Fundamentally ReformedFundamentally ReformedFormer independent fundamental Baptist discusses errors & weird traits of extreme fundamentalism, IFBx, KJV-only debate, contemporary Christian music [CCM], Calvinism/Covenant Theology, & the Bible, while promoting Christian unity & magnifying grace. Articles
We Believe (#2): The Trinity
2007-09-02 08:31:00 Part 2 in a series of Sunday posts celebrating the glorious Truth we believe as Christians. The readings are quoted from the Elder Affirmation of Faith, of my church, Bethlehem Baptist (Pastor John Piper). I’m doing this because every few weeks our congregational reading is an excerpt from this document, and every time we ... More About: Religion , Christianity , Theology , Devotional , The Trinity
The Importance of Being Church
2007-09-01 14:52:00 With all the talk of baptism and church membership around here of late, I think some are getting the wrong impression. I am for MORE “membership”. Involvement and fellowship with Christians, accountability and edification—all of these things are vitally important in the Christian life. My posts on church membership have been focusing solely on ... More About: Religion , Christianity , Church , Theology , Devotional
FR United
2007-09-01 14:33:00 Okay people. It’s almost time. Next Thursday football season starts. So far we have four teams in FR United , my fantasy football league. Getting desperate for more teams (at least 4), I’ve opened it up to any of my facebook friends too. If you’d like to join the league, just click here. If ... More About: Sports , Fun , Freebies , The Buzz
Global Warming: The Myth of Consensus
2007-08-31 12:35:00 I came across a couple of articles which explore the myth of scientific “consensus” when it comes to global warming being primarily caused by man. Dr. Klaus-Martin Schulte did some research in surveying all scientific papers published from 2004 to Feb. 2007 (the results will be published in Energy and Environment). Michael Asher of Daily ... More About: Science , Politics , Global Warming , Technology , Global
My New Tumblelog
2007-08-30 17:00:00 Just a quick post to introduce my new Huckabee blog: Go Huckabee! I wanted to have a feed of just posts about Huckabee, rather than having them interpsersed throughout my blog finds. So Go Huckabee!, let’s me easily create such a feed (see it on my sidebar, now), while at the same time setting up a ... More About: Mike Huckabee , The Buzz , Tumblelog
Eternal Security: Perseverance or Preservation?
2007-08-30 17:00:00 previously in this series–part 1, part 2, “The Sinner’s Prayer Problem” (part 3), part 4 This is my fifth post in a series on Man-Centered Christianity . Like post #3, this is an excersus or an aside. In the last post, I explained that the Once Saved, Always Saved (OSAS) view of eternal security ... More About: Security , Religion , Theology , Calvinism
The Place of Theology in Ministerial Education
2007-08-29 15:28:00 Excellent thoughts on the vital role of theology in ministry preparation, from Dr. Kevin Bauder (Central Baptist Seminary, Minneapolis, MN). First, the problems that Christian churches and Christian people are facing today are fundamentally theological. The answers cannot be found in social sciences, philosophies, or methodologies. The problems will continue to grow until we address the ... More About: Religion , Christianity , Education , Theology , Devotional
Facebook For Bloggers
2007-08-28 18:52:00 I’ve taken the plunge! I’ve joined Facebook . If you are a Facebook user already, you can add me as a friend by clicking on my mug shot to the left. If you are unfamiliar with Facebook, let me try to convince you to join! Facebook Facebook is like instant messaging (IM), email, photo/video sharing, and blogging software ... More About: Technology , The Buzz , Bloggers , Miscellany
More on Church Membership
2007-08-28 17:14:00 Recently I asked the question, “Is Membership in 1 Local Church Biblical?” That raised some interesting discussion in the comments. Pulpit Magazine, a magazine-turned-blog run by Grace Community Church (John MacArthur’s church, just completed a 2 part series on “Why Membership Matters” [see part 1 & part 2]. The posts comb through the New ... More About: Religion , Christianity , Theology , The Church
Man-Centered Christianity (part 4)
2007-08-27 20:36:00 previously in this series–part 1, part 2, “The Sinner’s Prayer Problem” (part 3) In the posts above, I have introduced the problem of Man- centered Christianity , and begun exploring how the problem became so widespread in the American evangelical Church today. Part 3 was an aside, focusing on the problem of the “sinner’s prayer”–a ... More About: Religion , Theology , The Church
We Believe (#1): Scripture
2007-08-26 12:09:00 We believe glorious Truth as Christians. The next several Sundays I plan to post sections from my church’s Elder Affirmation of Faith. I’m doing this because every few weeks our congregational reading is an excerpt from this document. Every time we all read aloud the truths we confess, my soul rejoices. ... More About: Religion , Christianity , Theology , Devotional , Scripture
Attending Church For Ourselves
2007-08-25 13:53:00 I was struck by the opening lines of this news item from Baptist Press: “Kingdom passion drives 71-member church“. Prior to 2004, Macedonia Baptist Church ’s heart beat almost solely for its members. “We were a bunch of older folks who pretty much attended church for ourselves,” said Gerald Williams, a member of the Fayetteville, N.C., congregation. “We ... More About: Religion , Christianity , Devotional
Bobspotted Blogroll: August 25, 2007
2007-08-25 13:48:00 Before we jump in to the blog posts I’ve been spotting lately, let me remind you of Bob’s Blog Finds. In my sidebar you’ll notice that I show the last 10 posts I’ve shared from my blog reading. The posts I share there don’t always make it to these blogroll posts, but they ... More About: Blogroll , August
Romney?s 2 Faces: Why I Don?t Like Mitt Romney
2007-08-24 14:34:00 Mitt Romney looks too good. He’s slick and smooth, almost slippery. He sounds presidential, they say. Well, to me he comes off as very…shall we say…political. Better yet, savvy. He says what people want to hear. His recent conversion to the pro life positions seems suspicious to a lot of people. ... More About: Politics , Faces , Mitt Romney , Mike Huckabee
More on Asking Jesus Into Your Heart
2007-08-23 14:28:00 I’m not quite ready to pick up my Man-Centered Christianity series yet. But the latest post on the sinner’s prayer, has been well received. Since posting on the problematic use of the sinner’s prayer as well as the non-Biblical phrase “Ask Jesus into your heart”, I ran across three other posts on the issue that ... More About: Religion , Theology , Heart
?You Are My King (Amazing Love)?
2007-08-23 13:43:00 It seems lately that I’m always highlighting another Keith Getty or Bob Kauflin song. I don’t want to make it seem that only GettyMusic and Sovereign Grace Ministries are producing good songs! Before I introduce “You Are My King ”, let me encourage you to check out my recently updated Music page. You’ll see 26 ... More About: Christianity , Love , Amazing
So Maybe I?m Rootin? for the Wrong Guy!
2007-08-23 09:29:00 I took a detailed survey at politichoice.com which is supposed to match my views to the proper candidate. And it turns out I might be endorsing the wrong guy!!! Then again, I’m pretty close to Huckabee after all, and way closer than to Sam Brownback, hmmm. You should take the test too! ... More About: Politics , Mike Huckabee , Miscellany , Wrong
Huckabee Passes McCain in Iowa Zogby Poll
2007-08-22 21:04:00 Good news for Huckabee . In the latest Newsmax/Zogby poll, Huckabee passes McCain for fourth place at 8%. McCain only gets 6%. Romney expands his lead to 33% and Guliani (14%) & Fred Thompson (12%) duke it out for 3rd. In May, Huckabee only had 2% support. This indicates that Huckabee is becoming ... More About: Politics , Mike Huckabee , Iowa , Poll
Anybody For Some Football?
2007-08-22 05:37:00 I wonder if anyone would be interested in some fantasy football? I’d be willing to start a league for those of us who follow my blog. We could use Yahoo or ESPN, and of course it would be totally free. Fantasy Foot ball is really fun, and I’ve been playing now for 2 years. ... More About: Sports , The Buzz , Miscellany
The Baptizoblogodebate!
2007-08-22 01:22:00 Justin Taylor named this whole debate. It is officially the “baptizoblogodebate”. It is a new era for Christian blogging, in my opinion. As Adrian Warnock recently said, “It is surely the first time in living memory that those who I can only think to call the ‘big guns’ have used the blogging medium to ... More About: Debates , Baptism
Is Membership in 1 Local Church Biblical?
2007-08-21 21:46:00 The baptism discussion is raising many questions. Sam Storms has entered the discussion and emphasized how the very nature of the Lord’s Supper would lead one to include all believers not engaged in gross unrepentant sin in the celebration of the Supper. I ask how is celebration of the Supper different from membership in the ... More About: Religion , Christianity , Church , Theology , Debates
Proof Mike Huckabee Has an Across-the-Aisle Appeal
2007-08-21 18:52:00 We all know Mike Huckabee is a true conservative, and has a good chance of gaining broad support from the Republican base. But this is one reason why I believe Mike Huckabee can win the general election. More About: Politics , Proof
Agreement on Baptism
2007-08-20 16:32:00 There has been a discussion of late concerning Baptism . Is it something about which professing believers can agree to disagree over and at the same time be fellow members of one church. John Piper says yes, and Wayne Grudem used to agree with him in his Systematic Theology. In the latest edition, ... More About: Religion , Christianity , Debates , Church History
Fundamental Reformers, an Update
2007-08-17 20:08:00 The Idea Just over 1 year ago, I created an aggregate feed which I called Fundamental Reformers. I wanted to bring together the blogs that I see as reforming fundamentalism, and make it easy to follow them or learn more about them. The goal was to make a webpage with the latest posts from ... More About: Fundamentalism , The Buzz , Update , Miscellany
Some Good Stuff
2007-08-16 15:52:00 Since I won’t have time to do any more blogging today, most likely, I thought I’d highlight some great posts. Many of you have probably not been following Kingdom Surge, my new team blog. If you haven’t you’ve missed out on a great series called Firstruits from the Nations. “Ambassador” has been exploring the ... More About: Christianity , Debates , Stuff , Good , Baptism
Blue It Is
2007-08-16 14:15:00 So I’ve changed my theme again. It’s still orange no more, but the Fadtastic theme had too many problems to work for me. Perhaps if they get fixed, I’ll bring that theme back. I like the color scheme. Blue it is. And I mean it this time. The theme is staying ... More About: The Buzz , Miscellany
The ?Sinner?s Prayer? Problem
2007-08-14 22:37:00 ** this is part 3 in a series on man-centered Christianity , see part 1 & part 2. Now I lay my fears to sleep I prayed, now the Lord must keep. Nothing to lose, everything to win I prayed the prayer, now I’m in. The above prayer is patently absurd. Yet many actually do think that praying the sinner’s ... More About: Religion , Theology , Prayer , Devotional
Why Mike Huckabee Can Win the General Election
2007-08-13 01:21:00 Momentum is Mike Huckabee ’s friend right about now. He’s been riding it for quite some time. Huckabee scored big in yesterday’s Iowa Straw Poll by finishing solidly in 2nd place, with 18% of the vote. Romney spent literally millions more than Huckabee, and won first place with only 31% of the vote, even though ... More About: Politics , General , Election , General Election
Orange No More
2007-08-12 08:37:00 Were any of you all sick of orange too? I have been yearning for a blog design change for a while now. And I had been hoping to get rid of some of the clutter in my sidebar. I don’t know if I succeeded in that, but I am happy with the new look. I ... More About: Orange , The Buzz , Miscellany , Range
Baptism & Young Children
More articles from this author:2007-08-10 14:19:00 A quick update here. Grudem responded to Piper’s rebuttal of Grudem’s change of his position on baptism and church membership. (That sentence is a mouthful!) Then Justin Taylor followed that up by highlighting two helpful articles by Vern Poythress. The first one is called “Indifferentism and Rigorism in the Church: With Implications for ... More About: Religion , Christianity , Theology , Debates , Children 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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