I just learned that the IRS spent ten million dollars on guns and ammunition.
DENOMINATIONAL DAMAGE
May 17, 2023 By Leave a Comment
Many churches take away the liberty of free-will accepting Jesus—and replace it with formulas, rituals, ‘classes’—to make another ‘member’ (whether a true Christian or not).
Jesus described the religious leaders of His day the same way, with stronger words than we would use.
“Whenever you make a convert, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.”
We tend to think we have progressed and think the words of Jesus don’t apply to us.
DO ‘YOU’ SEE IT IN THE BIBLE ?
May 17, 2023 By Leave a Comment
For the moment, set aside the expectations of the experts—prominent preachers, worship leaders, ‘successful’ churches, long-time learned theologians.
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Consider the following without thinking about what you’ve heard.
Just ‘see for yourself’ it it’s really in the Bible—not something somebody tried to fit into the Bible.
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1-once saved, always saved
2-age of accountability
3-trinity
4-infant baptism saves
5-promised prosperity
6-guaranteed healing
7-peace with everybody
8-retirement
9-financial portfolio
10-rapture without persecution/tribulation
11-smooth sailing
12-always up
13-avoid politics
14-be nice
15-non-confrontational
16-inclusiveness
17-non-violence
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Almost guaranteed you can’t read through that list without automatically thinking about what somebody has said.
It’s more work to open your Bible and find The Word’s words on the subject.
It’s much easier to let someone else do the work, and then tell you what’s right.
With all the variety out there, you can find something that suits you.
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And that, my friends, is why many churches over many centuries become so ‘successful’/powerful.
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This may sound like a one-sided article, without answers.
The point—OPEN ‘YOUR’ BIBLE ! ! !
RIGHTEOUS ANGER
May 17, 2023 By Leave a Comment
“Sometimes the tables need to be turned over.”
—–Don Wildmon (founder of American Family Association)
(In righteous anger Jesus turned over the tables and used a whip to drive people out of his Father’s House, the Temple—when evil had taken over.)