Scriptural Methodology

BobL
There would be no need to discuss various sectarian methodologies if all true Christians followed the Word of God, would there? All the rationales, innovations, and preferences lead the saints further into confusion. Some like a High Church with much ritual, ceremonies, and rules, and others like freedom to do whatever appeals to the flesh; but God has given us His pattern (Heb. 8:5) -even for the church.

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Viewing Some Of Church History

BobL
One of the most significant aspects of church history, is seen in a view of the so-called “Brethren Movement” of circa 1800 AD. Most Christians today have never heard of it and just continue with the various denominations and new sects being formed every year. Here is a helpful paper to show something of this revival formed in 1827, which was a faithful endeavor to return to the authority of Holy Scripture and express the truth given of “one body in Christ” in the world.

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The 10 Commandments

jwolf6589
My next major work will be a article on the 10 Commandments. There seems to be some educated people that post on this board and why I ask for input. My goal is to write an article in between scholarly and laymen level. I have gotten complaints from visitors to my site claiming I am too academic. So for this article I want to keep my word count no more than 3,000 words.

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Alcoholic Beverages

jwolf6589
On some of the evangelical websites I am on have heard some very very crazy opinions. Some argue that drinking a beverage is a way to evangelize and so many on 2 other boards are calling those legalistic if they do not drink. Amazing the opinions am getting.

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Which Spanish Version?

Pastor Harold
I can not read or speak Spanish, but I know a lot of people who do and they don’t know the Lord. I would like to purchase them a Bible in their language that is reliable. Do any of you know anything about the Spanish versions?

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Now, About Those Differences, Part Twenty Three

Kevin T. Bauder

The entire “Now About Those Differences” series is available here.

Sinister et Dexter

The best and most accurate body of manuscripts underlying the New Testament is the Textus Receptus. This then supports the King James Version for which I unashamedly stand and from which I exclusively study and preach.

—Evangelist Dwight Smith

The Masoretic Text of the Old Testament and the Received Text of the New Testament (Textus Receptus) are those texts of the original languages we accept and use; the King James Version of the Bible is the only English version we accept and use.

—Temple Baptist Church and Crown College, Knoxville, Tennessee

At first glance, the present essay will appear to be a digression from the conversation about fundamentalists and conservative evangelicals—and a lengthy digression at that. It is not. It is rather an attempt at recognizing that, when the principles of Christian fellowship and separation are applied consistently, they affect our relationship with professing fundamentalists as well as our relationship with other evangelicals. To illustrate this point, let me begin with a personal anecdote.

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Separation

J Johnson
What do you believe, what issues do you practice personal separation over? (you won’t sit down and have coffee with the person.)

My understanding is only fundamentals, after the second admonition, and continuous unrepentant sin.

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The Idea of a Standard of Ethics

Aaron Blumer

Not long ago, I was paging through my copy of Voice magazine. The issue theme was “measuring church maturity,” and I wanted to see what the issue’s writers had to say on the topic. For whatever reason, church maturity didn’t suggest the idea of “ethics” to my mind. So I was surprised to see Ken Bickel’s article calling for renewed emphasis on pastoral ethics (posted here yesterday), and even more surprised to find two pages devoted to a two-part ethical standard for IFCA members.

I am not an IFCA member, and—believe it nor not—they haven’t hired me to recruit for them! But I have a lot of respect for these guys. I offer the ethical standard below as an example of the idea of a standard of ethics—an idea that more fundamentalist organizations should seriously consider, and an idea more fundamentalist pastors should seriously consider as well (present company included).

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Leviticus

jwolf6589
I just started an adventure through the third book of the Bible. Prior to the read I read some introductions on the book. I am not interested in learning everything there is to know (why I did not read the material in some of my resources), but just a general understanding of the book which even a basic cursory understanding is lacking among MOST christians. I am adventuring through the book with the NIV translation which is all too often much easier to understand the comprehend.

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