“God is love, and HE WHO REMAINS IN LOVE remains in God, and GOD REMAINS IN HIM. In this, love has been made perfect among us, that we may have BOLDNESS IN THE DAY of judgment, *because* AS HE IS, even SO ARE WE in this world.” – 1 John 4:16-17 Continue reading “Who-Goes-To-Heaven Scriptures — Narrow is the Way | Who are the Children of God? — "There is therefore now *no condemnation* to those who are IN CHRIST Jesus, who don’t WALK according to the flesh, but ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT"”
The Discovery of Noah’s Ark – A G. Edward Griffin Film (1993)
The Discovery of Noah’s Ark – It’s Really There!
Noah’s Ark has been found, and here is the evidence, including photographs You can visit it yourself without having to climb a glacier to get there! It is in Turkey 17 miles from Mt. Ararat at the 6,000 foot elevation. It was man-made, was designed as a boat, incorporates principles of advanced hydrodynamics, had decks and interior chambers, is the proper dimension, is in the right geographical location, is accompanied by large anchor stones, has been visited by religious pilgrims for thousands of years, is consistent with the Bible, the Koran, the Torah, and the ancient tablets from Sumer, and is surrounded by mountains and villages which carry names from antiquity relating to the Ark’s landing. This 1993 documentary was produced and narrated by G. Edward Griffin and features expert testimony by David Fasold, Donald Patten, Sam Windsor, and Marvin Luckerman. A DVD is available from www.realityzone.com.
March 17, 2022
Bill Mounce: Does the Present Tense Necessarily Mean “Now but not later”? (1 Tim 2:12)
Does the Present Tense Necessarily Mean “Now but not later”? (1 Tim 2:12) – Mondays with Mounce
Bill Mounce January 9, 2023
1 Timothy 2:12 is one of the most debated verses today. My point in discussing it is not to enter into the general debate but to deal with an erroneous misunderstanding of the present tense. Most of what follows comes from my commentary on the Pastorals. Continue reading “Bill Mounce: Does the Present Tense Necessarily Mean “Now but not later”? (1 Tim 2:12)”
Jesus said people will be tormented in hell (not annihilated) in 13 passages
Select Scriptures from my post: Jesus speaks on Hell and Destruction in Forty Six versus in the Bible
Matthew 8:12
12But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
Matthew 13:42
42and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 13:49-50
49So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come forth, separate the wicked from among the just, 50and cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.”
Matthew 18:8
8“If your hand or foot causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life lame or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet, to be cast into the everlasting fire. Continue reading “Jesus said people will be tormented in hell (not annihilated) in 13 passages”
How different are the Majority Text and Textus Receptus? (with a book recommendation)
Not very different. Both are reliable; though, sadly, most modern NT translations are based on the full-of-errors Egyptian or Alexandrian texts that were deceptively made famous by Westcott and Hort in the 19th century called the critical text, and now the USB or Nestle Aland text.
Book mentioned: When The KJV Departs From The “Majority” Text
Sermon on the Mount 7 – Lust, Adultery & Victory Over Both – Matthew 5:27-30 – Kerrigan Skelly — “Is a little bit of pleasure you receive from lust worth everything: your life, your soul, your *eternity*?”
What Jesus said: Adultery in the Heart (Matthew 5:27-30)
“You have heard that it was said to those of old [old covenant], ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you [new covenant] that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell. And if your right hand [masturbation] causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.
Kerrigan Skelly explains: Jesus’ lust warning is serious! @ 39:00
“What I think Jesus is trying to communicate right here using hyperbole [overstatement to make a graphic point] is to teach this truth:
Do whatever it takes to get rid of the sin. Do whatever it takes. Why? Because your sin will cost you everything, everything in the end. And it’s better to lose whatever you have to lose than to keep sinning and lose Jesus and salvation. It’s better to get rid of whatever you need to get rid of to stop from going to eternal hell in the end.
Lust also many times involves the use of your hand or your hands. The same principle applies to verse 30 as to verse 29.
The question remains: is a little bit of pleasure you receive from lust worth everything: your life, your soul, your eternity? And if you answer ‘no,’ you need to prove it by your actions.”
False doctrine starts if we conform the Word to our experience – Skelly @ 1:03:35
“Conforming the Word to your experience instead of conforming your experience to the Word is definitely a problem. That’s how false doctrine starts.”
Phil Keaggy – ‘Beyond Nature’ 1991 (full album)!!!
Peaceful and Repeatable!
Phil Keaggy Interview Feb. 2023
Though known as one of the greatest guitarists, who has played on well over 100 albums, Phil has always had a sweet and gentle spirit — not prideful.
These interviewers like his rockier tunes, but my favorite Phil Keaggy albums are his instrumental masterpieces:
The Master and the Musician, 1978
The Wind and the Wheat, 1987
Beyond Nature, 1991
‘The Christian and Romans 7’ [1976] by Shem Peachey — ‘Paul still defeated after born-again’ excuse was invented by Augustine, 4th century; adopted by Luther & Calvin, 16th | Difference between chapters 7 & 8 is the same as between Old & New Testaments (Law vs Spirit)
Related at ONEcanhappen:
Bruce Ware: Christians are wrongly using Romans 7 to justify defeat in their lives!
Paul Furlong: How Romans 7 is unbiblically used to justify sinning
Noteworthy texts not mentioned:
Paul was an overcomer:
“..I also practice ALWAYS having a conscience void of offense toward God and men” (Acts 24:16).
We can always overcome temptation by God’s grace:
“No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.” – 1 Cor. 10:13
– –
The Christian and Romans 7
by Shem Peachey
[Out of print – 1976]
How would you feel if the Bible taught that you could never rise higher in your spiritual life than the man in Romans 7? Would you shout “Praise the Lord” or would you flounder in the “Slough of Despond”? Let us together be challenged to understand Romans 7 as we believe Paul intended for it to be understood.
Chapter 6 is recognized as the new birth passage of Romans, echoing chapter 5. “How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?” (Romans 6:2). Romans 6:1-11 explains the process of the new birth, and 6:12-23 describes the new life. Repeatedly, we are said to have died with Christ and to sin. Four times we are said to be risen with Christ, or to be alive unto God. And three times in Romans 6 we are said to be free from sin. Continue reading “‘The Christian and Romans 7’ [1976] by Shem Peachey — ‘Paul still defeated after born-again’ excuse was invented by Augustine, 4th century; adopted by Luther & Calvin, 16th | Difference between chapters 7 & 8 is the same as between Old & New Testaments (Law vs Spirit)”
Craig Keener: The Asbury revival 2023 backstory
Minute-2:40: It started with singing that just kept going after chapel was supposed to end. Keener didn’t even feel anything during the first three days.
In comparison, the glorious Asbury Revival 1970 that blew everyone away seems to have been instead initiated by people confessing their sins and getting right with one another.
• • •
Some of the backstory and personal encounters involved in the 2023 Asbury revival
Continue reading “Craig Keener: The Asbury revival 2023 backstory”
Craig Keener: Asbury Outpouring – I never saw THIS before
No classes were cancelled this time, unlike the glorious Asbury Revival 1970, where they were all cancelled.
Continue reading “Craig Keener: Asbury Outpouring – I never saw THIS before”
From Satanism to Christ: The Testimony of Joe Schimmel
Spend an hour with Pastor, Evangelist and Author, Joe Schimmel, as he shares his personal testimony. Hear how he was delivered from Satan’s grip through rock music and delivered into God’s glorious light.
Continue reading “From Satanism to Christ: The Testimony of Joe Schimmel”
“Asbury Revival” – My First Hand Account – From Street Preacher and Pastor Kerrigan Skelly
– –
Skelly says what he saw and felt firsthand was good, but not much different than the worship at his own church — doesn’t see Asbury 2023 as an actual revival, which is what I’ve been thinking; though, I appreciate the hunger.
To see real revival, we need holiness, being able to worship God in Spirit and in truth, with clean hands and pure consciences. Then when we draw near to God He’ll draw near to us in glory, like Jesus promised in John 17.
Prov. 3:5-6: “Trust in the LORD with ALL your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in ALL your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight”
“Trust in the LORD with ALL your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in ALL your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.” – Prov. 3:5-6 MSB
David Pawson: “The church follows the world, only 15 years later. Christian men ought to be leading society uphill”
“Christian men ought to be leading society uphill, rather than following society downhill. But it seems to me that the church follows the world, only 15 years later. … The world accepted homosexuality 20 years ago, the church is just now beginning to accept it. … Christians are just slowly following the world downhill.”
Why we think Hell is too much punishment
We are often trying to evaluate the properness of the punishments we see in our society and even in the Bible. This, I think, is one area where we our intuitions are generally off base.
Let me add some more thoughts for you to consider as you evaluate this idea. Did you know that most prisoners agree that their prison sentences are too harsh? Did you know that criminals are far more likely to have a low view of law enforcement in general? While we can grant that, in some cases, people are unjustly punished by the law we can also recognize that people who break the law are generally more likely to minimize their offense and think that even a just sentence is unjust. But what if we apply this observation to people’s intuitions about the justness of Hell? It basically means that those who have moral guilt before God are more likely to think that Hell is unjust than they are to think that their sin deserves such a punishment. It seems to be a constant feature of the human condition that we will justify ourselves and even go so far as to demonize God Himself if He is going to truly bring down justice for our sins. I think it’s much more wise to assume that, if I can’t see the justness of Hell, then God is wiser than me and I am suffering from a culture of minimizing sin.
The full answer and context for this video is found HERE – 
• 20 Questions with…
Mike Winger: All The Head Covering Debates (1 Cor 11): Women in Ministry part 10
0:00 Intro
DIFFERENT WAYS OF INTERPRETING 1 Cor 11
12:05 The Traditional Interpretation
47:36 The Hairstyle View
1:02:32 The Refutation View
1:05:13 The “It Doesn’t Belong in the Bible” View
1:06:25 The “Cloth Covering but not Submission” View
1:17:15 How we are going to make sense of all this (14 questions)
THE 14 QUESTIONS THAT WILL EXPLAIN THIS PASSAGE
1:19:32 #1 Does this passage belong in the Bible?
1:27:11 #2 Is Paul refuting, rather than teaching, much of what we read here?
1:37:02 #3 What does “head” (kephale) mean in this passage?
1:50:41 #4 What were the ongoing cultural customs around head coverings?
3:15:03 #5 What does Paul want men to do?
3:17:39 #6 What does Paul want women to do?
3:21:53 #7 What is Paul’s point about the order and purpose in the creation of man and woman in vs. 8-9?
3:40:44 #8 What does “nature” mean in vs 14?
3:59:50 #9 Is this passage about women and men or husbands and wives?
4:06:15 #10 How is woman the glory of man and man the glory of God? And what about the image language in vs 7?
4:35:02 #11 Does the woman have a “symbol of authority” on her head or does she “have authority over her own head” in vs 10?
5:00:40 #12 What does “because of the angels” man in vs 10?
5:24:26 #13 Is this whole thing really based on the ancient medical idea that women’s hair functioned as a testicle? [Michael Heiser’s view]
6:10:50 #14 How does it apply today?
6:37:00 Conclusion: What 1 Cor 11 means for the Women in Ministry series.
Continue reading “Mike Winger: All The Head Covering Debates (1 Cor 11): Women in Ministry part 10”
Joe Schimmel: Are Female Pastors Biblical?
On today’s broadcast we examine 15 reasons from scripture why female pastors are not Biblical according to the word of God.(Timestamps)
00:00 – 00:27 Trailer
00:28 – 08:30 Introduction
08:33 – 11:13 Certain men not to teach false doctrine 1 Timothy 1:3
11:14 – 14:26 1 Timothy 2:8
14:27 – 17:06 Entire submissiveness 1 Timothy 2:11-12
17:06 – 22:45 Creative order 1 Timothy 2:13
22:45 – 26:33 The woman was deceived 1 Timothy 2:14
26:34 – 31:36 Child bearing 1 Timothy 2:15
31:37 – 34:34 He desires 1 Timothy 3:1
34:44 – 37:01 Overseer and a husband 1 Timothy 3:2
37:05 – 41:18 Paul’s purpose for writing 1 Timothy 3:15
41:19 – 44:14 Entrust to men 2 Timothy 2:2
44:17 – 45:14 Man above reproach Titus 1:5
45:15 – 48:40 Women encourage women Titus 2:3
48:40 – 55:05 Divine Romance 1 Timothy 3:16 Ephesians 5:22-33
55:06 – 58:45 Tickling of the ears 2 Timothy 4:1
58:45 – End Email sent in to Goodnight regarding women teaching with cultural relevance
Continue reading “Joe Schimmel: Are Female Pastors Biblical?”
David Pawson: False teachers gain credibility by twisting scriptures to push OSAS
Quote from David Pawson: Once Saved Always Saved? (p. 97)
False teachers can increase their credibility by quoting scriptures and claiming to explain the difficult passages, especially in Paul’s letters, which ‘ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other scriptures, to their own destruction’ (2 Peter 3:16). Note that Paul’s epistles are already classed as ‘scriptures’, alongside the Old Testament, by the time 2 Peter was written; and that some parts of them were already proving ‘hard to understand’! The closing exhortation is accordingly appropriate: ‘Therefore, dear friends, since you already know this, be on your guard so that you may not be carried away by the error of lawless men and fall from your secure position’ (2 Peter 3:17).
David Pawson: Men For God Part 1 — “Christian men ought to be leading society uphill, rather than following society downhill”
David Pawson’s book: Leadership is Male: What Does the Bible Say? [Leadership is male “in the home and in the church”]
“This doesn’t put women down at all. It puts men face to face with their responsibility.”
– David Pawson says about this book in another video
– –
Part 1:
“We’re living in a funny world, a world in which people don’t want to accept what God has made them. … Most of the [homosexual] men I’ve counseled … are men who wanted to be looked after, rather than the responsibility of looking after anyone else.”
“Christian men ought to be leading society uphill, rather than following society downhill. But it seems to me that the church follows the world, only 15 years later. … The world accepted homosexuality 20 years ago, the church is just now beginning to accept it. … Christians are just slowly following the world downhill.”
1:08:30 The trend to remove gender from even God in Bibles:
“It is all part of a mood in which the church is accepting the spirit of the age, rather than asking the Holy Spirit to be the leader.”
Notes from biblecover2cover‘s upload that is no more:
Why is it easier to get women converted than men?
What are the differences between men and women?
Is a man’s daily work a necessary evil or is his full-time Christian service?
How can we disciple men today?
• • •
David Pawson: Male and Female (Men For God Series pt. 2) — “A man can separate his thoughts and his feelings”
David Pawson’s book: Leadership is Male: What Does the Bible Say? [Leadership is male “in the home and in the church”]
“This doesn’t put women down at all. It puts men face to face with their responsibility.”
– David Pawson says about this book in another video
– –
“A man is goal oriented. A woman is need oriented.”
“A man can separate his thoughts and his feelings. A woman can’t. … And this is why you can argue with a man, but not with a woman. If you argue with a man it’s thoughts challenging thoughts.”
“God made us complementary, not just within marriage, but within society generally.”
“The male is responsible, and the female is responsive.”
“A woman can get a sexual message from any part of her skin,” unlike a man.
“The human species is the only species where the female has full breasts when not feeding young. … Now what’s the significance of that? For that, we have to turn to the Song of Solomon…. They’re for comfort and companionship with someone of the other sex within marriage.”
“A man, on the whole, trusts his intellect much more than a woman, where as she will trust her intuition.”
“Language is on the woman’s side of the brain. Linguistics are much easier for a woman than a man.”
* * *
“We can find common ground only by moving to higher ground”
Got this from Dennis Kucinich, former congressman, but it also applies to JESUS’ PRAYER in John 17:20-23:
“Not for these only do I pray, but for those also who believe in me through their word, that they may ALL be ONE; even as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be ONE IN US; THAT THE WORLD MAY BELIEVE that you sent me.
THE GLORY which you have given me, I have GIVEN to them; THAT THEY MAY BE ONE, EVEN AS WE ARE one; I in them, and you in me, that they may be PERFECTED into one; THAT THE WORLD MAY KNOW that you sent me, and loved them, even as you loved me.”
May we all become right with each other in Him “that the world will know” — and all of us will be “SO HAPPY,” resting in His presence, “perfected into one!”
“We can find common ground only by moving to higher ground.”
Skousen: The Woke Cultural Path Leads to an Evil End — Conscience’s Role: following demonic thoughts, ignoring the Holy Spirit
Excerpt from:
World Affairs Brief, February 10, 2023 Commentary and Insights on a Troubled World.
Copyright Joel Skousen. Partial quotations with attribution permitted. Cite source as Joel Skousen’s World Affairs Brief (http://www.worldaffairsbrief.com).
The Woke Cultural Path Leads to an Evil End
[…]
I will tell you frankly why I think establishment America is making a major turn towards acceptance and promotion of evil:
In the first place, I think immorality is rampant in this nation. It starts when youth are young, both in high school and in college, where promiscuous behavior is common and even expected. This loose morality follows people in or out of marriage with affairs, pornography addiction and later on to dissatisfaction with their marriage partners (or otherwise), ending in further unfaithfulness and divorce.
It’s not that immorality is the only essence of corruption in society, but it is a key factor because of how it affects the workings of conscience which are intertwined with our judgment and ethics in everything from business to religion and politics.
As I’ve explained in detail in my essay on “The Still Small Voice of Conscience” this spiritual receptor in the mind not only receives promptings, warnings and reminders from God’s side but also Satanic forces [unless we learn how to be free of the demonic voices/thoughts – ed.] which seem to have equal access—depending on which voices we choose to listen to, and all those rationalizations and excuses to violate the moral standards of God come from the dark side. Sometimes it’s hard to tell whether it’s the light side or dark side speaking to our mind because it all comes in our own style and manner of thinking. Only the content is distinguishable.
But once a person makes a habit of listening to the tempting, soft, easy, self-justifying voices of Satan’s messengers a person starts listing toward the looser side of life. They begin to favor abortion, knowing that their immorality might require it someday. They no longer see anything wrong with sexually explicit films and videos, and feel hypocritical holding their teenage children to a standard they themselves don’t live. Continue reading “Skousen: The Woke Cultural Path Leads to an Evil End — Conscience’s Role: following demonic thoughts, ignoring the Holy Spirit”
The Story Of The Waldenses: “Many gave their lives for the truths of God”
A Seventh Day Adventist friend suggested this true story of the persecution of this Christian group, who refused to succumb to Catholic church persecution: “Go to mass or you die” — helping us appreciated the title ‘protestant.’
NOTE: I don’t believe it matters what day of the week people worship on, which the 7th Day Adventists consider crucially important. We’re living in the new covenant, when we’re supposed to be led by the Holy Spirit, not the old covenant law.
Also, the book of Revelation scriptures shown will likely be fulfilled in the future, instead of in the past, as this video implies. Minute-41:00 is an example, which some predict will the the bride of Christ taken into the wilderness during, or even just before the tribulation (instead of the rapture).
Israel Of The Alps – The Story Of The Waldenses – James Arrabito
Benny Hester: ‘Headlights On The Highway’ (1989)
I LOVE this song! Haven’t heard it for decades. It’s shameful that today’s “Christian” radio won’t play the many past greats.
Let me show you a freeway
That goes on and on and on to the Son
Headlights on the highway
That is what I want to be
Headlights on the highway
Just to help you see
(clip) Why I Gave Millions to the Poor – Francis Chan
Francis Chan could have made $millions from his books.
He and his wife even sold their house and moved into a trailer park!