Posted in adversity, apostacy, church, cross, deception, discernment, false prophets, false teachers, following christ, Gospel, holiness, hypocrisy, Judgment, NonResistance, Organized church, Preachers, repentence, Uncategorized, understanding on Apr 20th, 2013
This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series The Church: What it Is, and What it Ain’t The thief on the cross believed Jesus and was saved. Having been released from all that bound him to his former life he was ready to believe with all his heart and strength the simple truth [...]
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Posted in adversity, apostacy, church, Church Life, cross, deception, discernment, encouragement, faith, following christ, Gospel, hearing, hypocrisy, peace, seeing, Serving, sin, suffering, trials, troubles, Truth, Uncategorized, understanding, war on Oct 9th, 2012
This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series Christianization of war and violence Because of the articles I wrote about the “Christianization of War and Violence” I now find it necessary to go just a little further. The number one response to this controversial topic is the question of defending others from an [...]
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Posted in adversity, apostacy, church, Emergent, encouragement, faith, Gospel, holiness, Organized church, troubles, Uncategorized, understanding on Jan 29th, 2012
Why does it always sound so hypocritical when Evangelicals bash Gays and so worldly when the other side embraces them? Could it be that they are both wrong! In LGBT congregations the wrongness of the position is so apparent; they openly allow and advertise their sin. On the other hand, in the “Gay bashing” congregations, [...]
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By David Dombrowski Lighthouse Trails Editor Over the past ten years, we have watched with a mixture of surprise and sadness at how an apostate church has materialized before our eyes. It all began for us here at Lighthouse Trails when we met Ray Yungen in 2000. Though we were not publishers back then, [...]
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Posted in adversity, apostacy, church, Church Life, conscience, deception, discernment, encouragement, false teachers, following christ, hearing, holiness, humanism, hypocrisy, Organized church, repentence, sacrifice, seeing, sin, trials, troubles, Truth, Uncategorized, understanding, war on Jan 30th, 2011
There is a point of no return for believers when getting involved too heavily in matters of life in this world, especially where other people=s money is involved, or you have committed large amounts of other resources, like time and energy in things or opportunities, that you consider worthwhile. It is at these points, [...]
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Posted in adversity, books, Church Life, cross, encouragement, faith, holiness, Organized church, Preachers, repentence, sacrifice, seeing, Serving, sin, suffering, trials, troubles, Truth, Uncategorized, understanding on Jan 16th, 2011
George Warnock say so gracefully and plainly what I have been trying to say, in my stumbling way, that we need an awakening to the deep things of God. What we have learned to be content with, in our forms and programs, George brings to the forefront and shines the bright light of truth [...]
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Posted in adversity, church, Church Life, Communion, cross, encouragement, faith, following christ, offense, Organized church, Serving, suffering, trials, troubles, Truth, understanding on Nov 13th, 2010
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 1930's, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, England, and the United States…… On Grace, the Cross, Our Cross, and Life Together "Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, Communion without confession, absolution without personal confession. "Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and [...]
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Posted in adversity, church, Church Life, encouragement, faith, following christ, Organized church, prophecy, trials, troubles, Uncategorized on Sep 23rd, 2010
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For the past five or six years I have been trying to get the word out about the overarching intrusion of evil into mainstream Christianity. The result of this effort, for me and my family, has been to withdraw from institutional Christianity and to worship and be instructed at home. I would like to say, [...]
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Posted in adversity, apostacy, church, deception, discernment, Emergent, false prophets, false teachers, heresy, humanism, hypocrisy, Judgment, Organized church, prophecy, repentence, seeing, sin, troubles, Truth, understanding on Sep 20th, 2010
Roger Oakland is back after a near death accident that stopped his commentaries from shining the light of truth in the eyes of the Deceiver. His words are hard to read by those entrenched in the apostate church, but many have responded as the Holy Spirit awakens His sleeping elect, and calls them out and [...]
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Posted in adversity, apostacy, church, Church Life, deception, entertainment, hearing, heresy, humanism, hypocrisy, offense, Organized church, Preachers, seeing, sin, Uncategorized, understanding on Sep 6th, 2010
I'm in the mood to pick a fight, and I think I have found a subject that will lose me more friends than talking about their mother, and that is, talking about their idol god, the entertaining television. We must be entertained! Many use it to get their minds off of their misery. Mothers [...]
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