Separation is a topic that will not go away. It will be discussed by believers until God separates us all from the world at the rapture. Since Baptists have been called Baptists, and along with several other independent groups, we have been dissenters. In London we visit Bunhill Fields, “the dissenter’s graveyard.” Here you find […]
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Author: Rick Shrader
The Rapture in 2 Thessalonians 2:3
1. Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, 2. that ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled in spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ [the Lord] is at hand. […]
Brief History
Ministry Description Aletheia Baptist Ministries is a Baptist organization that is fundamental and conservative in its philosophy, local church in its emphasis, as well as premillennial and dispensational in its theology. ABM believes that the present trend among Baptist churches toward contemporary methodologies is a detriment to the gospel ministry and an affront to […]
The Christian Walk and Its Indefinite Na...
It would seem that a lot of controversy in the Christian life could be solved if God would have given us more specifics for Christian living in the New Testament. In many ways the Mosaic Law was easier and more convenient. Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego may have struggled with (though it seems doubtful) the […]
The Son of God
And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee; therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God (Luke 1:35). There are no more powerful words than these for Christmas. […]
Coveteousness: The Universal Sin
Covetousness surely ranks as one of the great sins of our day. Its effects are seen in Christendom, our nation as a whole, and in an alarming display of selfishness around the whole world. Riots and protests, destruction of property, anger and resentment, all manifest themselves by some in every country where “things” might be […]
Flee Fornication
For too long pastors and other ministers have avoided speaking frankly about sexual sins. Perhaps we’re afraid when psychologists tell us that those who do speak out, have some kind of hidden problem themselves, a subliminal obsession that rises to the surface every time one speaks on the subject. Therefore many have remained quiet for […]
Bible Wine
The subject of whether or not a Christian should drink alcoholic beverages may be today’s most controversial Christian subject, especially among younger believers. John MacArthur just posted an article on his website titled, “Beer, Bohemianism, and True Christian Liberty,” which begins, “If everything you know about Christian living came from blogs and websites in the […]
A New Kind of Liberalism
Christianity Liberalism In 2001 Brian McLaren wrote A New Kind of Christian1in which he made bold statements against orthodox Christian beliefs. He proposed that heaven and hell are really the same place which some will enjoy and some will not;2 salvation belongs to everyone because God loves everyone and, therefore all will eventually be […]
The Highways and Hedges
I found the joy of the salvation of others. Oh, the privilege, the blessed privilege, to be used of God to win a soul to Christ, and to see a man or woman being led out of bondage by some act of ours toward them. To think that God should condescend to allow us to […]