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Monthly Archives: July 2011
A restored priesthood?
4Mormon.org provides the following quick-reference chart and asks the question: “If Mormonism has ‘restored’ the Aaronic and Melchizedek Priesthoods, why is its version different from the Biblical version?“ Mormon Priesthood Biblical Priesthood All LDS males are ordained to the Aaronic … Continue reading
Posted in Mormonism
Tagged Apologetics, Apostasy, Archeology, Bible, Blogging, Book of Mormon, Brigham Young, Bruce McConkie, Carthage Jail, Christian debate, Christianity, church, cult, Cults, Debate, debate with a mormon, Debates, Evangelism, false prophet, false prophets, False Teacher, False Teachers, God, Gospel, heresy, Hyrum Smith, Jesus, Joseph Smith, Joseph Smith Jr., Latter-day Saints, LDS, Mormon, Mormon debate, Mormon Doctrine, Mormonism, Religion, Salt Lake City, Theology
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Saturday Sermon Series: “The Fear of God” (Parts 7 – 9) by Albert Martin.
Today DefCon wraps up our Saturday Sermon Series by Albert Martin on the fear of God. This timeless message was delivered in 1970 and is as needed to be heard by the church today as it was 41 years ago. … Continue reading
Posted in Sermons
Tagged Albert Martin, Albert N. Martin, Apologetics, Bible, Blog, Blogging, christian, Christianity, Faith, Fear of God, God, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Religion, Sermon, Sermons, Theology
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Shame on Challies.
I have never been what you could call a “big fan” of Tim Challies but I’ve never been able to put my finger on exactly why . . . that was until now, when I was recently made aware of … Continue reading
Posted in Pilgrim's Corner
Tagged Apologetics, Books Films, Divided, Faith, Family-Integrated Church, FIC, God, Jesus, Paul Washer, Religion, Reviews, Scott Brown, Theology, Tim Challies, Voddie Baucham, Youth Minsitry
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Usual Perry.
If only he stopped talking at the 40 second mark . . . if only.
Posted in Apostasy/Lukewarm
Tagged Apologetics, Apostasy, Bible, Christianity, church, Faith, God, heresy, Jesus, Perry Noble, Religion, Theology
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Sermon of the week: “Dismantling Easy Believism” by Todd Musser.
Your sermon of the week is a good one by Todd Musser entitled Dismantling Easy Believism. In this message, Musser makes the following three critical points from Ezekiel 18: – There is no victim mentality when it comes to spiritual things. … Continue reading
D.A. CARSON SERMON ON HEAVEN AND HELL
DR. D.A. CARSON SERMON ON HEAVEN AND HELL By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 27, 2011 in Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Rob Bell, Youth Ministry As a leading online apologetics and discernment work Apprising Ministries has been … Continue reading
Posted in Apostasy/Lukewarm, Encouragement, Expository Moments
Tagged Hell, Rob Bell
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My thoughts on youth ministry and Vacation Bible School.
Summertime means BBQ, swimming pools, fireworks, and lemonade. But it also means sweltering heat, mosquitoes, and Vacation Bible School. For many Christians this is the time of the year when they’re all abuzz about the wildly popular week-long evangelical event … Continue reading
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The only thing of my very own to which I can contribute to my own redemption is the sin from which I need to be redeemed. – William Temple 1628 – 1699
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Tagged Apologetics, Bible, Calvinism, Christianity, Faith, God, Jesus, Quotes, Religion, Theology
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Saturday Sermon Series: “The Fear of God” (Parts 4 – 6 of 9) by Albert Martin.
DefCon continues its Saturday Sermon Series by Albert Martin on the fear of God. Today you can download parts 4 through 6. You can download the first three messages from this series here. We will conclude with the final three … Continue reading
Posted in Sermons
Tagged Albert Martin, Albert N. Martin, Apologetics, Bible, Blog, Blogging, christian, Christianity, Faith, Fear of God, God, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Religion, Sermon, Sermons, Theology
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Campus Crusade for Christ to remove offensive word from organization’s name
Considering the fact that Campus Crusade for Christ was the organization that gave us the “4 Spiritual Laws” that began with “God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life” I shouldn’t really be too surprised about what … Continue reading
Posted in Evangelism, News
Tagged Bill Bright, Campus Crusade for Christ, Cru, relevance
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A Clearer Understanding of What Albert Mohler Believes About Homosexuality
Back several weeks ago there were some serious concerns in conservative circles regarding comments that Albert Mohler made to the Southern Baptist Convention conference in regard to homosexuality. Mohler’s comments left room for serious doubt in how he viewed homosexuality. … Continue reading
Sermon of the week: “Three Reasons to Fear God” by John MacArthur.
Your sermon of the week is Three Reasons to Fear God by John MacArthur. MacArthur begins this sermon by asking those in attendance what they would preach if they had one opportunity to speak in the largest church. He then … Continue reading
Posted in Sermons
Tagged Apologetics, atonement, Bible, Blogging, Christianity, church, Faith, God, Gospel, Jesus, John MacArthur, postmillennialist, Premillennialist, Religion, Sermon, Sermons, Sermons and tagged amillennialist, Theology
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A letter to the Apostle Paul.
“A Letter to Paul the Apostle” The Trinity Review, July, August 1988 Copyright (C) 2003 _______________________________________________________ A Letter to Paul the Apostle Charles Phinney Presbyterian Church in Asia Minor Committee on Missions Paul the Apostle c\o Aquila the Tentmaker Corinth, … Continue reading
Posted in Apostasy/Lukewarm, Encouragement, Humor
Tagged Apologetics, Bible, Christianity, church, Faith, God, heresy, Jesus, Religion
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If Paul’s epistle to the Galatians was published in Christianity Today.
If the Apostle Paul’s letter to the Church in Galatia had been published in the magazine Christianity Today how would it be received? Well, what follows is a dramatization of letters received from readers in response to Paul’s inspired Epistle. … Continue reading
Posted in Apostasy/Lukewarm, Humor
Tagged Apologetics, Apostasy, Bible, Blogging, christian, Christianity, Christianity Today, church, Emergent, Emerging, Faith, Galatians, God, Gospel, heresy, Humor, Jesus, Mark Driscoll, Religion, Theology
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Let everything that has breath praise His holy name.
And to think, for most people on earth, this is the closest they’ll be to ever seeing Heaven. HT: The Watchman’s Bagpipes
Posted in Encouragement
Tagged Apologetics, Blog, Blogging, Christianity, Creation, Faith Bible, God, Jesus, Religion, Theology
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If you try to imitate Christ, the world will praise you; if you become Christlike it will hate you. – David Martyn Lloyd-Jones 1899 – 1981
Posted in Quotes
Tagged Apologetics, Bible, Blogging, Christianity, church, Faith, God, Gospel, Jesus, Martin Lloyd-Jones, Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Quote, Quotes, Religion, Theology
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Youth ministry annoyances.
Pastor Brian Borgman reveals three of his pet-peeves when it comes to youth ministry: Sunday School and VBS curriculum which trivializes and moralizes the Bible. Children’s Church which substitutes for Church. Sending the kids out right before the sermon. Read … Continue reading
Posted in Apostasy/Lukewarm, Parenting
Tagged Christianity, church, Faith, God, Religion, Theology, Youth Ministry
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Saturday Sermon Series: “The Fear of God” (Parts 1 – 3 of 9) by Albert Martin.
In addition to DefCon’s weekly sermon of the week (posted every Thursday), we occasionally feature a Saturday Sermon Series. For the next three Saturdays we are pleased to present a nine-part series (three parts a week) by Albert N. Martin … Continue reading
Posted in Sermons
Tagged Albert Martin, Albert N. Martin, Apologetics, Bible, Blog, Blogging, christian, Christianity, Faith, Fear of God, God, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Religion, Sermon, Sermons, Theology
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Is it enough for you?
Posted in Encouragement
Tagged Blog, Christianity, Faith, Paul Washer, Religion, Theology
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The Homosexual Agenda Marches On
There are numerous reasons to homeschool your children; I have yet another. The push to accept and tolerate what God calls an abomination is advancing like a fast spreading cancer; Fox News has the story here
The Invention of Adolescence.
An interesting article on the invention of adolescence by Otto Scott. Adolescence is now accepted by most Americans as a strange and difficult period marked by wild swings of mood, outbursts of temper, rudeness, rebelliousness, and personality changes — all … Continue reading
Posted in Apostasy/Lukewarm, Encouragement, Home School, News, Parenting
Tagged Bible, Christianity, church, Faith, God, Parenting, Religion, Theology, Youth Ministry
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Many churches spend more on interest payments than on world missions. Debt ties the church’s hands. If attendance drops, the economy suffers, or giving dips, then pastors or missionaries must go unpaid. The building completed eight years ago, already needing … Continue reading
Sermon of the week: “Dangers of Calvinism – The Danger of Pride” by John Scheffer.
Someone was finally bold enough to address one of the greatest causes for people to reject the Doctrines of Grace: proud, combative, and caustic Calvinists. John Scheffer boldly goes where few will dare in his candid message Dangers of Calvinism: … Continue reading
Posted in Sermons
Tagged Apologetics, Blog, Blogging, Calvin, Calvinism, Christianity, church, Faith, God, Jesus, Jesus Christ, John Calvin, John Scheffer, Preach, Preaching, pride, Reformation, reformed, Religion, Sermon, Sermons, Theology
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Watch “Divided” for free.
For those who read my recommendation of the documentary Divided but have not purchased the DVD yet, you can now watch it online for free. But hurry, it is only available for free till September.
Posted in News, Parenting, Recommended Films
Tagged Apologetics, Bible, Divided, Faith, Film Recommendation, Film Review, God, Jesus, Leclerc Brothers, Parenting, Paul Washer, Recommended Films, Religion, Reviews, Theology, Youth Group, Youth Ministry
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Is Federal Vision heresy?
The following is from Flock Alert: “Many are honestly confused about the Federal Vision, and are looking for a quick, basic understanding of it. As such, here we offer a crash course about this enormously influential movement. “The following resources … Continue reading
Posted in Apostasy/Lukewarm
Tagged Apologetics, Apostasy, Bible, Blog, Blogging, christian, Christianity, Doug Wilson, Douglas Wilson, Faith, Federal Vision, God, heresy, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Religion, Theology
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Poking Each Other in the Eye
Imagine for a moment that you are talking to a friend face-to-face, discussing something important. As you are talking you notice something floating in his eye. I would imagine that you would say, “Do you see that? “Doesn’t that bother … Continue reading
Posted in Apostasy/Lukewarm, Encouragement, Expository Moments, Theology
Tagged Faith, Gentleness, Kindness, Love, Sin, Theology
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Just Stop and Think
Source: Just Stop And Think
Posted in Encouragement, Evangelism
Tagged Apologetics, Apostasy, Bible, Blog, Blogging, Christianity, church, Evangelism, Faith, God, heresy, Islam, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Religion, Theology
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“Problems with Premillennialism”
“Problems with Premillennialism” by Sam Storms My departure from Premillennialism was gradual and came as a result of two discoveries as I studied Scripture. First, I devoted myself to a thorough examination of what the NT said would occur at the … Continue reading
Sermon of the week: “Closet Calvinists – Why Arminians Pre-Suppose the Doctrines of Grace” by Phil Johnson.
Are Arminians really closet Calvinists? Find out in your sermon of the week is Closet Calvinists – Why Arminians Pre-Suppose the Doctrines of Grace by Phil Johnson. HT: Desert Pastor
Posted in Sermons
Tagged Bible, christian, Christianity, church, God, Grace Life Pulpit, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Luke, Phil Johnson, Sermon, Sermons, Sermons and tagged Apologetics, Ten Command, Ten Commandments, Theology
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