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Tag Archives: Gospel
The God of gods
That men may know that Thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH art the Most High over all the earth! ⎯ Psalm 83:18 In the beginning was the WORD, and the WORD was with God, and the WORD was God. The … Continue reading
Posted in Encouragement, Expository Moments, Hymns of Praise, Jesus IS Lord, Theology
Tagged Bible, Christianity, God, Gospel, Praise, Theology, Worship
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Mitt Romney, Brigham Young, and the historic racism of Mormonism.
While some professing Christians are busy blurring the lines between Christianity and Mormonism (see here and here for example), at least the secular media isn’t being hoodwinked by Mormonism’s slick PR campaign. Case in point: The following video that aired … Continue reading
Posted in Mormonism
Tagged Apologetics, Apostasy, Bible, Blogging, Book of Mormon, Brigham Young, Carthage Jail, Christianity, church, cult, Cults, deception, false prophet, false prophets, False Teacher, False Teachers, God, Gospel, heresy, Hyrum Smith, Jesus, Joseph Smith, Joseph Smith Jr., Latter-day Saints, LDS, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Jr, Mormon, Mormonism, racism, Religion, Salt Lake City, Theology, Utah
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Mormonism isn’t Christianity, even if the president of Fuller Theological Seminary says otherwise.
Richard J. Mouw wrote an astounding article for CNN in which he used the subject of presidential candidate Mitt Romney in an attempt to legitimize Mormonism. Mouw, the president of Fuller Theological Seminary who claims to “know cults” and has … Continue reading
Posted in Mormonism, News
Tagged Apologetics, Apostasy, Bible, Blogging, Book of Mormon, Carthage Jail, Christianity, church, cult, Cults, false prophet, false prophets, False Teacher, False Teachers, God, Gospel, heresy, Hyrum Smith, Jesus, Joseph Smith, Joseph Smith Jr., Latter-day Saints, LDS, Mitt Romney, Mormon, Mormon Doctrine, Mormonism, News, Politics, Religion, Salt Lake City, Theology
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Stop confounding us with logic!
Posted in Abortion, Encouragement, News
Tagged Abortion, Apologetics, Bible, Christianity, church, God, Gospel, infanticide, Jesus, murder, Planned Parenthood, Politics, Pro-Abortion, Pro-Choice, Pro-Life, proabortion, prochoice, Prolife, Religion, Theology
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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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Joel Osteen and (Mormon) Mitt Romney believe in the same Jesus?
Toward the end of this video Joel Osteen says that he’s heard that Mormon presidential candidate Mitt Romney “believes in Jesus as his savior just like I do.” This is inevitable result of having absolutely no doctrinal foundation other than … Continue reading
Posted in Apostasy/Lukewarm, Mormonism, News
Tagged Apologetics, Apostasy, Archeology, Bible, Blogging, Book of Mormon, Brigham Young, Bruce McConkie, Carthage Jail, Cartoon, Christianity, church, cult, Cults, Debate, Evangelism, false prophet, false prophets, False Teacher, False Teachers, God, Gospel, heresy, Hyrum Smith, Jesus, Joseph Smith, Joseph Smith Jr., Latter-day Saints, LDS, Mitt Romney Jon Huntsman, Mormon, Mormon debate, Mormon Doctrine, Mormonism, Religion, Salt Lake City, Theology
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A True Roman Catholic Miracle!
I ran across this poem while reading about the difference between the biblical gospel and the false gospel of the cult of Rome, revealing a bonafide miracle! Don’t discount miracles within the Roman cult until you read this, taken from a … Continue reading
Posted in Expository Moments, False Christs, Random Selections, Roman Catholicism, Theology
Tagged Bible, Catholicism, Gospel, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholicism, Romish, Theology
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Hey you, worship leader guy, remember that you are not a rock star.
I wanted to pass on a good article entitled “You Are Not a Rock Star, and Other Nuggets for Worship Leaders” written by Clint Archer: I use “worship leader” in the vernacular sense of the guy who leads the music. … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged Apologetics, Bible, christian, Christian Music, Christian Worship, Christian Worship Music, Christianity, church, Cornerstone, Cornerstone Festival, Faith, God, Gospel, Jesus, Music, News, Religion, Theology
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A letter to the pope.
Thanks to Banner of Truth for reprinting this letter from Charles Hodge to Pope Pius the Ninth. In today’s atmosphere of blur-the-lines doctrinal positions it’s refreshing to see how men of old stood their ground on principles and refused to … Continue reading
Posted in Encouragement, 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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The first vision.
Two brief videos on Joseph Smith’s varied first vision accounts by LDSvideo.org. See also: The various first visions of Joseph Smith and Dear Mormon: Which version of the first vision do you believe?
Posted in Mormonism
Tagged Apologetics, Apostasy, Archeology, Bible, Blogging, Book of Mormon, Brigham Young, Bruce McConkie, Carthage Jail, Cartoon, Christianity, church, cult, Cults, Debate, Evangelism, false prophet, false prophets, False Teacher, False Teachers, God, Gospel, heresy, Hyrum Smith, Jesus, Joseph Smith, Joseph Smith Jr., Latter-day Saints, LDS, Mitt Romney Jon Huntsman, Mormon, Mormon debate, Mormon Doctrine, Mormonism, Religion, Salt Lake City, Theology
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It’s NOT official!
Too true . . . too funny. A classic.
Posted in Humor, Mormonism
Tagged Apologetics, Apostasy, Archeology, Bible, Blogging, Book of Mormon, Brigham Young, Bruce McConkie, Carthage Jail, Christianity, church, cult, Cults, 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 Doctrine, Mormonism, Quick Questions, Religion, Salt Lake City, Theology
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A short film that examines the question: Are “good morals” enough?
If we don’t point to and focus on Christ, our morality is worthless and will not bring honor to our God. This 24 minute film was made by a handful of young people from my church. For the glory of … Continue reading
Posted in Encouragement, Evangelism, Home School, Random Selections, Recommended Films, Theology
Tagged Apologetics, Gospel, Theology
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Quotes (931)
Mormons do not take criticism of their faith lightly; sadly, many [of them] have followed the path of our culture in assuming that disagreement is akin to bigotry. – Bill McKeever
Posted in Mormonism, Quotes
Tagged Apologetics, Apostasy, Archeology, Bible, Blogging, Book of Mormon, Brigham Young, Bruce McConkie, Carthage Jail, Cartoon, 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, Mitt Romney Jon Huntsman, Mormon, Mormon debate, Mormon Doctrine, Mormonism, Movie, Movie Review, Quick Questions, Religion, Salt Lake City, Theology
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Oh anathema, my anathema.
How many anathemas are you under? Mark, from Here I Blog, decided to count his: “I decided to count the number of anathemas that I am under from the 33 canons on justification. My count is 23 anathemas as I … Continue reading
Posted in 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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Planned Parenthood’s propaganda machine would make Goebbels jealous.
This very disturbing cartoon churned out by Planned Parenthood of San Francisco is the type of propaganda that’s reminiscent of Nazi Germany (not counting their similar goals of the mass killing of innocent, defenseless human beings). Hitler would be so … Continue reading
Posted in Abortion
Tagged Abortion, Apologetics, Bible, Blogging, Book, Books, Christianity, church, God, Gospel, infanticide, Jesus, Liberal, Liberal News, Liberal News Media, liberals, Media, murder, News, News Media, Planned Parenthood, Politics, Pro-Abortion, Pro-Choice, Pro-Life, proabortion, prochoice, Prolife, Religion, Theology
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Quotes (926)
Not, how much of my money will I give to God, but how much of God’s money will I keep for myself. – John Wesley 1703 – 1791
Posted in Liberia, Missions & Martyrs, Quotes
Tagged Apologetics, Bible, Blogging, Christianity, church, Faith, God, Gospel, Jesus, John Wesley, Quote, Quotes, Religion, Theology
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How to think like a Roman Catholic.
The following is an illustrated lesson to help you understand how the average Roman Catholic thinks on the matter of idolatry. I have provided several images which will allow you to better understand how a Romanist processes information. But before … Continue reading
Posted in 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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The source of LDS lunar life discovered?
Those who have studied Mormonism’s history have seen that much of the Book of Mormon was written largely in part thanks to other sources that were available to Joseph Smith at the time he lived. The two most notable examples … Continue reading
Posted in Mormonism
Tagged Apologetics, Apostasy, Archeology, Bible, Blogging, Book of Mormon, Brigham Young, Bruce McConkie, Carthage Jail, Cartoon, 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, Mitt Romney Jon Huntsman, Mormon, Mormon debate, Mormon Doctrine, Mormonism, Movie, Movie Review, Quick Questions, Religion, Salt Lake City, Theology
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The blasphemy of Rome’s priesthood.
“The priest speaks, and Christ, the eternal and omnipotent God, bows his head in humble obedience to the priest’s command.” – “Father” John O’Brien The Faith of Millions “Jesus died to institute the priesthood. Had he not died, where should … Continue reading
Posted in Roman Catholicism
Tagged Apologetics, Apostasy/Lukewarm, Bible, Catholicism, Christianity, church, death, Eucharist, Eucharist Minister, Faith, False Teachers, God, Gospel, Grace, heresy, Indulgence, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Mary, Memorial, Mexico, Pope, Quote, Reformation, Religion, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholicism, Rome, Romish, Theology, Virgin Mary
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Sermon of the week: “Sovereign Election, Israel & Eschatology (a.k.a. Why Every Self-Respecting Calvinist is a Premillennialist)” by John MacArthur.
Your sermon of the week is Sovereign Election, Israel & Eschatology (a.k.a. Why Every Self-Respecting Calvinist is a Premillennialist) by John MacArthur. This is the message that caused a stir a few years ago when MacArthur delivered it at the … Continue reading
Posted in Sermons
Tagged amillennialist, Apologetics, atonement, Bible, Blogging, Christianity, church, Faith, God, Gospel, Jesus, John MacArthur, postmillennialist, Premillennialist, Religion, Sermon, Sermons, Theology
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Top 10 reasons to reject the cult of Word of Faith.
I found the following article at Beyond Grace: Word-Faith (WOF) teaching, identified with Ken Copeland and Ken Hagin, is the foundation for today’s prophetic/apostolic movement. Several years ago Tricia Tillin wrote an article on the Top Ten Reasons for rejecting … Continue reading
Posted in Apostasy/Lukewarm, Charismania
Tagged Apologetics, Apostasy, Bible, Christianity, church, God, Gospel, heresy, Humor, Jesus, Religion, Theology
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Quotes (923).
The Roman Catholic Church teaches that infants are forgiven of original sin when a priest pours water over the baby in the sacrament of baptism. There are two serious problems with this practice. First, there is no occurrence of infant … Continue reading
Posted in Quotes, Roman Catholicism
Tagged Apostasy, Bible, Blogging, Catholicism, Christianity, church, false prophet, false prophets, False Teacher, False Teachers, God, Gospel, heresy, Jesuit, Jesuits, Jesus, Mary, Pope, Quote, Quotes, Religion, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholicism Apologetics, Rome, Romish, Theology, Virgin Mary
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A gospel test for Jehovah’s Witnesses.
The following five questions for Jehovah’s Witnesses, from a tract sold by Personal Freedom Outreach, is a perfect companion to Paul Washer’s witnessing technique to Jehovah’s Witnesses (found here).
Posted in Jehovah's Witnesses
Tagged Awake!, Bible, Charles Russell, Charles Taze Russell, Christianity, church, cult, Cults, Faith, God, Gospel, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus, JW, JWs, New World Translation, Religion, Theology, watchtower
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Walter Martin vs Van Hale debate: “Is Mormonism Christian?”
vs Christian apologist Walter Martin takes on Mormon apologist Van Hale in a debate entitled Is Mormonism Christian? It is another fine job by Walter Martin in defending the faith from those who would seek to pervert it. Years after … Continue reading
Posted in Debates, Mormonism
Tagged Apologetics, Bible, Blogging, Book of Mormon, Brigham Young, Christianity, church, cult, Cults, Debate, Debates, Ethan Smith, false prophet, false prophets, False Teacher, False Teachers, God, Gospel, heresy, Jesus, Joseph Smith, Latter-day Saints, LDS, Mormon, Mormonism, Religion, Salt Lake City, Theology, Utah, Walter Martin
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Quotes (921)
Does any Christian reader imagine for a moment that when he or she shall stand before their holy Lord, that they will regret having lived “too strictly” on earth? Is there the slightest danger of His reproving any of His … Continue reading
“The more I studied the more evidence of a cover-up I discovered.”
As a follow-up to yesterday’s post (found here), and as a testament to the legacy of Joseph Smith (who was born 206 years ago today), I wanted to direct your attention to the resignation letter of former LDS stake bishop, … Continue reading
Posted in Mormonism
Tagged Apologetics, Apostasy, Archeology, Bible, Blogging, Book of Mormon, Brigham Young, Bruce McConkie, Carthage Jail, Christianity, church, cult, Cults, 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 Doctrine, Mormonism, Quick Questions, Religion, Salt Lake City, Theology
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“If the [Mormon] church is not true would I want to know?”
Steve Bloor penned a letter to his congregation after resigning from his position as Bishop in his LDS stake. What he did took much courage and I commend him for not only being willing to investigate his organization’s history, but … Continue reading
Posted in Mormonism
Tagged Apologetics, Apostasy, Archeology, Bible, Blogging, Book of Mormon, Brigham Young, Bruce McConkie, Carthage Jail, Christianity, church, cult, Cults, 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 Doctrine, Mormonism, Quick Questions, Religion, Salt Lake City, Theology
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Thabiti Anyabwile on multi-site churches.
Something for you to consider (and discuss) from the article, Multi-Site Churches Are from the Devil: “. . . I think the kind of multi-site churches (realizing there are a few different approaches) that feature one pastor being beamed into … Continue reading
Posted in Random Selections
Tagged Bible, Blogging, Christianity, church, Faith, God, Gospel, Jesus, Religion, Thabiti Anyabwile, Theology
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Quotes (918)
. . . [W]e must restore to the family the responsibility of ministering to youth. In many churches–but by no means all–the purpose of the youth group is founded on premises that are an impediment to the training of godly … Continue reading
Posted in Parenting, Quotes
Tagged Apologetics, Bible, Blog, Blogging, christian, Christian Parenting, Christianity, Faith, God, Gospel, Grace, Jesus, Jesus Christ, miracles, Parenting, Quote, Quotes, Religion, Theology
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The erosion of parental rights.
Source: OverruledMovie.com and ParentalRights.org
Posted in News, Parenting
Tagged Apologetics, Bible, Blog, Blogging, Christianity, church, Communism, Education, Faith, God, Gospel, Government Education, home education, Home School, Home Schooling, Homeschool, Homeschooling, Jesus, News, Parenting, Parents, Public Education, public school, Religion, Sermon, Sermons, Sola Fide, Theology, United Nations
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