Monthly Archives: October 2025

In Plato’s Republic, that ancient philosopher had a dream of a utopian society in which everyone would be useful, everything would be controlled, and “heaven on earth” would rule. Dreamers have, since the time of Plato, tried to revive his ancient paradise. The political system known as “communism” started out as the dream of anContinue reading “Last Stop, Next Station”

The three nouns comprising this post’s title are a rather unique combination of words—to be sure! One might well ask if they have any connection to each other whatsoever. The answer to the question would be, “Yes!” Each is mentioned in one chapter of God’s Word. Follow along with me as we examine II Peter,Continue reading “Of Angels, Dogs, and Hogs”

It was on the afternoon of the day that the Lord Jesus Christ put His foot upon the Serpent’s head, having been raised from death and from the grave—victorious over Death, Hell, and the Devil. Two followers of Jesus, one named Cleopas and the other unnamed (we’ll call him Zeke) were walking from Jerusalem toContinue reading “Holy Heartburn”

I finished the first blog on this topic (Oct. 16, 2025) by referring to the Modernist-Fundamentalist controversies of the 1920s and 1930s, following the publication of The Fundamentals. That series of essays (1910-1915) was an answer to the German rationalism and “higher criticism” that had infected American theologians/churches—thus weakening belief in the Scriptures as totallyContinue reading “Why I Am A Fundamentalist, Pt. 2”

The following is a message I preached in 1978, one year before I became pastor of Thompson Road Baptist Church in Indianapolis, Indiana, where I would serve for the next 40 years, retiring in 2019 as senior pastor. I was, in 1978, a young pastor; I am now 82 years of age—and still a Fundamentalist.Continue reading “Why I Am A Fundamentalist”

All of us know the agony of failure, for as long as there is life, and as long as the human spirit exists, there will be those who achieve success, and there will be those who fail; and sometimes, those who have achieved great success have done so only after they have tasted the bitterContinue reading “Reclaimed Failures”

It is a topic that to many people in this 21st century probably seems archaic, even repulsive. Some abhor the thought of a “bloody religion,” while others may relegate it to the Old Testament sacrifices of bulls and goats; but the hymn penned by Robert Lowry (1826-1889) still says it all for the earnest BibleContinue reading “Nothing But the Blood”

Pastor and author H.A. Ironside related a testimony of a new convert who had been delivered from a life of sin. The man gave God all the glory, declaring that he had done nothing to earn his salvation. But, whoever was leading the testimony meeting was not quite satisfied with the way the newly born-againContinue reading “All of Grace!”

A recent survey found that 62 percent of self-identified “born-again Christians” in the US believe the Holy Spirit is “merely a symbol of God’s power, presence, or purity”—not a person.  There evidently has been a dearth of correct teaching on the third person of the Godhead, the Holy Spirit. The Bible clearly teaches that theContinue reading “More About the Holy Spirit (Part 3)”