Richard's Blog/Publications
You can follow Richard's blog at Blogger. You can follow by clicking on the link and adding your name to his email list. His Blog is called "Desperate Imitation of Christ" Richard shares on this blog "thoughts and musings on how to walk closer with Christ." Below are a few of his more popular blogs and current academic publications
The New Apostolic Reformation and Its Threat to Evangelicalism
Eine der größten unerreichten Bevölkerungsgrupppen in den USA und in der Welt
The New Testament & False Teaching: A Short Survey of False Teaching & False Teachers in the New Testament
The New Testament & False Teaching: A Short Survey of False Teaching & False Teachers in the New Testament
1. Matthew:
a. 7:15-23 (False Prophets who are ravenous wolves...depart from me you workers of lawlessness). We can discern false teaching by the teacher’s lifestyle
b. 10: 16 “Sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves.”
c. 12: 32 “blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.” was propagated by Pharisees…
A.B. SIMPSON'S ABERRANT VIEW OF DIVINE HEALING
A.B. Simpson (1843-1919) was the founder of the Christian and Missionary Alliance and by many accounts one of the most important figures in the history of Christian World Missions. I do not mean to critique Simpson on his contribution to evangelicalism and the modern mission’s movement. However his view of divine healing displays many gaps and I believe has led us to the modern aberrations, excesses, and extremes we see propagated in modern Word of Faith and New Apostolic Reformation leaders and teaching that have crept into mainstream evangelical thought. Simpson held the view that divine healing is bound up in the atoning work of Christ. Simpson taught a “Fourfold Gospel” and wrote a short booklet by the same name.
IS God’s Love REckless?
There’s a new song out written by Cory Asbury and produced by Bethel music it’s called “Reckless Love.”This song has won many awards this year and has been number one on the Christian and Gospel Billboard chart and even high on the secular charts. Many have thrown their hat in the ring with critique of its message including John Piper, Relevant Magazine, etc. This song is so popular in fact, we could say that it is the “How He Loves” of 2018 (which was written by John Mark McMillan and covered by David Crowder).
DID JESUS DO HIS MIRACLES AS GOD?
I have been busy lately with the question of Christ's nature. I want to take a moment to deal with a very hot topic right now on the nature of Christ. This important theological question is usually expressed like this, "Did Jesus do His miracles as God?" The overwhelming answer to that question is YES! Jesus did EVERYTHING as God, because He is eternally God. That means He has done, did, and will do everything as God. During His time on earth; from the point of His incarnation, He did things as a man and as God concurrently.
DOES SATAN CAUSE ILLNESS, DISEASE, & DISABILITY?
Is Satan the cause, the initiator, the deliverer, the source of illness, disease, sickness, and disability? Short answer NO! Long answer, complicated theology. Lately, I have been surrounded by this theological perspective that Satan is the cause of illness, disease, and disability. Our daughter Ana has Down syndrome. Recently, Simone (my wife) had...
REVIEW OF THRON Conference with Speaker Jeremy Riddle
For research purposes I attended the THRON Konferenz in Baden-Württemberg (Eimeldingen). Entrance was free on the evening of June 20th. I was invited to attend to give my feedback and opinions on the event. In this session Jeremy Riddle, worship leader from Bethel, was presenting…
THE FICTIONAL SPIRIT OF JEZEBEL
Have you ever heard someone refer to “The Spirit of Jezebel?” or worse yet been accused of having a “Jezebel Spirit” yourself? This accusation is very strong and means that a person is “seductive,” “rebellious,” or “idolatrous.” Richard shows how “The Spirit of Jezebel” is a made up religious social construct.
There’s Gonna be a Revival in This Land
I was at an event where a wonderful choir sang a gospel song and the lyrics in the chorus were, “There’s gonna be a revival in this land.” It got my attention because it seemed like a command, and or request for a revival...
Is Pastoral Restoration Biblical? The Ashley Madison Controversy Exposes Deeper Issues
With all the moral failures in ministry lately what's a path to restoration? To my knowledge, The Bible doesn't lay out a path for "pastoral restoration" per se. I could be corrected, but all the things I have read on pastoral restoration use biblical passages...