Now that you have read Part 1 of “Flocking Away from the Church“, and after having learned just a little about the church growth movement and its “new spirituality“, you may find that you have questions. For instance, you may be asking yourself, “How could my friend, my family member, my pastor, my church […]
By Bruce Wells Over the course of the last several years, church congregations all over the United States have witnessed a change in the church they attend, as church leadership decided to take their church in a “new direction.” Ever so subtly, a new message began emanating from the pulpits in these churches. Before long, […]
Was the cross of Christ simply a lesson in tolerance? Is the Bible’s central message to: “Go ye into all the world and be tolerant“? Did Jesus say: “For God so tolerated the world, that he gave his only begotten Son”? And did He tell His followers: “By this shall all men know that ye […]
The Bible reveals to us: “THE LIVING GOD.” That was the Apostle Peter’s famous, much preached, often debated, as well as his supernaturally revealed and imparted confession of Jesus Christ in Matthew 16:15, the words of which we all know well: “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the LIVING GOD.”
Oh how the heathen press and the apostate church get their ire and fire burning and their smokestacks smoking, as they immediately attack any minister of God who makes a comment about God rolling up His sleeve and baring His arm of judgment against the great wickedness of peoples, cities or nations on planet earth. […]
The Bible unequivocally states in Ephesians 1:11 that God, “…works ALL THINGS after the counsel of His will.” This simply means that in all things in the Christian’s life, and difficult as they may sometimes be, there is a Divine plot being carried out in the drama of our lives. It is there if we […]
It wasn’t planned that way! But then again, when is it? For me, the old year didn’t say goodbye with a twinkle in its eye and a smile on its face. Oh no, for me old-man 2009 went out with a sneer on his face and some last machine-gun words of disdain and defiance. His […]
First a true story! There was a terrible house fire in Dallas, Texas. The fire destroyed the home and everyone in the home. All the family members perished in the fire except one little girl. She lived, but she was horribly disfigured and scarred. After the horror of it all, people shook their heads and […]
We shall be dealing with at length the Christmas truths found in Philippians 2:5-9. But first, Christians, and particularly Christian ministers, are exactly what I Corinthians 4:1 tells us we are, and that is: “STEWARDS OF THE MYSTERIES OF GOD.” Neither pastor or parishioner can afford to forget this basic truth: “THE ENTIRE CHRISTIAN FAITH […]
We have come to a pivotal point in our Christmas exposition of Philippians 2:5-6 that is central in this entire awesome passage. We touched on it last time, but we must grasp it more firmly in our minds and hearts. It is the transitional statement in Philippians 2:7, “But emptied Himself.” This begins the series […]
The New Testament Greek word for WISDOM is SOPHIA. No, not as in Sophia Loren, but rather as in PHILO–SOPHY! The New Testament Greek word for PHILOSOPHY is PHILO–SOPHIA which simply means LOVER OF WISDOM. The Greek word PHILEO means LOVE. So you put PHILEO and SOPHIA together and you have PHILOSOPHIA which as we […]
I still have many friends who are hyper-Calvinists. To hear them speak, and to read their periodicals, one then realizes that they view the world as a stage. Men and women are merely players on that stage who speak their pre-written lines and act out their prescribed roles likes puppets on Divine strings. God does […]