But even if you should suffer for the sake of righteousness, you are blessed. And do not fear their intimidation, and do not be troubled, but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you yet with gentleness and reverence; and keep a good conscience so that in the thing in which you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ will be put to shame. 1 Peter 3: 14-16
Noah’s Flood: Global or Local?
I come to my sixth review of Hugh Ross’s book, Navigating Genesis, and specifically to his study of Noah’s flood.
Ross spends four chapters, 15-18, laying out his apologetic for a local flood, while at the same time debunking the idea of a worldwide...
I want to offer up some comments on a long, ranting screed Brannon Howse recently wrote against Phil Johnson. The one ironic aspect of it is that many of Brannon’s fans will not necessarily see it because it is posted at an obscure Facebook page. I think this is intentional deceit, as I will...
The Downfall of Samson – Judges 16
It has been awhile since I last took up my devotional study of Judges. I come this time to the final chapter detailing the life of Samson. He was one of the last Judges of Israel, preceding Samuel, but slightly overlapping his life.
In a way, Samson represents...
I
had the opportunity to review Justin Peters new book addressing childhood conversions, Do Not Hinder Them: A Biblical Examination of Childhood Conversion.
The book is brief, only 100 plus pages or so, but it is a concise, withering analysis as to why youth are leaving church and drifting away from...
Clashing Theologies over Israel and the Church Featured
Written by fivepointer
I had the opportunity recently to participate in a nearly three hour discussion on the distinctions and similarities between Israel and the Church.
Participants were various individuals from the Bible Thumping Wingnut Network, that included Andrew Rappaport and myself defending more of a...
I recently had an hour and a half podcast discussion with Len Pettis on the creeping Romanism that is the Benedict option. One of the more baffling things I have watched the last few months is evangelicals rushing to praise Rod Dreher for his alarmist proclamation that American culture is dead and...
I thought I would toss up this brief announcement for any long-time blogging readers who still stop by here on occasion.
I am not quitting.
Thought I would start out with declaring that first, knowing how announcements appearing on a blog that has long spaces of inaction between posts typically...
Just a quick note. I don’t plan to respond to every crackpot missive the proponents of Abolish Human Abortion (AHA) may pass along to me. I have other topics of interest I wish to explore on my blog, as well as a life to maintain. So apart from a Facebook note I wrote answering some...
Samson and the Retaliation Against the Philistines – Judges 15
In my study of Judges, I have come to the unusual, but extraordinary life of Samson.
First, he had a special calling. He was born to a barren mother, and was told to be a Nazarite before his birth.Second, he had a spectacular...
The Creation Week – Chapters 3-6
I continue in my review of Hugh Ross’s progressive creationist book, Navigating Genesis. Again, my purpose in reviewing this work is to offer a corrective to his creationist apologetic that is adopted without criticism by a number of mainstream Christian...
Samson Stirs the Phillistines – Judges 14
When we come to the judgeship of Samson, we learn from out of all the previous judges, his was especially unique. He was called by God from before his birth to fulfill his roll as a judge. Both he and his mother, at least for her until she gave birth...
My yearly review of all the books I either heard on audio or read via print or ebook. Reviews for previous years can be located HERE.
Audio Books I Heard
The Great War of Our Time: The CIA’s Fight Against Terrorism– Michael Morrell
Morrell is the former deputy director of the CIA. The book...
I posted these articles a few years ago when I was doing my study on eschatology.
Since I wrote them, they have become some of my most read posts that draws some of the biggest traffic to my otherwise small, obscure blog. The one thing I failed to do, and should have, because I was short sighted as...
There is not a “fake news” crisis. There is an idiot crisis.
Ever since Hillary Clinton was soundly trounced by Donald Trump in the latest presidential election, the cultural gate keepers on the two coasts have been navel gazing for an explanation as to how an individual who, in...
The Birth of Samson [Judges 13]
Continuing in our study in the book of Judges, I come to the life of Samson. He is probably the most memorable of all the judges because of his feats of strength. In fact, it is his truly remarkable — or better, miraculous — judgeship of Samson that causes...
Jephthah’s Tarnished Victory (Judges 11:30-12:7)
The last time I began considering the judgeship of Jephthah. He served during a time when the tribes of Israel were engaged in apostasy on a mass scale. As a result, God specifically gave them to the Ammonites and Philistines in judgment....
May I Exhort You, Dear Christian, to Invest in a Well Made Bible? Featured
Written by fivepointer
I remember, after the Lord saved me, receiving my first official Bible as a brand new Christian. Sure, I had a stubby, little gift KJV Bible my mom bought me when I was in 6th grade after I completed my confirmation classes at my old United Methodist Church, but receiving a new Bible after I came...
Preliminary Remarks
I want to embark on a new blogging project with this post.
For sometime now, I have been reading through the book Navigating Genesis: A Scientist’s Journey Through Genesis 1-11 by Hugh Ross, founder of Reasons to Believeministries (RTB). My goal is to provide a review...
Jack Chick Goes to the Giant Drive-In Movie Screen In the Sky Featured
Written by fivepointer
Jack Chick has died.
The Independent Baptist cartoonist who created hundreds of amusingly bizarre Fundamentalist witnessing tracts and comic books. Such classics as The Death Cookie, Reverend Wonderful, Doom Town, and the Crusaders and Alberto comics.
As strangely entertaining as his tracts and...
Time Traveling Kenny Loggins wants you to read this oversized document
I wanted to offer up a comment or two regarding a couple of articles from the Christian Libertarian Institute blog that an acquaintance passed along to me.
Taxation is Theft. Yes, Really
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Andy Olson of Echo Zoe radio contacted me last week and wondered if I would be willing to visit with him for his monthly podcast. I said, “sure, would love to,” and when we got to exchanging messages about a particular topic, the subject of Halloween came up. We quickly discovered we...
Jephthah and the Ammonites – Judges 10-11
The entire book of Judges is a record of man’s fickle unfaithfulness, yet a testimony to God’s steadfast faithfulness. He will not let His people go. He will certainly chastise them in judgment, but He won’t let them out of the...
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