Abortion: Ending Precious Life

by Pat Boone

Has America, at last, come to a collective mentality like the one that allowed the German public to look the other way when they knew that millions of their fellow citizens were being systematically slaughtered in concentration camps and laboratories?

Yes Mr. Boone. The murderous horde has numbed America… and she does not weep anymore for the unborn and the sinfulness that plagues our national consciousness.

Yes Mr. Boone. The hands that shed the blood of innocent children have had their consciences seared and judgment awaits them and those who approve of this travesty from the One who knit those babes together.

Yes Mr. Boone. A Christian’s only weapon is the Word of God so that minds will be changed and hearts will be melted by the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Mr. Boone, we need God in America again. Pray for revival.

UMC ripped for partnership with Muslim Aid

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Mormonism Is a Sincerely False Gospel

By Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr.

I am pleased to have engaged in this discussion with Orson Scott Card. I will hope to meet him more personally in the future. It appears that we are not really discussing the same question, however.

My response to the question posed to me remains as it was from the start. Mormonism is not compatible with “traditional Christian orthodoxy.” As a matter of fact, this is the essence of Mormon identity, and Mormon authorities going back to Joseph Smith were quick to separate Mormonism from “traditional Christian orthodoxy” as accepted by the Christian churches.

Indeed, the subtitle printed on The Book of Mormon is “Another Testament of Jesus Christ.” A “testament,” that is, other than that accepted by the historic Christian churches.

The debate has never been about whether Mormons are good Americans or would make good neighbors. I dare say that most American Evangelicals and traditional Roman Catholics would find more in common with Mormons in terms of child-rearing, sexual morality, the protection of marriage and family, and a host of other issues, than they would with liberal Catholics or liberal Protestants. No argument there.

The debate is not over Mitt Romney or his right to run for President of the United States. That is a settled constitutional fact – and a fact for which we should all be thankful. Nor is it about whether Evangelicals should vote for Mitt Romney. There is so much to admire in the man’s marriage and family and leadership ability. This question is very complicated – as is the case with almost all political questions.

The debate is not over the right of Mormons to hold their faith, promote their faith, and spread their faith. That, too, is a constitutional right – the same right that protects the religious liberty of all persons of all faiths and no faith.

For me, and as the question was posed to me, the issue is theological. That is why I cannot answer the question except as I have from the start.

Here is the bottom line. As an Evangelical Christian – a Christian who holds to the “traditional Christian orthodoxy” of the Church – I do not believe that Mormonism leads to salvation. To the contrary, I believe that it is a false gospel that, however sincere and kind its adherents may be, leads to eternal death rather than to eternal life.

Indeed, I believe that Mormonism is a prime example of what the Apostle Paul warned the Church to reject – “a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you” [Galatians 1:8-9].

And thus I must end where I began. Mormonism is not just another form of Christianity – it is incompatible with “traditional Christian orthodoxy.”

Natural Men in a Dreadful Condition by Jonathan Edwards

Dated February, 1753. Preached to the Stockbridge Indians

A Short Response to the Arminian Doctrine of Prevenient Grace – J.W. Hendryx

The term “prevenient grace” – a distinctly Arminian doctrine – refers to a universal grace which precedes and enables the first stirrings of a good will or inclination toward God and it explains the extent or degree to which the Holy Spirit influences a person prior to their coming to faith in Christ. The Arminian, together with the Calvinist, affirms total human moral inability and utter helplessness of the natural man in spiritual matters and the absolute necessity for supernatural prevenient grace if there is to be any right response to the gospel. Like Calvinists, Arminians agree that, apart from an act of grace on God’s part, no one would willingly come to Christ. This point is important to distinguish so as to not confuse Classical Arminianism with either Finneyism or Semi-Pelagianism, which both reject the need for prevenient grace. So Christ’s redemption is universal in a provisional sense but conditional as to its application to any individual, i.e. those who do not resist the grace offered to them through the cross and the gospel. Prevenient grace, according to Arminians, convicts, calls (outwardly), enlightens and enables before conversion and makes conversion and faith possible. While Calvinists believe the inward call to the elect is irrevocable and effectually brings sinners to faith in Christ, the Arminian, on the other hand understand God’s grace as ultimately resistible. In short, they affirm that prevenient grace, which is given to all men at some point in their life, temporarily brings the sinner out of his/her condition of total depravity and puts them in a neutral state of free will wherein the natural man can either accept or reject Christ.

THE Cause of God and Truth by JOHN GILL (1855)

Awesome!

Vermont: Same-sex marriage under study

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A 10-member commission will study whether Vermonters are ready for a state law allowing same-sex marriage, legislative leaders announced Wednesday.

Disgraceful.

Case over ‘vilifying’ Islam settled: Christian Pastors facing re-trial for quoting Quran now can ‘debate’ beliefs

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Raising Maidens of Virtue by Stacy McDonald

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Godly women are not born, but raised. Stacy McDonald, editor-in-chief of Homeschooling Today magazine, has in this book equipped parents to be about the business of raising up rubies, or rather, that which is more precious still, our daughters.

Court: Defendant’s satanist robe OK for murder trial

Wow. It just gets stranger and stranger.

A satanist on trial for allegedly killing and dismembering another man, then eating portions of the body, may wear his full religious regalia when he defends himself in court, a Florida judge has ruled.

5th Circuit ruling affirms Louisiana school district’s right to meeting prayer

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Patients tout successes of adult stem-cell, cord-blood treatments

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It is awesome that the Lord, through science, has shown us how to help others.

MUST VIEWING: Lesbian Gangs Raping Girls; GLAAD Tries to Block Airing of News Segment

Unbelievable
mp3 Here: From Concerned Women For America

Pope: Creationism, Evolution Not at Odds

I Beg To Differ!

Either the Word of God is as it says it is, or it is not. I say that Scripture overrides a false Secular, Humanistic faith with its doctrine of evolution as its “Genesis.” I also say that there is no evidence for evolution. Not one species has ever been seen or recorded to “leap” into another species. There are no “missing links” and there is no “transitional species.”

Also, I suggest you study the bomber beetle and tell me how many times it had to blow itself out of existence before “evolution” got it right.

Or, how the giraffe with its huge heart didn’t explode its head right off its neck when bending down to get a drink of water. How many times did this have to happen before “adaptation” finally caught up and developed those valves in its neck to keep this from happening. I am sorry. Evolution is a farse.

My Call: Embrace the Creator God who has provided the truth in His word about your origins and why it is you do terrible things such as lie and gossip and cheat hate and falsify and exaggerate the truth. He has also provided a way that you may be forgiven for these things in His Son the Messiah, Jesus the Nazarene who died for you and your sins and rose again and is now summoning you to Himself. Repent and Believe as I have. Embrace a destiny with Christ and never look back. Amen.

Shining the light on North Korea

by Richard Land

NEA pushing homosexual agenda in public schools

What has math and science to do with sexual-orientation? Leave our kids alone.

A Great Deception in the 21st Century (Christian Skepticism comments on a debate in this blog-site)

One thing to notice in religious debate today is how some in the name of “tolerance” or the pretense of “community/dialogue” are actually hiding behind deception by which they not only seek to disguise their own intentions but also to avoid confrontation with the truth … the gospel truth.

Recently, I’ve noticed statements on the part of unbelievers (one an agnostic, another a “pluralistic Hindu) in dialogue (/debate) with Christians such as:

…”I appreciate the fact that you are nice to me. Please don’t change.” Another stated “I am very much impressed by you. My hats are off for being very COOL and not getting angry when you write your theories about God and salvation.”

What’s interesting is that in both cases, while the debate began on this note, as soon as the debate advanced to include anything related to the exclusive nature and demands of the gospel, … the attitude and tone of those who previously had set such a “high” value on relationship and tolerance changed, and eventually, even within a few exchanges, the unbelievers came to admit themselves their intent neither was nor had been to engage in mutual dialoge, but to attempt to prove the Christian and his position wrong (if that were possible). Note – They did this by false pretense, or by suggesting & setting forth a facade by which the Christian, if unaware or undiscerning, might be deceived (be or become preconditioned) to either make allowances he otherwise wouldn’t or shouldn’t make, or find himself in a position having offered himself as a sheep before a hungry wolf. (Does “Little Red Riding Hood” come to mind?)

This should not surprise us in a day where emerging principles seem to set community, fellowship and dialogue in the forefront over and against doctrine and orthodoxy. It appears one method of the enemy is to CAPITALIZE on this stage of relationship and gospel proclamation, so as not only to deceive believers, and catch them off guard, but so as to enable unbelievers to avoid the truth and demands of the gospel, which reveal the nature, intentions and persuasions of their hearts.

My point is simply this:
Christian apologists, DO NOT BE MISLED or DECEIVED by such statements!

1. Anytime you see such statements, be mindful that the unbeliever may be hiding behind deception. Note: moving fairly quickly to the gospel and exclusive claims of Christ willl reveal whether this is a facade or not.

2. Remember that much time can be spent under this pretense arguing with individuals regarding details when the other person is not interested in what you have to say. Better to deal with them and bring them to the issues of the gospel and of accepting or rejecting Christ than spend endless time answering their questions when we can be ministering to others. (Note – this is not to suggest that even those who hide behind this facade don’t need Christ, but it’s better to be aware when deciding upon the commitment of your time.)

Posted by Swordbearer at Christian Skepticism

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New documentary challenges sentiment that Islam is a peaceful religion

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Jesus Christ: The Interpretive Key to the Scripture

by John Hendryx
With Four Examples of Doctrinal Errors that Arise When this Key is not Used.

“You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me; and you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life.” (John 5:39, 40)
“For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus” – (1 Tim 2:5)

“The Scriptures should be read with the aim of finding Christ in them. Whoever turns aside from this object, even though he wears himself out all his life in learning, he will never reach the knowledge of the truth.” – John Calvin

I have recently had the privilege of reading a phenomenal book that I highly recommend to all teachers of the Word. That book was Gospel-Centered Hermeneutics by Graeme Goldsworthy. Its thesis is simple: the Gospel (or, Jesus Christ) is the Key to all Christian Hermeneutics. During the course of reading, his focus got me to thinking about its antithesis which would be that almost all errors and inconsistencies in our understanding of Bible texts occur when our interpretation is less than Christ-centered. This is foundational. Unless our study, however diligent, leads us to see that all Scripture points to Jesus Christ, our study is in vain. The importance of the Bible (OT & NT) is that it testifies about Jesus Christ (John 1:43-45, Acts 3:18, Acts 17:2-3, 2 Tim 3:14-15,1 Pet 1:10-12, Rom 1:1-3, 16:25-27, Luke 24:25-27 & 44-46).

Jesus never condemned a Pharisee for taking Moses too seriously. They take him far less seriously than they should. For Jesus says, “If you believed Moses, you would believe Me, for He write of Me. But if you don’t believe His writings, how will you believe My words. Your accuser is Moses.” (John 5:46). So to understand Moses is to come to know Christ when He is revealed. Likewise, Abraham saw Jesus’ day and was glad, the Bible testifies. And “…foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “ALL THE NATIONS WILL BE BLESSED IN YOU.” (Gal)

But now, let’s shift gears by getting specific about doctrinal errors that fail to take into account the above biblical principles … These are produced by an interpretitive grid or presupposition that arises from Christless or less-than-Christocentric views of Scripture. In the following, I wish to give 3-4 examples of current popular, but erroneous, interpretations, that err simply because they fail to see the centrality of Jesus Christ in their understanding:

1) The False Assertion that Salvation can be Lost

The claim by some that a Christian can actually lose his or her salvation is a prime example of reading Christ out of the text, because the focus becomes your own moral ability rather than Christ. Some erroneously believe that a Christian, after being saved by Christ, can make certain choices that will lead to the loss of their adoption and justification, and thus, their salvation in Christ. In other words, they must, by their own effort, or with the Spirit’s help, maintain their just standing before God. With such a view, Christ is not sufficient to save completely. Such a doctrine should immediately make us think of Paul’s warning in Galatians: “Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?” (Gal 3:3) But why is Paul so stern as to call them foolish? Because they have forgotten that Christ and Christ alone has saved them. To think that we can add to Christ’s perfect work is to utterly misapprehend the Gospel at its core. For, we ask, is it Jesus or something else which is sufficient to carry you to the end? Any addition to Jesus Christ is to believe that justification is found in something else has forgotten about the centrality of Christ.

So we ask in relation to this doctrine, is it Christ who saves us, or does He merely assist us so we may save ourselves? The warning passages in Hebrews actually warn against this very error. They start by pointing out that Jesus is superior to the angels, to Moses and to the Sacrificial System. The warnings of falling away are actually warnings about going back to something inferior to Christ, like the sacrificial system which only pointed to Christ. To read that a particular sin can make us lose our salvation, is thus, to utterly forget what the context of the Text in Hebrews itself is. So the assertion that a Christian can lose salvation is the first error that we have spotted that arises because Christ was seen as the ultimate interpretive presupposition, and thus, left out of the interpretation. Some other ultimate presupposition guided our exposition.

2) Synergism

Synergism is the error that affirms that the natural man can cooperate with God in the regeneration process (the new birth) …that an unregenerate person has the moral capacity to embrace the Gospel apart from the work of the Spirit changing the heart.

Again, remember what our interpretive Key to the Bible is? Jesus Christ. So, in relation to regeneration and conversion, when the gospel is preached, what makes people to differ in their response to it? Does Jesus Christ make us differ or does something else? This “something else” may take various forms; it may be something native to the human constitution (i.e. Pelagianism) or something alien yet universal (i.e. Arminianism)? In either case, the point is that it is not Christ that makes the difference. Anyone who claims that the difference arises from one of these something-else’s has failed to see first our hopelessness as fallen creatures apart from Christ and second the exclusive sufficiency of Christ’s saving work. If I am different than my neighbor because of something other than Jesus Christ, then Christ, whatever role he may play, cannot be central to my understanding of salvation. He is only partly responsible for it. It is the grace we have in Christ that saves, and nothing in addition to it.

3) Four-Point Calvinism

Four-point Calvinism fails the test of Christ-centered interpretation because this view tends to see the TULIP as an abstraction. But the TULIP only works when we see Christ at its center. Consider the TULIP as a chiasm with the “L” at the top of the pyramid. It is Jesus Christ which makes sense of all the doctrines of grace. Four-point Calvinists who reject Limited Atonement but embrace irresistible grace must consider this: Irresistible grace is not some abstract doctrine but must be seen in relation to Jesus Christ, specially in relation to the grace purchased by Christ upon the cross. The Spirit of Christ illuminates, regenerates and effectually brings to faith his elect. And this enabling, effectual grace is, from first to last, Christ-centered. It does not come out of a void, nor from some hidden source of grace in God the Father. Therefore Christ must have died for the elect so as to purchase that grace in a way – a redemptive way – that he did not die for the non-elect. That is why we often call it particular redemption. Irresistible grace is one of the redemptive benefits purchased by Jesus Christ … and it was never granted to the non-elect nor intended for them. I believe that until Jesus Christ is seen as central to the TULIP then four-pointers will continue to reject what is plain.

4) Purgatory

Roman Catholics believe in Purgatory, which again accents their belief that Christ is not sufficient to save completely. Rather then, we must work off our sins after death for 1000’s of years until it is paid. Where is Christ in all this? Was His work insufficient to cover their sins completely and once for all?

Each of these errors occurs when our hermeneutic (our ultimate presupposition) is not Jesus Christ.

Washington State Registers First Gay Couples

Hmmmm… This is a long way from their State Constitution Preamble: “We, the people of the State of Washington, grateful to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe for our liberties, do ordain this constitution.”

The Supreme Ruler of the Universe is God.
God has a Law by which we are to live by, as well as commands from His Son.
Liberty is given by God, and He can also take them away as He wishes.
Willful violation of God’s Commands means that you are truly at enmity with the Lord.
When He says that
Homosexuality is abomination in His sight, He means it. (Leviticus and Romans)
Therefore, Washington State Legistlature, you have simply disqualified yourself as well as other states who choose this path of unrighteousness.
Repent and Believe for the forgiveness of your offenses before God and you will be saved and forgiven.