What Does Acts of the Apostles Teach Us When We Pray for Boldness? Be careful what you ask for. “That’s the story of Acts – they pray for boldness in the beginning, they practice boldness throughout, and it ends on the note that the Gospel continued going forward boldly without…
I was posed the following question. Well, it was sort of a question. “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be.” This verse does not have one and the same meaning…
It’s not possible for Restoration Movement churches to go back to the 1st century. Bill Belew says he doesn’t even want to go back to the first century. There was no wi-fi then. 1st Century Church Restoration is NOT Biblical One of the problems is that “restoration” is not a…
Sometimes I know the answer. Sometimes I don’t. Sometimes I just have a lot of questions. Wrestling with the Word of God I’m doing a bit of research for an ongoing project. I am wrestling with the meaning of the phrase, “the Word of God,” especially as it relates to…
Does a sermon have to have an application to rightfully be called a sermon? A pastor of a church in Portland, OR attempts to establish that every sermon ought to have application. He concludes that “a sermon unapplied is no sermon at all, but merely a Bible lecture.” Are We…
