In The Baptist Faith and Message Section VI. The Church, it states “[the church’s] scriptural officers are pastors and deacons.”  Based on my research this is not the church officers shown in Scripture.   Poimen is only translated “pastor” in Eph 4:11 (KJV & NKJV), where it is included in a list of people given to…

[From Mikey’s Funnies] If I decorate my house perfectly with plaid bows, strands of twinkling lights and shiny balls, but do not show love, I’m just another decorator….

By Dr. Michael A. Halleen “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews?” (Matthew 2:2) There’s a story that has become legend in a small Minnesota town. I can’t vouch for its truth, only that people tell it as though it really happened. It seems that the retiring mayor was to…

I recently saw an article telling that author Anne Rice has “quit being a Christian”.  After reading the post, it made me think.   “I quit being a Christian.” “I’m out. In the name of Christ, I refuse to be anti-gay. I refuse to be anti-feminist. I refuse to be anti-artificial birth control. I refuse…

Last Sunday our pastor preached on the commandment “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.”  During the message he mentioned that God cannot lie.  He explained that it is not within God’s nature to lie.  But that gave me a thought, which has turned into this theory about why God cannot lie……

Theological liberals do not intend to destroy Christianity, but to save it. As a matter of fact, theological liberalism is motivated by what might be described as an apologetic motivation. The pattern of theological liberalism is all too clear. Theological liberals are absolutely certain that Christianity must be saved…from itself.   You can read the…

I was reading an article in World Magazine about the Apostolic Constitution (called Anglicanorum Coetibus) and I noticed something a tremendous focus on tradition.  Now I have nothing about tradition, but when you are trying to decide what church you are going to attend should tradition be at the top of your list?…

NOTE: This is from The Manhattan Declaration website.   Christians, when they have lived up to the highest ideals of their faith, have defended the weak and vulnerable and worked tirelessly to protect and strengthen vital institutions of civil society, beginning with the family. We are Orthodox, Catholic, and evangelical Christians who have united at…

I was talking to a friend the other day when the conversation turned to the discussion of adultery, specifically the meaning of the work “adultery” in Exodus 20:14.  My friend had a previous conversation with someone who stated that the Hebrew word translated “adultery” really means “a married woman having sex with someone other than…