By Marsha West
Like the Burger King Whopper, many people customize Jesus so that they can have Him their way. Nowadays the Jesus portrayed in the Bible is out! Passe! People who customize Jesus for whatever reason have no problem admitting that they do not hold to the infallibility of Holy Writ. Out with the Bible! The customizers have sculpted a modern-day culturally relevant man of the people Jesus who is fully onboard with their social justice agenda. Their Jesus would have no problem participating in a yoga class. In fact, he’d most likely lead the class. These customizers can imagine their Jesus beginning his class with the Hindu greeting: “Namaste (the divine in me bows to the divine in you).”
The person I described is “Have Him Your Way Jesus.” There is nothing biblical about him. Progressives believe that culturally relevant Jesus would march in an LGBTQIA+++ parade. He would also participate in a pro-abortion rally. Continue reading
There is a myth in our time that has deceived untold numbers of professing Christians. The deceived have believed the lie that Christians are not to confront and rebuke false teachers nor preach or teach anything that has the potential to cause division within the visible Church. The visible Church contains the churches we see all across this globe. This would include denominations and local churches and ministries that we can see visually and of which we can partake. The invisible Church is made up of the elect. This is the true Church of genuine believers. It is within the visible Church. Therefore, the visible Church contains both genuine believers and professing believers who are not genuine.
“Marriage is not merely a piece of paper; it is a living picture of Christ’s unbreakable love for His Bride, the Church (Ephesians 5). By guarding the permanence of the marriage bond, the church protects the innocent, honors God’s creation design, and testifies to a watching world about the faithful, covenant-keeping love of God.”
It wasn’t until shortly before the trial that her own attorney wrote to Trump’s legal team admitting that Carroll had “recollected additional information” while preparing for testimony. Trump’s lawyers noted that the “belated disclosure” raised “significant concerns” about Carroll’s “bias and motive.”
14 I am that good shepherd, and know mine, and am known of mine.
15 As the Father knoweth me, so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for my sheep.16 Other sheep I have also, which are not of this fold: them also must I bring, and they shall hear my voice: and there shall be one sheepfold, and one shepherd. John 10:14-16 (1599 Geneva Bible)
“We and others contacted all of these publishers and sent evidence of the Enneagram’s origins, worldview, and teachings, and they all ignored it. The deception was and remains deeply rooted, and it is now being taught in Christian colleges and universities.”
“RTS should know better. A seminary claiming faithfulness to the Scriptures should not be linking arms with an organization that has spent years softening the church’s instincts toward feminism, critical theory, political compromise, and therapeutic evangelicalism. Yet here we are. Another conference. Another panel. Another carefully packaged conversation assuring evangelicals that the boundaries still exist while those very boundaries are being erased in practice right before everyone’s eyes.”
“The climate establishment built its policy architecture on a foundation it now concedes was implausible and did so for decades while critics were dismissed as deniers.“
A few years ago I warned you that the wily serpent uses syncretism to separate God from His people. “Everywhere the Gospel of Jesus Christ is proclaimed” says Forrestt McPhail, “Satan aggressively plants false gospels. His goal is to remove the power of the Gospel by stripping it of its key truths.” Evangelicalism has been assimilated into the world because of it.
“So, IS the Holy Spirit whispering to us? Must we sit, or be still, or listen hard, or stay close, or press scars, or DO any other particular thing in order to receive this revelation all the other women seem to be receiving?”
(Robert A.J. Gagnon – Facebook post) Alan Chambers, former head of Exodus International, at the time the largest evangelical Christian ministry for helping same-sex attracted persons to live in obedience to the will of God, solicited a sexual relationship from what he thought was a 14-year old male but actually was an undercover detective. I’ll get to the details in a moment.
“It means some justice for the Cuban people. For 67 years, we have been ignored by everybody — the United Nations, the Organization of American States, the European Union, everybody. So, we hope this is the beginning of the downfall of the Castro regime… and we’re ready to go back and help with the reconstruction of our country, with work, with money, with investment, and with love.” Oscar Fernandez
“Notably, the current president of the SBC, Clint Pressley, supports the amendment, as do the two new confirmed presidential nominees, Willy Rice and Josh Powell.”
“The “Harumph!” Republicans in Washington are learning that buddying up to the lunatic Democrats doesn’t have any upside. This isn’t about blindly supporting Trump; it’s about representing their constituents like elected officials in a representative republic are supposed to.”
“This trajectory didn’t just begin yesterday. People who have been paying attention saw this coming a long time ago. We watched Chan rebuke men for evangelizing Roman Catholics. We watched him remove his shoes and sit on stage while Catholic priests prayed over him. We watched him refuse to preach the Gospel clearly to Roman Catholics because he supposedly didn’t feel “led” by the Holy Spirit to do so….”
“We can only be as assertive as we have data to back it. Ask yourself how well you can support your conclusion with actual biblical information. An abundance of evidence leads to strong conclusions; weaker or conflicting evidence encourages us to wait and see.”