Worship in Spirit and Truth

– John M. Frame. P & R Publishing. A refreshing study of the principles and practice of biblical worship. The author guides us through some basic principles regarding worship and then does a nice job of explaining worship in the Old and New Testament. Most books written on worship deal with the current situation, this […]

Volume 03, Issue 12

June 16 On this day, an unsuccessful Senate candidate, addressing an audience in Springfield, Ill., called for a resolution of the issue of slavery, declaring that “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” His name: Abraham Lincoln. – 1858 June 17 Revolts broke out in East Berlin against the Russian-imposed Communist government. They would be […]

50 Things We Never Thought About Growing Up

Sars The long term side effects of Prozac Frequent flyer miles. Security checks at the airport. Calories in a candy bar. Fat grams in anything. Cholesterol. Eating bacon or red meat. Whether or not a guy or gal had firm abs. Oprah’s book club. Stem cell research. Mad Cow, West Nile, and a host of […]

Constitution Anniversary Footnote

by Perry R. Sanders George Whitfield, the famous evangelist, was a friend of Benjamin Franklin. Franklin wanted to know more about God and the Bible. On August 17, 1792, Whitfield wrote Franklin a letter about his need to experience the new birth. This is what he wrote: I find you grow more and more famous […]

Patriotic Ideas

Article By Nelson L. Price Why is there such a furor about who sits as a Supreme Court Judge? Isn’t law law? What is the big deal about a potential judge being a constitutional interpreter of the law? There are esteemed legal minds in our community which I revere that can explain this much better […]

"We have a Christianity without the 'cup' and the cross, a line-of-least-resistance faith." - Charles Stanley

"Berkeley church seeks minister for local nondenominational congregation. Position open to Christians and non-Christians." - from a classified ad in Christian Century, Nov. 6, 1996.

"Christianity in modern America is, in large part, innocuous. It tends to be easy, upbeat, convenient, and compatible. It does not require self-sacrifice, discipline, humility, an other-worldly out-look, a zeal for souls, a fear as well as love of God." - Thomas Reeves (quoted in Servant, Winter 1997, page 2)

"When the church accommodates worldly culture, it deserves both the internal decay and external contempt it suffers." - Andrew Sandlin (in "Chalcedon Report", Sept. 1997, page)

"Compromise does not seem to be as objectionable to Southern Baptists when it is practiced by one's friends. And, we Southern Baptists can often be so excited and gratified by our personal participation in events, that we are no longer as willing to confront the compromised process with the passion with which we confronted it when we were not participants."- James L. Holly, M.D.

"Be on your guard against the tendency of this generation to paste a piece of blank paper over all the threatenings of the Bible." - A. Maclaren

"If you don't entertain - you can't communicate." - Rick Hughes

"In matters of style, swim with the current. In matters of principle, stand like a rock." - Thomas Jefferson

"The 'fifth gospel, the book of Ego,' …'We attempt to make Jesus' gospel a little more palatable. We live like we have a conviction that He really didn't mean us to take Him so seriously, like we're trying to improve on what He taught. That's the number one temptation for the rest of our life, doing only what we like.'" - Anonymous

"Powerlessness = worldly compromise." - Anonymous

"Once we assuage our conscience by calling something a 'necessary evil,' it begins to look more and more necessary and less and less evil." - Anonymous

"Everything is WRONG that is ALMOST RIGHT." - Anonymous

"For the past 30 years the Church has consistently taken her behavioral cues from the world, often putting Christian labels on popular trends. Many in both the Church and the secular society in America ended the 60s with this conclusion: society's evil seems surmountable and my ideals could not be made tangible by my efforts. We were externally strong and internally weak." - Anonymous

Compromise

Prelude to Power

by Michael Catt Volume 1 – Part 1 “PRELUDE TO POWER”Luke 1:1-4; Acts 1:1, 2 Luke wanted to record history. Luke wanted to present a true picture of Christianity. Luke wanted to emphasize the evangelistic thrust of the church. This study should have a ten-fold effect on us: We should be more committed to prayer […]

Parsonage

Parsonage is a free weekly e-mail bulletin for pastors and other Christian leaders, prepared by the Pastoral Ministries team at Focus on the Family. The Pastor’s Weekly Briefing is a concise summary of news of particular interest to you and your congregation – presented from a conservative evangelical perspective. www.parsonage.org 2ProphetU2ProphetU is an online magazine/website, […]

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