By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “The minister’s role is not to make people feel comfortable in the padded pews. He is not there to pander to the petty preferences of the parishioners. He is there to proclaim the whole counsel of God. He is there to declare eternal truth. He is there to call […]
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God’s Word Should Be Read, Not Redacted
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “Trying to ‘cut off’… ‘take away’ certain unwanted words of God from the Bible…will dilute or destroy its saving message and living truth. That is why the influences of the cults, with their pseudo-revelations, as bad as they are, still are not as deadly as those of the so-called […]
God’s Will A Guessing Game?
By Jeff Larson, ‘The Back Pew’ “Some people act as if determining God’s will is like guessing the weather. Fortunately, we have a weatherman who has considered all the meteorological evidence and can tell us how to prepare. That way, there isn’t much guessing at all. “We can be assured the Bible, the Word of God, […]
About Baldness
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “When I was a teenager, a well-known evangelist came to our church and led in revival services. He said that he knew our pastor when he was a young man and his head was full of waves of curly hair. ‘Nowadays,’ said the evangelist, ‘there’s only beach.’” -Rev. […]
Asymptomatic Christianity
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “Walking with God means that we develop a Christian worldview. Our faith affects every part of our lives. There is no sacred, no secular. Everything is sacred. All things are to be seen through His eyes – His revealed truth. One may be religious and compartmentalize his faith, but […]
Access to Heaven
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “My mother-in-law loves the Lord, and at 88 years old, she’s eager to go to heaven. A couple of years ago, she had surgery for a sizeable non-cancerous tumor in her abdomen. However, doctors told her that the surgery could still be life-threatening at her advanced age. Despite the […]
Reading Through the Bible
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “Recently, I was thinking to myself about the amount of time one gets caught up reading posts on Facebook. Don’t misunderstand me, I think social media has its place. But it seems to me that we spend way too much time reading magazines, newspapers, periodicals, articles on the internet, […]
Santa: The Superspreader
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “The truth is that herd immunity is a way of preventing vulnerable people from dying. It is achieved at the expense of some people dying, and we can stop that by protecting the vulnerable class in the process. In an ideal situation, you would protect the vulnerable as best […]
Born in a Barn?
by Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “For many poor, misguided folk, Christmas means the festal merriment engendered by the spirits of fermented grapes or grain rather than the true spirit of the season fostered by the indwelling Spirit of the living God. This sort of activity is a mockery to the true meaning of this […]
Be Transformed in Your Thinking
By Jeff Larson, the Back Pew “The caterpillar undergoes metamorphosis in its chrysalis and emerges a glorious butterfly. The same creature which enters the filmy tomb eventually emerges, but the change is so remarkable that it cannot be recognized as the same. It is this kind of change the Holy Spirit wishes to work in […]