Allen Nelson IV The Story A year ago I was discouraged. We had just had a frustrating SBC Annual meeting in Anaheim, CA. Our Nation was struggling morally and financially (still is!). I felt as though our local church, Perryville Second Baptist, had not responded properly to COVID-19 and was ultimately, under my lacking leadership, failing to implement … Read more
I am so excited to be working with Free Grace Press again to publish my third book (2nd with FGP), entitled A Change of Heart: Understanding Regeneration and Why it Matters. We still have some work to do but, Lord willing, we are looking at Summer 2023 (perhaps sooner) as a publication date. In order … Read more
On November 28, 1628 John Bunyan was born. I am grateful for Bunyan’s commitment to the Word of God. For his writing of the Pilgrim’s Progress. For the example he has left behind for us to follow. But before all of that, he had to be born again. How did this happen in Bunyan’s life? … Read more
The Word Christmas is not in the Bible. Never once does Paul, or Peter, or James, or any of New Testament tell us that we must celebrate the birth of Christ. In fact, sometimes we must lament some of what Christmas has come to mean to many people. To many, it is a time merely … Read more
In my 3.5+ decades of life on earth, I have lived through a few “national crises”. Some things I would not label so much as a “national” crisis but more of a conservative crisis. That is, for example, things like what we are dealing with right now with the so-called “Respect for Marriage” Act which … Read more
In Ephesians 4:20, Paul says the Christians at Ephesus had “learned” Christ. By that, Paul means, the Messiah. What Christians have learned is that Jesus is the true God of the universe. He is the 2nd person of the Trinity who is the fulfillment of all the OT promises. He is the Alpha and Omega. … Read more
In the 2006 preface to his biography on John Calvin, Steve Lawson wrote, “As the pulpit goes, so goes the church…In this hour, pastors must see their pulpits again marked by sequential exposition, doctrinal clarity, and a sense of gravity regarding eternal matters. This, in my estimation, is the need of the hour.” 16 years … Read more
In Ephesians 4:14, Paul desires that local churches “…may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.” In this post, I want to give you 5 examples of deceitful schemes that would seek to rock a … Read more
In 2 Corinthians 5:17 Paul writes, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” The Greek word for “old” in our text is ἀρχαῖα. It’s where we get the English word “archaic.” I’m not trying to read that back into the text … Read more
Exodus 12:33 shows us that the Egyptians saw God’s people as a threat to them. The text states, “The Egyptians were urgent with the people to send them out of the land in haste. For they said, ‘We shall all be dead.’” This is, of course, right after the tenth and final plague the Lord … Read more
Neutrality is not only an impossibility but also rebellious. To pretend that anything in our universe, like a tree, or the law of gravity, or the human mind, does not have a holy and good Creator is actually rebellion against God. To attempt neutrality is an attempt to live out from under the rule and reign of God.
This is the fifth and final post in a series of posts on why you should be a baptist. In the last few posts, we’ve been looking at what Baptism signifies. We conclude with today’s post. Baptism signifies, Resurrection, Regeneration, Renewal, Relocation, Resolve, Reception, Return, and finally, in Baptism we have a: Reminder Wilhelmus Á … Read more