Category Archives: Christian Church

The Great “Global” Church: Religious & Political Ecumenicalism

                           Evangelicals & Catholics Together, 1994                                 The Manhattan Declaration, 2009 Isaiah 8:12; 2 Corinthians 6:14        Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid. … Continue reading

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Religious Deception: Why Protestant Watchdogs Don’t Bark

Isaiah 56:10        His watchman are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. MARTYN LLOYD-JONES (1899-1981): For some extraordinary reason a peculiar flabbiness—intellectual and moral—seems to have entered … Continue reading

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Church Petitions & Political Activism

Acts 12:1-4        Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take … Continue reading

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Devilish Carnal Zeal Part 2

Luke 9:53-55        And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem. And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come … Continue reading

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Devilish Carnal Zeal Part 1

Acts 9:1        And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest. JOHN NEWTON (1725-1807): Hardly any word in our language is more misunderstood or abused, than zeal. It is … Continue reading

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Reformation, Revival & the Role of Women

Psalm 85:4-6; Habakkuk 3:2        Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease. Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? Wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations? Wilt thou not … Continue reading

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Denominational Pride

Job 12:2       No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you. J. C. RYLE (1816-1900): The Erskines, in Scotland, wanted [George Whitefield] to preach for no other denomination but their own—the Secession Church. He asked … Continue reading

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The Basis of Church Reformation

II Chronicles 34:33       And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel. C. H. MACKINTOSH (1820-1896): If Josiah had looked around him, what would he have seen? Treachery, deceit, … Continue reading

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Modern Evangelicalism Part 2: The “Christian World”

John 15:18        If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. A. W. PINK (1886-1952): Which “world” is specifically in view here?―What “world” hated Christ and hounded Him to death? The religious world, … Continue reading

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Modern Evangelicalism Part 1: Worldly Conformity

Romans 12:2         Be not conformed to this world. MARTYN LLOYD-JONES (1899-1981): The world expects the Christian to be different and looks to him for something different, and therein it often shows an insight into life that regular church-goers often lack. … Continue reading

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