In part 1 of this post, I gave an introduction, exposing the fact that gimmicks are used in the church. For those whom are offended, continue to read. I make no apologies because this is my experience and it happens is churches everywhere. There are so many rituals in the average church worship service, things like: stand up, read this, sit down, stand again, go to three people and say this.
Programs are sponsored by churches to get people in the door, increase the Sunday School attendance and raise money for the new flat screens in the over flow room. There are a host of methods used to get people in the door and weather you like reading about it or not, when you appeal to what attracts people, your no doubt marketing and there is a gimmick to most if not all marketing strategies. Read more on Using Gimmicks In The Church – Part 2…
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I though I would spend some time writing articles to provoke some thinking into the reader. I didn’t hear much on the news this evening about the end of the world on the 21st of May. Maybe people are tired of being scared or the doom Sayers are regretting they quit their jobs.
On a serious note, instead of invoking fear into people, why not share the good news of Jesus Christ? I guess since many church goers have managed to fumble the good news, fear was the better option. Gloating over the fact they you won’t be here and YOU will be left behind is hardly what i think Jesus had in mind in demonstrating love and spreading the gospel.
If the mathematicians and engineers could determine this date, I wonder why didn’t launch a salvation campaign many years ago. So, now people are to read and study their bibles to validate the claims. There is no time for study, but there is plenty of time for repentance and acceptance of the gospel message. If there will be vanishing Christians on the 21st, it seems they are not inviting anyone else, they’re too intoxicated with leaving this place to tell you…only believe, believe in the risen savior. Salvation in so simple, church folk have really complicated it.
Originally posted 2011-05-17 22:59:57. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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Today I would like to share with you the word “Fellowship” as rendered from the Greek word in the New Testament in the KJV “Koinonia”. The word is from the Greek root word “Koinonos”, which is translated partaker five times, partner three times, fellowship one time and companion one time for a total of ten times.
The word “fellowship” (Koinonia) is used in the New Testament a total of twenty times in eighteen verses. It is often rendered fellowship, communion, communication and contribution. The word koinonia often is used as the share which one has in something or ones participation. In current vernacular, fellowship is often used as a meeting or a get together of believers even as, “hanging out with Christians”. The word is also used today as a state of being in alignment with God’s Word and His Will. Read more on Fellowship Forever…
Originally posted 2010-03-01 07:39:49. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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The Unpardonable Sin, What is it, Who Can Commit it, What Can Be Done? I am often asked questions about the Unpardonable Sin and Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost. In this article I am going to give an answer that will take away both doubts and your excuses. In order to do that I we wish to look at the biblical text that has given rise to this errant and atrocious doctrine. It has to do with Jesus’ comments to the Pharisees about their spiritual status and one of the erroneous doctrines that has emerged as a result of those comments. I have noticed, through the years, that God’s people are always looking for this so-called unpardonable sin in the Scriptures–something people can do that will put them out of favor with God from which they can never recover–an unforgivable sin against the Holy Ghost. The truth of the matter is that there is no unpardonable sin in the Bible. This doctrine is the product of overworked imaginations, fearful minds, self-righteous attitudes, people trying to get attention and pity by being pathetic and negative, and misunderstandings of these biblical passages. Read more on The So-Called Unpardonable Sin – The Sin Against the Holy Ghost…
Originally posted 2010-03-23 17:31:15. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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