by Able Baker | Jan 17, 2018 | God's Sovereignty
A moment to explain to our readers why I’m writing this article. For a little over a year I have been preaching through Revelation. One of the people who has been following along with the sermons asked a great question about Revelation 17:8. Here is the passage…...
by Able Baker | Jan 16, 2018 | God's Sovereignty
I was recently sent a text with the following question. “In (Revelation) Chapter 17 verse 8 what does it mean ‘Whose names have not been written in the book of life from the creation of the world’?” Great question! This is a super thorny passage because of the...
by Able Baker | Dec 21, 2017 | Leadership
Not all pastors are pastors in the same way. Sure, we can turn to Titus 1:5-9, 1 Tim. 3:1-7, and 1 Peter 5:1-4 to learn something about what it means to be a pastor. What is often not talked about is what kind of person the gift of pastor falls upon. In this article I...
by Able Baker | Dec 14, 2017 | Church Life
As a pastor do you desire to become more involved in the life of the community outside the church building’s walls? I don’t mean something along the lines of “hey, let’s turn God’s church into a community center”. I’m taking about a desire to...
by Able Baker | Dec 5, 2017 | Theological Studies
I have not written in a long time. Yesterday I fell into an interesting comment session on Facebook about the intricacies of God’s providence with some folks that I though might make it interesting. A friend placed a meme entitled “Onus, give credit where credit is...