Theology

Jim on February 14th, 2009

From our friend Taking Note: I thought you all might enjoy this exceptional quote from Sam Storms: “There are people, professing Christian people, who are determined to bring you under their religious thumb. They are bent on making you a slave of their conscience. They have built a tidy religious box, without biblical justification, and strive [...]

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Protestant Knight on November 4th, 2008

Beloved: I dreaded writing this post.  This subject is truly one of those where I believe the debate has no end in sight, as many have their firm convictions and minds settled to a degree that won’t be moved by any natural means. So, with caution and prayer, here we go… Christians are going to have [...]

Continue reading about Why Sovereign Grace Ministries is Not a CULT

Hello Beloved: In returning to the original structure I established regarding this series on the missiology of Sovereign Grace Ministries (SGM), I will now quote myself from Missiology Part 1: “In the Evangelical Dictionary of Theology (1984), Professor Arthur F. Glasser attempted not so much to define what he believes missiology should be as he does [...]

Continue reading about MISSIOLOGY Part 4: Final Thoughts on the True Source of Apostolic Authority

PREVIOUSLY, IN (PART TWO) of MISSIOLOGY: Hello Beloved: Wayne Grudem describes the Purposes of the Church as follows: We can understand the purposes of the church in terms of ministry to God, ministry to believers, and ministry to the world. (Grudem, 867) He further breaks this down into categories he elaborates on: (1) Ministry to God: Worship, (2) [...]

Continue reading about MISSIOLOGY Part 3: Wayne Grudem’s Ministers of Mercy and Dave Harvey’s Apostles in Authority