Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered:
let them also that hate him flee before him.
–Psalm 68:1 (KJV)–

The righteous are those that love God and his ways enough to want to live by them; although they are not sinlessly perfect, they desire holiness, and strive for it with the grace of God helping them. They are opposed by enemies on all sides–agnostics, mainline liberals, evolutionists, homosexual sympathizers, abortionists, cheap grace dispensationalists, and cessationists who deny the work of the Holy Spirit. God will arise and set the righteous in families and overcome their enemies for them, if they will only trust God to do what they can’t do for themselves. Truth and godliness often blend together when we’re chasing and pursuing God himself instead of just trying to be qualified and licensed with denominations. The bibliography below should show you that I am not a confused man! That Sword of the Lord stuff is from an Independent Fundamental Baptist (IFB) point of view on social and ethical issues. Deere and Grudem are mainly speaking from a ’90s Vineyard point of view, like John Wimber, on the subject of miraculous gifts. Most IFB pastors would NEVER step a foot in a Vineyard church; and probably vice versa. But I have! Because I care about the cause of God and truth!

–J.B.–

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Jeff Farnham, The Octopus of Humanism (Sword of the Lord, 2009).

Dr. Shelton Smith, Liberal Choices: Losing Causes (Sword of the Lord, 2000).

Dr. John R. Rice, Evolution or the Bible–Which? (Sword of the Lord, 1963).

—. The Murder of the Helpless Unborn…Abortion (Sword of the Lord, 1971).

Dr. Hugh Pyle, The Truth About the Homosexuals (Sword of the Lord, 1978).

Dr. Harald Lindstrom, Wesley and Sanctification (Zondervan, 1984).

Dr. Jack Deere, Why I Am Still Surprised by the Power of the Spirit (Zondervan, 2020).

Dr. Wayne Grudem, The Gift of Prophecy (Crossway, 2000), “Sufficiency of Scripture.”