“I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet. For Adam was formed first, then Eve” (1 Timothy 2: 12 – 13, ESV) Introduction Women being pastors has been a controversial topic for over the past one hundred years,...
“For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.” (Matthew 18:20, ESV) Introduction Throughout my years in Bible college, I have heard many students use the above Bible verse to say one can have a prayer meeting, or a church with just two or...
“When men strive together and hit a pregnant woman, so that her children come out, … But if there is harm, then you shall pay life for life,” (Exodus 21:22a, 23, ESV). Introduction There is much debate on the topic of abortion. Though it is legal in most of the...
Intro The following statement has been regurgitated many times over social media, and in many sermons, “We ought to whisper about what the Bible whispers about, and we ought to shout about what it shouts about.’ And the Bible appears more to whisper when it comes to...
"Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all." (Colossians 3: 11). Introduction While this should be the title to a Babylon Bee article, this is becoming a problem in the culture,...
Introduction I grew up in an Independent Christian Church from the Stone-Campbell Restoration movement. For the past 190 years the movement as a whole has taught the heresy of baptismal regeneration.[1] This movement has led to many false converts and people trusting...
The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. (1 Timothy 3:1, ESV) For those of you thinking we are beating a dead horse on the debate between RA Fuentes and Andrew Rappaport, we probably are. However, it has been...
No, I am not a big game hunter, superhuman, or mighty warrior. Yet, I was told to be one when I sat in chapel at the Bible college I attended. This post is about spiritualizing a passage. The speaker at my Bible college had us open up to 2 Samuel 23:20: "And Benaiah...
Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. (1 Corinthians 15: 1 – 2, ESV). Andrew Rappaport’s...
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16, ESV) Andrew Rappaport and RA Fuente’s debate on Apologetics Live revealed not just how not to debate, but also several logical and...