Correction … and a Lesson
Once upon a time, I published a post which contained the following sentence: “If the preacher is speaking sound doctrine, the church will not be sound.” This was an error that should have been caught by proof-reading. It should have said: “If the preacher is not speaking sound doctrine, the church will not be sound.” […]
Are You Sick?
The Israelites were in bad shape in Isaiah 1. They were full of sin and alienated from God (Isaiah 59:1-2). Isaiah used the very striking metaphor of a sick man to describe their deplorable condition. He said in vv. 5-6, “Why should you be stricken again? You will revolt more and more. The whole head […]
What Is a Cult?
A four-part documentary recently aired on Amazon Prime entitled “Shiny Happy People.” The documentary exposed the cult of Bill Gothard and his religious movement known as Institute in Basic Life Principles as a cult. However, the documentary also seemed intent on branding all who believe in Jesus as cultists. The term “fundamentalist religions” was used […]
The First Gentile Christian #1
The separation between Jews and Gentiles is well known. That separation was deemed necessary by God in order that a pure line from Abraham to Christ might be maintained and to help the Jew retain his faith in the one true God. This separation was not to be permanent, however. In His promise to Abraham […]
