To See It For Themselves

I’ve heard a lot of people say something like, “When it comes to a church movement, I’m uncomfortable when a church won’t clearly explain its positions.” Even in the poll we did here last week, people expressed a desire for strong, clear doctrine from the church. But I think the edges of the church are [...]

A Clarification

I received an email over the weekend from Cal, who wanted to clarify the details of his story that I posted last week. Apparently I didn’t have the story exactly right. Here’s what Cal told me.
Jason,
Thanks for the kind words. I do love my children more than anything in the world. However, the details of [...]

The Best Dad Ever

I was at a Bible study last night in which we discussed Romans 8:28-30, a passage that inevitably sparks conversation about the doctrine of election or predestination. If you take a look at that passage and other related passages (Romans 11:2, Ephesians 1:3, Galatians 1:15, Romans 8:6-8, etc.), there is a very strong case for [...]

Ana Versus Paedo

An·a·bap·tist [an-uh-bap-tist] [From Late Greek anabaptizein, to baptize again : Greek ana-, ana- + Greek baptizein, to baptize (from baptein, to dip).]
Anabaptist martyrs, shown here, died cruel deaths at the hands of the Catholics and other paedobaptists for their belief that an infant’s baptism was invalid and so the person must be baptized again.
As [...]