Tag Archives: resurrection

Divine Prosperity: Heresy or What? #7:
Objections to the Prosperity Doctrine

By | 15 Mar 2019
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One of the poster-children of the anti-prosperity crowd is an internationally-famous-within-Christendom Calvinist-Baptist theologian, pastor, and published author named John Piper. He is regarded as a theological titan among Calvinists and Baptists alike. He is the founder and teacher of desiringgod.org, chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary, pastor emeritus of Bethlehem Baptist Church, and a Council member of the… Read More »

Holy War?

By | 4 Jun 2016
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A few nights before I wrote the original version of this article, I viewed a 2-part, 4-hour documentary on the History Channel covering the 1st through 3rd crusades of the 9th and 10th centuries. In viewing this, the perfidy and apostasy of Roman Catholicism continues to astound and appall me. Centuries of bloodshed were instigated based upon a… Read More »

Charismata #7:
The Rest of the Gifts

By | 4 Jul 2014
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Back in the fourth article in this series, I presented the 9 gifts of the Spirit as listed in 1 Corinthians 12. In subsequent articles on this topic, we have discussed 3 of those gifts, the ones commonly referred to as the “utterance gifts:” Unknown tongues Interpretation of tongues Prophesy Now, after a lengthy hiatus, we will hit the remaining… Read More »

When Disaster Strikes

By | 8 Jul 2013
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19 firefighters of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, an elite wilderness firefighting team fielded by the Prescott, Arizona Fire Department, died while fighting a wildfire in Yarnell, Arizona on June 30, 2013. They were caught out in the open when a sudden wind-shear reversed the course of the fire back towards them, overwhelming the team long before they could… Read More »

It’s Not Just About the Cross,
It’s Also About the Resurrection!

By | 8 Jul 2013
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These words came out of my mouth as I was complimenting my pastor and friend Ron Merrell on a well-delivered, highly anointed, and otherwise awesome sermon and he quickly agreed with me. Since the thought as such had never crossed my mind up to that point in the almost 40 years I’ve been a believer, I can only… Read More »

The Maker of the Universe

By | 16 May 2013
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Below is a poem by F. W. Pitt, an author and poet who lived during the middle part of the last century. His beautiful and eloquent words are a succinct presentation of the Gospel and evoke powerful images of Christ’s appearance on this earth as God-in-sandals and substitutionary death for our sins. A few years back, Phil Keaggy… Read More »