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 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 apostacy, church, Church Life, cross, deception, discernment, Doctrine, faith, false teachers, following christ, Gospel, Government, heresy, hypocrisy, Organized church, Patriotism, peace, Preachers, seeing, sin, suffering, Truth, Uncategorized, understanding, war, war on sin on Sep 24th, 2012
This entry is part 3 of 5 in the series Christianization of war and violence The Christians’ Justification for War and Violence As I stated in the first article, it is virtually impossible to find any support for Christians taking up arms against their enemy or for self-defense during the first 300 years of Church [...]
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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 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 Life, conscience, discernment, encouragement, faith, Organized church, seeing, trials, troubles, Truth on May 29th, 2011
The thoughts within our heads move in certain trained ways which make it easy for us to jump to conclusions or make assumptions. For instance I assume that when I use the word “God” that everyone understands that I mean the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, [...]
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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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Posted in apostacy, Brian McLaren, church, deception, discernment, Emergent, false teachers, humanism, hypocrisy, Nicolaitan, Organized church, prophecy, prostitution, Rick Warren, Rob Bell, seeing, troubles, Truth, understanding on Apr 26th, 2011
How often have you heard someone say, Awhat in the world are you waiting for?@ Deep down in the substrata of this little question rest the essence of nearly all the problems that plague the Church and the world. This phrase is really a test of our allegiance. Is there an emotional, psychological, [...]
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