Posts Tagged ‘Theology’
New Testament Tongues
The Meaning of Speaking in Tongues At Pentecost, the Holy Spirit enabled a group of believers to speak with “other tongues” (Acts 2:4). This was the first time that “speaking in tongues” occurred in the New Testament. People have offered various interpretations about the nature of what Luke meant by “other tongues.” First, to understand…
Read MoreThree Powerful Surprises about Hell
The incredible teaching of Jesus in the story of the “Rich man and Lazarus” indisputably teaches the reality of hell. This story is not a parable as Jesus tells of a particular rich man and a poor man named Lazarus. In no parable is a personal name ever given. This story teaches the reality of…
Read MoreReview: Andrew Fuller, Model Pastor-Theologian
Brewster, Paul. Andrew Fuller: Model Pastor-Theologian. Studies in Baptist Life and Thought. Nashville: B & H Academic, 2010. Reviewed by Don Johnson The purpose of this book is to present Andrew Fuller (1754-1815) as “a model pastor-theologian.” [6] The author outlines the need for such figures in the pastorate in a few pages of introductory…
Read More“Billy Graham the Idea” vs. “Billy Graham the Man”
The death of Billy Graham aroused a wide variety of emotions across the world of Christendom and the world of unbelievers. Some do not quite remember Graham, while others know somehow that they need to feel an inner warmness–a nostalgic feeling from a bygone era. The overwhelming response from the evangelical Christian world, especially the…
Read MoreThree Powerful Reasons to Believe the Holy Spirit is God
Who is the Holy Spirit? In my last blog I wrote that the Holy Spirit is not merely a power or force, but He is a Person. In this blog, we turn to three powerful reasons why the Holy Spirit is deity, or that He is a Divine Person, the Third Person of the Triune…
Read MoreThree Powerful Reasons to Believe The Holy Spirit is a Person
Who is the Holy Spirit? One might think that the Holy Spirit is merely a power, a force, or a strength from God. However, it is foundational to our faith in God to understand that the Holy Spirit is a Person, the Third Person in the eternal Godhead. As a person, we should experience His…
Read MoreThree Powerful Reasons to Believe in a Literal Six Solar Day Creation
Matt Recker Scripture consistently declares that the all-wise, all-powerful and eternal God in the past created, suddenly and supernaturally, instantaneously and out of pre-existing materials (ex nihilo) the universe as it now is in six solar days and rested on the seventh day. He culminated his creation on the 6th day by creating man in…
Read MoreRepentance Denied?
Hebrews 12:16, 17 Randy Leedy FrontLine • May/June 2008 Perhaps you, as I, have had a Christian friend who became convinced that he or she was under condemnation, an apostate denied any opportunity to repent. My friend and I had shared fellowship and ministry for years, but a variety of trials left him utterly defeated,…
Read MoreThree Powerful Reasons to Believe In the Pre-Tribulational Rapture
Matt Recker The rapture is the catching away of believing saints from the earth to meet Jesus Christ in the air. The English word “rapture” is not in the Bible but derives from the Latin word raptura, which means, “to carry away.” We translate the Greek word that relates to the word rapture with “caught…
Read MoreThree Powerful Reasons to Believe In the Deity of Christ
Matt Recker The doctrine of the deity of Jesus Christ, or that He is God manifest in the flesh, is foundational to the Christian faith. Jesus Himself said with all authority, “I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in you sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die…
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