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 (#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
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
Barry Bonds: A Bonafide Bid for ?Baseball?s Best?
2007-08-10 02:00:00 Having lived in the San Francisco Bay area for a couple of years, I grew to appreciate Barry Bonds . For the past five or six years as I’ve more closely followed his career, what continuously amazes me is how he stands head and shoulders above the rest. No one is as feared a hitter as ... More About: Sports , Baseball , Miscellany
Baptism and Church Membership
2007-08-09 16:31:00 In the past, I’ve explored the baptism debate on my blog. A friend of mine, Nathan Pitchford, has 4 excellent articles covering almost all sides of the debate. He started out defending Baptism from a Reformed, Covenantal perspective, but went on to retract his position and affirm a paedobaptistic view. I summarized ... More About: Religion , Christianity , Church , Theology , Debates
Man-Centered Christianity (part 2)
2007-08-08 21:43:00 ** first read part 1 Jesus is our buddy, and God is our friend. Christ is hip, and church is cool. This sentiment is alive and well in today’s American Christianity , along with: God has a special plan for your life. You are very special to Him. The problem with the Church today is ... More About: Religion , Theology , Devotional , Part
2000
2007-08-08 19:49:00 2000! Congratulations to Don Fields (of World from My Window) for leaving the 2000th comment on my blog. This is my 352nd post, and I have had more than 2000 genuine comments now! Of course this doesn’t count the spam. I’ve personally deleted many spam/offensive comments over the years, and since July of 2006, Akismet, ... More About: The Buzz , Miscellany
Man-Centered Christianity?
2007-08-07 19:08:00 Many times labels are a bit self-serving. After all, “I” am God-centered, Gospel-centered, Christ-centered, God-saturated, etc. etc. And of course you aren’t. Oh, and I’m orthodox, my beliefs are historical and Biblical, and Spurgeon agrees with my position! Labels are at the same time helpful. There is an orthodox position. ... More About: Religion , Christianity , Theology , Devotional
Presbyterians on Fundamentalism
2007-08-06 22:59:00 Some of you may have missed this. Rick Phillips and Carl Trueman commented on BJU-style fundamentalism on Reformation 21’s blog [Phillips’ initial post, clarification#1, clarification #2, Trueman’s post, Phillips’ response — all these are quite brief, BTW]. Sean Lucas, of Covenant Theological Seminary, followed up with some reflections of his own [post 1, ... More About: Religion , Christianity , Fundamentalism , Teri , Presbyterian
?Here Is Love? by Steve & Vikki Cook
2007-08-03 14:42:00 It’s been a while since I featured a modern praise song here. As regular readers of my blog know, from time to time, I share a particularly good song. I stick to modern praise songs because they are so often spurned or ignored among fundamentalists and other conservative evangelicals. Yes there is ... More About: Music , Love , Steve , Cook
Minnesota Bridge Collapse & Thinking About Tragedies
2007-08-02 07:43:00 Last night, while we were gathered at a local park with fellow church members from our church, we were informed of the bridge collapse on I-35W in Minneapolis (which happened at 6:05pm Central time). As most of you should know, we live in St. Paul, MN and so the bridge tragedy struck close to ... More About: Collapse , Minnesota , Devotional , Miscellany , Bridge
I Can Schmooze
2007-08-01 22:48:00 Schmooze — to “talk idly or casually and in a friendly way” (4th result at dictionary.com) I am honored to be the recipient of the award you see here on the right. I guess this makes it official: I can schmooze! I wish I could say that my schmoozing talents have gotten me somewhere in ... More About: The Buzz , Miscellany
An Honest KJV Advocate & Another Wacky KJV Only Website
More articles from this author:2007-07-31 21:58:00 On one of my posts dealing with the King James Only movement, I recently had someone leave a comment directing me to an article he had written entitled “Dangers of ‘KJV Onlyism’ or KJV Perfectionism”. Upon going to his website, I discovered that this guy preferred the KJV and even thought it ... More About: Website , Miscellany , Honest , Advocate 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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