Fruit of the Word

Saturday Reblog: God’s Standards

Tishrei — Sun, 13 May 2012 19:50:52 +0000

Christians have taken God’s standards and lowered them to fit their own standards. This is a dangerous and precarious position to take. If we take a different standard other than God’s standard and apply it to our lives, we will not be in a position to repent of particular sins in our lives for we …

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Faith in our Church Leaders?

Tishrei — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 15:00:44 +0000

How much faith or trust should we have in our pastors or teachers? That was the question that came to mind as I was watching a Dateline episode. The show was about daycare centers. The show was featuring problems with some of these centers. For instance, one daycare owner had been arrested for leaving young …

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Expressions from the Bible

Tishrei — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:12:49 +0000

I wrote a post back in 2009 titled Those Who Can Make You Believe Absurdities Can Make You Commit Atrocities that has apparently generated some controversy. The controversy is over the use of Voltaire’s statement in a context other than how he used it. In other words, since Voltair used the statement “those who can …

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What or Who is a Christian?

Tishrei — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 03:20:33 +0000

I was reading an article the other day titled “Are Mormons Christians?” The author, a Mormon, stated that the “core Mormon beliefs regarding Jesus Christ are that he was born of God the Father and the virgin Mary, that he ministered to Jews in and around Jerusalem and American Indians in North or Central America, …

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Is there a dress code for church?

Tishrei — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 11:50:28 +0000

The other day I was reading a site which had an ongoing discussion on what one should wear to church, a dress code for church. The consensus in the discussion was that one should wear nice clothes such as dresses, nice slacks, ties, etc. The analogy used was if we were to meet the president, …

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Hell and Who Goes There

Tishrei — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 08:13:58 +0000

I was reading an article the other day regarding hell. The author of the article holds to the theology that God predestines (Romans 8:30) or chose for adoption (Ephesians 1:4-5). Clearly, this is what the Scriptures teach. The article was discussing who is going to hell. The author correctly pointed out what Scripture has to …

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Christian Terminology

Tishrei — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 12:53:49 +0000

I was reading an article where an Indiana pastor did not like the word “saved” or “born again” to describe Christians. He felt it was an “insider” term that can be uninviting or confusing to non-Christians or even can ostracize those that may be searching. He states that he likes to “substitute the word ‘saved’ …

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Healing Ministries

Tishrei — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:05:57 +0000

A couple of years ago, I read a question that someone asked a Christian site. She asked “Why don’t y’all believe in healing ministries?” For some reason, this question stuck with. I would like to answer that question here on this blog. The scripture that most healing ministries refer to as their authority for their …

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Motivational Christianity

Tishrei — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:17:53 +0000

After my last post on Shocking Christian Books, I just happened to listen to a Joel Osteen video on YouTube. The guy is really good. He is personable and engaging. Problem is he’s not a preacher but a motivational speaker. He motivates people on how to feel good about themselves. I looked up motivational speaker …

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Sunday Morning Sermon 10/23/11

Tishrei — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 07:59:39 +0000

Feeding Sheep or Amusing Goats? 1 Sermon by Charles Spurgeon (edited) 2 An evil is in the ‘professed’ camp of the Lord, so gross in its impudence, that the most shortsighted Christian can hardly fail to notice it. During the past few years this evil has developed at an alarming rate. It has worked …

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