Apologetics
March 27, 2023, michaelbray Apologetics, Apostasy Cowardice or Buffoonery, Character - or not, Poetry, Salvation,
Truth be told, I’m a piece o’ sh-sh-sh- Ain’t no lie; the whole truth about it! Gotta a nature deserving of death All wrapped up in a singular person. No one else to blame for my ways As I go about my darkness and sways.Selfish and well-centered on myself, I put people aside and His […]
March 24, 2023, michaelbray Apologetics, Poetry, Salvation,
God, eternally existing In need of NO company! Tough to imagine such a thing, When we see people come and go: Old friends, new friends, All things changing. But One does remain the same!Got that family and an old house Familiar places and people around, And yet there comes an end to all And we […]
March 22, 2023, michaelbray Apologetics, Apostasy Cowardice or Buffoonery, Position Papers, Salvation,
The three 20th and 21st century heretical American groups which come immediately to mind are the Jehovah’s Witnesses, the Mormons (a.k.a. Latter Day Saints) and Wierville’s Wayists. All three are avid deniers of the Trinity – the fundamental Christian doctrine of God as revealed in Scripture: One God in three persons – Father, Son, and […]
March 22, 2023, michaelbray Apologetics, Ecclesiastical Matters, Poetry, Position Papers, Salvation,
Although ecclesiastical pluralists Calling for a rule by elders, We are not a pluralists regarding deity! There is only one God, though A plurality of persons called the Trinity. Such matters are basic to the Confession We make in creeds: Apostles and Nicene. So, the teachings of Mormons, the Way And the Jehovah’s Witnesses Must […]
March 21, 2023, michaelbray Apologetics, Position Papers, Salvation,
(Yet a third meditation in as many days) That is the assessment that must be made of one who does not believe and follow the truth. A person who is not obeying the truth and communing with God’s people who gather with others (a church) and worship the Triune God is ignorant, stupid, or a […]
March 21, 2023, michaelbray Apologetics, Salvation,
(Yet another meditation) Not a “son” as one created. Not a “son” as one inferior, stupid, or foolish – as a young child. Rather, a son as on of the same nature, dignity, and lineage as his father. A son who is loyal and faithful and loves his kinsmen and does all things right and […]
March 15, 2023, michaelbray Apologetics, Poetry, Position Papers, Salvation,
It is the Triune God to whom you must bow No matter your confusion about how He lived Merrily for an eternity before creating the universe! That is what eternality is all about! A God thing.He – the Three- needed no one! Not even the angels. They were created sometime back – before “the day” […]
March 15, 2023, michaelbray Apologetics, Apostasy Cowardice or Buffoonery, Ecclesiastical Matters, Position Papers, Salvation,
The true God, who existed for an eternity before making anything – including angels – existed alone, completely content, complete, self-contained, dependant upon nothing. If you are calling upon another god other than the Triune God (of the Scriptures), you are an (unwilling, perhaps) idolater – indeed, calling upon a false god. You may be […]
March 14, 2023, michaelbray Apologetics, Ecclesiastical Matters, Family Matters, Poetry, Position Papers, Salvation,
“Holding every tear . . .”? Okay, But . . . Yes, He is a mighty, loving God Who can “hold every tear we cry,” As the popular Christian ditty has it, In His sweet, ever-loving hands. But He is quit a bit more than that. He is the holy, triune, eternal GOD, Who, self-contained, […]
March 13, 2023, michaelbray Apologetics, Ecclesiastical Matters, Position Papers, Salvation, Sanctity of Human Beings,
Yes, those angels have been around a long time. Michael could tell much of what it was like way back in the day when that band of heaven-dwellers were up there hanging out for years (or whatever they called the measurement of time back then). They must have had some entertainment with the Lord when […]