The name of God
August 27, 2007 at 4:25 pm | Posted in Christianity | Leave a commentTags: Adonai, Allah, America, ateasetees, beginning, Bible, bishop, blasphemy, burning bush, Christian, church, compromise, core, death, deception, Dutch, El Olam, El Roi, evangelism, faith, God, gospel, grace, heal, hell, holy, hope, Islam, Jehovah, Jesus, judgment, law, life, love, man, marriage, mercy, Moses, Muslim, name, name of God, Nissi, peace, prayer, prophet, Quran, Rapha, repent, righteousness, Roman Catholic, salvation, scripture, Shalom, sin, son, ten commandments, tension, theology, Triune, truth, Tsabbaoth, Tsidkenu, Yahweh
What is God’s name? Those who claim to follow Him seem to be forgetting what His name is. A retiring 71 year old Roman Catholic bishop, who has raised other issues that go against his church’s mainstream ideas, has said that Dutch Christians (and others) should be fine calling the God of the Bible Allah. He has suggested that this is whom Christians are actually praying to.
There are some major problems with this, but all of them seem to be ignored by the retiring bishop. The bishop says that “Allah is a beautiful word for God” and that “God doesn’t really care what we call Him”. Oh really? The God of the Bible doesn’t care what we call Him? God makes very clear throughout the Bible what those who follow Him are to call Him. Not only that, but God made sure that people not only knew His name but He let them know (and us too) who He was to them. He is called Elohim (used over 2300 times to refer to the Lord), El Olam (The Everlasting One, Gen. 21:33), El Roi (The God who sees me, Gen 16:7), and Adonai (The Lord). When Moses asked God what His name was at the burning bush, God replied, “I AM”. This is Yahweh in Hebrew (where we get Jehovah from). God also used this name to remind His people who He was. To Israel (and Christians) He is Yahweh Yireh (The Lord who provides, Gen 22:2), Yahweh Nissi (The Lord our banner, Ex 17:8-15), Yahweh Rapha (The Lord who heals you, Ex 15:26), Yahweh Shalom (The Lord our peace, Jdg 6:1-22), Yahweh Tsabbaoth (The Lord of Hosts, many references), and Yahweh Tsidkenu (The Lord our righteousness, Jer 23:5-6). Amazingly, not one of these names(and there are many others) sounds anything like Allah…. Continue Reading The name of God…
Kudos to Texas
August 22, 2007 at 5:19 pm | Posted in Christianity | 1 CommentTags: abortion, America, ateasetees, Bible, bill, Christian, church, compromise, death, documents, evangelism, faith, freedom of speech, God, gospel, grace, hell, holy, hope, Israel, Jesus, judgment, law, liberty, life, love, marriage, money, murder, pastor, peace, prayer, religion, repent, salvation, school, scripture, sin, ten commandments, Texas, truth, wallbuilders, Washington DC, Word
This will hopefully be just a quick blog. Because I have a desire to do more than just rant about the things in the world that go so clearly against God’s Word (although there is so much more to write about), I wanted to just give praise to the state of Texas for adopting a bill that will allow students to actually exercise their freedom of speech. While this is a right given to all Americans, it is consistently squelched or denied outright with regard to Christianity and those expressing Christian beliefs. Schools in Texas have until September 1st to designate events with public forums where religious viewpoints will be allowed to be expressed. It will also allow for students to organize religious groups and events as well as provide guidelines for student speakers at graduations, sports events, and other school functions. Continue Reading Kudos to Texas…
Religion at its best
August 3, 2007 at 11:49 am | Posted in Christianity | 5 CommentsTags: abortion, America, angels, apostle, arrogance, ateasetees, Bible, body, cardinal, Catholic, Christian, church, compromise, condition, context, contradiction, controversy, death, defective, disciples, doctrine, error, evangelism, faith, God, gospel, grace, Greek, harmony, hell, holy, hope, infallible, Israel, Jesus, Judge, judgment, law, life, love, marriage, mercy, murder, mystery, offensive, orthodox, papacy, pastor, patient, Paul, peace, Peter, Pope Benedict, prayer, prophecy, purgatory, repent, right thinking, rock, Roman, salvation, scripture, separated, sin, soul, ten commandments, tongues, true church, truth, unity, Vatican, William Levada
I’ve taken the liberty to copy an article from WorldNetDaily. The reason that I copied it is so that the context of the article can be seen as I write my response. The bold and narrow assertion made by Pope Benedict XVI recently is not only offensive, it goes against the very thing that it proposes to uphold. This discussion could go on for pages, so I will try to stay to the issue at hand. I will keep short the background information in hopes that readers will study what is said on their own.
Pope Benedict XVI has ignited controversy across the world by approving a document saying non-Catholic Christian communities are either defective or not true churches, and the Roman Catholic Church provides the only true path to salvation. Continue Reading Religion at its best…
Interesting….
August 2, 2007 at 11:27 am | Posted in Christianity | Leave a commentTags: abortion, America, Angelo Marcandella, ateasetees, Bible, Catholic, Christian, church, community, compromise, dead, death, evangelism, faith, God, gospel, grace, hell, holy, hope, Israel, Jesus, judgment, law, life, London Times, love, marriage, mercy, miracle, money, murder, pastor, pattern, peace, prayer, priest, priest prays for rain, rain, repent, ritual, salvation, scripture, sin, ten commandments, truth, will
There is an article on the London Times website that talks about the miracle of a priest praying for rain. Reading the article, it is uplifting and not so uplifting at the same time. The uplifting part is the fact that the priest felt the burden of the people of his community and interceded for their needs. They had been facing a long drought and the much-needed rain was nowhere to be found. Father Angelo Marcandella prayed for rain for three days and on the fourth day, the skies opened and the rain fell. Anyone that knows me, knows that I can’t help but ask questions. Sometimes it gets me in trouble because some people don’t like to have things questioned. Other times, it gets me labelled. None of that keeps me from asking them though. Continue Reading Interesting…….
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