Sword of the Lord blasts new BJU Press book on alcohol.

C. D. Cauthorne Jr.

Any reaction to the Sword of the Lord’s front page article criticizing Randy Jaeggli’s book “The Christian and Drinking” published by BJU Press? Sword editor Shelton Smith says of Jaeggli, “He is an academic, and he has approached this from what he believes to be a scholarly angle. There are, however, some serious issues with his approach… . We believe his linguistic analysis is subject to other interpretations which would place his entire thesis in dispute. Consequently, we do not recommend Dr. Jaeggli’s book for any purpose!

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The Divine Conspiracy

Anne Sokol
by Dallas Willard. Anyone read it? Thoughts?

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"Smart Faith"

Mike Durning
Has anyone read the book “Smart Faith” by JP Moreland & Mark Matlock? One of our church teens asked me about it. I seriously don’t have time to read it for about a week. Could use a quick thumbs up/thumbs down, and why.

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Where was the "Blood" first preached ?

Marty H
It would seem a simple enough question, but I’m not so sure it is. It should be easy enough to find the answer to this question but I would look before I made up my mind if I were you.

Why would Peter not preach it if it was there for him to preach ? (Speaking of Acts) And yet what does he preach ? He preaches that Jesus Christ is the son of GOD, the promised one. He preaches a murder indictment against the Jews. And he preaches that Jesus Christ was raised.

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The Law

Kevin T. Bauder

NickOfTime

Dispensationalists are sometimes accused of holding a contemptuous attitude towards God’s law. Sometimes this accusation is warranted. Certain versions of dispensationalism treat the law as irrelevant or even downright harmful.

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Preaching on the Rapture

Warren Vanhetloo

Editor’s Note: This article is reprinted by permission from Warren Vanhetloo’s Cogitations.

“In the last days scoffers will say, Where is the promise of His coming?” (2 Pet. 3:3-4).

Years ago, we heard a great deal of preaching about the possibility of the rapture occurring in our lifetime. As I remember, 1980 was about as long as we expected to have to wait. World affairs were such that, to our eyes, the tribulation following the rapture would soon come about. And then the world situation changed. Things settled down, and new disruptions arose. And for the last three decades, there has been little preaching on the imminent any-moment return of the Lord Jesus Christ in the air for church saints. Men’s predictions and analyses failed. God’s plan was not adjusted a bit. He didn’t change as the world changed. So many had been so wrong; it was best to keep quiet.

We cannot today predict any more accurately than those of the last century. We can be more cautious of the conclusions we reach. The one thing we ought to avoid is that of neglecting to preach of the coming rapture just because some have overstated some things about it in the past. If it is in the Word of God, it is a part of what we are to proclaim as the whole counsel of God. From our human point of view, it is just as possible of occurring any moment now as three decades ago. We know no more of God’s schedule than did our fathers or their fathers. We do have the same Scripture they had.

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When did the Church start?

Pastor Harold

I read a book by S E Anderson titled “The First Baptist”. In it he makes the case for the church starting with John’s baptism. I know this may make dispensationalist red faced, but when did the church start? Pentecost? Or with John’s Baptism? and why? Thanks for your in put Pastor Harold.

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Wrongly dividing rightly dividing?

Charlie
This thread concerns the meaning of the the concept presented in 2 Tim. 2:15 - “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth (KJV)

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