The Tulip Driven Life

  Covenantal/Biblical Worship vs. Modern Day “Worship” Remember on the Day of Pentecost when the Apostles jammed on the guitar and drums and said, "Holy Spirit come, be welcome in this place"? Me neither. So-called "worship" today has more in common with the prophets of Baal cutting themselves to summon their god than worshiping according to His Word. The proper response, like Elijah, is to scoff, but ultimately rebuke and warn against this wickedness. For Satan's prophets of Baal are now masquerading as God's ministers, angels of light, deceiving the foolish ignorant and scratching the itching ears of those who want false teaching and a god who pacifies them. Christian, if you are in a church that worships this way, repent. Leave. Find a biblical church that preaches God's Word and actually believes in the power of the Holy Spirit to work through His Word, and who worships the way that God has commanded in His Word. Do not go to a church that “u...

By: Thomas F. Booher Last time I wrote about  reforming evangelicalism . I wagered that there was a solid 25-30 million non-Reformed evangelicals that would be willing to listen to Reformed/biblical teaching that could be positively impacted by it. I argued for incrementalism, that any improvement in the non-Reformed is a victory, even if they end up simply incorporating some Calvinistic teaching into their theology. Obviously, we want them to see the reality of their deadness in trespasses and sins and to express that biblically, which would lead to belief in election and predestination, but if they come closer to that, becoming more God-centered and biblical, that's still a victory. Progress, any degree of trending in the right direction, would be a huge improvement over the current state of affairs in Evangelicalism. Tonight, however, I want to address the issues in the PCA that I have seen. Because it is a confessionally Reformed denomination, I cannot so easily ...