Rosalie Teitloff, Everleigh Waelde, Margot Brown, Ford Shepherd, Barrett Crouch, and Millie Rabbitt were born by the will of man. Jonas Price, Chey Davidson, Hadley Griffy, Jazmine Babb, Kevin Peirce, and Casey Barrett were born of God! “Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples! Sing… Read More »
Does My Seven-Year-Old Need Baptism?
“before the boy knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land whose two kings you dread will be deserted.”-Isaiah 7:12 The importance of this question is matched only by my inability to give it a satisfactory answer. At age seven, I would confidently say, “No.” At eight or nine, most young… Read More »
Would I Be Baptized Today?
I love new Christians. Nothing excites a church more than watching a person surrender their life to Christ. Jesus says baptism is a new birth (John 3:3-7), and you can see the transformation when a person rises to, “walk in newness of life.”-Romans 6:4. The effect is even more dramatic when the new Christian comes… Read More »
How I Die, Does It Matter?
“It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for this is the end of all mankind, and the living will lay it to heart.”-Ecclesiastes 7:2 Death is a funny thing. It makes you think about your life. Loss seems to be coming in waves… Read More »
In Defense Of The Five Steps; Part II
In 1874, a preacher and medical doctor named T.W. Brents wrote a 500-page book entitled The Gospel Plan of Salvation. It would be difficult to overestimate its influence. It is an exhaustive and decisive rebuttal of Calvinism. It was not new doctrine, but it codified The Five Steps (hereafter TFS) as the best way to… Read More »
In Defense Of The Five Steps; Part I
One of my favorite sermons is entitled The Five Steps Is Not The Gospel. I am fond of it because I believe it is important to focus on God’s grace extended to me through the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ the Son of God. “The Five Steps” (hereafter TFS) are often referred to… Read More »
Do I Have To Be Baptized To Be Saved?
Well, of course! What would make you think otherwise? You might as well ask, “Do I have to go through a door to be inside the house?” You are either in or out. Baptism is the gateway ordained by God through which we have, “obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand,”-Romans… Read More »