Posted in Marketing, Serving, adversity, apostacy, church, conscience, cross, deception, discernment, false prophets, following christ, hearing, humanism, new age, prophecy, sacrifice, seeing, 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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Posted in Uncategorized, apostacy, church, cross, deception, discernment, humanism, offense, sacrifice, seeing, suffering, understanding on Sep 4th, 2009
The Offence of the Cross (1932) by T. Austin-Sparks It is a perfectly obvious fact that wherever the Cross of the Lord Jesus Christ has been most faithfully preached and presented – while bringing hope and new life to many – it has almost invariably been the cause of trouble. Wherever it has gone it [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, apostacy, baptism, church, conscience, cross, deception, discernment, following christ, hearing, sacrifice, seeing, understanding on Mar 2nd, 2009
“The Holy Spirit will lead you into all righteousness” are truthful words that should not be ignored. The subject of “baptism,” of which I have given very little thought over the years, has all of a sudden risen up in my spirit as something that needs attention. I decided to pursue this leading and see [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, baptism, church, cross, deception, discernment, false prophets, following christ, offense, sacrifice, seeing, suffering, troubles, understanding on Feb 15th, 2009
There has been a lot of discussion and debate on the blogs I have visited lately, and no little heat generated, on both sides of the issue of baptismal regeneration. But, one thing that is obviously missing is the spiritual perspective and meaning of baptism. Baptism is one of those topics that men love to [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, adversity, apostacy, cross, following christ, offense, sacrifice, suffering, troubles, understanding on Jan 5th, 2009
Today I saw a bumper sticker that read “So Many Christians, So Few Lions.” I had pulled into a McDonald’s for lunch and happened to come along side a nice looking Mercedes automobile with this sticker on the bumper, so I pulled in beside it. I decided to wait for a few minutes to see [...]
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Here is a sermon that most people, in the New Age Church of the 21st century, will never hear. Most church planters will find in this sermon instructions on how NOT to grow a Church. But, what we WILL find in this sermon, if we understand the Bible, is the laying of a solid foundation, [...]
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Reading: Mark 10:35-39; Matthew 26:27, 28, 39, 42; Luke 22:20; John 18:11; 1 Corinthians 10:16, 11:26 I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! But, I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is completed! (Luke 12:49, 50 NIV) Read these [...]
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In the Garden of Eden was the “tree of knowledge of good and evil. . . . And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat.” Genesis 2:9-17. It was the [...]
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