tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74119482012-02-02T11:20:10.252-08:00Discussion of the theological direction in which the church is moving.Diane Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02442757505452061995noreply@blogger.comBlogger14471100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411948.post-83824766709781917542012-02-02T11:20:00.001-08:002012-02-02T11:20:10.262-08:00

Here is a great quote I borrowed from the Challies' site (www.challies.com). You might need to read it several times to get its full impact. I actually had to read it twice. Our business is to present the Christian faith clothed in modern terms, not to propagate modern thought clothed in Christian terms. — .....J.I. Packer

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Dan at Cerulean Sanctum> has written a a response to a few posts on church unity written by Tim Challies. Dan says that Tim believes lack of unity is because of lack of love. In his post, Dan wants to take it further and pin it on church leadership and the specifics of what goes wrong there. I would like to post a response to Dan's post (and Tim's). I agree wholeheartedly to what Dan wrote but

Diane Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02442757505452061995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411948.post-60191499635567924972012-01-16T09:48:00.000-08:002012-01-16T09:48:19.750-08:00

From the January/February 2012 issue of Modern Reformation magazine, When transformation becomes your reason for existence, you are tempted to see transformation where it isn't, and you fail to notice areas that remain bound in the chains of original sin.  You fear not seeing transformation, because it might indict your faith.  So you start spinning reality. Could this be why so many

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I was thinking  a few days ago that one of the basic problems in America today is the massive weakening of boundaries.  This includes personal boundaries, national boundaries, spiritual boundaries, etc. In the church I was in a few years ago, I kept seeing the high school and college kids constantly massaging each others' shoulders, combing others' hair and so forth.  This wasn't just girls to

Diane Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02442757505452061995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411948.post-44734375669297178572011-12-28T10:01:00.000-08:002011-12-28T10:14:19.142-08:00

Welcome to the December 28th edition of the Christian Carnival.*Maryanne of Ichthus77 always is writing about fascinating things. Lately she has undertaken something called the Bible Project in which she presents the Bible chronologically, combining parallel passages. Her post entry this week is entitled, "Bible Narrative Project year-in-review. At the end of the post she also tells us

Diane Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02442757505452061995noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411948.post-14535235337369980962011-12-22T11:29:00.000-08:002011-12-22T11:37:16.740-08:00

Goad gives us dreams and plans for what He wants us to do in the future. These can be authentically called prophetic words to us. Satan's job is to come against these dreams and plans, snatching them away before they can be realized. I believe, from my 48 years of observation as a Christian, that if we don't get them back through standing in faith and at times spiritual warfare, those plans will

Diane Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02442757505452061995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411948.post-21302185108707032872011-12-18T18:24:00.000-08:002011-12-18T18:27:52.590-08:00

I finally figured out why Christianity has taken such a nose-dive in the past 25 years. Very little mention or teaching about sin. Because so many were hurt by legalism, churches have gone to the other extreme. Now all you have to do is "receive Jeuss", or "follow Jesus," or some such thing, but no mention of repentence, confession of sin....nada. That brings up the very interesting question

Diane Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02442757505452061995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411948.post-76943768894178230342011-12-06T17:13:00.000-08:002011-12-06T17:15:42.887-08:00

This blogger wants women to stop submitting to men. No, it isn't quite what you think, but the blogger, Russell D. Moore, is right on IMO. Here is a snippet from the post. The link is below. Please do read the entire post.Sisters, you owe no submission to Hollywood or to Madison Avenue, or to those who listen to them. Your worth and dignity cannot be defined by them. Stop comparing yourselves

Diane Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02442757505452061995noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411948.post-69588628318755291102011-12-05T10:40:00.000-08:002011-12-05T10:52:31.359-08:00

I've written a lot here about my problems with the emergent movement, mainly because of the constant chipping away at the substitutionary atonement theology (among other things). But I do see some confusion and lines drawn from other anti-emergents at a point that I think we should rethink. Many anti-emergents confuse method and content. In other words, anything the emgents say or do is wrong,

Diane Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02442757505452061995noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411948.post-9455016848607418372011-12-01T16:45:00.000-08:002011-12-01T16:49:58.825-08:00

If I went to a Catholic wedding or funeral, I wouldn't expect them to change their service (i.e. the eucharist, etc.) because I'm there. And if I attended a Mormon church, I wouldn't expect them to change reading out of the Book of Mormon because I was there. In fact, I wouldn't respect churches that did that. However, I would apprecite it if they helped outsiders by explaining what they are

Diane Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02442757505452061995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411948.post-91900606684513161172011-11-25T16:45:00.000-08:002011-11-25T16:56:52.310-08:00

For the past few months I've been writing about the obsession of the American evangelcials, especially younger ones, with helping the poor. I've made two basic observations about this. First, the "helping the poor obsession" is replacing the heart of the gospel; the atonement of Jesus Christ. Second, those helping the poor may not be helping them that much. In fact, they might be making things

Diane Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02442757505452061995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411948.post-61348541575886464482011-11-24T19:32:00.000-08:002011-11-24T19:46:57.318-08:00

This is why the soical gospel alone won't work--From Christianity Today magazine, the November 2011 issue:"Now a confirmed atheist, I've become convinced of the enormous contribution that Christian evangelism makes in Africa: sharply distinct from the work of secular NGOs, government projects and international aid efforts. These alone will not do. Education and training alone will not do. In

Diane Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02442757505452061995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411948.post-24812884403709958452011-11-21T16:45:00.001-08:002011-11-21T16:52:58.743-08:00

I watched an interview with Jay M. Bernstein, professor of philosophy at the New School of Research. He was talking about his thinking about dependency. As I listened to him it triggered something I've kind of known subconsciously but until now, really hadn't put together. Listening to your pastor talk about the church and the church family, it's evident that we need a level of dependency on one

Diane Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02442757505452061995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411948.post-62865804946090979302011-10-27T19:12:00.000-07:002011-10-27T19:30:46.369-07:00

For a long time I've kept my eye open to anybody who could put down in writing, or even in a speech, what began in the 1960s and how it has impacted America today. Well, I think I found it. No matter what you feel about Bill O'Reilly, I believe he has really hit the nail on the head in his recent column. Here is the part I felt was so very right-on:The collapse of tradition began in the late

Diane Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02442757505452061995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411948.post-71261770339182307202011-10-22T17:17:00.000-07:002011-10-22T17:31:47.210-07:00

I see the current progression in many evangelical churches, especially younger ones, like this:In the first stage, instead of beginning with the fact that all have sinned and Jesus bore our sin and took it away, these churches start with the humanistic premise that we simply need to give people a hand up. Social justice can also be a part of this. The understanding and acceptance of original sin

Diane Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02442757505452061995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411948.post-87771223571050558962011-10-14T11:28:00.000-07:002011-10-14T11:33:05.696-07:00

We must understand that the problems we are seeing in America--such as wildfires, earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, and floods--are actually the fruit of a root problem. Changing a law or political party is like putting a Band-Aid on a deep-rooted cancer. God is calling Christians across our nation to their knees, to humbly unite and lead the church in massive repentence._________

Diane Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02442757505452061995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411948.post-24527151367119683172011-10-05T16:31:00.000-07:002011-10-05T16:50:40.611-07:00

In the early and middle 20th century Christians were told NOT to do certain things, such as smoking, drinking, dancing, etc. This was supposed to make them better Christians and also to help them please God better. This has now been named legalism. In the 1960s and '70s there arose a new type of legalism. Christians were told that to be better Christians and to please God they had "to witness."

Diane Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02442757505452061995noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411948.post-85669845006046273992011-09-26T20:07:00.000-07:002011-09-26T20:34:41.403-07:00

As a former educator I found the article I mention below fascinating. I've been saying for years that sending kids to Christian schools or homeschooling them has been what has destroyed the public schools. I don't believe the schools have gone down because prayer was taken out. The states that had prayer were mostly in the South. Five Southern states had and still have the worst performing in

Diane Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02442757505452061995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411948.post-32341587291603325802011-09-23T20:14:00.000-07:002011-09-23T20:26:27.196-07:00

I found another great interview speaking about the theme of how evangelicals are getting confused with the culture. This interview is with Os Guinness, also from the September/October 2011 issue of Modern Reformation magazine.He talks about the two extremes of meeting the culture. He says Legalism was the former response, but today we see the other extreme. Guinness says,The other extreme is

Diane Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02442757505452061995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411948.post-13374830219856800932011-09-22T19:21:00.001-07:002011-09-22T19:23:52.182-07:00

From Andrew Strom:For a long time now, God has been watching this mighty tree thatHe planted turn slowly "poisonous" in its spiritual influence onthe earth. The "poison" has spread far and wide. He has decidedon a massive 'pruning' operation - to prune the tree right back andhope it comes right. If this does not work, He will cut the tree down. A tree that He loved and nurtured from a tiny

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Kevin deYoung, in an interview* with Michael Horton, weighed in on this matter of churches putting the social gospel (the Great Commandment) ahead of the basic gospel of what Jesus did at the cross (the Great Commission). He said some great things but this part really struck me because I've been saying this for a year now. It seems we both have the same prognistication. He talks about what

Diane Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02442757505452061995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411948.post-48876699204146896952011-09-20T09:38:00.000-07:002011-09-20T17:55:44.603-07:00

I'm really happy with the Sept./Oct. 2011 issue of Modern Reformation magazine as the theme is about all of this current social justice obsession in evangelical churches. A particular interesting article is by pastor Ken Jones, a black reformationist. I think he is the only one I've ever read (except perhaps for Fred Price) who isn't advocating the black church as an institution getting involved

Diane Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02442757505452061995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411948.post-47338547914219333772011-09-16T16:55:00.000-07:002011-09-16T17:21:14.844-07:00

As I said in my last post, I'm reading an excellent book by David van Drunen. I felt I had to get on tip of this Two Kingdom thing to really understand what the emergents and others (NAR too?) are thinking and doing with their "we will bring God's Kingdom on earth through infiltrating the culture" doctrine. In my current issue of Modern Reformation magazine (September/October issue), guess who

Diane Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02442757505452061995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411948.post-26726557137701985482011-09-13T15:56:00.000-07:002011-09-13T16:09:03.539-07:00

I found an excellent statement in a book I'm reading, Living in God's Two Kingdoms by David vanDrunen. This has to do with all the social gospel/justice, and ecology/creation theology the younger evangelicals are into today. What I've done is to reword the statement as two questions. I would love to see churches decide which of the two questions is the correct Biblical view and why, IF they had

Diane Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02442757505452061995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411948.post-5787350472996244692011-09-10T16:23:00.000-07:002011-09-10T17:42:18.854-07:00

The Talk to Action blog has an interesting post on Peter Wagner's defense of the Third Wave Charismatic movement's definition and practice of spiritual warfare. As a Pentecostal, I see a need for balance here. This is my main problem with the whole Charismatic movement generally, including the start of it in the 1960s. There is too much "leeway" outside the Bible. I can prove that Wagner is a

Diane Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02442757505452061995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411948.post-76774044184778837492011-09-08T17:33:00.001-07:002011-09-08T17:34:37.357-07:00

This really says it all as to why the evangelical movement, as Spurgeon would say, is on the downgrade,We will not be ready for the challenge of this hour until there is genuine repentance and conversion in our churches... Christians tend to divorce doctrine and practice. Some put all the emphasis on orthodoxy, with very little day-by-day living to match. Others major in experience, with little

Diane Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02442757505452061995noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411948.post-82706233033110463002011-09-04T17:50:00.000-07:002011-09-04T18:15:10.092-07:00

Well, here I am again, in a new church. It's been a year and one month since I left the Presbyterian one and now I journey to still another one. I really don't want to be a church vagabond but today with so little good Bible teaching and practically no foundational doctrines being taught, what does a Christian do? So what was wrong with my last church? Well, I don't think I nitpick. I really

Diane Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02442757505452061995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411948.post-45740239036559086562011-09-03T18:18:00.001-07:002011-09-03T18:18:41.040-07:00

I am perplexed about something. Shouldn't people against Christ be punished/disciplined, and Christ-followers not? Here is the situation. The weather has been mainly battering the red states--the Bible Belt states. While where I live in Southern California the weather has been fantastic this past year. We have gotten lots of rain but not up to flooding proportions. We have had no earthquakes

Diane Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02442757505452061995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411948.post-52484659594454355632011-08-28T18:35:00.000-07:002011-08-28T18:40:48.287-07:00

Something dawned on me the other day. Is political correctness a controlling tactic? The essence of political correctness, which by the way is straight from Continental postmodern philosophy (poststructuralism, deconstructuralism), is treating the Other with dignity and giving them their due rights. That sounds good and it should be. But when political correctness comes in and interferes

Diane Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02442757505452061995noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411948.post-77975229140634505802011-08-25T01:00:00.000-07:002011-08-25T01:26:35.101-07:00

I am still working on finding out how to really help the poor, but I'm not having much luck. Anyway, I thought I would summarize what I've written here and put in some additions about what I'm seeing out there with this evangelical obsession with helping the poor. Again, this is not about not helping the poor. It's about doing it correctly and as an outcome of the Christian life, not a

Diane Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02442757505452061995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411948.post-91361966048236830312011-08-18T17:19:00.000-07:002011-08-18T17:29:14.139-07:00

Everywhere you go in the church world one hears that we should love others. But most of these exhortations seem to be very general and often vague. So, when I found this web page with a list of 37 ways the Bible tells us to love people, I thought that it could serve as a good example to what should be preached. I wonder what would happen in the lives of church members as well as the churches

Diane Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02442757505452061995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411948.post-86182101300377727062011-08-16T19:07:00.000-07:002011-08-16T19:20:19.639-07:00

Here's what is wrong with America today. It's thinking the opposite of how it should be thinking. In the "good old days," you wanted your daughters to be sweet, clean-mouthed and clean-minded. But today? Well, one mother doesn't like the clean image that singer Taylor Swift is presenting. She wants her to "empower" the girls who follow her. In fact, she would rather have Taylor act like Lady

Diane Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02442757505452061995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411948.post-59272028869170545162011-08-14T17:46:00.000-07:002011-08-14T17:50:56.106-07:00

I thought this post from Tim Challies was very good as it really shows that helping the poor isn't as simple as so many Christian leaders want you to beleive. "Just send money," or, "We'll just build a well," sounds nice but there is more to curb systemic poverty than middle class know-nothing Christians going into a country, or even into poor areas of their own country and "meddling." Here is

Diane Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02442757505452061995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411948.post-39363063473011478962011-08-01T11:18:00.000-07:002011-08-01T11:21:56.593-07:00

First, stop preaching anything about what Jesus really did at the cross. Make vague statements like "He redeemed us, or, " He reconciled us." But don't give any specifics about why He did this or how you can get in on it and get it to work for you.Second, Herd everyone into age groups so the teens and younger adults won't ever be discipled or have input by older members. Also, don't do anything

Diane Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02442757505452061995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411948.post-10077507577528290182011-07-21T18:44:00.000-07:002011-07-21T18:55:37.540-07:00

I thought these two blog posts were very good concerning the "new" evangelical Christianity being pedaled today. Christian Smith has indentified five points of what he calls Moralistic Therapeutic Deism.1. A God exists who created and orders the world and watches over human life on earth.2. God wants people to be good, nice, and fair to each other, as taught in the Bible and by most world

Diane Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02442757505452061995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411948.post-55116831885758067262011-07-19T17:22:00.000-07:002011-07-19T17:26:47.536-07:00

As I've written here before, as I get older I am becoming more and more aware of how things are changing in the church for older adults. Mainly, many of us feel pastors wish we would just go away.This is a must read - about a pastor grateful for the lunches he has with one of his congregants--a 106 year old woman, and what he learns from her.The link is here.(A big thanks to Challies' blog for

Diane Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02442757505452061995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411948.post-25240390425364832852011-07-13T16:30:00.000-07:002011-07-13T16:41:07.561-07:00

There's a lot of talk about the church and how we are a family. But where do we really see a church "family?" In most churches there are groups of people who somehow find each other and have the following in commmon:-the same social-economic status-the same race; ethnic group-the same age-the same marriage or non-marriage status-the same sin; dysfunctionalism, etc.If this is a family, it is the

Diane Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02442757505452061995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411948.post-15863006182537883272011-07-04T16:45:00.000-07:002011-07-04T17:04:18.428-07:00

As I pass my 48th year in Christ, I am realizing more and more a principle in play. Most churches, I suppose, would refute this, but I am very confident recently that this is true. IF we would follow the Holy Spirit more and take the Bible more seriously and more literally (in places where it should be taken literally--not all places are like that), then I believe firmly that at least 75% of

Diane Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02442757505452061995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411948.post-38348016678406714422011-06-30T16:45:00.000-07:002011-06-30T17:08:22.713-07:00

My philosophy teacher in the senior adult class that the State of California provides for us old folks, told us about what happens during breaks in his junior college classes (where most students are somewhere in their late teens or early twenties). They don't talk to each other any more as we did when we were in school. No, they whip out their cell phones and check email, text and so forth.

Diane Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02442757505452061995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411948.post-5825286962237646982011-06-22T16:46:00.000-07:002011-06-22T16:51:04.864-07:00

More and more I am realizing that I'm adhering to Pentecostal theology as I've sorted through what my doctrinal belief will be for the past three and half decades. I find that I don't have many fellow travelers, but one I've found is Peter Smythe. In his blog today he writes why he is a Happy Pentecostal, and after reading it, I have to say what he wrote is my testimony too. No Kidding.You can

Diane Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02442757505452061995noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411948.post-21110549221613975122011-06-20T17:40:00.001-07:002011-06-20T17:52:55.100-07:00

This book that Tim Challies is doing for his blog reading group, Christianity & Liberalism, is so good it;s unbelievable. Along with this book I'm reading the current issue of Modern Reformation magazine on why the "progressive evangelical's" definition of "missional" is is just another recycled version of the liberal Protestant social gospel, but taken overseas. The book and the magazine are

Diane Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02442757505452061995noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411948.post-77394171125745446862011-06-17T11:44:00.001-07:002011-06-17T11:46:12.744-07:00

Here is such a good example of so much of the hypocrisy of the "do-gooder" Christians.From Tim Challies' blog:As someone once said, "Everyone wants to save the world, but no one wants to help Mom with the dishes".

Diane Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02442757505452061995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411948.post-34050959289398002492011-06-14T16:23:00.000-07:002011-06-14T16:34:15.403-07:00

From Thomas Sowell, quoted by Berit Kjos,"At the heart of the socialist vision is the notion that a compassionate society can create more humane living conditions for all through government 'planning' and control of the economy.... "The rule of law, on which freedom itself ultimately depends, is inherently incompatible with socialism. People who are free to do as they wish will not do as the

Diane Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02442757505452061995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411948.post-74249713526868559282011-06-13T17:04:00.001-07:002011-06-13T17:13:59.166-07:00

This blog was begun in the summer of 2004, 7 years ago, to basically teach people about the huge problems in the so-called Third Wave Charismatic Movement (i.e. Toronto, Brownsville AG, IHOP, The Call, The New Apostolic Reformation, and so forth). Since this blog started, from time to time, I've read reports of people heavily involved in these churches/groups, who finally have come to realize

Diane Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02442757505452061995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411948.post-78083548652852685262011-06-09T16:53:00.001-07:002011-06-09T16:55:05.145-07:00

There is an excellent list of 24 things that happen if your church is going "purpose driven," at the Lighthouse Trails blog.

Diane Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02442757505452061995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411948.post-77994108911022687342011-06-08T17:34:00.000-07:002011-06-08T17:53:35.476-07:00

As I wrote before, I am participating in blogger Tim Challies' Reading the Classics Together weekly study of a great Christian book. The book this time is Christianity & Liberalism by J. Gresham Machen. The liberalism meant in the title is not political as much as Liberal Protestantism. We are on chapter one right now after having discussed the Introduction last week. Here are some great quotes

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Blogger Tim Challies, a main Young Calvinist blogger, from time to time has something called Reading the Classics Together. I haven't been too interested in the former selected books, but this time I am majorly interested. For this next book he has selected Gresham Machen's classic work on the advance of Liberal Protestantism in the early 20th century, Christianity and Liberalism (first pub.

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My friend called me yesterday and told me a pillar of the church I left had died. He was a Charismatic in what was once a very evangelical church in a very liberal denomination. He was a prayer warrior and was able to deliver many people from their emotional and spiritual bondages. Today I thought about his legacy. But what is his legacy? This church now is going down the emergent trail.

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As I've written here before, Peter Smythe, IMO, is one of the rare people I call "The New Kind of Faith Teacher." He correctly blasts New Testament tithing. Here is his latest post about that subject and it is gooooood!

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Welcome to the Christian Carnival this week. There is some really good stuff here, so I hope you will take the opportunity to scan through the entire list. Here's the line up:*I've been studying philosophy for the past 5 years but I have to admit Maryann of the Ichthus77 blog is on a much higher level than I am. In her post entitled, Why Sam Harris' "objective moral truth" hovers over an

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I've been reading a very interesting book, published this year, entitled, Join the Club by Tina Rosenberg. It's about social relationships accomplishing things that "campaigns" don't. In the book, Rosenberg cites examples of No Smoking campaigns put on by adult associations and the health community completely failing with teens. On the other hand, campaigns begun as a teen rebellion succeeds.

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Well, surprise, surprise! The Presbyterian Church USA finally did it after waffling around all of these years.The old part of their constitution said,...all ministers, elders, and deacons live in “fidelity within the covenant of marriage between a man and a woman or chastity in singleness..And now the new part says,Standards for ordained service reflect the church’s desire to submit joyfully to

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One of the main criticisms of the emergent movement about "fundamentalists" (that includes evangelicals also, in their eyes), is that they have Platonized Christianity. They also like to talk about how we need to go back to the Old Testament Judaism as a lens to understand Christianity instead of the Greek-philosophical Platonic mind. I'm reading in the book of Hebrews this month and....oh my...

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Sadly, Davd Wilkerson, one of the few true prophets in our country, was killed in an auto accident in Texas yesterday (April 27, 2011).I read his book The Vision when it first came out in the 1970's and I felt right away that here was a true prophet. And, I still feel that in the midst of all the prophetic-babble of the false imitators today.

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The quote below is the last part of an article by John MacArthur concerning his assessment of what Rob Bell is saying in his new book. I thought, when I read this part of the article, that it was one of the best descriptions of the past 20 years in evangelicalism, how to remedy it--AND----why Bell's book is so popular.It is also time for the people of God to proclaim the gospel more clearly and

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"Pentecost is yet within our grasp. If revival is being withheld from us it is because some idols remain still enthroned; because we still insist on placing our reliance on human schemes; because we still refuse to face the unchangeable truth that "it is not by might, but by My Spirit."_____Jonathan Goforth.....Late 19th-early 20th century missionary to China

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.........I dreamt a dream.It's Palm Sunday. The children go to the front of the church carrying palm branches. Selected ones tell the story of Jesus' entry into Jerusalem. This plays out in many churches on Palm Sunday. Selected children tell the story in song and narrative. Some children talk and some children sing. And all wave their palm branches. In my dream certain things happened after

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I found this while using Kenneth Wuest's Word studies in the Greek in my study of the book of Hebrews. I thought it was a very fine compilation of the gospel. It not only discusses how we can live our lives on earth, but what happens inside of us here and also in the future life."When God saves a sinner, He breaks the power of the indwelling sinful nature at the moment the sinner places his faith

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This is an excellent summary of the alternate evangelical universe where "anything goes" as far as belief systems go.http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/mwest/110401

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I have good news and bad news for our Jewish friends.The good news is....they are all going to heaven.The bad news is.....so is Hitler, Hamas, All of Iran, Al Queda and everyone in history who ever persecuted them...........

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Michael Horton has hit another home run in an article in the March/April 2011 issue of Modern Reformation magazine. He takes issue with the new monastatism among evangelicals, pointing out, and rightly so IMO, that it will accomplish exactly the same things as it did during the medieval period. The monastics then, and also today, can be catagorized into two types. One type are the sects that

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Here is a great passage from an article by David Zach in the March/April 2011 issue of Modern Reformation magazine:When Christianity is linked as tightly to behavior as it has been in twentieth-century American evangelicalism, it should come as no surprise when it is widely perceived as bad news: a noose that breeds hypocrisy and neurosis in its followers.Of course he means by the required

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Welcome to this week's Christian Carnival. Here we gooooooo.........*First up is Barry at who am i?. He writes about an American couple who decided to adopt a hearing-impaired Chinese girl in his post entitled, The Chinese Adoption Chronicles. The couple’s description includes how the little girl is feeling, rather scared, as she doesn’t know what is going on. The couple doesn’t speak Chinese

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I've been praying for a long time for decent Word of Faith teachers. More balanced. More educated. Less controlling. Better self-esteem so their teachings won't be tainted with the need to be "a rich somebody." I have found two so farOn the teacher end is Peter Smythe, an attorney from the UK who now lives in Texas.His blog is here.On the pastor end is a guy I watch on TV every Sunday while

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I thought this article was an excelent synopsis of the contrast between true Christianity and what is being preached today in so many of our evangelical churches.

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"After thirty years the Charismatic Renewal has failed to deal with the moral landslide of our society. Instead, during the last thirty years the New Age Movement has replaced Christianity as the spiritual consciousness of Western society. The Charismatic Movement has failed to bring about Revival."______Jacob Praschhttp://www.moriel.org/Teaching/Online/Binding_and_Loosing/01_Wrong_Weapons.html

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I received this in my email on the Strom email list.MUSLIM CONQUEST of BRITAIN-by Paul Williams.A study by of the Centre for Migration Policy Research at Swansea University shows that thousands of Britons are converting to Islam every year – with more women becoming Muslims than men.The research suggests that the numbers converting to the religion has doubled by 2010 from the 60,669 converts in

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I read an interesting article in which several Christian college presidents were interviewed. The interviewer asked them if they are seeing an increase in students outside their denomination attending their colleges. Most said they did see a very marked increase. I thought about this a lot and would like to make the following observations.First, taking the "con" side, I wonder if the students

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Should Christians watch movies with nudity in them? Should they look at nudity in art? This is a question that seems to have cropped up lately, and today I read a blog that discussed it. By the way, to add what this blog said about the immorality in the 16th century among the high Catholic religious leaders (including the Medici, and also the Borgia popes), many historians have found evidence

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I heard a neat program on a local Christian station a few days ago. In the vast wasteland of Christian radio, this was an improvement. The speaker was talking about dog theology vs. cat theology. I had never heard these terms before so my ears perked up. He explained that dog theology is: When you hear that someone loved you and died for you and will take care of you, your response is one of

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Here is a startling statistic. Although it's about the secular society, the church is being heavily influenced by the occult. The stat says,A telephone directory information service has just released figures stated that out of 20 million recent dcallers, those wanting information about churches and religious organizations fell by 24 percent, whereas calls for mediums, palm readers and other "

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One Third Wave Charismatic that I have always felt was more right on is Dennis Cramer. Here is his prophetic word for 2011. It sums up very nicely everything that is wrong with the Third Wave Charismatic Movement. In a word---occultism I think you will see that very clearly after you read what Cramer writes about what is happening in the charismatic movement today.Cramer's Prophetic word for

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In the January/February 2011 issue of Modern Reformation magazine, there is a short article entitled, The Religious Right and Old Princeton. By t)e “Old Princeton,” the author means in the 19th century when Princeton actually was an evangelical Presbyterian college.The article cites a professor there named William Brenton Greene (1854-1928). Here are three points Greene brought forth. I think

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Christianity Today-December 2010If you read this blog regularly you’ll know I am an avid Christian magazine reader. So, from time to time this year, I’ll give you a synopsis of magazines I subscribe to IF there are worthwhile things to report and review. First up this year is the December 2010 issue of Christianity Today. Here are some of the notable articles/blurbs/letters to the editor that

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Each New Year many people try, what is popularly called, The New Year's Resolution. Sadly, many of these resolutions don't last long. I believe that much of this is due to patterns in our life that we cannot seem to overcome. Psychologists have gotten very much into our cultural thinking including Christianity. In their framework, patterns can be overcome. But many patterns are set by

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I just love this! Over at the White Horse Inn page, there is a great picture on the left side of the post with the caption, "Happy Hanukwanzumas." The accompanying article is pretty good too. You can read it here.

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"Giving leaders enough power to create ‘social justice’ is giving them enough power to destroy all justice, all freedom, and all human dignity."_____Thomas Sowell

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The folks at the White Horse Inn are at it again. Ever so often they take a survey of evangelical Christians to find out what they believe and what beliefs these evangelicals think are important. They love to go to the Christian retailers conference held in the summers to do this. So, this year (2010) they went to the International Christian Retailers and Sales Conference held in St. Louis, Mo.

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Hi there! Welcome to this week’s Christian Carnival #358. Here is the lineup:*There are a lot of “True Meanings of Christimas” out there but this is an especially poignant one. Joe at Personal Finance By The Book writes, “because of what happened during the Christmas season of 1988, our Christmas tree today means much more than a simple decoration” about his post entitled, The Story of

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As I've written here before, the Emergents are simply following line for line the same game plan of the liberal Protestants. From the big change of the liberal Protestants in the 1960's into a social justice Marxist liberation theology to the initial takeover of the mainline denominations 100 years ago, we are seeing the very same thing. And that brings us to the fact that satan isn't as stupid

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I thought this was a best yet about what Christians should be doing about "the gay problem." It's from the quotes page in Christianity Today magazine (the October 2010 issue, p. 52).If we put as much time into prayer for the gay community as we did in forcing our values on them, maybe lives could be changed. I'm not saying legislation isn't important, but we forget that those in the LGBT

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This has to be the best quote yet. It's from Crosstalk.Jim Wallis is unhappy that Obama is not listening to his economic advice. Memo to Wallis: Barack Obama has some high level socialist economic advisors. He doesn’t need low level, “evangelical” socialists to give him counsel on how to redistribute wealth.

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This last Monday I was on jury duty again. It is about the sixth time I've been called to jury duty in my adult lifetime. Each time it was fun to talk to people around me and I always found some people compatible to go to lunch with. In fact, years ago, it wasn’t uncommon for many of us to get each other’s phone numbers as we became such good friends over the course of our duty. But this time was

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Well, it's that time of year again--time for the shoeboxes full of gifts for the Samaritan's Purse's Operation Christimas Child. You buy the gifts and they send them to needy children overseas. Each year I go to a discount dept. store to seek out appropriate toys and other items (toothpaste, colored pencils, drawing pad, etc.). This store has a very large toy department but I have to admit, it

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In the 1990's as I was walking through my city's large mall, God impressed upon me that soon the Holy Spirit would be visiting the mall too. Check these out. The Spirit of God and His awe is evident in even the faces of the most "cool, hip and secular" folks.Random act of culture in Philadelphia at Macy's:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp_RHnQ-jgU&feature=player_embeddedFlash Mob Food Court "

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This is sad and I wonder if it's a reflection of the confused state our country, and especially the church, is in. A government research report survey was taken in which it was found that 1 in 5 people in the United States suffers from mental illness.23.8 percent of women had some form of mental illness, compared with 15.6 percent of men.

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There is a very good five-part series by Marsha West on how Postmodernism has come into the evangelical church and one of postmodern philosophy's hallmarks--Double Speak.Here is Part 1:http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/mwest/100209Part 2: http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/mwest/100218Part 3:http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/mwest/100225Part 4:http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/mwest/

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As I've said here before, God has been dealing with me about the severe age segregation in our churches. One of the main reasons many younger evangelicals aren't solid in their foundational doctrine is, I believe, the lack of relationship with older Christians. By "older" Christians I don't necessarily mean those over 65. But I do want to include that age group more than we are. I suppose that

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Here is something amazing. According to a Barna poll, 31% of Pentecostal/Charismatic pastors are Reformed/Calvinist. Only 27% are Wesleyan/Arminian. Barna rightly points out that this is surprising because these moements are usually associated historically with the earlier Holiness/Wesleyan movement. And while I am not a dyed-in-the-wool hyper-Calvinist, but having one foot over on that side,

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"...every time I see the TSA thoroughly patting down a six year-old kid I figure that already the terrorists are starting to win."_____Tim Challies

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Two things today.First, there is an absolutely fantastic dialog between the following people about Christians and government in America:Michael Horton, William Bennett, Os Guinness, Jim Wallis, and Cal Thomas. That's sure an assortment. A heads up for Michael Horton and Os Guiness, two of the participants who are saying the same things I've been saying for the past 32 years. The link to this

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26 She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue. 27 She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. 28 Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: 29 "Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all."30 "Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised". 31

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24 She makes linen garments and sells them, and supplies the merchants with sashes. 25 She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.Let's combine these verses with some previous ones:16 She considers a field and buys it; out of her earnings she plants a vineyard. 17 She sets about her work vigorously; her arms are strong for her tasks. 18 She sees that her trading

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23 Her husband is respected at the city gate, where he takes his seat among the elders of the land.It's intersting that in all the years I've been a Christian I have seldom heard anything about the type of man to which the woman of God should be submitted. This verse tells us that this woman's husband sat at the city gates with other elders. In our culture this sounds as if he was unemployed or a

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20 She opens her arms to the poor and extends her hands to the needy. 21 When it snows, she has no fear for her household; for all of them are clothed in scarlet. 22 She makes coverings for her bed; she is clothed in fine linen and purple.Unlike many codependent women, this lady thinks ahead to what she needs to do and to whom she needs to do it with. She doesn't wait for her husband to "dictate"

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Continuing our study of this passage and what it tells us about true submission.13 She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands. 14 She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from afar. 15 She gets up while it is still dark; she provides food for her family and portions for her servant girls. 16 She considers a field and buys it; out of her earnings she plants a vineyard.17 She

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To start our study of what submission really is, let's take verses 10-12 today.10 A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. 11 Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value. 12 She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life.The woman in Proverbs 31 is obviously a very mature woman. She isn't an airhead; she isn't a whiney codependent.

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The True Woman organization has put out something called The True Woman Manifesto. Signers of this document include Nancy Leigh DeMoss, Joni Eareckson Tada, Kay Arthur and Mary Kassian. While I certainly agree with the doctrinal foundation of this document, it's the same old, same old for Christian woman. For example, submission for husbands, in what I consider could be interpreted as an

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