Series: Hard Questions, Holy Answers — Post 39 Why the Church receives illumination today, not new doctrine By this point a thoughtful reader may ask an important question: If Christ still gives ministries to His Church, and if the Holy Spirit still speaks, why should we not expect new revelation through modern apostles or prophets? After all, the…
Series: Hard Questions, Holy Answers — Post 36 Understanding the Two Biblical Uses of “apostle” Questions about apostleship are not theoretical. They surface whenever someone challenges Paul’s authority, promotes modern “apostles,” or claims the church must return to a new apostolic structure. So we need clarity — not speculation — and Scripture gives it. The confusion usually comes…
Series: Hard Questions, Holy Answers — Post 34 Why so many different movements all end up arguing with the same man One of the more revealing patterns in church history is this: groups that disagree with each other on almost everything often agree on one thing — they become uncomfortable with Paul. They may still speak warmly of…
Series: Hard Questions, Holy Answers — Post 33 The Bible’s Own Case for His Authority A claim floats around online every so often—usually from skeptics, fringe sects, or people trying to cut the New Testament down to a safer size: “Paul wasn’t a real apostle.” Sometimes it’s put more politely: “Paul called himself an apostle, but he doesn’t…
Flesh and Spirit: Why Christian Zionism Can’t See the Kingdom — Post 13 “Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!”“Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that…