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Scripture is ALL Truth! But it doesn't contain the truth of all things. That is a common misconception when people hear, "The Bible speaks to the truth of all things." One can't learn algebra or zoology from the Bible but one can only learn the actual purpose of life in doing all these things from Scripture. Scripture reveals God and in doing so, reveals His high and holy essence and commands that...

The B-I-B-L-E, yes that's the book for me! Scripture is often relegated as a nice little guide for the Christian through which he browses at times. In fact, the Scriptures say that they are indeed the POWER of God. So, we should spend time therein, trusting in the power of God and His promises. We appreciate your listening and look forward to seeing this podcast get off the ground with great force...

We Learn What We See! When social media theology trolls continue in the manner of cruelty they really are proving themselves evil in the eyes of others. They are also teaching young men aspiring to be "like them" (God have mercy) to act in a wicked manner. The truth is truth and the correction of error needs to be biblical and for the millionth time, let's do it right! Also, get ready to start lis...

ALL CAPS IS YELLING! We've been looking at some issues with many Facebook so-called ministry practices this week. Today we will consider what it means to be bold but not a bully. We must boldly proclaim truth and correct error, but we are still COMMANDED to do it with the utmost respect. We appreciate your listening and look forward to seeing this podcast get off the ground with great force. By th...

More Money... Money Money... Few things are more frustrating than when someone knocks on your door and wants you to donate to some cause that you've never heard of. The same is true with online solicitation.  I'm not talking about general "fundraising" that is public or asking people that you know, like, and who are benefiting from your ministry to help support the cost of it all. I'm talking abou...

There is a grave disconnect... From the teaching of Scripture on how a teacher of the Word of God is supposed to act, think, speak and respond to error and what we see in today's culture on Facebook and other social media platforms. Disrespect is never OK, it is always sinful. And I can prove contextually that God has never called anyone to the ministry of "calling out error" but rather has called...

The Sifter of Heretics! Is not your title, nor your job. Regular interaction on FB and social media platforms have become a demonic breeding ground for mean-spirited and arrogant controversy under the guise of "truth" proclamation and "correction."  Teachers have a clear message and mission found in Scripture and they would do well to heed it and quit being so rude. Do you want to teach? Then you...

The Pope, Nuff Said! We cannot promise what Scripture does not teach. We cannot deny what Scripture clearly reveals. Culture has always dictated belief systems and in this present age, just as in the age of Paul, people in their natural flesh will not endure sound teaching. So, they gather up teachers that will say what they want to hear. The Pope by all necessary explanation is anathema due to th...

What are we to do with our sin? In our congregational teaching mid-week, we are going through the book of Romans in a "reading" style of exposition. That is we are dealing with arguments, theological teachings, and expressions in chunks rather than intense verse-by-verse. This excerpt is from the full sermon and is toward the latter part of the message where I express a few examples of why we cont...

Reading Scripture is the victory... There is sometimes more superstition related to spiritual warfare than there is the truth. Whether the battle is guilt, shame, doubt, sickness, family, sin, temptation, or everything in between, the Bible is the only weapon we have and thankfully, it is the only weapon we need. We appreciate your listening and look forward to seeing this podcast get off the grou...

Being A Dummy is good! In a world where intelligence and brilliance of the mind are worshipped, the church has become no different. She feels that the only people who have anything worth hearing are the academics, the popular, and the so-called wise of the age. Scripture reveals a different thought in relation to this and shows that God is credited for the wisdom of His church and thus gets all th...

The Greatest Theologian Does Not Live! In the search for the perfect doctrinal platform, confession, comprehension, pastor, theologian, apologist or professor one will always find nothing. Not any place or person will reveal a grand and divine interpretation of the holy writ. While the apostles were empowered with perfect inerrancy there is no person alive or dead today that we can point to outsid...

Slice and Dice. False unity is the fruit of poor foundations. Ambiguous unity is the worse type of unity. Not knowing why 'we're' together is easily revealed when Scripture is the force behind the slicing. Hebrews 4:12 says it all! We appreciate your listening and look forward to seeing this podcast get off the ground with great force. By the Lord's grace, we'll continue to provide more and more t...

Behavior Modification is Not Needed! We all wish people would act better in society. And if we are honest, we all have a standard by which we live and could easily impose that standard on others. God has written the standard in His law, so why don't we just start there? Well, because we can't have people live a certain way over them actually being ALIVE!  The gospel is the most vital message, not...

Calling a Baby Ugly is Dangerous. This brief podcast discusses the idea that we all have theological and religious "babies" that we love too much and often get angry when someone calls them ugly. We appreciate your listening and look forward to seeing this podcast get off the ground with great force. By the Lord's grace, we'll continue to provide more and more teaching on this and other pastoral s...

People Get Angry When Asked... about their testimony or the gospel. Now you may say that is normal but I'm talking about professing Christians. They get all upset and begin to belittle, moan, yell, and sometimes get physical. I'll never understand it.  Let's look quickly at the response that is given us on this issue from Scripture. We appreciate your listening and look forward to seeing this podc...

Make sure that what they teach is contextual... Be A Berean. This podcast supposes that people just agree with what suits their intellectual pallet and that they should begin to study and test everything they hear. Acts 17:10–12 [10] The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue. [11] Now these Jews were more noble th...

When we preach the full counsel, we don't skip parts. There is a short supply of expositors in our day. Much more is the scarcity of those who will not ignore difficult doctrines (teachings) in Scripture. One point that proves this is how so many pastors will preach 'from' the Bible or "use" the Bible for a sermon they prepared and after years of teaching have never taught, dealt with or even appr...

Most preaching isn't teaching...! There is no office of "preacher" in the New Testament. No such role exists. While "preaching" does happen, the Pastor is one who oversees and rightly teaches the church. He guards them and guides them through the right contextual exposition of Scripture. So often though we confuse preaching with teaching. We'll visit a few thoughts on this in upcoming episodes. We...

This podcast briefly considers the current trend of so many pastors who are always want to be known, famous or have an online following at the cost of their current shepherding. Pastors need to be faithful and put away things that remove their heart's focus from the local church.  "No matter who's looking at us, God is always watching. Be therefore faithful to the call."  

What is God Teaching Me? I get this question often as so many times people think that the experiences they live through continue until they "learn" the lesson God is trying to teach them.  Scripture alone is the source of learning from God and there are no other means through which God will teach. Now, we are reminded and experience the truths of God's word and promises throughout our lives as we...

Gossip Kills the Church: Pastoral Accusations Accusations against the pastor that are not biblical, done in a biblical way or are unfounded wreaks havoc on the local body causing distrust and suspicion. The person that does these things according to scripture should be immediately dismissed from the fellowship and brought under discipline if they do not arrest the behavior and make confession of t...

Gossip Kills the Church: Comparisons Self Righteous Comparison This type of Christian easily finds fault with others. They misunderstand that love covers a multitude of sin and they feel slighted if they find sin in the lives of others. By harping on such things, they become snared as stated above, and it becomes one of their greatest hangups. In reality, they forget the forest of logs in their ow...

Gossip Kills the Church: Secret Attacks Secret Attacks These could look much like the above practices but with the intention of making problems or sin known to others. Secret attacks against another sibling in Christ is actually an attack on Jesus directly. It is birthed from a desire to make sure everyone “knows” about the sinner among us, or worse, that there is someone that is not living as the...

Gossip Kills the Church: Murmurs Quiet Murmurs  These are the small and subtle thoughts that plague the mind and end up on the tongue, text, private meeting, phone call etc. Even when prayer is the central motivation, the details and names of people are off the table. Yes, prayer meetings are often the largest gossip sessions in the church. There are the discussions about someone else without them...