Church History Is Ecclesiastical Succession Required for a Church to Form? 6 Feb 202127 Feb 2021 Author's note: The following post is a slightly modified version of a booklet I published in September 2020 via Amazon. Does the Bible require ecclesiastical succession in order for a…
Bible… Unprecedented Times Call for Precedented Measures: Coronavirus and Cancelling Church Services 23 Apr 20201 Aug 2022 [Author's note: The thoughts in this article have been expanded in a recently published book, Essential Service, available as a free PDF download.] "We are living in unprecedented times." If you're…
Bible… Thinking Biblically About the Coronavirus, Pestilences, and the End Times 17 Mar 202018 Feb 2021 [A Spanish translation of this article is available here: "Pensando Bíblicamente Sobre el Coronavirus, las Pestes y el Fin de Los Tiempos."] As of yesterday, there have been nearly 3,500…
Bible… Don’t Prune the Truth: Lessons from Spurgeon’s Preaching of the Gospel of Grace 25 Nov 201915 Aug 2021 The Gospel of Jesus Christ is a message that humbles the pride of man and exalts the sovereignty, holiness, and power of God. It is a message which tells us…
Church History Christian Singing: Its Necessity, History, Didactic Nature, and Teleology 11 Nov 20191 Mar 2021 The fifth chapter of Ephesians contains an important verse related to singing and music: "addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the…
Church History New Church History Podcast! 18 Apr 201924 May 2019 Ladies and gentlemen, I am launching a new podcast on church history! Our first episode introduces us to William Bradford and is available now on Apple Podcasts, Anchor, Google Podcasts,…
Bible… The Strange Fire of the Charismatic Movement 22 Feb 201922 Feb 2019 I originally wrote the following article as a series of six blog posts in 2014 on a now defunct site. I have combined them all into one mega-post and made…
Bible… Baptism and the Marks of a True Church 1 Jul 201824 Dec 2019 [To listen to the sermon on this topic, click here.] In the previous post, we discussed the topic of the first mark of a true church as identified by the…
Bible… Is Calvinism the First Mark of a True Church? 16 Jun 20184 Apr 2021 It is no surprise that a topic as important as the gospel of grace will be controversial. Therefore, I realize some of the points made here will be disputed by…
Bible… The Connection Between Church Polity and Civil Engagement 2 Jun 2018 For many years I have been a strong supporter of Christians being involved in the civil sphere (for example, see my post published on Dr. Ken Gentry's website). Simultaneously, I…
Bible… Post Tenebras, Tenebras? 8 Oct 201731 Mar 2019 It isn’t just important that we look back at history. We must look back at history and ask the right questions. The church today is flooded with teachers who are…
Church History An Analysis of a Sermon on the Exaltation of Christ Above All Evils 8 Jul 20178 Jul 2017 The Puritan sermon remains one of the most majestic memorials to an incredible period in church history. Every Puritan sermon stands as a testament to a devotion to Scripture and…
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