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 church, cross, deception, discernment, faith, following christ, hearing, offense, Organized church, sacrifice, seeing, sin, trials, troubles, Truth, Uncategorized, understanding on Oct 30th, 2010
For the better part of my thirty plus years of calling myself a Christian I never comprehended or understood what was meant by the “offence of the Cross.” it seemed to me that this “offence” was an overstatement. Was Christ and His Cross really offensive or just mildly disturbing and controversial? And, all the persecution, [...]
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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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Right now as the time clock ticks within the last and final seconds before Christ returns I am seeing very little from Christians in support for Israel. It is in these last seconds that Christian backbone is tested. From what I have seen very many Christians are either finding neutral ground, where they don’t have [...]
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Posted in adversity, discernment, encouragement, following christ, hearing, seeing, suffering, trials, troubles, understanding on Jan 29th, 2010
This is something I put together awhile back, but has never found its way into the mailbox. As I was sitting at my desk I pulled it up and read it. It spoke to me very loudly; I’m not sure why? I’m not going through any particularly trying times at the moment. So, maybe it [...]
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Why shouldn’t the focus be on the sins of the Nation of Haiti? I am no fan of Pat Robertson and consider him a false prophet, but at least he ventured to place the emphasis where it belongs, on sin and judgment. Does this mean that Pat or myself hate these people and glory in [...]
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Posted in adversity, apostacy, deception, discernment, false prophets, following christ, Government, hearing, prophecy, seeing, suffering, trials, troubles, Uncategorized, understanding on Dec 21st, 2009
I hesitate to post this in light of the fact that it has not been verified. I am not given to posting articles that promote conspiracy theories or alarmist type issues without proof. But, there are times when something has the ring of truth, especially in regard to the fulfillment of end time Biblical prophecy, [...]
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Posted in adversity, apostacy, church, cross, deception, encouragement, hearing, holidays, humanism, offense, sacrifice, seeing, suffering, trials, troubles, understanding on Nov 24th, 2009
This week is Thanksgiving and many of us will come together and give thanks to our Lord for the blessings he has blessed us throughout the year. I believe that, for most people, the “thank you “ part of Thanksgiving is the most boring part. It has been relegated to mere ritual, where the most [...]
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Posted in adversity, apostacy, church, conscience, cross, deception, discernment, false prophets, following christ, hearing, humanism, Marketing, new age, prophecy, sacrifice, seeing, Serving, suffering, trials, troubles, understanding on Nov 13th, 2009
Due to the increased interest in this letter I have decided to re-post it. It was originally posted 2-18-2006. The letter contains many thing that will assist others in approaching their Church leadership and in making the hard decisions of whether or not to leave organized religion and to seek God on His terms apart [...]
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What does our physical circumstances have to do with the spiritual life of the child of God? Watchman Nee, in the sixth chapter of his book The Release of the Spirit, displays much spiritual wisdom in answering that question. The many grains of sand that make up the mountain of tribulations, that we very often [...]
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