The Lonely Pursuit of Truth in a Postmodern Culture

Pilate asked this question to Jesus “what is truth” a question that he never found an answer to from what I can find in scripture. Everybody knows the postmodern debate (for the most part) especially amongst those with even a superficial knowledge of the Emergent Church. Today I am not going to attempt to define or even defend truth directly. This is an overflow of the deep despair of my heart due to the lonely pursuit of truth. I believe with every fiber of me that Truth can not be attained apart from Christ. Not that Christ speaks the truth but he fully embodies all that even is true. So Christ is the essence of Truth. The funny thing is that engaging someone for this pursuit and having others join you to help defend and explain it becomes a daunting task.

 

How Christian Couples Can Prevent Dissension in Our Homes: Marriage Series Part 1

 

This was a very helpful article for me, it was written over 300 years (isn’t it amazing the wisdom God gave the puritans). Way too many Christian Marriages are ending in divorce, way too many Christian Couples despise one another, and way too many Chrisitan marriages are doing the Body of Christ and the testimony of our faith great harm. Read this with a humble heart and wherever it addresses you respond accordingly. God bless

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Here is a newly created website, there is some work to do but at least we got it off the ground.

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The Decline of African American Theology has arrived!!!!!!

Every once and a while God throws us some nuggets outside of the scriptures. Sometimes those nuggets are in great preachers like the Great Awakening other times they are in great books. This book should (and I pray that it will) spark a revival amongst African American Christians (or maybe bring them to life). The face of the “black church” is a face of a fool!!!! We are best known for pretty hats, vibrant music, and having a good time in the name of the Lord.

What Should a Carnal Christian and Non-believer Have in Common?

They both should fear hell! This may be a very unpopular post due to the huge movement of the “carnal” Christian, who by every standard of scripture is a “non-believing” Christian. This doctrine does the local church and those who live the “carnal Christian” life a great harm. It gives them assurance that they shouldn’t have and it weakens the sanctification and ongoing pursuit of practical holiness in the local church. It has no bearing on the Universal Church, because she is made up of the regenerate and have no fear of hell, because of the finished work of her husband, namely Jesus the Christ. However, those who live in opposition to God’s word as a lifestyle must only be assured of one thing, that they are ENEMIES of God, never given a new heart, and that the wrath of God remains upon them.  My good buddy Tyris and I have been spending some time studying the book of Hebrews and the book has proven to be a book of warnings. The warnings start in Chapter 2 and work their way out throughout the rest of the book. Hitting high points in Chapter 6 and Chapter 10, lets look at Chapter 10: 

Modesty and Christian Women

I write this article with great reservation! There is always a thin line between legalism and liberty and I am going to attempt to walk this fine line as biblically as possible. My purpose is not to condemn but to spur others on to good deeds. My hope is that those who read this will read the arguments and scriptures provided and take them before the Lord in prayer and humility. So with no further do, let’s get into it.

A Practical Walk Through Philippians Part 2: A proper response to bad circumstances!

 

In part 1 I talked about prayer for others. I will tell you I didn’t accomplish the challenged I set forth. I made it the first day by day two I was at the forefront of my prayers, this will be an ongoing challenge going forward. In this posting I want to dive into Paul’s response during his imprisonment. This was Paul’s first imprisonment. That means there was a second. There was no guarantee that he would get out. However, this letter uses the word joy 5 times. Now how someone can have peace, while wrongfully imprisoned is difficult to understand, but for someone to have joy is unprecedented. Here are the verses

The End Result of Theological Debate is Edification

 

Ephesians 4:29-32

29 Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear. 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31 Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. 32 Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. 

The False Doctrine of Neutrality: Nursery Rhyme Christianity

 

There has been in me a growing concern with those who refuse to preach and teach the wrath of God. The gospel among evangelicals has become increasingly palatable. Making the gospel more appealing to the unregenerate was never, and I do mean never, the goal of Christ or the Apostles. We are continually trying to find ways to make “church” more appealing and thus trying to slide the gospel in while the unregenerate is not looking. This, my friend, is doing a disservice to these individuals and my brother Tyris and I are experiencing the backlash first hand. So below are a few LIES we tell people or ways we STEALTHY present the gospel.

Calmness Amongst Chaos: What Sovereignty Brings!

The debate about the scope of God’s sovereignty is a historical debate. I am beginning to read a bunch of books by dead theologians and the debate can be summed up to: just how sovereign is God. Well this is not a discussion about this scope; this is more an exhortation to those who agree about this and hopefully encouragement to those who don’t. I will be up front, I agree with those who say that God is 100% sovereign in everything from creation to salvation, to the most minute detail (“the hairs on our head our numbered”) detail of life. I want to explain the peace that comes from such a view of this sovereignty.