Reflections on the Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689. 23 Aug 14 began a perhaps unbroken, orderly, and personal journey through my favorite written confession of faith. This will be my personal reflections on this beloved written codification of the Christian Faith which is according to a Baptist flavor. NEXT- Section 11, paragraph 1c: “…not by imputing faith itself, the act of believing, or any...  Read More

Reflections on the Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689. 23 Aug 14 began a perhaps unbroken, orderly, and personal journey through my favorite written confession of faith. This will be my personal reflections on this beloved written codification of the Christian Faith which is according to a Baptist flavor. NEXT- Section 9, paragraph 1: “God hath endued the will of man with that natural liberty and...  Read More

For those to whom family’s been given, the ministry we’re called to live out as believers must begin and end at home. As both a preacher and a family man, God reminded me this morning during a one-hour walk after midnight of the importance of being a husband and a dad first. Of all the challenges given to men discipled by Jesus, there’s perhaps no more weighty charge than that given to husbands th...  Read More

Reflections on the Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689. 23 Aug 14 began a perhaps unbroken, orderly, and personal journey through my favorite written confession of faith. This will be my personal reflections on this beloved written codification of the Christian Faith which is according to a Baptist flavor. NEXT- Section 8, paragraph 10: “This number and order of offices is necessary; for in respec...  Read More

Reflections on the Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689. 23 Aug 14 began a perhaps unbroken, orderly, and personal journey through my favorite written confession of faith. This will be my personal reflections on this beloved written codification of the Christian Faith which is according to a Baptist flavor. NEXT- Section 8, paragraph 9: “This office of mediator between God and man is proper only to...  Read More

Reflections on the Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689. 23 Aug 14 began a perhaps unbroken, orderly, and personal journey through my favorite written confession of faith. This will be my personal reflections on this beloved written codification of the Christian Faith which is according to a Baptist flavor. NEXT- Section 8, paragraph 8c: “…and all of free and absolute grace, without any condition f...  Read More