Ronnie W Rogers

Shortcomings of The Westminster Shorter Catechism

By Ronnie W. Rogers / January 15, 2024 / Comments Off

The Calvinist Westminster Shorter Catechism (WSC) was approved and adopted in 1648.[1] Its stated purpose is “to be a directory for catechizing such as are of weaker capacity.”[2] This refers to children, youth, and others who may lack basic religious understanding. It is written in a question-and-answer format. While it has some admirable aspects, it…

This New Year and Every Day I Ask God To…

By Ronnie W. Rogers / January 1, 2024 / Comments Off

Grant that I would confess unguardedly to You since You know my sin more fully than it shall ever be known by me (1 John 1:9). Grant that I shall confess unhesitatingly and not suffer the loss of one moment of fellowship with You (1 Cor 1:9).

Human Death: The Undeniable Reality

By Ronnie W. Rogers / December 11, 2023 / Comments Off

In death, we know that our loved one is more than the body, for the body is still there, but our friend is gone.This we cannot prove in a laboratory, but neither can we deny it in our hearts; our friend is gone and gone indeed.Some say we are just material beings; the body is…

Montana Christian College

By Ronnie W. Rogers / November 13, 2023 / Comments Off

If spiritual growth and discovering God’s journey for your life in one of God’s exquisitely glorious places appeals to you, make sure to give MCC a first-rate consideration as you choose a college. Montana Christian College is located in the beautiful mountains of Kalispell, Montana, and is easily accessible from Glacier Park International Airport, just…

Mari Matsuda Defends Reparations for Blacks but Not Whites

By Ronnie W. Rogers / October 30, 2023 / Comments Off

Mari Matsuda defends reparations for people of color but opposes reparations for white people who have suffered under government overreach. For example, she excludes the white people who suffered under the Norman Conquest from being due reparations. She says to be due reparations requires “the ability to identify a victim class that continues to suffer…

Let Not Your Prayers Be Hindered by Poor Relationships

By Ronnie W. Rogers / October 16, 2023 / Comments Off

Prayer is fellow shipping with God and a means by which God changes us. It also is a means by which God has chosen to work in changing things when we ask (Jas 1:5-6; 4:2). We can miss God’s best through not praying, praying with wrong motives, or ignoring the vital part relationships play in…

How Marxism and Critical Race Theory Plan to Topple Christianity and America

By Ronnie W. Rogers / October 2, 2023 / Comments Off

I believe there was systemic and structural racism in America’s past. Such can be seen in objective ways like slavery, discriminatory practices, and laws during reconstruction and post-slavery agreements, unions, and segregation–Jim Crow laws. I do not believe ubiquitous systemic and structural racism exists in America today. Those who promote that it does, do so…

Calvinism Makes Conditional Prayers, Statements, and Commands Nonsensical

By Ronnie W. Rogers / September 18, 2023 / Comments Off

The Calvinist may respond that I err when I say determinism (compatible style) makes conditionals in the Scripture nonsensical. They would probably base this on the idea that, according to compatibilism, man is considered to make a free choice to meet or not meet the condition as long as he chooses according to his greatest…

The False Security of Capitalism against Communism

By Ronnie W. Rogers / September 4, 2023 / Comments Off

People in free capitalist countries like America often have false security regarding the threat of Marxism. Two ideas feed this false security. First, they believe that Marxism can never get the needed majority of support to be a threat in America. Second, they believe the evidence for the superiority of capitalism is so strong that…

Some Thoughts on Creation, Sin, Depravity, and Redemption: Extensivism and Calvinism

By Ronnie W. Rogers / August 21, 2023 / Comments Off

God created the world in holiness, love, and grace. God provided sufficient grace for Adam and Eve and their offspring to live for Him in fellowship and holiness by means of His creative grace. Every aspect of His original creation was by grace. Adam and Eve possessed everything in superabundance to fulfill His will, to…