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141 | DEPRESSION AND CHURCH ATTENDANCE | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 182671 | ||
TBN 'Paul Crouch* 'Paul Crouch and his wife, Jan, are the founders of the Trinity Broadcasting Network, which today has an estimated net worth of half a billion dollars. As Crouch himself puts it, "God has, indeed, given us the MOST POWERFUL VOICE in the history of the WORLD."65 Unfortunately, this voice is being used to promote teachings straight from the kingdom of the cults. Crouch's influence has become so vast that he can now raise as much as 50 million dollars during a single "Praise-a-Thon." What many of the well-intentioned Christians who support TBN do not know, however, is that part of this money goes to promoting cultic groups and individuals who not only deny the Trinity but claim that this essential of Christianity is a pagan doctrine.66 It is indeed ironic that a broadcasting network called "Trinity" would promote anti-Trinitarian doctrine. 'To those who would speak out against the false teachings proliferated on his network, Crouch has this to say: "I think they're damned and on their way to hell; and I don't think there's any redemption for them."67 Shortly after I met with Crouch to prove that the Faith movement compromises essential Christian doctrine, Crouch looked into the lens of the television camera and angrily declared, "If you want to criticize Ken Copeland for his preaching on faith, or Dad Hagin, get out of my life! I don't even want to talk to you or hear you. I don't want to see your ugly face. Get out of my face, in Jesus' name."68' _______________ *Paul Crouch. Numbers within or at the end of sentences are footnote numbers. To read the footnotes go to: (www.equip.org/free/DC755-1.htm) |
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142 | DEPRESSION AND CHURCH ATTENDANCE | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 182706 | ||
Saved, When I wrote the previous post, I was quoting another writer. I know enough about some of the leading programs on TBN to know that they are teaching very bad doctrine. But I don't know enough about TBN to list which shows are cults and which are not. What I can do is refer you to a document on the web that discusses some of the major false teachings of many preachers who are featured on TBN. To read the article go to: www.equip.org/free/DC755-2.htm In referring you to this website, it is not my aim to unjustly criticize anyone. However, bad doctrine is bad doctrine, which is dangerous and harmful. People have a right to know and Christians have an obligation to warn others of false teaching, whatever the source. We are not to coddle, excuse, or tolerate false doctrine. We are to expose and refute it. Grace to you, John |
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143 | NISB | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 182728 | ||
Hank, You write: "I don't clutter up any Bible that I own by writing in it -- no marginal notes and no highlighting or underlining. I do jot down notes with some frequency, but I do my jotting in a separate place, in a notebook/journal sort of thing." Amen! I do the same. I don't write in or mark up my Bible. When I make notes I do it in a separate place. One reason I don't highlight or mark a Bible is because of what I experienced long ago. In the early 70s I was reading and using a certain New Testament. In my enthusiasm I highlighted all the passages I found especially helpful or interesting. The only problem was that upon subsequent readings -- especially my daily Bible reading -- I was paying more attention to the highlighted passages and sort of overlooking the ones that weren't highlighted. Since then I have ceased highlighting so that when I read the Bible I will pay equal attention to all of it. Also, like you, I don't like the idea of making a mess of my Bibles. I don't condemn other for their practice of making notes and marking the text. After all, it's not a sin. :-) It's just that I prefer not to do it. Grace to you, John |
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144 | NISB | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 182730 | ||
Cuddle, I think perhaps you and I got off to a bad start when you first started posting to the Forum. The fault is mine. I frequently come across sounding harsher and more critical than I intend to. I apologize if I offended you in any way. I've been reading your posts with interest and hope that you will consider me your friend and ally. Grace and peace, John |
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145 | NASB with blank pages for notes? | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 182783 | ||
Try christianbook.com. I think they still list a few looseleaf Bibles in their catalog. |
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146 | what scripture says god's word is plain | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 182902 | ||
Please tell us the Bible book, chapter and verse where it says that the Bible is simple. Grace to you, John |
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147 | who are jehovahs witnesses | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 183341 | ||
CurtMan, When I posted the remark about being banned from a couple of chat rooms, I was quoting a writer who had that experience. I do not know any addresses, but perhaps a Google search will find some. I haven't read the book you mention, but it sounds good. Grace to you, John |
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148 | Abiding in Christ | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 183404 | ||
"To abide in Christ is, on the one hand, to have no known sin unjudged and unconfessed, no interest into which He is not brought, no life which He cannot share. On the other hand, the abiding one takes all burdens to Him, and draws all wisdom, life, and strength from Him. It is not unceasing consciousness of these things, and of Him, but that nothing is allowed in the life which separates from Him." ____________________ Source: Note at John 15:4, New Scofield Reference Bible, 1967, Oxford University Press) |
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149 | Abiding in Christ | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 183441 | ||
Jeff, Yes, I agree that a man's abiding is "a consistently improving situation that is ever drawing closer to the state" described in my previous post. It is as John MacArthur wrote when teaching on the evidences of genuine saving faith: "Without question Christians fail in each of these areas, but the direction of a Christian's life is to love God, hate sin, to live in humility and self-denial, recognizing his unworthiness and being devoted to the glory of God. It is not the perfection of one's life but the direction of a life that provides evidence of regeneration." "If you are a true Christian, you are going to be growing-and that means you are going to be more and more like Christ. Life produces itself. If you're alive you are going to grow, there's no other way. You'll improve. You'll increase. The Spirit will move you from one level of glory to the next. So examine your life. Do you see spiritual growth? Do you see the decreasing frequency of sin? Is there an increasing pattern of righteousness and devotion to God?" Grace to you, John |
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150 | Rapture....timing? | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 188687 | ||
Using the Search feature at www.studybibleforum.com, search for the word "rapture". Or Google it. | ||||||
151 | reason for update? | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 189360 | ||
Why was the NASB Updated? (Quoted from: A Look at the New American Standard Bible Spotlight Ministries, Vincent McCann, 1998 www.spotlightministries.org.uk) 'In 1995 the Lockman Foundation published the 'NASB Update'. As the name suggests, this is not actually a new version but rather a revision. The Foundation felt that because 25 years had passed since the appearance of the NASB it was in need of bringing more up to date. Updating included the following: removing the words thee and thou, consulting the newest scholarly editions of ancient Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic, and removing some of the idiosyncrasies found in the ancient languages that do not conform to English grammar. Some of these words were replaced with more modern equivalents and some sentences were rearranged to make them more understandable in English. Although the NASB Update is more fluid than its predecessor, it still remains as literal as possible, and while not good for public reading it is a good Bible for serious Bible study.' ____________________ (Source: A Look at the New American Standard Bible Spotlight Ministries, Vincent McCann, 1998 www.spotlightministries.org.uk) |
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152 | The APOCALYPSE CODE. | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 189767 | ||
What is dispensationalism? ____________________ "I don't want to say any more than that about dispensationalism. I don't believe there are two different kinds of salvation. I don't believe there are two different covenants. I don't believe there is a difference between the kingdom of God and the kingdom of heaven. I don't believe the Sermon on the Mount is for some future age. I don't believe that you can hack up New Testament books--some for the Jews and some for the Church. I think that the only thing the Bible really holds up in that kind of system [i.e., dispensationalism] is that there is a future for Israel, and that's an exegetical issue." ____________________ (The following Question was asked by a member of the congregation at Grace Community Church in Panorama City, California, and Answered by their pastor, John MacArthur Jr.) Source: www.biblebb.com/files/macqa/70-16-9.htm 'Question 'What is dispensationalism? And what is your position, from Scripture, on the subject? 'Answer 'I will try to condense this because I don't want to get too bogged down. Dispensationalism is a system. It is a system that got, sort of, out of control. I think it started out with a right understanding. The earliest and most foundational and helpful comprehension of dispensationalism was: '"That the Bible taught a unique place for Israel and that the Church could not fulfill God's promises to Israel, therefore, there is a still a future and a kingdom involving the salvation and the restoration and the reign of the nation Israel (historical Jews)." 'Dispensationalism at that level, (if we just take that much of it, and that's all I want to take of it, that's where I am on that), dispensationalism became the term for something that grew out of that and got carried away because it got more, and more, and more compounded. Not only was there a distinction between the Church and Israel, but there was a distinction between the new covenant for the Church, and the new covenant for Israel. And then there could become a distinction between the Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of Heaven; and there could become a distinction in the teaching of Jesus, between what He said for this age and what He said for the Millennial Age; and they started to even go beyond that; and then there were some books in the New Testament for the Church and some books in the New Testament for the Jews, and it just kept going and going and going until it became this very confounded kind of system... 'I really believe that they got carried away and started imposing on Scripture things that aren't in Scripture. For example, traditionally, dispensationalism says, "The Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7) has nothing to do with us, so we don't need to worry about it." When I went through the Sermon on the Mount in writing my commentary, as well, I pointed out how foolish that is.' (...) There Is A Real Future For Israel 'If you take a literal approach to Scripture, then you cannot conclude anything other than that God has a future for Israel. What that means is that the Church is distinct from Israel, and when God is through with the Church, and takes the church to glory then He brings that time of Jacob's distress, that we read about earlier, purges, redeems Israel, and the kingdom comes. 'I don't want to say any more than that about dispensationalism. I don't believe there are two different kinds of salvation. I don't believe there are two different covenants. I don't believe there is a difference between the kingdom of God and the kingdom of heaven. I don't believe the Sermon on the Mount is for some future age. I don't believe that you can hack up New Testament books--some for the Jews and some for the Church. I think that the only thing the Bible really holds up in that kind of system is that there is a future for Israel, and that's an exegetical issue.' To read more go to: www.biblebb.com/files/macqa/70-16-9.htm |
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153 | The APOCALYPSE CODE. | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 189770 | ||
InGodITrust, Please read again what I posted. Everything in quotation marks in that post was written by John MacArthur, including the pull quote at the beginning of the post. There are no words of my own before I quote John MacArthur. Moreover, I am in complete agreement with the quotation by MacArthur. If I did not make my meaning clear in my previous post, then the fault is mine. It was my failure to communicate clearly. Shalom, Kalos |
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154 | The APOCALYPSE CODE. | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 189844 | ||
InGodITrust, No problem. Apology accepted. There are several pastors and teachers on the Bott Radio Network whose teaching I have found to be reliable. That said, I value and agree with Dr. John MacArthur's teachings more than anyone else's. I use the MacArthur Study Bible daily, whih is more than any of the other seven study Bibles in my personal library. I have huge problems with Hank Hanegraaff's interpretation of Revelation and other eschatology passages. I respect and appreciate the fact that you fought for the USA in southeast Asia. Be blessed and be a blessing, Kalos |
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155 | The APOCALYPSE CODE. | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 189846 | ||
Justme, It was interesting to read about your core theology. I think I would have to say that my core theology starts with Deuteronomy 6:4. Grace to you, Kalos |
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156 | The APOCALYPSE CODE. | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 189847 | ||
"Many false prophets will arise and will mislead many." Matthew 24:11 'Popular TV preachers 'Joyce Meyer is one of America's best-known prosperity-gospel TV ministers -- preachers who teach that personal wealth can be attained through a strong faith in God and a strict adherence to the Bible. 'Following is an alphabetical list of a new wave of popular word-faith ministers who have used television to build large followings: (...) 'Kenneth and Gloria Copeland 'Headquarters: Fort Worth, Texas 'Reach: Ministry Web site says its TV show, "Believer's Voice of Victory," is seen by more than 76 million households on nearly 700 U.S. stations. Show also airs on about 135 international stations. 'Wealth: A ministry official estimates the ministry's annual revenue at 70 million [dollars] . (...) 'Jan and Paul Crouch 'Headquarters: Costa Mesa, Calif. 'Reach: The Crouches are owners of Trinity Broadcast Network, the world's largest Christian TV network. TBN reaches millions of viewers on more than 5,000 TV stations and 33 international satellites around the world. 'Wealth: The Crouches and their son Paul Crouch Jr. said they earned a total of 855,000 [dollars] last year. TBN's annual income exceeds 100 million [dollars] a year, according to the Los Angeles Times. The ministry provides the Crouches a 10 million [dollar] , 80-acre, eight-home ranch near Dallas and two Land Rovers that the Crouches drive. In 2001, the couple bought a 5 million [dollar] oceanfront estate in Newport Beach, Calif. (...) 'Creflo Dollar 'Headquarters: College Park, Ga. 'Reach: Dollar's "Changing Your World" TV program on TBN reaches 150 countries. 'Wealth: The ministry's income is unavailable, but newspaper accounts say the ministry paid 18 million [dollars] in cash for his new 8,000-seat World Changers Church International on the southern edge of Atlanta. He drives a black Rolls-Royce and travels in a 5 million [dollar] private jet. (...) 'Marilyn Hickey 'Headquarters: Denver 'Reach: Her TV show, "Today with Marilyn," on the TBN and Black Entertainment Television networks can be seen around the world. She has offices in England, South Africa and Australia, and is on the board of Oral Roberts University. 'Wealth: Her ministry occupies a 260,000-square-foot former shopping mall in Denver. No information on ministry or her personal wealth is available. 'In the news: She has been dubbed the "fairy godmother of the word-faith movement" and "the mistress of mail-order madness," by the Texas-based Christian Sentinel, a ministry that monitors what it calls "religious deception." Hickey got the "mistress" name for her use of trinkets - blessed cornmeal, cloths, seeds and coins - sent out to followers to urge them to send in money. 'Benny Hinn 'Headquarters: Grapevine, Texas 'Reach: Hinn's "This is Your Day" program is seen throughout the United States and in nearly 200 foreign countries. 'Wealth: The ministry took in 60 million [dollars] in 2001. A news story earlier this year in the Colorado Springs Gazette said annual income now exceeds 90 million [dollars]. Hinn told CNN in 1997 that he drew an annual salary of 500,000 [dollars] to 1 million [dollars] a year. He has a 3.5 million [dollar] home in the Los Angeles area and drives an 80,000 [dollar] Mercedes-Benz G500. 'In the news: A "Dateline" segment on NBC examined five of Hinn's faith-healing "miracles," showing that none of the people was cured and that one woman with lung cancer died nine months later. 'Rodney Howard-Browne 'Headquarters: The River at Tampa Bay, Tampa, Fla. 'Reach: His live broadcasts from his River at Tampa Bay Church stream online on his Internet site www.revival.com and can be seen worldwide. 'Wealth: He and his wife, Adonica, oversee his 16 million [dollar] church, which they founded in 1996. The couple live in a six-bedroom, four-bath lakefront home on Cory Lake in northwest Tampa. The home includes a dock, spa, pool and gazebo. 'In the news: Howard-Browne has called himself the "bartender of holy laughter." Holy laughter was a controversial movement that swept evangelical circles in the mid-1990s. He would walk on stage laughing uncontrollably. The congregation would begin laughing. Howard-Browne would sweep his arm toward the crowd. People would appear "drunk on the Holy Spirit" and slide out of their chairs or dance in the aisles.' ____________________ St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 11/18/2003 (http://www.stltoday.com/) matt2411 |
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157 | The APOCALYPSE CODE. | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 189848 | ||
The Gospel According to Joyce ____________________ "...no orthodox believer ever held to the belief that Christ suffered and atoned for our sins in hell, rather than on the cross." ____________________ Joyce Meyer teaches "the necessity of Jesus having to pay for our sins in hell, under the torment of Satan and his angels -- a teaching both unsubstantiated by and contrary to Scripture." ____________________ 'Joyce Meyer shares the platform from time to time with Word of Faith teachers like, for example, Kenneth Copeland, Jesse Duplantis, Benny Hinn, and T.D. Jakes.(5) Chrisitan Research Institute (CRI) is critical of and concerned with some of her practices and teachings. 'In her 1991 booklet, The Most Important Decision You Will Ever Make, she teaches a hallmark doctrine of Faith theology, namely, that Christ had to suffer in hell to atone for our sins and be born again: "During that time He entered hell, where you and I deserved to go (legally) because of our sin….He paid the price there.…no plan was too extreme…Jesus paid on the cross and in hell….God rose up from His throne and said to demon powers tormenting the sinless Son of God, “Let Him go.” Then the resurrection power of Almighty God went through hell and filled Jesus….He was resurrected from the dead -- the first born-again man.(6)" 'Her assertions are not unlike those of leading Word of Faith proponent Kenneth Copeland, who also believes Christ’s death on the cross was not sufficient to atone for our sins, and that His work of redemption was completed by suffering in hell and being born again. According to Copeland, "When Jesus cried, “It is finished!” He was not speaking of the plan of redemption. There were still three days and nights to go through before He went to the throne….Jesus’ death on the cross was only the beginning of the complete work of redemption.(7) "[The] word of the living God went down into the pit of destruction and charged the spirit of Jesus with resurrection power! Suddenly His twisted, death-wracked spirit began to fill out and come back to life. He began to look like something the devil had never seen before. He was literally being reborn before the devil’s very eyes. He began to flex His spiritual muscles….Jesus was born again -- the first-born from the dead.(8)" 'According to a recently published interview with free-lance writer Ken Walker, however, Meyer contradictorily denies ever believing or teaching that Christ was born again in hell.(9) 'Moreover, in her 1991 booklet, Meyer asserts that salvation is impossible without believing Jesus suffered in hell as the believer’s substitute. Meyer writes, “There is no hope of anyone going to heaven unless they believe this truth I am presenting. You cannot go to heaven unless you believe with all your heart that Jesus took your place in hell.”(10) 'While historic Christianity has debated the issue of whether or not Jesus actually descended into hell (e.g., to proclaim the gospel, declare victory, etc. [1 Peter 3:18-19), no orthodox believer ever held to the belief that Christ suffered and atoned for our sins in hell, rather than on the cross. 'Yet, Word of Faith teachers, including Joyce Meyer, teach the necessity of Jesus having to pay for our sins in hell, under the torment of Satan and his angels -- a teaching both unsubstantiated by and contrary to Scripture. The entirety of Christ’s atoning work (i.e., His suffering and death in our place) occurred on the cross (e.g., 1 Peter 2:24), ending with His proclamation, “It is finished” (John 19:30). The Christ of Faith theology literally had to become sin, taking on the nature of Satan while in hell, thereby needing to be born again in hell before His resurrection could occur.' (To read the entire, uncut article quoted above, please go to: http://www.equip.org/search/ and in the search field enter the words Joyce Meyer.) To learn more about the wonderful world of Satan and his powers, go to a Word of Faith website, e.g. Benny Hinn, Joyce Meyer, Ken Copeland, and others. They will tell you all about Satan's power and its near equality with God's power, how Satan can read our minds, how people who can't even get their own kids to obey them can order Satan around, how God owes us healing on demand, and many other fictions. Grace to you, kalos |
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158 | Why the NKJV over the NASB ? | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 190123 | ||
Huron, Thanks for your good post. You write: 'there is a concern about the newer translations being a "change" from the KJV. Secondly, I think that the NKJV is advertised more than the NASB.' Agreed. And thirdly, not only is the NKJV advertised more, it appears that it is relatively easy to get permission to use the NKJV as the text of various study and niche (specialized market) Bibles. Such, it seems, has not been the case with the NASB, which is the text of far fewer such Bibles. Also, speaking only for myself, the NASB is not at all wooden or clumsy to one who has been reading the KJV for more than 50 years. :-) Grace to you, Kalos |
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159 | Why the NKJV over the NASB ? | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 190124 | ||
Mark, Good post. I agree that following the Greek word order is more of a plus than a minus for the NASB. "What good is readability if a translation does not accurately render what the Bible actually says?" --Leland Ryker, author of "The Word of God in English: Criteria for Excellence in Bible Translation" Grace to you, Kalos |
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160 | Why the NKJV over the NASB ? | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 190125 | ||
Justme, As you say, in the past we didn't even know the KJV was written at the 11th-grade level. But don't worry! Thanks to the public school system in the U.S. the reading levels, like our money, are being inflated. Just as it now takes ten dollars to buy the same item that cost one dollar years ago, eventually it will take a college graduate to read what an 11th grader was able to read in 1960. Grace to you, Kalos |
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