The Tulip Driven Life

 By: Thomas F. Booher, pastor of Heritage Reformed Presbyterian Church in Sanford, NC. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Truth (Jn. 16:13), and Jesus prays to the Father that His 12 disciples, who would soon be sent out uniquely as His apostles, would be sanctified by the Truth, declaring God's Word is Truth (John 17:17). Christ then prays not only for those 12 Apostles, but all Christians, those who will believe in Jesus Christ through their (the 12 Apostles) word, John 17:20-21. The word of the Apostles is found in Scripture, the Bible, and nowhere else. This alone is the Word of the Apostles, the Word by which Christians are sanctified, the word which the Holy Spirit of Truth and holiness (Rom. 1:4) uses to save and sanctify sinners. This is not pitting Christ's words against the Apostles' words, for the Apostles' words are Christ's words, for He gave them His words, John 17:14. This is not pitting Christ's/the Apostles' words against the Spirit's word...

  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...

  REFORMATION BIBLE COLLEGE       FINAL PAPER     FROM EDEN TO THE NEW JERUSALEM     BIBLICAL THEOLOGY         BY   THOMAS BOOHER       SANFORD, FLORIDA     DECEMBER, 2011   From Eden to the New Jerusalem encapsulates the scope of God’s purpose for creation. Alexander lays out the “meta-story” of Scripture, showing us the purpose of the earth’s existence and human life, which are intricately connected. Starting from the end of Revelation, we unfold God’s plan for humanity, and seeing the big picture, we are better able to enjoy, recognize, and participate in the detailed plans of God for man. In the preface Alexander says that the life to come will be more similar to life now than many think, and the final chapters of Revelation enable us to peer into the main themes of the biblical meta-story. [1] These last chapters of Revelation give ...