Syracuse Baptist Church

10/07/2026

Righteousness and holiness makes a Christian bold; it fills him with courage when he's faced with slander or mockery, danger or even death.

09/29/2026

We don't use language like this anymore, but it is very expressive of the point: Be strengthened in your innermost being, and be ready for action.

If you are going to stand, if you are going to resist in the evil d...

09/20/2026

If you are in Christ, His atoning work on the cross obtained eternal redemption and purges your conscience from dead works to serve the living God.

09/17/2026

This is based upon solid, objective Christian truth, not some unknowable cosmic force, or some generic 'god.' Since Satan is a deceiver and a liar, we can only successfully resist him only by knowing and obeying the truth.

We are in a real battle. Since Satan is a deceiver and a liar, we c...

09/07/2026

If we are supposed to stand firm against the schemes of the devil, and we're to succeed, then we can't be ignorant of those schemes—to be forewarned is to be forearmed.

If we are supposed to stand firm against the schemes of the devil, ...

08/30/2026

We don't need to live in fear and anxiety—Jesus' resurrection is our victory; it's the power of His might, and proof of the forgiveness of our sins and our liberation from sin's mastery.

08/17/2026

https://youtu.be/eBPA1T6_0WQ
Teach your children to focus all attention—and all commitment—on a Christian culture and a Christian worldview.

Teach your children to focus all attention—and all commitment—on a ...

08/12/2026

This is from my friend Shawn Browning--driver par excellent. Regarding what the now-blocked man posted on *my* wall--this is gold, Jerry--gold:

"There is a significant problem with this statement “Messiah always pointed back to Moses and Torah.”

Jesus certainly quoted and affirmed the Torah, but Jesus also explicitly claimed authority greater than Moses and presented Himself as the fulfillment toward which the Law pointed. For example:

Luke 24:44 HCSB
“These are My words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”

Notice the direction. Jesus isn’t simply pointing people back to Moses. He says Moses points to Him. Even stronger:

John 5:46 HCSB
“For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me.”
Again, the direction of the argument is important:
Moses → Jesus
not
Jesus → Moses as the ultimate authority.

And Jesus establishes a New Covenant:
Luke 22:20 HCSB
“This cup is the new covenant established by My blood; it is shed for you.”

That happens before Paul writes a single epistle.
So the New Covenant is not something Paul invented in order to free Christians from Moses. Jesus Himself explicitly announces the New Covenant.

There’s another problem with the idea that Jesus “never pointed to a Paul or a future teacher.” According to Acts, Jesus Himself chose Paul.

Acts 9:15 HCSB
“Go! For this man is My chosen instrument to take My name to Gentiles, kings, and the Israelites.”
So if one accepts Acts as Scripture, the statement becomes particularly difficult to sustain. Jesus didn’t need to predict during His earthly ministry, “Someday listen to Paul.” The risen Jesus subsequently commissioned Paul Himself.

And this doesn’t require believing that the Church has “replaced Israel.” That’s actually a separate theological question. You can reject replacement theology completely while simultaneously affirming Paul’s apostleship and the New Covenant.
In fact, Paul himself strongly rejects the idea that God simply discarded Israel:
Romans 11:1 HCSB
“I ask, then, has God rejected His people? Absolutely not!”
So there are really two different arguments being blended together in your comment: the continuing role of Israel and the continuing authority of the Mosaic covenant. Those aren’t the same question."

Killer stuff, brother, Thank you

08/10/2026

https://youtu.be/mtpTbTo-P4o

Only our great High Priest can make the worshiper perfect in consci...

08/02/2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4va69xb-q48

Parents have a lawful, God-given authority that is to be exercised ...