Pastoral Musings Thoughts, essays, and miscellanea…

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What Is Family Reformation? What Is Family Reformation? ...

Hi, Keep an eye open to the tabs just above the header. New pages may appear from time to time. Hi, Keep an eye open to the tabs just above the header. New pages may appear from time to time. ...

Know What You Preach, Or Sit Down “A man ought to know what he is preaching about, or else let him sit down. If I had any doubt about the matters I preach from this pulpit, I should be ashamed to remain the pastor of this church; but I preach what I do know, and ...

If God speaks to men, does He speak clearly and perfectly? That is the question that must be answered, because it is indeed fundamental to Christianity. Did God inspire Scripture?  Is Scripture inerrant and infallible? If Scripture is errant and fallible what are we to believe?  Who is the sole authority, or is there a ...

Question:  What is the meaning of baptizo? Is there any instance in which baptizo means  to pour, to sprinkle, or anything other than to immerse? Just musing…. Question:  What is the meaning of baptizo? Is there any instance in which baptizo means  to pour, to sprinkle, or anything other than to immerse? Just musing…. ...

Often, when we think of the faithfulness of God, we think of it in reference to His promises.  The greater truth of the faithfulness of God is inextricably linked to His immutability: God is faithful to Himself.  God keeps His word because He is faithful to Himself.  God is faithful to His sinless, glorious, holy ...

As I read more of this and this I realized that the issue is even more confused than I initially realized. Our brother Jeremy said, “Due to the fact that the church was without a baptismal and the lakes were frozen I was given the option to be baptized via pouring or wait until the ...

Baptist churches are distinguished (among other things) by the fact that they baptize believers by immersion. The baptizoblogodebate seems to bring forth some perplexing (to me) ideas. Abraham Piper thinks that we should consider the subjective feelings of those who are on the outside of the church. He says, “If it’s our inclination to deny ...

A few weeks ago I posted this which linked to this and this. This morning I stumbled across this article and I cringed, but not for the same reason as the author. This anti-Christian, anti-family rant goes waaaaaaaaaay too far. Why is it creepy that a nice, clean-cut, Christian family should have lots of children? ...