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...
by admin | Sep 10, 2023 | Culture and Cultural Decay, Evangelism, Idolatry
The most amazing part about evangelism is that we have a Biblical blueprint for it in the book of Acts. There, we find the early church’s multiplication strategy, and they were focused on church planting, itinerant preaching (missionary endeavors), preaching the...
by admin | Sep 3, 2023 | Discipleship, Evangelism, Following Christ, Obedience, Salvation, Teachings of Jesus
Matthew 9:37-10:42 There is more in this section that one post can cover, however, we’ll scratch the surface and summarize this teaching of Jesus. Although there are transitions from one concept to another, I believe this is one narrative or one teaching. That the...
by admin | Jul 29, 2023 | Evangelism, Following Christ, Salvation, Sin
It is increasingly common to hear someone say, in response to an invitation to accept Christ, that they are a good person. As a good person, they do not believe any punishment should be waiting for them. Of course, there are multiple questions which arise from such a...
by admin | Jul 9, 2023 | Christian Perfection, Evangelism, Following Christ, Holiness, Obedience, Teachings of Jesus
It is from Jesus in Matthew that we are first introduced to election in the New Testament. In Matthew chapters 22 through 25, Jesus refers to the elect as those who are to be spared from the coming judgment. However, I believe Jesus deals with election much earlier in...
by admin | Sep 11, 2022 | Christian Perfection, Evangelism, Faith, Grace, Holiness, Justification by Faith, Power of God, Salvation, Sin
pThis is a 20 to 30 minute read. This is also a work in progress and may be edited from time to time. Because of the length, section headings and important comments are inserted to assist in the flow. An Original Work by R. Joseph Ritter, Jr. Introduction Do we have a...