Of Course Pulpit & Pen Was Wrong

Recently Pulpit & Pen ran an article titled You Can’t Observe the Lord’s Supper Over the Internet (and no, I will not do them the favor of linking to their article). Their reasoning goes like this: You can't observe the Lord's supper over the internet because you can't observe the lord's supper over the internet.

The article gives a great deal of information about the ceremony of communion and some of the history, and the article leaves the Christian feeling with that warm feeling of great superiority and smug arrogance over the unsaved, unwashed heathens who have communion less than once a week. Their article falls one sentence short of stating that without weekly communion and proper baptism, then salvation cannot occur. And as I said, their only reason why communion cannot occur on the internet, is because they said that it cannot occur on internet.

Their entire argument can be summed up in one word: "Luddites"

If the sacrament, ordinance, ceremony of communion cannot be changed, then we're ALL doing it wrong. We should be meeting in small groups, in caves or down by the river, no electric lights, all hymns sang acapella, all fabrics worn must be cotton or wool, no fabric developed in the last 2,020 years, and the bread must be made from fresh baked matzo and the wine must be an ancient variation of Mogan David.

Fortunately, some churches have different views of approaching the Throne of Grace, they are not willing to sacrifice their aged and ill by exposing them to the ravages of a virus that will certainly kill them. Nor do those churches exclude people like myself whose cardio/pulmonary systems are failing who refuse to commit suicide by gathering physically with others who may carry a killer virus just to make the News Division of Pulpit & Pen happy.

Churches like the one listed above use the Zoom app, so you can use your phone, laptop, or tablet to join your brother and sisters in sharing the word of God, of connecting with each other in love, and to celebrate communion without having that lead to a funeral. We do this electronically and safely because as often as we eat the bread and drink the cup, we are proclaiming the Lord’s death until He comes!

Join us tomorrow Brothers and Sisters!

False Teacher Of The Year Going For A Twofer

False Teacher of the year for 2019, Self Proclaimed Apostle, and Presidential Adviser for Unbiblical Hokum was suddenly and unexpectedly confronted with the actual word of God. 

When asked to give a response to Beth Moore at a panel discussion Dr. MacArthur simply said:

“Go home.”

He then said “There is no case that can be made biblically for a woman preacher. Period. Paragraph. End of discussion.

"Just because you have the skill to sell jewelry on the TV sales channel doesn't mean you should be preaching. There are people who have certain hawking skills, natural abilities to sell, they have energy and personality and all of that. That doesn't qualify you to preach.

“The #MeToo movement again is the culture reclaiming ground in the church. When the leaders of evangelicalism roll over for women preachers, the feminists have really won the battle. 

“The primary effort in feminism is not equality. They don’t want equality. That’s why 99 percent of plumbers are men. They don’t want equal power to be a plumber. They want to be senators, preachers, congressmen, president. The power structure in a university, they want power, not equality and this is the highest location they can ascend to that power in the evangelical church and overturn what is clearly scriptural. So I think this is feminism gone to church. This is why we can’t let the culture exegete the Bible."

So what John said wrong here was that he implied that Beth Moore was attempting to exegete the bible. There is no evidence that she's actually studied the bible. Self Proclaimed Apostle Moore's education stopped when she completed high school. 

Beth Moore responded to noted bible scholar Doctor MacArthur with Jamie Ivey on The Happy Hour podcast:

Beth Moore: It’s so absurd to suggest that God would only use women in certain context and I’m not… I have never been looking to take over a man’s job, never. But I have fully believed that God also used women and that it was so extreme that no, it was too absurd.

Janey Ivy: I mean I [indecipherable babble] is so dumb

Beth Moore: That’s how I felt about it, that’s how I felt about it. Others have felt different about it … couple of months before that… uh… really hit me hard with amazement… but… umm… god has, has made me resilient and… umm… he just gives me back my joy quickly. And I just enjoy him so much… and… at those times… he is so near… he’s so near… and uhhh… those times when you feel isolated and alone and there he is… and… ah… I also just know I’m home soon. Fact is I am going home and umm… I will live with him forever and ever you know.

Janey Ivy: My favorite tweet that you did recently was “I’m going to start putting my GPS tracker out…”

Beth Moore: “Oh my gosh”

Janey Ivy: “…so that people will know when I’m home making a sandwich, they don’t have to tell me to go home”

And that there fellow Christians is the difference between a man of God and a bride of Satan. When Doctor MacArthur wishes to discuss what God is doing, has done, will do, he always starts with "Open your bible to..."

Beth Moore says "I feel..." her references are always "I" and "me" and "my"

Doctor MacArthur has numerous references to what God expects of men and women and the behavior He requires.

Beth Moore has her feelings.

Go home Beth, before you drag another soul to hell with you.

2019 - It's Nearly Over

It's been a very tough year, and this month was merely a reflection of the other eleven months. Yesterday morning I had some good news to share with my church family here at the First Berean Congregational Church, but I didn't read it, I'll get it next week. I didn't want to give 2019 the honor of hearing such a blessed event. 

When I got the False Teacher Of The Year post out I simply felt exhausted, tired of the whole thing, then I started to put together a Random Bits article and it was all just evil. So I withdrew, no more news, no TV (other than Paw Patrol with the grandchildren). However this morning I turned on the radio to hear the evils of Gnosticism, Legalism, and Dualism being lectured on the flagship of the Mormon church - The Glenn Beck program. These are foundation stones of that faith - so the truth was coming out but it's all so upside down.

So let's just let 2019 slink into the history books as we part with it with the first and best benediction:

24 The Lord bless you, and keep you; 25 The Lord make His face shine on you, And be gracious to you; 26 The Lord lift up His countenance on you, And give you peace.(Numbers 6:24-26)

See you again in 2020!

False Teacher Of The Year 2019

It's that time of the year when we look back on the months that have passed and reflect on what happened in our world. We make lists of what happened in the past year, including list after list of the celebrities who had died during the year. As for me, I've had better years - my spinal issues have caused severe pain in my hips, my pulmonary hypertension pressures in my heart have gone up, and after 20 years of working in the cable industry I was let go. But it hasn't been all bad, God allowed me to be born in the greatest nation on earth where doctors are able to diagnose and treat my myriad of medical issues, where that evil Big Pharma can provide me with treatment, and after 20 years of slaving away in the cable industry I was given my freedom. But, as hard as you may argue the opposite, it's not all about me. We are here to stand in shock as false teachers gnaw away at the visible church, the body of Christ here on earth, and to recognize the efforts of the lead gnawers. (I think that's a word)

False teachers are everywhere you look, through their messages of disunity and mammon worship it's clear that Satan is on the march. From Sheep Poaching church planters to howling Poverty Pimps, Christianity is under attack from within. These  malignant parasites are clearly spiritual cancer tumors feeding off the body of Christ in an effort to destroy the Church founded on the cornerstone of Christ and built by Jesus Christ Himself. 

I wish I could list the top 10 churches for 2019, but a good church doesn't make headlines. In the near future when we Christians fall under blanket persecution by the government and self serving Satan run atheistic special interest groups, good churchs will make headlines, but until then all we hear from the good churches is the Word of God, and that's all right by me. On the other side of the spectrum, the agents of Satan have been having a banner year. From private jets to $600 t-shirts the false teachers are wallowing in this world. And it's not just A private jet, Jesse Duplantis already has three jets, he wants a fourth, a $54,000,000 Dassault Falcon 7X.

A Simple Prayer Request

I haven't been around much because: life. My stepdaughter and her children, my grand babies, and both a blessing and a lesson on patience and humility and their living with us for the past few months has been a household calamity and a joy that lifted my heart from the other pains of this world.

At 62 I find myself disabled and unemployed, I'm not whining, God has a plan and is under no compulsion to share the details with me. I applied with the Social Security Administration for disability and I was approved in just a few weeks. And that's why I ask to be included in your prayers. I've applied with the Veterans Administration for disability benefits, I believe my petition with them is true and I am only asking for their honest consideration. Your prayers can only help. Thank you.