From a human perspective, man will not live as God desires him to live unless he is threatened with uncertainty about his eternal destiny. As popular as this notion is, however, it is false. It reflects a weak view of the power of God’s truth to create a new creature at the moment of saving

A friend sent me the Nashville Statement. A coalition for Biblical sexuality met to draft a statement on marriage and sexuality. The statement does a good job of promoting marriage as between one man and one woman and of denying that homosexuality or transgenderism are consistent with God’s purposes in creation. They also distinguish between

I recently read a book called Surviving and Thriving in Seminary by Daniel Zacharias and Benjamin Forrest. Nearly 40 years ago when I went to seminary, I had no background in theological studies other than a few summer courses when I was on staff with Campus Crusade for Christ. So I could have used a

Nevertheless what does the Scripture say? “Cast out the bondwoman and her son, for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.” So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman but of the free. (Gal 4:30-31) If we were to define legalism, we would say that

For to you it has been granted on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake (Phil 1:29) In Oct 1415, the English fought the French at the Battle of Agincourt in France on St. Crispin’s Day. Henry V was the king of the English. In his

I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. (Jude 3) I have been associated with Southern Baptist churches for many years. I currently attend one in South Carolina. One of the things I appreciate about the Southern Baptist

Do not love the world or the things in the world. (1 John 2:15a) All of us have been the butt of a joke at sometime. Many times, it is all in good fun. I remember when I was in the military and was new to a unit, I became the butt of a very

On September 6 one of my seminary professors, Dr. Stan Toussaint, died. I have many fond memories of him. About five years ago he spoke at our annual conference. His big idea was this: “The kingdom is not now and the kingdom is not now.” He said that multiple times. He specifically was rejecting the

The Role of Suffering in Preceding Glory Today I received an irenic email from someone, we will call him Frank, who agrees that everlasting life is absolutely free. However, he also thinks that in order to get that free gift you must deny yourself. Here is what Frank wrote: I’d like to offer my opinion