Theology Thursday

Bob Returns: In his first sermon since his cardiac procedure, Bob shares a message on having faith in God.

* Government: Bob talks about when God first ordained government in the Bible and demonstrates that God intends all authority to run downhill. See also here on BEL:

God's Institutions: God gave ordained three institutions, the church, the family and the government. On today's show, Bob explains how the family is under attack from our culture and our government.

In Bethlehem: As the prophecy foretold in Psalm 87:5-7

* DBC Top Ten List: Check out this 2002 Top Ten list from an ad that Denver Bible Church ran in the Denver Post. And below, see the Westword Award it won for Best Church Advertisement 2002. :)

Denver Bible Church Press Release
For Immediate Release:

Top Ten Reasons
Why Liberals Hate the Holidays

Liberals often pit themselves against good traditions.  Bible teachings present the cure for liberalism.  It is good to eat animals, both for people (who get great enjoyment and nutrition) and for the animals (they have the great honor of being eaten by people. :)

Animal rights activists would annihilate sixty million turkeys yearly, turkeys which would never even exist if they didn't end up on dinning room tables. (It is better to live and be eaten then never to have lived at all.)

Extremist environmentalists forget that trees are a renewable resource.  For every tree cut down, thousands of seeds can reproduce an unlimited number of new trees, and America has more trees today than 200 years ago.

Leading liberals have prejudice against the social descendants of the Pilgrims.  Liberalism tends toward racism against Europeans, sexism against males, and discrimination against Christianity.  Some people put down others to elevate themselves or their friends.  Liberals often denounce Christian white males in order to elevate their special interests.

Leading liberals blame religion, especially Christianity, for the world's problems, advocating instead atheistic, evolutionary socialism.  Liberals thus ignore the murder of tens of millions of people in the recent past by the atheistic, evolutionary socialist Soviet Union and other communist countries.

Liberals prefer kids growing up institutionalized in daycare and government schools than having them raised at home by loving parents.  And finally, in their long war against God, liberals suggest that the only good Christian is a bad Christian, that is, one who rejects the exclusive claims of Jesus Christ.

For more information, see:
DenverBibleChurch.org or contact:
Denver Bible Church Pastor Bob Enyart
PO Box 583  Arvada  CO  80001
303-463-1707

And here's a handy text version of our top ten list:

John the Baptist: Bob presents the story of the birth of John the Baptist, the forerunner that would prepare the way for Christ.

Today's Resource: Check out the format and perspective that's most helpful to your desire to evaluate these issues.

Battle Royale X: Is the Future Settled or Open? 

Bob Enyart, pastor of Denver Bible Church, debates Professor Sam Lamerson of D. James Kennedy's Knox Theological Seminar in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

TheologyOnline.com (TOL) hosted a debate on Openness because of the popularity of the issue, and because of the centrality of the matter. The Open View holds that the future is not settled, but open, and therefore unknowable. The Settled View is a convenient name for the divergent theological positions that agree in their opposition to the Open View. Most Christians, regardless of their stand on predestination and free will, believe that the future is exhaustively foreknown and settled, and therefore not open.

TOL has become one of the more popular web sites for discussing the Bible, evangelizing unbelievers, and debating creation, morality, current events, and theology. Founded by elders of Colorado’s Denver Bible Church, over the years, thousands of TOL members have posted millions of questions and comments, and thousands more people read the boards (the forums, discussion threads, and Battle Royales). So, we expect that during the debate and for years to come, a significant audience will read and evaluate Battle Royale X on Openness Theology.

You can order this debate transcript in book form from on our store.

Today's Resource: Check out the format and perspective that's most helpful to your desire to evaluate these issues. At our KGOV Store: we have presentations on DVD called Chosen: It's Not What You Think, on Open Theism, on Predestination & Free Will  and a moderated P&FW Debate! Also, you can get the P&FW seminar in an audio format on a single MP3CD). You can also call 1-800-8Enyart (836-9278) to order or to talk with us about which of our DVDs, books, or CD audio teachings may interest you!

For more information, see:
- Bob's classic Open Theism Debate with D. James Kennedy's professor of New Testament Dr. Samuel Lamerson.
- Our heavily Bible-based article, Is God In Or Outside of Time.
- A brief and fast-moving written Q&A between Will, a former BEL producer, and "Jaltus" in an Open Theism Debate with Will & Jaltus.
- Bob Enyart's debates with Dr. Larry Bray: The president of The North American Reformed Seminary (TNARS), Dr. Bray, twice debates Bob Enyart, the pastor of Denver Bible Church. The topics are: Is Calvinism Biblical? and Is the Future Settled or Open? (The host for these events, reformed believer David New, removed both of these debates from his site. We've rescued the first and put it back online, and Lord-willing we'll recover the second one.

Battle Royale X: Is the Future Settled or Open? If you enjoy this program, you might want to check out the written debate online! Bob Enyart, pastor of Denver Bible Church, debates Professor Sam Lamerson of D. James Kennedy's Knox Theological Seminar.

* You Might Want To Read This: This brief topic, On How To Make a Rooster Crow, appears in Bob Enyart's Post 4 of this online debate!

TheologyOnline.com (TOL) hosted this Open Theism debate because of the popularity of the issue and because of the centrality of the matter. The Open View holds that the future is not settled, but open, and therefore unknowable. The Settled View is a convenient name for the divergent theological positions that agree in their opposition to the Open View. Most Christians, regardless of their stand on predestination and free will, believe that the future is exhaustively foreknown and settled, and therefore not open.

TOL has become one of the more popular web sites for discussing the Bible, evangelizing unbelievers, and debating creation, morality, current events, and theology. Founded by elders of Colorado’s Denver Bible Church, over the years, thousands of TOL members have posted millions of questions and comments, and thousands more people read the boards (the forums, discussion threads, and Battle Royales). (And see kgov.com/threads for links to some select threads!) So, we expect that during the debate and for years to come, a significant audience will read and evaluate Battle Royale X on Openness Theology.