Jan 15, 2015 | Romans
About 60 years ago, several fundamental Baptists came together to form the Baptist Bible Fellowship (BBF). It’s purpose was commendable, but the precept behind it contained automatic corruption. There is nothing wrong with churches getting together for the...
Jan 15, 2015 | Romans
Once again, I’m going to begin by taking this scripture out of its original context. As a preacher and Bible teacher I have permission to do this, so long as I point out what I am doing. Most successful heretics are adept at removing and redacting (editing) the...
Jan 15, 2015 | Romans
Some of you might be wishing that we’d move along more quickly in this study of Romans. You might agree with me that using this form of Bible study we are covering a hundred different themes, but at the same time you’d like to change the background and...
Jan 15, 2015 | Romans
I am not smart enough to either agree or disagree, but it is stated by some experts that with these verses Paul is beginning the conclusion of this epistle. We are a long way from being finished with our study of Romans, and I’m not convinced that those experts...
Jan 15, 2015 | Romans
What is the best way to start a new religion, or a new branch of Christendom? Three to four hundred years ago, there arose dozens of sects, like the Methodists and Nazarenes. Then in the last two hundred years, mostly in America, where Baptist blood had won religious...
Jan 15, 2015 | Romans
I know that most of you couldn’t possibly care any less, and none of us probably should, but there is a debate going on in the world of sports about who should, and who shouldn’t, go into the various sports “Halls of Fame.” For example, the...
Jan 15, 2015 | Romans
There are two kinds of military commanders – those who send their troops into battle & those who lead them. Similarly, there are two kinds of teachers – those who instruct and those who are examples. I suppose that the best kind of teacher is both an...
Jan 15, 2015 | Romans
Paul enjoyed boldly going where no Christian missionary had ever gone before. Despite working in some of the largest cities around the Mediterranean, he still enjoyed taking the gospel into those regions where unknown peoples lived and died without Christ. As we...
Jan 15, 2015 | Romans
My message in some ways parallels Pixar Animation’s movie “Toy Story.” In perhaps the most famous line in that movie, and one which has become synonymous with Pixar itself, Buzz Lightyear, the spaceman toy, shouts as he takes off, or falls off...
Jan 15, 2015 | Romans
Last Spring, the Little’s came to church one Sunday and in their pickup there were a number of scrawny, pie-cherry trees. We took a couple of them home, and one or two other families did as well. Under the direction of my girls, I planted our two in the back...
