Good Friday (and every day really) we should reflect on the sacrifice that Christ made on our behalf, but instead of being somber, we should celebrate. Because of Christ’s death, we can have new life. As Charles Spurgeon said, “The memorial of Christ’s death is a festival, not a funeral.”
Here I Stand: The Ordinances
This is the seventh installment of the “Here I Stand” series. I’ve covered my stand on the Scriptures, God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, the doctrine of man, and salvation. Now I want to cover the ordinances of the Church, specifically the Lord’s Supper (Communion) and Baptism. Some, in particular Roman Catholics, call these two ceremonies […]
The Lord’s Supper (1 Corinthians 11:17-34)
17 But in the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse. 18 For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you. And I believe it in part, 19 for […]
Twenty Items of Interest (v.56)
1. Five Distortions of the Gospel in Our Day 2. How the Calvin & Hobbs cartoon above resembles the public school system. 3. How swine flu was started. HT: A Ten O’Clock Scholar 4. From a Gay Patriot – Why Demonize Supporters of Traditional Marriage? I found this rather refreshing coming a homosexual since I […]
Here I Stand: The Ordinances
This is the seventh installment of the “Here I Stand” series. I’ve covered my stand on the Scriptures, God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, the doctrine of man, and salvation. Now I want to cover the ordinances of the Church, specifically the Lord’s Supper (Communion) and Baptism. Some, in particular Roman Catholics, call these two ceremonies […]