IF A BAPTIST, WHY? Part V “For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.” II Corinthians 4:17 I do not think we as Baptist can appreciate our heritage until we have some...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
IF A BAPTIST, WHY? Part IV One of the best histories of the Baptist was written by William R. Estep, “The Anabaptist Story” (I highly recommend). Estep was professor of Church History, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth Texas.
IF A BAPTIST WHY Part III Baptist distinctives are Bible truths! Truth is truth; there is no such thing as high doctrine and low doctrine in the scripture. If your doctrine is Bible doctrine it is vital doctrine. ‘Believer’s Baptism’ is a...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
IF A BAPTIST, WHY? Part II This is a continued subject from last week, I continue the subject with a question. Where do our protestant paedobaptist friends miss it? I think they miss it in their erroneous and confused misunderstanding of the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
IF A BAPTIST, WHY? Today there is very little conviction among modern Baptist as to why they are Baptist. Most are so by name only, and from family tradition, and classify themselves ‘Protestants’. The historical Baptists prior to the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
THE LOVE OF GOD “Smile, God loves you”! Is it Biblical to only tell men ‘God loves them’? Is it right for them to think that God ‘loves’ them since the Bible says that God is ‘angry’ with many? Is it honest to tell men that God ‘loves’ them...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
WORSHIP “Oh come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker. For He is our God; And we are the people of His pasture, and the sheep of His hand” (Psalm 95:6-7). Worship, by far, is the most important of all...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
GRACE “By grace are you saved”: Ephesians 2:8 In all fourteen epistles attributed to the Apostle Paul (I include Hebrews), either in the salutation or conclusion, he invokes the grace of God upon the Church. He does so without any explanation...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
CONVERSION Conversion: the turning around of a sinful, rebellious soul certainly does not lie in the will of unregenerate men. If your soul is ever turned to God and His Christ it will be accomplished by Omnipotence. Joseph Alleine in his...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
TEACH US TO PRAY “And it came to pass, that, as He was praying in a certain place, when He ceased, one of His disciples said unto Him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.” (Luke 11:1) As we enter a New Year I, as this...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
