Sermon Sunday – George Whitefield
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The Duty of searching the Scriptures
by
George Whitefield
(1714-1770)
John 5:39 – “Search the Scriptures.”
When the Sadducees came to our blessed Lord, and put to him the question, “whose wife that woman should be in the next life, who had seven husbands in this,” he told them “they erred, not knowing the scriptures.” And if we would know whence all the errors, that have over-spread the church of Christ, first arose, we should find that, in a great measure, they flowed from the same fountain, ignorance of the word of God.
Our blessed Lord, though he was the eternal God, yet as man, he made the scriptures his constant rule and guide. And therefore, when he was asked by the lawyer, which was the great commandment of the law, he referred him to his Bible for an answer, “What readest thou?” And thus, when led by the Spirit to be tempted by the devil, he repelled all his assaults, with “it is written.”
A sufficient confutation this, of their opinion, who say, “the Spirit only, and not the Spirit by the Word, is to be our rule of action.” If so, our Savior, who had the Spirit without measure, needed not always have referred to the written word.
But how few copy after the example of Christ? How many are there who do not regard the word of God at all, but throw the sacred oracles aside, as an antiquated book, fit only for illiterate men? Continue Reading Sermon Sunday – George Whitefield…
Persecution Fridays: China
November 5, 2010 at 8:22 am | Posted in VOM Fridays | Leave a commentTags: abortion, aid, America, assault, ateasetees, attorney, Bible, China, Chinese, Christ, Christian, church, compromise, death, Dr. Fan Yafeng, evangelism, faith, fellowship, God, gospel, government, grace, hell, holy, homosexuality, hope, Islam, Israel, Jesus, judgment, law, lawyer, Legal Defense Association, life, love, marriage, mercy, money, murder, Muslim, pastor, peace, persecution, police, prayer, repent, salvation, scripture, sin, ten commandments, testimony, truth, Voice of the Martyrs
For more news on what’s really happening to Christians around the world go to the Voice of the Martyrs website: www.persecution.com
China: Police Detain Attorney
On Oct. 20, police detained Dr. Fan Yafeng, a prominent Christian lawyer and leader of the Chinese Christian Legal Defense Association, according to China Aid Association.
A group of police reportedly entered Dr. Fan’s home last Wednesday and prevented him from leaving. When they blocked his exit, Dr. Fan struggled through the doorway. Police then shoved him and assaulted him, causing him to sprain his ankle. Police immediately took Dr. Fan to Shuangyushu Police Station in Beijing, and at last report he is still being held there. Authorities have provided little information about Dr. Fan, and his wife is very concerned as she struggles to negotiate with authorities.
The Voice of the Martyrs has supported persecuted Christians in China for more than 30 years. VOM encourages you to pray that Dr. Fan will be released and that God will heal his injuries. Also pray that Dr. Fan’s testimony will draw his persecutors into fellowship with Christ.
Newslinks 08/15/10
August 15, 2010 at 7:46 pm | Posted in Newslinks | Leave a commentTags: ABA, abortion, academy, ACLJ, ACOG, activist, ADF, Afghanistan, AFL-CIO, aid, Alan Keyes, alien, amendment, America, Amish, amnesty, amok, Angel Stadium, Anne Rice, archaeologist, Arizona, army, Arnold Schwarzeneggar, assassination, ateasetees, atheist, attack, attitude, author, authority, backdoor, backpacks, ballet, banker, baptism, Baptist World Alliance, barbarism, Best Buy, Bible, bipartisan, birth control, birthday, black, Blank Bible, blasphemy, border, boycott, Broncos, California, camp, Catholic, charity, children, China, Christian, Christopher Hitchens, Chuck Colson, church, cocaine, compromise, conception, condemnation, Congress, Constitution, council, countries of interest, court, crack, Craigslist, cross, crusade, Crystal Cathedral, David Hansell, death, Democrat, DHS, dialogue, diary, dictatorial, DOJ, Donald Berwick, donation, Eggsploitation, ELCA, Elena Kagan, embryonic stem cells, ENDA, enemy, environment, ethics, evangelism, faith, family, FDA, FDIC, federal, fire, flood, Florida, Focus on the Family, freedom, GAO, gay marriage, Gaza, George W. Bush, global, global warming, God, Goliath, GOP, gospel, government, grace, Greg Laurie, Ground Zero, Haiti, Hamas, Harry Reid, Harvest, healthcare, hell, Heritage Foundation, Hezbollah, HHS, Hillary Clinton, Hiroshima, Hispanic, holy, Home Depot, homeschooler, homosexual, homosexuality, hope, hospital, house, IAM, illegal, Imam, immaturity, immigration, independent, Indonesia, international, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Israel, Jesus, Jewish, Jim DeMint, John McCain, John Shadegg, Johnny Isakson, Jordan River, judgment, justice, Keith Olbermann, Kenya, lame duck, land grab, landmark, landslide, law, lawsuit, lawyer, Lebanese, Lebanon, left, liability, library, life, Louisiana, love, lucid, Mahmoud Abbas, Maldives, male, Mao Zedong, Marine, marriage, Max Baucus, Maxine Waters, meetings, memo, Mennonite, mercy, Middle East, military, mission, missionary, money, mosque, mother, murder, Muslim, Nancy Pelosi, National Guard, NATO, nature, NCC, NEA, New York, Newslinks, North Carolina, nuke, NYC, Obama, Obamacare, Ohio, optometrist, Orrin Hatch, oversight, Pakistan, palace, panel, pastor, patriotism, Paul Babeu, peace, Pentecostal, persecution, Persian Gulf, Peter Heck, Philistine, Planned Parenthood, Poland, politics, prayer, preaching, Princeton, private, probe, professional, Prop 8, prosperity gospel, PTC, punishing, rain, rains, Ramadan, Randy Alcorn, relief, religious, repent, Republican, revolt, Rifqa Bary, right to life, rights, Robert Gibbs, Robert Schuller, Russian Orthodox, salvation, school, scripture, second, sector, senate, senator, setback, Sharron Angle, sheriff, sin, Somalia, South Carolina, stimulus, submarine, subsidies, suicide, summer, Superintendent, sustainable communities, Sweden, Taliban, talks, Target, Tea Party, teachers, ten commandments, terror, Texas, Tom Coburn, Tom Emmer, Tom McClintock, tongues, treaty, Trent Franks, troops, truth, tunnel, UCC, votes, Washington D.C., WCC, White House, wildfire, worker, World Vision
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Obama backs ‘gay’ group at U.N.
A homosexual activist group has side-stepped normal procedures to gain a non-government organization status at the United Nations.
GOP: Obama developing ‘backdoor amnesty plan’
The Obama administration is considering ways it could go around lawmakers to let illegal immigrants stay in the United States, according to an agency memo.
Another Democrat facing ethics charges
A second House Democrat, Rep. Maxine Waters of California, could be facing an ethics trial this fall, further complicating the midterm election outlook for the party as it battles to hold onto its majority.
Amish communities growing rapidly
A new study estimates the number of Amish in North America has doubled since 1992 and increased nearly 10 percent in the past two years alone.
Baptist World Alliance Confirms New President
Virginia native John Upton was elected Saturday to lead the Baptist World Alliance as its new president. The long-time Baptist succeeds David Coffey of the United Kingdom. Continue Reading Newslinks 08/15/10…
Pharisees
June 15, 2010 at 4:55 pm | Posted in Christianity | Leave a commentTags: abortion, adultery, America, angels, anger, angry, ateasetees, attack, attention, authority, Bible, blind, burden, charlatan, cheek, Christian, church, clean, coat, compromise, criminal, cross, danger, death, deeds, defend, demons, disciples, divorce, earth, enemy, evangelism, evil, exegesis, eye, faith, faithfulness, false, fame, flesh, fool, footstool, Gentile, glory, God, gospel, grace, Greeks, greetings, guide, guilty, hand, Hasidism, heart, heaven, hell, Hellenistic, hermeneutic, holy, homosexual, honor, hope, humility, hyperbole, hypocrite, idolatry, image, infidelity, Islam, Israel, Jerusalem, Jesus, John Hyrcanus, Judge, judgment, justice, king, law, lawlessness, lawyer, legalistic, life, light, love, lust, marriage, mercy, mile, militant, ministry, money, Mount Olivet, murder, oath, obedience, Old Testament, peace, perfect, persecution, Pharisees, pray, prayer, prison, rage, rant, rebuke, reconcile, regulations, religion, repent, resurrection, righteousness, ritual, sabbath, salt, salvation, Sanhedrin, scourged, scripture, separated, Sermon on the Mount, serpent, sin, strict, stumble, tax collector, ten commandments, throne, tithe, tooth, tradition, tragedy, truth, unchastity, unclean, understand, viper, vow, whitewashed tomb, worship
Often, when we are hearing about events that took place in the gospels, we are told about the enemies of Jesus. Those people who opposed Him and tried everything they could to show Him to be a charlatan. Of all the groups that did this, the one that Christians are most familiar with are the Pharisees. Because of the often simple light in which this group is painted, many people don’t realize the dangers inherent in what they said and did. To understand this, it is important to understand where the Pharisees came from.
The group of Jews known as Pharisees arose during the reign of John Hyrcanus. They came from the Hasidism, which was a militant religious community that was focused on obedience to the Law and worship to God. They began around 168 B.C. (before Christ!…). The name Pharisee means “separated one” and was applied to this group because they separated themselves from the Hellenistic influence brought in through the Greeks. At the time of Jesus, it is believed that there were around 6,000 Pharisees in Israel. The Pharisees saw the entire Old Testament as authoritative, but accepted oral tradition as authoritative as well. They believed in the existence of angels and demons. They believed in life after death and bodily resurrection. They believed that the study of the Law was worship. They strove to live holy by keeping the Law and saw the Law as determining what was clean and unclean. They felt very strongly about obedience to the Law and developed a set of regulations to help save people from breaking the Law. There are 613 laws in the Old Testament and the discussions that they had were as specific as whether or not a person should eat an egg laid on the Sabbath. The Pharisees lived for the Law and sought to use it in all situations. Continue Reading Pharisees…
Newslinks 04/25/10
April 25, 2010 at 3:00 pm | Posted in Newslinks | Leave a commentTags: 1040, abortion, accountability, activist, ad, adoption, Afghanistan, Africa, After the Hangover, Alan Grayson, Alberquerque, America, Americans for Tax Reform, Amish, Anglican, animals, Antony Flew, Arizona, Arkansas, army, Asia, ateasetees, atheist, athletics, bailout, ballot, Barney Frank, beast, bell, Bible, bill, Billy Joe Daugherty, birth certificate, black, blasphemy, bomber, breast cancer, Britain, bus, cafeteria, campaign, Catholic, Charles Schumer, child abuse, China, Christian, Christopher Hitchens, church, citizenship, civil rights, classroom, clinic, code, commencement, condom, conservative, Constitution, Contract from America, cop, critic, czar, Darrell Issa, Dawson McAllister, Day of Silence, death, debt, Democrat, Dick Armey, drug, Earth Day, economy, education department, ENDA, energy, EPA, equal, eric holder, evangelism, evolution, faith, family friendly, fetal, fixtures, Florida, Focus on the Family, form, Francis Chan, Franklin Graham, Ft. Hood, gay, GM, God, godless, GOP, gospel, government, grace, Haiti, Harry Reid, health, hell, hero, Hillary Clinton, holy, Holy Spirit, homosexual, hope, hospital, house, humanist, In Good We Trust, income, indigenous, Indonesia, insurance, intelligent design, interior, Iran, IRS, Islam, Israel, Jennifer Knapp, Jesse James, Jesus, Joe Biden, Joe Sestak, John Paul Stevens, Jow Lieberman, Joyce Meyer, Judge, judgment, justice, Kentucky, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, kidnapping, La Raza, labor, law, lawsuit, lawyer, legal, lesbian, Letters to God, LGBT, liberal, liberty, life, light, limited, love, mark, Mark Driscoll, marriage, megachurch, mercy, Mexico, Mideast, minister, miranda, missile, money, murder, music, Muslim, Nancy Pelosi, narcissist, NASA, National Day of Prayer, nature, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York City, Newslinks, Newt Gingrich, Nigeria, November, nuclear, Obama, Obamacare, office, Oklahoma, opportunity, oversight, pain, pastor, Patrick Leahy, patriot, peace, Pentagon, PETA, Pig Book Awards, policy, Polish, poll, pope, Post Office, postal, prayer, president, priest, pro-family, pro-life, Prop 8, public, quake, racism, reason, reform, regulation, relief, religion, repent, Republican, Richard Dawkins, rights, Robert Byrd, Roman Catholic Church, Ron Paul, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, saboteur, safe sex, salvation, sanctions, science, scripture, Sebelius, senate, sex ed, sin, socialism, Somalia, South Korea, spying, Steny Hoyer, Steve Israel, Steve King, stillborn, storm, stupak, Sudan, suicide, Supreme Court, TARP, tax, Tea Party, technology, ten commandments, tension, terminally ill, terrorist, test, Thad Cochran, theologian, Tiger Woods, Tim Tebow, Tom Harkin, totalitarian, troops, truth, Tyrell, U.K., Uganda, unchurched, underwear, union, VAT, volcano, volunteer, voter, voting, webcam, White House, Word
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Negative policy comments not ‘racist’
A black Christian conservative activist says those who don’t support President Barack Obama’s policies are not racist.
‘Pro-life Democrat’ – R.I.P.
A conservative writer says the retirement of Congressman Bart Stupak is the official “obituary” for the phrase “pro-life Democrat.”
Perspective: The ‘pro-choice’ fraud exposed
Well done, Barack Obama…you’ve just proven something that pro-lifers have been fighting to demonstrate for 40 years: the abortion movement has never been about choice.
Obama’s goal? Socialism at all costs
Author Jerome Corsi says it will be very difficult to reverse the socialist policies of Barack Obama, even if Republicans take over control of Congress next year.
Family-friendly = box office-friendly
Family-friendly movies continue to make an impact at the box office, and some are even receiving critical acclaim. Continue Reading Newslinks 04/25/10…
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