Author Archives: The Town Crier Outlet
Sodom and Gomorrah on the Day of Judgment
Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town. –Jesus in Matthew 10:15 Gay rights advocates insist that anti-gay theologians are mistranslating, misinterpreting, and cherry picking from … Continue reading
Response to Christianity Today’s “The Things We Do To Women”
Since I wrote this, I’ve come to accept the fact that in order to preach against sexual sin, some amount of description is necessary. But that description should go no farther than the Bible does. Detailed explanations of sexual acts … Continue reading
Physical Manifestations (Bibliography)
Guy Chevreau’s Catch the Fire Rodney Howard-Browne’s Flowing in the Holy Spirit John Arnott’s The Father’s Blessing – I disagree with animal sounds chapter Francis MacNutt’s Overcome by the Spirit Wesley Campbell’s Welcoming a Visitation of the Holy Spirit Sam … Continue reading
Jobs: The Only Real Way to Economic Growth
I’m not done with my study of Christian economics. I have not dug into John Calvin, William Perkins, Richard Baxter, or really even John Wesley that much on these things. But what I do know now–with a degree of certainty–is … Continue reading
Review of Kathleen MacArthur’s “The Economic Ethics of John Wesley”
Diligence, thrift, and philanthropy appear to be a triad of Christian economic virtues. All three of them were taught as an economic formula in John Wesley’s sermon The Use of Money (1760), under the headings of “gain all you can,” … Continue reading
Pharisee
VERSE 1 Em bend 4th string 1st fret You’re so dead inside Em bend 4th string 1st fret You don’t want to change Em bend 4th string 1st fret Even if its Biblical Em pluck 4th string Your sin remains … Continue reading
Friendship Evangelism and the Fifth Commandment
You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. –James 4:4 “Friendship evangelism” or as it is sometimes … Continue reading
Lacy, John – Dictionary of National Biography – James McMullen Rigg
LACY, JOHN (fl. 1737), pseudo-prophet, was born at Saffron Walden, Essex, in 1664. He received some classical education, and as a younger son was sent to London to earn his own living in 1680. In 1706 he was a married … Continue reading
True Christianity Through the Ages
I would consider true Christianity to be a combination of orthodoxy (right doctrine, sound theology) and orthopraxy (right practice, holy behavior). Ideas and emphases have changed over the ages, but some of the basics have remained constant, when it comes … Continue reading
The Mark of the Beast: What Is It?
It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the … Continue reading
