Many churches that claim to be reformed, but are not, are either ignorant or disingenuous. Hopefully not the latter. A reformed church is orthodox, not heterodox, and they practice a regulative principle of worship, hence orthopraxy. An evidence of this can be their liturgy includes the Psalmody – the singing Psalms from the book of
Recently after visiting another church here in the “Bible Belt,” I posted the following on my Facebook wall. “Visited another church this morning. Immediately upon entering the building it looked like a scene from the movie Jaws. Then the sanctuary looked like the beach, even a surfboard, shorts, and guitars on the stage. I’ve come
While doing a Google search for [gospel + police] I discovered that CNN had endorsed and promoted a professing Christian police officers “Gospel” message, that video went “viral.” I attempted to download the CNN video but was unsuccessful. However, I was able to locate the exact public file that they featured in their news story.
The sermon notes to this sermon, can be found below the embedded video. During the early church the book of Isaiah was known as the “fifth Gospel.” I could imagine how the Apostles used this book as their “gospel,” and how they lived out this message in their ministry. Though I’m not teaching thru the
Last Thanksgiving I spent my holiday in an ICU unit at the hospital (and their food in my room was GREAT). On Thanksgiving Day last year I received a five-fold diagnoses of having five different problems with my heart. Then only four weeks later my heart went ‘from bad to worse,’ whereas on Jan 25th,
Since my Cardiac Arrest my Doctors have been closely monitoring the progress of my heart. I’ve have reasonable strength, but only for a short while. So last week my Cardiologist told me to walk longer, to increase my “endurance.” But since my heart is now “Pacemaker reliant,” I was apprehensive to walk too far (lacking
UPDATE MAY 6TH: To God be the glory, the trip was amazing. The progress/praise report is below this post. As the Lord leads, my goal is to evangelize many cities throughout many states. However not to do so by utilizing post-modern forms of evangelicalism. Time is short, and life is but a vapor, so I
An audio message of the funeral for my dad – Bill Rhetts, Sr., by Bill Rhetts, Jr. Today I had the privilege of officiating my dad’s funeral. Our parents’ pastor was gracious to bestow that honor to me. The chapel was well attended with family that we hadn’t seen in many years. As well as
Praise report on our IPOC Ministries / Art of Marriage seminar, at the Hilton I want to give all the praise, glory, and thanks to the Lord for such a great weekend. We had many couples come from as far South as San Diego County, to Ventura County on the North. In addition to all
Tim Eggebraaten is with Detroit Lakes Police Department. He sings “I Can Only Imagine” at the funeral service for Mahnomen County, MN Deputy Sheriff Chris Dewey. Disclaimer: Please understand that I do not know if either Dewey or Eggebraaten are saved. We must never speculate or assume that a person’s soul went to heaven, just
