Yet I Must Be Branded As Being A Man That Is An Enemy To Charity I. INTRODUCTION John Warburton was a blessed Strict and Particular Baptist minister and the author of Mercies of a Covenant God: The Life of John Warburton, written between 1837 and 1838. In this work, the following quote can be found…
Category: 07. Controversies
Who Is The True Israel?
Who Is The True Israel? Who Is The True Israel (PDF Version) I. INTRODUCTION The entire premise of this article, and the passages contained herein, is that Christ is the True Israel of God. Everything found in the Old Testament and in the New Testament concerning Israel must be viewed through the blessed lens of…
Charity, Christ, and the Benefit of the Doubt
Charity, Christ, and the Benefit of the Doubt Or Else: Judge, Jury, and (Ministry/Character) Executioner Hard Lessons Learned; Hard Lessons Still Learning Months back, I left Facebook mainly because of a growing, and powerful, sense of contention, arguing doctrine for doctrine’s sake, a spirit of judgmentalism and condemnation, and due to an increasing sense of…
Who Are My Brethren?
Who Are My Brethren? (More Hard Lessons Learned) Today and everyday, I need to remember that in light of my own felt weakness and sinful folly, and in light of the long-suffering and loving-kindness of God towards *all* of His elect, when it comes to those who uncompromisingly profess the Gospel truth, and who are…
The Death Knell of Water Baptism
The Death Knell of Water Baptism [Colossians 2:8-23] Colossians 2:8-23 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after THE RUDIMENTS OF THE WORLD, and not after Christ. 9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. 10 And ye are complete in him,…
The One Spiritual Baptism
The One Spiritual Baptism Our Baptism ἐν (in/with/by) Christ on the Cross Made Applicable and Effectual in Time via Our Baptism ἐν (in/with/by) the Spirit into Christ Being the One Baptism That Doth Now Save Us And The End/Cessation of (John’s) Water Baptism (Which is Still Practiced by Most Churches in Our Day and Age)…
A Response to Matt Slick’s "Baptism and 1 Peter 3:21"
A Response to Matt Slick’s “Baptism and 1 Peter 3:21” Article As found here: http://carm.org/baptism-and-1-pet-321 The following is a quick response to Matt Slick’s work on Baptism. I mean him no ill-will but am convinced that what he stated concerning baptism does not reflect what scripture declares in 1 Peter 3:21 and elsewhere. For the…
The Bible on Strife and Contention – Part One
The Bible on Strife and Contention Part One Much has been said on the need to avoid discord amongst the brethren — and rightly so. This has been a matter laid heavily on my heart recently, partly out of true conviction and partly out of what I perceive to be a serious misunderstanding concerning the matter.…
The Like Figure
Please note that this and other posts on the matter will likely be deleted/archived in preparation for a master article to help reduce redundancy and to streamline the listing and discussion of all key points. Also, contrary to the below, antitypos does not always mean just the antitype; it can also be the type of the antitype – so…
The Baptism of John
The Baptism of John The river Jordan is a type of judgment. We read, “Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land. For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, AS THE LORD YOUR GOD DID…
Spiritual Wrestlings 