The Pastor – Chapter 5, Four NT Words Misused
Note from the author: I closed the previous chapter by saying that the widespread corruption of the New Testament system of church care and government has come about, in part at least, because...
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What happens when someone travels into the past to deliver an urgent message about the future, but ends up in the wrong place at the wrong time? Would those unintended recipients of the future warning...
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Most magisterial reformers took only a half-step from Rome. Much of what protestant churches hold to was learnt from Rome. Certain doctrines and practices clung to men like the sin that so easily...
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Three Common Errors of False Teachers by Mike Gendron November 9, 2015 Since we are now living in the age of religious tolerance and ecumenical unity, there are some people who will immediately call...
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At DefCon, we holistically support men who support their families. Men who make discipleship and love a priority for the home. The home is one of the central building blocks for a society, and the...
View ArticleA Light View of Sin
Each week day I drive through a small town on my to and from work. For the past month or more, this sign has been in the yard of a church building. Even with good content, having a message board can be...
View ArticleA lot to consider regarding our “little sins.”
The following article by Frank Powell gives us a lot to think about: 9 Sins the Church Is Surprisingly OK With as Long as You Love Jesus What if the big sins, you know the ones you try hardest to...
View ArticleOne Thing Atheists and Christians Can Agree On
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View ArticleThe Absurdity of Rome
In all the discussions I’ve tried to have with papists, I can count on one finger those who were willing to discuss the issues rather than merely put up a defensive shield constructed of Romish fables....
View ArticleTruth or Tradition?
Tevye, Jewish patriarch in Fiddler on the Roof… It’s a very busy, tedious, hard-scratch life in Anatevka. And how do we keep our balance? That I can tell you in one word! Tradition!...
View ArticleTwo Kingdoms
It saddens me to see so many Christians get wrapped up in politics. We have virtually no sense of history (the early days of what used to be a representative republic were far wilder than the current...
View ArticleThe Sufficiency of Christ
Brian Hedges’ book, Christ All Sufficient, an Exposition of Colossians, is a welcomed book in any Christian’s library. It is widely recognized that Colossians is perhaps the most Christocentric book in...
View ArticleMy post-election thoughts.
Trigger warning: some brutal honesty ahead. TO THE OVERPAID CELEBRITY HACKS Oh, the horror! The end of the world is coming. Hurry, pack up and leave the country (like you promised you would). TO...
View ArticleMoving Forward
Hello Brothers and Sisters, Of recent times, I have been doing much soul-searching in particular as it applies to Defending Contending. I have seriously considering everything from closing it down to...
View ArticleBe Faithful
Many a man proclaims his own steadfast love, but a faithful man who can find? The righteous who walks in his integrity—blessed are his children after him! ~Proverbs 20:6-7. When I was a child, I was...
View ArticleSalvation is of the Lord!
Authentic Evangelism and Its Counterfeit Of all the charges we have been given by God, is there any more serious and important than the gospel? If we rightly believe that reconciliation of sinners with...
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