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 Culture (Edward Bernays, Popular Culture, and Christian Worldliness)
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 Vaccination (The Sin of Syncretism or synkretismos)
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 Man
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 Out
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 Compromise
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 →
The Greatest Pink Elephant of All
The Greatest Pink Elephant of AllRobert Wurtz IITherefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision, but declared first to those in Damascus and in Jerusalem, and throughout all the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent, turn to God, and do works befitting repentance. For these reasons... Continue Reading →
Profits or Prophets?
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 Dissertation)
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 →
Wolves and Their Worshippers
Wolves and Their WorshippersRobert Wurtz IIBut I know you, that you do not have the love of God in you. I am come in my Father’s name, and you did not receive me: if another shall come in his own name, you will receive him. How can you believe, which receive honor one of another,... Continue Reading →