Archive for June 2008

Dear Christians, One and All, Rejoice!

Jun 30th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Reformata Blogs

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It is so helpful to stop and reflect on what God has done for us in Christ. No matter how many false prophets and enemies of the Gospel attempt to thwart God’s work, we have reason to rejoice. Thy right hand, O Lord, has become [...]



The Return of Issues, Etc.

Jun 30th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Reformata Blogs

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I just received this email and thought many of you would like to be informed of this if you aren’t already:
Dear Friend of Issues, Etc.,
We’re excited about the return of Issues, Etc.! Since the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod canceled the show on March 18, we’ve [...]



**Adam McManus Show Alert**

Jun 30th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Reformata Blogs

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This Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday I will be guest hosting for Adam McManus’s drive-time show on KSLR in San Antonio, Texas. Adam’s show reaches a huge swath of South Texas. The show airs from 3-6pm Central time. One of the topics we’ll be discussing on [...]



Henri Nouwen: Patron Saint of Evangelical Seminaries?

Jun 30th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Reformata Blogs

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If evangelical seminaries canonized saints, Henri Nouwen’s name would surely be first on the list. I interviewed a guest on Crosstalk who described hearing chanting in the next room while attending a class at a well-known, supposedly conservative seminary. He was in a class with [...]



TIME: More Evangelicals Believe All Paths Lead to God

Jun 30th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Reformata Blogs

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John Hendryx from the Reformation Theology blog weighs in on the recent Time Magazine article on Christians and tolerance. The headline in Time is: Christians: No One Path to Salvation. Universalism, in the name of compassion, is being increasingly found in evangelical churches thanks [...]



Ken Silva Part of Pastor’s Roundtable on Iron Sharpens Iron with Chris Arnzen

Jun 30th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Reformata Blogs

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The Lord be praised for the privilege to be asked to be part of Pastor’s Roundtable on the Iron Sharpens Iron radio program with host Chris Arnzen. The other pastors were Jim Capo, Don Hoaglander and Al Stein.
You can listen to and download the program [...]



Todd Bentley and the Beautiful Side of Evil

Jun 30th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Reformata Blogs

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Berit Kjos has written a new article on the paranormal phenomena at Todd Bentley’s Lakeland “revival”. Those who are convinced that the manifestations they are seeing are of God forget that there is a beautiful side of evil. Satan doesn’t manifest himself as a hideous [...]



Quote of the Day

Jun 30th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Reformata Blogs

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“The grace of God reveals One who loves us so much as to have made Calvary possible, but who hates sin so much as to make Calvary necessary.”-T.S. Mooney



His Sheep… dependency in our security.

Jun 30th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Reformata Blogs

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MY SHEEP (by J. C. Ryle in "The Gospel of John")
"My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand." John 10:27,28
Christ calls His people, "My [...]



Rob Bell Resources from Apprising Ministries

Jun 30th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Reformata Blogs

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Recently a pastor from a fairly conservative denomination contacted me at Apprising Ministries to tell me he is seeing leaders within it beginning to use teachings from Emerging Church Icon Rob Bell. He asked if I had some information which would help him in exposing [...]



Augustus Toplady on Arminianism and "Free"-Will

Jun 29th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Reformata Blogs

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Augustus Montague Toplady was a preacher who lived from 1740-1778. He wrote numerous hymns including the famous “Rock of Ages” sung here by Chris Rice:

A while back, I got Toplady’s complete works and have been reading them since. His views on Arminianism and “free”-will may [...]



"Can I Lose My Salvation?" [Eternal Security](Doug Eaton)

Jun 29th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Reformata Blogs

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The issue of whether a Christian can lose their savlation is one of the most debated topics in all of Christendom. Doug Eaton discussed the arguments those opposed to God preserving His saints often make and made a case from Scripture that eternal security is [...]



Decisionism

Jun 29th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Reformata Blogs

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“The greatest mission field on the face of the earth is Southern Baptist Churches, because so many of the people in there have no godliness about them, no passion for Christ, no desire to know His Word, and so on and so forth… but they [...]



JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES: The best Christians by far.

Jun 29th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Reformata Blogs

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Pastor Jon Sharp of "Living in The Way" has posted a controversial article based upon the Pew Forum "U.S.Religious Landscape Survey" (mentioned several times in recent CRN posts) which polled 35,000 Americans on matters of their faiths and religions.
Based upon the data collected by the Pew Forum, "Living in [...]



Rick Warren: “Every Facet of Christianity — Including Catholicism”

Jun 28th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Reformata Blogs

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As one who is myself a former Roman Catholic, whom the Lord graciously delivered from the religious bondage of apostate Roman Catholicism into the glorious liberty of the sons of God, I ask you to consider: Is the following really in line with the Southern [...]



Looking Unto Jesus

Jun 28th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Reformata Blogs

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“Looking unto Jesus.”-Hebrews 12:2
It is ever the Holy Spirit’s work to turn our eyes away from self to Jesus; but Satan’s work is just the opposite of this, for he is constantly trying to make us regard ourselves instead of Christ. He insinuates, “Your sins [...]



More on the Video of Todd Bentley Physically Assaulting Someone

Jun 28th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Reformata Blogs

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Here is the video and commentary from Way of the Maste Radio of self-proclaimed "revivalist" Todd Benltey physically assaulting someone with stage four colon cancer onstage at one of his productions all in the name of Jesus Christ.  As always, Todd Friel does a great job of critiquing this "event."  Beware [...]



PCUSA Assembly Approves Deleting Gay Clergy Ban

Jun 28th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Reformata Blogs

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This is absolutely ludicrous; and yet, it’s further proof that the vipers of the cult of liberal theology are sowing more division within the Body of Christ than those like me derisively labeled as a "fundamentalist" would ever dream of. Christian Post brings us the ridiculous [...]



Video of Todd Bentley Physically Assaulting Someone

Jun 28th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Reformata Blogs

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Here is video of self-proclaimed “revivalist” Todd Bentley physically assaulting someone with stage four colon cancer all in the name of Jesus Christ. I’m not a psychologist, but I believe this is evidence enough to say that anyone who is still considering that this [...]



The Bible Driven Church

Jun 28th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Reformata Blogs

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Pastor Jeff Noblit of Anchored in Truth Ministries has been such a blessing. I would like to share a sermon that literally changed my life. I was at the meeting where this was preached, and I left with a new passion and zeal for the [...]