“Salvation Issues”

A popular question in theological circles asks, “Is that a salvation issue?” Calvinists ask if Arminianism is a salvation issue, and Arminians ask if Calvinism is a salvation issue. Baptists ask this question about Methodists, who ask this question about Anglicans, who in turn ask about others, and so on. We create a hierarchy of…

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Jesus Wants Cold Turkeys

Jesus gave a very harsh, very straight-forward “Stop it!” to sinners in their sin. He expected that when they followed him, they would turn from all sin. Not just some, not just sin less, but sin no more. We’ve lost that in our culture with all this “sin every day in word thought and deed”…

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Coffee and Christ

Matthew 28:19: Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Where are those preaching in the streets? Where are those debating in the market places? Where are those not just inviting sinners to church, but sending saints to the…

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