One of my favorite stories is an extra-biblical account, told by second century Clement of Alexandria, about the Apostle John. The same beloved apostle of Jesus, the one who was imprisoned on the isle of Patmos, the one who wrote five books of the New Testament. In a past post, I posted the account verbatim […]
Is God mean? Just because one doesn’t believe on him, will he send that person to Hell? Maybe. However, another perspective may help us better understand. Lets rewind back to the 1980’s. Harry Randall Truman lived near Spirit Lake leading up to the fateful day of May 18, 1980. He became a short lived celebrity – he […]
The Ten Commandments is a powerful tool to help show people their need for Christ. Many have suppressed sin in their mind and ignore guilt. How do you expose this sin for them? What should you say? Both Christ and Paul used the Decalogue to circumvent the intellect and go straight to the conscience (1). […]
These “big thoughts on Christianity” have been rattling around in my head. These are areas in my life that I have been trying to work on. Hope you can also put these principles to use! Focus on Scriptural Integrity. 1) Reading passages/verses in context reduces error and poor exegesis.2) Coming to the Scriptures to understand a concept, […]
Uniformity does not constitute unity. When Christian fellowship is dependent upon extra-biblical uniformity, the source of division does not lay at the feet of those who do not abide by these demands, but rather the demanders. On the other hand, when scriptural directives are pronounced as unnecessary or even wrong, the transcendence of biblical directives […]
One of my favorite stories is one recited by Clement of Alexandria. This narrative is rich in instruction, let me just focus your attention on some of this richness before you read it for yourself. Children need instruction, not just examples. Mature believers need to disciple the younger. Just because one is a Christian does […]
