A Secret to Effective Ministry?

“The life of a minister is the life of the ministry.” – Albert N. Martin

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LPGA, Are You Kidding Me?

This is just too much to handle. It was bad enough that an Olympic team from Spain displayed a racist expression, and now this? But this time it is from an American organization! Are you kidding me?

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An Interesting Update on the Dead Sea Scrolls

Here’s an interesting update on the Dead Sea Scrolls. Be sure to check out the pictures too.
NAU Isaiah 55:11 So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth; It will not return to Me empty, Without accomplishing what I desire, And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it.

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An Exegetical Analysis of Titus 1:6 – Part 3 (Conclusion)

Arguments Against View 1

To disagree with men of high caliber is difficult, especially, if they are notable evangelical men who have done so much to the evangelical world. However, everyone admits that no one is infallible. Such is the case with men who are proponents to View 1 – men like MacArthur, Hiebert, and [...]

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An Exegetical Analysis of Titus 1:6 – Part 2

An Exegetical Analysis

The critical issue here is to decide on the meaning of the word pista, (pista) since it is translated either “believing” or “faithful” in various translations as already pointed out. If one should choose the word pista, (pista) to mean “believing,” then one would conclude that one of the qualifications [...]

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An Exegetical Analysis of Titus 1:6

AN EXEGETICAL ANALYSIS OF
“te,kna e;cwn pista,”
(tekna eckon pista)
IN TITUS 1:6

INTRODUCTION
In our recent monthly men’s fellowship a discussion arose as to what “having children who believe” (in New American Standard Updated Version) in Titus 1:6 means in the context of qualifications of church elders. If one would to naturally read [...]

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A Type of Men We Desperately Need Presently

Arnold Dallimore, the author of two-volume biography works on George Whitefield that many of us are truly grateful for, has made following conclusion on a type of men we need if God so chooses another earth-shaking revival in our time:
Men mighty in the Scriptures, their lives dominated by a sense of the greatness, the majesty [...]

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A Biblical View on the Believer’s Baptism – Part 5 (Conclusion)

VI. Why should I be baptized?

If you understand the answers those five questions thus far, then why should I be baptized should be easy to answer. However, for some reason if you still are not convinced as to why a Christian should be baptized I offer two simple biblical reasons:

A. I [...]

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A Biblical View on the Believer’s Baptism – Part 4

V. How should be baptized?

Here I am speaking of the mode of baptism. The issue lies as to which mode of baptism is biblical – sprinkling water on the person or having the person fully immersed into the water?

Having read and studied both sides of the arguments for several years, I conclude that [...]

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A Biblical View on the Believer’s Baptism – Part 3

III. When should be baptized?

If a person understands the answers to the first two questions, namely what is baptism and who is to be baptized, then the question to when should be baptized is easy to answer.

IV. Where should be baptized?

The God-given ordinances such as baptism and the Lord’s Supper should [...]

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