Theology. Doctrine. Our Faith stands not on cunning fables and stories, but upon history and evidence. Theology is man’s thought applied to doctrine. It is doctrine that we choose to stand upon, and which we cannot compromise. It is theology to say that Jesus will come back before a 7 year tribulational period. It is [...]
Part of the problem that we have being Christians and knowing what God expects of us is that we often time project our knowledge on to other people. We project it onto other Christians—comparing what we believe to others, and then we compare how we act with the unbelievers around us. Both of these are [...]
This past Sunday in Sunday School, we men were in Psalms 51. This is the Psalm that King David of Israel wrote after his sin with Bathsheba and the ensuing sin that followed. As we were reviewing the Psalm and talking about how sin effects our lives, two different thoughts were on my heart.
Christ’s prayer in John 17 was that we may all be one in Him. He desired unity, and through out the New Testament we see many of the Apostles encouraging us to work past differences and use church discipline in an effort of restoration. And yet today it’s the opposite—church discipline leads to splits which [...]