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Yesterday afternoon, the Purpose-Driven Connection link to the “Michael Jackson, Jesus and Me” article disappeared from their online magazine without explanation. The cached version is still available h
A short post showinghow it appears thatcontemplative spirituality keeps showing up in all the wrong places.
Troy Newman and Operation Rescue has led peaceful opposition to late-term abortionist Dr. Tiller for years in Wichita, providing help for pregnant moms in crisis and sharing Christ with them. This weekend, their offices were attacked. The police, however, don’t appear to be concerned...
Details over at Christian Research Net.
As a warning forministers struggling financially right now whilelaboring in varioustypesministries for the Lord, it seems good make this information concerning Dennis Lee morereadily available.
At5pt. Saltthere’s discussion of a motion made by Dr. Jim Wilso
“Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders...
Pastor Dustin S. Segers of Shepherd’s Fellowship of Greensboro introduces some video clips of his open-air preaching, such as the one below, as he writes: Sinners are the same everywhere you go. They always love their stuff more than God...
Animportant in-deptharticle examining the fruitof the teachings of this Quaker mystic on contemplative spirituality andhow the Emerging Church is spreading hisinfluence throughout mainstream evangelicalism.
On the good news front, here’s a report that one employer, hostile to Christians, finally had his discrimination catch up with him. If Muslims, homosexuals, racial minorities and every other group finds protection under our anti-discrimination laws, than Christians should also be protected...
Elijah’s Mt. Horeb experience, when he heard “a sound of sheer silence” (1 Kings 19:12, NRSV), stimulated in the church a tradition of desert spirituality which pursues solitude in order to experience the divine...
And on the heels of theUN Convention on the Rights of the Child meddling in your homes comes “ministries” like this.You may knowthat Michael Horton has written a book called “Crossless Christianity.” Well,we can file these folks’ version of the faith under “Classless Christianity.” To...
Over at The Crux blog ofMidwest Christian Outreach Ron Henzel, Christian apologist and Senior Researcher at MCO, continues his look at the cardinal Christiandoctrine of thevicarious penal substitutionary atonement of Christ on the Cross, which he began in Behold The Lamband The Lamb That Was Slain...
“To believe in the possibility of ‘falling from grace’ is to believe in the possible defeat of God by the devil. That is unthinkable and utterly impossible. The final perseverance of the saints is of necessity true in view of the glory and the character and the honour of God Himself...
“Be still, and know that I am God . . .” (Ps. 46:10). Those promoting contemplative or “listening” prayer point to this Scripture for endorsement. As a spiritual discipline, contemplatives advocate quiet meditation as a means to experience soul to soul communication with God...
A couple of points of clarification, and a bit of closure, in this missive.
A short devotion concerning sin and church disciplineby J. Randall Easter, Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church of Briar, Azle, TX.
A short post discussing love as it concerns pastorJay Bakker, who has become an influential voice inEmerging Church.
A post which looks at this important question concerning Jay Bakker, pastor of Revolution.
Another peek at the not so distant future of Christianity as it is emerging.
The Christian Post reports that a large percentage of professing Christians, male and female, have a porn problem. In a poll of 1,000 respondents, 50 percent of Christian men and 20 percent of Christian women were found to be addicted to pornography...
Mystical, New Age, cultic and Word of Faith spirituality assumes that humans either are or can become gods. Through meditation, mystical devotees attempt to realize their divinity by looking into their souls through The Third Eye...
It is incredible how foolish and idolatrous the human race can be...
This article concerning contemplative spirituality-lite,which is right now movingmainstream evangelicals away from this critical doctrine, shows why things as inthe Slice post “Christian” Father Promotes Son’s Reincarnation as WW2 Pilotwill be incre
USA Today reports that “mindfulness” meditation is now being used by school children and also in hospitals. The pagan religious practice, once limited to eastern religions, has gone mainstream in Ameri
Apprising Ministries shows you in this post how some of these pieces of the Emerging Church puzzle are fitting together.
The Christian Post reports that the Episcopal church has appointed a panel of theologians to study the morality of homosexuality. That’s like appointing a panel to study the morality of rape or pedophilia. The Bible is clear: homosexuality is sin (Leviticus 18:22, Romans 1:26-27, etc.)...
ABC News has a somewhat encouraging article today on how Christian films like “Fireproof” are making an impact. As long as films clearly portray the Gospel, they can be a powerful medium for truth in the midst of our dark culture...
Nearly 400 Florida high school students celebrated their First Amendment rights at their graduation ceremony and defied the ACLU which thought it had locked out any and all religious speech at the school through an earlier lawsuit...
In this video, Matt Chandler addresses the worthlessness of feel-good preaching. If you don’t know who Matt Chandler is, I encourage you to look him up. He is the pastor of the Village church, and he has a passion for reaching the lost in a culturally Christian south...
The impression left by some televangelists is that they possess an exceptional anointing above and beyond that commonly possessed by the Christian masses. They give the impression that an anointing is available from God through them...
“Your Redeemer traverses the rugged path of suffering, along which He went with heaving heart and heavy footsteps, that He might pave a royal road of mercy for His enemies.” - Charles Spurgeon Post Highlights Irreverent, silly myths Is heaven here on earth...
Barack Obama issued a Presidential proclamation Monday declaring June Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Pride month. Doesn’t it make you proud to be an American? All the evangelicals who voted for “change” certainly have what they aske
Here are two good news stories that illustrate the importance of Christians speaking out when the state comes in to try to shut down religious assembly and free speech. San Diego County has backed down from demands that a homeowner pay thousands in fees in order to have a Bible study in his home...
WorldnetDaily reports on Barack Obama’s remarks regarding the formation of a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital
You can click on this link to see what Dr. Tiller’s clinic offered. You could kill your baby and then Mommy and Daddy can pose with the corpse for Memorial pictures...
If you weren’t familiar with this rising star within the Emerging Church you should make the time to become familiar. This friend of Rob Bell’s is sure to showing up in mainstream evangelical youth groups, if he hasn’t al
The Jerusalem Post reports that the US may reduce support for Israel at the UN if Israel doesn’t knuckle under to certain US demands
Dr. Al Mohler’s column today addresses the death of Dr. George Tiller and the response of the organized pro-life movement. Read it her
Doug Phillips of Vision Forum has written an article about the murder of Dr. George Tiller, late term abortionist in Wichita, Kansas. Read it here.
Some good basic information of a subject likely to be under more discussion soon as concerning the doctrine of salvation preached by more leaders within the Emerging Church.
Tony Campolo and Mary Albert Darling have recently co-authored a book titled, The God of Intimacy and Action...
A video which presents an important truth missing in much mushy evangelical preaching today.
Russia’s news service, Pravda, has an editorial that takes your breath away as it describes America’s descent, including what they call “Sunday circuses.” Read
Josh Harris has a good post on his blog about why we shouldn’t Twitter in church. Twitter is exploding in popularity, and more and more people are realizing its usefulness. As with any form of communication, though, we need to use it wisely and with biblical balance...
Speaking of technology, Dr. Al Mohler has a good article today on recent reports about the down side of the texting obsession of American kids. Parents need to begin as they intend to proceed when it comes to technology...
Here’s a beautiful story of how one woman turned a would-be robbery into an opportunity to witness of her Savior, Jesus Christ. HT: Puritan Fellowsh
The morewe study this Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism(CSM) at the heart of the Emergent Church, now morphing into Emergence Christianity,the more the same kinds of false teachings show up among those who practice it...
It is possible (but not right) for baptized believers to act in their lives as though the gospel were not true. How many conservative husbands are outraged if some liberal preacher says that Jesus did not rise from the dead, when their daily treatment of their wives makes the same statement...
A short post which looks ata couple of aspects of pro-gay theologynow comingintothe mainstream of the visible church, with an assist from the emerging church,sinceevangelicalismlargely only pays lip service to the final authority of God’s Word in the Bibl
SAN DIEGO — A local pastor and his wife claim they were interrogated by a San Diego County official, who then threatened them with escalating fines they continued to hold bible studies in their home, 10News reported. Read mo
Within evangelical movement, especially on the part of the emerging church, we hear a lot of talk about “spiritual formation.” The difference I have with the spiritual formation movement is not regarding the destination–Paul wrote that Christians need to grow-up “to the measure of the...
When a church grows to a certain size, one of the first priorities is to build or buy a church building. One group is challenging this American thinking and encouraging churches to put the money normally spent on real estate into ministry and outreach...
Zechariah 12:2
Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah [and] against Jerusalem.