Archive for September 2016
SAME SEX “MIRAGE” (CONCLUSION)
Pastor Mike Harding1 Marriage is the first and most basic of all human institutions. Before governments, schools, and churches, God established the home, and all institutions issue from it. Family led to patriarchal and tribal systems of human government, then to monarchial systems, and now a democratic republic. Note: Special thanks to Doug Wilson for…
Read MoreSAME SEX “MIRAGE” (II. Man and Woman are joined by God to fulfill the mandate of God.)
Pastor Mike Harding1 A. Definition of Marriage Marriage is the exclusive God ordained institution between one man (husband) and one woman (wife) in a mutually consented “one-flesh” relationship, consisting of mutually supportive companionship and physical union (Gen 1:27; 2:24; 1 Cor 7:1-6; Rom 1:26-27). As such marriage is a life-long, monogamous, heterosexual, covenant relationship between…
Read MoreSAME SEX “MIRAGE” (I. Man and Woman are made by God in the image of God.)
Pastor Mike Harding1 A. Old Testament The “image of God” (imago dei) describes man in his original creation that distinguishes him from all of creation. There are profound similarities in the nature of man and God’s nature. We were created as finite replicas of the infinite God. It is what makes man human, a created…
Read MoreSAME SEX “MIRAGE” (Introduction)
Pastor Mike Harding1 Friday, June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling about same-sex marriage in the Obergefell decision: “The 14th Amendment requires a State to license a marriage between two people of the same sex and to recognize a marriage between two people of the same sex.” President Obama remarked approvingly, “It…
Read MoreHomosexuality: What the World Promotes, God Condemns
Randolph Shaylor One of the greatest problems facing contemporary American culture and Biblical Christianity is the pressure to accept homosexuality and same-sex marriage as the moral equivalent of heterosexuality and Biblical marriage. Today’s Christians face misinterpretation, twisting, and perversions of Scripture: God created homosexuals; they are born that way and cannot change; the sin of…
Read MoreComments on Baptist Fundamentals: Fidelity to Our Baptist Heritage
Don Johnson Our latest installment from Baptist Fundamentals came in two parts over the last two days. The message was by Thomas Jefferson Villers, then pastor of First Baptist Church, Detroit, Michigan. His message could be characterized as more “devotional” in quality, as opposed to the “argumentative” one might expect at an inaugural fundamentalist conference.…
Read MoreBaptist Fundamentals: Fidelity to Our Baptist Heritage (2)
Thomas Jefferson Villers, D. D., LL. D. Pastor First Baptist Church, Detroit, Mich. Editorial note: We are in the midst of a series of posts from the messages delivered at the Pre-Convention Conference of the Northern Baptist Convention, 1920. From the Conference the Fundamental Fellowship was formed which is today known as the Fundamental Baptist…
Read MoreBaptist Fundamentals: Fidelity to Our Baptist Heritage (1)
Thomas Jefferson Villers, D. D., LL. D. Pastor First Baptist Church, Detroit, Mich. Editorial note: We are in the midst of a series of posts from the messages delivered at the Pre-Convention Conference of the Northern Baptist Convention, 1920. From the Conference the Fundamental Fellowship was formed which is today known as the Fundamental Baptist…
Read MoreSinging (Part 2)
George Stiekes [See here for Part 1] I will praise Thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will show forth all Thy marvelous works. I will be glad and rejoice in Thee: I will sing praise to Thy name, O Thou most High. Psalm 9:1-2 In Part 1, it was noted that singing is…
Read MoreChristians and Identity Politics
Brian Collins The Public Discourse has a worthwhile article explaining the similarities between Donald Trump’s campaign and identity politics on the left:
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