The New York Times published an editorial, Why Do People Believe in Hell, on January 10, 2020 by David Bentley Hart that makes an all-out assault on the Biblical doctrine of hell. Hart says that the doctrine of “eternal damnation is neither biblically, philosophically, nor morally justified.” Not only this, but he advocates a universal…
What are Christians supposed to do with presidents like Donald Trump, or Barack Obama? President Trump is promising big action in the near future regarding school prayer. Time magazine did a long article this week critical of it before it is even announced. Again Trump will be hailed as a hero or a villain to people…
I try not to make a habit of this, but I’m going to start out by telling you a lie. It’s a lie that you already know and might already believe. It fills advice columns, podcasts, self-help books and Disney movies. Like the most insidious of lies, it even beckons us to make it the…
Paul’s outreach efforts in the first-century city of Ephesus yielded remarkable results, yet Luke did not record these results as a headcount of total converts. He described instead the scope of the surrounding population which had heard the gospel, regardless of how many had believed. Over the course of three years, thousands of people from…
“The eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you” (1 Cor. 12:21). Of course they cannot! Either would be absurd: the eye alone cannot handle what it sees, nor can the head go without the feet. Yet Paul…
It seemed appropriate given the rising popularity of N.T. Wright, to republish this article. The NPP is dangerous and takes evangelicals back toward Roman Catholic theology on justification. (KSchaal) The traditional Reformation understanding of the Pauline doctrine of justification has come under attack recently. Surprisingly, the chief assault has not come from Catholic or…
There is a difference between biblical (doctrinal) separation and limited fellowship over philosophical differences. Obedient believers will have to practice both, but they are practiced differently. The biblical mandates for separation are about battling for “the faith.” Jude commands believers to earnestly contend for “the faith”—that core of doctrines essential to New Testament Christianity.…
Returning to our regular preaching after the Christmas break, we find ourselves beginning Acts 15. This is a pivotal chapter in the book of Acts, dealing with questions that form one of the major themes of the book. The theme and the questions rise in several other New Testament passages, notably the book of Galatians.…
The following article is offered as a prospectus for hopefully more extensive research into the invasion of the two main Baptist conventions in the USA during the 20th Century into local church autonomy. If anything, a Baptist church is to be an autonomous body that is ruled by congregational polity. Both conventions – Northern and…
Introduction Like many Americans around my age, I grew up watching Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. I was a fan. And sometime after Fred Rogers’ death, I read about how he made it a point to respond to every letter he received from his fans. It made me wish I would have written to him when I…