Posts from October 2024
Who are the Nephilim and sons of God in Genesis 6?
Who are the Nephilim and sons of God in Genesis 6? Genesis 6 contains one of the most well-known stories in all of the Bible. That is, of course, the story of Noah in the ark. But before Noah gets going there is a really strange passage that Bible nerds love to debate over. In fact, when I preached on Genesis 6 earlier this month a 10 year old kid came up to me after the sermon and wanted to…
Ask The Pastor: Why does Island Pond celebrate Satan’s holiday?
Ask The Pastor: Why does Island Pond celebrate Satan’s holiday? This past week I was stopped before the service and asked this question. The reason this person asked is because we do an outreach close to Halloween called Trunk or Treat. While we do not mention anything about Halloween at the event, any reasonable person can put “two and two” together when it is within a week of Halloween, people dress up, and candy is given out. But this begs…
Ask the pastor: What’s the difference between the United Methodists and Southern Baptists?
Ask the pastor: What’s the difference between the United Methodists and Southern Baptists? This is a timely question as a number of people have recently left United Methodist churches (UMC) and some are ending up at Southern Baptist churches (SBC). This begs the question… what are the differences between the two denominations? Before I got this question, I did not know a ton about the UMC so I had to do some research and below is what I found. But…