False Christian teachings, trends….
This post contains a 36-minute sermon by the Reverend William Macleod on backsliding. He defines it and discusses how it begins and how it can be remedied. Texts used include Hosea 14; and Hebrews 12. The sermon includes a 3-minute singing of Psalm 63. I had to divide the sermon into 3 sections, each is preceded with sermon highlights for those who’d rather read than listen; and for those who like to do both.
A question was asked Pastor John from Judges 19 and it was phrased in terms of the title above.
In the following 13-minute video, Pastor John provided three reasons for the violence in the Bible. [The following points are summarized highlights from the video; Piper’s words are used in part.] There two phrases in the book of Judges that provide a glimpse into the answer to this question, they are 1) in those days, there was no king in Israel; and 2) In those days, everyone did what was right in his own eyes. His big point under this heading was that the river of evil flowing from the human heart runs wild without the dam of civil authority to keep it from spilling over onto the entire earth….
The following 94-second video is a response to the Holy Post Video from Phil Vischer and Skye Jethani. The video is from the YouTube site, WWUTT – When We Understand The Text. This video is being posted mostly to confront professed Christians who think abortion is acceptable. God states that it is not acceptable.