Musings

  • Limitations, Authority and Politics

    Let’s do a quick test. Let me ask you a few questions, and then you can mull them over. If you’d like to give a written response you are free to do so. If the cat’s got your tongue that’s fine too. But I want you, the reader, to think, “What limitations does the Church…

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  • The Ladder

    The Ladder

    One of the critiques that I heard from the late Greg L. Bahnsen against other forms of apologetics (those in the non-presuppositional branch) is that they attempt to build a ladder to Jesus, and then once they got an individual to him, they’d throw the ladder away. For a very long time I pondered that…

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  • Chaos, Order and Onions; Or, is it Order, Onions and then Chaos ensues?

    What do we use every day, while at the same time taking it for granted? To be sure that is a loaded question. For the things that we use day-in and day-out being taken for granted is numerous indeed! Think for a moment about a trip that you’ve made to the grocery store, or market—either…

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  • The Heart of One who sits in a Glass House: A Talk in Regards to my Philosophy of Ministry

    Lately, I have taken a bit of time beginning to discuss my philosophy of ministry as a Christian minister (Helping Shape My Philosophy, An Early Concern, O. I. A. and Saturation). Bear in mind this is only one small part, albeit an important one, of my philosophy but one I have deemed noteworthy to share with you…

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  • Helping Shape My Philosophy

    Helping Shape My Philosophy

    A few years back I read a book entitled, “Already Gone” by Ken Ham and Britt Beemer. The subtitle of the book gives a good summary of its overall focus: “Why your kids will quit church and what you can do to stop it.” This was during my first pastorate in Chesterhill, Ohio. In the…

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