“Who changed the truth of God into a lie…” In other words, they assaulted reality and turned it into a lie. We are living in what the Scripture calls “perilous times.” The world seems overtaken with fear—fears over pestilences, political upheaval, rampant violence, financial collapse and most concerning, destruction of Christian values. We are beset […]
Category: Wisdom from our elders
Hold Fast
There are a few dangers still lurking out there for our highly sophisticated species and great society! What dangers do I speak of? Well one is probably going to be assessed as a measure of My own ignorance. In fact I probably will miss this one and then stop today. The writer of Proverbs makes […]
The Way of Man
Apparently, Proverbs 21:2 and Proverbs 16:2 clarify the fact that a man’s motive—the underlying aspect of the heart which God’s ponders—is the driving force of the “way of a man.” With God motives matter greatly.While it is true that Jesus gave the illustration of a son asking his father for bread that the father, being […]
The First Schism
Many younger guys might not know this but the first schism in the American Oneness Pentecostal movement took place in 1919 a hundred years ago. Bishop G. T. Haywood had originally taught that folks coming into the church in a second marriage had to separate or be reconciled to their first wife. There was a […]
Doctrinal Fad – The Adam Doctrine
On this chilly Tuesday morning feeling inspired to write another short summary.In the 70’s an umbrella group was formed firstly called the Apostolic World Congress then the Apostolic World Christian Fellowship. It became a loosely association of close to 160 different Oneness groups (although oddly some are not Oneness). Many groups might be as small […]
Doctrinal Fad – Spiritual Communion
This is not for everyone actually it is more for serious younger ministers hopefully it will be a blessing.Several decades ago a teaching originated out of Arkansas and was spread by throughout mostly the Mid South Arkansas, Missouri, North Mississippi, Tennessee, and yes even Kentucky. It was also scattered across the USA. The teaching was […]
The House Spite Built
Around 1882, Patrick McQuade wanted to build some houses on 82nd Street at Lexington Avenue in NYC. The adjoining parcel of land, around the corner on Lexington, was owned by Joseph Richardson. If McQuade could acquire this parcel, he would be able to extend his building all the way to Lexington Avenue, and put windows […]
Calm Down and Do Nothing Rash
Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly. Acts 19:36 Another version says: Therefore, since these facts are undeniable, you ought to calm down and not do anything rash. Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth […]
Observations from an Old Preacher…
After 50 odd years (well not all of them were odd) of ministry I have learned (or learning still): I. Reading the Bible and reading the Bible can be two very different things. Since the Bible is unlike any other book in human existence it therefore cannot be read like any other book. However, it […]
Unknown Mercies
Unknown Mercies The BTK serial killer, Dennis Rader, who fed his perverted sexual appetite, for three decades, with the lives of other human beings, was considered by others that surrounded him to be just a normal guy. This “normal guy,” however, was able, over a thirty year time period, to keep hidden the heinous monster […]