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Is there a pattern in the NT?
Today I received in the mail four copies of Phillip Owens’s booklet, “Is There a ‘Pattern’ in the New Testament that God Wants Us to Follow?” Though Owens is of the non-institutional persuasion, it is...
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God Speaks to Preachers During the Sermon?
I have been following what some on the attendees are saying about the Tulsa Workshop on Twitter. Here is one quote from one of the Tulsa speakers that is astounding in its audacity. “Preachers, when...
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I Don’t Care About the Constitution…
This video deals with the health care bill. However, it makes a great point illustrating what we are dealing with in the Church. Democrat Phil Hare of Illinois admits that he doesn’t know or care...
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Worship and What We Like
Fleshly people in and out of the church use the wrong criterion for what we will do in worship. If they like it, that ought to be good enough. It occurred to me, that we have an interesting example to...
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Instruments of Music in Worship
I have added two items to my blog that explain why we do not use mechanical instruments of music in worship. A lengthy article. A lengthy outline, filled with quotes from secular and denominational...
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Poll Question on Clapping
I will try to have a Poll question on my blog on Fridays. This week’s question is: Does the congregation where you attend, clap during worship? I hope you will go and answer the poll.
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Questions that Make You Sad
Someone just asked me the following question: “Richard, where is the Scripture that says we need ‘authority’ for what we do in corporate worship?” What a heartbreaking question. When we loose all...
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Ordination Service?
I saw where a Church of Christ had an ordination service for their preacher. Where is the authority for that? (Colossians 3:17). When we start inventing things to boost the egos of men, we are opening...
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Regulating Our Worship
“I believe there is such a thing as pure worship that is a according to the will of God and it should be our goal to have such worship in the church. Our worship should be governed, not by our own...
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The Price of No Authority
Once we loose ourselves from the confines of Biblical authority, all the doors of hell swing open.
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Lessons From the Garden of Eden
My Forthright article today uses the story of the Garden of Eden (Genesis 1-3) as a backdrop to teach some valuable lessons about Biblical authority. The failures of Adam and Eve are cautionary tales...
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Robbing the Bible Again
Peter once said to Jewish leaders about preaching the Gospel, “We ought to obey God rather than men” (Acts 5:29). God told Jeremiah, when he called him to be a prophet, “Do not be afraid of their...
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A Great Question
A man I am studying with asked a profound question: Why can’t people just open the Bible and do what it says? I wonder the same thing (2 Timothy 3:16-17; 1 Corinthians 4:6).
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Why Can’t People Talk Bible When They Say They Want To Talk Bible?
This question is one that boggles my mind. People want to talk about biblical topics but they do so without wanting to talk about what the scriptures say. The conversation/debate/discussion (whichever...
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Why extra-biblical resources for spiritual authority are so frustrating
Last week I posted an article called “Jesus is THE prophet of God” on Keltonburg Preacher and I received a comment that questioned the reliability of such a statement and belief. By doing so the...
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I can you show how we can know, and I can do it without referring to 2 Timothy 3:16-17 a single time (except for that time of course).
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