Posted in Church Life, Uncategorized, church, deception, discernment, false teachers on Jul 28th, 2010
The Body of Christ – Its Identity by Stella Paterson It is a well known fact that the church is often referred to as the "Body of Christ." But with the word "church" being seen as a building where people go to worship God, how do we define the "Body of Christ?" If He [...]
Posted in Church Life, Serving, Uncategorized, church, encouragement, following christ, hypocrisy, offense, understanding on May 31st, 2010
Man-pleasing? Or GOD-pleasing? “For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ.” Gal.1:10 The following quote was accurately written by a “pastor” of a local “church” in this city, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, apostacy, church, deception, discernment, encouragement, faith, false teachers, following christ, hearing, humanism, seeing, sin, understanding on Mar 28th, 2010
Today I received a letter from a friend who highlighted a conundrum that has been at the center of much of what I call the “organized Church.” “…As a part of my truth quest I began doing a lot of reading on the different “holiness” strains of Christendom to get a better handle on why [...]
Posted in adversity, apostacy, church, conscience, cross, deception, discernment, following christ, hearing, offense, sacrifice, seeing, suffering, troubles on Mar 31st, 2008
Things Which Will Be Shaken by T. Austin-Sparks With this last issue of the paper for this year (and it will not reach many of you until very near the end of the year) I feel a strong desire and urge to look back and on with you. For myself, it has been a very [...]
Posted in Research and Discernment, Uncategorized, adversity, apostacy, church, cross, deception, discernment, following christ, hearing, offense, sacrifice, seeing, troubles on Mar 26th, 2008
A Message for the Hour by T. Austin-Sparks The Vital Importance of Spiritual Vision “Where there is no vision the people cast off restraint” Proverbs 29:18. “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge” Hosea 4:6. The first quotation above is from the Book of Wisdom. The wisdom of that statement has been overwhelmingly proved [...]
Posted in Emergent, Research and Discernment, Uncategorized, apostacy, church, cross, deception, discernment, false prophets, hearing, humanism, offense, seeing, troubles on Mar 25th, 2008
This is a piece I found while checking my mail. It was disturbing, to say the least. It seems the more I read, from the Warren churches, the worse it gets. Is there no end to their nonsense. I have added my comments; I couldn’t let it go. I have left this pastors name out, [...]
Posted in Emergent, adversity, apostacy, church, conscience, cross, deception, discernment, false prophets, following christ, hearing, humanism, seeing, troubles on Mar 14th, 2008
Not every “spiritual manifestation” is from God. For this reason the apostle John warned, “Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God . . .” (1John 4:1). Many Christians today, indiscriminately embrace all spirit manifestations as though the phenomenon itself was proof of God’s involvement. But what is even [...]
