I’ll be brief. I wanted to take a moment today to tell you that it’s quite human to be spiritual. Atheism, though it’s rightly AKA “naturalism,” is really not natural at all. It is human to be spiritual. Now by “spiritual,” I as a Christian don’t thereby endorse the modern dogmatic allergy to, “organized religion” of our day for the substitutionary self-adoration affirmation of only the distant De...  Read More

Reflections on the Baptist Confession of Faith of 168923 Aug 14 began a perhaps unbroken, orderly, and personal journey through my favorite written confession of faith. These are my personal reflections on this beloved historic Particular Baptist confession of the Christian Faith.NEXT-Chapter 23. Of Lawful Oaths and Vows. Paragraph 5: “A vow, which is not to be made to any creature, but to God alo...  Read More

Reflections on the Baptist Confession of Faith of 168923 Aug 14 began a perhaps unbroken, orderly, and personal journey through my favorite written confession of faith. These are my personal reflections on this beloved historic Particular Baptist confession of the Christian Faith.NEXT-Chapter 23. Of Lawful Oaths and Vows. Paragraph 4: “An oath is to be taken in the plain and common sense of the wo...  Read More

Reflections on the Baptist Confession of Faith of 168923 Aug 14 began a perhaps unbroken, orderly, and personal journey through my favorite written confession of faith. These are my personal reflections on this beloved historic Particular Baptist confession of the Christian Faith.NEXT-Chapter 23. Of Lawful Oaths and Vows. Paragraph 3: “Whosoever taketh an oath warranted by the Word of God, ought d...  Read More

Reflections on the Baptist Confession of Faith of 168923 Aug 14 began a perhaps unbroken, orderly, and personal journey through my favorite written confession of faith. These are my personal reflections on this beloved historic Particular Baptist confession of the Christian Faith.NEXT-Chapter 23. Of Lawful Oaths and Vows. Paragraph 2: “The name of God only is that by which men ought to swear; and ...  Read More

Jesus did not Ascend to save by sacraments!His ability to deliver you from sin is not contingent upon your response. It is not shut up in breads, wines, waters or chants. I just tore up an Episcopal prayer book. My right foot rests on it now.Grace alone, faith alone, Christ alone, according to Scripture alone, to the glory of God alone. Test my traditions. Like James, I’m ready to define grace by ...  Read More