After years of navigating Reformed theology and various church denominations, I have gained a clear perspective on the differences between those circles and my own Baptist doctrine. As I’ve spent many hundreds of hours digging into these complex teachings, one thing has become clear: my foundational Baptist roots—specifically regarding eternal security and the simple offer …
This is a lengthy comment I left on a Substack article that is too involved to quickly summarize. If you want to check it out, you can take the link. I may get roasted over there, but I was willing to take that chance for the sake of the people who will will feel heard …
A comment on a recent video made me look into something I don’t believe I’ve ever seen discussed. The comment was on the video I shared in Worship or Edification in the New Testament Church? It pertained to Lydia, the first convert to Christianity in Europe. This is the comment: The church in Lydia’s house …
Did the New Testament church “worship” God when they gathered? Or did they gather to build one another up and for mutual edification as followers of Jesus Christ? So many of our ideas about what should take place on Sunday have nothing to do with Jesus or the New Testament. They are man-made traditions based …
This week I picked up Neither Complementarian nor Egalitarian again in an attempt to finish it. I completed the Part 1 (Gender in Evangelical History) which gave an overview of the different ways cultural movements have impacted the body of Christ in regards to these questions. It was interesting and I learned some new things. …
I’ve been aware of the Hebrew Roots Movement for some time, but it was way down on my list of things I wanted to research. However, some things happened online that caused me to decide it was time to at least understand a basic framework. I asked Arya (Gab AI) a series of questions to …
I heard about the Allie Beth Stuckey blowup on Twitter/X after the fact and have done my best to accurately put all the pieces together. (If anything I’ve reported below is factually incorrect, please let me know in the comments.) What stood out to me is that it is the perfect encapsulation of what I …
