How Bible Preachers Can Turn Into Cult Leaders
High profile church leaders need accountability to keep them focused on Christ and his truth.
There are 3 stepping stones used by personality cult leaders in developing a following. Loyalty to Bible to Movement to the Leader. If they were just to go around saying: ‘I am the messianic hero – follow me,’ then they would mostly just be ignored as crazy. So instead they use a 3 step strategy.... Continue Reading
Growing Up With Two Moms: The Untold Children’s View
A personal testimony affirming Mark Regnerus’ study on adult children of same-sex parents.
Whether homosexuality is chosen or inbred, whether gay marriage gets legalized or not, being strange is hard; it takes a mental toll, makes it harder to find friends, interferes with professional growth, and sometimes leads one down a sodden path to self-medication in the form of alcoholism, drugs, gambling, antisocial behavior, and irresponsible sex. The... Continue Reading
Christians Should ‘Leave Their Beliefs at Home or Get Another Job’
In UK: personal expressions of faith at work, like wearing a cross, may mean that Christians might have to resign and get another job.
“In the United Kingdom, religious people who have followed their convictions in the workplace in the face of overly vague discrimination laws have been sacked, demoted or disciplined. Among them have been doctors, magistrates, teachers, foster parents, therapists and many others. The situation for religious liberty in Britain is now critical.” Landmark cases,... Continue Reading
I Asked Jesus into My Heart Many Times
I am not ungrateful for many of the experiences of my youth. I still have at my disposal a lot of KJV Bible verses.
The gospel is not, “Ask Jesus into your heart,” or, “Close with Christ,” or, “Accept Jesus as your personal Savior,” but, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved, you and your house.” Experience is not the gospel. The gospel is about faith.
The humility and jealousy of the Holy Spirit
What we need is sermons on the person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ. Then the Spirit of Christ will come.
The Spirit keeps himself largely out of sight, his work intended to bring what God has accomplished in Christ Jesus into brightest and sharpest relief, for the blessing of sinners. So all our blessings are Spiritual blessings
Archbishop Tutu’s Moral Meltdown
Mark Tooley
Retired South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu now wants George W. Bush and Tony Blair to face trial at the International Criminal Court because of the Iraq War’s “immorality” and their “lies” about weapons of mass destruction.
American Bible Challenge
New Jeff Foxworthy show is as much fun as 5th Grader, and perhaps more so for Christian viewers
The show is as much fun as 5th Grader, and perhaps more so for Christian viewers who suddenly get to use that daily Bible study time not only to grow spiritually, but also to lord fact-retention capabilities over your significant other (or maybe that's just me.)
Trouble at Church? The Cavalry Ain’t Coming
All of us should consider the possibility, however remote, that we do not know everything about anything.
If I had a dollar for every time I have heard someone declare that the solution to the issue before them is to get rid of a minister or ministry leader, I'd be wealthy. Same goes for clergy who cast about for a program to import or a magic ministry wand to wave over whatever challenge is before them.
Worshiping at the Altar of Family
Isn't family still a gift, not a god? Isn't it still something that can be elevated into first place, which should be reserved for God alone?
Churches encourage our husbands daily to not make idols out of their careers, and to not look at porn. But how are we, as wives, encouraging and exhorting one another not to make idols out of perhaps our greatest gifts: our families?
Serving like Stephen
Most Christians don’t understand the godly significance of their 9 to 5 jobs
Jesus told us to feed the hungry. That's what bankers, engineers, mechanics, and consultants do every day. They're table servers.