Introduction Recently I posted the following on Facebook and Twitter: It has been brought to my attention by a couple friends on Facebook that my recent posts regarding Arminianism have been unnecessarily divisive, provocative, and even mean. I apologize if my tone has come across that way. It was never my intent to be mean. It was never my intent to be provocative for … [Read more...]
Engaging a Black Hebrew Israelite
A Black Hebrew Israelite: always angry, always disrespectful, always self-righteous, always racist, always hateful. You can't shut them up, but you can shut them down. See Ryan Turner's excellent article, which gives a good overview of this demonic, cultic group: Black Hebrew Israelites. While Jeff Rose and Dave Griffin (JeremiahCry Ministries) Two verses these men of … [Read more...]
Have You Been Sent? – Sermon Manuscript and Audio
Recently, I was given the honor and privilege of serving as one of the speakers of the JeremiahCry Herald Society, in Milton, FL, which was hosted by First Baptist Church of Milton. I preached two sermons: "A Defense of the Public Proclamation of the Gospel" and "Have You Been Sent?" What follows is the original manuscript of my sermon "Have You Been Sent?" Below the … [Read more...]
“Just” a Four-Letter Word
"I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish. So I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome. For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is … [Read more...]
Suicide Behind the Badge: Wait! There’s Hope!
No one remembers them with a black band across the badge--the symbol of respect and remembrance for an officer killed in the line-of-duty. Many officers won't attend their funerals, even their close friends, because it's just too hard. Brethren officers are too angry, too hurt, too afraid that it might one-day be them. The brother or sister officer in the casket didn't die … [Read more...]
Man’s Colossal and Extraordinary Efforts to Suppress the Truth
What a truly extraordinary technological feat! On March 2, 2004, the ESA and NASA launched the Rosetta rocket into space. The rocket takes its name after the Rosetta Stone. On Wednesday, November 12, 2014, more than ten years after launch, the Philae lander touched down on the surface of the 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko comet. So, maybe you're thinking, "Big deal. They … [Read more...]
Why Abortive Parents and Some Professing Christians Hate Adoption
Saturday, I met Julian outside the Riverside Planned Parenthood. You can watch our conversation, here. During our conversation, he made some statements in response to my suggestion of placing his baby in the arms of adoptive parents. What Julian said was so honest and so telling that it revealed what I believe is a primary reason why so many abortive parents reject the idea of … [Read more...]