church body. However, what was lacking was the manpower to successfully accomplish the task and reach the rest of the community.
Often in the church, we see people having some sort of emotional response of tears. From my experience, most of the time this is triggered by a song that was just sung, though in some cases it may even be the sermon that was delivered if by any chance it was a convicting message that …
One Cursed, another Redeemed – How emotional response is not always a sign of repentance Read More »
As the Protestant church celebrates the 500 year anniversary of the Reformation, we can’t help but analyze the consequences of this historic act. Martin Luther had no way of knowing the ripple effect his act of defiance toward the Catholic Church would have—not only in the Christian world but also in broader western culture. For …
Some of the examples in what follows are specific and may not identify with you the reader. Many however are universal and are propagated by preachers on the internet, radio, and television. Since the prosperity gospel movement is inter-denominational, the teachings expressed in this article are not to be associated with any one denomination within evangelical Christianity.
Original article produced by Tom Patton of Masters Seminary If there could be one word that summarized our culture, it would be “superficial.” We live in a juvenile, adolescent, immature, superficial society. People live for escapism and entertainment. They spend billions each year experiencing larger-than-life sensations at amusement parks and movie theaters in order to …
“Holy Humor”: The Danger of being funny in the Pulpit Read More »
Now I am not knocking that Jesus is our savior. In fact, that is true that He is. But of course we must share that He did not come to save the ENTIRE world, but only those who are the elect. The modern [american] gospel focuses so much on Jesus as our savior but is …
Van Wert false preacher accuse that those who pick apart doctrines in which he called “Doctrine Police” or could also be called “Heresy Hunters”. This pastor goes on to say that this is exactly what the Pharisee did. We all know their reputation… But what he fails to realize is that the Bereans too were these “Doctrine Police” when it came to Paul’s ministry (Acts 17:11), more so Jesus does the same in (Matthew 23:3) against these religious hypocrites.
The idea that God does what He wants, and that what He does is true and right because He does it, is foundational to the understanding of everything in Scripture, including the doctrine of election. In the broad sense, election refers to the fact that God chooses (or elects) to do everything that He …
