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Prince Charles reveals his heartbreak at the 'appalling atrocities' and 'soul destroying tragedy'.
Prince Charles reveals his heartbreak at the 'appalling atrocities' and 'soul destroying tragedy'... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2841029/Prince-Charles-reveals-heartbreak-appalling-atrocities-soul-destroying-tragedy-facing-Christians-persecuted-Middle-East.html @MailOnline
Monday 17 November 2014
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The illuminati's infiltration of Christianity
The illuminati's infiltration of Christianity…: http://youtu.be/etZIqgNu3MA
Thursday 6 November 2014
Wednesday 5 November 2014
Coram Deo (October 2014)
Genuine love for Jesus manifests itself in obedience to His commandments. —R.C. Sproul
Give me the biblical Christ or give me nothing. —R.C. Sproul
"There is so much dirty linen in our own house needing to be washed that none of us need to take in our neighbour's washing. 'Mind your own business,' is a command that might have been spoken by Solomon himself, and the apostle Paul was inspired to write to the Thessalonians, 'Study to be quiet, and to do your own business;' and he and Peter very sternly condemned those who were 'busybodies in other men’s matters.'" —Charles Spurgeon
Coram Deo: Dr. R.C. Sproul writes in his commentary Romans: “Life in the kingdom is about loving the things of God and loving those for whom Christ died. That is the recipe for mature Christian unity.” When we keep in first place the obligation to love one another out of thankfulness to God for our salvation, the trivial things that divide us will fade away. Let us seek to love others who are in Christ that we might promote the peace and purity of the church.
"The real barometer of who we are is reflected in what we do when no one else is looking, how we think in the privacy of our own thoughts, and how we respond to the promptings of our own consciences. Those things are the true measure of your moral and ethical fibre." —John MacArthur from "Above Reproach" in the September 2007 issue of Tabletalk Magazine
"Work can often be frustrating, whether it is the work of raising children, providing for our families, or serving the church. Thorns and thistles entangle everything we do. In the midst of this frustration, Paul encourages us in 1 Corinthians 15:58, 'Your labor is not in vain.' This is a potent and refreshing reminder that no matter how difficult or seemingly meaningless our work appears, it is meaningful to God because it brings Him glory, and for that reason, it is not in vain." —Eric Watkins from the weekend devotional "Your Labor Is Not in Vain" from this month's Tabletalk Magazine
Coram Deo: Humility that recognizes our place and the place of others in the kingdom is one of the chief characteristics that the New Testament calls us to exhibit. For example, we find it quite plainly in Philippians 2:3, which exhorts us to “do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than [ourselves].” The Apostle Paul does not mean that we are to have low self-esteem or that we are to view others as inherently better than we are. Instead, he calls us to put others first, to not look out for our own interests at the expense of others.
Q: In what major ways has American culture distorted our understanding of Jesus?
Stephen J. Nichols: Scripture presents Jesus as a rather complex person. We can distort that image, constructing a Jesus who looks like us, and is there simply to affirm us. In America’s Victorian age, Jesus was “feminized.” He was seen exclusively as meek and mild. Even the images of this era portray Jesus as feminine. In our day, Jesus has taken on any number of personae. I’ve seen images of Him in a boxing ring with gloves on, ready to fight the devil.
Coram Deo: Christian freedom carries with it the heavy responsibility of never using our freedom in a way that harms tender consciences, and the duty never to impose our personal scruples regarding indifferent matters on others. Besides studying God’s Word, one of the best ways to fulfil these duties is to seek to understand those who differ with us and why they take their view. In so doing, we build one another up and come to a better grasp of what the Lord has to say on these matters.
Coram Deo: Jesus has left us free in many areas to follow our consciences. There are objective standards for our conduct, to be sure, and we must deny our consciences if they are telling us to engage in what God declares clearly to be sins. Yet the Lord has also chosen not to speak on many issues, and on those matters we are bound only to do what we believe is the holiest course of action as long as it does not bring harm upon other believers. To be sure, we must inform our consciences by the Word of God so that we do not bind ourselves where the Lord has released us, and so that we do not fail to understand what is plainly right and what is plainly wrong.
The whole basis for our relationship with God is rooted and grounded in grace, in that which is not earned. —R.C. Sproul
Coram Deo: Though we sometimes feel guilty for things that are not actually sins, we should always pay attention to the voice of our consciences when we experience guilt. When we feel guilt, we must endeavor to understand, according to God’s Word, whether the guilt is true or false, whether it reflects an actual sin or something we wrongly believe to be a sin. If it is true guilt, repentance must be our response. If it is false guilt, we may set it aside and thank Christ for our freedom in Him.
"On Friday, much of the culture will be focused on candy and things that go bump in the night. Protestants, however, have something far more significant to celebrate on October 31. Friday is Reformation day, which commemorates what was perhaps the greatest move of God’s Spirit since the days of the Apostles." —Robert Rothwell from "What Is Reformation Day All About?" on the Ligonier Ministries' blog http://bit.ly/1wIsjm9
Coram Deo: If we are unsure whether a particular act is lawful for us personally, we must not do it. Otherwise, we act not in faith and show no concern about obeying our Creator. To put it simply, we are sinning. John Calvin comments, “Every work, however splendid and excellent in appearance, is counted as sin, except it be founded on a right conscience; for God regards not the outward display, but the inward obedience of the heart.”
"Fundamentally, Reformed theology is theology founded on and fashioned by God’s Word. For it is God’s Word that forms our theology, and it is we who are reformed by that theology as we constantly return to God’s Word every day and in every generation. At its core, this is what the sixteenth-century Reformation was all about, and it’s what being Reformed is all about—confessing and practicing what God’s Word teaches." —Burk Parson's from "The True Reformers" in next month's issue of Tabletalk Magazine http://bit.ly/1xFr3j9
Give me the biblical Christ or give me nothing. —R.C. Sproul
"There is so much dirty linen in our own house needing to be washed that none of us need to take in our neighbour's washing. 'Mind your own business,' is a command that might have been spoken by Solomon himself, and the apostle Paul was inspired to write to the Thessalonians, 'Study to be quiet, and to do your own business;' and he and Peter very sternly condemned those who were 'busybodies in other men’s matters.'" —Charles Spurgeon
Coram Deo: Dr. R.C. Sproul writes in his commentary Romans: “Life in the kingdom is about loving the things of God and loving those for whom Christ died. That is the recipe for mature Christian unity.” When we keep in first place the obligation to love one another out of thankfulness to God for our salvation, the trivial things that divide us will fade away. Let us seek to love others who are in Christ that we might promote the peace and purity of the church.
"The real barometer of who we are is reflected in what we do when no one else is looking, how we think in the privacy of our own thoughts, and how we respond to the promptings of our own consciences. Those things are the true measure of your moral and ethical fibre." —John MacArthur from "Above Reproach" in the September 2007 issue of Tabletalk Magazine
"Work can often be frustrating, whether it is the work of raising children, providing for our families, or serving the church. Thorns and thistles entangle everything we do. In the midst of this frustration, Paul encourages us in 1 Corinthians 15:58, 'Your labor is not in vain.' This is a potent and refreshing reminder that no matter how difficult or seemingly meaningless our work appears, it is meaningful to God because it brings Him glory, and for that reason, it is not in vain." —Eric Watkins from the weekend devotional "Your Labor Is Not in Vain" from this month's Tabletalk Magazine
Coram Deo: Humility that recognizes our place and the place of others in the kingdom is one of the chief characteristics that the New Testament calls us to exhibit. For example, we find it quite plainly in Philippians 2:3, which exhorts us to “do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than [ourselves].” The Apostle Paul does not mean that we are to have low self-esteem or that we are to view others as inherently better than we are. Instead, he calls us to put others first, to not look out for our own interests at the expense of others.
Q: In what major ways has American culture distorted our understanding of Jesus?
Stephen J. Nichols: Scripture presents Jesus as a rather complex person. We can distort that image, constructing a Jesus who looks like us, and is there simply to affirm us. In America’s Victorian age, Jesus was “feminized.” He was seen exclusively as meek and mild. Even the images of this era portray Jesus as feminine. In our day, Jesus has taken on any number of personae. I’ve seen images of Him in a boxing ring with gloves on, ready to fight the devil.
Coram Deo: Christian freedom carries with it the heavy responsibility of never using our freedom in a way that harms tender consciences, and the duty never to impose our personal scruples regarding indifferent matters on others. Besides studying God’s Word, one of the best ways to fulfil these duties is to seek to understand those who differ with us and why they take their view. In so doing, we build one another up and come to a better grasp of what the Lord has to say on these matters.
Coram Deo: Jesus has left us free in many areas to follow our consciences. There are objective standards for our conduct, to be sure, and we must deny our consciences if they are telling us to engage in what God declares clearly to be sins. Yet the Lord has also chosen not to speak on many issues, and on those matters we are bound only to do what we believe is the holiest course of action as long as it does not bring harm upon other believers. To be sure, we must inform our consciences by the Word of God so that we do not bind ourselves where the Lord has released us, and so that we do not fail to understand what is plainly right and what is plainly wrong.
The whole basis for our relationship with God is rooted and grounded in grace, in that which is not earned. —R.C. Sproul
Coram Deo: Though we sometimes feel guilty for things that are not actually sins, we should always pay attention to the voice of our consciences when we experience guilt. When we feel guilt, we must endeavor to understand, according to God’s Word, whether the guilt is true or false, whether it reflects an actual sin or something we wrongly believe to be a sin. If it is true guilt, repentance must be our response. If it is false guilt, we may set it aside and thank Christ for our freedom in Him.
"On Friday, much of the culture will be focused on candy and things that go bump in the night. Protestants, however, have something far more significant to celebrate on October 31. Friday is Reformation day, which commemorates what was perhaps the greatest move of God’s Spirit since the days of the Apostles." —Robert Rothwell from "What Is Reformation Day All About?" on the Ligonier Ministries' blog http://bit.ly/1wIsjm9
Coram Deo: If we are unsure whether a particular act is lawful for us personally, we must not do it. Otherwise, we act not in faith and show no concern about obeying our Creator. To put it simply, we are sinning. John Calvin comments, “Every work, however splendid and excellent in appearance, is counted as sin, except it be founded on a right conscience; for God regards not the outward display, but the inward obedience of the heart.”
"Fundamentally, Reformed theology is theology founded on and fashioned by God’s Word. For it is God’s Word that forms our theology, and it is we who are reformed by that theology as we constantly return to God’s Word every day and in every generation. At its core, this is what the sixteenth-century Reformation was all about, and it’s what being Reformed is all about—confessing and practicing what God’s Word teaches." —Burk Parson's from "The True Reformers" in next month's issue of Tabletalk Magazine http://bit.ly/1xFr3j9
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