EDITOR’S NOTE: Pastor Ron Merrell, my close friend and fellow contributor here at Miscellaneous Ramblings, recently completed a 3-part sermon series on friendship at Connection Pointe, the church in Brownsburg, Indiana where he is their teaching pastor. As usual, he knocked it out of the park! His messages’ value to the Body of Christ is invaluable. Because of… Read More »
I think I’ve made it pretty clear elsewhere here on Miscellaneous Ramblings how I feel about the cyber-bullying and other antisocial-media behaviors exhibited by many so-called Christians. In this installment, I’m reporting my observations on yet another such event I witnessed on Farcebook back in January of this year where the comment count topped over 150,000 (and perhaps… Read More »
As I was reading the Book of Isaiah today, the Lord used the following passage to trigger this article: How the faithful city has become a harlot! It was full of justice; righteousness lodged in it, but now murderers. Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards. They do not defend… Read More »
Chapter 4 of Paul’s letter to the Ephesians will be our keynote passage for this discussion. I’m going to cite the Amplified Version because it explains portions of the passage I would prefer to not spend time clarifying. Once again, we will experience Paul as the King of the Run-On Sentence: 😁 . Therefore it is said, When… Read More »
EDITOR’S NOTE: Ron Merrell and I are each other’s biggest cheerleaders. This article comes from a message he preached several years ago during a verse-by-verse expository series on the Book of Exodus. I loved it so much, I’ve been pestering him to convert his sermon notes into an article here for months now. Due to his incredibly busy… Read More »
My title triggers Internet heresy hunters of all shapes and sizes into paroxysms of hysterical ranting. Whenever you encounter mention of the Word of Faith (WoF) movement on antisocial media, you will almost always hear the phrase “you are gods” mentioned in the same breath to “prove” WoF believers are a bunch of wild-eyed, gibberish-spouting, idol-worshipping heretics. From… Read More »
A few days ago, the citizens of the United States returned Donald J. Trump to the presidency by a landslide. He captured a crushing majority in both the electoral college and the popular vote. As of this writing, the Republicans have also obtained a majority in the Senate and appear to be on-track for a similar result in… Read More »
One of my earliest articles from way back in May 2011 explored the deity of Jesus. In this one, we are going to thoroughly explore His humanity. The Hypostatic Union Strikes Again! My regular readers have often encountered my mention of a divine mystery theologians have labelled the “hypostatic union.” This term means that, while remaining 100% God… Read More »
