Genesis 3:14-19
November 22, 2010 at 1:22 pm | Posted in Bible Study | Leave a commentTags: abortion, Adam, America, anger, angry, ateasetees, beginning, betray, Bible, blame, Born Again, bruise, childbirth, Christian, church, compromise, confess, covet, creation, cross, crucify, curse, death, descendant, desire, devil, die, disobey, emnity, eternal, evangelism, Eve, faith, family, federal head, fellowship, flame, flesh, Genesis 3, glory, God, gospel, grace, gracious, hate, hatred, head, heart, heel, hell, holy, honor, hostility, husband, Jesus, Judas, Judge, judgment, just, law, leader, lie, life, love, lust, man, marriage, mercy, money, moral, murder, New Testament, Old Testament, omniscient, open theism, pain, pastor, peace, perfect, Pharisee, praise, prayer, promise, Protoevangelion, punishment, rebellion, repent, rule, salvation, Satan, scripture, seed, serpent, sin, sovereign, steal, sweat, ten commandments, thistle, thorn, truth, universe, unjust, value, wife, woman, world
The LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, Cursed are you more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly you will go, And dust you will eat All the days of your life; And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel.” To the woman He said, “I will greatly multiply Your pain in childbirth, In pain you will bring forth children; Yet your desire will be for your husband, And he will rule over you.” Then to Adam He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it’; Cursed is the ground because of you; In toil you will eat of it All the days of your life. “Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you; And you will eat the plants of the field; By the sweat of your face You will eat bread, Till you return to the ground, Because from it you were taken; For you are dust, And to dust you shall return.” Continue Reading Genesis 3:14-19…
Influence
May 24, 2010 at 5:26 am | Posted in Christianity | Leave a commentTags: academia, advertisement, America, ancestors, ateasetees, Bible, blasphemy, cabinets, car, CD, character, Christian, Christmas, church, clothes, complacent, compromise, computer, credit cards, days, death, debt, desensitize, doctrine, El, Eli, Elohim, Elvis, encourage, entertain, enticement, evangelism, evil, evolution, exclusivity, fact, faith, false, Fear Factor, feel, giveaways, glory, God, gospel, grace, hate, hear, hell, herd mentality, history, holy, homosexual, hope, house, idolatry, immorality, influence, interest, Islam, Israel, iTunes, Jesus, judgment, lackluster, law, lawn, life, love, lyrics, magazine, manicure, marriage, mercy, mock, money, morality, movies, murder, name, New Testament, Old Testament, one night stand, party, pastor, peace, Pharisees, prayer, preacher, radio, rape, repent, sacrifice, salvation, science, scripture, secular, see, seeker sensitive, set apart, sin, smell, song, sports, stats, study, stunts, swimwear, taste, teams, ten commandments, theology, tights, toys, Trinity, truth, TV, unsaved, violence, vulgarity, watery, weak, weight loss, world, worldview, wrath, writing, Yahweh
The influence of music, movies, advertising, and other media forms has become so pervasive that we hardly even notice it anymore. We have become desensitized to it. We hardly realize that we are not making the choices anymore. Add to this the “herd mentality” where friends and family are acting on this influence and it becomes even stronger. We seem to be in full control of our decisions, and fail to recognize the influence that the environment around us – the things we see, hear, smell, taste and feel – has such a profound influence on what we say and do. Continue Reading Influence…
False Teachers
May 10, 2010 at 6:30 am | Posted in Christianity | Leave a commentTags: abundance, adultery, angel, anger, animals, appearance, arrogant, ateasetees, atheism, bad, benefit, Benny Hinn, Berean, Bible, blemish, blessing, boast, bondage, breakthrough, Brian McLaren, broad, Buddhism, Carolyn, Cathy, Charles Spurgeon, charm, Christian, church, compromise, context, Copeland, Corinthians, Creflo, crusade, culture, customs, death, deception, demons, denomination, depart, destruction, destructive, devil, devotion, disguise, doctrine, Dollar, Doug Pagitt, Duplantis, Ed Young Jr., eisegesis, elect, emergent church, evangelism, Eve, faith, false, fame, Father, favor, feelings, friend, fruit, Galatians, gate, George Whitefield, Gloria, Gnosticism, God, gods, good, gospel, grace, greed, Greg Boyd, Hagin, health, hell, heresy, hermeneutics, Hinduism, holiness, holy, hope, idol, idolatry, image, instinct, Jerry, Jesse, Jesus, job, Joel Osteen, John, John Bunyan, John Knox, John Wesley, Joyce Meyer, judgment, Kenneth, kingdom, law, lawlessness, life, light, Lord, love, lust, majesties, marriage, master, mercy, ministry, miracles, mock, money, N.T. Wright, narrow, New Testament, Old Testament, passage, pastor, Paul, Paula White, peace, Peter, piety, plane, platitudes, poor, popularity, power, pragmatism, prayer, prophesy, prophets, pulpit, relevancy, religious, repent, revile, Rick Joyner, Rick Warren, righteous, Rob Bell, salvation, Satan, Savelle, scripture, seed, sensuality, Sermon on the Mount, serpent, sheep, sickness, sin, Spirit, stain, starbucks, station, T.D. Jakes, tactics, Taffi, teacher, ten commandments, test, Todd Bentley, tongues, Tony Campolo, tree, truth, TV, twisting, universalism, V. Gene Robinson, wealth, weather, wolves, work, world
With all of the different events taking place in the church and all of the men and women who claim to be preaching the gospel, a question arises. How do you know? How can you be sure that the man (or woman) that you are hearing speak is actually speaking the truth? Some talk about how they’ve heard from God and how God “told them” things. Others proclaim that the growth and size of their ministries is proof that God is “blessing” them. There are many “preachers” today, especially in America, and all of them profess to be Bible-believing, truth-preaching, Christians. But are they?
In the New Testament, there are a number of passages of scripture that should give us pause before we go proclaiming that “Pastor so and so” is the next “up and coming” pastor. Unfortunately, a number of people in the church seem to go by appearance or charm. Others go by whether or not the one preaching agrees with what they already believe. We go by sound or size of the church or by popularity or by relevancy.
So, how should Christians be testing their pastors/preachers and other people claiming to do the work of God? Continue Reading False Teachers…
Christianity and Islam…the same?
September 24, 2007 at 4:19 pm | Posted in Christianity | 31 CommentsTags: abortion, Abraham, Allah, America, angel, ateasetees, belief, Bible, cave, Christian, church, compromise, cross, death, deity, equal, evangelism, faith, fashion, Father, forgiveness, Gabriel, God, gospel, grace, hell, holy, hope, Isaac, Ishmael, Islam, Jesus, Jewish, Jews, John 14:6, judgment, law, life, love, marriage, Mary, media, mercy, Messiah, Mohammed, money, monotheistic, moral, Mount Moriah, murder, Muslim, Old Testament, ostracize, pastor, peace, prayer, profile, prophet, Psalm 22, Quran, religion, repent, restore, salvation, scripture, sin, sinless, Son of God, teacher, ten commandments, tomb, Torah, truth, virgin, war, wise
Many high profile (and not so high profile) media personalities have jumped on board the bandwagon shouting that there is little or no difference between Christianity and Islam. Really? Is this something that these media people know something about? Have they actually looked at the two belief systems to see if there are any differences or are they just doing this because if fashionable (or more likely, because Christianity has moral laws that many of these media people live in conflict with…)?
First, let’s do a simple run down of what the basic beliefs are for both religions.
Islam is a monotheistic religion that is centered upon the god Allah and “his prophet” Mohammed. It began when Mohammed was in a cave and (supposedly) was visited by the angel Gabriel(around 600 AD). It is believed that Gabriel gave Mohammed the Quran in it’s true form that had been preserved in heaven. Islam believes that Jesus was a prophet, teacher, and wise, moral, man. It believes that Abraham is the father of the faith and that he went up on Mount Moriah to sacrifice Ishmael. It believes that Ishmael is the promised son and not Isaac. It says that it is the completion of the truth found in the Torah and Bible with the Quran being the final say. It believes that Mohammed is the final prophet and the “seal of the prophets”. It believes that the Torah and the Bible have both been corrupted over time. Continue Reading Christianity and Islam…the same?…