November 14, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Death, hospice, Lordship Salvation
Lordship Salvation Is Poor Comfort

This past Sunday, our minivan wouldn’t start, so the kids and I walked to a local church, about a mile away. They protested, feeling it was an exceedingly far distance […]

November 13, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - ministry, mission, vocation
Why Not Start a Church Bookstore_

“Churches need to operate their own bookstores to provide sound material to the people,” David Cloud, a Fundamentalist Baptist, argued. “The typical Christian bookstores are not going to carry the […]

Will the bad deeds of believers be judged at the Judgment Seat of Christ_

Ecclesiastes is a difficult book. The reason is probably because Solomon was seeking pleasure and wisdom from a humanistic perspective. But by the time he gets to the end of […]

November 11, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - emerging church
The Emerging Church and Bizarro Grace_

If you’re familiar with Superman, you might be familiar with one of his enemies, Bizarro. Bizarro is a doppelgänger of Superman—a broken, inverted, mirror image. For example, Bizarro comes from […]

Was Jesus forbidding believers from defending themselves and their families from assaults_

Questions about the Sermon on the Mount are always challenging. Here is one I just received: How would you exegete this passage (Matt 5:38-40)? I have read that in Jewish […]

November 7, 2019 by Ken Yates in Blog
Believer, Which Way Are You Going_

I have a confession to make. Bartimaeus is one of my heroes. I don’t think he gets the credit he deserves. I have written about him in the GES journal. […]

Can an atheist be a Christian minister_

The United Church of Canada is an ultra-liberal denomination in an already liberal Canadian religious environment. During my undergraduate studies, I attended classes at a United Church seminary, and I […]

November 5, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog
Should Women Cover Their Heads When Praying or Teaching_

My recent blog (see here) attempted to harmonize 1 Cor 11:5 with 1 Cor 14:34 (and with 1 Tim 2:11-12). I suggested that in the meeting of the local church, […]

Jesus Is the Power Station

The October 28 devotion in Oswald Chamber’s My Utmost for His Highest risks leaving people in the dark about what he meant. I think Chambers is making an important point […]

Is Wrath an Attribute of God_

I was reading up on house churches when I stumbled across this post from Keith Giles (whom I am not familiar with, but who has written about “organic churches”). He […]

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