Bible/Theology
Recently ALEXANDRA ALTER wrote an article in the Wall Street Journal about church discipline. While the story includes references to a few different churches that practice church discipline, the article focuses on the discipline of Mrs. Caskey by Allen Baptist Church in southwestern Michigan, pastored by Jason Burrick. Of course, the pastor is presented as…
Restoring Integrity in Baptist Churches is edited by Thomas White, Jason G. Duesing, and Malcolm B. Yarnell III. This book is a must read for anyone concerned about restoring the biblical identity, value, vitality, and purity of the local church. The authors not only remind us that the local church in both its essence and…
As Christians, we desire to know and follow God’s plan for our lives and this is true in the area of procreation as well. However, with advances in modern technology offering more and more options to augment or even replace natural relations between a husband and wife, what was once a quite simple decision has…
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…
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…
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.
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…
Francis J. Beckwith, a wonderful Christian apologist and former President of The Evangelical Theological Society, has taken his stand with the Roman Catholic Church. I have just a few comments. Dr. Beckwith is an outstanding Christian scholar, and from what I know about him, quite a gentleman. Consequently, my comments are not intended to be…
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 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…