“For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.” (Psalm 1:6) This verse outlines the inescapable truth that there are only two roads and two destinations to which they lead in eternity. The word “way” (Hebrew, derek) means “road.” There is only one way leading to heaven–the way of the righteous; and one way leading to hell–the way of the ungodly. This is a very common word in Scripture, but it is significant that its first occurrence is in Genesis 3:24, referring to “the way of the tree of life.̶...

1. Preunderstanding fallacy: Believing you can interpret with complete objectivity, not recognizing that you have preunderstandings that influence your interpretation. There is no such thing as a “white-coat” interpreter. In other words, there is no one who comes to the text as a scientist who objectively interprets the data. We all are influenced by many things including our upbringing, culture, personality, and others preunderstandings. Once we recognize this, we are better equipped to interpret the text honesty. Otherwise, our preunderstanding will always rule over our interpretation. 2...

This entry is part 8 of 8 in the series Detached From RealityUpdate: I have edited this post to omit the name of a person that I incorrectly placed in Dr. Caner’s camp. My sincerest apologies for this mistake. Over the weekend, this story broke, and it just makes the whole Ergun Caner scandal that much weirder. Almost immediately, Dr. Caner’s minions came out from the woodwork and said it couldn’t be their precious Dr. Caner who did this. It “had” to be someone out to hurt him. That someone must be really desperate to drop $500+ just do damage the reputation of a ...

This entry is part 7 of 8 in the series Detached From Reality*SIGH* Peter Lumpkins again shows the entire world that when faced with overwhelming and unassailable evidence it’s best to just ignore it and attack blindly. Lying isn’t a bad option either! As a believer I look at such sick, sadistic, and childish behavior and wonder “What could he be doing for the Kingdom instead of this?” I can only imagine what non-believers think. What’s really sad is that this guy is from Georgia. I am ashamed to be from the same state. Of course, he’s from Carrollton so tha...

“If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me.” (Psalm 66:18) There are many wonderful assurances in Scripture that our God is a prayer-answering God, as well as innumerable testimonies throughout history by multitudes of praying believers that He has answered prayer, often in amazing ways. On the other hand, there are many, many prayers that have not been answered, and the question is: “Why?” In some cases, of course, it is just that the prayer has not been answered yet, in which case the believer needs merely to continue in prayer, for “men ought ...