Antinomian Christians

Rom 6:15  What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means!

Regardless of our religious confession these days, who can dispute that in many ways religious beliefs seem irrelevant to our world? On television we see Roman Catholics fawning over the pope in St. Louis while ignoring his teachings about contraception and abortion. Southern Baptists, who used to be known for decrying illicit sex, drugs, and rock and roll music—lest they lead to dancing, drinking, or playing cards—are now portrayed in a national magazine as antinomian (a person who believes that Christians are free from the moral law by virtue of grace) Christians who have made peace with an anything-goes morality. - Dever, Mark (2004-09-30). Nine Marks of a Healthy Church (Kindle Locations 856-860). Good News Publishers/Crossway Books. Kindle Edition.

Let's Not Be Too Hasty

In his article "Responding to a New Translation", Dr. David Saxon, Professor of Bible and Church History at Maranatha Baptist Seminary gives those of us who embrace dispensational theology some reasons to pause before jumping to endorse the English Standard Version. It's a good read regardless of your view.

Clothed in Humility

1Pe 5:5  Young men, in the same way be submissive to those who are older. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.

In the House at Bonn occupied by Beethoven there still is preserved the piano upon which the great master played, and which he used in the composition of his great music. Years ago, an American girl visited the shrine. She waltzed airily to the instrument and began playing a careless tune; and then, turning to the custodian, said, "I suppose you have many visitors here every year?" "A great many," was the reply. "Many famous people, no doubt?" said she. "Yes, Paderewski came recently." "I suppose, of course, he played on the piano?" said the girl, her fingers still thrumming the keys. "No," said the custodian, "he did not consider himself worthy."

This is the reverence of the great in soul. The flippant enter the hallowed places, the sanctuaries of the world, with light laughter and careless jest; they feel nothing in their shallow souls, and reduce everything to the flippant and commonplace; but the high-souled enter with bared heads, they take the shoes off their feet, they stand awed and in silence. "They do not consider themselves worthy."

Good Teachers

Titus 2:1 You must teach what is in accord with sound doctrine.

I'm reading a book right now called "Creative Bible Teaching" and found this applicable to all teachers. "Good teachers know that they must build on students' prior knowledge and teach in a way that relates to the students' experience. An effective approach to teaching is to start with what a student knows and move to what he does not know. That is true not only in Bible study, but in all kinds of learning situations" (Kindle Locations 4317-4319).

Cultural Jesus

I would highly recommend Francis Chan's book "Erasing Hell: What God Said about Eternity, and the Things We've Made Up" to you. It's a primarily a rebuttal to Rob Bell's "Love Wins". It's a quick and good read. It's also on Kindle.

In he says, "Deep down, we all have a tendency to recreate Jesus in our own image. Before we know it, we have an American Jesus, a Western Jesus, a postmodern Jesus, a hippie Jesus, or a capitalistic or socialistic Jesus. Deep down in the heart of every person is a hidden desire to reinterpret Jesus in light of our own culture, political bent, or favorite theological belief." - Francis Chan (Kindle Locations 560-562).

Billy Sunday Warns America (1929)

Billy Sunday Warns America (1929) - YouTube

The Promised Land

I think that we might have found the Promised Land!