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Book Review: “Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal” by Sarah J. Richardson
When one gets a glimpse into the evils of Romanism perpetuated in the name of Jesus throughout history, words are hard to find to express the tempest of emotions roiling within. Here, the account of Sarah J. Richardson and her … Continue reading
Posted in Recommended Books, Roman Catholicism
Tagged Apologetics, Apostasy/Lukewarm, Bible, Buddha, Buddhism, Catholicism, Christianity, church, death, Eucharist, Eucharist Minister, Faith, False Teachers, God, Gospel, Grace, heresy, Hindu, Hinduism, Indulgence, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Mary, Memorial, Mexico, Pagan, Pope, Quote, Reformation, Religion, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholicism, Rome, Romish, Theology, Virgin Mary, Worship
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El Costo de seguir a Jesús / The Cost of Following Jesus
Steve Lawson on the cost of following Jesus. Have you counted the cost?
The Disrobing of Society and the Church
In light of Pilgrim’s post on the quote from Jeremy Sonnier about swimwear I feel it a good time to add a post on this subject as it is something very near and dear to my heart. It also is … Continue reading
Papacy Set to Recapture the United Kingdom
Mother Rome has never been satisfied in looking back at her days of infamy when she sat as a gueen over the nations of the earth. Instead, she is ever looking ahead devising means to once again reign supreme over … Continue reading
Posted in Apostasy/Lukewarm, Roman Catholicism
Tagged Ecumenism, papacy, Pope, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholicism, Tony Blair, Vatican
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Experiencing God Through Deceitful Mysticism
Many today in the evangelical church speak as if they are daily receiving personal revelations from God much like the prophets of old. God speaking not through his word, but rather directly to them. Thus establishing the individual as the … Continue reading
Chuck Smith on predestination.
WARNING!!! This is an example of BAD theology. Believe at your own peril… “…you could go to the race tracks with this kind of knowledge (God’s foreknowledge). Imagine what you could do, having foreknowledge knowing every horse what he was … Continue reading
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We believe that the Baptists are the original Christians. We did not commence our existence at the reformation, we were reformers before Luther and Calvin were born; we never came from the Church of Rome, for we were never in … Continue reading
Posted in Quotes
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The Church of No Offense
[This article by Paul Proctor really speaks to so much of what we see in the church today. The church that uses pragmatic and carnal means and foolishly believes that these flesly tools are going to do a spiritual work. Sadly, … Continue reading
Posted in Apostasy/Lukewarm, Prosperity Pimps, Purpose Driven Lie
Tagged Apostasy, Bible, christian, Christianity, church, Easter, False Teacher, False Teachers, God, Gospel, heresy, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Religion, Theology
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The Coalescing of the Christian Right with Apostolic Dominionism
[Posting an article on Dominionism from Herescope.com. This being something that has been on my heart recently as I watch with rapt attention what is going on in the world. No doubt evil is growing not only in America (and has been for … Continue reading
Helping our Persecuted Brethren with a Living Faith
I came across In Jesus’ Name Ministry today and it appears that they are doing a wonderful work to help the poor and persecuted Christians who live in the most hostile regions opposed to Jesus Christ and his word. These … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Persecution, Evangelism
Tagged allah, Buddha, Buddhism, Buddhist, Buddhists, Christian Persecution, Christianity, church, Hinduism, Islam, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Religion
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A Medical Nun’s Story
This video shares the story of Lolly Harding, a woman who was a Catholic medical nun for 13 years. It is really a timely video and provides some more insight in how Catholics will accept without question what they hear … Continue reading
Posted in Roman Catholicism
Tagged Bible, Catholicism, Christianity, Faith, God, Gospel, Grace, Jesus, Nuns, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholicism, Rome, Romish
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Catholic Agenda Embedded in Manhattan Declaration
At DefCon we have dealt with The Manhattan Declaration in previous posts (see here, here and here) speaking to its ecumenical postering and Evangelical signatories. Just recently, Richard Benett from Berean Beacon has published a paper looking into this important matter. Here, … Continue reading
Posted in Apostasy/Lukewarm, Roman Catholicism
Tagged Abortion, Albert Mohler, Apologetics, Apostasy, Bible, Catholicism, Christianity, church, Ecumenism, Faith, God, heresy, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Religion, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholicism, Rome, Romish, Southern Baptist Convention, The Manhattan Declaration
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Rome’s Purgatorial Arguments and Blasphemy
Please watch the video below where James White from Alpha and Omega critically analyzes Catholic Answer’s Tim Staples’ purgatorial arguments. He also shares about the Catholic doctrine of purgatory which statues that nearly all Catholics must endure the purging flames of purgatory to … Continue reading
Posted in Roman Catholicism
Tagged Apologetics, Apostasy, Catholicism, church, Faith, God, heresy, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Religion, Roman Catholicism, Rome, Romish, Theology, Virgin Mary
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Lectio Divina
Lectio Divina, the new rage of the Emergent Church as they run pell mell back to Rome. The subject itself is very serious but sometimes laughter is much needed medicine to the soul. In this light, I’ve included a link here for your listening enjoyment. … Continue reading
The Reformation View of Roman Catholicism
From the works of Martin Luther (1483-1546) What is the whole papacy but a beautiful false front and a deceptively glittering holiness under which the wretched devil lies in hiding? The devil always desires to imitate God in this way. … Continue reading
Posted in Apostasy/Lukewarm, Evangelism, False Christs, Random Selections, Roman Catholicism
Tagged Apologetics, Apostasy, Bible, Catholicism, christian, Christianity, church, Faith, heresy, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Mary, Pope, Religion, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholicism, Rome, Romish, Theology
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Haiti – A Nation in Darkness Needing Light
As we all know Haiti has suffered a catastrophic earthquake that has killed hundreds of thousands of people, where countless additional lives hang in the balance due to lack of water, food and medical care. What many may not know though is that … Continue reading
Posted in Apostasy/Lukewarm, Evangelism, Roman Catholicism
Tagged Bible, Catholicism, Christianity, church, cult, Earthquake, Faith, God, Gospel, heresy, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Religion, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholicism, Romish, Theology, Virgin Mary
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Islamic Paradise and Jesus
Video about the work of God in Islamic nations and a searcher for truth who places his faith in Jesus. Please pray for this very dangerous work and that Islam might fall not by the bloody sword of the Crusaders, … Continue reading
Posted in Evangelism, Islam, Random Selections
Tagged allah, Faith, God, heaven for all eternity, Islam, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Mohammed, Religion, Theology
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Roman Catholic Mysticism and the Emerging Church Reexamined
A very important presentation by Richard Bennett from Bearean Beacon given to an audience in London about Roman Catholic mysticism and its promotion by the Emerging/Emergent Church. From the YouTube posting we read: Mysticism attempts to gain ultimate knowledge of God … Continue reading
EE-Taow – It is Truth!
Words cannot express how one will be touched by this video that depicts the power of the gospel in ways that few of us have ever witnessed. Prepare to shed copious tears in rejoicing in the power of the Great God … Continue reading
Posted in Encouragement, Evangelism, Missions & Martyrs
Tagged Bible, christian, Christianity, Ee-taow, Faith, God, Gospel, Grace, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Missions
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A Catholic Funeral – The Dead Burying the Dead
Yesterday, I attended the funeral of an Aunt who died this past week. And, as is true for any funeral, it was a sad time as yet another life has come to an abrupt end. Never again will her voice be heard … Continue reading
Posted in Roman Catholicism
Tagged Apologetics, baptism, Bible, Catholicism, christian, Christianity, church, death, Eucharist, Faith, False Teachers, God, Gospel, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Roman Catholic, Rome, Romish, Theology
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True Christian Love
Love is the Queen of the Christian graces. It is a holy disposition given to us when we are born again by God. It is the love of God shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit. True spiritual … Continue reading
Posted in Encouragement, Random Selections
Tagged christian, Christianity, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Religion
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The Dawkins Delusion: Is There Evidence for Dawkins?
For those who follow the evolution vs. creation debate you know about one of Darwin’s most militant disciples, Richard Dawkins. Author of the book, The God Delusion, he spares few words in expressing his bitter hatred of even the remotest thought that there might be … Continue reading
Posted in Creation vs Evolution
Tagged Charles Darwin, Creationism, Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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A Brave New World
The world in which we live today is indeed a brave new world. One in which the majority of the masses have been lulled into sleep by the many “narcotics” lavished upon them in the form of endless entertainment, constant distraction, material … Continue reading
A Rebuke from Russia
Over ten years ago, persecuted Christians in Russia sent an urgent plea to the churches of America to stop sending their demonic rock music under the ruse that it is supposedly Christian. It addition to this plea, they also issued a sharp … Continue reading
Posted in Apostasy/Lukewarm
Tagged Apostasy, Christian Music, Christian Rock, Christianity, church, God, Music, Religion
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Catholic Apologists and Excommunication
The deeper you dig into the mire of Catholicism the more gems you discover. Here is one I would like to share with you about how all the “layman” Catholic apologists of YouTube fame, the Web and elsewhere should be … Continue reading
Posted in Random Selections, Roman Catholicism
Tagged Apologetics, Bible, Catholicism, christian, Christianity, church, Evangelism, Religion, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholicism, Rome, Romish, Theology
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Dead Sea Scrolls and the Bible
Text from YouTube: “Dr. Patton is the staff Geologist for the Qumran Plateu excavation in Israel, the site that produced the Dead Sea Scrolls some 2,000 years ago. These scrolls, perhaps the most significant archeological discovery of all time, have … Continue reading
Posted in Encouragement, Random Selections
Tagged Bible, Christianity, Faith, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Religion, Theology
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Paganism was a system of deceivableness. It was the worship of a false god, under the pretence of being the worship of the true God. But popery [Roman Catholicism] is a deceivableness on a scale far beyond that of paganism. … Continue reading
Posted in Quotes, Roman Catholicism
Tagged Apostasy, Bible, Catholicism, Christianity, church, heresy, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Mary, Quote, Quotes, Religion, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholicism, Rome, Romish
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Rick Warren’s Radicalis Conference
I want to give all of the DefCon contributors and readers enough time to get tickets for Saddleback’s latest conference, Radicalis (i.e “Radical Is” which you will find with a backward “R” on their website). Here, in case reading your Bible, sound … Continue reading
Posted in Purpose Driven Lie, Random Selections
Tagged Apostasy, Bible, Christianity, church, false prophets, False Teachers, heresy, Jesus, Religion, Theology
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Oral Roberts Dies
In no way rejoicing, but for those who care to know, Oral Roberts today has joined the growing list of Word Faith teachers who have died. Where once again, a man who claimed he had the power to heal others could not, like … Continue reading
Posted in Apostasy/Lukewarm, Charismania, Prosperity Pimps
Tagged Apostasy, Bible, Christianity, church, cult, Cults, Evangelism, Faith, false prophets, False Teachers, Gospel, heresy, Jesus, Religion, Theology
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The Shoe-Box Baby (Johnny Mark Paz)
From: House of Happiness: “Weighing only 2.5 pounds, Johnny was found in the trash by garbage men on the streets of Quito (the capital of Ecuador, South America). wrapped in a filthy rag, he was taken to the president’s wife, … Continue reading
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