Posts by Don Johnson
Believing the Lie
a peril of present times Don Johnson 2 Thessalonians 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: With respect to 2 Thess 2.11, the context makes clear that the apostle is referring to the end times and the delusion that will bring the nations and people…
Read MoreReflections 2015
Don Johnson It’s the last day of the year so we’ll wrap up our posting for the year with this, sort of a summary of where we’ve been. For some of the statistical stuff that WordPress generates for us, you can check our “Annual Report Page.” According to them, it would take three days in…
Read MoreETS Revisited
Don Johnson Earlier this year we published a series of articles on the Evangelical Theological Society, an organization in which some fundamentalists hold membership. Our articles called those who participate to actively seek to enforce the orthodoxy of members or to sever their relationships with the ETS. Recent news concerning the ETS underscores the urgency…
Read MoreThe Calling of the Small Church Ministry
Don Johnson Somewhat surprising to me, there actually are a number of writers on the internet who are addressing small churches, their needs and methods. It is encouraging to find these resources (though I can’t say I would agree entirely with the ministry philosophy of many writers). Many of them address concerns I have faced…
Read MoreThe Value of Small Churches
Don Johnson Last week we published “The Significance of Small Church Ministry,” where I began to look at the subject of small churches. In that article I was focusing mostly on numbers and their implications. I plan to return to that theme in the future, but today I want to talk about the value of…
Read MoreThe Significance of Small Church Ministry
Don Johnson I wonder how many readers of Proclaim & Defend attend small churches? By small, I would say any church of 200 or less. I base those numbers on a couple of sources I read recently. They have gotten my attention and stirred up some thinking about small church ministry. I’d like to spend…
Read MoreSomething Happened to Halloween While I Was Away for College
Don Johnson When I was a child, Halloween was a community event. Bands of urchins roamed the streets, begging for (and receiving) loads of candy. Neighborhood friends would join together, compare treasures, the heft of our sacks, the brilliance (or not) of our costumes… Sugar highs endured for weeks. Schools made rules about how much…
Read MoreWeightier Matters of the Law
the genius of Fundamentalism’s contention for the fundamentals Don Johnson When listening to a sermon recently, the speaker alluded to the passage in Matthew where Jesus rebukes the Pharisees for neglecting the weightier matters of the law. The phrase caught my attention and reminded me about a debate that rages (for some folks, anyway) about…
Read MoreThanksgiving for Partnership in the Gospel
Don Johnson In Canada, today is Thanksgiving Day. Our American friends may find it strange that, for us in the True North, Thanksgiving is not the beginning of the shopping season, but aside from that difference, the day is pretty similar and the sentiments it represents and expresses are very much the same on both…
Read MoreThinking About the Lord’s Day
Don Johnson This week and next we are featuring a series of articles by Pastor Taigen Joos1 on the subject of “Incarnational Ministry,” a trendy topic amongst preachers in some circles. I realize that the theme might be of more interest to pastors than the average reader, but as it affects so many churches and…
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