Kent BrandenburgApr 28, 20231 min readTwo Basic Presuppositions Everyone Has for a View of the WorldNo one takes a neutral position in his view of the world. In general, people come to everything with one of two presuppositions:...
Kent BrandenburgApr 21, 20231 min readA John Wesley Catechism: Wesleyans and MethodistsMethodists and Wesleyans trace to John Wesley. Wesley never believed penal substitution and imputation of righteousness. Penal...
Kent BrandenburgApr 15, 20231 min readAuthoritative Criteria for Pastors or Church LeadersThe church of Corinth to whom the Apostle Paul wrote the first and second epistle of the Corinthians was divided for various reasons. ...
Kent BrandenburgApr 8, 20231 min readThe Resurrection and Meeting on SundayLast week, I spoke to at least three people who don’t go to church. Each of the three from different homes, said they were Christians,...
Kent BrandenburgApr 1, 20231 min readAfter Palm Sunday, Jesus Wasn't NicePeople as much as ever see ‘being nice’ as a high value, sometimes among leftist values, called “being kind.” Essentially it means,...
Kent BrandenburgMar 24, 20231 min readThe Red Pill . . . . ReallyNow in the vocabulary of American culture are the two words, “red pill.” Maybe you already know what “red pill” means. I understand...
Kent BrandenburgMar 17, 20231 min readWarding Off Inevitable DeclinePerhaps you have seen something, anything, in decline. You try to grow flowers and they decline. You have a friend, whose health...
Kent BrandenburgMar 11, 20231 min readSowing Seed EverywhereThe New Testament, including heavily from the teaching of the Lord Jesus Christ, gives explicit instruction and plain allusions to the...
Kent BrandenburgMar 3, 20231 min readThe Office of the BishopThe Apostle Paul wrote, what today we call, three pastoral epistles. He wrote two to his protégé, Timothy – 1 and 2 Timothy – and one to...