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Romans 10:9-13 is not works salvation.

It is confessing from a heart of belief that Jesus Christ is Lord and being from thenceforth conformed to that which you have confessed. Without this there is no salvation. The Bible does not say that "accepting him as Savior" is the condition of salvation. It says, "That if you will...

D. James Kennedy is one of my favorite preachers of all time. His Sunday night stuff was better than his Sunday morning stuff which was often political. I listened to a series he did on the doctrines of grace wherein he made some of the best arguments for Calvinism I have ever heard. Not...

I'm glad to hear that. I empathize. I will pray for you.

It's everywhere, it seems. It probably always has been. Perhaps the intensification of it is indicative of a culture in decline. The biggest issue in Christianity in our culture is not Calvinism vs Arminianism or even cessationism vs contuationism. It's tares vs wheat in evangelical...

I am not worried about them. I want to reveal them. Sheep stand a better chance of surviving if they can identify the tell-tale signs of a woolen-robed wolf in their midst. Oh, and I like to make them mad because they can't help but growl and show their teeth when you do, which helps save...

I've been preaching for 19 years. I've been in full ministry for 14 years. I have pastored in North Carolina (youth pastor), South Carolina and Mississippi. I stay at churches well over the national average tenure for pastors. I've been pastoring the church where I now pastor for almost five...

I think it is. I think most Christians do enjoy things that are ok to enjoy but they think it is not ok to enjoy them, so, for them, it is sin. So they feel guilty and dirty and unuseable. They don't feel holy enough or dedicated enough. They can't keep the standards so they don't try. The...

When you speak of something as broad as baptists (there are millions of them) and Catholics (there are about a BILLION of them) you have to broad brush. You have to speak in general and hope that your readers have the intelligence to understand that that is what ANYBODY does who speaks of so...

The messy means God used to convert me: For evangelism, the Bible often uses the analogy of farming. Jesus used it several times and even in the Old Testament we see such statements as “He who observes the wind will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap” (Ecclesiastes 11:4)...

I am surprised that there are no Platt and Piper fans willing to contest my ideas. I am equally surprised that there are no independent or primitive baptists who'll condemn me as a hedonist.

Aestheticism has been one of the greatest problems that Christianity has battled since its moorings. The Pharisees with their legalism accused Jesus of being a drunkard and a glutton because he ate and drank, then the gnostic with their dualism and now, as you have aptly pointed out, Calvinists...

Baptists are worse than Catholics. At least with Catholics they have to confess. And eating and drinking are certainly not sin.

The problem with many Christians today is not that they enjoy too many things at the expense of the Kingdom. It is that they don't enjoy things enough as children of the King. We don't need more radical sacrifice as much as we need more rejoicing saints. The greatest evangelical need of the...

Joy is the result of knowing the goodness of God. That is what strengthens us. Joy is not something that exists independently. It is tied to the knowledge of the truth.

Nothing about feelings there. However, I am FOR feelings. Don't stereotype me or strawman me just so I'll be easier to debate. I am for feelings. What I am absolutely AGAINST is being AT ALL guided by them. I believe feeling guilt over your sins after you have been convinced of their...

The Bible. Remember the context of the passage to which you are referring 23And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. 24And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And...

When you say you have great joy, comfort, peace and love in KNOWING some great Bible truth about God, you are supporting MY hypothesis. Joy, peace, comfort, etc... SHOULD result from pondering some great truth about God- particularly those truths revealed in Scripture. But when somebody says...

Not one verse of Scripture. Scripture, not moving testimonies, MUST be our guide. We should ALWAYS be saying, "But what does GOD say about it?"

You've posted no Scripture that supports this spiritual sixth sense of yours whereby you mystically discern the presence of the Spirit.