Major in the majors and minor in the minors

You have often heard the assertion communicated from the pulpit, “major in the majors and minor in the minors.” It is a vague proclamation practiced in the Christian church today, in order to encourage unity and discourage divisions within the Body of Christ. I believe the Word of God is clear on the [...]

“Jehovah’s Witness encounter”

Today 12/22/09 (My son Pauly’s B-Day) I was approached by a young proclaimed (JW) and found him to be very bold in his technique. He demanded that I roll down my window as he proceeded to discuss his Watchtower Tract Society magazines. I stopped him immediately by stating that I was a born again Christian [...]

“An Effective Atonement” Part 1

Evangelicals are traditionally taught to view salvation based on an arminian type of theology. For this reason they are not used to thinking analytically about exactly how the atonement works. When asked the reasonable question, “How can the cross be a saving instrument?” The natural response given is different from the calvinist.
[The concept [...]

1,500 per month

Every month, 1,500 pastors leave the ministry.
It’s true. One thousand, five hundred pastors leave the ministry every month due to moral failure, spiritual burnout, or contention in their congregations.
With the establishment of the Ligonier Academy of Biblical & Theological Studies, Ligonier will be able to fulfill a great need that exists among Christian pastors — [...]

My Biggest Enemy Is Not Satan. My Biggest Enemy IS Jason Moore

Let each of us declare war on ourselves, to the Glory of our Lord.
Romans 7:23 / 2 Corinthians 10:3 / James 4:1 / 1 Peter 2:11

“For God so Loved the World…”

If the word “world” was always used in one uniform and constant sense in the writings of the apostle John, there would be merit to the observation for universal atonement. However, the apostle John admits a variety of connotations. Therefore, the intention of it in one place cannot be the rule for the interpretation of [...]

Paul Washer Sighting!

One of my most favorite (living) preachers ever, Paul Washer, recently found himself in San Antonio, TX preaching, and I stumbled across the video.

Enjoy! I’ll put some notes below of where I got this. The sermon is entitled “He drank your hell”…Notes from the originating page.
This is the sermon Paul Washer preached in San Antonio [...]

An Arminian Prayer?

Charles H. Spurgeon observes that you have heard a great many Arminian sermons, I dare say, but you never heard an Arminian prayer–for the saints in prayer appear as one in word, and deed, and mind. An Arminian on his knees would pray desperately like a Calvinist. He cannot pray about free will; there is [...]

The Lordship of Christ

This was originally posted in the October 2009 edition of TableTalk magazine, for the 22nd day devotional. Get out your napkins….here comes all meat, no bones. Gospel pwnge

Romans 10:9 “If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be [...]

The Resurgence of Calvinism

The Resurgence of Calvinism from Puritan Reformed on Vimeo.
In this short clip Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III shares some thoughts on the present resurgence of interest in Calvinism. He makes some very good observations, and his exhortation to the “Young and Restless” movement to adopt the Bible as their authority for their ecclesiology is very [...]

Jude 3

I recently traded emails with a brother and the question about Jude 3 came up and what exactly is the “common salvation”. Well I am not as well read in Jude as I should be, but I had my Johnny Mac with me and I wrote out his commentary. Not wanting that to go to [...]

How my Jeep teaches humility

Ah, the Jeep. Specifically a 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo. At 170,000 miles, running on its original transmission, engine and drive-train, the thing is a beast and probably deserves a spot in the Jeep hall of fame. But any small part, trinket, bearing or vacuum line that can and will break…has and most likely will.
We [...]

Not Only Is Today My Wife’s Birthday…

…But, it is also a new start for ethea.com (PS: Happy Birthday Sweetie, I love You!). I had originally intended for www.mooreplusone.com to serve as my “sandbox of web goodness”, and for ethea.com to serve as my Joomla! playground…but…well, things change.
Here’s the scoop. Joomla! is ridiculously robust. So much so, that I want to use [...]