Lethal Self-defense?
I have been in a discussion with some serious Christians, who think it is proper for them to use lethal means to defend themselves against those who seek to do them harm. Logically that would require them to take the same action when your…
The Intelligence of God
The Intelligence of God According to the evolutionary, god-less world: the universe just “happened” into its current form, because of pre-existing agents of change: nuclear reactions, gravity, movement of air and water, freezing/thawing, chemical attraction and repulsion, and other factors. However, if the universe…
The Experiential Nature of Apostolic Christianity
The Experiential Nature of Apostolic Christianity If you read through the New Testament carefully, it becomes obvious that what Jesus brought to the earth contains many specific things to believe, to do, to not do, and attitudes to have when believing and doing them….
ELECTION FERVOR MOUNTING? AVOID THE CONSTANTINIAN HOPE!
ELECTION FERVOR MOUNTING? AVOID THE CONSTANTINIAN HOPE! This coming mid-term election seems to be one of the most important in the history of this nation. I have lived through fifteen national and thirty mid-term elections, and have never known one whose outcome portends such…
The Quartodeciman Controversy OR How Controversies Should NOT Be Resolved!
I belong to an academic organization (Academia.org) that presents its members’ papers for discussion. I have occasionally been invited to take part in those discussions. I just finished responding to a gentleman’s paper about the so-called “Quartodeciman Controversy.” This was among the earlier controversies…
Why Did God Test Adam And Eve?
Why Did God Test Adam And Eve? (A Leap From Genesis 2-3 to Revelation 21-22) Yesterday, our nine-month-old puppy Bella provided a real-life parable to demonstrate the answer to this question. We have had her since she was two months old and are taking…
Just Imagine – A Day in the Life of an Apostolic Church (part one)
Following is a section of Chapter Eight of my Blueprint for a Revolution: Building Upon ALL of the New Testament. It describes how all or most of the teachings presented within that Blueprint might be lived out within a Christian community on a given…
His Atonement: Rescue as well as Forgiveness
There have been a number of postings on the Facebook group regarding the nature of the atonement that Jesus has made possible for us. There are proponents of the “ransom” that He paid to Satan, and proponents of His “substitution” for us in order…
“Open Theism” – the Product of “cherry picking” Scriptures
HOW TO PROCESS BIBLICAL CLUES Here is a cardinal rule to use when interpreting a Scriptural passage: In the mind of the Holy Spirit, every passage that He inspired assumes the presence of ALL the other passages that belong together, passages which He had…
BIBLICAL Predestination (versus the other kinds!)
BIBLICAL Predestination (versus the other kinds!) (A young man, also a Calvinist, asked me to explain “Predestination.” Following is a sort of “Readers Digest” version of the chapter on the subject in Volume One of the Blueprint For A Revolution: Building Upon ALL Of The…
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