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Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness ? 2 Corinthians 6:14
Shepherds’ Conference 2010 Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said, “I will dwell in them and walk among them; and I will be their God, [Continue reading ...] Standing on the foundation of Scripture is a body of truth that you must believe. If you reject that body of truth, you are not a Christian. First, can we agree that a true Christian is someone who embraces those truths by faith? Second, which of those truths are the subjects of evangelical sermons, books, and media today? Third, what can we do (as individual Christians) to see that evangelicalism is characterized once again by proclaiming all those truths faithfully? [Continue reading ...] The Bible is the only authoritative source from which Christianity is derived. Sound strange? That used to be the defining characteristic of evangelicalism. Collectively evangelicals seem to have drifted far from that principle, and evangelicalism is taking on some strange shapes.
So the first thing that is true about the delivered, the true Christians, is that they do not believe error because they have come to the light. They have come to the truth. [Continue reading ...] You can’t be a Christian without embracing that body of truth, “which was once for all delivered to the saints.” Jude 3 So, what is that body of non-negotiable doctrine that must be believed to receive eternal life? For that matter, what is it to believe?
After briefly contrasting what can be known through natural theology with what God has revealed in Scripture, John says, “Anybody who says you can be in the body [Continue reading ...] “Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. For there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed, neither hid that shall not be known. Therefore whatsoever you have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which you have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
Luke 12:1-9 & 13:1-9 In the meantime, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of [Continue reading ...] “The church, if it is to be anything, it is to be absolutely distinct from the culture, absolutely distinct from the world, absolutely distinct from unbelievers,” said prominent author and evangelical pastor John MacArthur. Speaking from the pulpit to thousands of fellow pastors at the Shepherds’ Conference, MacArthur underscored the biblical command not to be yoked with nonbelievers and to be a separated people. “Paul demands a total break,” he said Wednesday at Grace Community Church in Sun [Continue reading ...] Can the church fight apathy and materialism by feeding people’s appetite for entertainment? Evidently many in the church believe the answer is yes, as church after church jumps on the show-business bandwagon. It is a troubling trend that is luring many otherwise orthodox churches away from biblical priorities. Church buildings are being constructed like theaters. Instead of a pulpit, the focus is a stage. Some feature massive platforms that revolve or raise and lower, with colored lights and huge sound boards. Shepherds [Continue reading ...] Following previous Why God Saves focusing on God’s glory: Everything exists for the purpose of glorifying God. The Westminster Shorter Catechism of the seventeenth century begins by stating that the chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever. Psalm 19:1 says, “The heavens declare the glory of God.” The vastness of space and all therein glorifies God. In Isaiah 43:20, God says, “The beast of the field will honor me.” The angels who appeared at the birth of [Continue reading ...] |
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