Our Present Sufferings

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I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. – Romans 8:18

The theme of that verse and the next nine verses is that incomparable glory lies ahead — glory beyond description, greater than anything you can compare it with on earth. A magnificent and fantastic prospect awaits us. All through the Scriptures there has been a thread of hope, a rumor of hope that runs all through the Old Testament, through the prophetic writings, and into the New Testament. This rumor speaks of a day that is coming when all the hurt and heartache and injustice and weakness and suffering of our present experience will be explained and justified and will result in a time of incredible blessing upon the earth. The whisper of this in the Old Testament increases in intensity as it approaches the New Testament, where you come to proclamations like this that speak of the incomparable glory that lies ahead. View article →

‘Gay Christian’ Event Planned with Mark Dever’s Capitol Hill Baptist Church

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Mark Dever is the senior pastor of the Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, D.C., author, speaker and the president of 9Marks, a ministry that encourages pastors to go to the Bible for instruction on how to lead their churches. Even though Dever’s doctrinal teaching is said to be stellar, this popular pastor is among those who embrace “Social Justice Christianity.” Now we learn that there’s going to be a “gay Christian” event in partnership with Dever’s church and Sam Allberry’s Living Out.  Allberry’s an apologist and writer for Ravi Zacharias International Ministries and a consulting editor for The Gospel Coalition. What’s troubling is that Allberry, who’s a pastor in Maidenhead UK, identifies as a “gay Christian” and is among those who have “decided” to become celibate for Christ.

JD Hall of Pulpit & Pen has the report: Continue reading →

MassResistance website taken down by web hosting company after ‘complaints’ by homosexual activist – a convicted sex offender.

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“The whole experience was with HostGator was Orwellian. First they claimed our site was taken down due to a copyright violation. Then they changed their mind and said it was about “personally identifiable information.” Then they simply stopped communicating with us entirely.”

(MassResistance) On Thursday, Sept. 20 the MassResistance website was suddenly taken down by the hosting company, HostGator, reacting to frivolous “complaints” by a homosexual activist (a convicted sex offender – who molested a minor). People who tried to access our website were met with a cryptic message but no further explanation. Continue reading →

What must we do to fight the good fight?

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1 But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. 2 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, 4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these. 2 Timothy 3:1-7 (NASB)  (Read verses 6 & 7 on the site)

This coming Monday I am leading the Bible study in our Small Group. We have been working our way through Hosea. If you have studied Hosea then you know what a mess Israel and Judah had made of their obedience to their covenant with God. They resembled in many ways that description written by Paul in the passage above. View article →

Is There A Decent Democrat Left In America?

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“As Chuck Schumer and his army of elected flying monkeys attack Kavanaugh and Republicans with absurd and obvious lies, not one Democrat has stepped up to say enough. No one has come forward to say the presumption of innocence is fundamentally American, and Judge Kavanaugh deserves it, politics be damned.  None.”

(Derek Hunter – Townhall)  The attempted character assassination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh has brought out the worst in Democrats, every Democrat, everywhere. They’ve convicted a good and decent man of things he wasn’t even falsely accused of, so desperate are progressives to stop someone who believes the Constitution means what it says from sitting on the Supreme Court. … Continue reading →

Why do people ‘hate’ Beth Moore? What’s the problem with Beth Moore?

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Beth Moore took a selfie with uber false teacher Joyce Meyer while appearing on her show.

“People with sound doctrine don’t tend to support uniting with and promoting heretical word of faith teaching.”

(Hetrodox Research Initiative)  SUMMARY: People with sound doctrine don’t tend to support uniting with and promoting word of faith and prosperity gospel heretical teaching. You simply can not trust the doctrine, theology, and teaching of someone who promotes and partners with heretical false teachers. There are much better sources to get your teaching from than Beth Moore. You don’t need to be a cessationist to have problems with Beth Moore.

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Many in attempts to answer these questions end up getting bogged down in the continuist vs. cessationist debate. I’m going to avoid that topic, and prove you don’t need to be a cessationist to have concerns and problems with the teaching and ministry of Beth Moore. Continue reading →

Homosexual ‘cesspool’: Priest blows whistle on Ireland’s national seminary

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“Fr. Marsden said he responded by saying the only reason he could be called a ‘one issue person’ in the seminary was because he was the only person saying anything about the referendum or homosexuality. He told Lumin Fidei that this was likely because other staff members were either afraid to speak out or were homosexual themselves.”

(Anthony Murphy – LifeSiteNews) A priest and former seminary vocational growth counselor in Ireland has revealed for the first time the real reason he resigned from the country’s national seminary two years ago. Continue reading →

What is your role in the Truth War?

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15 See therefore how carefully you walk not as unwise but as wise, 16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Ephesians 5:15-16 (translated from the NA28 Greek text)

There is a great deal going on in the visible church, much of it having little to do with genuine Christianity, that most of us can do little about. Yes, we can pray, which is very powerful. We can also obey God and expose the evil to other believers. However, the older I get in the faith the outrage over much of what people like Stephen Furtick or Rick Warren say or write I no longer allow to consume me. I know what my role is in the Truth War. Do you know what yours is? Shouldn’t it be to obey what the Apostle Paul wrote to the Ephesian church in Ephesians 5:1-21. View article →

Is Jesus currently limited by his incarnation?

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“Jesus himself says that he will be with us (Matt 28:20), even though he said that he was leaving so that the Spirit would come (John 15:7). So while Jesus is in heaven in his human body, he is omnipresent through the Holy Spirit.”

(Clint Archer – The Cripplegate)  Jordan Peterson asks this provocative question: what does an omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent Being lack? The answer is… limitations.

Someone recently asked me if Jesus is limited for all eternity by the human nature he took on. This led to a discussion of where Jesus is now and what he is doing – which I hope will answer the question about the limitations of Christ’s human nature. So here goes in 500 words… Continue reading →

Andy Stanley: ‘Most Former Christians Still Have a Crush on Jesus’

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“‘The Bible says’ …. doesn’t carry the weight it once did and thanks to our digital world, folks know ‘what else’ the Bible says without even picking up a Bible. In spite of this, we preach, teach, write, and communicate as if nothing has changed. As if ‘The Bible says it,’ still settles it,” noted the book’s official description.

(Berean Research)  Megachurch leader Andy Stanley has made some interesting statements over the past few years. Most notably are his statements distancing himself from the authority of Scripture. Easy to mark and avoid a teacher like this, right? Continue reading →

Prominent Christian College Removes Ban On Public LGBTQ Relationships

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“Queer students are just as able to have romanticized relationships that abide by APU’s rules. The code used falsely assumed that same-sex romances always involved sexual behavior. This stigmatization causes harm to our community, especially those serious about their Christian faith.”

(Paul Bios – Daily Wire)  After LGBTQ activists demanded that prominent Christian college Azusa Pacific University (APU) remove its ban on homosexual relationships on campus, the university has finally caved and reversed its longstanding policy. Continue reading →

Christians must walk in the light of God’s truth regardless of the rest of the world loving and living in deception and darkness

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9 For this reason also, since the day we heard of it, we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, 10 so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; Colossians 1:9-14 (NASB) (Read verses 11-14 on the site)

We live in a time of deep deception. Even genuine Christians can be deceived if they are not exceedingly careful. It is imperative that, even though we must remain in the world for a time, we must not be of it. The Church has been under heavy attack since Acts 2. It is a wise and discerning thing for us to understand that God uses this to purify, cleanse, and teach the Church. It is as we address heresy that doctrine is developed or our understanding of God and His ways becomes more defined for us. View article →

Despite Revoice ‘Gay Christians,’ Crowds of Ex-Gays March to Celebrate Freedom from Sin

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“Freedom to March, however, is a group of former homosexuals who actively reach out to practicing homosexuals with the message of the Gospel. And unlike Revoice, it’s a Gospel which has wonder-working power.”

Yes, same-sex attraction (SSA) is a sin. Clearly, Jesus taught that desires of the heart can be sinful and unlike heterosexual attraction, homosexual attraction can never be properly oriented or harnessed for the glory of God. SSA is a deviation of the natural, an offense to the supernatural, and an indication of an unconverted heart. … Continue reading →

Downplaying the Devil in NAR

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Should you pray for God’s protection from being deceived and then stop worrying about being deceived by the devil? Likewise, once you pray for protection should you then let your guard down, not worry about your need for protection, and embrace all–and I mean all–manifestations of the miraculous? Holly Pivec explains why putting aside spiritual discernment is both unscriptural and naive. Read her piece over at Spirit Of Error: Continue reading →

The real reason the left wants to destroy Brett Kavanaugh

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“This is all about abortion.  This is the epic battle, latest battle, between the forces of pro-choice versus pro-life.  And I think both sides will do whatever is necessary, whatever is legally possible, to delay or get their person on the high court.” 

(Bill Thomas – American Thinker)  Dr. Ben Carson, on the campaign trail in 2016, said, “The Roman Empire was very, very much like us.  They lost their moral core, their sense of values in terms of who they were.  And after all of those things converged together, they just went right down the tubes very quickly.”  Four years later, that statement rings even more ominous.  Progressives in our country have taken political opposition to an extreme and dangerous level.  No longer do we see a “loyal opposition.”  In its place is a hate-filled, revenge-seeking mob no longer constrained by fact, decency, or integrity.

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Socialism and Secular Humanism

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God saved me right in the middle of the 1980’s. I remember that time very well. After God had mercy on me I was changed radically. When I was in my car I listened to Christian talk radio all the time. I was starving for the truth. During that time I remember how many, if not most, of the commentators I followed were taking issue with the fact that the leadership in not only our churches, but also in our Christian institutions were rejecting something called a “Christian World View” and were replacing it with one centered in “Secular Humanism.” View article →

Project Veritas Catches Deep State Redhanded

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“I know opponents of President Donald Trump roll their eyes in ridicule at the mere suggestion of a deep state committed to undermining Trump’s agenda. That’s the stuff of paranoid conspiracy theorists or unhinged Trumpublican tribalists, they say. Well, James O’Keefe, and his Project Veritas, has shown, again, that there is a “there” there.”

(David Limbaugh – Daily Wire)  We’ve long known that unelected leftist bureaucrats embedded in the bowels of the federal government have been lawlessly targeting conservatives and abusing their power to thwart the agenda of duly elected Republican policymakers. The proof keeps pouring in. Continue reading →

Assurance

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10 Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never stumble; 11 for in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be abundantly supplied to you. 2 Peter 1:10-11 (NASB) 

How can we know if we are truly in Christ? Or you may ask, “What is the fruit which genuine believers bear?” If true salvation is as impacting on a believers life as we contend then there should be verifiable evidence or fruit manifested in that life. The problem is in knowing what evidences really prove the presence of God in a person’s life and those that do not. I have noticed most of us look at the wrong things in our self-evaluations to determine if we are in Christ. …  View article →

What is the Greatest Miracle in the Bible?

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I wish I’d had been there.

There are so many miracles in the Bible that would have been so remarkable to witness.

So recently, I’ve been wondering what is the most outstanding miracle in the Bible? If I could have seen one miracle which one would it be?

I’ve been conducting an informal survey of people asking them if they could have been there for any miracle in the Bible which one would it be?

Some were drawn to the miracles of Jesus. In particular the feeding of the five thousand. View article →

Cardinal hires judge to review church sex abuse policies

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He told Jones, who appeared alongside him at the news conference, that he was praying her “careful review and hard questions will help my good people renew their trust in the church they love and the leaders they want to believe.”

(Karen Matthews – AP)   Hoping to restore the faith of those disillusioned by how the church has handled sexual abuse allegations, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York appointed a former federal judge Thursday to review its procedures and protocols. Continue reading →

American Academy of Pediatrics guidance recommends sex changes for children who identify as transgender

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“A controversial cover story in The Atlantic this summer on transgenderism in young people gave accounts of a number of “detransitioners,” people who had identified as transgender and then returned to their biological gender after realizing other issues were at the root of their discomfort, and “desisters,” young people whose parents put the breaks on transition to work on other mental and emotional health issues only to find the gender dysphoria eventually dissipated.”

(Kelly Crossland – World)  The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released updated guidance on Monday recommending pediatricians support name, appearance, and sex changes for children who identify as transgender. But the recommendations ignore important research about underlying mental health issues, social contagion, and desistance in gender dysphoric children and teens. Continue reading →

Dead to Sin

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What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? Romans 6:1-2

Notice three things about this question: Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? First, notice that the question is logical. This is a very good question. If your gospel does not arouse this question in somebody’s mind, there is likely something wrong with it, for it is the kind of question that ought to be asked at this point. There is something about the grace of God that immediately raises this issue. If sin is so completely taken care of by the forgiveness of Christ, then we don’t really need to worry about sins, do we? They are not going to separate us from Christ, so why not keep on doing them? It is a perfectly logical question. View article →