Ronnie W. Rogers
Recently, some of our college students visited Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Some of them will be attending there in the fall, and others are seeking the Lord’s direction with regard to going to seminary. As a part of their excursion, they attended classes, chapel and joined Mrs. Patterson at Pecan Manor, the president’s home. This…
Christians’ opinions about war cover the continuum from pacifism to patriotism–from no war to any war for the homeland. I think both positions are based upon selective use of biblical teaching. It is true that God’s perfect world did not have war; however, it is incorrect to conclude from that truth that God is therefore…
Deacons should play an important role in the life and ministry of the local church, and they very often do. Unfortunately, their New Testament role is often obfuscated by man’s wisdom. In Baptist churches and other local churches that are similarly structured, the title of deacon can easily become an honor to be bestowed, a…
The Virginia Tech Massacre last Monday has once again shocked the nation. Here in civilized America, the most technologically advanced society, where man dwells far above the mire of barbarism, a young man commits a most uncivilized act, a heinous betrayal of humanity even by barbaric standards. Pundits seek someone to blame for not stopping…
The KJV has been used mightily of God as His church has proclaimed the wonderful truths of Scripture throughout the world for nearly four hundred years. The Bible is the best seller of all books for all times, and the KJV is the best selling Bible of all times. The poetic nature of the the…
The number of Bible translations has grown significantly and there seems to be no end in sight. This can be rather confusing for most people since they are, more often than not, unaware of the kinds or purposes of translations and/or what they are based on. Some Bibles like the New International Version are intended…
The following is intended to summarize our two month study on the New Testament teaching about speaking in tongues and modern day claims. I encourage you to listen to the entire series on tongues if you were not present when we studied this together. The series on tongues is really a part of a larger…
Everyone by now is aware of the child abuse that not only went on in the Catholic Church but was actually covered up by the leaders of the Catholic Church. That immorality and abuses will happen in the church is inevitable since the church, like any other organization, is filled with people who are sinners.…
I spoke at Paradigm last Thursday night on the subject of worship. I reminded them that about half of all that the Bible says about worship is condemning false worship. As a matter of fact, the amount of Scripture devoted to false worship, along with the subtlety of false worship, should cause every Christian to…
Undeniable should not be taken to mean that no one denies Christ is God. One only has to look into the halls of academia, walk the corridors of cults, listen to the mantra of atheists and agnostics, or scan the pages of antiquity to find a plethora of individuals all too willing to deny that…