There is in the church a certain saying, “the Bible speaks for itself.”  It implies perhaps two things: that we cannot add anything to the presentation of the Word, and that we shouldn’t add anything to the presentation of the Word.  In discussions on the nature of reading and teaching from Scripture, I have often ...

Because I imagine it will come up again and again as time rolls on, I feel the need to explain what the purpose of contrarianism is to a Christian.  The Oxford English Dictionary defines a contrarian as “A person who (habitually) opposes or rejects prevailing opinion or established practice; someone who behaves in a contrary ...