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Rethinking the KJV as a Primary Translation
God wants Christians to follow Him. He transcends cultural and language barriers, even taking on human form. This means He desires to be heard and obeyed. Because God primarily communicates with His people through His translated words, it is imperative that people have Scripture intertwined with their common language in…
The Peril of Deconstructionism
“Beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked” (2 Peter 3:17 NKJV). Many of us have heard of highly visible personalities, and maybe even friends, family members, or acquaintances who have deconstructed their faith. What is deconstruction? Is it a…
Christianity Undermined: How Progressive Christianity Redefines the Bible
The doorway to Progressive Christianity rarely originates in doctrine. The people in that doorway sit in our congregations and at our tables. They gravitate towards it due to a personal wound, a church scandal, or an injustice being justified by chapter and verse. They have seen words and actions from…
The Lure of Divine Power: New Thought, Positive Thinking, and the Law of Attraction
We feel pretty safe from certain heresies. We side-eye the extreme health and wealth teachings of Joel Osteen, or the signs and wonders claim of Kenneth Copeland and Todd Bentley, and we mentally dust off any thought of it afflicting our conservative Anabaptist circles. But the more subtle teachings tend…
Rethinking “Faith” and “Gospel” with Matthew Bates
Editor’s Note: An evaluation of a scholar like Dr. Matthew Bates might seem out of place in an Anabaptist publication. However, Dr. Bates’ work has been featured by multiple Anabaptist groups, prompting this brief examination of his work. Dr. Paul Lamicela, an Anabaptist scholar, has produced a simple yet clear…
Narcissism: Exposing Pride and Selfishness
Narcissism. Everyone has encountered a self-absorbed person. The biggest problem comes not from its presence in the world, even though it can be described as an epidemic, but rather from its growth in respectable Christian circles. Chuck DeGroat and Michael Kruger both devote an entire book exposing narcissism’s infection in…
Justification: James and Romans
Most people throughout human history have been concerned with how to please God – or in most cultures throughout history – their god or gods. The Old Testament tells of how God made provisions from the time of creation for people to have a right standing with Him. Since the…
The Trap of Legalism
The Anabaptist movement has always emphasized practical, everyday obedience. This results from our focus on a literal interpretation of the Bible in addition to our particular cultural background. This is a valuable emphasis, but is there a danger of this becoming a legalistic trap in which we miss the main…
Even So Hath the Lord Ordained
1 Corinthians 9:13-15: “Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar? Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.…
The Importance of Expository Preaching
Throughout history there have been many people who have impacted the world through their preaching of God’s Word. There have been sermons that resulted in nationwide revivals, impacted the course of the church, and have brought about the salvation of many souls! Yet, there have also been sermons that have…
What Is Expositional Preaching?
My endeavor is to bring out of Scripture what is there, and not to thrust in what I think might be there. I have a great jealousy on this head: never to speak more or less than I believe to be the mind of the Spirit in the passage I…
What is King James Only-ism?
Introduction I was recently exposed to King James Only (KJO) teaching and, for several months, evaluated the arguments as openly as I could. Since my interest was piqued, I began to read books, articles and listened to podcasts from the KJO perspective to explore the belief. Several claims raised concerns.…
