These are excerpts of emails from Dean & Laura VanDruff on Christian issues, church practice, Biblical doctrine and scripture commentary. Many are challenging in content, and thus it is not advisable to attempt to digest more than a few at one time.
Sacred Cows
Intro Lark: Modern Pop-Christianity Memory Verses
"God Helps Those Who Help Themselves?"
"I Believed and So I Spoke!"
"I Know the Plans I have for You..."
Suffering from a Positive Self Image?
Agape: God's Love or Sophistry?
Is God's Love Unconditional?
Unconventional Marriage Counseling
The Marriage Health-O-Meter
The Human Relations Technology Fad
Cutting Through the Nonsense
Conventional or Nuclear Warfare?
The Fire of Sanctification
The Downside of One-Flesh
Church Growth Issues
Can Carnal Churches Grow? You Bet!
God's Program of Church Growth
Hypocrisy in the Church, from Vice to Virtue...
Shall We Test, or Delude Ourselves?
Prophecy and the Knowledge of God
Meditations on The Last Trumpet
Typology: Literal or Figurative?
A Primer on Prophecy: True, False, and Flesh Prophets
Flesh Prophets: Copping a Style?
Prayer, Revival, and Sovereignty
Predestination: Has God Fallen Off His Throne
Answers to Objections Concerning Predestination
Parables and Teachings
Spiritual Gifts and Self Flagellation NEW
On Witnessing and Truth
Repetitive Sin: Slugging Jesus?
FAQ, Position Statements and Opinions
Is Lamentation Grumbling?
Concerning Esoteria Like the "Torah Codes" Fad
The Soul, Spirit, and Body of Man
Baptism is not Required for Salvation
The Tithe Conspiracy and Exegesis
Eternal Security versus Apostasy
A Lament on Departed Glory
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