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What Happens When Christians Sin?
by Jeff Heslop – The Bible teaches us as followers of Christ to be holy because our God is holy, Lev 19:2; 1 Pet 1:16. We are to be like Him. But often we are not. When we commit sins we are not being like God. Yet when we commit sins, we do not lose our right...
Biblical Pastoring: The Pastor’s Unique Role
by Daniel Goepfrich – The noun “pastor” is found in only one place in the entire New Testament, so to find out what a pastor does, that seems like a good place to start. It was he who gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, and some...
The Words of the Gospel of Eternal Life
by Mike Stallard – I appreciate last year's article by Duane Litfin in Christianity Today, May 2012, entitled You Can’t Preach the Gospel with Deeds and Why It’s Important to Say So. In some earlier posts and previous articles I have lamented the problem of expanding...
Standing Firm Against Three Enemies
by Christopher Cone – Every believer has three opponents who are constantly trying to derail our walk with Christ. Ephesians 2:1-3 identifies them by name. The first enemy is the course (or age) of this world. That is, the world system itself, and not the people in...
Review of Richard Weikart’s Hitler’s Ethic: The Nazi Pursuit of Evolutionary Progress
by Mark Musser – How evolutionary or Darwinian was Hitler’s Social Darwinism? Such a question has now been answered by Dr. Richard Weikart's (Discovery Institute Fellow of Science and Culture and scholarly inspiration behind Ben Stein’s documentary “Expelled”)...
Thoughts on Thessalonians: The Difference Between Night and Day
by Robert Wren – As I sit down to write this, I do so as someone who has been changed by my interaction with the Word of God. This has not been a once-for-all type of change, but rather an ongoing change that is constantly affected and reinforced each time that I...
A Historical Account of the Synod of Dort
by David Gunn – On November 13, 1618, the first session of the Synod of Dort was called to order. It would result in an indelible codification of Calvinistic soteriology that is still wildly popular some four centuries later. However, the chief purpose of the synod...
Finding and Following God’s Will, Part 2
by Steve Spurlin – In my last post I began putting forth my understanding of and belief in the idea that the sign gifts of the first century have ceased in this dispensation, a belief known as cessationism. This belief includes the understanding that the canon of...
God as Administrator
by Daniel Goepfrich – Recently at Oak Tree Church I taught on Ephesians 1:7-12, emphasizing the freedom we gain through Christ’s salvation. However, in this passage there is an important phrase that I did not have time to address. Paul wrote: In him...