Kevin Baird – Page 19 – True Disciples

Pitching a Tent

Posted on March 11, 2022Leave a comment

“And he (Abram) moved from there to the mountain east of Bethel, and he pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; there he built an altar to the LORD and called on the name of the LORD.” (Genesis 12:8)

“Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent even as far as Sodom.” (Genesis 13:12)

Few people in western culture live in tents anymore…

Our accommodations are in the upper percentiles of modernity, convenience, and class…

But make no mistake…

Spiritually speaking…

Everyone pitches a tent somewhere…

Anti-Effort Christianity

Posted on March 10, 2022Leave a comment

“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.”

‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭2:8-10‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Yes, salvation is a free gift…

You do not earn it, merit it, work for it, or generate it on your own…

Grace is absolutely the nature of God’s salvific work…

But get this…

NO LONGER ASHAMED OF PROSPERITY #18 – There is no Virtue in Poverty

Posted on February 9, 2022Leave a comment

It was almost a year ago that I posted over a several week time-period a series of blogs on prosperity. Those blogs were inspired by several events which motivated me to write down a few thoughts which I had learned on the subject. The first event was the beginning of the “Great Pandemic” as people were seized by their fears and the loss of income and jobs. The great debate surrounded government checks and resources and how we would navigate this “locked-down” world. People were scrambling for government’s monetary crumbs when God’s Word promised far more for His people.

A TEMPLATE EXEMPTION LETTER FOR VACCINATIONS

Posted on January 14, 20223 Comments

DATE

RE: Vaccine Status Request

Greetings _________ :

I have recently been asked to provide personal vaccination status information to our company. I am concerned that this information may provide precedent to explore any or all HIPAA protected medical information. I realize there is currently a great national concern over the health and welfare of our citizenry which includes _____________ employees; however, there is also a great concern over the limits and jurisdictions private companies may ignore with regards to employee’s privacy and freedoms.

A THEOLOGY OF MEDICAL FREEDOM (Step 3 – The Sanctity of the Conscience)

Posted on December 28, 2021Leave a comment

The final step in considering the use and presentation of a religious exemption in the face of mandates is the sanctity of the conscience. The conscience is that inner voice or guide you at times “hear” telling you the rightness or wrongness of a decision or action. It is at times illustrated as the picture of the angel on one shoulder and the devil on the other shoulder. Your conscience resides in your spirit (note the uncapitalized “s”), which is the place where God’s Spirit communes and resides in you (Romans 8:16). So, when a person says, “Let your conscience be your guide”, that can be good advice IF His Spirit resides in your spirit. (If your conscience is broken, defiled, or weak, then we have problems.)