Tag Archives: Relativism

THOUGHTS ON PREACHING

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QUESTION: I know you taught in a seminary classroom for nearly 50 years, but have you done much preaching over the years? If so, what have you learned about preaching that might help the rest of us? ANSWER: Actually I have been preaching for over 60 years. Since grade school my career ambition was to be a preacher; I enrolled in Bible College with that goal. I preached my first sermon when I was 18 years old, at Corinth Christian Church (referred to then as the Skullbuster church) in Scott County, Kentucky. My text was James 4:7-8, which gave me … Continue reading →

CHRISTIAN TRUTH FOR A WORLD IN DECAY

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CHRISTIAN TRUTH FOR A WORLD IN DECAY Jack Cottrell – August 2016 Sometimes we greet one another with this question: “How are things with you?” “Things?” What kind of “things”? Usually we mean, “How’s your health? How’s your family? How’s your job? What’s new in your life?” But what if we broadened the scope of the question, e.g., “In general, do you think things in the nation are headed in the right direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track?” Here we would be asking you to give an opinion about “what’s happening” regarding such things as the … Continue reading →

SAY YES! TO THE BIBLE

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[NOTE: The following is a version of my commencement address, given to the graduating class of 2014 at the Mid-Atlantic Christian University in Elizabeth City, NC, on May 10, 2014.] The Protestant Reformation commenced with a commitment to sola Scriptura, “the Bible alone.” The Restoration Movement commenced with this slogan (among others): “The Bible, and the Bible alone, is our only rule of faith and practice.” Today is another kind of commencement. You are commencing your career of ministry with a similar commitment to Biblical authority, after many hours and years of studying the Bible in a faithful school under … Continue reading →

Is Multiculturalism Wrong?

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Is Multiculturalism Wrong? by Jack Cottrell (Notes) on Thursday, December 24, 2009 at 1:39pm A RECENT INQUIRY: I was surprised to see you include multiculturalism in the category of (possible) wicked precursors to the second coming of Jesus in your book, “The Faith Once for All,” p. 534. One of my professors teaches that multiculturalism is a matter of social justice and human dignity, as in the case of the civil rights movement. This sounds like a good thing. Why do you associate it with wickedness? MY REPLY: This question refers to my discussion of the “the nature of the … Continue reading →