Primary text will be 1John Chapter 3.
“The first man was a created being. God did not decide to save man by restoring a covenant of works, or restoring man’s image created in the likeness of God, or to restore paradise lost, He decided to save man by making him His literal family. The gospel isn’t about restoring things; it’s about making all things new.”
It’s hard for me. That is, keeping trending spiritual matters on the back burner while I am in RN school. From time to time, I am asked to comment on the incredibly stupid things said by the likes of John MacArthur and John Piper when they are trending. Now that I am a nurse (LPN), it is especially true considering MacArthur’s recent comments about mental health. I am hesitant to comment because…
Dear Churchgoer,
If you listen critically, otherwise known as the lost art of critical thinking, and carefully to everything that is preached on Sunday morning, and then ponder all of the logical conclusions thereof, you will find that sermons bring up far more questions than they answer. Hence, this is why churchgoers live in the religious realm by pithy truisms and rarely know why they do…
“And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith– virtue;– and to virtue knowledge;– and to knowledge temperance;– and to temperance patience;– and to patience godliness;– and to godliness brotherly kindness;– and to brotherly kindness love.
For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.…
Steve Deace is a contributor to Glenn Beck’s “Blaze Media” group. Like too many conservatives, he properly identifies the symptom but fails to understand the problem. If one believes that man is “totally depraved”, then it stands to reason that one believes man must be compelled to take action for good. When a politician or pastor (same thing) speaks, never listen to what they say. Pay attention…
This kind of behavior/response from “christians” should come as no surprise to you. Institutional Christianity shares the same metaphysical premise with leftists (aka, collectivists), which explains why they try so hard to capitulate with them. They want a share in the power structure.
Casting Crowns and a False Gospel Played to a Sweet Melody
