“Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 3:13-14) Success has become a modern fetish, it seems–from selfhelp seminars, to multi-level marketing schemes, to the yuppie mentality. A motivational and success-oriented mindset has even spilled over into the church. Instead of employing such worldly methods, however, we should emulate the lives and methods o...

This entry is part 4 of 15 in the series SDA Propaganda RefutedI was alerted about a new post that our SDA friend, Glenn, posted today. At first I was happy because it would give me another opportunity to show how ridiculous their beliefs are but then I was sad because it really highlights how blindly devoted this man is to his church’s teachings. Scholarship, logic, reason, and Scripture don’t matter. As long as the conclusion is what he agrees with, he’ll believe it. No matter how that conclusion was reached. As the title of this post makes clear, the verse in question is R...

This entry is part 1 of 6 in the series Biblical LanguagesGrammar Many figures of speech and rhetorical devices in the OT are more intelligible if one is familiar with the structure of Hebrew. (1) Alphabet and Script. The Hebrew alphabet consists of twenty-two consonants; signs for vowels were devised and added late in the language’s history. The origin of the alphabet is unknown, although until the discoveries at Ebla the oldest examples of a Canaanite alphabet were preserved in the Ugaritic cuneiform alphabet of the fourteenth century BC. Brief remains of a linear (non-cuneiform) alpha...

This entry is part 15 of 15 in the series SDA Propaganda RefutedAs Paul is approaching the end of his epistle he is aware that there is one important problem on which he has not yet touched, namely, that of the relation between the weak and the strong. The strong were those who were able to grasp the significance of Christ’s death for daily living (e.g., eating, drinking, etc.) the weak were not. Origin of the Problem God had laid down certain rules with respect to clean versus unclean animals. Only the clean were permitted to be used as food. (See Lev. 11:1-45; Deut. 14:3-21; cf. Dan. 1...

I’m not one to “reinvent the wheel” so when I find a well-written post (thanks to Choosing Hats) on the exact topic that I want to blog about I’m inclined to give props and direct people there. One such post was brought to my attention. Yesterday, Tim Rogers of SBC Today embarrassed himself, Mr. Ergun Caner, and the SBC by attacking Dr. James White of Alpha & Omega Ministries. It seems that Mr. Rogers didn’t like that Dr. White was pointing out that Mr. Caner claims to have debated many adherents from religions all over the world but is unable to give proof of...