Anabaptist Apologist

Bible Translation and God's Name Let's begin this study be looking at a reason why we find "LORD" in our English bibles instead of YHWH, or, "Yahweh." English translations of the Bible that use the word "LORD" (where all the letters of the word are capitalized) to represent the tetragrammaton, rather than trying to render the letters as a pronounceable word (which may be incorrect anyway), follow this tradition. But the word "LORD" is to be understood as representing the name that God gave for Himself ( ebible.com ) However, it's uniformly agreed that the "tetragrammaton" can be represented "in English as YHWH, YHVH, JHWH, or JHVH." English speakers would use the vowels to get "Yahweh" or "Jehovah" respectively. My question is, Why take this away and replace it with LORD? Why take this away from readers? These letters "L-O-R-D" are the *furthest away* from anything the Hebrew would giv...

Contemporary Christian Music Most think “CCM” relates to the music sung in many evangelical, “non-denominational” churches today. Guitars, keyboards, drum sets, fantastic stage performances, and radio time are what might also come to mind--not to mention the often-times shallow lyrics with little to no doctrine. However, considering the fact that we have a song book in the middle of our Bibles (i.e., the Psalms found in the Old Testament), we must conclude that any song with a Christian theme outside of inspired Scripture is contemporary, including some of our most beloved “old” “hymns,” such as Amazing Grace and How Great Thou Art . This only proves that some CCM can have sound doctrine in it; but, the vast majority of modern CCM is shallow, shallow, shallow. Regardless, the CCM we've all grown up singing doesn't actually belong in the context in which we place it. It isn't for the assembly. For private entertainment? I personally have no qualms. But in a tru...

New Covenant Do you know what the "New Covenant" or "New Testament" is? For years, I was always told that the New Testament (Covenant) was when "God gave himself," died on the cross to save sinners from the burdensome law. You see, in mainstream Evangelicalism, and much of Protestantism, "The Law" (Torah) is "bondage" and is impossible  to keep. Anyone found keeping Torah is "anathema," "Judaizing," and can't be saved unless they repent. Because of this, we must have a "New" Covenant, one of grace; and we're told we no longer need to concern ourselves with Torah. But is this entirely true? I'd like to share with you one reason among many why this isn't. The purpose It's written in Hebrews 10:16, “This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;”(KJV) Interestingly, this was prop...