The Watchman's Bagpipes

“Rather than being well-trained, well-disciplined troops for Christ, many believers act more like reserve units: weekend warriors who are oc...

1.  The leader is always right and always in control. 2.  The leader never accepts blame for anything. 3.  Perfectionism.  “The fear of maki...

Cleaning out my files last night I came across a sheet of paper with this written on it.  I don’t know where I copied it from, but it sounds...

My knowledge of Michael Pearl is that he has some legalistic and aberrational teachings, so seeing that this comic-book version of the Bible...

Is it wrong to celebrate Christmas, knowing that the celebration itself originated as a festival to placate pagans; a festival of Saturnali...

Apologetics is more about honoring God than winning an argument.  Scripturally speaking, the main purpose of apologetics is not to "win...

Heresy does not usually start with a nose dive or a sudden fall, but is more of a drifting by small degrees.  At times it is incremental and...

The bizarre thing is that true Christianity can be beaten up, bloodied, maligned, and laughed at, but true believers are not supposed to spe...

This teaching is promoted by many teachers and many legalistic organizations, including Bill Gothard’s IBLP. It has become quite pervasive a...

Did you know the Bible specifically tells us that having a Christmas tree is wrong, and that it is idolatry?  No?  Well neither did I. There...