Ronnie W. Rogers

Think About IT: The Thing about Love

By Ronnie W. Rogers / February 20, 2014 / Comments Off on Think About IT: The Thing about Love

Without love, we shall all hang. Wrong is wrong and sin is sin. Neither love nor anything else can make a wrong right or a sin sinless, but love can hide sins. This Christian love is not blind to the sins and frailty of others, but neither does it require others to measure up before…

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Think About IT: The Battle We Cannot Ignore

By Ronnie W. Rogers / February 11, 2014 / Comments Off on Think About IT: The Battle We Cannot Ignore

Francis Schaeffer (1912 – 1984) was a Christian pastor and apologist. He is responsible for helping countless pastors and Christian leaders to think more broadly and deeply about God and our world. He considered himself an evangelist. The following is a timely quote by him from almost thirty years ago. “Make no mistake. We as…

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Separation of Church and State: A Baptist Understanding!

By Ronnie W. Rogers / February 4, 2014 / Comments Off on Separation of Church and State: A Baptist Understanding!

“Wall of separation” is the exact phrase used by Thomas Jefferson in his letter to the Danbury Baptists, whereas “separation church and state” is the popular phraseology. My use of these phrases in this article should not be construed in any way as an endorsement of either agreeing with them or using them. I actually…

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Think About IT: Forgiving like God

By Ronnie W. Rogers / January 28, 2014 / Comments Off on Think About IT: Forgiving like God

God forgives sinners based upon the finished work of Christ when sinners repent and ask God to forgive them. Can Christians do any less regardless how egregiously they believe they have been wronged? One might seek to escape granting such forgiveness by saying, “Well, I am not God.” While it is certainly and eternally true…

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Think About IT: Homophobia, Not So Fast

By Ronnie W. Rogers / January 22, 2014 / Comments Off on Think About IT: Homophobia, Not So Fast

If someone rejects the normalcy of homosexuality, he is summarily labeled as a homophobe. If a crime is committed against a homosexual, it is quickly attributed to homophobia.

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Think About IT: Thinking Has Changed

By Ronnie W. Rogers / December 30, 2013 / Comments Off on Think About IT: Thinking Has Changed

Today longstanding shared presuppositions about reality continue to evanesce. We not only think about different things, but we think differently. The scientistic worldview that continues to expand legitimate science beyond its legitimate domain normalizes relativism. This relativism is not arrived at through philosophical reasoning, but rather by viewing life as either only understood or best…

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Is Libertarian Free Will Eternal? Part VI

By Ronnie W. Rogers / December 16, 2013 / Comments Off on Is Libertarian Free Will Eternal? Part VI

This is the sixth and last part of a series of responses by Calvinists to my article on SBCToday (September 2013). (([1]http://sbctoday.com/2013/09/13/is-libertarin-free-will-eternal/#comment-41520)) The full title of the article is “Can Man Endowed with Libertarian Free Will Live Righteously Forever in Heaven?” You may also search this site for the article. The blogger’s comments are emboldened,…

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Is Libertarian Free Will Eternal? Part V

By Ronnie W. Rogers / December 9, 2013 / Comments Off on Is Libertarian Free Will Eternal? Part V

This is the fifth part of a series of responses by Calvinists’ to my article on SBCToday (September 2013). (([1] http://sbctoday.com/2013/09/13/is-libertarin-free-will-eternal/#comment-41520)) The full title of the article is “Can Man Endowed with Libertarian Free Will Live Righteously Forever in Heaven?” You may also search this site for the article. The blogger’s comments are emboldened, followed…

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Is Libertarian Free Will Eternal? Part IV

By Ronnie W. Rogers / December 2, 2013 / Comments Off on Is Libertarian Free Will Eternal? Part IV

This is the fourth part of a series of responses by Calvinists’ to my article on SBCToday (September 2013). (([1]http://sbctoday.com/2013/09/13/is-libertarin-free-will-eternal/#comment-41520)) The full title of the article is “Can Man Endowed with Libertarian Free Will Live Righteously Forever in Heaven?” You may also search this site for the article. The blogger’s comments are emboldened, followed by…

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Is Libertarian Free Will Eternal? Part III

By Ronnie W. Rogers / November 21, 2013 / Comments Off on Is Libertarian Free Will Eternal? Part III

This is the third part of a series of responses by Calvinists’ to my article on SBCToday (September 2013). (([1]http://sbctoday.com/2013/09/13/is-libertarin-free-will-eternal/#comment-41520)) The full title of the article is “Can Man Endowed with Libertarian Free Will Live Righteously Forever in Heaven?” You may also search this site for the article. The blogger’s comments are emboldened, followed by…

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