Posts by Don Johnson
The Emperor’s New Clothes (Hint: It’s a dress)
Don Johnson A few days ago Matt Recker gave us an article affirming the Biblical view of human nature: “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.” (Gen 1.27). His article resonates with most of the readers of this blog, and…
Read MoreGraduating Your Children to Christian Service
Don Johnson My title sounds a bit formal, but I mean for this article to be more of a personal testimonial to my own dear mother, in her ninety second year, still irrepressible, but slowing down physically these days. The title owes some inspiration to a visit to Greenville for my daughter’s graduation from University…
Read MoreThe Biblical Ministry of Warning
Don Johnson A regular theme of fundamentalist writing on popular trends in ministry, including personalities, methods, movements, and institutions, is cautionary proclamations of warning. You will hear warnings about false teachers, about errant theology and practices, about dangerous ideas and moods (at least in the perspective of the writer). Hopefully, such warnings will be accompanied…
Read MoreAre We in the Third Generation of Judges?
Don Johnson Most of our readers probably are familiar with the some of the patterns found in the book of Judges. Judges 2.7 and 10-11, for example, is fairly well known: Judges 2.7 And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who…
Read MoreMore Resources from the American College of Pediatricians
Don Johnson Earlier this week, David Potter pointed us to the American College of Pediatricians and their position paper “Gender Ideology Harms Children.” Subsequently, a friend pointed out to me that this group of doctors is a social conservative group. On taking a closer look, we see that they are speaking out on numerous subjects.…
Read MoreWorldview and Christian Discipleship
Don Johnson I recently published a review of the book, Biblical Worldview. One of our other writers this week, Greg Baker, touched on the concept of worldview in his article, “The Race That Is Set Before Us.” In our church, our people are working through Dr. Jim Berg’s videos on Essential Virtues. He discusses worldview…
Read MorePromoting Sobriety in a Culture of Fun
Don Johnson In the 2012 Introduction to Ken Myers’ book, All God’s Children & Blue Suede Shoes, he discusses some of the propositions his book contains. I was struck by this remark about pop culture, wherein he begins with a quote from the first printing of his book, made in 1989:
Read MoreJ. C. Ryle on The Place of Controversy and Religious Strife
A man who relishes controversy and religious strife is surely not a spiritual man. But what of a man who refuses controversy and religious strife? J. C. Ryle comments:
Read MoreReview: Biblical Worldview: Creation, Fall, Redemption
Ward, Mark L., et al. Biblical Worldview: Creation, Fall, Redemption. Greenville, SC: BJU Press, 2016. Reviewed by Don Johnson BJU Press recently released Biblical Worldview: Creation, Fall, Redemption, a new textbook for Christian schools. It’s intended audience is the twelfth grade and would be taught in a Bible or Religion classroom. The writing is geared…
Read MoreSetting Priorities in Small Church Ministry
Don Johnson One reader sent us a note concerning this series of articles. With her permission, I am going to quote from her note in this article (and one other) to further the theme of small church ministry. In particular, today I’d like to talk about setting priorities in the small church.
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