The passages listing the details to the baptism of Christ as recorded in the gospels are the point for the first appearance chronologically of the word baptism in any of its various forms. Without some instruction in the meaning given this word it could be defined only through a diligent search of scripture and not […]

Illinois Gears Up For Marriage Signature Drive
More than 7,000 people in Illinois have volunteered to gather signatures in order to ensure a constitutional amendment protecting marriage makes it onto the November ballot. Protect Marriage Illinois needs to gather the signatures of 283,111 registered voters by May 8 to qualify for the November election.
The amendment states: […]

The New International Version (NIV) is an English translation of the Christian Bible which is the most popular of the modern translations of the Bible made in the twentieth century. The preface to the NIV states, “The first concern of the translators has been the accuracy of the translation and its fidelity to the thought […]

Clash of Civilization
As a way of addressing the Islamist threat to civil liberties in Europe, the Danish cartoons of the prophet Muhammad were hardly ideal. The right to mock a religion may be absolute, but so is the right to publish most forms of pornography: Neither is appropriate in a serious publication. That applies whether […]

One of the more common questions I receive concerns the various translations of the Bible. Many ask me what version I use, what version I recommend, or what version is the best. My usual answer to this is “yes.” That is, I use a number of different versions for reading, for study, and for preaching. […]

The Ten Commandments, R.I.P.
The Decalogue takes it on the chin
Not since Moses smashed the original tablets on Mount Sinai have the Ten Commandments fallen on such hard times; the Decalogue is as welcome today in a public school classroom as former Chief Justice Roy Moore at an ACLU picnic. Deemed insensitive to Buddhists and […]

In addition to enabling the apostles and those they hand chose to allow performing miracles, in confirmation of the Word of God, I would also like you to note that the relationship of the Spirit to the apostles was itself threefold in nature. Let us post part of the record of the given orders to […]