I was talking with a friend recently who is unemployed and also single. He was really struggling with his sense of meaning and purpose. I talked with him and prayed with him. In light of the sermon I did yesterday morning about the Kingdom of God being like a mustard seed, and the man who […]
What To Do When Mormons Knock At Your Door?
I reposted yesterday a previous write-up I did on what Jehovah’s Witnesses believe and got good response so I decided to repost the sequel post today, written around a year ago, on what Mormons believe. I think this is important stuff to know as we see Mormons do more ad campaigns and get more in […]
What To Do When Jehovah’s Witnesses Knock At Your Door?
A friend recently asked me about what to do when Jehovah’s Witness knock at your door. I was reminded of a visit I received a year ago or so and a blog post I wrote about it (back when I wrote loooong blog posts!). If they were in my friend’s neighborhood this week, maybe they […]
Why Don’t Protestants Believe in Purgatory, Penance & the Apocrypha?
(Source: Historical Theology by Dr. Gregg R. Allison, Chapter 2 “The Canon of Scripture”) 435 B.C. – the final books (i.e. Nehemiah, Ezra, Esther) of the Hebrew Bible (our Old Testament) were written 250 B.C. – this Hebrew Bible was translated into Greek (called the Septuagint) as Greek was becoming the dominant language The problem […]
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New Thoughts on My Insecurities
For several years I have preached Romans 8:15-18 as a key to filling in one’s insecurities by knowing you are a son or daughter of God. If we know who we are, we won’t have to go looking for it elsewhere. The problem is, this isn’t the type of concept you can hear in a […]