When is the last time you heard someone use the words born again?  It has been some time for me.  I’ll tell you what I do hear: accepted Christ, made profession of faith, etc.   Why do you suppose this is the case? I have a theory.  The phrase “born again” signifies a complete change.  This can only happen when the Holy Spirit of God is involved.   What man do you know that can cause someo

How subtil is the devil?  What if he could introduce changes so subtil that those who profess to be preachers of the Gospel eventually and unknowingly preached for him?  Does this sound inconceivable to you?  I believe that you can see evidence of his work in this today.  How and when did the devil begin his work in this realm? In the garden the devil asked Eve…”hath God said…?”  What

Many churches practice what they like to call “faith promise” giving. On the surface it seems to be a Biblical practice…ask God what He would like you to give and give it. However, what is actually practiced in some cases under the term “faith promise” has nothing to do with faith at all. In some cases it is nothing more than high pressure sales. Searching the scriptures, it is diff

As I was reading through the book of Daniel, I came across an interesting passage dealing with the final judgment. In Daniel 7:10Daniel 7:10English: King James Version (1611) - KJV10 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood be

Born again is a term that is not heard as much as it used to be, although it is still in the Bible. What does ‘Born Again’ really mean? It certainly does not mean being re-born physically. Nicodemus asked Jesus this question: How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? John 3:4John&#

In a recent conversation with a pastor, I was told that I should simply take the word of the pastor and trust that he has studied the matter out. I had asked the pastor about a particular subject that had been covered in a message that I didn’t think stood up to the scriptures. The problem is that most people believe, when it comes to the scriptures, that only the Original Manuscripts were truly inspired an

I know that I am going to step on some toes here, but there is a phrase that is used so much today that really drives me crazy. I believe it has its roots in Easy Believism, because it makes it seem that we have the power to save ourselves. The phrase is “accept Jesus as our personal savior.” How often to you hear preachers say this? “Just accept Him as your personal savior”… As if we

I was recently at a Bible study and the topic of discussion was the role of the Holy Spirit in the life of a believer. The speaker was declaring that the Holy Spirit doesn’t speak directly to people, but only through the Word of God. He was very adamant on this point and said when people say that the Holy Spirit has spoken to them, we should demand a chapter and verse. At this point, being the trouble maker

Another outgrowth of Easy Believism is the idea that you may or may not feel a big change when you are born again.  Just recently I heard a preacher say “if you are saved later in life, you may not feel a big change.”  I wanted to shout out (and maybe I should have), show me chapter and verse on that!  So many of the things that are being passed off as doctrine have no Biblical basis.  If you are re

One of the outgrowths of the doctrine of Easy Believism is the teaching that it is normal to doubt your salvation.  People will go as far as declaring that the source of this doubt is Satan.  Let’s examine this thinking logically… Let’s say for argument sake that a person thinks that they are saved, but they are actually lost.  Who would have the most to gain by causing doubt?  Would Satan, wh