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CHARLES G. FINNEY: Heretic or Man of God? Part IV
Note: The following post was written by Dr. Richard Belcher, who received his M.Div. at Covenant Theological Seminary and his Th.D. from Concordia Seminary. He is a retired professor of Bible, Theology, Greek, and Preaching at Columbia Bible College (now Columbia International University) in Columbia, South Carolina. By God’s grace he has been privileged to…
CHARLES G. FINNEY: Heretic or Man of God? Part III
Note: The following post was written by Dr. Richard Belcher, who received his M.Div. at Covenant Theological Seminary and his Th.D. from Concordia Seminary. He is a retired professor of Bible, Theology, Greek, and Preaching at Columbia Bible College (now Columbia International University) in Columbia, South Carolina. By God’s grace he has been privileged to…
Response to the House-Church Movement – Followup
I am happy to report at least a few positive changes. Since I first wrote my series responding to the House-Church Movement (HCM), I have discovered that there has been a fair amount of editing of the online material at the New Testament Reformation Foundation (NTRF) website. I didn’t notice this over the past year…
CHARLES G. FINNEY: Heretic or Man of God? Part II
Note: The following post was written by Dr. Richard Belcher, who received his M.Div. at Covenant Theological Seminary and his Th.D. from Concordia Seminary. He is a retired professor of Bible, Theology, Greek, and Preaching at Columbia Bible College (now Columbia International University) in Columbia, South Carolina. By God’s grace he has been privileged to…
CHARLES G. FINNEY: Heretic or Man of God? Part I
Note: The following post was written by Dr. Richard Belcher, who received his M.Div. at Covenant Theological Seminary and his Th.D. from Concordia Seminary. He is a retired professor of Bible, Theology, Greek, and Preaching at Columbia Bible College (now Columbia International University) in Columbia, South Carolina. By God’s grace he has been privileged to…
J.C. Ryle on Parenting
Given that tomorrow is Father’s Day, I thought I would posts here J.C. Ryle’s sermon on Proverbs 22:6 entitled “The Duties of Parents.” Here is the verse, followed by Ryle’s message: NKJ Proverbs 22:6 “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”…
Biblical Hermeneutics and Female Leadership in the Church
Note: This post was a paper originally written in 1995, when our church was dealing with the issue of women pastors and women teaching over men in the Baptist General Conference. We left the BGC many years ago, but some have still found this paper to be helpful. I hope the readers of this blog…
John Piper on MacArthur, Driscoll, and the Song of Solomon
Yesterday Jonathan Christman posted the above audio at his blog, where he has been tracking the debate that has arisen regardng appropriate speech for pastors. He reports that the audio is from the 2009 Basics Conference that took place on May 11-13 at Parkside Church in Cleveland, Ohio. In it, John declares his agreement with…
For Mother’s Day: How Motherhood Reflects the Character and Love of God
Note: The following is a basic teaching outline for a Mother’s Day message. I hope the blog’s readers find it helpful. As I was thinking about the theme for today’s teaching, I came across this helpful description of of the origin of Mother’s Day: Anna M. Jarvis (1864-1948) first suggested the national observance of an annual…
John MacArthur on the "Rape of Solomon’s Song"
I have long been impressed by John MacArthur’s courage and care in taking a stand on important issues confronting the Church. And I continue to be impressed and encouraged by his recent willingness to address the concerns many of us have with respect to the obscene language that is being used all too often in…