Posts by Don Johnson
Eclectica–3.4.2014
For another edition of the eclectic web, we have links to serious topics, less serious topics and others that fit somewhere on the spectrum between these two extremes. Alcohol and more Science, pseudo-Science, urban legends and everybody knows… Theology Off the beaten path…
Read MoreGod is Concerned about Externals
Don Johnson In a recent article, I wrote about the motivations for change that accompany our conversion. There is little doubt that change is part of conversion. After all, the preachers of the Bible call their hearers (and us) to faith and repentance. Repentance is nothing if nothing changes. Biblical Christianity is not a ‘come…
Read MoreThe Motivation for Change
Don Johnson How many sermons have you heard from Romans 12.1-2? I’ve lost count. Do you wonder why you hear so much preaching from this passage? (And no, I don’t think it is simply because it’s the go-to passage for Bible college chapel services full of young people hungry to know “the will of God…
Read MoreAn open letter to John MacArthur
The following is an open letter to Dr. John MacArthur of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California as well as of the Grace to You radio program. Recently Dr. MacArthur hosted a conference exposing the many errors of Charismatism. I appreciate the work done in the conference and recommend the book and conference as…
Read MoreDrugs, Doctrine, Domestics, and the usual hot topics
The Eclectic Web Our eclectica covers a lot of ground this week. Many different topics caught our eye. Drugs ♦ Doctrine of Separation ♦ Marriage ♦ Persecution ♦ Abortion ♦ Calvinism ♦ Illustration Some commentary and then the links follow.
Read MoreMorality vs. Holiness and other links
The Eclectic Web We’ve been collecting links for some weeks now. Time to share them with our readers – some of importance, some perhaps just matters of curious interest. Our list touches on these subjects: Christian standards (Morality vs. Holiness) Compromise and mysticism (Beth Moore, Osteen, et al) Canada’s Courts (Prostitution law) Football fanatics (Fantasy…
Read MoreIs Profanity Ever Appropriate?
Don Johnson The recent furor over Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty is a matter of much discussion on the inter web lately. I think everything that needs to be said has already been said somewhere by someone, so I feel no need to add much to that discussion. However, the incident raised the issue of…
Read MoreA few thoughts on ‘Reformed Rap’–and other notes
The Eclectic Web Our friend and often a contributor to P&D, Brian Collins offers a few thoughts on the rap controversy. He poses some questions that need to be answered. For example: Why is there such invective toward men who counsel against the use of rap music for Christian purposes? Do they not have the…
Read MoreStrange Fire – A review
Reviewed by Don Johnson MacArthur, John. Strange Fire. Nashville, Tenn.: Nelson Books, 2013. The Charismatic movement occupies a significant position in the modern church. Some say that there are as many as half a billion charismatics in the world. John MacArthur recently led a conference at his church and published a book on the subject,…
Read MoreMoritz: the Case for Cessationism
The Eclectic Web Headlining our eclectic gathering of links, Dr. Fred Moritz, FBFI board member and professor at Maranatha Baptist Seminary argues for the cessation of supernatural spiritual gifts in the Maranatha Journal, recently published. His paper begins this way: The issue of whether revelation from God and the supernatural gifts of the Spirit have…
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