by Scott Bushey | Dec 20, 2014 | miscellaneous
There is no broad interpretation of the regulative principle. What is not commanded is forbidden. The regulative principle has nothing to do with “permission.” It is positive “command” which is enforced by the mere will of the lawgiver. If it...
by Scott Bushey | Dec 20, 2014 | miscellaneous
“Puritans saved their greatest contempt for Christmas. Throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, they successfully prevented any significant celebrations of it. ‘Foolstide,’ as they called December 25, aroused their special ire for a...
by Scott Bushey | Dec 14, 2014 | miscellaneous
So much can be said of this doctrine. Remarriage is illicit unless there is adultery, one dies or ‘the unbeliever leaves’. Moses permitted divorce, ‘for hardness of heart’….but from the beginning, it was not so’. This is known as...
by Scott Bushey | Dec 9, 2014 | miscellaneous
Dr. Jack Lewis states: “Wine was ordinarily used at the Passover and is called ‘fruit of the vine’ in Berakoth 6:1” (1976, 147; for an extended discussion, see Lightfoot 1979, 346ff). Berakoth 6:1 Berakhot, Chapter Six, Mishnah One Introduction According to halakhah...
by Scott Bushey | Dec 8, 2014 | miscellaneous
Are you a believer that is independent of Christ’s overseers? Consider the scriptures in regard to the distinction between the local church and the universal church. All believers should be attached locally. Too disregard submitting to Christ’s overseers...
