Here we go:

We believe that the Holy Spirit is a divine person; equal with God the Father and God the Son and of the same nature; that He was active in the creation; that in His relation to the unbelieving world, He restrains the Evil One until God’s purpose is fulfilled; that He convicts of sin, of righteousness, and of judgement; that He bears witness to the Truth of the Gospel in preaching and testimony; that He is the agent in the New Birth; that He seals, baptizes, endues, guides, teaches, witnesses, sanctifies, and helps the believer.  (Genesis 1:1-3; Matthew 3:11; Matthew 28:19; Mark 1:8; Luke 1:35; Luke 3:16; Luke 24:49; John 1:33; John 3:5, 6; John 14:16, 17, 26; John 15:26,27; John 16:8-11, 13; Acts 5:30-32; Acts 11:16; Romans 8:14, 16, 26, 27; Ephesians 1:13, 14; II Thessalonians 2:7, 13; Hebrews 9:14, I Peter 1:2)

Regarding the ministry of spiritual gifts, we believe that God is sovereign in the bestowment of all His gifts; that the gifts of evangelists, pastors, and teachers are sufficient for the perfecting of the saints today; that speaking in tongues and the working of sign miracles gradually ceased as the New Testament Scriptures were completed and their authority became established.  (I Corinthians 12:4-11; II Corinthians 12:12; Ephesians 4:7-12)

We believe that God does hear and answer the prayer of faith, in accord with His own will, for the sick and afflicted.  (John 15:7; James 5:14, 15; I John 5:14,15).

 

It is nice of WordPress to be highlighting Mike in the Religion department.

Thank you.

My wife and I drove down to SLC, today, for a ministry conference held at the Marriott Courtyard near the SLC airport.  (Whew, it is just as windy in SLC as it is in Idaho Falls.)

The content matter of the conference focused on the distressing spiritual needs of our teenagers.  I am convicted on a number of different matters as I strive to be a better minister and friend to teens. 

(Am I too busy to hear the heart cries all around me?)

I reconnected with one buddy, who is now, the assistant pastor at Lighthouse Baptist Church. 

Also, my wife and I, greatly enjoyed meeting for the first time, Pastor Steve Mix and his wife, over at Kaysville Bible Church.

It was a day of rich fellowship and challenge.

My mind is buzzing tonight.

Lynette blows me away with this post.  If I can not be directly where Christ abides, eternal life would be hell.

Keller at FAIR exhorts the young brothers and sisters about the proper need for self-learning Apologetics 101.  I have an idea:  provide inoculation and training by inviting me to BYU-I  to freely share on any biblical doctrine about the nature of God and His Gospel work.  🙂

BiV pictures hidden insights on bloggernacle personalities.  It is quite fun humor.  Just imagine what she could do with my face?  🙂

The Idaho Falls Post Register shares this story on Wednesday, April 16, involving Greg Dossett and Julian McCall, “Ex-employees sue Smith Group”. 

Here is a quote from the article:

Smith Group officials continually pressured Dossett’s wife to join the church and forbade the couple from drinking alcohol in public and private settings, too, Dossett said. 

There also was a mandate that he hire only LDS men returning from their mission trips, Dossett said.

First, why would Greg and his wife balk at the idea of not mixing alcohol and cars, especially in the culture of S.E. Idaho?  🙂  Secondly, the article says Dossett is a Baptist.  Is he an active Baptist?  Which church does he and his wife attend?

The PostMormon community picked up on the issue.

And Kidk.com carries a little bit more of the news.

It is intriguing.

And I thought I had a lot of links in my sidebar . . .

Nothin’ compared to this guy.

1) Dave has got the latest scoop on the fundamentalists.  I would love to sit with any of those fundamentalist men in Texas and discuss the real fundamentals of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

2) The Readers’ Hebrew Bible.  Pretty nifty.  Read the interview.

3) The upcoming Internet Evangelism Day.  I just saw the newsline in Word Magazine (April 19/26)

4) Clean Cut is looking for your observations on the matter.

You all know I am in John’s Gospel on Sunday mornings at Berean Baptist Church.

This Sunday, we will begin to carefully examine the beginnings of the seventh dialogue (John 7:14-24; 7:25-36; 7:37-44; 7:45-52; 8:12-20; 8:21-30; 8:31-59) that Jesus had in Jerusalem during the Feast of Tabernacles.

Catch this – what Terry Griffith writes in his article in the book, The Gospel of John and Christian Theology  (Eerdmans, 2008), editors Richard Bauckham and Carl Mosser. (more…)

My sister, Debbie, began again to type out some heart issues.

Keep writing, dear sister.

From down here in Idaho, I am rooting for my little nephew, Ocean.

First, let me interact with Raymond’s T&S post and then ask two core questions (among the myriad of little ones) back to Raymond. (more…)