Brett | June 14, 2010
It will probably be November 2010 before I finish my review of the November 2009 issue of the Watchtower. This post is a continuation of my interaction on their treatment of the Trinity. The previous posts on the Trinity are here:
Introduction
Church Fathers On the Trinity
Misunderstanding the Trinity
Anti-Trinitarian Verses
Compare these Bible verses: Matthew 26:39; John [...]
Brett | June 7, 2010
Theodicy is a term that derives from two Greeks words “God” and “righteousness.” It is a discipline that seeks to provide an answer for the righteousness of God in light of all the evil in the world. David Hume framed perhaps the most famous formulation of the issue in his Dialogs Concerning Natural Religion:
“Is he [...]
Brett | May 26, 2010
The term ecclesia is the most used term in the NT for the church. It comes from the Greek word ek which means out and the word kaleo which means to call. Thus ek kaleo or ecclesia means the called out ones. The church is composed of those who receive a calling. [...]
Brett | April 22, 2010
Psalm 8:4 what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?
2 Chron 6:18 Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you
Job 11:7 “Can you find out the deep things of God? Can you find out the limit of the Almighty?
Job [...]
Brett | December 21, 2009
A good friend of mine recently raised the question of God’s dealing with man (specifically in the OT).The issue raised is one that I have encountered a few times and goes something like this, “It is often hard for me to imagine a god more cruel than our own.” Since this is a recurring topic [...]
O men of the world! what good can you desire which is not in Christ? The excellencies of earth are but His footstool; the excellencies of heaven are but His throne! How excellent, then, must He himself be! -James Meikle
My Name is Brett Scollard. I am husband to the most amazing woman in the world, father to 7 wonderful kids and pastor of Grace Community Church in McCook Nebraska. I am confessionally a Reformed Baptist. I run this blog as a means to sharpen and be sharpened so that we may all, "grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ."
