“You Keep Using That Word…” There’s a famous line from the classic film The Princess Bride, where the character Inigo Montoya turns to Vizzini, who keeps using the word “inconceivable,” and says, “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” It’s played for laughs, but the line
For at least 1,700 years, most of Christianity has framed the question of the Law as the Law of Moses versus the Law of Christ, as if the Law of Christ has replaced the Law of Moses. This framing assumes a discontinuity that Scripture itself does not actually declare. It is not a neutral theological
“But evil people and charlatans will go from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived themselves.” 2 Timothy 3:13 Let’s talk solutions. What’s worse: A false prophet or a false teacher? Because believe me, we are seeing plenty of both at work in this present era of scandal, betrayal, sin, deception and God’s judgement.
In the last post, Elementary Doctrines, I talked about how our fellowship (large church), and the churches we established around the globe, used Derek Prince’s Foundation Series to bring new believers “up to speed.” Derek spent a lot of time with our fellowship and gave us permission to use his teachings. I had the
“Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, and of instruction about washings (baptisms), the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. And this we will do if God permits.”
That the Pastor form of church government is unscriptural and that the vast majority of those with the “pastor” title do not have the “pastor” calling of Ephesians 4:11. Nor are they necessarily the elders described in the New Testament. Now, before you get so peeved you quit reading, I want you to know that
For years my wife thought I was implying that if you can’t read Scripture in the original languages you were incapable of truly understanding the word of God. Well, that’s not exactly what I said, but it’s close to what I thought. Although knowledge of original languages is important, it is not as important as
Recently I was asked to comment on an article by a Messianic Jewish Rabbi named Joe concerning the issue of non Jewish believers who operate a “Jewish style” assembly for the purpose of worship. Below you will find his article followed by my notes which I sent privately to the editor, who chose to publish
In September of 1975 nearly 5000 men gathered for a three day conference held at the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City Missouri. The ’75 Shepherd’s Conference was attended by Charismatic leaders from around the world. This post and the audio recording at the end are about the last night of the conference. “Many people have
Page [tcb_pagination_current_page] of [tcb_pagination_total_pages]