Posts by Don Johnson
Remembering Dr. Ed Nelson
From the Ed Nelson Evangelistic Association Facebook page: “Absent from the body… present with the Lord.” 2 Corinthians 5:8 On March 9, 2022 at 6:33 am, Edward John Nelson entered eternity. The God he served his entire life has finally called him Home. He fought the good fight, he finished his course, he kept the…
Read MoreIs it Time for Intellectuals to Talk about God?
A very interesting confession from a well-known liberal feminist, Naomi Wolf. Her spiritual background is some form of Judaism. You may or may not agree with much of what she says. (I don’t agree with her about the vaccines, but then maybe I don’t agree with you, either.) Nevertheless, as you get towards the end…
Read MoreHow Did the Apostle Paul Stand for His Rights?
Religious liberty still is much on our minds as some jurisdictions still face Covid restrictions on church services. We’ve talked about these matters before, and thankfully, in many places, the restrictions no longer exist or are beginning to relax. Nevertheless, we should still think about the topic, looking to the Scriptures for specific guidance and…
Read MoreSacrilege and Blasphemy
What makes a thing “sacrilegious and blasphemous”? We’ve seen the terms connected to recent events. Much of the ensuing discussion expresses dismay at the actions of some and ridicule of this dismay on the part of others. I don’t want to get into the specifics of the incident here, we hope the controversy brought about…
Read MoreTaking a Stand Against Canadian Law and Culture
If you follow the Shepherd’s Conference or John MacArthur’s ministry, you may be aware of an email circulated under the auspices of the Shepherd’s Conference called, “A Call to Pastors to Stand United on Biblical Sexual Morality.” In this letter, over John MacArthur’s signature, is a call to join with pastor James Coates and others…
Read MoreI Call Her “Blessed”
Today my mother is 98 years old. I wrote about her a couple of years ago in “Teach Us to Number Our Days.” In that post, I described my mother’s shrinking world with memory loss and limited mobility, urging us all to use our days wisely in the Lord’s service. In today’s post, I want…
Read MoreRepeat After Me
In our study of 1 Peter, we came to 1 Peter 2.21 in our latest message. The verse contains one “big word” that dominates it and the next few verses in the epistle. That word is “example” — translated that way in almost all the English versions I checked. A couple of versions give us…
Read MoreWe’ve No Less Days to Sing God’s Praise, But New Worship Songs Only Last a Few Years | Christianity Today
Worship songs don’t last as long as they used to. The average lifespan of a widely sung worship song is about a third of what it was 30 years ago, according to a study that will be published in the magazineWorship Leader in January. … … the average arc of a worship song’s popularity has…
Read MoreReview: Alcohol Explained
Alcohol Explained, by William Porter manufactured by Amazon.ca, Bolton, ON, n.d. William Porter is, by his own description, “a middle-aged lawyer” who gave up drinking after 25 years. On his website (Alcohol Explained) he says he began drinking and smoking at the age of 14, first giving up smoking and later giving up drinking. He…
Read MoreReview: In the Name of God
In the Name of God: The Colliding Lives, Legends, and Legacies of J. Frank Norris and George W. Truett O. S. Hawkins, B & H Academic, Nashville, 2021 O. S. Hawkins gives us a work of much interest to fundamentalist Baptists, In the Name of God: The Colliding Lives, Legends, and Legacies of J. Frank…
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