People don’t say, “Superstitious nonsense,” when listening to a medical practitioner explain medical cures. Why not? People don’t say, “How ridiculous,” when listening to a school teacher explain the importance of education. Why not? People don’t say, “How gullible,” when listening to a motor mechanic explain the necessity for regular car service. Why not? People don’t say, “How brain-washed,” when listening to an insurance agent giving advice on life or property policies. Why not? People don’t say, “You’re away with the fairies,” when listening to a sports coach share strategies for athletic success. Why not? One answer: Continue reading “Their Reactions are the Witness that It’s Not”
These Great Documents of the Christian Faith
Recently I spent some hours re-reading, The Westminster Confession of Faith (1643-46), Articles of Religion (Thirty-nine Articles 1571: Church of England), The New Hampshire Baptist Confession (1833), Baptist Faith and Message (1963 version) and The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy (1978). For any Christian today who’s in doubt and confusion, or who simply desires to be refreshed in spirit and mind as to what Christianity truly is and stands for, I highly recommend you read these great documents of the Christian Faith. If ever there was a time for Continue reading “These Great Documents of the Christian Faith”
There is a Church that has Not let us Down
In a Television discussion devoted to religion, marriage and euthanasia, a prominent ex-politician told the audience she was disappointed in all of the churches. She said, “they have let us down in a whole variety of ways but, there is a place for someone, certainly other than the state and certainly other than just Rafferty’s Rules (no rules), to come up with a set of moral values or a number of sets of moral values.” By making such a statement coupled with her responses to questions on these three topics it was clear she had little respect for our Judeo-Christian values as revealed in the Bible. Most of the all-ages audience gave Continue reading “There is a Church that has Not let us Down”
Are You Caving In To Satan’s Roar?
I have a strong sense there’s fear among Christians because of the all-out attack against Lord Jesus Christ and the Bible. The unbelieving world is riddled with their fears but instead of God’s people standing against ours under the anointing and power of the Lord, many appear to be succumbing to it. There can be only one reason; they are not as close to God as they need to be. The one-hourly Sunday church service, the mid-week Bible study, prayer on-the-run after a quick Bible read or ‘Every Day with Jesus’ devotional may have been enough to sustain in days past, but not for days future. Satan’s roar against us is Continue reading “Are You Caving In To Satan’s Roar?”
Feeling Restless and Joyless?
A Christian man recently told me that in the last ten years or so he and his wife had left three churches because of unsound doctrine and Scripture compromise. He doesn’t know how long they’ll stay with church number four either, because it practices infant baptism as well as believer’s baptism – a tradition going back nearly five hundred years in that denomination. Even though he rejects the former, it wouldn’t ordinarily be enough to concern him, except that this group also teaches that unless Continue reading “Feeling Restless and Joyless?”
Who’s The Real Spiritual Rapist Here?
When I first shared the gospel with family and friends twenty-eight years ago, at best there was laughter and ridicule, at worst there was scorn and abuse plus labeling; “religious nutcase” and “fundamentalist idiot.” Two years later when I began in earnest to systematically study the Scriptures, I was warned to prepare for an all-out attack that would one day come upon all who centered themselves in Jesus Christ and who grounded themselves in the Bible. That day is here. There’s an anti-gospel man of influence in the USA labeling us, “fundamentalist Christian monsters of human degradation.” Eighty years ago, that Continue reading “Who’s The Real Spiritual Rapist Here?”
My Possession of the Mind of Christ
What’s the difference between Christians and other religious people? Simple answer, but a profound truth; we have the mind of Christ 1 Corinthians 2:16, which means we have the mind of God. Nobody but a Christian can legitimately claim such for themselves because everyone else rejects the deity of Christ. Reject that reality and you reject God Himself Luke 10:16. “There are two types of men. There is the spiritual man, whose spirit is the temple and dwelling-place of the Spirit of God. He knows the thoughts of God, because he has a living union with the eternal Mind. And there is the natural man, possessing merely the intellect and conscience of ordinary humanity.” Continue reading “My Possession of the Mind of Christ”
Who’s Building The House?
I’m noticing of late that it’s not only cynical unbelieving people asking, “If God exists, then why doesn’t He show Himself?” But some Christians are asking it too. My answer to the cynical unbeliever is simple, “God reveals Himself to humble, repentant people. Besides, you know He exists.” But that’s not my answer to a brother or sister in Christ, who also knows God exists. Nevertheless, when I read the account of the initial spread of Christianity in the New Testament book of Acts, I see it is Continue reading “Who’s Building The House?”
Watch Out For Charlatans and Wolves
Christians have asked me, “What does the Bible mean when it says…….?” When responding by saying it means exactly what it says, they seem rather taken aback. It’s as though they’re thinking, “But there must be more to it than that.” Often such questioning can be a key indicator of what kind of teaching they’re getting. Take salvation for example: the Bible makes it clear to us how to receive this as a gift. One: admit you’re a sinner who’s offended God. Two: repent from sin. Three: receive Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord. Confirming they’ve done this, they seem to then want to Continue reading “Watch Out For Charlatans and Wolves”
Looters in Business Suits
The old man learned that one or two of his farm neighbors had their homes looted during some recent floods. It was sad to see the surprised and bewildered expression on his face as he said to the news reporter, “Oh ya can’t do that. That’s not right.” In his late seventies, he was a man who lives by a moral and ethical code which clearly tells him what’s right and what’s not, as it does for most people of his era. It’s the code which has told him all his years that if he walks out the front door leaving it unlocked, all will still be intact when he gets home. I was reminded of the time when city people confidently Continue reading “Looters in Business Suits”