Saturday, November 24, 2012

Standing Firm: 2012 West Coast Conference

Standing Firm: 2012 West Coast Conference (To see video go to link below)
http://www.ligonier.org/learn/conferences/standing-firm-2012-west-conference/questions-and-answers-west-conference/

Video Outline

How do various speakers stand firm together when you disagree about certain issues?

How important is it to stand firm on the historicity of Adam?

Will all ethnic Israel be saved?

Will prayers to Mary and the saints keep someone out of heaven if they profess faith in Christ?

What is the gospel?

Could mystical prayer lead to the “one-world religion”?

Should a Christian vote for a presidential candidate who doesn’t have an orthodox view of the doctrine of the Trinity?

What about claims of special revelation?

Do still-born children go to heaven?

Does God love us just the way we are?

Why are so many Christians against Reformed theology?

What strategy would you employ to stir men up to serve the Lord?


 

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Church of Tares: Purpose Driven, Seeker Sensitive, Church Growth

Church of Tares
See Video  here:  http://youtu.be/kxY3VbBHTkY

There is only one way to stand...That is to:  Stand Firm in the Faith.  We do well to remember the words given in  Titus 1:9 "holding fast the faithful word which is in accordance with the teaching, so that he will be able both to exhort in sound doctrine and to refute those who contradict."

1 Timothy 4:6  "In Pointing out these things to the brethren, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, constantly nourished on the words of the faith and of the sound doctrine which you have been following."

2 Timothy 4:3,   "For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires,  and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths.
 

From the Video: "Can the Church borrow the marketing tools of the world and apply them to the Church? What is the history of the Church Growth movement and its false premises? Who is involved in the new evangelicalism and second reformation? Why are these movements embracing contemplative mysticism? How does this movement play into the New World Order? These questions and more are answered in Church of Tares: Purpose Driven, Seeker-Sensitive, Church Growth & New World Order.

Church of Tares chronicles the man-centered pragmatism of these evangelical Christian movements in comparison to the Bible's instruction for building the Church of Jesus Christ.As a sequel to The Real Roots of the Emergent Church, Church of Tares documents the connections between the liberal Emergent Church movement and the Church Growth movement. Both movements' leadership were discipled by business management guru Peter Drucker, who was attracted to the megachurch movement as a social phenomenon that could bring about his "new society" and New World Order. Megacurch pastors Rick Warren and Bill Hybels as well as Leadership Network founder Bob Buford all acknowledge Drcuker (who professed not to be a Christian) as their mentor and have built their organizations upon his secular business management philosophies rather than the foundation of Jesus Christ.

The fruit of these movements is great compromise of the Gospel and the Great Commission. Rick Warren claims to be ushering in a new spiritual awakening and second reformation with his P.E.A.C.E. Plan. But this reform appears to be a social reformation rather than a spiritual one by joining together in ministry with unbelievers to fight global giants. Such compromise has led to the affirming response letter to the Common Word document which declares Muhammad to be a prophet and the Bible and Qur'an to be of the "same Divine origin."

Written, edited, narrated and directed by Elliott Nesch.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

THE FULL ARMOR OF GOD - Stand Firm in the Faith



Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
EPHESIANS 6:10-17


See Video
Full Armor of God
http://youtu.be/hsRm8rnmdLw