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A community-focused Christianity
One of the indicators of genuine conversion is the presence of a desire to reach others with the gospel of Jesus Christ. This reality is seen in the life of the Apostle Paul (Acts 9:20), the woman at the well (John 4:29), the demoniac of Gedara (Mark 5:20), a couple of unnamed blind men (Matthew 9:31) and many others. "I am just one beggar showing another beggar where to find bread" is a well-known phrase
Why TR-onlyism is necessarily rooted in Ruckmanism
Those who hold to a TR-only position like to think that they hold a moderate position. They typically repudiate the extremes of Ruckmanism in the strongest terms while repudiating the "extremes" of contemporary texts/translations just as firmly. It is my intention in this post to explain why I believe it is impossible to build a reasonable TR-only position without rooting it in 1611. In other words, I want to show why you cannot distance yourself
But that’s so dogmatic…
That's how my friend responded to my gospel assertion. "How can you be so absolute?" he continued. "There are no absolutes." His pluralistic confession came as we sat on the concrete chatting in the car park after a long day's work. Without getting too philosophical, pluralism which is similar in many respects to relativism, is based on the word plural (as opposed to singular) and refers to an epistemological system (a conception of the nature/structure
Bridging the emotional gap
One of the challenges Christians face is the "now, but not yet" reality of our salvation. We know that we have been bought by Christ, redeemed by his blood, forgiven by his grace, and set free from the power of sin. Yet we also know that we still live in a fallen world and we struggle with temptation, sin, and the daily grind of life. In our minds we know that we are declared righteous