• False Doctrines

    Keeping Our Sword Drawn and Sharpened 

    Published on 05-07-2012 12:17 PM  Number of Views: 38 
    1. Categories:
    2. Rightly Dividing the Word,
    3. False Doctrines,
    4. Sharing the Gospel,
    5. Homosexuality

    By Tom Wacaster

    My first preaching work was in a small farming community in south central Oklahoma. It was not uncommon to arrive at church services and find someone out front whittling on a stick with a pocketknife. Most of the time there was no definite purpose for "whittling," and the end result was a shortened stick with a sharp point at the end. But every now and then a good brother would be whittling away     ...
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    Sons of God - "Angel Food for Thought" 

    by
    Travis Main
    Published on 02-08-2012 02:24 AM  Number of Views: 146 
    1. Categories:
    2. Rightly Dividing the Word,
    3. False Doctrines,
    4. Preaching the Word,
    5. Authority of the Scriptures

    Oh the joy of being called sons of God! Man has this special title given by believing in Christ and being born by the will of God (John 1:12-13). The Bible uses different terms both in the Hebrew and Greek for the word “son” or “sons”. One particular Hebrew word, “bane”, designated by Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries “H1121” appears 4924 times in the Old Testament. It is translated in many ways, the majority of which are not “son or sons”. Consider these few: children (Genesis 3:16), old ...
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    “Tests of Faithfulness” 

    Published on 12-29-2011 08:09 AM  Number of Views: 362 
    1. Categories:
    2. Christian Living,
    3. Denominationalism,
    4. False Doctrines,
    5. Obedience

    by Tom Wacaster

    A prospective customer walks into the automobile showroom and inquires about an automobile. After obtaining the details he “test drives” the car to see if it is to his liking. Another might walk into the local Best Buy and inquire as to the details of a computer, or an HDTV. He may “beat out some keys,” or “flip through the channels” before purchase. Then there are those who take a walk up and down the isle of the local Sam’s Club, sampling the “snacks” available ...
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    “Do We Want A Church That Flies?” 

    Published on 12-27-2011 12:10 PM  Number of Views: 437 
    1. Categories:
    2. Thus Saith the Lord,
    3. Denominationalism,
    4. False Doctrines,
    5. Church of Christ,
    6. Moderates,
    7. Authority of the Scriptures,
    8. Postmodernism

    by Tom Wacaster

    A rather interesting article appeared in one of the more liberal periodicals sometime back that, of late, has been parroted by the change agents of this new century. The author's comments serve as a good example of the present effort on the part of change agents to remodel and restructure the Lord's church of our generation into something that is “functional,” though not necessarily in accord with the “form” of the New Testament pattern. The author of that article     ...
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    “Not Knowing The Scriptures” 

    Published on 12-19-2011 04:06 PM  Number of Views: 491 
    1. Categories:
    2. Rightly Dividing the Word,
    3. Thus Saith the Lord,
    4. False Doctrines,
    5. Authority of the Scriptures

    By Charles Box

    The Sadducees said there is no resurrection. They tried to trap Jesus with the following question: "Teacher, Moses said that if a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother. Now there were with us seven brothers. The first died after he had married, and having no offspring, left his wife to his brother. Likewise the second also, and the third, even to the seventh. Last of all the woman died also. Therefore, ...
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    Getting There From Here 

    Published on 10-01-2011 06:44 AM  Number of Views: 443 
    1. Categories:
    2. Denominationalism,
    3. Hermeneutics,
    4. False Doctrines,
    5. Liberalism,
    6. Authority of the Scriptures

    By Tom Wacaster
    I am sure that all of us have, at one time or another, had someone jokingly say, “You can’t get there from here.” Uncertain as to the ability of someone to grasp directions, we first seek to put them in a position where the instructions are simple and easy to follow. Take for example the story of a salesman who was seeking to locate a family who had requested someone to contact them regarding a sale or delivery. The     ...
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    Strange, Isn’t It? 

    Published on 08-02-2011 02:28 PM  Number of Views: 853 
    1. Categories:
    2. False Doctrines,
    3. Postmodernism

    By Tom Wacaster

    I am profitably engaged in reading Phil Sanders book, Adrift, in which he deals with postmodernism in the church and how it has affected our attitude toward authority and/or divine pattern in churches of Christ. I have scarcely scratched the surface of this 250 page book, and like Nehemiah of old I am “astonied” at the absolute nonsense that permeates the thinking of those in high places of academia. Professors have brain washed this generation into believing that ...
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    Scriptural Answer or Human Experience? 

    Published on 05-10-2011 11:40 AM     Number of Views: 1051 
    1. Categories:
    2. Denominationalism,
    3. Calvinism,
    4. False Doctrines

    by Tom Wacaster

    Among the many false doctrines that have occupied the minds of men is that of the necessity of the direct operation of the Holy Spirit upon the heart of an individual in order to procure salvation. Such are the fruits of Calvinism. Once you adopt John Calvin’s doctrine of election, the outgrowth of such false doctrine is the necessity of God to somehow operate directly upon those who have been “predestined”     ...
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    Assumptions 

    by
    Travis Main
    Published on 02-03-2011 02:32 PM  Number of Views: 369 
    1. Categories:
    2. Christian Living,
    3. Rightly Dividing the Word,
    4. False Doctrines,
    5. Preaching the Word,
    6. Christianity

    Grape cough medicine sounded like a good idea to try for my children when they had a cold, however, once was enough. The officially let me know they would rather die than ever try the grape flavor again. Satan is like Children’s Grape flavored cough medicine. The things he offers sound good on the surface, but when you accept them they are just nasty (2 Corinthians 11:13-14). The Pharisees are also another like comparison in that they appeared one way, but were another (Matthew ...
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    JESUS VS. PAUL 

    Published on 02-01-2011 08:35 PM  Number of Views: 309 
    1. Categories:
    2. Rightly Dividing the Word,
    3. Denominationalism,
    4. False Doctrines

    JESUS VS. PAUL

    By Garreth L. Clair

    A recent Christianity Today article called "Jesus vs. Paul" looks at the current debate among evangelical New Testament scholars (and their students) who seem to be divided into two main camps: those who emphasize Jesus and the kingdom, and those who focus on Paul and justification by faith. Stan Guthrie, who wrote our Bible study of the same name says, "While this ...
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    A Second Chance for the Dead? 

    by
    Travis Main
    Published on 01-27-2011 06:38 PM  Number of Views: 393 
    1. Categories:
    2. Rightly Dividing the Word,
    3. False Doctrines,
    4. Christianity,
    5. Authority of the Scriptures

    What happens when a person dies? Since death happens to everyone eventually, the question is frequently pondered. Will there be a second chance at life? What happens to our loved ones when they die? Can the living do anything to make the afterlife of the dead better? There are a number of teachings on the topic of death and afterlife. Some theories say that there is nothing after life. Many eastern theologies believe in reincarnation. Christianity speaks of Hades and then an ...
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