Is this a Heaven or Hell Issue?
The following is for whoever may be troubled about all those mean old preachers who preach standards that aren't named in black and white in the New Testament. We hear a lot…
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Justification and the Law
The faith of Abraham concerns justification.The Law of Moses concerns transgression. Law has never been the basis for justification. The model for New Testament justification is rooted in the Abrahamic model and…
UP SCOPE! - Seeing the whole picture.
The difference between a periscope and a picture window is an obvious one... the periscope is a "one-man" view while the picture window is a "group-view" experience. The one-man view is only…
RIDING THE RAILS - Maintaing balance
Trains, well more so, their tracks have always fascinated me. How an engine weighing tons and sometimes pulling tons and tons of cars behind it can travel on two parallel strips of…
Observations from an Old Preacher
After 40 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…
The Pastor's Dilemma - Weighing Between Grace & No Grace
I recall, from my youth, using a platform trip scale, similar to modern weight scales found in doctor’s offices, where you slide a weight along a rail until the trip lever raises…
The Vortex of Voices
Elder J.L. Groce 5/04/12 “There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification.” 1 Cor. 14:10 Picture, if you will, the…
The Preacher & What Determines His Ministry
In reality every preacher has several facets that ultimately determines the make up of his ministry....several of these determiners are: I. HIS THOUGHTS To me the thinking process of man is an…
The Cuckoo Syndrome
There is a bird, the cuckoo, who is a common in England and many other parts of the world. The first sign of spring is that bird’s call. The cuckoo never builds…
Ben, Look Again.... Could it be.... A Setting Sun?
I am made to wonder, after reading several books on the founding fathers and their original feelings and thoughts concerning the Constitution, if those men would be both amazed and indignant about…
Life Changes, Not Land Captured
Vietnam was a war like no other war that American forces had ever been engaged in previously. Unlike World War I or World War II where geographical gains (or loses) were determinate…
Standards Are a Root, Not a Leaf
“Standards” are a prescribed order of action or conduct. In the biblical sense “holiness standards” are God’s prescribed order of conduct for His people. Standards prescribe what one wears externally, but its…