Why Have Rules?

If your courts are going to say that they do not matter? http://www.christianpost.com/news/united-methodist-churchs-high-court-decide-if-openly-gay-married-bishop-can-serve-168506/ The United Methodist Church's highest court will be deciding whether or not the denomination's first openly gay bishop will be allowed to serve. While we understand that some rules may not be correctly written or established honestly and they do need some … Continue reading Why Have Rules?

Pushing Away From God

We have not taken the time to examine everything Mr. Laurie says and from what we have read, there are a lot of things we like about and agree with him. In this post we are not attacking Mr. Laurie but want to use some of his good words as an example to teach some … Continue reading Pushing Away From God

Peter Enns & Noah

We have already exposed the false teaching held & proclaimed by Peter Enns for several years now so today will not be any different. His take on Noah and the flood is worth addressing. You can read the whole article at the following link: http://www.peteenns.com/3-things-to-keep-in-mind-if-you-dont-want-to-screw-up-the-noah-story/ #1.I should put in my two cents—be ready for a … Continue reading Peter Enns & Noah

Corporal Punishment

The title of the article we are going to address today is: Miss. Man's Life Upended by 8th Grade Paddling and it can be found at the following link: http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2016/08/23/miss-mans-life-upended-by-8th-grade.html We who have been in education have a variety of views on how discipline should be handled with those who are against corporal punishment trying … Continue reading Corporal Punishment

A Few Comments

In this post we are going to take a brief look at 4 articles that come from the Christian News Network (http://www.christiannews.net/ ) They do not warrant full analysis so we have lumped them together here to make some general comments about the subject matter of each. First up will be a scientist’s conclusion about … Continue reading A Few Comments

Another Broken Link

We are going to place a short article written over 40 years ago about the Neanderthal man. What we ask is-- has there been any update on this information and where did secular science suddenly determine that the Neanderthal could talk? And any other pertinent articles dealing with this subject If you have links to … Continue reading Another Broken Link

Secular Science & the Believer

INTRODUCTION: The church has a problem. It has been invaded by those who take the words and methods of the unbelieving world who use those deceived ideas to alter God’s word and teach what God has not taught. They also misrepresent God casting a different picture about him, one that God does not paint of … Continue reading Secular Science & the Believer

They Are Not Pastors- 2

If you have not seen it yet, here is the link to the response of the woman pastor to CP readers' questions. Her responses are very troubling to say the best about them. http://www.christianpost.com/news/pastor-who-says-single-christians-can-have-mutually-pleasurable-sex-doesnt-see-bible-as-gods-infallible-word-168434/page2.html We will look at a few of her responses just to highlight how troubling her argument is. #1.Different Christian churches read … Continue reading They Are Not Pastors- 2

They Are Not Pastors

#1.Single Christians Can Have Sex as Long as It's 'Mutually Pleasurable and Affirming,' Pastor Says When someone consistently breaks God's rules in one area of life then it is no surprise to see them advocate for others to break more of God's rules. http://www.christianpost.com/news/single-christians-can-have-sex-as-long-as-its-mutually-pleasurable-and-affirming-pastor-says-168372/ Bucking against conservative Christian tradition advising against extra-marital sex, the Rev. … Continue reading They Are Not Pastors

The Bible Is Not A Parenting Manual

This was our sermon last Sunday which we thought we would share as well Introduction This is the title to a blog post I addressed for my magazine this past week.  It is not a statement or fact nor am I declaring the Bible to be inadequate for parenting guidance. It is the view of … Continue reading The Bible Is Not A Parenting Manual