Dan Greenfield

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  • Dr. Rolland McCune Message – The Definition and Conception of Fundamentalism

    In 1996 Dr. Rolland McCune was president of Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary and the first editor of Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal. The journal’s first issue came out in the spring of 1996, and I distinctly remember that. I brought that clean, fresh, crisp journal to work with me and read…

  • Dr. Rolland McCune – The Formation of Liberalism

    Today would have been the 86th birthday of one of my seminary professors, Dr. Rolland McCune. Dr. McCune went to be with the Lord June 17, 2019. There have been many thoughts running through my mind since he died, and today is no exception. Perhaps I will write out those…

  • Lydia Update!

    We’re all thankful to our Lord for His grace and help today. It was a long but good day. We left at 6am, arriving at the hospital in Cleveland about 7:30. They prepped her, and then came her most dreaded moment: Getting the IV. HOWEVER, while talking with the anesthesiologist,…

  • Please Pray for Lydia! :-)

    As many of you may know, Lydia had her first cochlear implant surgery last July (she has a form of congenital hearing loss in both ears). She has done extremely well learning how to hear with that. Consequently, tomorrow morning she’ll be having her second cochlear implant surgery for her…

  • Thursday and Friday, January 30-31, 2020

    Well it’s time to go home. I thought about using my new Uber skills, but as it’s 5,753 miles as the crow flies, that wasn’t realistic 😁 I went down for breakfast at my normal time, but the dining room was considerably different than the past week and a half.…

  • Wednesday, 29 January 2020

    Well, today is the last day of the ICCC Congress! I am looking forward to being home and having breakfast at my own table, looking out at my backyard, but the breakfast view I have had while here is beautiful! I had a second speaking opportunity today, participating in a…

  • Tuesday, January 28, 2020

    Well, today did not start out the best for me. I went to bed last night with an increasingly sore throat, and it pretty much plagued me all night. I woke up not feeling too great and very fatigued. Thankfully I was encouraged by God’s word by Rev. David DiCanio,…

  • Monday, January 27, 2020

    I woke up quite tired after a short night’s sleep. I read Genesis 29 for prayer and devotion. God fulfills his promises (cf 28:3), whether through human affection (29:20), lack thereof (29:31), or deceit (29:23). ICCC devotions were led by Rev. Dominique Épo from Yaounde, Cameroon. Part of the morning…

  • The Lord’s day, January 26, 2020

    I woke up this morning to see this out my window! It was interesting watching a cruise ship come so close to the shore. There must really be a steep drop off as it was not far away from us. The first thing we had today was an evangelistic service…

  • Saturday, January 25, 2020

    Today is a day off for everyone so I am obliging the schedule 😁 After breakfast and time for the Word and prayer, I took a nice half hour walk along the lakeshore. Today was foggy but very nice out, about 60° f. There is much evidence throughout the city…

  • Friday, January 24, 2020

    Friday! I woke up tired, not a good thing, so I slept for a little bit more. That made for a bit more hurried preparation to leave, which I’m not keen on. But I was very keen that I felt physically better after the extra sleep. Devotions for English speakers…

  • Thursday, January 23, 2020

    After a good night’s sleep I enjoyed breakfast with Yap Kim-Sin of Singapore and Thomas from Germany. I then walked to the venue with brother Keith McCoy from the Bible Presbyterian Church in Collingswood, NJ. After a devotional was a message on “eternal love and life eternal” by Rev. David…

  • Wednesday, January 22, 2020

    I was thankful to get a good night’s rest last night, and to follow that up with a good breakfast, coffee, and fellowship with brothers at the hotel. The morning was invested in private devotions, getting things settled in my room, planning the day, and catching up on some emails.…

  • Tuesday, January 21, 2020

    Technically this part of the post is from Monday night, but since my last post ended when I boarded, I’ll pick up on the flight leaving Atlanta. I didn’t purchase an expensive plane ticket–coach, in fact–but the amenities on my Delta flight were nice. They provided a small pillow, blanket,…

  • Monday, January 20, 2020

    I’m on my way to Puerto Montt, Chile for the International Council of Christian Churches Congress, January 22-29. I’m representing the American Council of Christian Churches, and will be preaching Friday evening and participating in a panel discussion on Wednesday, January 29. I want to try to give folks–especially Orwell…

  • Ecclesiastical Separation from Brethren is Not a New Doctrine

    This has been a canard foisted upon biblical fundamentalists for some decades, and I’d like to share an example from church history demonstrating that ecclesiastical separation from brethren is not a new doctrine. I’ve been reading a biography of Presbyterian pastor and evangelist Daniel Baker (1791-1857) titled Making Many Glad:…

  • Pope Francis and Roman Catholic Charismaticism

    Here’s an interesting article from today’s Crux: https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2018/12/10/bishop-on-new-oversight-body-says-pope-has-affinity-for-charismatics/ Summary: “At the request of Pope Francis, the Vatican has established a new body to oversee the global Catholic Charismatic Renewal.” At first Francis questioned the legitimacy of Catholic charismatics, but as he has seen the effect on others his skepticism has…

  • Words to Winners of Souls

    About a year ago a good friend pointed me to Horatius Bonar’s Words to Winners of Souls. It’s available for free both in print and mp3. My printed edition is 31 pages, so for several months I read a page a day. It’s a great challenge and blessing that I…

  • Teach Me, O Lord, Thy Holy Way

      Teach me, O Lord, Thy holy way, And give me an obedient mind; That in Thy service I may find My soul ’s delight from day to day. Guide me, O Savior, with Thy hand, And so control my thoughts and deeds, That I may tread the path which…

  • Male and female infantry Marines to share tents in the field

    You can’t make this up. Just because it can be done doesn’t mean it should be done. Contrary to the article, the controlling issue here shouldn’t be whether the mission can be successfully accomplished regardless of the Marine’s “gender.” Women shouldn’t be in that position in the first place. Why?…