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    Category: Defending The Scriptures

    Invalid Baptisms And An Incorrect Formula: Why Andres Arango Is Not Wrong

    Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Reverend Andres Arango, a priest of the Diocese of Phoenix, has been in the news for some weeks due to the recent…… Read more “Invalid Baptisms And An Incorrect Formula: Why Andres Arango Is Not Wrong”

    May 1, 2022May 1, 2022 by essentialpastor

    Did Jesus Wash Judas’ Feet? A Closer Look At John 13

    Photo by cottonbro on Pexels.com A social media member wrote a post regarding Holy Thursday, the day before Good Friday when the Gospels attest that Jesus was…… Read more “Did Jesus Wash Judas’ Feet? A Closer Look At John 13”

    April 16, 2022April 30, 2022 by essentialpastor

    Sidelining The Season: Christian Social Media Posts Gone Wrong

    Photo by Jessica Lynn Lewis on Pexels.com The Christmas Season, if you consider that the song “Twelve Days Of Christmas” runs from December 25th through January 6th…… Read more “Sidelining The Season: Christian Social Media Posts Gone Wrong”

    January 3, 2022January 16, 2022 by essentialpastor

    “God Has Not Given Us The Spirit Of Fear”: Misinterpreting 2 Timothy 1:7 And COVID-19

    Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko on Pexels.com A Christian nationalist event at the Frisco Convention Center in Texas some months ago provides the reason for this post. I’m…… Read more ““God Has Not Given Us The Spirit Of Fear”: Misinterpreting 2 Timothy 1:7 And COVID-19″

    January 2, 2022May 8, 2022 by essentialpastor

    Control Without Controlling: Rethinking Divine Sovereignty

    Photo by Skyler Ewing on Pexels.com As we’ve seen in Part 2, Luke 13 poses a problem for those who assume that “everything happens for a [divine]…… Read more “Control Without Controlling: Rethinking Divine Sovereignty”

    December 13, 2021January 16, 2022 by essentialpastor

    Everything Happens For A Reason, Part 2: Two Examples Without Divine Reason

    Photo by Palo Cech on Pexels.com Part 1 of this mini-series ended with a discussion of God not being the only agent of choice in the world.…… Read more “Everything Happens For A Reason, Part 2: Two Examples Without Divine Reason”

    November 22, 2021January 16, 2022 by essentialpastor

    Everything Happens For A Reason, Part 1: Divine Purpose Revisited

    Photo by Ravi Roshan on Pexels.com “Everything happens for a reason” is a statement I’m sure you’ve heard dozens if not hundreds of times in your life.…… Read more “Everything Happens For A Reason, Part 1: Divine Purpose Revisited”

    November 21, 2021January 16, 2022 by essentialpastor

    Why Jesus Is Not A Black Man, Part 2: The Sub-Saharan African Distinction

    Jesus and the disciples at The Last Supper. Hulis & Suleyman Mavruk, 1997. In Part 1 of this topic, written several months ago, I made the claim…… Read more “Why Jesus Is Not A Black Man, Part 2: The Sub-Saharan African Distinction”

    March 10, 2021August 3, 2021 by essentialpastor

    Pot, Meet Kettle: Pro-Trump Christians And Same-Sex Marriage (Faith And Politics)

    A case of the pot calling the kettle black.

    November 28, 2020December 24, 2020 by essentialpastor

    Can We Trust The Bible’s Divine Origin And Human Form? (Answering Atheism)

    In my last post, I asked the question “Can we trust the Bible’s Divine Author and human writers?” I made the case there that sources we trust…… Read more “Can We Trust The Bible’s Divine Origin And Human Form? (Answering Atheism)”

    October 18, 2020October 31, 2020 by essentialpastor

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