Archive for June 2008

Mammoth PEACE Effort to Target Poverty, Illiteracy, Disease, Spiritual Voids

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

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Christian Examiner informs us:

A mammoth Christian mobilization effort—with a goal of tapping the time and talents of a billion believers worldwide. Pastor Rick Warren developed the PEACE Plan and unveiled it during a three-day, invitation-only conference that drew 1,700 pastors and business leaders from all 50 [...]



Playing the Pharisee Card

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

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Todd Wilken, host of the Issues, Etc. radio program, has a fantastic article in the latest Issues, Etc. Journal that discusses how the average Christian and those in the anti-discernment crowd play the ‘Pharisee card’ as a means of silencing those who Biblically critique and [...]



False Prophet Todd Bentley and his Raging Revival

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

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As you’ll see by his "move" below apparently aspects of extreme cage fighting have now become part of the revival repertoire of Todd Bentley:



Never Water Down the Word of God

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

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What you are to preach is determined by God, not by your own natural inclinations. Keep your soul steadfastly related to God, and remember that you are called not to bear testimony only, but to preach the gospel. Every Christian must testify, but when it [...]



Train to Use the Master’s Sword

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

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Prayerfully this short humble work from Apprising Ministries will at least help you to look at the critical time you spend studying the Bible in a fresh light. Beyond question we are to be reading Holy Scripture to commune with our Lord, but there is [...]



Todd Bentley Kicks Cancer Patient in the Stomach

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

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Todd Bentley’s revival of violence continues as he kicks a late stage cancer patient in the stomach to accomplish his “healing”. Someone needs to arrest this man for assault and battery. Where are the police in this county? Enough is enough.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUTCWLoD4-4

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From the Mailbag

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

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Ingrid,
When I read your article, “The American Pastor Police Report Grows Daily,” something dawned on me. No doubt you remember the story of King David and his fall into sexual sin with Bathsheba.
“Then it happened in the spring, at the time when kings go out [...]



"Depart From Me; I Never Knew You…"(Doug Eaton)

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

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Wonderful.

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Some Thoughts From Ephesus

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

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I am currently working on taking the Sunday School Lessons we go through at Loma Community Church and expounding a little here and there and so forth in order to "volumize" them a little bit. In my ambitious moments (which are few and far between. [...]



The Offense of the Cross

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

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In Paul’s Epistle to the Galatians he delivers a scathing indictment against all  who teach works salvation or any version of the Gospel that has been edited from the original. If these false gospels be true then, as Paul says, the offense of the cross [...]



“Living in The Way”: 83% of “Mainline Christians” Unsaved?

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

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Pastor Jon Sharp of "Living in The Way" has posted an article concerning a Pew Forum study (mentioned recently on CRN) which polled 35,000 Americans and which showed that 57-83% of "Evangelical" and "Mainline" Christians believe that "Many religions can lead to eternal life".
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Study: Evangelicals Shunning Cornerstone of the Faith

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

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From The Christian Examiner

NEW YORK, Calif. — Evangelical Christians—whose central doctrine centers on Jesus as the only way to salvation—are increasingly abandoning the cornerstones of the faith to embrace broader, more inclusive interpretations.
That’s the findings of a new poll released June 24 by the Pew [...]



Brian McLaren: Emissary for Barack Obama to Evangelicals

Jun 27th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Reformata Blogs

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Here’s a telling quote from an Associated Press story yesterday about evangelicals and the election.
Meanwhile, Obama’s campaign is aggressively reaching out to evangelicals. The Illinois senator dispatched former 9/11 Commission member Tim Roemer to meet with fellow Roman Catholics. He sent Brian McLaren, one of [...]



The American Pastor Police Report Grows Daily

Jun 27th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Reformata Blogs

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In Azerbaizan, Christian pastors are arrested for preaching the Gospel. In America, pastors make headlines for things like prostitution, child rape, theft, possession of child porn, soliciting sex from minors, etc. Here are just a few in the last few weeks:
Texarkana Associate Pastor Arrested for [...]



Denver Post: America’s Neopagan Revival Underway

Jun 27th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Reformata Blogs

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The Denver Post reports that America is seeing a neopagan revival.
“Whether organized or disorganized, the pagan revival is stronger than ever since its blossoming in the 1960s hippie counterculture and its cross-pollination by the New Age movement in the 1980s.
The forms neopaganism takes are [...]



"I Grew Up a ‘Christian’."(Susan Yenser’s Story)

Jun 27th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Reformata Blogs

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This is a testimony of a very close friend of mine, Susan Yenser (denyyourself20 on Youtube). Susan gave this recently at an FCA meeting at the University of Florida. She’s one of the few people that I can with all honesty that I’m a [...]



Lordship Salvation

Jun 27th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Reformata Blogs

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Can a person receive Jesus as his Savior without receiving Him as his Lord? Do people make Jesus their Savior or does Jesus make a person saved? Pastor Jim McClarty of GCA reflects back on the lordship salvation controversy.



Body of Holy Man Arrives Ahead of Pope

Jun 27th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Reformata Blogs

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The Australian reports: THE body of an inspirational Catholic who died in 1925 has arrived in Sydney for World Youth Day. 

The body of Pier Giorgio Frassati, who was beatified in 1990 by Pope John Paul II, has been transported from the Turin Cathedral to Sydney following [...]



A Mystical Picture of Protestant & Catholic Convergence

Jun 27th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Reformata Blogs

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The Charlotte News Observer reports on the pursuit of ancient Roman Catholic monasticism & mysticism by modern day Protestants.
Like the knights of old, Christian monks — berobed and chanting — have come to symbolize the Middle Ages (476-1453). These Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox men [...]



Walk in Light

Jun 26th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Reformata Blogs

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Intentional godliness is the product of a spirit-filled walk. No Christian becomes godly by simply wanting it. Neither do they become godly through self-righteousness. Instead, the walk that is truly godly is one that is not self-focused at all. It is one that is totally [...]