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Sermon #1: Outline The Word Made Flesh: Logos and the Nature of Reality Text: John 1:1 to 5, 14 (NKJV) “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was...

A few weeks ago a good friend of mine called asking for advice / input about a new sermon series he was writing on the subject of spiritual maturity. Our on going discussions have been a blessing to me because they've served to remind me of a lot of doctrines that I haven't had a refresh on in...

I’ve read heartfelt stories, tales of surviving the streets, enduring the horrors of war, dealing with economic hardship, chronic illness, and even the death of a child. In each one, faith is described as the only thing that carried them through the darkest corners of life. These experiences...

I've been interacting with Chat GPT to try and formulate a list of doctrines that would comprise what I've been calling "Biblical Christianity". When I use that phrase, the idea in my mind is that version of Christianity that is formulated entirely through the application of the plain/contextual...

Consider the following basic Christian concepts... God exists. God is personal, living, moral, and rational. God created the world and created mankind in His image. There is objective right and wrong, rooted in God's nature. Humans have free will and moral responsibility. Sin is a personal...

First and foremost, Christians should not begin by accepting the atheist’s framing of the so-called problem of evil. Before answering the challenge, the atheist should be pressed to define evil in the first place. If there is no God, then there is no objective standard of right and wrong...

It is a dangerous thing to mistake religion for salvation. You can join a church, memorize a creed, perform rituals, tithe, sing hymns, recite prayers, confess sins, and still die in your sins. You can be baptized, confirmed, ordained, and even canonized, and still remain as lost as Anton Levey...

Why Morality Is Absolute—and What That Actually Means Christians often claim that morality is absolute, but they rarely explain why. Indeed, most don’t even know why and would be very hard-pressed to explain why if challenged to do so. Even most pastors would have a hard time giving more than a...

I keep hearing people say Calvin believed in immutability and that God never changes, but every time someone tries to prove it, they always quote a single line from the Institutes that, when isolated, sounds strong but isn't airtight by itself. They’ll cite something like: “Nothing more absurd...

To my beloved brother in the faith, grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I write to you concerning the knowledge of God, for I perceive that many have been led to think of Him in a way that does not befit His greatness. They say that God’s wisdom consists in His...

The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis is the first book in a new list of 100 books that everyone should read that I recently posted. I finished reading it yesterday and so I though I'd post a summary of the book here.... Summary of The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis In The Abolition of Man...

So, I was watching a movie several evenings ago and the main character was reading the last of a list of 100 books that everyone should read and it inspired me to find a similar list of books to read. I was somewhat surprised to find out how many such lists exist and so I enlisted the help of...

Modern Christianity has a serious problem. Churches today are more concerned with entertainment, emotionalism, feel-good messages and experiences than with sound doctrine, serious theological study and an honest exploration for the truth. Most Christians are content with an intellectually...

Those of you who have a long history with Bob Enyart's ministry will remember a computer program that a friend of his had written that randomized the alphabet and checked to see how many letters ended up in the correct locations. I asked Chat GPT to create a program that does the same thing and...

The doctrine of inherited sin, or the sin nature, is a central tenet of Christian theology. It raises the question of how sin is transmitted from generation to generation and whether Scripture supports the claim that it is passed specifically through the father rather than the mother. This essay...

The following essay is the result of an experiment I performed with a very specific sort of prompt that I used in ChatGPT. I wanted an essay that could serve as a primer for those interested in understanding how Open Theism differs from the "Settled View" and why those who hold to it consider it...

There are two Greek philosophical ideas that have had an inordinate impact on Christian doctrine over the centuries. Absolute immutability, where God cannot change in any way whatsoever Divine Timelessness, where God is not at all temporal and exists entirely outside of time We talk a lot...

Personally, I have been taught from the time I was a child that the so called "Garden Tomb" is the tomb in which Jesus was laid and from which He arose and that He was crucified on the very nearby hill which to this day has an escarpment that resembles a skull. However, I don't recall any...

Panentheism is the view that the universe is part of God while He also transcends it. This doctrine blurs the Creator-creature distinction that is foundational to biblical revelation. In this thread, I want to present and examine some biblical and philosophical arguments arguments against...

I watched a video that cited the following quote. I was so impressed with it that I wanted to share it with you guys here. Remember it the next time some atheist accuses you of making the "God did it." argument. It is they who make such an argument, only it isn't God its mindless evolution over...