News of intentional attacks against non-Muslims in Pakistan on Easter Sunday and reports growing of the number of worshipers dead continues to climb leaves a mind of a follower of Christ in relative peace at a juxtaposition. Especially a local... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Last night, March 20, at Eastside Baptist I gave some biblical guidelines related to the duty of the church to make proper judgment on recognizing true and false teachers/preachers. The content of the message was difficult because it included naming... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
My preaching schedule of preaching through both halves of Kings took me through chapter four of second Kings last week. There’s nothing really amazing about that, finished chapter three the week before. (My preaching schedule is not that... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Live Streaming of Eastside Baptist Church evening gathering starts at 6:25pm. Biblical Purpose of Governing Jurisdictions the Family, the Church, and the State: How are they different? Are there similarities? What can be learned by each? [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
We (followers of Christ) have fixed pleasure and duty as polar opposites. Somehow the idea of duty, meaning obedience to God, is something that we pursue out of obligation. Obedience to God has come to be known by some professing followers of Christ... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Evil kings of the historic divided kingdom of Israel are known for their sinning ways. It is an important observation to make about their ways and their words. Yesterday, as we were examining 2nd (not two) kings chapter 3 there were familiar terms... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Watch this before reading any further: updated 3/3/2016 (7:51 pm mtn. time) Andy Stanley responds on Twitter to his comments: “The negative reaction to the clip from last weekend’s message is entirely justified. Heck, even I was offended... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
