Passion 4 Him

In his ignorance man searches for what he considers "mistakes" in the Bible to justify his godless beliefs. He is like a man with a magnifying glass who diligently searches for a tiny dirt speck on the Mona Lisa, so he can justify discarding the whole painting as junk. In the following (extremely applicable) article from The Almost Christian , written in 1661, Matthew Mead addresses the problem: "There is a proud heart in every natural man. There was much pride in Adam's sin-and there is much of it in all Adam's sons. Pride is a radical sin, and from hence arises this over-inflated opinion of a man's spiritual state and condition: 'The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: God, I thank you that I am not like other men-robbers, evildoers, adulterers' (Luke 18:11). This is the unsaved man's motto. "A proud man has an eye to see his beauty-but not his deformity. He sees his abilities-but not his spots. He sees his seem...

A glance around the evangelical l and scape today offers a wide variety of leadership models and styles: entrepreneurs, kings, rock stars, motivational speakers, armchair psychologists, and modern-day monks. You would have to look much harder to find a simple servant. Christ’s views on leadership are conspicuously out of step w it h the conventional wisdom of our age: “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who are great exercise author it y over them. Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant. And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave; just as the So n of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ran so m for many” ( Matthew 20:25–28 ). According to Jesus, then, the truest kind of leadership dem and s service, sacrifice, and selflessness. A proud and self-promoting per so n is not a good leader by Christ’s s...

  To know how you can go to heaven: http://rippster4christ.blogspot.com/2011/06/gospel-good-news-and-how-to-be-saved.html

(The following is a comparison. It shows the differences and similaries and why Jesus said to "Beware of false teachers!" We must "test the spirits to see whether they are from God;" ( 1 John 4:1-3).                                              Key Person or Founder,     Date, Location Biblical Christianity : Jesus Christ. Founded about AD 30-33, in the Judean province of Palestine (Israel today), under the Roman Empire. Followers of Jesus Christ become known as Christians. New Age : Based on Eastern mysticism, Hinduism, and paganism. Popularized in part by actress Shirley MacLaine (1934-) in the 1980's and 1990's. Beliefs vary. Key Writings Biblical Christianity : The Bible, written originally in Hebrew and Aramaic (Old Testament), a...

Lyrics : Gimme a second, gimme a second yeah Gimme a second, listen what I'm sayin to you Uh huh, listen, gimme a second All I need is a second yeah Gimme a second, uh yeah Hey listen Cole talk that college talk Wayne talks gangs Jay-z's talkin' money mayne and (Kan)ye talk fame And people say I talk about the same ole thang Reason that I sound the same cause the truth don't change Look, people get it twisted like a lemon in the spirit If I ain't talking killin' I must be talking bout healin' And I ain't talking bout how Jesus gonna make me a million With my hands to the ceiling I got that spiritual feelin' Head bowed down, knees to the floor You a Christian and you rap? That must be the way you flow - No I talk reality like mama on her death bed The birth of a child, the soldier losing his left leg Who gon write songs to give him hope in his chair Addicted to pain killers, wife left last year Your favorite rapper was probably tryin' to ma...

If you want "godly offspring," it is essential that you make the time to establish a family altar. Build it out of the unmovable rocks of resolution. You will need to be resolute about this because it will be a battle. Your flesh will fight it, and you can be sure there will be a continual spiritual battle within your mind. "Circumstances" will constantly crop up. Your kids will occasionally groan when you announce that it is time for devotions. Loved ones may subtly, subconsciously discourage you. However, your time of family devotions should be a priority for your whole family. Don't be legalistic about it, but as much as possible, put all other things aside before you postpone or cancel family devotions. It will be an altar of sacrifice, as you sacrifice your time, your energy, and sometimes your dignity. For years, our kids heard, "Six o'clock-reading time." My wife and I dropped whatever we were doing, and the children...

There is nothing more important than where you will spend eternity! If you have never thought about where you will go when you die...now is the time to do so. Perhaps you received one of these tombstone cards with the question, " What is the most important part on this headstone ?" What do you think? Take a good look at it. Is the most important part your name? The date? That you were dearly loved? That you were someone's son or daughter? The answer is surprising... It's  none of the above ! Did you miss it? Most people do. The most important part on the headstone is the dash in between the two dates. It represents all the days of your life here on earth. The bible tells us that life is like a vapor. Think about it. Your life appears for a little while and then it's gone.  Have you ever thought about death? Where will you go after you die? Where will you spend all eternity when your ...

And Jesus answered and said to them, “See to it that no one misleads you. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ ” and will mislead many. (24:4–5) The first birth pain to signal Christ’s return will be widespread deception by a proliferation of false Christs. There were false Christs, or Messiahs, before Jesus’ time, and there have been others at various times since, including many in our own day. But in the end times their number and influence will vastly increase. Jesus is warning those who will be living during the end times, which will not include believers of the church age (who will either have died or been raptured before the Tribulation). The deception of those days will be intensified and escalated as never before, as the Holy Spirit withdraws His restraining power and lets all hell break loose. The evils, deceptions, sorrows, tragedies, conflicts, and animosities of those days will exceed all others the world has ever known. Because dec...

By Jason Carlson www.jude3.com My father, Dr. Ron Carlson, used to remind people every chance that he could that the cults are literally a mission field at our front door step.  Unfortunately, many Christians miss this tremendous opportunity to share our faith when the cultists, such as Jehovah's Witnesses or Mormons, come calling.  For some people, taking the time to engage the cultist in a conversation is just too great an inconvenience.  For others, the fear of not knowing what to say to the cultist at the door is justification enough for the common Christian response of, "No thank you, I'm a Baptist (or insert your particular denomination)".  The sad reality, however, is that when we fail to engage the cultist in a conversation about spiritual truths, or at the very least share our personal testimony with them, we are neglecting a ready-made opportunity to minister to a lost soul who desperately needs to know the Lord.  And the fact of t...

If you know what to look for, it quickly becomes obvious that the elite of the world are not even trying to hide their insidious plans for the planet. They hope to unite the entire globe under their leadership, and they don't think that we are strong enough or smart enough to stop them. They openly embed symbols expressing their desire for a one world economic system, a one world religion and a one world government on our buildings, on our monuments and on our money and they think that it is funny that most people have no idea what those symbols mean. The New World Order openly mocks us and they seem to take pleasure in giving us "clues" about what their plans for humanity are. In the "global society" that they have planned for us, individual freedoms and liberties will be greatly restricted "for the good of humanity" and they will use the emerging Big Brother police state control grid to monitor and control everything that we do. ...

Are you struggling to figure out if those whispers that your pastor has told you to listen for are really God's voice or a case of gastrointestinal hallucinations caused by a bad batch of pepperoni pizza? Are you tired of going through the whole rigamarole of filtering those voices in your head through a six point 'discernment grid' to try to ascertain if that's the Holy Spirit speaking to you or proof that you need to make an appointment with a shrink? Have you read and reread Blackaby and still haven't got the foggiest notion as to how to tell where God is working in the world so that you can join Him? If you've answered yes to one or all of these questions then I've got great news for you! I have discovered a simple and sure fire way for you to hear God's voice. The best part is that its 100% guaranteed and totally Biblical. Here it is. 1. Acquire a Bible. If you do not have a Bible then you can read it for fre...

We obviously know that as our culture gets further and further away from the truth of God's word and what the Bible says, our world will look less like Christians and more like pagans every day. Well this has become apparent in one area in particular at rapid speed it as appeared. Some are calling it coincidence, random encounters or just being in the wrong place at the wrong time as we see this. We disagree….it is obvious that good Godly Christian respectable men are vanishing. So are the submissive, meek, gentle, kind hearted women as well. No, they aren't being wiped off the face of the earth, rather they are transforming into what the world accepts…selfishness, lack of chivalry, and pride to rise to the top. Obviously this is where the disclaimer comes in---not all men and women are going to fall into this category as described here, but it's worth pointing out via this article just what is becoming the norm for unsaved and falsely converted people who...

Fox News journalist, Shep Smith, welcomed President Obama into the 21 st century and declared those who still oppose same-sex marriage to be on the wrong side of history. May 9, 2012 was indeed an historic moment. Though President Obama bathed his decision in Christian principles: "…our faith…is not only Christ sacrificing himself on our behalf but it's also the golden rule…treat others the way you'd want to be treated…" For the first time ever, a sitting US president, considered the most powerful political leader in the world, has endorsed a marital arrangement that formally constitutes the pagan "worship of the creation rather than worship of the Creator" ( Romans 1:25 ). "How do you get there ?" you may ask. My statement is neither panic nor exaggeration, since it comes from the theological reasoning of the inspired Apostle Paul: " For this reason ," he says, "God gave them up to dishonorable passions [of lesbianism ...