by pastor | Mar 28, 2017 | Heresies, Sermons
A Sermon Against Roman Catholicism By Thomas Watson (1620-1686) “Keep yourselves from idols.” (1 John 5:21) IDOLATRY is a soul-damning error! In the law, God laid claim to the fat of the sacrifice, Leviticus 3:3. Just so, all divine...
by pastor | Oct 13, 2016 | Ecclesiology, Heresies
By Thomas Brooks (1608 – 1680) From “Previous Remedies Against Satan’s Devices” “Lest Satan should get an advantage of us–for we are not ignorant of his devices.” (2 Corinthians 2:11) Satan labors might and main, by false...
by pastor | Aug 29, 2014 | Heresies
The apostles of Satan are not saloon-keepers and white-slave traffickers, but are for the most part ordained ministers. Thousands of those who occupy our modern pulpits are no longer engaged in presenting the fundamentals of the Christian Faith, but have turned aside...
by pastor | Aug 12, 2013 | Heresies
Background As a shepherd of the flock of God, one of my most important responsibilities is to be on the lookout for potential threats, i.e. those teachings or teachers that jeopardize the spiritual well-being of the flock entrusted to me by God. The author of Hebrews...
by pastor | Feb 6, 2013 | Apologetics, Events, Heresies, Youth
On January 6, 2013 an op-ed by Susan Jacoby entitled “The Blessings of Atheism” was published in The New York Times. Her main premise was that “The absence of an afterlife lends a greater, not a lesser, moral importance to our actions on...
by pastor | Dec 11, 2012 | Ask the Pastor, Heresies
Last week after worship a visitor mentioned the “Federal Vision” in conversation and I was not familiar with the term. Can you please offer a simple explanation of what it? The movement that has come to be known as the “Federal Vision”...