Category Archives: Doctrine

“But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.”

Posted on March 6, 2019 by Micah Everett

The Mississippi Convention of The Gideons International was held this past weekend in Jackson, and as President of the Oxford Camp I was expected to attend and deliver our camp’s collected offerings at the President’s Breakfast on Saturday morning. I … Continue reading →

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“A Well-Regulated or Orderly Church Music…”

Posted on December 31, 2018 by Micah Everett

I have heard that the price of becoming a thinking adult is the need to deal with all of the paradoxes and inconsistencies that life presents, the cognitive dissonance that is inevitably present as we flawed and fallen humans do … Continue reading →

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Brief Reflections Following the Passing of Billy Graham

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Micah Everett

As most or all readers of The Reforming Trombonist will be aware, the famed American evangelist Billy Graham (1918-2018) passed away earlier this week, just a few months shy of his 100th birthday. I am normally not one to pontificate … Continue reading →

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Scripture is a Narrative, Not a List

Posted on January 28, 2018 by Micah Everett

We’ve all heard the surely apocryphal story about the person who decided that he needed some Biblical guidance regarding the direction of his life or a decision he needed to make, and in order to obtain that guidance resolved to … Continue reading →

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Scripture, then Creeds, then Confessions, then Self

Posted on October 29, 2017 by Micah Everett

Americans can be a strange people, and this is perhaps especially true of American Christians. Although the percentage of the population claiming a Christian identity has fallen in recent years, the majority of the population still professes adherence to some … Continue reading →

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