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- Trust and Obey – or Obey and Trust? Part Two
- Trust and Obey – or Obey and Trust? Part One
- Why I Don’t Vote
- Agree on Everything? by Jonathan Lichtenwalter
- I Just Want to Hear Your Voice – Episode 1, by David Malutinok
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Women’s Roles and Misleading Bible Translations
FB Introduction The 2026 Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) Annual Meeting took place June 7-10 in the Orlando Convention Center, preceded by the SBC Pastor’s Conference on June 7-8. A ban voted for in each of the last three annual meetings was strengthened by an...
Judgment – By God or Man?
In reading my title, most folks likely thought to themselves, “God, of course!” Really? As humans, with our incredibly strong inclination to be self-enthroned egoists, we attempt to assume many roles of the Almighty. Sitting in the judgment seat judging ourselves and...
Jewish Nationalism in the First Century and American Nationalism in the 21st Century
The Jewish nation into which Jesus was born had both national pride and national hope. In the days of King David and King Solomon, they were one of the greatest nations on earth. The riches in Israel amassed in Solomon’s day, as shown in the construction of God’s...
A Line That Cannot Be Walked
Introduction We have all watched highwire artists walking some type of tightrope, an act that causes our nervous system to shout, “Danger!” Most of us will never attempt such a daring act and the very thought of it puts our anxiety level on high alert. But there is...
One Way of Contrasting Consumer Christianity with True Christianity
Dallas Willard is often credited with popularizing the concept of spiritual formation. Instead of leaving spiritual growth as merely something to shoot for in a general way (go to church, read your Bible and pray), spiritual formation suggests specific goals with...
Trust and Obey – or Obey and Trust? Part Two
A Sad Late Addition After writing what is now called Part One of this article, something much more current popped into my mind (and heart). Reading again that little adage regarding acting yourself into a better way of thinking rather than vice versa jogged my memory...
Trust and Obey – or Obey and Trust? Part One
The old hymn has a popular stanza that puts it this way: “Trust and obey, for there’s no other way, to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.” It is obvious, of course, that the more we trust, the more likely we are to obey. But I definitely disagree with the...
Why I Don’t Vote
Although I don’t mention it often, I have mentioned publicly a number of times through the years that I don’t vote. I recently received a letter from a good friend who has a hard time with me over my position and urged me to rethink it. I promised him and others on a...
Agree on Everything? by Jonathan Lichtenwalter
As I have written elsewhere, I believe scripture is best viewed as a guide that leads us Christ, rather than as a rulebook to be uncritically applied to any and every context. I also am convinced that even the best of Christian traditions is full of failures and...
I Just Want to Hear Your Voice – Episode 1, by David Malutinok
Introduction to this Essay Series C.S. Lewis, who was no stranger to tragedies in his life once wrote “Grief is like a long valley, a winding valley where any bend may reveal a totally new landscape.” My life experienced a tragedy on March 30, 2009, when our middle...
What is Sound Doctrine Anyway?
Recently, Jeanie Shaw published her doctoral dissertation in edited book format, “Re-Examining Our Lenses,” and I have published my book, “The Bible and Women: How Did I Miss So Much.” These books both deal with similar topics, topics which are both complex and...
Male/Female Role Relationships in the Church – Part 2
When I wrote the first part of what is now becoming a series, I intended for it to generate discussion and responses. To some degree, it has done that. Nearly all of the responses I’ve received directly have been quite positive, by the way, with a few exceptions of...
Male/Female Role Relationships in the Church
Introduction After I wrote three books in early 2016, I felt somewhat in a vacuum afterwards because I didn’t have any other area to pursue about which I felt passionate. Through a series of events, I discovered one and that led me to start a blog on racial issues....
Gobsmacked Again (by the Lamb Family)!
This British word basically means to be shocked or astounded. Simon on America’s Got Talent has used the term occasionally and his face reflects the definition. I just read Roger and Marcia Lamb’s new book, “This Doesn’t Feel Like Love Either.” After reading it, the...
The Sabbath–Douglas Jacoby
Chapter 9 ("from the book, "Messianic Judaism") -- The Sabbath This chapter addresses Messianic Judaism’s treatment of the Sabbath. The Messianics teach that we need to keep the Sabbath today as one of the Ten Commandments. Accordingly, members of this movement do not...
What Are You Learning? by Jim McCartney
“What are you learning?” is one of my favorite conversation starters. The response I get often tells me a lot about my conversation partner. I love to learn. There is so much to discover, big and small things, about others, about life, and even about myself. My love...
Are the Red-Letter Words of Jesus the Most Important?
For years, I have heard people declaring that the words spoken by Jesus, the red-letter words in many editions of the Gospel accounts, are the most important ones in the New Testament. Some make this declaration and leave it at that, while others follow up by...
What Is Demon Possession?
When we read the Gospel accounts, demon possession is mentioned a number of times. When Jesus and the apostles did miracles, one type was casting out demons. I have written at length explaining that miraculous gifts were limited to a first century setting and gave the...
A Study of Miraculous Gifts
Taken from Chapter 10 of Prepared to Answer, Second Edition Without question, miraculous gifts of the Holy Spirit were very common in the early church as described in the New Testament. To the casual reader, the question would readily arise as to why these gifts would...
Revive Us Again–Jim McCartney
“Will you not revive us again, so that your people may rejoice in you?” – Psalm 85:6 (NRSV) Our family of churches has roots in a series of revival movements. The Stone-Campbell movement in the late 1700s was a unity and revival movement to find unity in scripture, to...
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Principles, Roles and Relationships for a Life-Changing Church This book will help you learn the biblical concepts of leadership and how to implement them to produce a life-changing church. The book i...