Archive for August, 2010

ARE BAPTIST COWARDS

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Ken Blue There must be some logical explanation as to why we go to the Old Testament to support a doctrine or a standard, and then tiptoe past obvious passages which teach an unavoidable truth. That truth is the use of instruments in worship and praise. However, if you want to see pastors squirm and [...]

IS VOTING A WASTE OF TIME

Saturday, August 28th, 2010

  BY Ken Blue Some Christians would have you believe that it matters not how you vote. They assume that good preaching and good living will solve the problems in the political arena. I contend that the only way to solve the problem, politically, is to have leaders who are men and women of principle, [...]

DOES GOD HATE YOU

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

By Ken Blue Most Bible believers teach that God hates sin, but loves the sinner. However, recently a small group of believers have challenged that teaching, and affirm that God not only hates sin; He also hates the sinner. If God does indeed hate the sinners, does He hate you? Let us look at a [...]

THE ALIAS

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

  By Ken Blue The American Heritage Dictionary defines alias as; “1. An assumed name: The swindler worked under various aliases.” During my forty years of pastoring, I have received many letters and notes sent by mysterious souls who refused to attach their names, or they used names of others to hide their identity. My [...]

JOB; THE QUESTION OF SUFFERING

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

  By Ken Blue While a student in Omaha, I pastored a small church in Iowa. Mrs. Blue and I visited a young man who was a teacher in the college town. As I attempted to discuss spiritual things, he said to me, “the God of Job would be my devil.” Needless to say, I [...]

IF GOD HAD THREE DAUGHTERS

Friday, August 20th, 2010

By Ken Blue “And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.” 1 Corinthians 13:13. If God had three daughters, Their names, I think, would be; Faith;  Hope; and Charity. Faith shows us how to believe all God has said. Hope embraces promises reserved just up ahead. Charity’s always adding [...]

GROUND ZERO AND MUSLIM MOSQUE

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

By Ken Blue “But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice…” Matthew 9:13.  The desire of Muslims to build a mosque near to the place where the strongest adherents to Islam murdered over 2,985 is nothing more than spitting in the face of the American public and those [...]

HEAD AND SHOULDERS

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

  By Ken Blue “And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people”1 Samuel 9:2. After working with men and women [...]

ANTI-BIBLICAL VS UN-BIBLICAL

Sunday, August 15th, 2010

  By Ken Blue In an attempt to justify ones personal decisions, Bible believers have resorted to terms such as anti- biblical and unbiblical. Anti-biblical means, the decision, or action taken is against the Bible. Verses will be cited to demonstrate this anti-biblical violation. However, where the Scriptures are silent, (un-biblical), anything we approve may [...]

FASTING

Friday, August 13th, 2010

By Ken Blue “Fasting humbles the soul before God (Psalm 35:13); chastens the soul (Psalm 69:10); and crucifies the appetites and denies them so as to give the entire time to prayer (2 Samuel 12:16-23; Matthew 4:1-11).  It manifests earnestness before God to the exclusion of all else (1 Cor. 7:5); shows obedience; demonstrates the mastery [...]