Sitting with a friend discussing Christianity over dinner recently, he asked me why I was using the phrases, “biblical Christianity” and the “biblical Lord Jesus Christ” when explaining some of my beliefs to him with regards our subject. He said, “I thought all Christian practice was based on the Bible.” If only it was that simple. Once again I was reminded of the time many years earlier when, as Continue reading “Only Two Churches”
It Was not the Jesus of The Bible
Imagine yourself sitting with a friend having coffee or lunch enjoying each other’s company and he then mentions the name of a mutual friend that he caught up with recently. But as he begins to describe the nature and character of that person, you are wondering if he is talking about the same one, because what you are hearing is totally Continue reading “It Was not the Jesus of The Bible”
He said, “Don’t Seek the Approval of Man.”
In the last institutionalized church system I was associated with, among the various rosters we had was the Communion or Lord’s Supper speaker’s roster. A half-dozen people were on it, the idea being that before we partook of the elements each week, the speaker would bring a five to ten-minute message in order to prepare us for the relevance of why and what it was we Continue reading “He said, “Don’t Seek the Approval of Man.””
Manipulative Practices in The Church
Back in March 1987 when I first began to do systematic Bible studies I was simply amazed to be learning of the nature and character of God Almighty, Who was revealing Himself to me in the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ using a book – or sixty-six books, known as the Bible. No greater miracle is there in all the world, so far as I am concerned. Before I met the Lord, I was many things not good, but especially was Continue reading “Manipulative Practices in The Church”
A Man one Step from God
A Roman Catholic man was giving an interview recently on television, in relation to his one-time parish priest. The priest was always thought of as the family’s spiritual leader, adviser and friend – never the sexual, pedophilic predator he turned out to be. Asked for his opinion on the priest now that he had been discovered for what he was, the man, naturally enough, spoke of his utter dismay and shock. “Here he was, a Continue reading “A Man one Step from God”
The Judgement of God?
During the summer of 2009, a pastor of a Pentecostal fellowship in my city of Melbourne, Australia, came under attack from both the wider church community and the media for saying that the horrendous bush-fires which took place that summer, were as a result of God’s judgement upon the nation and, particularly upon the state of Victoria, which had recently Continue reading “The Judgement of God?”
A Statement from Hell
Recently I was asked by a man, “Why is it that so many people get caught up in all these cults? Don’t they have a mind of their own? It seems to me that you’d have to be a half-wit to be taken in by them.” Making it very clear to me that he was a non-believer in God, he made this assumption based on testimonies he saw being given by cult victims on television, who spoke of the Continue reading “A Statement from Hell”
It Was as though Superman came Out of The Sky
A man once told me that he was the only survivor from a motor car crash. There were three of them in the vehicle but on impact he was thrown out onto the ground suffering relatively minor injuries. He said, “Somebody was watching over me that day.” An ex-World War Two navigator in a bomber aircraft shared how he was one of two men who survived a crash when their plane got hit coming Continue reading “It Was as though Superman came Out of The Sky”
“Good Ideas” Rather Than God’s Ideas
There is nothing worse, in my opinion, than to observe a fellow Christian functioning in a ministry that he or she has not been called to. In other words, many a Christian there is, doing the work of God who have not been called by the God of that work. It’s obvious, for they demonstrate no grace for the task chosen. It is my belief also, that local church leadership is to be held accountable for most of this because of the constant Continue reading ““Good Ideas” Rather Than God’s Ideas”
The Living and Powerful Word of the Lord in Action
During the early days of our broadcast transmission at the radio station it was not unusual on a very windy day to experience intermittent problems with our signal. It was as though there was a loose connection somewhere in the system causing it to cut in and out but it was not something obvious, which made it all the more difficult for our technicians to try and solve. Coupled with that problem, being a volunteer organization we could not Continue reading “The Living and Powerful Word of the Lord in Action”