Author: PastorJim (Jim McClarty)

I was recently listening to an online broadcast where the host was taking questions from callers. The subject of the New Covenant came up and the caller asked the host — a self-identified amillennial Covenantal Baptist — about the fact that both Jeremiah and the author of the book of Hebrews state that the recipients...

Q – I was listening to Sovereignty 101 … now I have another question. Why would God create the people that are not chosen to be part of his elect? If they are not chosen, then they are destined for hell. If I understand this correctly, they have no hope of heaven. This is the...

I recently received an email from Singapore that read: Hi Pastor Jim, How are you? I hope all is well and good with you by the grace of GOD … truly I am so blessed by your ministry and I want to thank GOD for it. Many people may not like the things you say...

Q – A friend asked me if Paul was always a tentmaker. After training under Gamaliel, did he continue to make tents while teaching the law? And after his conversion, was he in “full-time” ministry getting wages from the churches as well as gifts? Jim – Well, the Bible is not definitive on the topic....

Q – What is your opinion of someone being a pastor who is divorced? I want to hear your input on this whole “man of one wife” thing because one church we’ve been visiting will allow an elder to be divorced, but not the pastor. Yet when I read Titus, it clearly says bishop and...

Q – I am having a tough time harmonizing Particular atonement with the following verse: Romans 11:32 – For God has bound all men over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all. Here does he mean God has bound “all kinds” of men over to disobedience? Aren’t all men bound to...

Jesus did not die on “Good Friday” – despite the popular tradition. He did spend three days and three nights in the “belly of the earth,” just as He said He would. The following links will take you to two presentations of the same material – the Passion Week chart. One presentation is a timeline...

Due to the popularity of the GCA website, I receive a large amount of email. I always enjoy hearing from folk who have been helped or encouraged by our teaching. But, also receive my fair share of criticism; especially when we’re discussing the subject of Law Versus Grace. As much as I enjoy responding to...

Q – The Book of Mormon. Nothing conjures up the idea of HERESY in my mind more readily. But I’m having trouble putting the pieces together about my belief concerning the Bible related to other “scriptural” works. Jim – I’ve read your entire email (which is presented here with my comments interspersed) and you sound...

Q – In Luke 5:33-39, Jesus offers the wineskins parable when asked about fasting. As hard as I strain to understand this parable, I feel I’m missing something – or wind up craving a really mellow Cabernet! 🙂 What is He saying in this passage? Jim – Let’s start by looking at the passage, starting...