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This is where I admit to having somewhat of an agenda here. I have about 20 years experience among IFB congregations and have seen numerous instances where a pastor or other sort of leader falls into immorality and it seems as if their is no safety net nor is there a means for any real...

I don't know about not electing ANY conservative politician but at least not one that comes across as being a complete idiot! There was a Faithful Word Baptist Church "affiliate" in the South Houston area for a while. About ten miles up the road from me off Alt-90 but it has recently folded up...

If you were a Pastor and it was brought to your attention that a member of your congregation was secretly struggling with addiction, would you not want him to come to you for help? Would you not consider such to be towards the top of the list in your "job description?" This should be a given...

Anthony Pritchard was responding to my comment so perhaps this may be where some confusion lies? In my illustration example, Simon Cyrene represents anyone else bearing a cross heading up the Calvary road - dead in sin and justly condemned to die. When he comes to the place of Golgotha, Simon...

Agreed. I preached what I preached mainly for illustrative purposes and I see nothing wrong with such an application. It is the same illustration we see with Abraham and Isaac on the way up to Moriah. I would not want to build my doctrine upon this passage though.

Everything has a cost and the laborer is worthy of his hire! Whoever produced the material needs some sort of means in which they may meet their financial obligations otherwise they will need to do something else instead of writing or creating content. There is also cost involved for...

I will honor this. We are going nowhere here.

Most vocalists I know of typically have their headphones on one ear to hear the music track leaving the other ear uncovered so they can "hear themselves." I do as well. I cannot explain the physiology - just that what you have observed seems to be true for most.

Hopefully he is a better politician than he is a singer!

I have used the illustration of Simon Cyrene in my preaching somewhat looking into what must've been going in his mind as he was carrying the cross with Jesus walking along nearby thinking perhaps "Why is this man being condemned to die? What wrong has he done? All he did was show mercy and...

So long as things remain amicable, we can have a good discussion even if we disagree. Did you ask to be born? Are you resentful of the fact that you didn't give consent for your own birth? But now that you are born, do you not have the desire to live? How is any of this different from the new...

I am saying that God is sovereign over whom he saves - Rom 9:15 Perhaps I was not talking about you then. There are, in fact, those who believe that with the right methodology, you can persuade anyone to be saved. The most notable example of this is Charles Finney who is regarded by many to be...

You choose your battles wisely. What are you going to get from the discussion and can you part way friends? Says you;) We are called to "Look and Live," to "Repent and Believe" to "call upon the name of the Lord" and so forth. What brings you to this point? Are you saying you are saved because...

Have you ever read some of Jonathan Edwards's writings? I would say that the man was the master of run-on sentences!

The "Ordo Saludis" is an exercise that is useful perhaps in a Seminary classroom when discussing soteriology. It is also a means by which one may go out and pick a righteous theological "barfight" but such can also turn into profane and vain babbling of which we need to be careful to avoid. As...

Are you trying to say that the Holy Spirit acts in the case of all people? If so, why aren't all receptive to the hearing of the gospel message? Why is it that so many adamantly reject the gospel and want nothing to do with it regardless of you abilities to "persuade" them? We do not have the...

Is it really worth arguing over such semantics? The Holy Spirit of God brings you to repentance and faith. You can argue over whether regeneration precedes faith but most would agree that regeneration brings forth both repentance and faith and that such occurs through the power of God! If we...

I am in the middle of writing a book and I was wondering if any of you have recommendations for those who do editing and publishing? I have a fairly tight budget but I'd like to have something that looks it was done professionally and worth someone's time to actually pick up and read! Any...

Understood but note that I said I cannot think of any other way the Philippian jailor could've worded it nor could I think of a better response than what Paul had given. This is the word of God and I do not dare to claim that I could say it better than the way the Holy Ghost inspired Luke to...

I am very cautious regarding any sort of "Methodology" these days. Looking at your major points here, I do not see any place where I would disagree with your presentation but the words "How to be saved" brings me to hesistate and push back just a little. The Philippian Jailor asked "Sirs, what...