Pride is so easy! Is there a one of us that can say that this devil does not rise within us beating us down in our Christian walk? Oh how I loathe my pride, but what I loathe more than that, is my inability to conquer this most destructive of behaviors. I weep with David in Psalm 51 “Have mercy…
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WARNING! LONG, CONFUSING POST-ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK OF LOSING YOUR SANITY! Oh how the word “Calvinism” sparks such controversy and uproar, and I am not just talking about the way the blogosphere goes at it. This one word has broken relationships, split churches, and created (as most debates do) an awful lot of misrepresentation by both sides of the…
I wonder why the Liberal agenda is so inconsistent. I read on my Social Security statement today that in 2017 we will be paying out more in benefits than receiving in taxes. Obviously this is because there are more elderly people collecting than younger people paying taxes. Therefore as the ever pragmatic libs should realize the more children born in…
There is a grave danger within fundamentalism to want to shoot those on the same team or to want a pound of flesh (like old Shylock) from those we disagree with. I am convinced that unity can exist where agreement does not, therefore; I have resisted in my public ministry from lobbing critical grenades at those who are on my…
I have heard and experienced enough of one brand of fundamentalism to know that I am not exaggerating when I say that much of the preaching is absolutely horrid. There is a lot of good oration and fabulous story-telling, but that is not Biblical preaching. The young and restless fundamentalists are not restless because we have been influenced by certain…
There has been a lot of buzz in the blogosphere set off by a sermon preached at a FBF meeting in the south by Dr. Dan Sweatt; and the responses (Dr. Kevin Bauder, Dr. David Doran, FBFI, Bob Bixby, Chris Anderson) from several concerning that message. I would like to blog several posts about fundamentalism and its identity in light…
Studying Galatians 5 has caused me to think much about what we think is real fruit of Christianity. As far as fundamental Christianity and Evangelical Christianity we are somewhat mixed up concerning what is the true produce (fruit) that Christ brings through walking in accordance with His Holy Spirit through the Word. A person who claims a born-again experience or “prayed…
Here are some interesting quotes I discovered reading John Broadus’ On the Preparation and Delivery of Sermons (the volume I have was revised by Jesse Weatherspoon). “With the emphasis today upon the institutional program of the church, pastoral visitation, counseling and administration, the proper use of ceremonial and ritual in worship these tend to become competitors of preaching and to disparage the…
“Vindicate me, O LORD, For I have walked in my integrity. I have also trusted in the Lord; I shall not slip. Examine me, O LORD, and prove me: Try my mind and my heart. For your lovingkindness is before my eyes, and I have walked in Your truth. I have not sat with idolatrous mortals, nor will I go…