Passion 4 Him

August 1, 2019 T. A. McMahon There’s a Latin saying that is similar to what it means to be a Berean. The Bereans were Jews to whom the Apostle Paul spoke in the synagogue in the Greek city of Berea. Luke commended them ( Acts:17:10-11 ) for listening to what Paul and Silas had to say and then for searching the Scriptures to discern whether or not their words were true to what was written therein. In a secular sense, that’s what the Latin phrase  caveat emptor  means: “Let the buyer beware.” That warning is what the Word of God encourages. Jesus characterized the days prior to His Second Coming as ones of increasing  apostasy . He forewarned,  “Take heed that no man deceive you”  ( Matthew:24:4 ). The Bible also gives reasons for the coming  apostasy  (a widespread turning away from biblical truth) such as: “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine” ( 2 Timothy:4:3 ). Without an understanding of, and the applica...

Is your heart burdened for the many professing Christians who have never experienced the second birth? Do you have compassion for people who honor Jesus with their lips, but their hearts are far from him? These false converts are tragic victims of a subtle, yet potentially fatal deception. Unless they are confronted with the truth, they may never know they have been deceived. One day they may hear the most terrifying words anyone could ever hear when Jesus says: "I never knew you; depart from Me" (Mat.  7:23 ). These precious souls have either been led astray by a compromised gospel or manipulated to make a decision with unbiblical methods of evangelism.  By Mike Gendron of  proclaiming the gospel  The blame must fall on church leaders who have discovered they can gain a larger following by making the Gospel more appealing and more inclusive. By broadening the narrow road, they have found they can build bigger churches by exchanging God's Gospel for an "easy ...

Published on  thebereancall.org  ( https://www.thebereancall.org ) Home  > Ecumenism and Catholicism  First published in September 1990 We have noted that the ecumenical movement plays a key role in forming the  Antichrist   [1] ’s world religion, which will be a paganized Christianity such as was developed under Constantine and became Roman  Catholicism   [2] . It is therefore not surprising that behind the scenes, the  Catholic   [2]  Church has been pushing ecumenism for years. It is not only drawing the “separated brethren” of Protestantism back into the fold but uniting  all religions under Rome,  as Revelation 17 indicates. Catholic   [2]  popes have been the leaders of worldwide ecumenism. As such, they present an altogether different picture from the inflexible dogmatist determined to convert the world to  Catholicism   [2]  that most people imagine a pope to personif...

One of the most important decisions anyone makes in this life is choosing which authority to trust for their eternal destiny. We can be wrong about a lot of things in this life and still survive, but if we are wrong about which authority to trust for our life after death, we will pay for that mistake for all eternity. As ambassadors for Christ, we must ask people if they have a reliable source for discerning truth from error. Has that source ever been wrong before? Is it possible for that source to ever mislead or deceive people? Since every religion has an authority, and every person has an opinion, we need to ask people about their source for truth when we share the Gospel. Some will say their authority is a person, a book, a religion, a spirit, or their own understanding. Some will say they rely on their  popes, rabbis, religious leaders, religious traditions, human reasoning, church history, church fathers, or Google. Any of these sources might be r...

Francis Chan, the founder and former pastor of Cornerstone Community Church in Simi Valley, California, is now a well-known author and conference speaker. Despite his solid theological educational background, he is highly compromised in many ways, and not just because he regularly shares the stage with heretics such as Benny Hinn, Todd White and Mike Bickle. Chan aims to be a people-pleaser. It's understandable that a man in the flesh would desire the praise of other men, but God dislikes this attitude and the Apostle Paul warns against it (Galatians 1:10). "Woe to you when men speak well of you, for so did their fathers to the false prophets" (Luke 6:26). An article from  Reformation Charlotte  reports that Chan is no stranger to ecumenism. "In 2003, Mike Gendron, a Christian apologist best known for his polemics and evangelistic resources for Catholics, was invited to speak at Chan's church. Gendron, a man who knows and loves Catholics enough to speak...

DVD by Word On The Street Falling to Peaces  12 Part Series - 3 DVDs - 8Hrs     Our everyday world offers many paths to peace — on an individual level to a global scale — but although they may feel and sound good, not all paths lead  to the peace they promise.  Falling to Peaces  is a tool that anyone can use to be intentional about choosing the right path. It is no coincidence that we are  seeing an explosion of spiritual alternatives in our world — in fact, this was  predicted long ago. With today's uncertainty, it is important to know what the future holds. There  are many contradictory prophecies and spiritual alternatives — determining  what to believe is like putting together a 10,000 piece puzzle.  Falling to  Peaces  identifies many pieces of the puzzle and presents the big picture  so that you can make informed decisions. Viewpoints from the Bible and  alternative spirituality are weighed. ...

Enlarged April 18, 2019 (first published March 3, 2009) David Cloud, Way of Life Literature, P.O. Box 610368, Port Huron, MI 48061 866-295-4143,  fbns@wayoflife.org T he Shack , authored by William Paul Young, is a novel that explores the issue of why God allows pain and evil. It is a fictional account of a man who is bitter against God for allowing his youngest daughter to be murdered and who returns to the scene of the murder, an old shack in the woods, to have a life-changing encounter with God. The "God" that he encounters, though, is not the God of the Bible.  Published in 2007,  The Shack  was Number One on the New York Times bestseller list for 50 weeks. By 2012, it had sold 18 million copies internationally. It is being translated into 30 languages.  The movie was released in March 2017, and the power of film has doubtless impelled the novel's heretical message to an even larger audience. The soundtrack features "Christian rapper Lac...