This morning I had gotten up and made my wife a little breakfast before she headed out to work. I grabbed a cup of coffee before I needed to get ready for work, myself, and did the usual checking email and social media messages and whatnot. But the unfortunate thing about social media in the... Continue Reading →
What in the World is Going On?
By Jeff Miller Back in 1971, Marvin Gaye released a poignant song titled "What's Going On?" related to the turbulent times of the era. Now, 50 years later, we have to wonder the same thing. What in the world is going on? It seems that the world around us has gone topsy turvy nearly overnight.... Continue Reading →
Have You Noticed Apostasy and Heresy is Percolating All of the Sudden? (Part 3 of 3)
Concluding our series on heresy and apostasy, I would like to take a few moments to bring the previous two posts together. The first post touched on the recent apparent apostasies (turning from the faith) of two high profile Christians, Joshua Harris and Marty Sampson, which has been in the news recently. The second post... Continue Reading →
Have You Noticed Apostasy and Heresy is Percolating all of the Sudden? (Part 2 of 3)
On yesterday's post, I had talked about recent apostasy (turning away from the faith) among two well-known public figures--one a former megachurch pastor; and the other a singer/songwriter and worship leader. Today, I'd like to talk about two particular heresies going around that are quite prevalent. One is Progressive Christianity (PC), and the other is... Continue Reading →
Why is apostasy and heresy percolating all of the sudden? Part 1 of 3
It seems that within a short amount of time--say, within the past six months--I have been seeing quite a lot of heresy floating around. And some of it is from some quite well-known and (formerly) well-respected people. That's not to say that the heresy has been new among them, but that I've just been learning... Continue Reading →
Winds of Change: Saul and David
It is interesting to see how God, in the Old Testament, at times seems remorseful that He did something. In Genesis, God was remorseful that He made man (Gen. 6:5-7). In 1 Samuel 15, God said to Samuel that He regretted having made Saul king. It is in the following chapter that God reveals He... Continue Reading →