Hating knowledge
Aug 31
"How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?" (Proverbs 1:22). monkeys This ancient question by the wise man, Solomon, was posed almost 3000 years ago and is still relevant today. "How long?" he asked. How long will men continue to scoff at true knowledge? "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction" (Proverbs 1:7). The answer to your question, Solomon, would have been 3000 years at least! Peter prophesied "that there shall come in the last days scoffers . . . saying, Where is the promise of His coming?" (II Peter 3:3-4); and Paul said "that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be . . . boasters, proud, blasphemers. . . . Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth" (II Timothy 3:1,2,7).
“pastor tries to save marriage by deception”
Aug 31
"But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashed hands defile not a man." Matthew 15:18-20 AMITE, La. — Former Hosanna Church pastor Louis D. Lamonica told a parish jury that he falsely confessed to child rape because he thought it would be the only way to get his wife and children back. The 49-year-old man, of Hammond, is on trial in Amite on four counts of aggravated rape of his sons when they were age 11 or younger. Seven church members were indicted in 2005 on charges of molesting children. Lamonica is the second among them to go on trial.
Can two walk together and not agree?
Aug 25
"Can two walk together, except they be agreed?" (Amos 3:3). couple1 The unity of believers is a spiritual ideal which ought to be a beautiful reality, but is seldom achieved in practice. Christians disagree with each other on doctrines, on methods, on standards, on all sorts of things, and it is indeed difficult to walk together when we disagree so much on how to get where we want to go. Nevertheless, the ideal of "togetherness" in the Christian walk is surely the Christian norm. This is indicated among other ways by the many things we are exhorted in Scripture to do "together." We are first said to be "together in the likeness of His death" (Romans 6:5), we were "quickened together," "raised up together," and then even made to "sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus" (Ephesians 2:5-6). Furthermore, when Christ returns we shall "be also glorified together" (Romans 8:17).
Tithing is Not a Christian Doctrine and Pastor/Teachers need to repent from this false teaching…
Aug 22In many churches today the doctrine of tithing has reached the level of a modern scandal. While on the one hand, most seminary-level textbooks on systematic theology and hermeneutics by highly educated theologians omit tithing, on the other hand, the practice is quickly becoming a requirement for church membership in the very denominations which insist on solid Bible-based doctrines. There is also increasing evidence that lay persons who question the legitimacy of New Covenant tithing are usually criticized and ignored as being troublemakers or weak Christians. Sincere Christian leaders should always be open and available to discuss God’s Word. Failure to do suggests doubt and insecurity. More “holy boldness” is needed.
Matters of mouth and motive
Aug 10
"Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness" (II Peter 3:11). gossip_office The picturesque phrase, "holy conversation," occurs only twice in the New Testament, both in Peter's epistles, one in his very first chapter, I Peter 1:15; the other in our text for the day. The other is, "But as He which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation." This distinctive King James rendering does not really mean "clean speech," but assumes the older, more precise meaning of "conversation," namely "behavior," especially behavior which involves other people. The Greek word translated "holy" primarily implies "dedicated to God." Thus, holy conversation simply means living in such a way that our entire manner of life is oriented to honor God and to influence other people to honor Him.
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