by Jim Baumgaertel | Dec 12, 2018 | Churchianity
7/12/07 There seems to be increasing discussion in the media and the world of blogs about problems among the Calvary Chapels. Most of the critics of Calvary Chapels, including the sympathetic-to-Calvary critics, say that the CC clergymen do not have enough...
by Jim Baumgaertel | Nov 10, 2018 | Commentary, New Testament Fellowship
Elders, presbyters – presbuterous – Acts 20:17Overseers, bishops – episkopous – Acts 20:28[Pastor] (verb), shepherd, feed – poimainein – Acts 20:28 In Acts chapter 20 these words are use interchangeably by Paul speaking to the...
by Jim Baumgaertel | Aug 29, 2018 | Counterfeit Christianity
(2/27/99) “Young Life, an ecumenical Christian outreach ministry to youth, will be starting soon in North Kitsap.” This was an announcement in the February 27, 1999 Bremerton Sun. I’ve known a number of people who came to the Lord through Young Life,...
by Jim Baumgaertel | Aug 29, 2018 | The New World Order
(1/30/99) It is obvious that President Clinton is an adulterer, dishonest, and generally immoral. According to God’s Word we should continue to respect him as a leader, pray for him, and trust in the sovereignty of God (Romans 13:1-7, Titus 3:1-2, 1 Peter...
by Jim Baumgaertel | Aug 29, 2018 | Disciple of Jesus Christ
(1/6/99)[Celebrity singer] and her husband are separating after 16 years of marriage, according to the Bremerton Sun news services. “The contemporary Christian music performers asked for prayers “during this sad time,” they said in a statement issued...