Who Do You See in the Mirror?
Posted on August 6, 2008 - Filed Under 319 | Leave a Comment
“The reason most people are so miserable is that they can’t stand themselves.” It is sad but so true! There are many people who just cannot stand themselves. I needed to change my perspective.
We look into a mirror to see how we look. Men use a mirror to shave and women use one to put on makeup. We all check our hair in the mirror.
What thoughts come to you when looking into a mirror? “I need a haircut.” “Where did that come from?” or, “I need to loose some weight.”
Read More..>>David & Goliath
Posted on July 18, 2008 - Filed Under 319 | Leave a Comment
Goliath intimidated in the armies of Israel by his sheer size and his gleaming bronze armor, but David trusted in the Lord and easily defeated the physically superior warrior.
Copyright (c) 2008 Jon Straumfjord
Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward…. (1 Samuel 16:13, NKJV)
Now the Philistines gathered their armies together to battle …
Read More..>>Dr. Anthony T. Evans and The Carnal Christian
Posted on July 8, 2008 - Filed Under 319 | Leave a Comment
Bad doctrine has always crept into the Christian church. Among the believers of Paul’s day men such as Hymenaeus and Philetus postulated ideas that Paul said “will eat as doth a canker” (2 Tim 2:17). In the modern Christian church one prevalent false teaching takes the form of a doctrinal half-breed known as the “carnal Christian.”
Counterfeit, errant dogmas always creep around the Christian church. In fact, Revelation chapter two records a warning from Jesus against dangerous doctrines that led His people astray. In the contemporary church the “carnal Christian,” a sin-friendly doctrinal hybrid, is worming its way into Christian orthodoxy.
Read More..>>Eternal Security: On Falling Away
Posted on July 8, 2008 - Filed Under 319 | Leave a Comment
Christians find much comfort from these words of Christ: “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish…” Many evangelical, eternal security/once saved always saved teachers, however, quote Jesus in this passage as if He had said, “They shall never perish whether they follow me or not.?
Read More..>>On Deception: When Bedlam Seized Repose
Posted on July 8, 2008 - Filed Under 319 | Leave a Comment
Popular contemporary, evangelical Christian teachers tone-down, dress-up, disguise and Christianize Satan’s garden lie, “Ye shall not surely die,? stupefying the minds and blinding the eyes of men just as it did with our first parents.
Was it a day like today? Did the dawn chase away midnight dreams? From mountain peaks to valley floors, surely all creation joined nature’s chorus as the Almighty’s symphony sprang to life. This voiceless choir sang utopian melodies of heavenly ecstasy while lions and lambs shared breakfast leaves. Not a harsh word or even a weed polluted this pristine paradise. Did the nightingale’s breezy chorus awaken our first parents? Possibly their eyes opened at the gentle nudge of a peaceable beast. They rose, they laughed and innocence reigned. Then?mutiny. Treason!
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