Yesterday’s Faith

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Rev. Amos Binney was a Methodist preacher who wrote a short systematic theology called Binney’s Theological Compend (published in 1840) explaining “Biblical Methodism” (see here). The “improved” version edited by Daniel Steele is very readable and succinct. I think it is a model for how a short systematic theology should be done, and I plan
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Three Ways to Evaluate an Argument

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Gordon H. Clark once said, “Unless one knows the definition, he does not know what he is talking about” (see here). I recently wrote a blog where I said that while GES believed that Jesus is God in a fully Trinitarian sense, we deny that you need to believe that to be born-again (to grow,
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God Did It (Galatians 1:1-5)

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Legalists from Israel were corrupting the Galatian churches, teaching them they needed to be circumcised and to keep different laws to be saved. Paul hit back. Hard. Paul’s greeting to the Galatian churches (1:1-5) strongly emphasized that God is the main actor in salvation. God sends the preacher (v 1a). God raised Jesus from the
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Simple Principles of Giving (2 Corinthians 8-9)

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What does the NT say about giving? I’m sure someone has told you that Christians should tithe. That is, you should give one-tenth of all you make to the church. That principle has the virtue of being easy to remember, but does it have the virtue of being true? The problem is, tithing is not
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A Cloudy View of Salvation: David W. Cloud on Repentance

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Shawn Lazar Associate Editor I. INTRODUCTION David W. Cloud is a Fundamental Baptist missionary, writer, and publisher. His Way of Life Literature is well-known in Fundamentalist circles and defends many conservative positions with which readers of JOTGES would agree. Cloud has even explicitly written against Lordship Salvation. But how consistent is he in rejecting it?
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A Simple Way to Pray

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By Shawn Lazar Do you know how to pray? Are you making progress in your prayer life? Do you find that your prayers have become repetitive, dry, and boring? I find I need help to pray. Do you? Martin Luther’s barber once asked for advice on how to pray to God. So Luther wrote him
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