Monthly Archives: November 2009

Sister Charlotte Keckler and The Black Veil

The testimony of ex-Roman Catholic Sister Charlotte Keckler and her experience as a cloistered nun and her subsequent deliverance from this system. Part I   Part II  

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Sorting out the deception of Purgatory

Here is an edifying piece from Mike Gendron’s site, proclaiming the Gospel. It is worth reading… Purgatory: Purifying Fire or Fatal Fable by Mike Gendron Catholics who believe a purifying fire will purge away their sins are deluded victims of … Continue reading

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‘I will not be inquired of you’

This is another fine piece from brother Mike Ratliff, from his blog, possessing the treasure. May it bless you as you read… “Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD, … Continue reading

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Sermon of the week: “Grace Needed – Total Depravity” by Brian Borgman.

Your sermon of the week is Grace Needed: Total Depravity by Brian Borgman. This is part three of a thirteen-part series entitled Introduction to the Reformed Faith that Pastor Borgman gave in 1998. Look for each additional installment every couple … Continue reading

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Methods and terminology used in evangelism all over the world have so distorted the Gospel that Christians need to be taught afresh the basic fundamentals of God’s saving work in Christ, so their presentation of the Gospel will be according … Continue reading

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Newsflash: Global Warming is Caused by the Sun

After Noah’s flood receded, God promised Noah that, “As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease” (Genesis 8:22). If cold and heat remain, that rules out the … Continue reading

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Preach the Word!!!

This is an excerpt from a sermon by John MacArthur that all should take the time to read. One reason men of God should preach the word is because of the dangerous times in which we live. Here is John’s … Continue reading

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Deserving to Die – Terrorists or Victims?

On 9/11/2001, terrorists flew the passengers on their flights into eternity. During the approximately one hour between the fall of the twin towers that claimed almost 3,000 lives, around the world another 7,800 lives went out to meet their Maker. … Continue reading

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Martyrdom of John Calas

We pass over many other individual maretyrdoms to insert that of John Calas, which took place as recently as 1761, and is an indubitable proof of the bigotry of popery, and shows that neither experience nor improvement can root out … Continue reading

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WOTM on Jehovah’s Witnesses.

Way of the Master put together a great video on Jehovah’s Witnesses, in spite of the fact that they’ve resorted to including Ravi Zacharias as an “apologist.” I noticed that on the other WOTM video on Mormonism (found here), Ravi … Continue reading

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You may as well see without light, and be supported without earth, or live without food, as to be saved without holiness . . . the one thing necessary (Heb. 12:14). And when this has been determined by God, and … Continue reading

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A Nun’s Story

Jacqueline Kassar spent twenty-two years as a nun in an enclosed convent dedicated to adoration, reparation and suffering, trying to appease the wrath of God. She believed it was a nun’s calling to be a miniature savior of the world … Continue reading

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Examining Francis Beckwith’s Return to Rome.

A while ago I wrote a post about an ecumenical meeting at Wheaton College between Francis Beckwith and Timothy George. For those who do not know, Francis Beckwith was baptized and raised as a Roman Catholic, where according to his … Continue reading

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E.T. phone Rome.

Not content with being restricted to spreading their damnable false gospel on earth, the Vatican is now looking to the sky. Four hundred years after it locked up Galileo for challenging the view that the Earth was the center of … Continue reading

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Sermon of the week: “Encouragement for the Church” by Randall Easter.

Your sermon of the week is Encouragement for the Church by Pastor Randall Easter. This is one of those sermons that challenges both pastor and layman alike. Expect to hear more from Pastor Easter in the near future on DefCon. … Continue reading

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The single foundation of a sinner’s hope is the merits of Christ, His finished work of redemption. Those who would add to the same by any doings of their own are headed for eternal destruction. Therefore any who teach men … Continue reading

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Planned Parenthood’s abortion quotas exposed.

Planned Parenthood, the organization that kills babies for profit, is having more of its evil deeds brought into the light thanks to one woman who is not afraid to speak the truth. This woman is Abby Johnson, a former clinic … Continue reading

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Peanut butter salvation and other stupid church tricks.

What you are about to read is disturbing and shocking, especially if you have children who attend a church youth group. Please be aware that what is detailed below is happening in many churches in America, and may be coming … Continue reading

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The Scandal of Grace

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The blessed founder of Christianity chose to make his advent among the lowly and the despised. This was agreeable to the spirit of that Holy Religion which he came to establish. There was a time when a multitude of his … Continue reading

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Book review: “The Marketing of Evil” by David Kupelian.

I just completed a page-turner that I highly recommend to the readers of DefCon. David Kupelian’s provocative missive The Marketing of Evil: How Radicals, Elitists, And Pseudo-Experts Sell Us Corruption Disguised As Freedom, takes you behind the scenes of how … Continue reading

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Conscience has often lent its sanction to the grossest errors, and prompted the greatest crimes. Did not Saul of Tarsus, for instance, drag men and women to prison; compel them to blaspheme; and stain his hands in saintly blood, while … Continue reading

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WOTM on Mormonism.

HT: Atlantic Baptist

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Former abortion providers speak.

I am currently reading a riveting book by WordNetDaily managing editor, David Kupelian, entitled The Marketing of Evil. I am reading the chapter on abortion in which many former abortion providers (who have turned from their barbaric torture and dismemberment … Continue reading

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Consider your Lord and Master, you that call yourselves [Christ’s] disciples. Many look upon you that will not look unto [His] Word, and will judge [Jesus] by your practices. Do not damage [Him], by misrepresenting [Him]; as if [He] allowed … Continue reading

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Exposing the 12 step cult

John Lanagan, a dear brother in Christ, has spent much time researching and exposing the 12 step cult that enslaves many, even those who profess Christ. Here is a well researched article submitted by John at his blog, my word … Continue reading

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Piper – The Slope to Heresy?!

Galatians 1:6-9, “I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert … Continue reading

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Heresy Exports to Africa!

Thanks to Phil Johnson for the heads up on this video. I know and have seen the true need in Africa for the pure, unadulterated gospel of Jesus Christ to be preached to those who have never heard. So, I … Continue reading

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It takes an incredible amount of effort and energy on the part of the news media to maintain such an obviously outrageous suspension of reality. But what would happen if the press reported accurately, objectively, and courageously on the Middle … Continue reading

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Creeping unnoticed into the Lutheran church.

This past week many Protestants (and especially Lutherans) celebrated Martin Luther’s nailing of the 95 Theses to the Wittenberg door in 1517. But all is not well in Lutherville. Someone has crept in unnoticed. Meet Nadia Bolz-Weber. The tattooed, female, … Continue reading

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