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Interesting distinctions. In your view, does a pastor teach or preach? Both?

I am really curious to hear what other pastors and church members believe is to be correct and Biblical preaching. The terms "expository preaching", "Christ-Centered preaching", and "Gospel preaching" are all thrown out quite a bit. How would you define "Christ-Centered preaching? What is the...

Thank you for your insight. It is much appreciated.

How do you view the doctrine of election?

If you believe these aspects, then how do you articulate your beliefs?

All I can say is that I resisted this to the utmost since I was in college. I fought against this system of theology as much as I could. I read multiple defenses of Arminianism, and came to the conclusion that you cannot eliminate "God's Gracious Choice" or "predestination" from the pages of...

Good evening, it has been a few years since I posted on this forum. Since then, I have had multiple changes in my personal life and in my theology. A little background first: I was raised a Free Will Baptist and continue in essentially a FWB church. Five years ago, I announced my call to...

Our perspectives and interpretations differ greatly, but I do not deny the Holy Word of God. I consider it as necessary to life as breath and bread. Acts 13:48; Romans 8:28-30; Ephesians 1:4-5; 2 Thessalonians 2:13-14; Psalm 65:4 My understanding of the doctrine of election is election by...

I see a fundamental flaw in your argument. Salvation is the GREATEST love story that has ever been told. Do you deny John 3:16? "For GOD so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." I am not an educated...

This song makes my mind and heart wander to a far better country where Jesus reigns, and the redeemed of God live on. That is where I want to go.

First, it is very much Baptist. Congregations from the old United Baptist Associations, Old Regular Baptists, and the Free Will Baptists have worshipped this way for at least the last 200 years. Probably longer than that, and that is a fact. Second, compared to the worship in most Baptist...

Not Primitive Baptist but probably similar. These are part of the United Baptist and Free Will Baptist traditions. Nothing quite like it. I am from Eastern Kentucky, so yes kyredneck "The Mountains".

I didn't realize how fortunate I was to have been brought up, and worship in the ways of the old time Baptists until I went to college. I went to worship with many friends during that time, and learned about how they did things, but it never compared to what I knew and felt in a little mountain...

I've never heard of that before. What baptist denomination are you a part of? What was the scriptural justification for that?

We bow, and lift hands in prayer. Here is another verse to consider: "Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the Lord." Psalm 134:2

So, the thread about lifting your hands in worship intrigued me and I thought of a spinoff. In my church, it is very commonplace that during the worship service that any Christian is allowed to stand and testify if they feel led to do so. It would be normal to hear two or three testimonies about...

Very common in our churches.

My response would be yes and no. My mom and dad took me to church when we were kids, but I would argue that they were cultural Christians. Simply going through the motions. The church was spiritually dead in my opinion. Has anyone heard of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)? They're very...

I voted no. God is the giver and taker of life. I'll let Him make that decision.

Christian, Free Will Baptist, Arminian view point, and what I would call an "Old Time Christian". I haven't studied covenant theology and dispensationalism enough to add it to my classification.