The “We’re All Sinners, We All Sin” Delusion
Proverbs 17:15 says “He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, Even they both are abomination to the LORD.” In Ezekiel chapter thirteen the Lord rebuked certain false prophets and summed up the lies they were telling in Ezekiel 13:22: “Because with lies ye have made theRead More
Being a Christian Does Not Mean Being a Pacifist
Pacifism is a belief that all war and violence is wrong. This message is not teaching that all war and violence is right nor promoting that you should become a violent, macho person. Pacifists however can be bullies without using one fist while also not righteously and appropriately opposing evilRead More
Calvinist Strongholds Are Built on Sinking Sand (Romans 9 Study)
Romans chapter nine is a Biblical text which believers in Calvinism/Reformed theology utterly need to depend upon in order to attempt to validate their doctrine and theology. Yet when examined in the context of the book it is written in, and analyzed in line with the rest of the Bible,Read More
Rebuke to Calvinism, False Grace, and Once Saved Always Saved Compilation
The cheap grace deceivers overlook that something being freely offered does not mean that it is offered unconditionally. There are terms and conditions and labor involved in believing Christ’s Gospel unto salvation (obviously faith must work according to God’s commandments and ways- see James chapter 2, etc). We see inRead More
Important Lessons from a 1970s Documentary (Marjoe)
Important Lessons from a 1970s Documentary (Marjoe) Marjoe is a documentary released in 1972 about a man named Marjoe Gortner who was a preacher in Pentecostal circles (i.e. circles related to the Azusa Street so-called Revival of 1906). Marjoe had been a preacher since he was a child. His parentsRead More
The Curse of Mass Evangelistic Crusades
What is directly being attacked here is the concept that Christians can be mass produced through a series of meetings or perhaps even through a single meeting. This concept is the general rule of mass evangelistic crusades, if it is not the rule with no exceptions altogether. Such crusades areRead More
Thoughts on the Asbury Meetings and Revival in General
The recent meetings at Asbury University in Kentucky have gotten a lot of attention. This video is dealing with Biblical principles for discernment regarding anything that might be called a revival, an awakening, or a move of God. I will focus mainly on general principles related to these things thatRead More
Luke 14:25-35 Study (Cherishing the Old Rugged Cross)
Luke 14:25-35 contains several key lessons upholding Christ’s Lordship (or authority) as necessary to be under for one to have an interest in Him. It emphasizes that the way to eternal life in Him is indeed narrow. It speaks emphatically of what a bloody and costly fight is required inRead More
Independent Fundamentalist Baptist Rebuke
The commonly regarded father of the IFB (i.e. Independent Fundamental Baptist) churches is Jack Hyles who was the leader of Hammond Baptist Church in Hammond, Indiana from 1959 until his death in 2001. There is also a movement that is commonly called the New IFB, which I will comment aboutRead More
When it is Better Not to Believe in Jesus
We read in John 1:10-11: “He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not.” And yet we see in John chapter 6 how a vast multitude of Jews did indeedRead More