Ronnie W. Rogers

Evangelicals: Unwanted in the Public Square:

By Ronnie W. Rogers / October 24, 2007 / Comments Off on Evangelicals: Unwanted in the Public Square:

It is undeniable that some Americans just wish Christians would disappear from the public square. Since that is hopefully not going to happen, they spend most of their time and effort arguing that while it is ok to believe in Christ and the Bible, Evangelicals should not bring their faith into the public market place…

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Bibliography: The Trustworthiness of Scripture

By Ronnie W. Rogers / October 16, 2007 / Comments Off on Bibliography: The Trustworthiness of Scripture

As Christians we are often confronted with questions concerning the trustworthiness of Scripture. For example, someone may say, “It must have mistakes since it was written by men” or ask “how can the Bible be accurate when there are so many translations?” They may point out what they see, or have been told, are unresolvable…

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Velvet Elvis: Revisited

By Ronnie W. Rogers / October 3, 2007 /

As an introduction to Mark Park’s article on Rob Bell’s book “Velvet Elvis”, I mentioned my lack of success in finding adequate reason to be anything but even more disenchanted with Bell’s Velvet Elvis than Gina was with my first encounter with the Velvet Elvis portrait of years ago. Well, this prompted someone to request…

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Trinity Baptist Church Welcomes Chris and Valerie Haynes

By Ronnie W. Rogers / September 19, 2007 / Comments Off on Trinity Baptist Church Welcomes Chris and Valerie Haynes

On September 9th, Trinity Baptist Church unanimously voted to call Chris Haynes to join the staff of Trinity as “The Minister of Ministry Development and Assimilation”. To our great joy, Chris accepted and he will start on October 1st.

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Confusing Verses?

By Ronnie W. Rogers / September 10, 2007 / Comments Off on Confusing Verses?

Here is a question that I answered recently, which I thought might be helpful to some who have had the same question or one of a similar nature. The first paragraph is the question that I received and the last two are my answer.

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Healing: A Biblical Perspective

By Ronnie W. Rogers / September 2, 2007 / Comments Off on Healing: A Biblical Perspective

The following is intended to summarize our seven week study of the biblical teaching on healing and examination of the claims of modern day faith healers in light of Scripture. I encourage you to listen to the entire series on healing if you were not present when we studied this together. The series on healing…

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Velvet Elvis: Not Worth Having!

By Ronnie W. Rogers / August 27, 2007 / Comments Off on Velvet Elvis: Not Worth Having!

Years ago when Gina and I were first married, I passed by an art display–I use that term loosely–on the side of the road. All of the renderings were pictures on an imitation or cheap velvet. One of them that I was particularly enthralled with was the King of Rock, Elvis Presley. Immediately I envisioned…

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Coming in View of a Call

By Ronnie W. Rogers / August 21, 2007 / Comments Off on Coming in View of a Call

The elders are excited about recommending Chris Haynes to serve as Minister of Ministry Development and Discipleship at Trinity Baptist Church. Chris is 35 years old and has served as Minister of College, Singles & Recreation at Southern Hills Baptist Church in Oklahoma City since 1995. He and his wife, Valerie, have been married for…

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Shall This Plebe Return a Prince?

By Ronnie W. Rogers / July 21, 2007 / Comments Off on Shall This Plebe Return a Prince?

Well, by the Grace of God, and your love and support, we are off to the old country–for those of you who still confuse Miami (OK) with Miami (FL), that’s England. Last time we went to Oxford, we stayed in London a few days as we will be able to this time as well. While…

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The Oxford Round Table: Thank you

By Ronnie W. Rogers / July 9, 2007 / Comments Off on The Oxford Round Table: Thank you

Soon we will be leaving for England, and we could not have done it without your love and support. This is an impossible trip that God has made possible through your love, generosity and prayers. If ever a man knew that the challenge God had laid before him was beyond his ability, it is the…

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