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Darryl Erkel

19 Articles 1 Book Articles from 2005 - 2025
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Church Leaders and the Use of Honorific Titles
May 12, 2025 26 min read
But you are you seeking great things for yourself Do not seek them Jeremiah 45 5 The Lord Jesus in His condemnation of the Pharisees recorded in Matthew 23 plainly forbids His followers from either gi
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Practical Wisdom for Calvinists
February 9, 2005 27 min read
The following practical and theological items although they apply to every believer regardless of their particular theological tradition are especiallydirected to those who adhere to Reformed/Calvinis
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Is Attending Church a Mere Spectator Event?
February 8, 2005 7 min read
When most Christians think of attending church they usually think of sitting silently in their pews and observing the ministry of a select and highly privileged few that is the pastor and his minister
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Problems and Limitations of the Traditional Sermon Concept
February 7, 2005 35 min read
The very notion of a formal and professionalized 'sermon' comes not from the New Testament but from Greek culture It must be said at the outset that I am not against sound biblical and doctrinal teach
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Should One Man Be the Dominant Focal-Point of a Church Service?
February 6, 2005 22 min read
Whether we wish to admit it or not most church meetings are centered on one man known as the Pastor He alone preaches and teaches from the pulpit he alone administers the bread and cup he alone dedica
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Church Buildings or House-Churches?
February 5, 2005 15 min read
Whenever we think of planting churches we imagine the process as starting within a home and eventually ending with the purchase of a building We tend to pity those who do not have the means to secure
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Is My Church Really a New Testament Church?
February 4, 2005 11 min read
Many churches claim to base all that they do upon the New Testament but the sad fact is that most churches claiming to be evangelical practice very little of what the Scriptures have patterned for loc
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The Urgent Need for Reformation in Pastoral Ministry
February 3, 2005 13 min read
There is much to say about the need for reformation within local churches and in particular the way we structure our church meetings Discerning and informed Christians will rarely disagree with this B
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Are Seminaries Legitimate?
February 2, 2005 22 min read
It must be said at the outset that to question the legitimacy of our modern seminaries is not to be equated with the mistaken notion that theological training for church leaders is unnecessary On the
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The Christian and Politics
February 1, 2005 19 min read
Are Christianity and politics compatible Can individual Christians ever involve themselves in the political arena for the betterment of society Should the Church look to the power of politics to affec
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Is Infant Baptism Truly Based on Scripture?
A Reply to Michael Horton
February 1, 2005 32 min read
The March/April issue of Modern Reformation published by C.U.R.E. (Christians United for Reformation) contains an article by Michael Horton entitled, God's Grandchildren: The Biblical Basis for Infant
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A Reformed Response
To "11 Questions on Calvinism"
February 1, 2005 36 min read
The apologetics ministry of "Answers in Action" has posted on their web site an article entitled, "11 Questions on Calvinism & the Calvinist’s Worldview" (1996). These questions purportedly come from
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Bad Arguments Against Calvinism
Answering Fallacious Arminian Objections
February 1, 2005 23 min read
1. Calvinism destroys the necessity of evangelism. After all, why evangelize anyone if only the elect are going to be saved? A. Regardless of whether the Calvinist can provide theological or philosoph
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Errors of the Invitation System
Should We Lead People to Repeat A "Sinner's Prayer"?
February 1, 2005 45 min read
"The hallmark of an authentic evangelicalism is not the uncritical repetition of old traditions, but the willingness to submit every tradition, however ancient, to fresh Biblical scrutiny and, if nece
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Problems with the Church Growth Movement
February 1, 2005 4 min read
#1. There is an undue emphasis upon numerical growth which tends to measure success by how many people can be gathered into a church building. But numbers, by themselves, should never be the mark of G
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Qualities To Look For — Or Avoid — In A Potential Mate
Biblical and Practical Wisdom For Choosing A Marriage Partner
February 1, 2005 14 min read
Marriage is, undoubtedly, a wonderful institution ordained by God (Genesis 2:18-25). One of the ways that Christians can testify and model before the unbelieving world the beauty of a healthy, Christ-
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Should Apostolic Church Practices Be Normative?
A Reply to Rick Ritchie
February 1, 2005 28 min read
The November/December issue of Modern Reformation [1993] published by C.U.R.E. (Christians United for Reformation) contains a book review by Rick Ritchie wherein the authors James Rutz (The Open Churc
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The Pastoral Search Committee
New Testament Teaching or Traditions of Men?
February 1, 2005 7 min read
The following is a brief listing of some of the problems and limitations in forming a "pastoral search committee." Many churches wrongly assume that if a pastor is to be secured for their congregation
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Hermeneutics - A Guide to Basic Bible Interpretation
January 31, 2005 98 min read
I Introduction 1 This study is a basic survey of Biblical interpretation and is not intended to be exhaustive It has been designed for the average or beginning Bible student and therefore some matters
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