“The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.” – 2 Timothy 2:6 Before you can plant the seed of the gospel, you must first be saved. Before you can preach faithfulness to others, you must first be faithful. Before you see fruit grow in others, you must first see fruit grow in […]
You First
April 30th, 2022 Comments Off on You First
An Embarrassing Verse in Mark
April 23rd, 2022 Comments Off on An Embarrassing Verse in Mark
Mark 16:18 is so embarrassing that erudite Christians think it should be removed from the Bible. This is a “great commission” passage where Jesus is resurrected and giving his disciples instructions and descriptions of what will follow belief. Why isn’t this passage regularly practiced in churches? Instead of saying something more palatable to preachers like […]
Easter Considerations
April 16th, 2022 Comments Off on Easter Considerations
People spend more money this weekend than they do for the Super Bowl, Independence Day, and Halloween, but there is rarely an outcry about the evils of consumerism at Easter. In the United States more chocolate is sold for Easter than Valentine’s Day and Halloween combined, but less common are warnings about how much you […]
The Bible is Right About Everything
April 2nd, 2022 Comments Off on The Bible is Right About Everything
Most churches are not Bible believing. One evidence of this is how unpopular it is to hear anyone take a strong stand that the Bible is right about everything. The Bible is right about everything, not just morality, or things Jesus said, but about everything it says about anything. This is called the doctrine of […]
Confirmation Hearings and Hell
April 2nd, 2022 Comments Off on Confirmation Hearings and Hell
No, this article is not about the politics or religious preferences of those involved in the Supreme Court confirmation hearings. I’d rather make an important point about hell that could be made from watching C-SPAN last week. (Insert joke about watching congressional television here.) Sentencing Justice During the confirmation hearings of Ketanji Brown Jackson an […]
