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He Loves Me - He Loves Me Not
I write these words primarily to believers who may be struggling with whether God really loves them. There is also direction and comfort...

Brent Madaris
Apr 14, 20223 min read


The Potter's Promise - A Biblical Defense of Traditional Soteriology
Flowers, Leighton. The Potter’s Promise - A Biblical Defense of Traditional Soteriology. Middletown, Delaware. Trinity Academic Press,...

Brent Madaris
Apr 5, 20224 min read


The "Man of God"
Is the phrase “Man of God” appropriate to use today. Some people mock the designation. What does the Bible say?

Brent Madaris
Mar 29, 20227 min read


Systematic Theology Texts And the Age of the Earth
Mortenson, Terry. “Systematic Theology Texts and the Age of the Earth: A Response to the Views of Erickson, Grudem, and Lewis and...

Brent Madaris
Mar 24, 20222 min read


The God of the (supposed) Impossible
I want you to read Mark 9:14-29 This story tells about one of the few times when Jesus cast out an evil spirit. When Jesus and his three...

Brent Madaris
Mar 21, 20223 min read


DOING RIGHT - DOING WRONG
I heard a discussion recently that flies in the face of some modern philosophy, but that is thoroughly biblical, insightful, and...

Brent Madaris
Mar 15, 20223 min read


Love Covers A Multitude of Sins
1 Peter 4:8 8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. This truth is...

Brent Madaris
Mar 4, 20224 min read


Should Parents Go To Church With Their Children?
Answers For the Heart! I find it fascinating (and somewhat disturbing) that such a question would even have to be asked. It would seem...

Brent Madaris
Feb 28, 20223 min read


Hypocrisy and the Authority of the Word of God - Part 2
You must read part one of this article to make any sense at all out this weeks. You may read last week’s article on my blog HERE Here is...

Brent Madaris
Feb 17, 20223 min read


Something Smells Fishy Around Here!
Fish are good for you from a health perspective. Of course this implies that you are not allergic to it. Some of the benefits which have...

Brent Madaris
Feb 17, 20222 min read


"Peculiar"
Titus 2:14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good...

Brent Madaris
Feb 16, 20226 min read


Hypocrisy and the Authority of the Word of God!
Jesus didn’t have much use for the Pharisees of His day. He wold call them out every chance he got. The modern day pharisees are not...

Brent Madaris
Feb 14, 20223 min read


Gravely Sick Baby Saved by "Rapid Sequencing" - The Importance of thorough History!
A very interesting story coming out of San Diego California shows the great hope and promise of Genomic Decoding! What in the world is...

Brent Madaris
Feb 12, 20222 min read


Living Together Out of Wedlock
I will deal with this sensitive topic as tactfully as possible. However, I need to also be very straightforward because this is a huge...

Brent Madaris
Feb 10, 20224 min read


EXPERIMENTAL TRUTH
Answers FOR the Heart So then, we have been talking about truth and living it out in our lives. Let’s briefly describe how this looks...

Brent Madaris
Feb 3, 20223 min read


Alcohol Abstinence - For The Sake of My Brother (and sister, mother, father, son, daughter, etc.)
Commenting on Daniel 1:8-10 an ancient commentary relates the following: Keep in mind, this commentator is not even dealing with the "two...

Brent Madaris
Feb 1, 20222 min read


Buy The Truth and Never Sell It (Part 2)
Please read Proverbs 23:22–25 again today. Please don’t get lost in all of following statistics. Sincerely meditate upon them. May God...

Brent Madaris
Jan 27, 20223 min read


Buy the Truth and Never Sell it!
Will you please read Proverbs 23:22-25 Snuggled in between these verses about mom and dad, and home is a verse of Scripture (v.23) about...

Brent Madaris
Jan 20, 20223 min read


Truth In The Inward Parts
This article deals with one of the chief causes of defection from the Christian ranks and also a hindrance to those seeking to enter in...

Brent Madaris
Jan 13, 20224 min read


Why We are Not Emergent - A Summary / Critique
Deyoung, Kevin, and Kluck, Ted. Why We’re Not Emergent (By Two Guys Who Should be). Chicago, Illinois. Moody Publishers, 2008. The entire...

Brent Madaris
Jan 7, 20223 min read
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