Some call this a farewell speech; I see it more as a dying death declaration. Either way, Paul was saying goodbye. Using proper hermeneutics, it’s essential to know & understand who Paul was addressing in this context. According to verse 17, he was addressing the elders and pastors of the church in Ephesus. Paul was
Yesterday, while doing street evangelism, I had the opportunity to apply verse 20 of the Great Commission. Matthew 28:20 says, “Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.” That is when a couple humbled themselves enough to
The Bible warns of many types of blasphemy or ways to be blasphemous. Including but not limited to. This can be the Noun as blasphemia (βλασφημία, S. 988) or blasphemeo (βλασφημέω, S. 987). Or the Adjective blasphemos (βλάσφημος, S. 989). Or the Verb blasphēmeo (βλασφημέω, S. 987). In a general sense, 100% of mankind are
Synergism Synergism comes from the Greek words (syn + ergon), which means “working together,” or a “combined force.” Synergism, which is associated with Arminianism and semi-Pelagianism, wrongly teaches that humans are somehow involved in their own salvation. That man cooperates as a co-agent with the Lord to become saved. Synergism wrongly says man has free
This is an excerpt from a previous podcast on the woman at the well. An eisegesis vs exegesis, or, an eisegetical false teaching vs an exegetical teaching. In review, an eisegesis (or eisegetical) teaching of God’s Word is to ‘lean into’ the Text or reading meaning into a Biblical Text. Whereas the preacher or teacher
I present to you the communicable attribute of God’s Goodness (aka Bonitas Dei). I also explain the difference between the ad extra goodness of God and His ad intra goodness. How can the elect benefit from His ad intra goodness, and how the non-elect benefits from His ad extra goodness. As I said in this
No, this presentation is not political. The RINO I spoke of is a church, or person that is Reformed In Name Only. This is a historical overview of a Reformed – Calvinist church. Regretfully I failed to mention the importance of covenant theology over the errs of dispensationalism that have crept into some so-called “reformed”
By God’s perfect providence, I saw this quote by Matt Walsh shared on social media. Further research showed its origin might be this 2018 Tweet. .The problem with this is Walsh belongs to the Roman Catholic Church, not the Catholic Church. In Reformed Theology, we Protestants teach that God’s true elect belong to the Catholic
I now transition into the sub-discipline known as Theology Proper, which is the Doctrines of God and His attributes. Here, I discuss two attributes, who is God, and God’s eternality. Recently country singer icon Toby Keith died. Before his death, he described having “faith” in “the man upstairs.” That is a terrible characterization of God.
