When I was around 4 years old, I fell off some playground equipment and landed about 6 feet below right onto my head. As a result, I got a few nights in the infirmary, a serious concussion, and the opportunity to try hospital broccoli for the first time. I fell...
Geoff Ashley
Should I Attend an LGBTQ+ “Wedding”?
Each new generation faces new challenges in attempting to apply the word of God to the complexities of our day. In the 1st century, the decisive difficulty du jour was how to understand the Mosaic Law and regulations like circumcision in light of the New Covenant. In...
Why, When, and How Should I Leave a Church?
Disclaimer: This will be a longer blog as the nature of the question demands a longer answer. Some questions are too important to pass over quickly. Understanding the arguments set forth herein will depend upon the presupposition of the importance and imperative of...
Calvin Killed a Man
This week, October 27, marks the 470th anniversary of the execution of Michael Servetus for the crime of heresy. Given that this occurred within Geneva, the home of the Reformer, John Calvin, with his knowledge and consent, many have perceived this incident as a mark...
Is polygamy permissible?
In 1882, the Edmunds Acts effectively outlawed polygamy in the United States and other federal territories. However, with the recent redefinition of marriage to include same sex unions, the practice of polygamy is seeing a resurgence. Such a rebirth was both...
Should a Believer Marry an Unbeliever?
Some doctrines need to be learned before you actually need to know them. For example, it is much better to learn to trust the goodness and sovereignty of God before the dark night of suffering hits. It is better to have figured out where you stand on infant baptism...
Was God Unjust to Command the Conquest of Canaan?
But in the cities of these peoples that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes, 17 but you shall devote them to complete destruction, the Hittites and the Amorites, the Canaanites and the Perizzites, the Hivites...
Why Don’t we Baptize Infants?
Who should be baptized? Should the church baptize only those who profess faith in Christ or should we also baptize the infant children of believers as well? This is the crux of the disagreement between paedobaptists and credobaptists and that is the focus of this...
Should We Use Wine or Juice for Communion?
In 1869, an American Methodist minister developed what he called, “Unfermented Wine.” He did so by applying Louis Pasteur’s pasteurization process to grape juice--stopping the natural fermentation process of the grapes, and thereby preventing the juice from turning...