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500th Anniversary of the Reformation – Sola Fide (Part 2)
Luther was right to reject the Roman Catholic concept of justification. Catholicism makes no significant difference between justification and sanctification – they are a process which begins at baptism and continues through a person’s life (and even afterward through...
500th Anniversary of the Reformation – Sola Fide
Throughout much of the world, people are celebrating the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation. It was 500 years ago on October 31 that Martin Luther nailed his famous 95 Theses on door of the church in Wittenberg (please understand that this was a normal place to post...
Dr. Charles Ryrie – 1925-2016
Dr. Charles Ryrie was promoted to Glory last week. His influence on evangelicalism and fundamentalism was highly significant. He did not claim to be a fundamentalist, but his position on dispensationalism was the common one for most of the fundamentalist movement...
Supreme Court Judgment – The Family
The Supreme Court has declared that gay marriage is now the law of the land. As a sign of postmodern politics, this new law was not voted upon by the people (in fact, where the people had a choice, they overwhelmingly rejected the legality of gay marriage), nor was it...
Supreme Court Judgment – The Church
The Supreme Court has declared that gay marriage is now the law of the land. As a sign of postmodern politics, this new law of the land was not voted upon by the people (in fact, where the people had a choice, they overwhelmingly rejected the legality of gay...
Supreme Court Judgment
Some Christians have argued that the recent Supreme Court decision overriding the decision of some states to maintain the traditional definition of marriage will bring God’s judgment upon America. Paul the Apostle would tend to differ. The Supreme Court decision was...
Gabriel
The angel Gabriel, “the man of God,” was an integral part of the Christmas story. While Zechariah burned incense to the Lord, an angel appeared to him, telling him that God was going to answer the prayers of him and his wife and that they would have a son. Reminiscent...
His Name shall be Called
I had the joy of listening to the Maranatha Baptist University orchestra and choirs play and sing Handel’s Messiah again this year. It is always a joyous occasion. Handel built this oratorio on Scripture and one of the key passages is Isaiah 9:6, which concludes, “and...
Day of Infamy
December 7, 1941, is the day which has gone down in history as the Day of Infamy. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, it brought the United States into World War 2. The following four wars saw the heroism and sacrifice of the Greatest Generation. Maranatha Baptist...
Christmas
The word “Christmas” is problematic for some. This English word comes from "Cristes Maesse," a phrase that meant "Christ’s Mass." As is the case so often, we use terms that originated in another language and even another religion. The “mass,” of course, is the Roman...