No Man Is an Island, Romans 14:1-26: Victor Street Bible Chapel, 2019
Submit to Government, Romans 13:1-7: Victor Street Bible Chapel, 2019
What’s So Special About Fathers?: Victor Street Bible Chapel, 2019
More Apostasy and Idolatry at Union Seminary
Recently, Union Seminary in NYC had their students confess their sins to plants. Union Seminary is affiliated with Columbia University. It is considered one of the prestigious Ivy League seminaries (along with Yale Divinity School, Harvard Divinity, and Princeton Theological Seminary). Although it was founded by Christians, it began denying Biblical authority in the 19th
Hollywood’s Hell
Most people get their theological education from Hollywood. Show of hands—how many people think that Satan is the boss of hell? You know the image. It’s played as a joke—hell is where Satan rules, and the name of the game is torturing people. That’s his job and demons are his underlings. For example, that’s the
Are You Cross Wise?
There has been confusion for twenty years now concerning what Zane Hodges wrote about the cross and resurrection. In 1999 at our national conference, he delivered two messages on how to lead a person to Christ. In those messages he said that believing that Jesus died on the cross for our sins and rose bodily
Why Don’t Lordship Salvationists Who Pray for Guidance Find the Truth?
Last week I wrote a blog on the role of prayer in Bible interpretation (see here). I quoted three women who said in various ways that we should ask God to open our eyes to His Word. Yet at least two of the three, or more likely, all three, hold to Lordship Salvation. So far
The Classical Understanding of Christ (Christology, Part 2)
Who is Jesus? What kind of a man is He? Was He a man at all? Why can He give believers eternal life? Christology is the branch of theology that studies questions about the person and work of Christ. As you can imagine, hundreds of books have been written to answer those questions. Where can
Irresistible by Pastor Andy Stanley
Normally when I review books, I am confident that I understand the author’s main point. In the case of Irresistible by Andy Stanley, I am confident I understand at least a few of his main points. It is difficult to pinpoint exactly what Andy Stanley is and is not saying on many points. Let me