I write this blog as a pastor, out of deep concern for the spiritual well-being of anyone who hears or reads God’s Word but who may not have much experience in understanding the great skill of people who take Scripture out of its context and thereby build false doctrines. Those false doctrines always lead people astray [...]
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Rob Bell’s Latest Book: More Heresy
Posted in Apologetics, Theology on March 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Hell: Is It Real? Part One
Posted in Biblical Studies, Theology on March 16, 2011 | 1 Comment »
In this study, I intend to demonstrate through careful exegesis that the idea that a person ceases to exist (annihilation) after he or she dies, or that a person ceases to exist once the new heavens and the new earth are established is unbiblical and illogical. 1) However, in discussing this topic, we must first [...]
Does Rob Bell Teach Heresy?
Posted in Biblical Studies, Theology on August 19, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Through his book Velvet Elvis and through his Nooma teaching videos, Rob Bell has become quite popular among young evangelicals. Bell has a “hip” approach in his teaching and in his writing, which certainly makes his ministry appealing as well. But I want to examine those teachings here: do they line up with biblical truth [...]
God the Creator and Sustainer
Posted in Biblical Studies, Theology on August 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In this day of continued conflicting and contradictory opinions from the scientific community about how all that exists came into being, it needs to be declared unequivocally: all that exists was intentionally and carefully designed by God with purposes that we currently know and purposes yet to be discovered. There are two points Jeremiah is [...]
Three More of the Most Significant Hebrew Words in the Old Testament
Posted in Biblical Studies, Theology on February 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Moses, desperate to be with God and crying out for His presence (Ex. 33:13-18) received this self-description of God when He visited Moses (Ex. 34:6; cf. Ps. 103:8): “The LORD is compassionate and gracious; slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness and truth.” Here is the overwhelming significance of this verse: “LORD” is the [...]
