Random Bits

Drifting Into Apostasy - The Presbyterian Church (USA)  may soon endorse gay fauxmarriage through a vote of the churches 172 presbyteries. the reason why this once Christian church is in outright rebellion against God's word has been summed up perfectly by Carmen Fowler LaBerge, president of the Presbyterian Lay Committee: "The Presbyterian Church (USA) has been actively undermining her own theological foundations for generations. This vote is simply the result of a hundred years of progressive deviation from the Truth,"

Church Shopping? Here's a list of the differences between the Presbyterian Denominations: Presbyterian Church (USA) (PCUSA), Evangelical Covenant Order of Presbyterians (ECO), and Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC)

Separating the sheep from the goats - Historical Buffalo Presbyterian Church in Greensboro NC has split with the Presbyterian Church (USA) for all the right, biblical reasons. My prayers go out to Pastor Alex McFarland and the entire congregation of Buffalo Presbyterian Church that you might grow and spread the truth and joy of God's true word.

Here's one last tidbit of news just for the PCUSA and it's apostates presbyteries - you're not only out of step with God, you're out of step with America.

Religion of Peace Update. ISIS has upped it's number of Christian captives from around 90 to over 220. Please please please pray for our Christian brothers and sisters in their tribulation.

Mr. Pope sticks golden shod foot in mouth... yet again.

Feeding the goats. Just when you thought it couldn't get any weirder

Tim Tebow, whipping boy for the secular world, shows God's love to those that need it most.

Coptic Christian Bishop Angaelos' words prove beyond any doubt that the Coptic religion is truly Christian. I pray for their men and women living in peril during their tribulation, and I pray for many so called Christian bloggers living safe here in America who denied the Copts love of Christ and showed them slightly more love than they'd show ISIS.

The Obama administration is forcing Christian relief groups to refer refugee women and children for abortions. Pray for our country.

Pray for Hollywood. Yes, the accusation is true, Christians see Hollywood as a modern day Sodom and Gomorrah rather than a modern day Nineva, however Nineva repented and obeyed God when His prophet Jonah brought them news that God had Plans for Nineva (Matthew 12:41). However Nineva turned from God guaranteeing its destruction (Nahum 2:6-11). Either comparison doesn't bode well for Hollywood, but Matthew 5:44 is still a command from Jesus.

Speaking of Hollywood... ya think?

Where to find anti Christian bigots.

The 16:16 Conundrum

It's been a while since I fried a few brain cells on theology and doctrine so let's jump in on it and see if I can generate some responses. I'm going to delve into something here that seems to raise a few hackles when addressed and if I'm wrong  please please please correct me!

Are we saved by faith all by itself? Then why does the Bible appear to say that we are we saved by both faith and works?

28 For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law. 29 Or is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,  30 since indeed God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith is one. (Romans 3:28-30)

nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the Law; since by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified. (Galatians 2:16)

and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith, (Philippians 3:9)

So it's abundantly clear that Paul is relaying to us via the Holy Spirit is that we are saved not by works but by faith. But look - he doesn't say "works" he constantly states "works of the Law" meaning following the rules set down in the Abrahamic covenant. Can I therefore infer by omission that there are some works, not of Judaic law, that can save me? What does Jesus have to say about this?

ISIS Abducts at least 90 from Christian Villages

Please pray for our middle eastern brothers and sisters who are suffering for Christ Jesus in their tribulation.

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Islamic State in Syria abducts at least 90 from Christian villages: monitor

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi

AMMAN Tue Feb 24, 2015 10:13am EST

(Reuters) - Islamic State militants have abducted at least 90 people from Assyrian Christian villages in northeastern Syria, a monitoring group that tracks violence in Syria said on Tuesday.

The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the militants carried out dawn raids on rural villages inhabited by the ancient Christian minority west of Hasaka, a city mainly held by the Kurds.

Syrian Kurdish militia launched two offensives against the militants in northeast Syria on Sunday, helped by U.S.-led air strikes and Iraqi peshmerga.

This part of Syria is strategically important in the fight against Islamic State because it borders territory controlled by the group in Iraq, where it last year committed atrocities against the minority religious Yazidi community.

Why Expose False Teachers?

Occasionally I've found an argument against exposing false teachers, but most of these arguments I've found are based on the misunderstanding (or misuse) of Matthew 7:1, the misapplication of Galatians 6:1 (confusing sin among believers with blatant false teaching), and those that believe Church discipline stops at Matthew 18:15, ignoring Matthew 18:16-17.

Then again, there's false teachers that just want to defend their teaching regardless of where it originated. But I've also heard Christians attempt to make the point that it appears to be "unchristian" to point out false teachers and the target of their anger is Christians and Christian web sites that are pointing out false teachers. A good example is Goodfight.org.

Should we as Christians expose false teachers? Should we be naming them publicly? Shouldn't we just love them and pray they'll see the error of their ways? Shouldn't we live like Jesus? 

Ignore Rob Bell, Stand Fast On The Unchanging Word Of God

While recently schlepping a new heretical collection of Satanic nonsense book, former pastor turned media darling Rob Bell said on an Oprah Winfrey program recently spoke regarding the church imminently accepting "gay marriage" :

"We're moments away,.. I think culture is already there and the church will continue to be even more irrelevant when it quotes letters from 2,000 years ago as their best defense, when you have in front of you flesh-and-blood people who are your brothers and sisters and aunts and uncles and co-workers and neighbors and they love each other and just want to go through life with someone."

Please don't ignore the fact that Rob Bell denigrated the very word of God word as mere letters from 2000 years ago, it's the best evidence that Rob Bell is not the moral teacher that he claims to be but a sad fallen sinner being used as a tool of damnation by Satan. He needs our prayers, not our anger, no matter how much he works to rile us up.

But he's right, weak, fallen churches are turning their backs on God accepting sin as a sacrament and caving to popular culture rather than bowing to Lord Jesus Christ. So when my bride announced she was going to visit Calvary Chapel Aurora for their Wednesday bible study, "they're speaking on homosexuality" I had a feeling of trepidation. Since the passing of Chuch Smith some Calvary Chapel churches have began to align themselves with the emergent church while Rick Warren begins to pick at the carcass of the rudderless church. I was worried that Rob Bell was right and the message that Pastor Ed at Aurora Calvary had might be an announcement that his church was going to follow the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and turn their backs on God.