by admin | Aug 25, 2024 | Culture and Cultural Decay, Discipleship, False Teaching, Following Christ, Obedience
don’t spend much time on Facebook, mostly because I get in trouble for speaking my mind, and there’s just way too much scuzz on social media. You do know what scuzz is, right? It’s the junk which accumulated in a filter within the air conditioning system of our...
by admin | Oct 8, 2023 | Culture and Cultural Decay, Evangelism, Idolatry
In this final post on Church Growth Tactics Are Not Evangelism, I am going to wade into the contemporary music debate as it relates to use of such music in worship of God. As I wade into this debate, I freely acknowledge that I know next to nothing about music theory....
by admin | Oct 1, 2023 | Culture and Cultural Decay, Evangelism, Idolatry
There are yet two important topics we should cover to help us better understand the danger of the power and expansion of the Church Growth Movement. The first is the Church Growth Movement’s ties to and roots in the New Age Movement. Tim Keller, who recently died, is...
by admin | Oct 1, 2023 | Culture and Cultural Decay, Doubt, Idolatry, Sin, Temptation
Homosexuality is a divisive issue, particularly when it comes to the church. For the moment, let’s set aside the questions of whether the Bible is ambiguous on the practice of homosexuality and whether homosexuality is a gene designed by God and acceptable...
by admin | Sep 24, 2023 | Culture and Cultural Decay, Evangelism, Idolatry
If you have not read Parts 1 and 2, you should go back and read them before continuing here. Parts 1 and 2 include helpful background information necessary to understand this post. Joe, you may say, the Church Growth Movement doesn’t really exist anymore and doesn’t...
by admin | Sep 17, 2023 | Culture and Cultural Decay, Evangelism, Idolatry
If you have not read Part 1, you should go back and read it before continuing here. Part 1 includes helpful background information necessary to understand this post. The tactics of the Church Growth Movement represent works. We cannot obtain acceptance before God...