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Dangerous Compromise Churcha-Cola Revisited (Original publication 2012) Robert Wurtz II And be not conformed to this world... (Romans 12:2a) Our text, be not conformed, could be translated as, "be not fashioned" (Greek mē sunschēmatizesthe μὴ συσχηματίζεσθε). This is the present passive imperative with mē; that is, stop being fashioned or do not have the habit of fashioning to... Continue Reading →
Conforming to the CultureRobert Wurtz IIAnd do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. (Romans 12:2 NKJV)Our Greek word for "conformed" is syschēmatizō and it is in the present passive imperative with meœ,... Continue Reading →
Gospel VaccinationRobert Wurtz IIThey are of the world. Therefore they speak as of the world, and the world hears them. We are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error. (1 John... Continue Reading →
The House of ManRobert Wurtz IIAnd he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought; Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves. And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief... Continue Reading →
When The Lamp Goes OutRobert Wurtz II“If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!” (Matthew 6:23b ESV)Our passage is one of the most gripping in all the Bible. It is both a question and a statement. If someone or something that has been designed by God to be a source of... Continue Reading →
The Hidden Counsel of CompromiseRobert Wurtz IILet a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or... Continue Reading →
Profits or Prophets? Robert Wurtz IIPreach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they... Continue Reading →
Hope For The Barren A DissertationRobert Wurtz III am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. (John 15:1–2 NKJV)Our passage is a fascinating and sobering revelation of the... Continue Reading →
Who Am I? Who Are You?Robert Wurtz IIFor before certain men came from James, he would eat with the Gentiles; but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision. (Galatians 2:12)Our passage is the familiar account of Peter being confronted by Paul for withdrawing from the Gentiles when... Continue Reading →
When Sin Forces Our HandRobert Wurtz IISee that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven, whose voice then shook the earth; but now He has promised, saying,... Continue Reading →
