Archive for September 2012
Islam Requires Christians to Act Timid and Submissive, But God Expects Truth to Look Dominant! — Revelation 10:1-11
If you lived in a Muslim country, and lived your faith in the public square, you would be required to act pensive and timid when walking down the street.
You would be forced to submit, at least as reflected in your demeanor, to the superiority of Islam.
Would you do it? 
Many Christians act that way in America.
Believers act weak when confronted by those arguing for evolution, abortion and same sex marriage.
This weak demeanor is the opposite of the dominant posture modeled by the angel in Revelation 10.
What happened to our confidence when holding God’s word? We should be inspired to charge the gates of Hell, not be cowering in fear.
Read MoreCan the ARP Church Regain Our Strength — Or Are We Too Old?
Can the ARP Church get stronger in our old age?
Hello, my name is Charles Eugster. When I turned 75 my friends began to pass away. People were getting older around me, but I was just getting ready to retire.
Then at 85 I had a crisis. I looked at myself in the mirror one day, and saw an old man. I was overweight, my posture was terrible and there was skin hanging off me where muscle used to be. I looked like a wreck. I started to consider the fact that I was probably going to die soon.
So in my late-80s I joined a bodybuilding club.
There’s no research into bodybuilding for the over-80s, so it’s been an experiment. With weight-lifting and protein shakes, my body began to change. It became broader, more v-shaped, and my shoulders and biceps became more defined.
I’m not chasing youthfulness. I’m chasing health. People have been brainwashed to think that after you’re 65, you’re finished. We’re told that old age is a continuous state of decline, and that we should stop working, slow down and prepare to die. I disagree. To me, a 65-year-old is young. I turn 92 this year. It is a frightening prospect – the law of averages is against me, and, yes, one day something will happen and that will be it. But until that day comes, I’m going to carry on working on my abs.
Read MoreThe Chimes: Peachtree Corners Presbyterian — by Reverend Dr. John Cook
Over the recent years I have observed a culture shift in many Western churches.
Many church members today view the church like a cruise ship when it is actually a rowboat! That is, as long as my personal/family needs are met, and as long as programs are in place for when I want to attend, and as long as I feel satisfied when I leave the services which I choose to attend – then all is well.
But don’t ask me to come too often, or to help plan the programs, or to staff the needs or, to put it another way, to help row the boat!
Read MoreJoin a Network that’s Bigger and Better than Facebook — Revelation 7:9-17
Facebook has almost a billion monthly members, but there is a bigger and better community that you really should join!
God has a network. By faith we get connected in a community of saints.
If you will “Like” repentance and faith, then Jesus will share the same communion with the Father that He enjoys.
Our connection with Jesus will unite us with the Father, the Spirit, believers alive today, the Church of history and the glorified Church of tomorrow.
This community of believers is the only collection of people who are enabled to stand at the last day.
Read MoreJoin a Network that's Bigger and Better than Facebook — Revelation 7:9-17
Facebook has almost a billion monthly members, but there is a bigger and better community that you really should join!
God has a network. By faith we get connected in a community of saints.
If you will “Like” repentance and faith, then Jesus will share the same communion with the Father that He enjoys.
Our connection with Jesus will unite us with the Father, the Spirit, believers alive today, the Church of history and the glorified Church of tomorrow.
This community of believers is the only collection of people who are enabled to stand at the last day.
Read MoreThe Surprise Identity of the Sealed 144,000 — Revelation 7:1-8
Jesus told us to forgive 7 times 70, but we don’t think of 490, rather the spiritual lesson it symbolizes.
The Sealed 144,000 also holds symbolic truth. Do you know who they are?
Want a hint?
This group of people are protected from the wrath of God, but not the wrath of Satan.
They are protected from God’s condemnation for sin, but not the natural disasters at the end of the world.
Their eternal destiny is secure, but they will suffer in this life for Jesus’ sake.
They are not limited numerically to 144,000, yet God identifies them by that number.
There are battalions in twelve formations ready to die for the cause. They are soldiers of the Cross. They are beautiful in perfection, symbolized in the number twelve, and full in their assembly as symbolized in the number ten. Before reading further, who do you think they are?
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