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It’s the difference between the old and new covenants. The 6th commandment, ‘Thou shall not commit adultery’ meant sex outside of marriage. In the New Testament Jesus says that lusting in one’s heart after women is adultery – Mt. 5:27-29. Prager is Jewish.
The Holy Spirit helps us overcome when we completely submit to God (cold turkey to lusting 100%), resist the Devil and the lust demon flees, even homosexual lust! >>> FREEDOM!!!
“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)
I just saw a meme that claims whales’ throats aren’t large enough to swallow a human, specifically Jonah in the Bible story (Jonah 1 & 2), but sperm whales’ throats are large enough, and about 200 live in the Mediterranean Sea today.
“The only known whale that has a large enough throat to swallow an adult is the Sperm Whale” (source)
An extinct sea creature could have also swallowed Jonah. I highly recommend James Perloff’s book, Missing Saints, Missing Miracles to read historical accounts of incredible miracles that most people have never heard of, including with large, now extinct creatures.
Jonah also likely died while in the belly of the “great fish” for 3 days, a type and symbol of Jesus’ body being in the grave for 3 days.
God’s amazing creation — the brain!
EXCELLENT! — 5 minutes
“The fight doesn’t end on the wedding day.”
After being exposed to pornography at the young age of 10, Matt developed a serious struggle that carried on for many years. It was only after taking a break from his porn habit that he realized how much more free he felt. After meeting the love of his life and having a wonderful honeymoon, he thought everything was good, until he quickly realized his struggle with porn wasn’t entirely gone. It took time and strength to realize what he was really fighting for: real love.
Lord, THANK YOU for releasing me from the bondage of sin. May you touch the hearts of other people that they may know you deeper and SURRENDER their lives to you. Amen.
“I will praise you Lord, my God with ALL my heart. I will glorify your name forever.”
– David in Psalm 86:12
Passionate Jim Caviezel:
“More Christians are now more afraid of the Devil than they are of God. … Lukewarm Christianity is not Christianity.”
John Burton wrote on Facebook, 7/9/23
Those who believe in eternal security (once saved, always saved) and false-grace theologies are at extreme risk of falling away and spending eternity in hell.
I’m concerned for pre-tribbers too.
Why? When they enter into the Tribulation period, and they can’t buy food, water, medicine, electricity or anything else, it will be easy to take the Mark of the Beast.
Today we’re joined by Nancy Pearcey, author of “Love Thy Body” and“The Toxic War on Masculinity: How Christianity Reconciles the Sexes,” for part two of our discussion on the biblical view of the body and the philosophy of “toxic masculinity.” We start off with the reality that one’s view of God determines one’s view of masculinity. We look at ancient philosophers as well as Charles Darwin, who all believed in an innate inferiority of women. Meanwhile, it’s Christians who have been trying to champion the dignity of women – it’s Christianity that gives a rich, full understanding of masculinity that no other ideology does. We discuss the importance of the physical strength of men and how while feminism calls them to repress it, Christianity calls them to redirect it to something that fulfills its purpose.
“Pride goes before *destruction*, and an arrogant spirit before a fall.” – Prov. 16:18
Join David and Tyler on this episode of FUA as we sit down with Young Earth Creationist and Paleontologist Dr. Marcus Ross to discuss the geological and scientific evidence for a young Earth!!!
Dr. Ross has taught college science classes for over twenty years in the areas of creation, geology, paleontology, biology, and more.
Marcus Ross has loved paleontology (especially dinosaurs) since he was a kid growing up in Rhode Island. After earning a B.S. in Earth Science from the Pennsylvania State University, he continued his studies with a M.S. in Vertebrate Paleontology from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and a Ph.D. in Environmental Science (Geoscience) from the University of Rhode Island.
Dr. Ross regularly contributes to creationist research and education in both technical and popular literature. He and his wife Corinna live in Lynchburg, Virginia, and home school their four children.
Find more from Dr. Ross on his website here:
https://cornerstone-edsupply.com
“Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.” – Jesus Christ in Rev. 2:10
“For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.” – Heb. 10:36
This is an excerpt from the DOPC episode: Philadelphia: The Church of the Open Door w/David Carrico S5:EP18 
• Philadelphia: The…
James Perloff writes:
I’m Paul Wittenberger’s latest guest on his Framing the World podcast. Our topic was Darwin’s theory of evolution. We discussed the impact of the theory on Christian faith, and then examined three major areas of evidence (and there are others, of course) that debunk the theory.
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“Repentance is NOT asking the Lord for forgiveness with the intention to sin again.”
The 10 Best Evidences from Science that Confirm a Young Earth
1. Very Little Sediment on the Seafloor
2. Bent Rock Layers
3. Soft Tissue in Fossils
4. Faint Sun Paradox
5. Rapidly Decaying Magnetic Field
6. Helium in Radioactive Rocks
7. Carbon-14 in Fossils, Coal, and Diamonds
8. Short-Lived Comets
9. Very Little Salt in the Sea
10. DNA in “Ancient” Bacteria
Fully explained HERE
“The truly wise man is he who always believes the Bible against the opinion of any man.” – R. A. Torrey
Wicked spirits and anger…. Those voices aren’t from God.
Forgive. Overcome evil with good.
Many “Christians” act like the Bible is the vine — or their church.
But Jesus is the Vine:
“I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. If a man doesn’t remain in me….”
“Equity spits in the face of ‘if you don’t work neither shall you eat.'”
– Ron Hoffman, 5/7/23
Paul:
“For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat. For we hear that there are some who walk among you in a disorderly manner, not working at all, but are busybodies. Now those who are such we command and exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ that they work in quietness and eat their own bread.” – 2 Thess. 3:10-12
Kerrigan Skelly explains how Jesus’ lust warning in Matthew 5 is absolutely 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.”
“They keep searing their conscience [through porn] and need another thrill.”
Dennis Prager: “If pornography is a substitute for adultery it’s not awful.”
Jesus in Matthew 5 — Looking at women to lust after them is adultery:
27 “You have heard that it was said to those of old [Dennis Prager is Jewish, still in the old covenant], ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ 28 But I say [new covenant] to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29 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. 30 And if your right hand causes you to sin….
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Timestamps
1:32 Overview of Mr. Beast and Chris Tyson
4:15 How did this pendulum swing for Chris Tyson happen?
6:10 The link between transgenderism and pornography
10:36 The normalization of pornography in unexpected places
15:17 Celebrities on the addiction to pornography
18:52 A truth from Hollywood
20:45 What’s the remedy for this addiction?
22:45 The reality of the porn industry
26:22 A heartwarming story from Chad
30:11 The Good Fight video of the week
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djj70J6FcTk
Excerpt from “The Ministry of an Assisting Pastor” by Larry Taylor (1994), Calvary Chapel’s primer for Assisting Pastors
(Note: Larry Taylor has since repented of the this book and it’s contents and left CC)
7. Never Gossip
Gossip is a sin that most of us feel we are not guilty of, and which most of us are very guilty of. Gossip may be defined as saying anything negative, whether true or not, to anyone about the pastor or about the ministry. If there are things wrong, take it to the Lord in prayer. Tell absolutely no one, including your spouse. Do not repeat anything that would cast aspersion on the ministry in any way. Doing so dishonors Christ and His cause.
But, you say, what do you do if there are real problems? Pray about them and forget them. If that doesn’t work, take your concerns directly and only to the pastor himself, and share with him honestly. If that doesn’t work, resign, and move on. Under no circumstances should you ever say anything negative about the pastor or the ministry to anyone, even after you’ve quit.
In a situation where something in the church is so completely wrong that the sheep in the body are in spiritual danger, then say nothing to anybody, resign, and move on. If the church is a Calvary Chapel affiliate, then take your concerns and share them privately with Pastor Chuck or with Oden Fong, then drop it; leave it alone. Let them handle it. Trust God. He’ll correct the situation. But do not gossip. It is a terrible sin before God.