“Discipling: How to Help Others Follow Jesus,” by Mark Dever
I am happy to announce that our next book that we are to read is “Discipling: How to Help Others Follow Jesus,” by Mark Dever. This is a smaller book, and though I haven’t read it yet, I think it is going to be a helpful book for us to read. We will read it on our own...
How Can You Know Christianity is True?
There are questions, and then there are questions. Some of our questions in Christianity deal with personal assurance of salvation, an interpretation of a certain passage of Scripture, or how to better live out God’s Word in some area of our life. These are all good...
“Church Membership” by Jonathan Leeman
Hey, everyone. Our next book that we are reading in "Great Christian Books" will be Church Membership by Jonathan Leeman. We plan to meet on November 2nd at Double Branch Free Will Baptist Church at 9:00 am, with a breakfast provided at 8:30. Our plan is to read the...
Must I be Baptized to be Saved? (Part 3)
This is now the third post on baptism. The first two can be seen here and here. In this post I’m going to go through some verses that may be used to convince some that baptism is essential for the salvation experience. However, as I will try to show, none of the...
Did Jesus Speak about Homosexuality?
“Jesus never spoke about homosexuality, therefore He didn't think it was wrong.” There are a number of things to say to this statement. First, Jesus didn't speak specifically against rape and yet it would be outrageous to say that Jesus did not consider that to be...
Baptism: Is it Essential? (Part 2)
This is the second post in a series about baptism. You can read the first post here. “Is baptism essential?” That question needs something added to it. But isn’t this how we sometimes view the question of baptism? I think we argue at times whether baptism is essential...
Is Homosexuality Both an Abomination and a Sin?
“Homosexuality is called an abomination in the Old Testament, but that doesn't mean it is considered a sin. Some things in the Old Testament were considered an abomination that we no longer consider sinful today.” There are at least eight different Hebrew words that...
Baptism: What is it? (Part 1)
This is the first blog of a series of posts on the important topic of Christian baptism. I plan to look at whether baptism is needed before one can be a Christian, but before we look at that we need to see what baptism is. Below are eight truths about baptism. 1. It’s...
J.C. Ryle Quote
"The world can admire zeal in any service but that of God, and can praise enthusiasm on any subject but that of religion. Let us work on unmoved. Whatever men may say and think, we are walking in the steps of our Lord Jesus Christ." - J.C. Ryle on John 4:31-42.
Should We Reconsider Children’s Church?
I want to make a case for what has been called “family worship.” Family worship, as it will be used here, means that individual families meet together with others to worship. In other words, I want to make a case for the need for the entire church -from young to old-...