By His Stripes We’re Healed #8: What If It Doesn’t Work?
This is almost always the first question asked by laypersons and ministers alike when first confronted with the doctrine of …
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By His Stripes We’re Healed #7: Scriptures on Healing
This a semi-comprehensive list of God’s promises concerning physical healing in both the Old and New Testaments as well as …
Divine Prosperity: Heresy or What? — Part 8: Objections to the Prosperity Doctrine
One of the poster-children of the anti-prosperity crowd is an internationally-famous-within-Christendom Calvinist theologian, pastor, and published author named John Piper. …
Divine Prosperity: Heresy or What? — Part 7: General Characteristics of Each Side of the Debate
In this installment, I would like to offer some personal observations contrasting each side of this debate. Pro-Prosperity We believe …
Fighting Tooth & Nail
Introduction I’ve stated elsewhere here that God has used animals as object lessons in His dealings with me over the …
The Rest of the Story
Introduction In May 1976, a nationally renowned news commentator named Paul Harvey began broadcasting a 5-minute-or-so syndicated show on ABC …
Divine Prosperity: Heresy or What? — Part 4: New Testament Warnings Concerning Riches
Introduction So far in this series, we have thoroughly examined the OT concerning finances and wealth. In this installment, we …
Divine Prosperity: Heresy or What? #3 — The Children of Israel
In the first 2 installments in this series, we have explored the origins of poverty, several biblical patriarchs and their …
Never Surrender!
I do not know the name of the author of the following article, but from his words, he is both …
Ask & You Shall Receive #13 —The Blood of Jesus
In my opening article in this series, I addressed in passing the essential truth that none of us is worthy to …
Divine Prosperity: Heresy or What? #2 — The Book of Proverbs
In the first article of this series, we examined God’s original intentions for mankind concerning wealth as well as the …
Divine Prosperity: Heresy or What? #1 — Eden & The Hebrew Patriarchs
One of the most controversial doctrines that has been taught over the last 30 years or so is that of …
By His Stripes We’re Healed #6: Divine Euthanasia?
There is a term I learned from a former pastor who used it whenever he was discussing phrases or statements …
A Requiem for George: A Tragic Cautionary Tale of Addiction — Part 1
My step-brother George passed away on Wednesday, December 17, 2014. He was born just short of being exactly 3-years-to-the-day older …
The Warrior Ethos
We’ve all heard sermons referring to the Body of Christ as “the Army of the Lord.” Many of us have …
Ask & You Shall Receive #11 — The Whole Armor of God
I cannot even begin to count the number of sermons, books, and other teachings I’ve encountered on this topic over …
Ask & You Shall Receive #10 — Thanksgiving in Prayer
One of the concepts that is linked to prayer in the NT on more than one occasion is the giving …
Ask & You Shall Receive #8 — Talking to Mountains?
When I taught on prayer awhile back and stated that there are models taught in the Bible on how to …
Ask & You Shall Receive #7 — Praying in Faith, Part 3
The Four Ps Almost 40 years ago, right after I first got saved, I read a book entitled The Purpose …
Ask & You Shall Receive #5 — Praying in Faith, Part 1
Faith Defined Just about every Christian theologian can agree that the following verse in the Book of Hebrews defines the …
