I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. - John 15:5
And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side. - Mark 4:35
...weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. - Psalms 30:5b
...strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. - Matthew 7:14
...And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. - Genesis 1:2b
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. - Psalms 23:1-2
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Shocking Finding: Two-thirds (67%) of pre-teen parents claim to be Christian, but only 2% of all pre-teen parents actually possess a biblical worldview...
American Values Personal Survey
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Downward Trend Who Say Same-Sex Relations Morally Acceptable
Satan, The Father Of Lies
Battle For America's Soul
Ligonier Ministries' Biennial Study of The State Of American Theology
Among the Shocking findings are -
1. "31% of adults say it is very important for their religious faith to influence every dimension of their life."
2. "49% accept reincarnation as a possibility after they die."
Just one question: If, if this is true then why do our politicians and those who do their bidding in the media possess the spirit of antichrist—an anti-Christian spirit that treats others with such hostility, disrespect and mean-spirited? Why is the state of our country so godless and in an advanced state of decay and decline?
Something is grossly immoral and amiss!
Consider this from 3 of our founding fathers:
Benjamin Franklin - Man will ultimately be governed by God or by tyrants.
Jedidiah Morse - Whenever the pillars of Christianity shall be overthrown, our present republican forms of government - and all blessings which flow from them - must fall with them.
John Adams - Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.
This may help to answer some of your questions as to our current national state of affairs. The honest student of history knows this to be true. Also read:
Society Without A ChurchAnd even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; - Romans 1:21
The late Dr. W. A. Criswell, beloved pastor of FBC Dallas for many years, a pastor's pastor—my pastor, once told the following story of "an affluent atheist who decided to build a town in Montana."
Many years ago, an affluent atheist decided to build a town in Montana. When he built it, he said, "There is to be no church or no preacher in it." His city had a population of five thousand people. He soon found that he had plenty of women, but not a decent one among them. They were harlots and prostitutes. The men who flocked to the town loved to gamble, drink, and fight. No family with children wanted to move into the city. After five years of that experiment, the bottom fell out of his little city, and he delivered a manifesto through the newspapers and in handbills:
To Whom It May Concern: God knows that there is no such person as God and my motto has always been, "To hell with religion." But for some fool reason, which no man can fathom, I have found by experience we cannot do business in this country on any other basis than that silly bit of sentiment which we stamp on our coins, "In God We Trust." Therefore, infernal foolishness though it all is, I have sent out for a parson and we are going to build a church.
There has never been a more needed time for this message than today. Given the admitted ills of capitalism, history has taught us it is the only structure, as the Montana atheist discovered at his attempt to create a city, for a society to thrive and live free in a democracy or republic. We are witnessing just how true this is in our current political climate in America, or in the world for that matter. Never has the church in America been needed more than now! There isn't much time. Unfortunately, its shepherds have slumbered. While they have slumbered, an evil element has emerged that is rapidly tearing our nation apart. Their intent is to overthrow it and build a new socialist/communist political government. This experiment has been tried and failed too many times for the intellectually honest critic of capitalism to deny. But that does not matter to this subversive element. Power is all that is important to them—power achieved by any means necessary. Watch them. When hate, fear and destruction is all they have to offer, ask yourself, what kind of society are they capable of building, one where families and children want to live, one where "parsons" are not only welcomed but wanted?
Unfortunately, for years, they have been allowed to create a climate where they no longer have to couch themselves in acceptable rhetoric among our competing political parties of government. They are forced out into the light of day. Make no mistake, like an alien child they have emerged from one host as a new dominate, yet illegal, political party to be reckoned with! They allow no voice outside their own, no vote for leadership and no vote as to any policies they adopt. Cross them and you will pay, quite possibly with your own life! This is their idea of the new "America." Why have they emerged with such overwhelming force—like a violent wind blowing in overnight through an open door? Because a great vacuum of leadership exists in our two-party system of government that is not as it once was. The extreme elements of both parties, Democrat and Republican, have been in a race to the bottom, dragging our country and culture with it. We are there, folks! It has failed us! Neither serving as a check against the other from doing so. One seems to be aligned with those who are burning our cities to the ground while the other fiddles as they burn. Good people look on in horror, helpless, as dreams go up in flames. Who will deliver us from such evil? Where is the God of Daniel? Why is He silent? Has He abandoned us? Are we witnessing our judgment for our many blasphemous sins as a nation and a people? Are we so far gone that the atheist business man of Montana can't restore it? Is there a capable "parson" who will stand against such evil?
The following is taken from the Book, Adam2: A Guide For The Walk Home, written by our founder.
It is A Commentary On The Gospel Of John, complete with a background look at the contemporary Jewish groups active in Jesus' day.
It includes a summary of each chapter, a redacted study of each disciple, a brief study of Gnosticism of the time, pertinent timelines,
and much more. Each chapter of study includes extensive Biblical references to the notes on the chapter.
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Now for the Conclusion to the background study of the 5 major Jewish groups in Jesus' time
for preparation of the textual study of the Gospel of John in the book: Adam2.
Having looked now at some possible origins, developments, beliefs, and comparisons of five major Jewish groups in Jesus' day,
the obvious question that remains to be asked is: what of their end? Since these groups all had their roots in Judaism
(which flourished within a free Jewish state, whether under independent rule or favorable foreign occupation),
it stands to reason that if those conditions were altered, then changes were inevitable. Hopefully,
it has become clear to the reader that the Jewish state did not end because Rome was hostile to their religion.
On the contrary, Rome's stated policy on the religion of other conquered nations was:
religio-lictus, which is
Latin for a lawful religion recognized as legitimate within that nation. However, due to the
seditious nature of a certain element that led to the fall of Jerusalem and the Jewish state in A.D.70,
life for the Jews would never be the same.
For the scribes whose role in Judaism was more function than political, as long as there remained a need for the
preservation and reproduction of God's revelation and the chronicles of Israel's history, they would always have
their place in Jewish society, no matter the state of it (even to modern times). From Genesis
to Malachi, God had inspired holy men made wise through the knowledge of His revelation to
record His continuing record. However, failing to recognize and embrace Jesus as their expected messiah, the first
century self-righteous scribes had abdicated their position as the truly wise of Israel, as once seen in their predecessors.
God would no longer use these "whited sepulchers" as vessels for His continuing revelation. He would choose a tax collector,
Galilean fishermen, a Gentile physician, a turncoat Pharisee, etc., men unlearned in the hierarchy of Jewish tradition and
wisdom (with the exception of one), to confound the wise of the day and complete the record of His revelation.
Since the Pharisees were mainly identified with the synagogue that had taken root in Jewish society, theirs would be the
remaining party to survive the demise of the Jewish state. Following the end of all other rivals, their name would no
longer be necessary and eventually all became known simply as, the Jews.
For the Sadducees, whose whole purpose and function revolved around Temple life, with the destruction of the Temple
and the dispersion of the Jews, their reason for being no longer existed. Hence, as a party, they ceased to exist.
As might be expected, one may be led to believe that with the severity in which Rome overcame the sedition of the Zealots,
they in turn were finished. And indeed they were for a time, but another resurgence would occur under the proclaimed messiah,
Bar Cochba, in A.D. 132, only to be thoroughly put down within three years by eight of Rome's best legions.The area's name
was then changed from Judea to Palestinia (after the Philistines). The region would remain in the hands of foreigners until
A.D. 1948 when David Ben Gurion would become Israel's first new national leader.
Most of us have either heard or heard of John Lennon's song: Imagine
(there's no heaven... lyrics).
On the surface it sounds wonderful: a utopia where everyone is one--no divisions, conflict, struggle or want—here, now.
There's just one problem with that: Sin. Read the
lyrics
again. What do you see missing? Two things: the Redemption of man and most importantly, the Absence of God.
One does not have to look far nor into the too distant past to see evidence of
that in its most frightening horrific form. Lennon's own life ended tragically. Sin is inescapable no matter how much we may
imagine. Evil exists in the world and lies within the heart of the best of us whether we act on its impulse or not.
And what of that I wonder was Lennon's suggestion for us? How do you suppose He proposed to expiate sin and evil from the heart of man,
something that can not be seen nor touched by the most learned scientist, skilled surgeon or world philosopher?
Following Mr. Lennon's suggestion of imagining "no heaven, no hell, no religion", let me propose this:
Imagine There Is No Christ!
Sit for a moment and reflect. Close your eyes and look with the mind's eye. Imagine there is a world without Christ, without His church,
His Christians, without God, without the evidences in creation of His nature of order and purpose. In our arrogance and self-nurturing ego
many assume, as did Lennon, we possess of our own making all the desirable attributes of righteousness and good intentions toward others,
that it has no source outside ourselves, originating out of our own sense of goodness, special being and self-healing. There isn't anything
inherently wrong with any of us other than flawed thinking and a lack of acceptance, understanding and imagination. If we would all just come
together and agree to see the world and each other in the same single way there would be world harmony. Miraculously, we would all live
and sing in tune as "one." The problem with that is obvious on its surface. Who determines the "same single way" all are to agree
and live harmoniously? How do so many independent thinkers and individual lives, corrupted by sin and evil, come to that point—generation
after generation? And what if, let's say for argument purposes, just one doesn't comply?...
For centuries we have chosen this time of year to observe and celebrate the birth of Jesus to our world. He was called:
Immanuel—God with us. Based upon the teaching of Scripture, I am of the opinion that Jesus did not observe one single
birthday of his earthly existence. There is no where in the New Testament indicating so, unlike many of the other Jewish
festivals and feasts He did observe. But we are eternally grateful that He was born in our nature and gave us the record
of His purpose in coming. And what a life that was and a record it is! Believe He is God or not, none of His critics
through the centuries have denied His existence or exemplary life. But just suppose He did not come. Suppose there has
been no Christ. Suppose there is no Christian in the world. Suppose we live without that innate sense of a sovereign
and saving God, as Lennon suggests...
The following is taken from the Book of New Testament Summaries.
Chapter
(A.D.60-63?)
God, who once spoke through the prophets, has now spoken through His Son, the first-begotten of Him.
Jesus, being made in the image of God, higher than the angels, to be worshipped by them, made and sustains
all things. He is everlasting, sending forth His ministering angels to minister to all the heirs of His salvation.
His message, witnessed by man, therefore, is paramount, to be heard and obeyed by all, neglected by none, if we are
to escape this world alive. Man, being crowned with glory and honor, was given dominion over all things,
having all things placed under his feet (control). But yet he, because of his sin, lost and no longer holds
dominion over his own death, it seizing and enslaving him. Christ, then, being made as man, lower than the
angels by His choice for a season, and being made perfect through His suffering, became the Captain of our salvation.
He defeated Satan who was given the power over man's death by man himself (
Gen.2:17;
3:17-19),
returning death back under man's feet. Man is finally able through Christ to be free from the bondage and fear of death.
Because of His suffering and temptations while overcoming death for us, He is able to minister to us in our present
suffering under death's curse.
Partaking of this Heavenly calling, we now have a High Priest and Apostle who will be faithful
to the finish of this calling, with greater glory than Moses who was faithful to Israel. Therefore,
let us hold fast this confidence and hope, with a believing and obedient heart, to the end that
we may enter into His rest, unlike the unbelieving fathers in the first Earthly Exodus who died
out in the wilderness.
Let us put away all unbelief and labor (believe) with faith to enter into the rest that remains for
us even to this day. Be cautioned that His Word is able to lay open our hearts, even to the
minutest detail of our deepest thoughts and intentions. Because we have so great a High Priest
who once experienced all that we ever will, yet without sin, let us approach His throne with
bold confidence for grace and mercy in our needs. [See Jn.6. Jesus' teaching on labor (work).]
Therefore, Christ, called of God to be a High Priest after the order of Melchisedec, became
the author of our salvation after having been made perfect in His learning obedience through
much suffering, even unto His death. This is a hard teaching, unable to be understood by
immature believers whose spiritual senses are dull and unexercised, unable to discern the
deeper things of God. Meat, not milk, grows one to maturity in Christ, enabling them to teach others.
May God permit us, then, to go on beyond the basic principles (teachings) of Christ concerning
our salvation: baptism, laying on of hands, the resurrection, and eternal judgment. It is
impossible to begin again and again, for that requires His sacrifice anew and anew, thus putting
Him to open shame, in that His first was not sufficient. Know that God will not forget our work
and labor of love, and He Himself will remain faithful to His promise to us; this He swears by
Himself, and He is not a liar. This is our hope, the anchor of our soul beyond the veil, that is
the Lord Jesus our High Priest.
Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God who received tithes of Abraham from
his victory in Lot's rescue, is the Old Testament type of our high priest in Christ. (Without
father, mother, descent, beginning or end, abiding a priest continually forever.) He descended
not of the Levites, in fact, Levi, being in his father's loins, paid tithes unto him. Furthermore,
we are not even made perfect through Aaron's priesthood, or else there would have been no need for another.
Aaron's priesthood, being made after the carnal commandant without oath, is temporal, for they were sinners themselves,
who also needed a sacrifice, and who all died. Therefore, the priesthood was changed, and with it, the carnal Law disannuled,
and Christ, from the lineage of Judah, not Levi, who needed no sacrifice for Himself, with an oath, has become a new Priest.
Because He continues forever, needing not daily ministration for Himself, as Aaron's priesthood once did, offered Himself
once and for all as our full and final sacrifice, consecrated forevermore.
[A summary follows.] We now have a High Priest, a Minister of the true Tabernacle, who is
seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majestic in Heaven. His is the true priesthood of
the true Tabernacle, the old priesthood being only a foreshadow given to Moses pointing to
and preparing for the coming of the new in Christ. If we have a new Priest and Tabernacle,
then a new Covenant is needed. This He gives, and instead of writing it on stone as before, He
now writes into our hearts and minds His laws, with no need of a teacher but Him. As a result
of His new Covenant, the first, then, is made old and vanishes.
Listen to this young German Christian artist create, in the moment, the composition he later entitiled, "Prayer". (We love his T-shirt. Take a close look. Expand and freeze frame.)
WEF Official Calls for AI to Re-Write the Bible 'Correctly'
"In a few years, there might be religions that are actually correct … just think about a religion whose holy book is written by an AI. That could be a reality in a few years," states WEF advisor Yuval Noah Harari, "a homosexual, Israeli author and historian who holds mostly to atheistic beliefs in spirituality," - Charismamag.com.
Transgender Lutheran pastor on the Bible's clear line of male & female: "It's hard to relate it to modern-day times b/c it wasn't written for 2024. It was written for then. When we read in the scripture that God created man and woman, yes, and god created everyone else, as well." pic.twitter.com/rFIKhlv7OW
To the cast down and disheartened, stop and remember the joy of the beginning of your new birth. Remember, there is no battle you face that He has not already fought and overcome. The victory is yours. Embrace it.
Featured Sermon
Take Heed to the Church - 2/7/1954
Acts 20:28: Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
When Praying, Do Not Look Upon It As A 'Badge Of Honor' To Be Worn Publicly For All Others To See Such 'Great Spiritual Depths' You Have Achieved. Read More
Such praying is shallow, often mechanical and repititious, and such our Saviour warned to avoid. People who pray often in public,
often love to be heard praying in public. It is the shy one whose heart is humble whose words are heard by the Master's ear. May your
service ever to Him in prayer be so private that no one else sees you standing there. To be recognized only by Him and not give
reason for another to diminish your position in prayer by pointing to your place in praise in comparison to others.
THIS IS PRAYER!
To Lose Self In The Sight Of All Others When Entering His
Presence, Especially When Speaking On Their Behalf.
AND SO PRAY:
"Lord, may it ever be your head my words seek to turn, that it
be for your praise and not another's my soul yearns."
It is well for us that, amidst all the variableness of life, there is One whom change cannot affect; One whose heart can never alter, and on whose brow mutability can make no furrows... Read More
All things else have changed—all things are changing. The sun itself grows dim with age; the world is waxing old; the folding up of the worn-out vesture has commenced; the heavens and earth must soon pass away; they shall perish, they shall wax old as doth a garment; but there is One who only hath immortality, of whose years there is no end, and in whose person there is no change. The delight which the mariner feels, when, after having been tossed about for many a day, he steps again upon the solid shore, is the satisfaction of a Christian when, amidst all the changes of this troublous life, he rests the foot of his faith upon this truth—"I am the Lord, I change not."
The stability which the anchor gives the ship when it has at last obtained a hold-fast, is like that which the Christian's hope affords him when it fixes itself upon this glorious truth. With God "is no variableness, neither shadow of turning." What ever His attributes were of old, they are now; His power, His wisdom, His justice, His truth, are alike unchanged. He has ever been the refuge of His people, their stronghold in the day of trouble, and He is their sure Helper still. He is unchanged in His love. He has loved His people with "an everlasting love"; He loves them now as much as ever He did, and when all earthly things shall have melted in the last conflagration, His love will still wear the dew of its youth. Precious is the assurance that He changes not! The wheel of providence revolves, but its axle is eternal love.
"Death and change are busy ever,
Man decays, and ages move;
But His mercy waneth never;
God is wisdom, God is love."
The Nicene Creed is the most widely accepted and used brief
statements of the Christian Faith. In liturgical churches, it is said every Sunday as part of the Liturgy. It is Common Ground
to East Orthodox, Roman Catholics, Anglicans, Lutherans, Calvinists, and many other Christian groups. Many groups that do not
have a tradition of using it in their services nevertheless are committed to the doctrines it teaches.... Read More
(Someone may ask, "What about the Apostles' Creed?" Traditionally, in the West, the Apostles' Creed is used at Baptisms, and the Nicene Creed at the
Eucharist (aka the Mass, the Liturgy, the Lord's Supper, or the Holy Communion). The East uses only the Nicene Creed.)
I here present the Nicene Creed in two English translations, The first is the traditional one, in use with minor variations since 1549,
The second is a modern version, that of The Interdenominational Committee on Liturgical Texts. Notes and comment by me follow...
"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove
what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God."
Because of God's assurances given to us in His Word, as Christians, we should take Him at His Word and promise ourselves we will
never again do those things He has given us the power to overcome. These are just the beginning in a long list waiting to be
discovered as you read. Read them. Claim them. Practice daily walking in His Power in them. Write them out. Carry them with you.
Look at and repeat them to yourself often. Soon you will discover you will give no second thought of them as His Spirit transforms
you into His likeness... Read More
For just one example. When someone asks you, "How's your day going?" and difficulties seem more than normal
for you, don't reply, "Terrible, just terrible. I'm really having a bad day." Be genuine. Rise above your difficulties and
live in the Joy of His promises and assurances. "This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it." - Psalms 118:24;
"(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)" - II Co.5:7. So, I will never again say: I'm having a bad day!...
The consequences of the magnitude of such a broad scale world-wide implementation of a "new church model" cannot be ignored. It must be examined by the serious Bible student and Christian! It must be looked at in light of Bible prophecy. We must heed the warnings of both Jesus' own words when He walked the earth and those inspired by the Holy Spirit written later for our advantage in alertness of end-time events and trends. Not to do so would be perilous. So, I have prayerfully written 5 articles on this demonic phenonemonen with hopes they will help you to understand how serious this modern attack is on the true church of Christ - Articles on the Modern Church.
People, Get Ready
Are these the times foretold by the ancient ones?
A very strong case could be made they are.
Unlike in past eras when time and events seemed to pass slowly, in these last days they are accelerated like in no other.
We awake each morning to the drumbeat of ever-growing ominous news. We hardly have time to think on them before another
wave of unsettling events pierce what little peace we can gather
...Read entire article
Dear Sirs,
I teach Old Testament to a group of young people who have committed their lives to Christ and are involved in a national
group called Master's Commission. I would like permission to share your tests with them during a 10 week Bible Course. thank you... dale rains
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I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. - John 15:5
And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side. - Mark 4:35
...weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. - Psalms 30:5b
...strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. - Matthew 7:14
...And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. - Genesis 1:2b
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. - Psalms 23:1-2
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Why have they emerged with such overwhelming force—like a violent wind blowing in overnight through an open door? Because a great vacuum of leadership exists in our two-party system of government that is not as it once was. The extreme elements of both parties, Democrat and Republican, have been in a race to the bottom, dragging our country and culture with it. We are there, folks! It has failed us! Neither serving as a check against the other from doing so. One seems to be aligned with those who are burning our cities to the ground while the other fiddles as they burn. Good people look on in horror, helpless, as dreams go up in flames. 
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I Change Not
Malachi 3:6
The Nicene Creed
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