Search results

While contemplating on the various aspects of monergism and synergism, I find myself leaning toward the latter when "regeneration" refers to the salvation experience...and the former, when referring to being "Born-again" This is purely based on the premise that we are following a process from...

I have come across a number of Christians whose perception of God tends to be influenced by their own personal world-view and/or external factors including upbringing, cultural/tradition, environmental socio/economic etc. This is then carried over into their personal relationship with him as...

MASS ANIMAL DEATH LIST Event Summary for 2014 - 72 Known Mass Death Events in 24 Countries http://www.end-times-prophecy.org/animal-deaths-birds-fish-end-times.html What is going on here folks? :huh:

Christ Called Me Off the Minaret Teresa Neumann : Jan 30, 2014 : Christianity Today "Electric, the words leapt off the page and jump-started my heart. I could not put the Bible down. I began reading fervently …I found Jesus. To follow Him is worth giving up everything." - Nabeel Qureshi...

Israeli Court Recognizes Messianic Jewish Congregation David Lazarus : Jan 30, 2014 : Israel Today Israel's Supreme Court has determined that a Messianic congregation in Jerusalem should receive the same full tax exemption as a synagogue...

Who’s ‘godless’ now? Russia says it’s U.S. Washington Times 28.01.2014 Putin seizes on issue of traditional values http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jan/28/whos-godless-now-russia-says-its-us/#ixzz2rp2z05KY

John 2 3 Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 And He found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers doing business. 15 When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen...

A friend made an interesting statement the other night. He said that we are better off since Christ's death on the cross and his resurrection than Adam was prior to the fall. Any thoughts :huh:

News From Home My brother is traveling back to Australia today and one of the most important things he had to remember while holidaying in NZ, was to collect as many local and regional news papers for his friends before heading back. There are so many Kiwi's living in his area that are desperate...

Some of my work colleagues were talking about their new years resolutions last night, just before midnight. The older folks did not really have anything new to add to this year, that they are not doing already whereas the younger ones had resolved to be in a better position financially, to find...

IN my travels I am continually meeting, and being led to minister to people who are carrying a wounded spirit. Something has happened in their lives that has knocked them back and from which they have been unable to rise above, or get totally free from. When we are afflicted by a wounded spirit...

Just off the top of my head...prophets in the O/T always pointed toward the coming Messiah and the ushering in of a new covenant. Some O/T prophets were given revelation of last day events. Watchmen watch on the wall for signs of his return. There are many watchmen around the world today but not...

Revelation 20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. It amazes me that God has a written record...

There seems to be a lot of fads coming out of America like planking and other such things. Recently a game which has been around since the 90s has supposedly become popular with youth called "Knock out." The idea is to knock out a complete stranger with one punch. I do not know whether this is...

Has anyone noticed the marked difference between the Holy Spirit as a seal of our inheritance and the Seal of God spoken of in Revelation 7 :huh: 2 Corinthians 1 21 Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, 22 set his seal of ownership on us, and put his...

I have found this to be a popular prayer strategy used predominantly in the Charismatic/Pentecostal movement. Reversing curses is not biblical. The bible says that we are to... Matthew 5:44 But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray...

Charismatic Witchcraft in the Church A friend of mine was very disturbed one night after joining in praying for a member of his music team who had just applied for a job. Their prayers included binding others from getting the job and enabling her to be successful. This type of prayer smacks of...

I am a little sad... :unsure: I was chatting to a lovely elderly Christian gentleman in hospital today. He does not remember me but he has had a significant impact on my Christian walk. After spending 40 years in the mission field and being the first white missionary to Papua New Guinea, he had...

Sometimes the Lord would wake me up to pray for people. One time he woke me in the middle of the night and I saw a vision... He took me to an area where I was hovering above a house made of stone. This place was foreign to me and the Lord gave me a sense of it's name "Inverness." The roof was...

Maybe We Should Stop Encouraging People to Get out of Their Comfort Zones - Article By Stephen Altrogge We Christians love to encourage people to get out of their comfort zones. In church we tell everyone to greet someone they don’t know. If someone is nervous about doing evangelism we become...