Tag: theology
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Choosing your poison. Israel’s demand for a king. Studying 1 Samuel 8:19-22
The book of Proverbs dedicates a lot of space to talking about the “fool,” the person who lives a life in opposition to the wisdom of God. The chief way a person can be a fool is in a failure to fear the Lord. We do this when we try to take God off of…
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The Old Testament and believer’s baptism
Baptism is not this arbitrary practice that Christians just decided to start doing. During the ministry of Christ, John the Baptist had a ministry where he was the forerunner to Jesus and he baptized with a baptism of repentance. But John the Baptist didn’t invent baptism. Before he was born, baptism was being practiced. When…
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The case for believer’s baptism
Baptism is a subject that has a rich tradition within the church and which has, at times, been the source of heated division. The importance of baptism is almost universally agreed upon within Christendom. But from that common starting point, churches have diverged on nearly every aspect of baptism. Questions which have been at the…
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Catholic priest uses wrong word for 26 years. Baptisms invalidated
A Catholic priest in Arizona used the wrong word when performing baptisms for over a quarter of a century. Now his diocese is saying that the baptisms are invalid. The issue is that the priest, the Revered Andres Arango was saying “we baptize you” when he was supposed to say “I baptize you.” The Catholic…
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Sermon: That all may honor the Son – John 5:19-24
Audio only: Transcript: 19 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise. 20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he…
Josh Benner 