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P.O. Box 1308, Denton, TX 76202
I grew up in a home where I knew I was loved. I was a surprise, but a good surprise. My mom turned 40 a few months after I was born. My dad was nearly 40 as well. I was the long-awaited son. Both Mom and Dad hugged and kissed me a lot. They showed […]
“De manera que cualquiera que quebrante uno de estos mandamientos muy pequeños, y así enseñe a los hombres, muy pequeño será llamado en el reino de los cielos; mas cualquiera que los haga y los enseñe, éste será llamado grande en el reino de los cielos” (Mateo 5:19). Henry Ford dijo una vez, “No puedes […]
Each spring, I have the very best intentions of raising a bountiful garden. But by each fall, all I have is a tangled weedy mess and barely a handful of cherry tomatoes to show for it. Any idea why? I recently heard two folksy illustrations comparing the Christian life to farming and gardening that shed […]
The word “death” (thanatos) occurs 22 times in the Book of Romans. (The word “dead” [nekros] occurs 16 times.) Often times, when people hear the word “death” they think the Bible is talking about eternal death or what happens when a person goes to hell. The verse in which this most often is the case […]
¿Tu iglesia o tradición cree en la doctrina de recompensas eternas? Es crucial para entender muchísimos temas en teología y muchísimos pasajes de las Escrituras. Por ejemplo, ¿sabías que Jesús enseñaba que habrían diferentes niveles de grandeza en Su reino? En el Sermón del Monte, el Señor dijo, “De manera que cualquiera que quebrante uno […]
Our conference was originally scheduled for May 18-21. We moved it back five months due to Covid-19. The attendance was down. Normally we have around 200. We had 115 the first three days and 100 on day four. In the coronavirus new normal, that was surprisingly good attendance. Between 30 and 60 people watched the […]
Despite COVID and nasty weather, our 2020 National Conference was a success. There were many excellent messages given, which you can watch at our YouTube channel here. But the most important message for me was given by Bob Bryant on The Doctrine of the Church (see here). Here’s why it was important. Don’t you get […]
¿Qué es la ley de la libertad? Respuesta Muchas gracias por tu pregunta. Como sabes, la expresión “ley de la libertad” se encuentra en los versículos de Santiago 1:25 y 2:12. La clave para entender lo que significa se encuentra en el contexto, justo antes de su primera aparición (1:25). Santiago acaba de hablar del […]
Howard M. Ervin (1915-2009) was a longstanding faculty member at Oral Roberts University (in fact, the second longest-serving faculty member). I have to imagine that his theology impacted generations of ORU pastors, so his views on salvation are worth looking into. For example, in his book, Spirit Baptism: A Biblical Investigation, Ervin asks when the […]
By Summer Stevens With the holidays—and holiday foods—just around the corner, and everything at a fever pitch, it can be easy to miss the Biblical significance of feasting and how celebrating with food can actually draw us near to the heart of God. Where in the Bible do we see the theological significance of eating? […]
We have all heard the expression “slicing the bologna thin.” It means that a person is examining something too closely, even to the point of obsession. It can be used positively: “He really...
Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Sam Marr are continuing a freeform discussion in response to a YouTube video. In...
Recently, I wrote a blog in which I said that homosexuals need not turn from their homosexuality in order to be born again (see here). They simply need to...
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