False Christian teachings, trends….
Pastor Hines explains the meaning of the following verses in this 12-minute podcast: Romans 1:5-7 [5]Through Him we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith among all nations for His name, [6] among whom you also are the called of Jesus Christ; [7] To all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (New American Standard Bible) [Sermon highlight points precede sermon]
This post is about a sermon on The Pilgrim’s Progress, focusing on the character ‘ignorance.’ The contents of the post emphasized how this is relevant to all Christians who are born again and walking in the WAY; in other words, on pilgrimage through the wilderness of this world. Highlight points identify the contents of the 40-minute sermon with some statements from the sermon. Also, there is a link to a post from last week that identifies all the characters in Bunyan’s book and concepts, themes…. Besides the Bible, Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress is the most meaningful book you will read about the Christian walk. It identifies many aspects of the Christian battle, especially diversions temptations, lies, false teachers… that take a believer off the true path. The believer must return to that path after becoming aware of being temporarily duped, deceived, tricked….
This post contains a 3-minute video by Dr. Heath Lambert about LUST. At the YouTube site, Zondervan, the video was titled, Why Can’t I Stop Watching Porn? He provides a biblical understanding of Lust and explains how it drives that craving for MORE. More money, power, material objects… porn. Those struggling from addiction of any kind will benefit from hearing his biblical explanation of the problem of lust. This post is a further explanation of eros love as described in post 3 of this mini-series. Dr. Spencer’s video is attached to this video also, it provides a thorough explanation of eros in the initial 4 moments of teaching; also, a video by Dr Spencer on lascivious is included; it identifies eros that has progressed to a near soul-damning state.
This post contains a 24-minute Mp4 sermon of the fruit of the Holy Spirit, love. Pastor Ramsey defines biblical love and explains what that looks like. His sermon text is Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
This post has a 10-minute video of false teacher Glenda Green. I transcribed the initial 6 minutes of the video and commented on it from a biblical perspective. I’ve been a student of the Bible for 20 years and spent about that much time in false religions… before God revealed Himself to me, giving spiritual rebirth.
His morning thoughts provide some understanding about God’s purposes in affliction. All believers are shaped by it, and receiving it is not always something we want to do; Spurgeon’s words help with that in particular. His evening thoughts encourage us in learning to hold the things of this earth loosely because they are temporary, while we are being taught to see the things of Christ as precious. The Spirit shows the foolish and temporal things we have been trusting in as He helps us make the transition to trusting wholly in Christ. Spurgeon’s words remind us that our trust in earthly things must be let go of and transferred to Christ alone.
This post contains an R C Sproul teaching video that I had used as part of another post. I am posting it by itself because it will likely be missed by those who had no interest in learning about ‘The Nearness,’ a new movement for those who consider themselves, ‘spiritual but not religious.’ Sproul’s message talks about something all church goers have likely experienced but possibly haven’t thought much about or could not define, the experience one has as he enters into the building of the church and leaves behind the secular world and mindset. If you have never had such an experience, then Sproul’s lecture is a must for you to hear. It is part of a 6-part teaching, but stands alone. The series is linked for those who might want to know more. Lecture highlights are set in bullet points before the video.
I had never heard of Susan Heck until last week when I found a Justin Peters’ interview wherein he interviewed her about the teachings of Beth Moore. I agreed with Susan Hecks critique of Beth Moore; and gathered, from listening to Justin’s interview, that she is a sound teacher of the Bible. When Justin Peters introduced Susan Heck, he noted that during her past 30 years of ministering the Bible to Women, she has memorized the entire New Testament. I was greatly impressed and wanted to hear what she had to say about her process. Hence, this post. In the following video, Susan Heck, answers 5 questions, the last of which is ‘how to’ memorize scripture. 1) Who should memorize scripture? Is it necessary for everyone? 2) Why should we memorize scripture? 12 reasons provided from the Bible 3) What scripture should we memorize? 4) When should we memorize scripture? 5) How do we memorize scripture?
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
The Western church presently lives in a time of much sexual confusion. Rev. Christopher Gordon has produced a helpful tool to assist Christians in becoming well-grounded in the biblical teaching on human sexuality. The New Reformation Catechism on Human Sexuality uses the time-tested method of catechesis to teach essential truths from God’s Word regarding sexual issues. The editors of Tabletalk interviewed Rev. Gordon shortly after the catechism was produced, as we believe it is a good tool for Christians to use as they endeavor to obey God’s Word.