Posted in apostacy, conscience, cross, deception, discernment, Doctrine, faith, false teachers, following christ, Gospel, Government, hearing, heresy, holiness, hypocrisy, Organized church, Patriotism, peace, Politics, Preachers, prophecy, Research and Discernment, sacrifice, seeing, Serving, sin, Truth, Uncategorized, understanding, war on Jan 1st, 2013
This entry is part 5 of 8 in the series The Church and Its Orthodoxy (Conformity) Toward War As we have seen in the last article, the Book of Hebrews starts out with a definitive statement of the relationship and authority of Jesus regarding everything that was written, or said, before His arrival. But, the [...]
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Posted in church, Church Life, Communion, conscience, cross, deception, discernment, faith, following christ, Gospel, Government, hearing, Organized church, Patriotism, peace, Politics, Preachers, Serving, sin, Truth, Uncategorized, understanding, war on Oct 30th, 2012
The 60’s era was a time when war and violence became personal. The images streaming in via television and magazine of cargo planes filled with body bags, F4 Phantom jets delivering payloads of napalm incinerating jungle and humans, B52 bombers converting landscape into moonscape, Cobra gunships pouring out lead like neon pencils delivering letters [...]
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Posted in Church Life, deception, discernment, following christ, foolishness, Government, hearing, hypocrisy, Politics, Uncategorized on Oct 19th, 2012
Many Christians feel they have gotten the sanction of Heaven for political action to reform the morals of the nation and world. Hence the call for strict enforcement of laws protecting the populous, and the voting down of laws that infringe on liberty, and the great uprising of the religious right. This thumbs-up from [...]
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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 church, deception, discernment, faith, false teachers, following christ, Gospel, Government, hearing, hypocrisy, offense, Organized church, Patriotism, peace, seeing, Serving, sin, suffering, Truth, Uncategorized, understanding, war on Sep 1st, 2012
This entry is part 2 of 5 in the series Christianization of war and violence Part Two For 1700 years Christians have justified war and self-defense, but where did this notion come from, the Bible? There is a general rejection of the Kingdom teachings of Jesus, which are encapsulated in His Sermon on the Mount. [...]
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Posted in apostacy, Catholic, church, deception, discernment, Emergent, faith, false teachers, foolishness, hearing, hypocrisy, Judgment, offense, Organized church, Preachers, prostitution, Rick Warren, Robert Schuller, seeing, Truth, understanding, Willow Creek on May 12th, 2012
Religion is a curious and fascinating thing. I haven't done a study on the number of religions that exist in the world: main line religions, their various branches, sects, cults, and spin offs, but the vastness has to be mind boggling, all claiming to be the truth, lead to the truth, or be a variant [...]
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Posted in apostacy, Brian McLaren, church, deception, discernment, false teachers, Gospel, hearing, hypocrisy, Organized church, Preachers, Research and Discernment, Rick Warren, Rob Bell, seeing, Truth, Uncategorized, understanding, Willow Creek on Mar 4th, 2012
nu·ance/ˈn(y)o͞oˌäns/ Noun: A subtle difference in or shade of meaning, expression, or sound. Verb: Give nuances to. Synonyms: shade – hue – tint – tinge – tincture – tone – shading If there should be one thing that is apparent to any real Christian these days, that has even an elementary knowledge of God’s Holy [...]
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Posted in Catholic, Church Life, deception, discernment, entertainment, following christ, foolishness, Gospel, hearing, Hell, humanism, hypocrisy, Organized church, prophecy, Satire, sin, Truth, Uncategorized, understanding on Nov 29th, 2011
This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Jewels Plucked From the Fist of Folly The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that [...]
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Posted in apostacy, church, deception, discernment, false prophets, false teachers, hearing, heresy, hypocrisy, Organized church, prophecy, prostitution, seeing, Truth, Uncategorized, understanding on Jul 31st, 2011
I have written in the past how I came to understand that most of what we see exhibited as the “Church” in the world is not the Church the Holy Spirit has revealed through the pages of the New Testament. Any honest perusal of those pages will show plainly that there is no similarity between [...]
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Posted in church, conscience, cross, deception, discernment, encouragement, faith, false teachers, following christ, Gospel, hearing, Hell, heresy, hypocrisy, new age, Nicolaitan, offense, Organized church, peace, Preachers, prophecy, repentence, sacrifice, seeing, Serving, sin, Truth, Uncategorized, understanding on May 7th, 2011
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Where do we start an examination of “truth,” well, at the beginning would be a good place, so let’s go back to Genesis and the Garden of Eden. The common story of the “beginning” seems to always start and finish with the disobedience of eating the forbidden fruit. That is all well and good, but [...]
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