Worshipping Religious Liberty: SBC Joins Mosque Building Effort

May 28, 2016

The Southern Baptists support the building of a Mosque? This article, shared by my very discerning sister in Christ Sherryn of The Narrowing Path blog, discusses “American Christianity.” Is it a wonder that we have the choices that we have for president when pastors haven’t been preaching God’s truths for decades? American materialism trumps the Bible in the majority of our churches. And people ask why we have so many problems.

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A challenging article from the Pulpit & Pen blog:

Worshipping Religious Liberty: SBC Joins Mosque Building Effort

by Bud Ahlheim

Stand Up for Religious Freedom Rally

Southern Baptists, through their Ethics And Religious Liberty Commission and their International Mission Board, have joined hands with Muslims and others to help build a mosque.

But they have to.  It’s inevitable when you hold closely to the tenets of American Christianity.

The SBC’s ERLC and IMB have joined in with the likes of the Center for Islam and Religious Freedom, the Interfaith Coalition on Mosques, the International Society of Krishna Consciousness, the Sikh Coalition, and other unlikely allies to support building a mosque.  According to The Becket Fund For Religious Liberty (An organization in which Russell Moore is on the Board of Directors) over 20 “interfaith” groups have united to push forward the agenda of the god of religious liberty in support of the mosque.

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The Bible and Hollywood

May 26, 2016

Dan has captured my thoughts with his words here, except that my thoughts wouldn’t be as well articulated. As Dan describes what church used to be, it is obvious that we are near the same age. He mentions the past 100 years but he and I have both seen drastic changes in worship in the past 45. He mentions my favorite preacher of all time, Mr. Spurgeon. In most cases, you would be better off spending a few on something by him than on Holywood. Please don’t support all of the “Christian” movies coming out because you think it will somehow send some sort of message to someone. Do a little research before you barter for two hours that gets you nothing.

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I firmly believe that the Bible was not intended to ‘entertain’ the Christian consumer, much less the lost millions who need a Savior from their sin. Nevertheless, Hollywood has discovered that there are untapped millions of dollars that are ripe for the taking from an all too willing ‘Christian’ audience eager and conditioned to think that God is all about satisfying our desires and temporal cravings.

There was probably a time when this was not the case, a time when going to church meant entering the house of a great big God who rightly deserves honor, worship, awe, respect, and fear. We sang God honoring hymns full of rich theology that spoke of what a mighty and merciful God had done on behalf of spiritually dead sinners. But I digress.

The change from humbly worshipping God in reverence and awe and listening to a precher actually exposit Scripture has been…

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Most Popular Post to be Removed July 4, 2016

May 26, 2016

UPDATE: March 26, 2016

2 “But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves. 2 Many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of the truth will be maligned; 3 and in their greed they will exploit you with false words; their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.”

One can’t be too careful these days.

The following statement is made with this scripture from 2 Peter in mind:

It is almost six years since I have published this post. In that time, it has been the most viewed post on this blog. I tried to research a bit about Mr. Ryle at the time and found nothing bad. As the message was good, I put it up never guessing it would be as popular as it is.

HERE IS ONE OF THE LINKS I FOUND THAT CONTAINS INFORMATION ABOUT JAMES RYLE THAT CONNECTS HIM TO THE “MANIFEST SONS OF GOD.”

Today, I have found a critique of Mr. Ryle. It states that James Ryle connects himself to the “Manifest Sons of God.” Below is a description of that group. Since it is a group that teaches false teachings I will have to remove this post. I will wait until July 4th, 2016 before removing the post so that anyone who wants to prove this allegation incorrect has the opportunity to do so. If I get no evidence to the contrary, the post comes down. I don’t care how popular it has been, if the author believes what is described below, it does not have a place on this blog.

Chris Reimers

Part of Neo-Pentecostalism.

The teaching that in the last days, a “new breed” of Christians will arise – the “Manifest Sons of God” – who will have super-natural spiritual power and be instrumental in subduing the earth. This movement is also referred to as “Joel’s Army.”

‘Subduing the earth’ means that a militant church (Joel’s Army) will arise, take over and rule the world politically and spiritually.
It is claimed that the ‘Manifest Sons of God’ will be perfected into their “glorified bodies” prior to Christ’s return. That perfection will allow them to subdue the earth for Jesus. Proponents of this doctrine also claim Christians, having a “divine nature,” become “gods.” They say Christ came into us as a “seed” and grows into a “prophet.” Thus Christ does not physically return, but returns within us. The rapture, according to this doctrine, will be of the wicked – not of believers.

See also: New Apostolic Reformation

This teaching is part of what is known as ‘dominion theology’ which teaches that an elite army of ‘overcomers’ will either destroy or subdue all the enemies of Christ until they eventually gain power and authority throughout the world. The government of the nations will be upon their shoulders and when all the secular authorities, governments, princes and kings have finally submitted to them, Christ will return and they will present the kingdom to him.
Source: Clifford Hill, “Prophecy Today,” Vol. 7, No. 1 Eng., as cited in “Joel’s Army,” 1991, Jewel van der Merwe, Discernment Min.

The doctrine also includes the idea that Jesus was sent as a “pattern” for the corporate church (Corporate church in this context means that the church becomes Christ. Christ is considered not complete without us because he is the head and we are the body).
The current church, according this this view, has the “spirit of the anti-Christ.”
This teaching is akin to gnosticism
This teaching is promoted in some of today’s controversial Renewal and Revival Movements (e.g. by Paul Cain).

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PAKISTAN PROTESTS FOR NORWEGIAN FAMILIES

May 26, 2016

THE LITTLE DISCIPLES CHILDREN MINISTRY heard about the Bodnariu Story and protested the Norwegian disregard for Human Rights on April 16, 2016, the day of the worldwide global protest. This Christian ministry is located in Toba Tek Singh, which is located in Central Pakistan.

This wonderful ministry shares the love of Jesus with those living in Toba Tek Singh! Thank you for your support Pakistan!
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That’s 7 of 72 cities covered starting in New Zealand and moving Westward across the globe.

We may not get all 72 protest cities covered before the next worldwide protest, but we are not in a hurry. We’ll just continue in the country where we left off, traveling East to West, if/when the next protest takes place.

A special thanks to o agnus dei – english + romanian blog which is Rodi’s English and Romanian Blog. It is where I found the story.

CR

Little Disciples Children Ministry

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Scripture and the LGBT agenda by Dr James White

May 25, 2016

I saw this video on SLIMJIM’s blog called “The Domain For Truth.” You can read his blog post containing this video here.

“What was God’s purpose in Creation? It involves the goodness of human sexuality, male and female. It involves the establishment of the very first human institution by God, the family. You have Father and Mother. You have the natural outcome of that being children.” -Dr. White

3 Some Pharisees came to Jesus, testing Him and asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?” 4 And He answered and said, “Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female, 5 and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? 6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.” (Matthew 19)

This is a very good description of the Biblical World View of human sexuality and family.

I would like to thank Dan C. of The Battle Cry who linked to SLIMJIMS blog HERE. This is how is saw this video.

I follow both blogs: The Domain For Truth and The Battle Cry.

CR

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BREAKING NEWS – “Barnevernet has clearly and unashamedly made known its intentions that it seeks to permanently remove all 5 of the Bodnariu children, including baby Levy Ezekiel, place each of them in separate foster homes, and only grant the parents, Marius & Ruth, limited visitation rights; a few hours per visit, four times a year.”

May 23, 2016

Official Statement – Bodnariu case – May 21st, 2016

We are grateful for all of you who continue to pray and fast for Marius, Ruth, and their children. We are hopeful that the Bodnariu family will be reunited as we approach the crucial hearing that will take place at the County Committee for Social Affairs (May 30th – June 2nd). We believe the Lord will continue His work and will perform a miracle!

A team of psychologists, assigned by the County Committee for Social Affairs for an independent evaluation of the Bodnariu case, recently initiated a reunion, of a few short hours, for Marius & Ruth with all of their 5 children in their family home. All seven in the Bodnariu family welcomed their family reunion, the first since they were separated 6 months ago, and the entire event was filled with joy and sorrow simultaneously; each knowing that these short few hours were only temporary.

Marius & Ruth are holding strong for their family and we too continue alongside them! While baby Ezekiel is doing better now that he is at home, the remaining older 4 children fervently expressed their desperate desire to be returned home to their parents. The toll on the children of having been separated from their natural family is undeniable, very apparent in each of the Bodnariu children, and the children’s frustration is unavoidable. In turn, the Barnevernet impudently tries to spin the family’s time together, and children’s pleas for reunion, in such a way that all these tell-tale signs reflect negatively against the parents, Marius & Ruth.

Considering the short time remaining until the County Committee hearing, it is obvious that Barnevernet representatives are fighting desperately to gather – or rather, fabricate – any reasoning to defame the parents, Marius & Ruth; actions inherently working against the express interest of each of the children to return home to their natural family. In all this, Barnevernet undeniably demonstrates a blatant disregard pertaining to the superior interest expressed by the Bodnariu children and glaringly evidences Barnevernet’s unbridled diabolical intent of continuing in breaking up the Bodnariu family. Barnevernet has made the Bodnariu case a struggle for its own survival and seeks to destroy the Bodnariu family in this process as a sign to the world that Barnevernet alone dictates what is in the “superior interest of the child.” Barnevernet has clearly and unashamedly made known its intentions that it seeks to permanently remove all 5 of the Bodnariu children, including baby Levy Ezekiel, place each of them in separate foster homes, and only grant the parents, Marius & Ruth, limited visitation rights; a few hours per visit, four times a year.

As this seemingly unreal struggle intensifies, we earnestly request and encourage all of you to continue to supporting the Bodnariu family in prayer and fasting. We trust in our Lord Jesus Christ and believe that the County Committee deciding body will understand that there is no justification to not immediately and unconditionally reunite the Bodnariu family; a decision bringing this case to a happy ending and thus evidencing competence, objectivity, and clear mindedness on behalf of those in the County Committee.

This is the outcome we look forward to sharing with you in our next official statement; we don’t want to even think of the consequences and ramifications resulting from a different outcome…Again, we thank you for your continued support and pray that God reward you with His blessings in this life and eternal life thereafter!

Pastor Cristian Ionescu, Spokesman,

Coordinating team: Pastor Daniel Bodnariu, Steven Bonica, Peter Costea, Timotei Dinică, Pastor Cristian Ionescu, Vinicius Sabău, Dennis Stoia, Paul Susman, the extended Bodnariu family

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WEEKLY WRAP-UP FOR 2016-5-21

May 22, 2016

Spring is here and the butterflies are beginning to flutter signs of creation all over the Northern Hemisphere. The Wings of the Wind and its editor had an interesting week. On the blogging front:

Forced Adoption in the U.K. included this video:

The reason I put up the forced Adoption story was because my friend Eugene Lukjanenko sent a message to this blog about getting out of prison.

https://chrisreimersblog.com/2018/04/05/eugene-lukjanenko-is-out-of-prison-sends-message-to-wings-of-the-wind-readers/

The video below details that sad story of how Eugene’s son was taken from him:

INDIA PROTESTS NORWAY’S CPS includes the following video by Dr. John Dayal:

American College of Pediatricians Slams Transgender Agenda in Children is an article from Dr. Chris Prunean’s Blog “Delight In Truth.” You will certainly not find this interesting article about the transgender subject anywhere in the mainstream media. “Why not?” is the question I have.

Here is the latest statement I could find from the American College of Pediatricians.

Review: Ashamed of the Gospel, by John MacArthur
I’ve been to Jim’s blog several times in the past. From this article, we appear like minded in the most important ways. I may have to try to get my hands on a copy of this now as Dan C. is reading it and, as it appears it may have some information on the “Downgrade controversy” in Spurgeon’s day of which I am not aware, I am curious.

Sermon Link: The Godhead Revealed by Dr Martyn Llloyd-Jones is a wonderful sermon that I found at Sherryn’s blog. Here is a man who knew how to rightly divide the Word of God.

Gospel Herald – Norway’s Seizure of Five Children due to Parents’ ‘Bible-Based Parenting Style’ Questioned by Over 100 Lawyers and Politicians Worldwide is only part of the story of the wonderful Christian family pictured above.

New DNA Study Confirms Noah is an interesting article by Brian Thomas, M.S. of the Institute for Creation Research.

Steven Bennett – SECRETS and LIES – Inside Barnevernet, Norway’s CPS is an article about the sad reality of Norway’s Child Protective Services.

On Tranquil Seas ~ is Deborah Ann’s poem I chose to publish this week. This was a much needed drink at an oasis along my journey this week. God’s Word is, of course, my primary source of strength, but Deborah Ann’s Words are based on scripture.
This was the favorite verse of a college friend who went on to become a pastor.

On the substitute front, I was fortunate to spend 4 of my 5 days at Fountain Lake. I enjoyed it all, from 2nd grade on up. I got to go on the annual trip to Blakely Dam that the 4th graders have been taking for years. The 5th day I was a spanish teacher at Park Elementary. I welcomed the students with my limited knowledge of Spanish: “Buenos Dias.”

The joke of the week comes from Clayton:

“What do you call a speaker without speak?”

“er”

May the God, our Creator and the Creator of Heaven and Earth, bless your week.

Chris Reimers

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New DNA Study Confirms Noah

May 19, 2016

by Brian Thomas, M.S. *

Evolutionary teachings hold that all mankind arose from a population of ape-like ancestors from which chimpanzees also evolved. But Genesis, the rest of the Bible, and Jesus teach that all mankind arose from Noah’s three sons and their wives. A new analysis of human mitochondrial DNA exposes two new evidences that validate the biblical beginnings of mankind.

Mitochondrial DNA comes from mothers. Mother egg cells transmit their mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) into the cellular mitochondria of every child born. This unique annex of DNA contains 16,569 bases—either adenine, guanine, cytosine, or thymine (A, G, C, T)—that encode vital cellular information, like an instruction manual.

Scientists have been comparing the genetic differences between every major people group around the globe. How did those differences arise?

SEE THE REST OF THE INSTITUTE FOR CREATION RESEARCH ARTICLE HERE.

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INDIA PROTESTS NORWAY’S CPS

May 16, 2016

Continuing westward in an effort to cover all protests from April 16, it must be mentioned that India was represented. A small group of protesters met in Kadapa, India. Whereas New Delhi is in the Northern part of India, Kadapa lies over 1,000 miles to the south. How the people there heard of this issue is beyond me, but they came out to protest.

Dr John Dayal – Secretary-General All India Christian Council, gave this address from New Delhi.

This is one issue where Protestants, Catholics, other religions, and atheists agree. It is a unique issue.

CR

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To Be An Example We Must Follow His Example

May 16, 2016

This is Rob Barkman from Settled in Truth Ministries. His teachings have been wonderful to this point and I think he makes a good exegesis here.

I think daily about these words of Jesus: “Apart from Me you can do nothing.” I am a dependent man who needs God’s strength. The older I get the more simple my prayers to my Friend become. They are specific, non-repetitive (at the time), and sometimes painful.

My best example always answers them one way or another.

CR

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