Family / Relationships / Godliness – Page 8

Where can seekers find community outside organized religion? Meet The Nearness – RNS [Part 1 of 2]

11 May 2023 Michael A

This post contains an article from Religious News Service on a new spiritual coop called, The Nearness. I am NOT recommending this coop, but am critiquing it from a biblical perspective. This is part 1 of 2 ; the second part contains three one-minute videos and a 25-minute video: one by MacArthur on the difference between religion and biblical Christianity; one that describes The Nearness, from their YouTube site; one on a new course they are offering; and a video by R C Sproul that explains encounters with God. Therein, he uses scripture and personal testimony of his conversion. Part 2 will be posted tomorrow

UMC bishops request 2026 General Conference as hundreds more churches disaffiliate

9 May 2023 Michael A

This post contains an article from Religious News Service about United Methodist Churches that are disaffiliating over issues related to the LGBTQ movement. The purpose of the post is to keep readers informed on current events impacting the church amid the culture wars in America. Many churches have compromised by turning from biblical practices and values to worldly ones….

What’s Behind the Nashville Child Murders and the National Transgender Epidemic? – Epoch Times Commentary

6 May 2023 Michael A

…The image of a young woman dressed for all the world like a Hamas terrorist while gunning down three innocent young children and their caretakers keeps replaying in my head. That horrific crime is still shrouded in mystery, despite endless protestations from incompetent and largely cowardly public officials and police that all will be revealed soon—in redacted form, of course. …There’s something bigger going on here than just what happened in Nashville on March 27—and that certainly was bad enough. …No, this isn’t about gun control, although opponents of the Second Amendment have jumped in on it. It’s about something yet more cataclysmic. The transgender movement’s deepest intention is the death of the family. Nothing stands in stronger opposition to the growth of American and global communism….

Essential Church Movie – Grace Church – John MacArthur – Justin Peters

30 Apr 2023 Michael A

This post contains a 42-minute Justin Peters’ interview with an elder of Grace Community Church. That interview is about the movie they are producing on the struggles the church underwent during the COVID19 pandemic; they framed that in terms of the ongoing struggle between Satan’s kingdom and the church. THE MOVIE TRAILER IS THE INITIAL 3 MINUTES AND 23 SECONDS, please view at least that much of this video. You will be greatly encouraged!

John MacArthur on the Social Issues We Face Today

27 Apr 2023 Michael A

The title is a general statement to cover what John MacArthur addressed in the following video short I found at the YouTube site, Solus Christus: in his comments, you will hear a biblical take on the following: Planned Parenthood; abortion; human depravity; the Marxist worldview; the democratic political platform; Socialism; the absence of the rule of law in our culture under democratic rule….

They Put A “Christian Transgender” on MSNBC

20 Apr 2023 Michael A

The following video is from the YouTube site, Fight For Truth. I’m posting the video because his assessment is biblical and Christians need to hear some straight talk on the matter.

The Sexual Revolution Hurt Women the Most – John Anderson Interview

9 Apr 2023 Michael A

This post contains an excerpt of a John Anderson interview on marriage and children. The entire interview is linked. There are two other excerpts included herein, SAME-SEX PARENTING and NO-FAULT DIVORCE. In case you’ve never heard of John Anderson, he is a former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia …”John is joined by some of the world’s foremost thought leaders to examine in detail the social, cultural and political landscape we live in today.”

We Blunder and Stumble in our Holiest Endeavors – J. R. Miller (Christian devotional)

8 Apr 2023 Michael A

This brief devotional will give you some clarity about what God would have you doing with your life. To be more specific, and to summarize Miller’s words: God has placed you in a specific place, amid a specific group of people, with specific needs…; He has given you talents, interests, abilities… that He expects you to use to SERVE those around you…. J R Miller states that message in a pleasing and kind manner. His words will help you to see and act on those little specific things all around you. [After publishing this post I discovered shorts by MacArthur and Baucham that apply to the matter discussed by Miller, these were added under the Miller video]

Psalm 9 and the Antithesis – Pastor Patrick Hines Podcast

7 Apr 2023 Michael A

My last three posts are about events that are presently unfolding in our society; the two posts on Curtis Bowers’ Agenda Weekly, touched on the topic of the Nashville shooting by identifying underlying factors. This post explains the “antitheses” more specifically, using Psalm 9. An overview and some discussion points are precede his podcast.

The Epidemic of Teen Depression: A National Scandal – Epoch Times Commentary

25 Mar 2023 Michael A

The numbers are grim: “In 2021, 57% of high-school girls reported experiencing persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness in the past year, compared with 36% in 2011. Thirty percent reported they seriously considered attempting suicide in 2021, up from 19% in 2011.” …There’s a strong indicator in the Wall Street Journal report: It turns out that depression is assailing liberal and progressive kids disproportionately. The progressive worldview is downright depressing, and those who are pushing those doom-and-gloom views—particularly educators and politicians—are to blame for getting so many impressionable young people hooked on sadness and pessimism.

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