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Category Archives: Apostasy/Lukewarm
Starbucks at the Expense of Gospel Outreach?
As our family continues down the road, I never cease to be amazed at those who tell us, “Oh, I could never do what you are doing!” Or, they may comment, “Lord bless you, but that type of work is … Continue reading
The stranger.
The Stranger (Author Unknown) A few months before I was born, my dad met a stranger who was new to our small town. From the beginning, dad was fascinated with this enchanting newcomer, and soon invited him to live with … Continue reading
Posted in Apostasy/Lukewarm, Encouragement, Television
Tagged Apologetics, Christianity, Faith, heresy, Religion, Television, Theology
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What Vine are you Abiding In? (Part 1)
One of my favorite passages in scripture is Jesus’ teaching on the vine and the branches. Let’s look at what it means for Christ to be the vine and for the believer to be the branch. John 15:1-11 15:1 “I … Continue reading
Christian Book Distributors now selling the Koran.
If you want to purchase the Islamic Koran you can now turn to the nation’s leading Christian bookselling website. That’s right, you can now buy the Koran from Christian Book Distributors (CBD). And CBD is even encouraging the mass distribution … Continue reading
Posted in Apostasy/Lukewarm, Islam
Tagged Apologetics, Bible, Christianity, church, Faith, God, heresy, Islam, Jesus, Religion, Theology, Universalism
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A visit to a megachurch.
Here’s an article by Chris Dunn on his recent experience of visiting a megachurch. It’s not pretty. Last Sunday I went to a megachurch. Normally I attend small churches with a gathering of local believers who strive to live according … Continue reading
Posted in Apostasy/Lukewarm
Tagged Apologetics, Christianity, church, Faith, God, heresy, Jesus, Religion, Theology
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The Spirit of the Age
I was going to post this as a response to this: http://defendingcontending.com/2011/02/17/inner-promptings/ but decided it warrants its own post. Many people have been misled by folk about how to find out the will of God – as if He’s hidden it … Continue reading
Navigating Through Life
A couple of words have been rattling around in my head the past few days. This all started with all the hype over the new “i” device from Apple Computer – the iPhone. People have gone mad over this $500 … Continue reading
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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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
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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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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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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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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Jesus IS Lord in Ephesians and Philippians
Ephesians 1:1-3—Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and faithful in Christ Jesus: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed be … Continue reading
Another Big-Name “Pastor” Continues the Slide
In his book, Eternal Security – Can You Be Sure? Charles Stanley makes many of the errors common to the “Free Grace” movement. Perhaps the most glaring is in his analysis of the wedding feast parable in Matthew 22. Dr. … Continue reading
Posted in Apostasy/Lukewarm, Roman Catholicism
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C. S. Lewis: Little problems or blatant heresies?
As a follow-up to What did C.S. Lewis really believe? I offer this video from Todd Friel of Wretched Radio.
Posted in Apostasy/Lukewarm
Tagged Apologetics, Apostasy, Bible, C. S. Lewis, Christ, christian, Christianity, church, CS Lewis, Debate, God, heresy, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Theology, Todd Friel, Wretched Radio
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Is your Worldview based on the world?
Many professing Christians think man has more wisdom than God in determining how long the creation took. Of course, few people put it in those terms, but that is what it boils down to. Here’s an example. What are the … Continue reading
Gin and juice missionaries.
Here’s the opening to a great little article on a matter we’ve been lamenting for years: Many Christians tend to hang out a lot with unsaved friends for the sake of “winning” them to Christ. (Unsaved girlfriends, boyfriends, club-buddies, former … Continue reading
Posted in Apostasy/Lukewarm
Tagged Bible, Blogging, Christianity, church, Encouragement, Faith, God, Gospel, Jesus, News, RC Sproul, Religion, Sermon, Sovereignty, Sovereignty of God, Theology
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Worship Songs Compared.
DefCon touches on the issue of music and the Church from time to time; thanks to a recent article from The Watchman’s Bagpipes, this is one of those times. Yesterday in church we sang some contemporary “worship” songs at the … Continue reading
Posted in Apostasy/Lukewarm, Music
Tagged Apologetics, Bible, christian, Christian Music, Christian Worship, Christian Worship Music, Christianity, church, Faith, God, Gospel, Jesus, Music, Religion, Theology
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Voddie Baucham on Youth Ministry.
Posted in Apostasy/Lukewarm, Parenting
Tagged Apologetics, Apostasy, Bible, Blogging, Christian Youth Group, Christianity, church, Church Youth Group, Faith, God, Gospel, heresy, Jesus, Religion, Theology, Voddie Baucham, Youth Culture, Youth Evangelism, Youth Group, Youth Ministry, Youth Pastors
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It’s Time for Vacation Bible School! – Or Is It Time to Repent?
Vacation Bible School sounds innocent enough, it started with good intentions: Christians wanting to reach children with the good news of Jesus. Christianity Astray reports: Unofficially, it’s possible to trace the roots of VBS as far back as the 1870s, … Continue reading
Welcome to Shallow Small Group.
Sometimes a parody can say so much more than a million serious blog posts.
Posted in Apostasy/Lukewarm, Humor
Tagged Apologetics, Apostasy, Bible, blasphemy, christian, Christianity, church, Dr. Duncan, Faith, God, heresy, Humor, Post Modern, PostModernism, Religion, Small Groups, Theology, video
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“It is in the gymnasium of affliction that men are modeled and fashioned in the beauty of holiness, and all their spiritual powers are trained for harmonious action. It was meet also that they should suffer, in order to complete … Continue reading
Clergy in heartland embraces homosexuality and says it is not a sin
As Satan continues to build his counterfeit church, his foundation is deception and lies. Here is yet another lie from the pit of hell… Recently Joni Stacy, PFLAG Regional Director for the Central Region, forwarded a newsletter including the formation … Continue reading
Doug Phillips on Youth Ministry.
Posted in Apostasy/Lukewarm
Tagged Apologetics, Apostasy, Bible, Blogging, Christian Youth Group, Christianity, church, Church Youth Group, Doug Philips, Doug Phillips, Faith, God, Gospel, heresy, Jesus, Religion, Theology, Youth Culture, Youth Evangelism, Youth Group, Youth Ministry, Youth Pastors
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