Michael A

Self-Knowledge And Self-Loathing, by J.R. Thompson: Ezekiel 36:31, Part 2

5 Aug 2021 Michael A

This is an 800 word commentary on Ezekiel 36:31, I found it to be of great value in showing how repentance takes one to a place of self-loathing. The following 4 points are the subheads of J. R. Thomson’s comments: I. SIN BLINDS MEN TO THEIR REAL CONDITION, AND FOSTERS UNDUE SELF-SATISFACTION. II. GOD’S CHASTISEMENTS AND GOD’S MERCIES AWAKEN MEN TO REFLECTION AND TO SELF-KNOWLEDGE. III. SELF-KNOWLEDGE, BY REVEALING INIQUITY IN ITS TRUE LIGHT, LEADS TO SELF-LOATHING. IV. THUS SELF-KNOWLEDGE LEADS TO REPENTANCE AND TO A BETTER LIFE. [The last point is profound and worthy of meditating on; all these points indicate that it is absolutely essential to examine your sin for your motives in committing and more that God will reveal to you – see, Categories, Jonathan Edwards, Glimpses into his spiritual life for help in such things]

Ezekiel 36:31 Then you will remember your evil ways, and your deeds…and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities….

4 Aug 2021 Michael A

In the sermon excerpt, by Voddie Baucham, that I posted yesterday, he stated that Christians ought to loathe themselves for their sins. I remembered the statement from Ezekiel; but am thinking that contemporary Christians may question the sternness of such repentance. This post aims to show that the thoughts of Ezekiel 36:31 are also New Testament theology. The following cross references are from Treasury of Scripture Knowledge at Bible Hub; also there are several sermons on Ezekiel 36:31

The Biggest Threat To Totalitarianism Is Christianity – Dr. John MacArthur

4 Aug 2021 Michael A

Dr. MacArthur talks about how the dystopian novels, Brave New World and 1984 are playing out in the western world. In his 11 minute sermon excerpt, he talks about how totalitarianism was characterized in these novels then identifies 8 points necessary for totalitarianism, all of which are visible in our culture. This post also contains a 9 minute video on Brave New World that makes Dr. MacArthur’s talking points much more clear. I noted Highlights for Dr. MacArthur’s sermon excerpt.

This Is Why Most People Are Going To Hell – Voddie Baucham

3 Aug 2021 Michael A

In the 12 minute sermon excerpt of this post Dr. Voddie Baucham uses scripture to explain why most people are going to hell; that includes, most Christians also. He explains sin, repentance, faith in terms of how it looks in a person’s real-life experience. He talks briefly about the preachers who lead people onto the broad way of destruction and the kinds of beliefs that keep one there and he contrasts those beliefs with biblical truth

Wilderness Preparation (Psalm 90) by Pastor Kenneth Stewart

1 Aug 2021 Michael A

Pastor Kenneth Stewart sermon on Psalm 90 talks about the sin of unbelief, how Israel was chastised; God’s purpose in chastening; how we ought to receive it; meditation being the source of prayer. Sermon highlights are provided to give one a sense of what Stewart’s 48 minute sermon contains. I listened to it 4 times over the past several days because I thought it to be very beneficial.

Brian Houston | Teaching Errors (Hillsong)

31 Jul 2021 Michael A

The 5 minute video in this post is about Hillsong leader, Brian Houston; it discusses two additional errors of his: 1) he frequently makes inaccurate applications for biblical texts; and 2), he frequently views Bible texts via a prosperity gospel mindset, creating error. [His errors likely go over the heads of his followers because they are not reading and studying their Bibles]

Cuba’s Failed Communism Led to Protests

30 Jul 2021 Michael A

After taking power in 1959, Castro quickly adopted measures to transform the Cuban economy into a planned and centralized body. …Hundreds of thousands of Cubans lost their land, property, and businesses when Cuban communist revolutionaries confiscated private property. …In Cuba, the failures of an overambitious centralized planning economy also brought about widespread famine from shortages of basic goods. In 1990, 20 years after Castro’s takeover, Cubans resorted to eating cats and dogs to survive. Crime became rampant as people struggled to survive. People waited in long lines at state warehouses to get rations of fundamental food items like eggs. [Search Venezuela at YouTube, and you will find similar problems from socialism / communism]

Naomi Wolf on Censorship, Vaccine Passports, and the Reversal of ‘My Body, My Choice’ – Epoch Times

30 Jul 2021 Michael A

Wolf, a longtime liberal and former adviser to the political campaigns of both Bill Clinton and Al Gore, breaks down the dangers she sees inherent to vaccine passports and a “scary marriage” of government, big pharma, and Big Tech censorship. “We’ve reached a kind of digital Stalinism,” Wolf says.
Wolf is the founder and CEO of DailyClout.io, a platform helping people engage in the democratic process. This episode was filmed at the FreedomFest conference in South Dakota.

How the Left Has Used COVID-19 to Bankrupt the United States – Epoch Times

29 Jul 2021 Michael A

…Without COVID-19, President Joe Biden would never have been elected, of course. So, for the left, the virus defeated former President Donald Trump. COVID-19 is now the gateway to the left’s utopian agenda of multitrillion-dollar climate policies, hyperregulation of the economy, the rebirth of the welfare state, and a radical redistribution of income. Under Trump policies, we had one of the most robust financial and economic expansions on record, especially regarding minority advancement and historic reductions in poverty. The entitlement state was in retreat as income growth and record job openings pushed millions of people out of the welfare state into work. If the left truly cared about the plight of the poor, they would have celebrated. Instead, the results showing tax cuts, deregulation, and laissez-faire policies work made liberals miserable….

The Consciousness of Sin in the works of J. Gresham Machen

28 Jul 2021 Michael A

J. Gresham Machen (1881–1937), a leading Reformed theologian, argued in many of his works that the “consciousness of sin” was foundational to Christianity. This video explores why Machen considered it so important. Works quoted: Christianity and Liberalism (1923) What Is Faith? (1925) The Christian View of Man (1937) [A 13 minute video preceded by bulleted highlight points]

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