30 Oct 09 – Would you let a teacher, a convicted child molester teach your kids?

The bible very CLEARLY shows that IF Washington DC is NOT destroyed by a nuke by 1 NOV 2009 then Vincent Xavier MUST step down or be removed from ministry in accordance with God’s word.
IF there is no nuke, then he is NOT listening to the Almighty God of the bible, but rather a [...]

Elisha and the Sons of the Prophets by T. Austin-Sparks

 
The Power of His Resurrection
by T. Austin-Sparks
Chapter 3 – Elisha and the Sons of the Prophets
Reading: 2 Kings 2.
In this chapter Elisha comes into view in relation to the sons of the prophets. They also are mentioned more than at any other time, and on quite a number of occasions they are in evidence in [...]

How Willingly Do People Go to Hell?- By John Piper

How Willingly Do People Go to Hell?- By John Piper
Does Anyone Standing by the Lake of Fire Jump In?
 
EXCERPT
What sinners want is not hell but sin. That hell is the inevitable consequence of unforgiven sin does not make the consequence desirable. It is not what people want—certainly not what they “most want.” Wanting sin is [...]

Bibles seized as Malaysia minorities fear fundamentalism

(CNN) — Authorities in Malaysia have seized more than 20,000 Bibles in recent months because they refer to God as “Allah,” Christian leaders said Thursday.
Read here:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/29/malaysia.bibles.seized/index.html

I Almost Sold My Soul. [Mynista T.V. #20/Mynista's Story]

Fiji’s coup and the politics of ethnicity

 
Read full report here:
http://www.cdnn.info/news/travel/t091029.html

The Unknown Saints-By A.W. Tozer

 
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH IN A FINE PASSAGE states his belief that there are many more poets in the world than we suppose,
“. . .men endowed with highest gifts,
The vision and the faculty divine,”
but who are unknown because they lacked or failed to cultivate the gift of versification.
 
Then he sums up his belief in a sentence that [...]

JESTING PILATE-by Joy Davidman

SMOKE ON THE MOUNTAIN
An Interpretation of the Ten Commandments In Terms of Today
by Joy Davidman
JESTING PILATE
Chapter Nine
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. Exod. 20. 16.
There was a pious man who said he knew of a plot to overthrow the Government; his conscience made him tell. The plotters he named belonged to a [...]

“Worshipping in Spirit and in Truth” -By T. Austin Sparks

“That They May All Be One, Even As We Are One” – Volume 1
by T. Austin-Sparks
 
Meeting 5 – “Worshipping in Spirit and in Truth” Fifth Meeting
(February 5, 1964 A.M.)
 
I think it is understood that in these meetings I am not giving formal addresses. I am just seeking to bring you to the foundation principles [...]

How to Know Man- By Watchman Nee

 
To know man is vital to a worker. When someone comes to us, we must discern his spiritual condition, his nature, and the extent of his spiritual progress. We must determine whether he has said what is really in his heart and how much he has left unsaid. Further, we should perceive his characteristics—whether he [...]

Temperament in the Christian Life-By A.W. Tozer

A CELEBRATED AMERICAN PREACHER once advanced the novel theory that the various denominations with their different doctrinal emphases served a useful purpose as gathering places for persons of similar temperaments. Christians, he suggested, tend to gravitate toward others of like mental types. Hence the denominations.
 
Undoubtedly this is oversimplification carried to the point of error. There [...]

Racism in Multicultural Britain – Part 1

Watchman Nee – The Importance of Brokenness (Part 2 of 2)

Watchman Nee – The Importance of Brokenness (Part 1 of 2)

How to Make Spiritual Progress- By A.W. Tozer

THE COMPLACENCY of CHRISTIANS is the scandal of Christianity.
Time is short, and eternity is long. The end of all things is at hand. Man has proved himself morally unfit to manage the world in which he has been placed by the kindness of the Almighty. He has jockeyed himself to the edge of the crater [...]

Pastor Kayanja Sodomy Case, Arrested Ugandan Pastors and Homosexuals

Kato Mivule | October 28, 2009
 
In what seems to be another typical African Leadership Elite case of fraud, bribery, corruption, walking above the law, mafia-ism, cover-ups, and using state resources to protect the rich and powerful, Uganda’s Government went ahead yesterday and charged local Pastors with “criminal trespass” for allegedly causing injury to the reputation [...]

Lights In The World- by Watchman Nee

Without fear of challenge Jesus could say: “I am the light of the world” (John 8:12). His claim does not surprise us in the least. What is surprising, however, is that he should then say to his disciples, and so by implication to us: “Ye are the light of the world” (Matt. 5:14). For he [...]

The cult of Brian – Destiny Church members take oath of allegiance

 
New Zealand’s cult watch has placed Destiny Church at the danger level. The formerly apostolic, now independent prosperity gospel New Zealand mega church had 700 male church members swear an oath of allegiance to the self-proclaimed bishop of Destiny, Brian Tamaki this weekend.
Destiny Church falls under the cult of personality, and theologically and sociologically is [...]

What is Your Life by Leonard Ravenhill – Part 1

Sins of Laodicea by Leonard Ravenhill – Part 1

Niall Ferguson – Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World – Heaven’s Breed 1/5

Historian and presenter Niall Ferguson takes us on a fascinating journey in both time and space to explore the impact of the British empire on the modern world. From the earliest British settlers in Virginia to the decline of the empire in the aftermath of the two World Wars, positive and negative aspects of the [...]

Slavery and the slave trade-Europe 1700-1914

EXCERPT
Some 11 million Africans survived the Atlantic crossing – the largest forcible migration in human history.
Read here:
http://europetransformed.blogspot.com/2006/10/slavery-and-slave-trade.html

THE BELIEVER’S MISTAKE- By Watchman Nee

 
We must not fall under the misapprehension that those believers who are deceived by evil spirits must be the most defiled, degenerate, and sinful. They are on the contrary oftentimes fully surrendered Christians spiritually more advanced than ordinary believers. They strive to obey God and are willing to pay any cost. Unwittingly do they stumble [...]

The Gaze of the Soul-By A.W. Tozer

 
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith.-Heb. 12:2
 
Let us think of our intelligent plain man mentioned in cnapter six coming for the first time to the reading of the Scriptures. He approaches the Bible without any previous knowledge of what it contains. He is wholly without prejudice; he has nothing to prove [...]

THE BELIEVER AND EMOTION- By Watchman Nee

CHAPTER I–Part 7
 
ALTHOUGH A CHRISTIAN may have experienced deliverance from sin, he shall continue to be soulish-that is, powerless to overcome his natural life-if he fails to experience additionally the deep work of the cross wrought by the Holy Spirit. A limited description of the life and work of soulish Christians has been given earlier. [...]

Boasting or Belittling- By A.W. Tozer

 
WE ALL know how painful it is to be forced to listen to a confirmed boaster sound off on his favorite topic – himself. To be the captive of such a man even for a short time tries our patience to the utmost and puts a heavy strain upon our Christian charity.
 
Boasting is particularly offensive [...]

Evangelists target unreligious New England

Several Christian denominations see region as a ripe “mission field”
WATERTOWN, Mass. – It’s hard to tell in the quiet of a color-splashed autumn morning, but Redeemer Fellowship Church is trying to set roots in a rough neighborhood. For churches, anyway.
Read here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33519180/ns/us_news-faith/
 
 

Frustrated with False Teachers?-by Bud Press

October 28, 2009
 
Frustrated with False Teachers?
by Bud Press
 
Excerpt:

I think Benny Hinn is amazing, and his teachings are simply out of this world…

Read here:
http://christianresearchservice.blogspot.com/2009/10/frustrated-with-false-teachers.html
http://christianresearchservice.blogspot.com
 
 
 

JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH -By Oswald Chambers

 
Reading for Wednesday 28th October 2009
 
For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
 
I am not saved by believing; I realize I am saved by believing. It is not repentance that saves me, repentance is the [...]

Spurgeon – The World Turned Upside Down (Part 1 of 4)

Mutual Refreshing-By Watchman Nee

In John’s Gospel there is recorded an event which only he has preserved for us. It is an event full of divine meaning and one which greatly helps to illumine for us this problem of living in the world. I refer to the incident in Chapter 13 in which our Lord Jesus girds himself with [...]

[Threshers] The Threshing Floor Radio Show-October 28, 2009-Light Bearers vs. Prophets of Doom

It needs to said—again and again: it is time for balance in the operation of prophecy. Rampaging on the landscape of alternative media (shortwave, satellite, web radio) are a strange brew of enterprising personalities, who apparently think the prophetic mantle includes running a “fear for profit” cottage industry.
The “big league” master is Steve Quayle, who [...]

“God Hath Spoken” -Chapter 1 -The Final Message of God-by T. Austin-Sparks

“God Hath Spoken”
by T. Austin-Sparks
 
Chapter 1 – The Final Message of God
 
Preamble
 
The “Preface” to any book is intended to serve the purpose of letting its readers know what the writer has to say as to his purpose in writing, and anything that does not really form a part of the subject matter. [...]

“Behold My Servant”-Chapter 10 – The Servant’s Continual Need of Grace-by T. Austin-Sparks

“Behold My Servant”
by T. Austin-Sparks
 
Chapter 10 – The Servant’s Continual Need of Grace
 
Reading: Luke 9:28-36; Matt. 17:1-9; Mark 14:66-72; 2 Pet. 1:18.One would not put these Scriptures together in this way – for it would seem rather unfair to Peter – but for the fact that this account given in “Mark” of Peter’s [...]

The Importance of Sound Doctrine-By A.W. Tozer

IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE to overemphasize the importance of sound doctrine in the life of a Christian. Right thinking about all spiritual matters is imperative if we would have right living. As men do not gather grapes of thorns nor figs of thistles, sound character does not grow out of unsound teaching.
 
The word doctrine means [...]

Foundations-Chapter 3 -Why the Foundations Should be Soundly Laid – By T. Austin Sparks

Foundations
by T. Austin-Sparks
 
Chapter 3 – Why the Foundations Should be Soundly Laid
 
Reading: Psalm 11:3; Ephesians 4:7,8,11-16.
 
We shall now proceed with a further aspect of the important matter of foundations. In that eleventh Psalm from which we started our meditation there is one feature which is common to the whole subject of foundations [...]

The Call of Christ-A.W. Tozer

TO BE CALLED TO FOLLOW CHRIST is a high honor; higher indeed than any honor men can bestow upon each other.
 
Were all the nations of the earth to unite in one great federation and call a man to head that federation, that man would be honored above any other man that ever lived. Yet the [...]

The Cup and The Fire-Chapter 1 – The Relationship Between The Cup and The Fire-by T. Austin-Sparks

The Cup and The Fire
by T. Austin-Sparks
 
Chapter 1 – The Relationship Between The Cup and The Fire
 
Reading: Mark 10:35-39; Matthew 26:27,28,39,42; Luke 22:20; John 18:11; 1 Corinthians 10:16; 11:26.
 
I came to cast fire upon the earth; and would that it were already kindled! But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and [...]

On Taking Too Much for Granted-By A.W.Tozer

ONCE MARY AND JOSEPH, with a number of friends and relatives, were traveling back home from Jerusalem and, supposing the young Jesus to be in the company, went a whole day’s journey before discovering that He had been left behind.
 
Their fault was that they assumed that what they wanted to believe was so in fact. [...]

God Must Be Loved for Himself-By A.W. Tozer

GOD BEING WHO HE is must always be sought for Himself, never as a means toward something else.
 
Whoever seeks other objects and not God is on his own; he may obtain those objects if he is able, but he will never have God. God is never found accidentally. “Ye shall seek me, and find me, [...]

A Christless Pentecost-By David Wilkerson

The following is a prophetic warning from Azusa Street 75 years ago, concerning the dangers of a Chrisiless Pentecost!
      Frank Bartleman was an eyewitness to the out-pouring of the Holy Spirit in 1907 at Azusa Street, Los Angeles. He has been characterized as the Reporter of the Azusa Street Revival. Nearly 75 years ago, during the [...]

The Samuel Company-By David Wilkerson

 
Where are the Samuels who have heard the voice of God, who have been awakened by the Holy Spirit and have received a revelation of soon-coming judgments upon a backslidden Church? Why aren’t all preachers of the Gospel grieving over the sinful condition of God’s house? Why aren’t all pastors and evangelists crying out as [...]

The Greatness of Christ-by T. Austin-Sparks

Four Greatnesses of Divine Revelation
by T. Austin-Sparks
Chapter 1 – Part 1: The Greatness of Christ
 
The Greatness of Christ as King
 
We begin now with the first—the Greatness of Christ. He is brought into view by the foreshadowing in Solomon, whose name, as you know, was alternatively Jedidiah: ‘Beloved of God’ (2 Samuel 12:25).  How [...]

Four Greatnesses of Divine Revelation-Chapter 9 – Part 4 – The Greatness of the Word of God-by T. Austin-Sparks

Four Greatnesses of Divine Revelation
by T. Austin-Sparks
Chapter 9 – Part 4 – The Greatness of the Word of God
Read: John 1:1,14; Revelation 19:13; John 6:63; John 8:47; 14:10.

We come to the fourth of those four greatnesses of Divine revelation—the greatness of the Word of God.  Let me say at once that it is [...]

Pioneers of the Heavenly Way-Chapter 3 – Abraham – A Great Pioneer-by T. Austin-Sparks

Pioneers of the Heavenly Way
by T. Austin-Sparks
 
Chapter 3 – Abraham – A Great Pioneer
Reading: Hebrews 11:13-16
 
We return now to Abraham as one of the representative pioneers of the heavenly way. We begin by reiterating one thing which was so true of Abraham, but which must be true, and is always true, of every [...]

Tearing Down The Altar Of Baal by David Wilkerson

(MUST SEE!) “By His Grace” (VinnieActs2030’s Testimony)

Having a bad day? Do you feel alone and abandoned? Know that nothing is impossible with God. I am proud to say that Vinnie is my dear friend and brother in Christ.
Be blessed,
Bud

Faith: The Misunderstood Doctrine- By A.W. Tozer

IN THE DIVINE SCHEME OF SALVATION the doctrine of faith is central. God addresses His words to faith, and where no faith is, no true revelation is possible. “Without faith it is impossible to please him.”
 
Every benefit flowing from the atonement of Christ comes to the individual through the gateway of faith. Forgiveness, cleansing, regeneration, [...]

The Wrath of God: What Is It?-By A.W. Tozer

 
IT IS RARE that there is anything good in human anger. Almost always it springs out of unholy states of heart, and frequently it leads to cursing and violence. The man of evil temper is unpredictable and dangerous and is usually shunned by men of peace and good will.
 
There is a strong tendency among religious [...]

Absurdity of Christian Legislation

 
Arthur Owiti | October 26, 2009
This has been one weapon that the Christian Political wing has been wielding and still wants to wield worldwide—an area our Lord Jesus Christ did not venture nor omission us to venture  -  using politics  as a means to change the world.
Christians who advocate for Moral Legislation are deceived and [...]