False Christian teachings, trends….
My purpose in posting this article is to explain the concept of effectual calling, as it occurs often in the scriptures. And those who only read bits and pieces of scripture usually don’t understand such terms. Effectual calling occurs early in the process of salvation. Understanding such doctrines is important to having a fuller comprehension of the Christian life: how one is saved; what God is doing in the life….
My last post illustrated biblical preaching that glorifies God and edifies the sheep of God; it used a video of a Voddie Baucham sermon: the World, the Flesh and the Devil. The videos in this post, sermons by Steven Furtick, illustrate preaching that blasphemes God and leads God’s sheep far astray. This two-part mini-series came out of a question a reader asked me regarding the nature of biblical preaching and its opposite. Each of these two posts list THREE POINTS that help listeners determine whether a sermon is from a biblical preacher or a counterfeit preacher.
The fruit of the Spirit cannot be artificially produced. These qualities must be developed in us by God’s grace. Today, Sinclair Ferguson considers the Lord’s purpose of growing His people in a wonderfully balanced way to make us increasingly like Christ. [Highlight points are provided after video.]
The purpose of this post is to identify the source and fiction of the concept, Christian Nationalism.
Two very brief videos are used to convey ideas in this post, one on Cultural Marxism and one on the border wall problem, which seems to be a chief driving force behind the cry, ‘Christian Nationalists!’ As the phrase, Christian Nationalist, is currently being used, it seems to derive wholly from Cultural Marxism (CM). Particularly, from the ideas of Theodor Adorno, some of which are stated below in a 7-minute video. In the highlight points below the video, his words are in pink font.
The 7-minute video of this post provides a fuller definition of cultural Marxism. By viewing it, you will better understand the twisted logic of the democratic Marxist left as it is playing out on the daily news. Highlight bullet points emphasize some of those things. [The following is from YouTube video source site: ] “This is an excellent short video explaining the source and nature of Cultural Marxist movements like political correctness, modern feminism, pansexualism, multiculturalism, “whiteness studies,” etc.
The following article succinctly explains how cultural Marxism has been disseminated throughout the American culture since the 1960’s. As you read, you will also get some insight into the strategies uses by Marxists to propagate their anti-Christian, anti-American ideas throughout our culture; ideas which are now commonplace to our children…. The focus of this mini-series is on how cultural Marxism is impacting the church, via critiques of several well-known pastors who have infused it into their sermons and twisted scripture to support their endeavors.
R C’s sermon carefully explained The Day of Atonement; covenant blessings and curses; propitiation; expiation; the cross; imputation; substitution… the foundation stones of the gospel. If you desire to know the biblical gospel message; bolster your own gratitude to the Lord; draw nearer to Him by possessing greater knowledge of Him…, then this sermon can benefit you. If you have been in a false church, this sermon will help you specifically understand what is false about it.
This post contains excerpts from two Bible commentators on Jeremiah 51:7 Babylon was a golden cup in the LORD’s hand, making all the earth drunken…. The purpose is to explain the metaphor, ‘golden cup,’ and ‘cup’ as these are used in scriptures. Notes from Joseph Benson and John Calvin are excerpted to explain those terms.
In this lesson, Dr. Reeves will examine a doctrine that is sometimes neglected in discussions about Reformation theology: union with Christ. This doctrine is at the very heart of the gospel. When sinners are joined to Jesus Christ, sharing in His death and resurrection, the vast riches of the gospel become theirs. Examining this crucial article of faith is an invitation to rejoice in a glorious Reformation truth.
R C Sproul, What is the Gospel? In the process of his sermon to define the gospel message, R C identifies about 10 FALSE ways of proclaiming the gospel that have been used by modern evangelists since the 20th century. Furthermore, he explains the problem of all the versions of the gospel as having to do with an improper attitude towards it, which dishonors its owner, God. If you cannot come up with a clear definition of the gospel for your own witnessing of it to others, then knowing the contents of this sermon is essential for you.