This is an e-mail that I received from a very well respected friend, who in turn received it from a friend, and has given permission for me to post it here, concerning the book “The Shack.” I have never read the book but Have researched it enough to know that it is a successful product […]
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Well, it’s that time of year again, and Ah Ha, Christians everywhere will be partying with the Pagans. And, of course someone always has to come along and spoil the fun by pointing out the, now obvious, truth that “Christmas” is not a holiday (holy day) but pagan to the core; those mean ole Grinchs. […]
Sir Robert Anderson, was called the “Secret Service Theologian!” Anderson’s skills of detective work are well known, and he applied those skills in the discharge of his duties at Scotland Yard. Regardless of whether you agree or disagree with his conclusions regarding Daniel’s seventieth week, in his book “The Coming Prince” his words of advice […]
2 Cor 6:14-7:1 “Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are […]
by T. Austin-Sparks The Cross and Deception Reading: 1 Corinthians 1:18-31; 2:1-5. 1 Cor. 1:18: “The word of the cross… is the power of God.” 1 Cor. 1:23,24: “We preach Christ crucified… unto them that are called… Christ the power of God.” 1 Cor. 2:2: “I determined to know nothing among you save Jesus Christ […]
As we make our way through our tour of duty on planet Earth, should we think God is satisfied with our level of “Christian” participation? I think it could be safely said that God is not yet satisfied. What I understand from God’s written message regarding His followers is that there have been, in the […]
It has always been a curious thing to me this thing called "religion." I haven't done a study on the number of religions that exist in the world: main line religions, their various branches, sects, cults, and spin offs, but the vastness has to be mind boggling, all claiming to be the truth, lead to […]
The God of the Old Testament and the New Testament transcends all the ways of man, and at times has completely ignored men, and has made absolutely apparent His independence apart from the ways of men. Has this God, now in the days since Paul and the other apostles, decided to reveal His Glory through […]
The world is corrupt in all its ways and in all its thoughts, it can’t help it, that’s just the way it is. Likewise, the institutional church has become corrupt to the core. How has this happened? It has happened for one specific reason; mankind continues to eat from the wrong tree. There were two […]
The thoughts below were originally the thoughts of T. Austin Sparks. I have taken the liberty to rewrite them in my own words. Suppose for a minute that God has in His mind a purpose, complete in every detail, for creating the human race. Suppose that God choose man to be a unique vehicle for […]