I was reading an article about political involvement of Christians. No, it wasn’t a commentary about the “Religious Right”, but rather it was a slam against the politics of the “Religious Left”. Frankly, it wasn’t all that interesting of an article, but there were a couple of comments that really…
Fellow writer Eric Ruark wrote a review on his blog about “A Critical Look at JESUS INTERRUPTED by Bart D. Ehrman". I think he makes a good case and states it eloquently. I’ve been wondering how to introduce a particular topic for a couple of articles, and Ruark’s article seems…
OK, here’s a chance for some of you to “de-lurk”. If you’ve never posted here before, here’s your chance! You will need an OpenID login (such as Gmail/Google, Yahoo!, flickr, facebook, WordPress, AOL, and more) to comment, but you probably already have an account. I have always been intrigued by…
No, we do not have all the answers. Let’s face it. If we had perfect knowledge, then wouldn’t we in fact be God? We are linear beings. In fact, we are bounded by time itself in such a way that we only move in one direction. Even if, in theory,…
I caught a little bit of Charles Stanley the other day, and he was asking the question, “What is wrong with Jesus?” His point is that there are misconceptions about Jesus, and that it is the Jesus of the Bible that was real. He then went on to talk of…
9Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 10For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for…
How often are we told to not be deceived? Have you ever really considered it? Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived (Dt 11:16a). And he [Jesus] said, Take heed that ye be not deceived (Lk 21:8a). … Be not deceived… (1Co 6:9). Be not deceived ……
Peter often gets a bad rap. It would be worthwhile if more COG leaders read John Maxwell’s The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership. We would all benefit if they all were more versed in the laws of respect and empowerment. Perhaps it would also be worthwhile to study a little…
1 In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil. 2 He had seven sons and three daughters, 3 and he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen and…
Probably the most disappointing document to come out of UCG is its paper on Born Again, dtd December 2002. You may have noticed Robert Thiel’s recent article on “CGG’s Born Again Doctrinal Change”. Indeed, John W Ritenbaugh states in his sermon Born Again (Part 2): Nicodemus’ error was sincere, and…