Have You Seen These Bumper Stickers?
It doesn’t take a degree in Sociology or Psychology to know what people think. All you need to do is read the bumper stickers that clutter up the cars that are cluttering up the roads. For better or worse, whether you agree with them or not, this is what people are thinking and saying about
Bumper Snickers?
You see them everywhere. Bumper stickers that is. It is estimated that there are over 180 million registered motor vehicles in the United States. As you well know, many of these cars have a bumper sticker plastered on their rear bumper. If the car is old and rusty, there may be multiple bumper stickers to
The Historical Reliability of John’s Gospel
– C.Blomberg. InterVarsity. The author deals with the questions about the reliability of John’s gospel and provides a full length commentary that focuses on the historicity of the Fourth Gospel. Good reference work if you are preaching through the Gospel of John. 2ProphetU2ProphetU is an online magazine/website, started by Warren Wiersbe and Michael Catt, to
Shepherding the Small Church
– Glenn Daman. Kregel. This book is a leadership guide for 75% of America’s churches that average 150 or less. This book provides good keys for effective ministry in the small church. Daman has been a small church pastor and knows the frustrations that can come. 2ProphetU2ProphetU is an online magazine/website, started by Warren Wiersbe
Sharing the Truth in Love
How to Relate to People of Other Faiths – Ajith Fernando. Discovery House. This book comes recommended by Ravi Zacharias, “His extensive study is well-researched and reinforced by a life of scholarship, of dialogue with other faiths, and ultimately, by a life of communicating the absolute uniqueness and beauty of the message of Christ.” Timothy
New Testament Light
George M. Lamsa, Harper & Row. Originally published as ‘More Light on the Gospel,’ George M. Lamsa, Harper & Row. Over 400 passages are explained by the author who speaks Aramaic and understands the backgrounds, idioms, metaphors and figures of speech. A companion volume to ‘Gospel Light. 2ProphetU2ProphetU is an online magazine/website, started by Warren
Gospel Light
– George M. Lamsa. Harper & Row. Drawing from his background, the author who was raised speaking Aramaic deals with figures of speech in the four Gospels and gives clear explanations of their meaning. A helpful resource tool. 2ProphetU2ProphetU is an online magazine/website, started by Warren Wiersbe and Michael Catt, to build up the church,
Dictionary of Contemporary Religion
Dictionary of Contemporary Religion in the Western World Edited by Christopher Partridge & Douglas Groothuis, InterVarsity. This reference work is helpful in that it offers an overview of the major religions that are offered as substitutes to the message of Christ. The information is up to date with an emphasis on a contemporary Western context.
Beginning Well
Christian Conversion & Authentic Transformation – Gordon T. Smith. Intervarsity Press. Chapter titles include: Thinking about Conversion, The Community of Faith and the Language of Conversion, Models of Conversion in the New Testament, and others. The author contends that the primary reason for spiritual immaturity is an inadequate theology of conversion. 2ProphetU2ProphetU is an online
It is Finished
This is the final two outlines from Michael Catt’s sermon series on the Cross. The message is available at https://sherwoodbaptist.net/bookstore/products/seven-sayings-from-the-cross-series/257/. IT IS FINISHED John 19:30 Introduction: The Sacrifice was Acceptable J. Oswald Sanders – “The sacrifice of an irrational animal could never make satisfactory atonement for the sin of a rational being.” His finished work
"The devil has no difficulty in making sin look innocent." - Anonymous
"Satan promises the best, but pays with the worst; he promises honor and pays with disgrace; he promises pleasure and pays with pain; he promises profit and pays with loss; he promises life and pays with death." - Thomas Brooks
"Satan is an acute theologian." - John Calvin
"Satanic anarchy is conscious and determined opposition to God. Wherever God's rule is made known, Satan will put himself alongside and oppose it. Satan's sin is at the summit of all sins, man's sin is at the foundation of all sins, and there is all the difference in the world between them." - Oswald Chambers
"Satan is not fighting churches; he is joining them. He does more harm by sowing tares than by pulling up wheat. He accomplishes more by imitation than by outright opposition." - Vance Havner
"When Satan fell he may have lost his innocence but he did not lose his intelligence." -Trevor Knight
"The Holy Ghost is the only One who can detect the temptations of Satan, neither our common sense nor our human wisdom can detect them as temptations." - Oswald Chambers
"Nothing promotes the activity of the devil more than the Christian's proximity to God." -John Blanchard
"To deny the fact of Satan is to deny the truth of Scripture." - John Blanchard
"The devil is old, but not infirm." - Anonymous
"If God were not my friend, Satan would not be so much my enemy." - Thomas Brooks
"Satan, as in his first temptation, is still on the losing side." - William Gurnall
"Satan does far more harm as an angel of light than as a roaring lion." - Vance Havner
"Satan has no constructive purpose of his own: his tactics are simply to thwart God and destroy men." -J. I. Packer
"The devil has more knowledge than any of us, and yet is no better for it." - J. C. Ryle
"The devil deserves his name." - Henry Smith
"The devil could care less about how many sermons you listen to, as long as you have no intention of applying them to your life." - Michael Catt
"Satan hates God for His own sake, and everything that is dear to God he hates for the very reason that God loves it". - A. W. Tozer
"The enemy will not see you vanish into God's company without an effort to reclaim you." - C. S. Lewis
"I believe Satan exists for two reasons: first, the Bible says so, and second, I've done business with him." - D. L. Moody
"Satan, when tempting someone, says that sin isn't very bad, isn't very big and isn't very important. But after the person has yielded to temptation and sinned, and has begun to think about asking God's forgiveness, then Satan reverses his field. And to his victim Satan declares that sin is so big, so bad and so awful that asking forgiveness will hardly suffice." - John R. W. Stott
"We must be careful not to advertise the devil by talking too much about him and his devices." - Corrie Ten Boom
In his book about Satan, J. Oswald Sanders, gives a great summary on the counterfeit activities of Satan.
- "He has his own trinity - the devil, the beast, and the false prophet" - Rev. 16: 13
- "He has his own church - 'a synagogue of Satan'" - Rev. 2:9
- "He has his own ministers - 'ministers of Satan'" - 2 Cor. 11:4,5
- "He has his own theology - 'doctrines of demons'" - 1 Tim. 4:l
- "He has his own sacrificial system - 'The Gentiles...sacrifice to demons'" - 1 Cor. 10:20
- "He has his own communion service - 'the cup of demons... and the table of demons'" - 1 Cor.10:21
- "He has his own gospel - 'a gospel contrary to that which we have preached to you'" - Gal. 1:7,8
Satan
Clarification of Corporate Lingo
Employer’s Lingo: “COMPETITIVE SALARY” We remain competitive by paying less than our competitors. “JOIN OUR FAST-PACED TEAM” We have no time to train you. “CASUAL WORK ATMOSPHERE” We don’t pay enough to expect that you’ll dress up; well, a couple of the real daring guys wear earrings. “MUST BE DEADLINE ORIENTED” You’ll be six months