Yesterday during the Eastside Baptist Church monthly doctrinal Study I challenged all present to join me over the next two years in being intentional in teaching and learning from the Baptist Catechism in our homes. Here is the introduction to the first four questions. Catechism questions 01-04
Doctrinal Truths
When Biblical Illiteracy Rules the Day
UPDATED April 24, 2014 with link to God and the Gay Christian? A Response to Matthew Vines e-Book edited by Dr. Albert Mohler We are in a day in the western church where many have grown lazy concerning biblical doctrine. This week, the release of a widely critical book is now on book shelves, God and…
Free Fall
We may no longer be on a slippery slope, it is more like a free fall. A good Boy Scout knows that his compass must be calibrated in order for it to be helpful. Every Boy Scout knows the value of a working compass.Let the compass operator determine where North is based on what he…
What Happens When Baptists Are Not Concerned With Doctrine?
This is what happens when Baptists don’t remain in their God appointed post speaking doctrinal clarity to their communities. I’m not picking a fight with First Baptist Church, SLC. I respect that they are exercising their autonomy from any governing board or denomination. This is a distinctive I hold tightly to as a Baptist. This…
Reach the Nations
This past weekend Eastside Baptist Church hosted the Master’s Plan for Fatherhood. This was two full days of examination from Scripture on the doctrine of Fatherhood. I’m grateful to the Lord for the teaching of Scott Brown, pastor at Hope Baptist Church in Wake Forest, North Carolina. The conference began with the doctrine of fatherhood…
Baptism
The first Sunday of each month Eastside Baptist Church hosts a doctrinal study on Biblical truths. Yesterday was the doctrine of baptism. Historically, to baptize a believing convert was not unheard of but for a church to reserve baptism exclusively for believers and for that baptism to only be a symbolic act and not a…
Rules of Public Engagement
Last year when I was asked if I would be willing to participate in a new venture with the Times News by submitting an occasional article in the weekly Pastor’s Corner I decided that I should establish some personal guidelines for public engagement should I ever get a response or reply to a column I…
the Doctrine of the Fall of Man
When is the last time you considered the doctrine (teaching) of the fall of man? Here is the audio recording of last night’s doctrinal study on the Doctrine of the Fall of Man. Below is also the print version of the 1925 New Hampshire Confession and the 1689 London Baptist Confession on the doctrine. Introduction…