Who are YOU listening to?
One of the things we discussed with our teens during E-TEAM is the need to saturate ourselves with God’s Truth so as to be able to discern truth from lies. In this spiritual warfare we are in, our enemy’s most powerful tool is deception. It has been so from the beginning, since the serpent deceived...
Are Works Required For Salvation? No . . . and Yes
It will be most helpful for me to clarify from the get go different aspects of salvation. There are more than these two aspects, but the two that apply to the topic of this post are initial salvation and final salvation. Initial salvation is the moment a person first becomes a Christian by putting faith...
Apostasy / Arminianism / Assurance / Calvinism / Doctrine / Free Will Baptist / The Holy Spirit / Theology
Two False Extremes Related to Apostasy
The issue of apostasy has come upon me. I haven’t sought it out. About a month ago a friend asked me what I thought about it (I didn’t respond). Another friend has mentioned he isn’t sure what he thinks about it. And I’m teaching a class on assurance of salvation right now on Wednesday nights...
The Most Important Characteristic of a Good Youth Pastor
What is the SINGLE most important thing that a youth pastor needs to possess in order to be successful? After all, there’s A LOT of characteristics that a youth pastor should have. At first I thought it was being a good team leader. A good youth pastor MUST know how to raise up a team...
The Holy Spirit: Is That Like Magic Whiskey?
What do you desire your walk with Christ to look like? If you’re a pastor, what type of corporate journey do you think God wants to see in your local church? One thing I desire is to have a personal and communal faith that follows the guiding of the Holy Spirit with Christ-like sensitivity. To help my...
The Power of the Word
I’m currently at Cumberland Camp in the hills of Tennessee, enjoying a week-long retreat from the world with my home church. Mick is speaking every night this week, working through passages dealing with the topics of total depravity, justification, sanctification, and glorification (one for each night). As his wife, I get a lot of feedback...
Moralism VS The Holy Spirit
Today I am struggling. I am incredibly quick to get angry. I was sarcastic and rude to my wife this morning. I was so angry at a co-worker over something stupid. It seems I’ve been consistently quick tempered for the past several weeks now, and I’m not normally like that (or at least I don’t...
No One’s Getting Saved Because You’re Not Saying It Cool Enough
It is very easy for me to believe that whether or not people are really changed by the Word of God is dependent on how well I teach it. It’s easy for me to think this because (1) this puts me in control, and (2) this is what so many other Christians seem to think....
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