by Jim Baumgaertel | May 30, 2020 | Issues of Concern Among Christians
First posted 2011 Dan Trotter is a brother I have grown to love, though I’ve never met him in person. However, I don’t agree with his eschatology as he calls himself an “orthodox preterist”. Jim B. The “House Church Movement”...
by Jim Baumgaertel | May 15, 2020 | Churchianity
There is one name that often comes up in some segments of the “house church movement”, Gene Edwards. I’ve seen some home church websites for him and some against him. As Dan Trotter, who fellowships in a house church, puts it (tongue in cheek), there are those who...
by Jim Baumgaertel | May 15, 2020 | Churchianity
Gene Edwards: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly By Steve Atkerson, Beresford Job, Dan Walker, and Jon Zens 2002 Gene Edwards is a phenomenon, a figurehead, a legend. His impact on Christians outside of the institutional church system, especially in the United States, has...
by Jim Baumgaertel | May 13, 2020 | Loving the Truth
By Kim Baumgaertel Ask any veteran home school parent about curriculum, and you are likely to get a variety of responses. Each of us has our favorites, and our not-so-favorites, and our opinions about what has worked in the past and what we have learned...
by Jim Baumgaertel | May 13, 2020 | Loving the Truth
By Kim Baumgaertel As I write this, it is mid-August. My Mommy-teacher friends and I rendezvous almost every evening at the soccer field to sit in our lawn chairs in the late summer sunshine and chat. How was your summer . . .did you travel . . . the blackberries...
by Jim Baumgaertel | May 12, 2020 | Counterfeit Christianity
No matter how radical you think you are… There’s always somebody who thinks you’re not radical enough! Which is Worse: Ignorance or Apathy? Walking in the Spirit Abide in the Vine For the “Great Leader” Counterfeit...
by Jim Baumgaertel | Apr 7, 2020 | A History of Anti-Christ
A HISTORY OF ANTI-CHRIST This series, by the late Albert James Dager, describes the anti-Christ spirit throughout history as a warning for us today. I’m grateful to the Lord for Al’s life and ministry for many reasons. When my wife and I were being drawn...
by Jim Baumgaertel | Mar 31, 2020 | Counterfeit Christianity
Editor, The Sun (March 1998 – In response to a forum asking if it was a good thing that some Evangelical conservatives switched from the Republican Party to the “American Heritage Party”. The last paragraph was edited out by the Sun and not...
by Jim Baumgaertel | Mar 30, 2020 | The World Religion
“…ye shall be as gods” In the Garden of Eden, Satan, in the form of the Serpent, deceived Eve. She and Adam disobeyed God and ate of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. This was rebellion against God. This was sin. This was an evil act that...
by Jim Baumgaertel | Mar 24, 2020 | Commentary
Y2K (7/23/98) I’m not really sure what to make of all of the hype, both among Evangelicals and in the world’s mass media, about the alleged coming disaster associated with the Year 2000 software problem. In the 23 years I’ve been a follower of Jesus,...
