Bible/Theology
A good place to start when witnessing to Jews is the Old Covenant. While that certainly plays a part in the grand scheme of witnessing to pagan Gentiles, it may not always be the best place to start since they may not know or even care that there is an Old Covenant made with Israel.…
In order for Calvinists to maintain their theory of unconditional election, they must violate the Apostle John’s stated purpose for writing his gospel and his clear emphasis upon salvation by believing alone, which is available to every person, rather than Calvinism’s supposed unconditional election of chosen ones. I will look at the following two…
In the book Removing the Stain of Racism from the Southern Baptist Convention, Dr. Jarvis J. Williams contributes a chapter entitled “Biblical Steps Toward Removing the Stain of Racism from the Southern Baptist Convention.”[1] That he is a scholar is evident in his chapter. I did find myself in agreement with some things he said…
John 3:16–21 16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.17 “For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.18 “He who believes in…
The Baptist Faith and Message (BFM) says of the pastor’s office, “The office of pastor is limited to men as qualified by Scripture.”[1] The meaning of the term pastor in the 2000 BFM is not in question, though some try to make it unclear. However, three of those who served on the 2000 BFM committee…
All people belong to the human race. Because all people are created in the image of God (Gen 1:26–28), they are essentially equal. Bearing God’s image is an essential and uniquely human property, which is the irreplaceable principal locus of our human identity. Other identifying qualities drawn from experience or development do not and cannot…
Frequently, it seems, we think of the New Testament as demonstrative of God’s salvific love for all and the Old Testament as demonstrative of God’s holiness. While the Old Testament does demonstrate God’s holiness, it also demonstrates his heart for all to come to know him as the one true God before it is everlastingly…
We can safely say, prior to the death of Christ on the cross, one was still saved by faith, and God was righteous to forgive one’s sin based upon the merits of the gospel that Christ would die for the sins of the world (even though one could not as yet hear and believe in…
These are the two pillars upon which the Conservative Baptist Network (CBN) stands. While I am not providing formal definitions for the CBN, I am defining the terms for those who have asked because they know I am a part of the CBN. The two pillars provide the product and provision that result from divinely…
The Grammatical Historical Method (GHM) approaches the Bible as the holy word of God and therefore strives to discover the biblical author’s initially intended meaning in the verse and passage under consideration. In other words, the interpreter asks, what did the author (like Matthew, Paul, or Peter) mean by what he said, and how did…