Dan Greenfield

Category: Theology

  • What Do United Methodists and Muslims Have In Common?

    According to at least one pastor, they worship the same God! The front page of the United Methodist Church website points to an article detailing how one of their pastors is observing the fast Muslims observe during their holiest month, Ramadan. Listen to his opening statement: “I have no doubt that Muslims…

  • Relativisitic Parenting

    There have been several “blockbuster” movies out lately, and I’ve been surprised at the number of Christians who not only are going to see these but who express (usually via Facebook) how “excellent” and “awesome” such were. So I’ve been mulling over this issue of what Christians consider good and excellent. Then…

  • It’s Yours But It’s Not

    Back in the late 1980s I learned what would sometimes happen when local churches tried to leave denominations riddled with apostasy. Legal wranglings would occur, particularly over ownership of property and buildings. I learned that often denominational churches which had scrimped, saved, worked, and labored for a building would turn…

  • I Sought the Lord

    I sought the Lord, and afterward I knew He moved my soul to seek Him, seeking me; It was not I that found, O Saviour true; No, I was found of Thee. Thou didst reach forth Thy hand and mine enfold; I walked and sank not on the stormvexed sea;…

  • Spiritual Worship

    This is an excellent post by a friend, Pastor Jack Hilton of the Evangelical Methodist Church, Lancaster, PA– John 4:23-24 “But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is…

  • Good Reading

    One of my professors when I was in seminary, Dr. Bill Combs, has been writing a series of posts on the KJV-only issue here. They’ve been very good, and I’d encourage you to read them. I’ve had those of this persuasion tell me that the rise of newer translations divides…

  • Defend the Faith Biblical Challenge

    I received an email today from one of many news services about religious items. Wow, talk about invective! The low-down: An author asks folks to supply evidence that he has used the Bible incorrectly in his latest book, The Case Against Evangelical Christianity, specifically these points: The book makes several controversial…

  • A Good Reminder About Government

    The context of this quote is a discussion about Israel’s desire for a king… It is easy to forget that “we the people” in the long run must always pay for whatever the government does for us. Only fools suppose that by committing a matter to the government, they can…

  • God’s Transforming Grace

    Saul began ravaging the church, entering house after house, and dragging off men and women, he would put them in prison (Acts 8:3) …serving the Lord with all humility and tears and with trials which came upon me through the plots of the Jews; I did not shrink from declaring…

  • A Great Illustration of Faith

    After Naaman protests Elisha’s instruction to wash in the Jordan seven times to be cleansed of his leprosy, Then his servants came near and spoke to him and said, “My father, had the prophet told you to do somegreat thing, would you not have done it? How much more then, when he says…

  • An Evangelistic Essential

    “…so that the world may believe/know…” (John 17:20, 23) A “church” may have all kinds of external evidences of “success” but if there is no true spiritual unity such is but an outward façade. Jesus’ intention for his body (in which are unified both Jews and Gentiles) is that, by…

  • Psalm 119:69-72

    69 The men that are puff’d up with pride against me forg’d a lie; Yet thy commandments observe with my whole heart will I. 70 Their hearts, through worldly ease and wealth, as fat as grease they be: But in thy holy law I take delight continually. 71 It hath…

  • Experience vs. Evidence

    One of the more challenging passages in the NT is Hebrews 6:4–6. This provides challenges because it sounds like one loses his salvation. However, if more careful attention were paid to what is said in the immediate and larger contexts, this perceived problem would fade away. Specifically, note the illustration…

  • Hark! the Voice of Love and Mercy

    We learned and sang this hymn this past Sunday to this tune (but not at quite that tempo): Hark! the voice of love and mercy Sounds aloud from Calvary; See it rends the rocks asunder, Shakes the earth and veils the sky: “It is finished! It is finished!” Hear the…

  • Earnestly Contending

    During this afternoon’s service I reviewed the basic, essential purposes of a church thus: A local church exists to glorify God by obeying Jesus Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit. A local church glorifies God by obeying Christ’s commands, which are— Evangelize the lost through personal witnessing and…

  • Daily Bale for April 2, 2011

    Today was a full Saturday, but easy to delineate: Worked on the Astro van in the morning. Did federal and state taxes in the afternoon, as well as make sure things are ready for services tomorrow. Helped with the kids in the evening, as Trish had a bad headache. Finished…

  • Amish Doubts

    Here is a snippet from a post from a former Amish detailing the doubts she and her husband began to have and their search for answers from their bishop– Arriving at the bishops house he invited us into his study which seemed like only an over sized closet. We tried…

  • I Am A Christian

    Fellowship is the instituted way of making a public profession of the faith and hope of the gospel. A man may hold the opinions and approve the practices of some voluntary, worldly society; but until he has united himself with it, he is not considered, either by its members or the…

  • What Do You Have In Common With Mormonism?

    The National Association of Evangelicals (hereafter NAE) met today with a representative of the Mormon church for dialogue. In its press release, NAE president Leith Anderson said, The National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) Board of Directors, which includes the CEOs of 40 denominations and representatives of a broad array of…

  • The Way, the Truth, the Life

    1 Thou art the Way: by Thee alone From sin and death we flee; And he who would the Father seek, Must seek Him, Lord, by Thee. 2 Thou art the Truth: Thy word alone True wisdom can impart; Thou only canst instruct the mind, And purify the heart. 3…