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I Want to be Left Behind when Jesus Comes

John Nelson Darby. Chances are, you’ve never heard of him. However, if you’re a ”mainstream” Christian, particularly in America, he defined the bulk of your belief system which was shiny and new in the 1800’s. Don’t get me wrong: new things can be nice, but not

The Sovereignty of God

My father-in-law gifted a copy of Arthur W. Pink's book to myself and each of his sons and sons-in-law this past Christmas (seven copies in all, I think). I'll probably have more than one post come from reading it. I've only scratched the surface,

Unexpected Advent Reading

10:58am (two minutes until church starts) Pastor: Curtis, are you guys ready for this? Me: Yeah.... Wait. Ready for what? Pastor: The advent reading. (He motions over to the candles.) Me: ??? Pastor: This week it is your family's turn. See, it's right here in the

Children and Communion

When fencing the table, the minister will call on unbelievers to not participate ("lest you eat and drink condemnation upon yourself"). Why do we exclude baptized children of believers, along with unbelievers? This isn't something I put much thought into until I tried and failed to

Children’s Church (or How to Fail Your Child)

My church “bubble” was such that I was aware that children’s “church” was a thing, but I never saw it on a regular basis or even knew anyone whose kids actively participated in it. Then we moved. Our new church situation was such that unless we wanted to hop

Religiosity & Rocky Ground

So, 2020 rolls around, lunacy strikes, governments around the world start forcing people to stay home and "non-essential" businesses to close. Other businesses close voluntarily. Some states (and countries) force churches to close. Other churches close voluntarily. A significant number of people start "doing church online."

Peace in the Home

My wife has an allergy to empty spaces. I really dislike clutter. Somehow, we survive together. I returned home yesterday following a “church work day” — two of the kids and I spent the morning tossing stuff in the dumpster, cleaning out storage rooms and other such mundane but necessary tasks

The Religion that Requires the Most Effort

I am, of course, thinking of Flat Earthers. There's an argument to be made that it requires a lot more faith to believe that all order came randomly from chaos than is required to believe in a divine Creator, but that's not what I want to

Mix-n-Match Church Beliefs

You've got churches that practice baptism by immersion. You've got churches that practice infant baptism. But where are the churches that practice infant baptism by immersion?? Why is there no overlap? I did not expect this to work, but I had to try anyway.... Grok actually

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