I challenge those who had been believing Camping’s teaching to turn the radio off and go find a Bible-believing local church. Listen to the preaching and teaching for a while. Read the Bible without Camping’s books in front of you. Let God speak to you through His Word. He will guide you to the Truth.... Continue Reading

I have written several articles about the value and importance of the Church Fathers. One of the early Greek Fathers was Clement of Alexandria, born in Athens around A.D. 150. His parents were pagans. He was converted to faith in Christ and began to travel widely searching for faithful Christian teachers. He attended the famous... Continue Reading

Sometimes those who plan our worship are sleepy. The prayers are self-centered. Song texts are all focused on personal concerns. The preaching avoids the issues that concerned the prophets. Our services are safe and predictable. The only time we get aroused is over small stuff (music styles, carpet color,) not the bug stuff (justice, mercy... Continue Reading

Recently, I went out to dinner with my mom, sister, sister-in-law, and friend Cory. We were celebrating the spring birthdays of my sisters and Cory. As we were chatting it up, a lady was soliciting diners to buy roses from her pre-packaged stash. My mother obliged, and treated us each to a rose. I was... Continue Reading

A teachable moment on the purpose of government recently occurred on MSNBC’s “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell,” who has picked up the torch for the departed Keith Olbermann. It was the day after President Obama sat for an interview with Bill O’Reilly of Fox News. It was an exchange in the O’Reilly-Obama interview that... Continue Reading

Many pastors in the 18th century, although appreciative of Whitefield’s gifts and ministry, found themselves struggling to measure up once Whitefield left town and the trench work stirred by Whitefield’s presence remained. This might appear to be a strange question, but you would be surprised at the amount of pastors asking it. Do not misunderstand,... Continue Reading

As someone with the highly unusual task of researching old, declassified Soviet and Communist Party USA archives, I often get quizzical looks as to why certain things from the distant past still matter. Well, it’s indeed true that past is often prologue. And it’s striking to see how something in communist archives from, say, the... Continue Reading

Don’t worry, the contributors of Vintage73.com understand that said website does not constitute an ordinary court of the church and as such is not entitled to bring any real overture before the Assembly. However the contributors of Vintage73 ask that commissioner and visitors consider implementing the above overture regardless of ecclesiastical authority. OVERTURE V73-1 from... Continue Reading

What would happen if we disbanded evangelicalism for the 2012 presidential election? That is, what if evangelicals suspended affiliations with each other through any organizations or networks and simply embedded themselves as voters among non-religious constituencies? This would mean no voter guides published by any Christian non-profit or para-church organizations; no indirect endorsements of candidates... Continue Reading

Kids: Really want to get under your obnoxiously “tolerant,” Volvo-driving, MSNBC-watching folks’ skin? Try this: Go to church, abstain from premarital sex, join the Young America’s Foundation, attend a Tea Party rally, enroll at Liberty University, listen to Rush Limbaugh and vote Republican. You’ll have them writhing in their Birkenstocks. We all want progress, but... Continue Reading