Benny Hinn (Let The Bodies Hit The Floor)

There are a lot of emotions one may have after watching this video. Some may be angry that this video mocks Benny Hinn. Others may be angry and feel they’ve been manipulated because they once practically confused Hinn for the Holy Spirit. Some may laugh at the person who made the video and think “if only they experienced the true power of the Spirit. Then they too would bolt to a Hinn crusade”. Others may laugh and think “this is the result of people having bad theology, and the result of their hyper-emotionalism put on the spot while expected to do something in the name of being enthusiastic for God”.

Besides all the differing emotions one may have while watching this video, I challenge you to ponder these questions:

1) Is this type of activity biblical? If so, where? If not, does that matter?

2) What is the overarching goal to “falling down in the Spirit”?

3) What is the Holy Spirit’s actual message and mission? Is it the gospel? Is it the sanctification of believers? Is it conviction of sin? Is it the conversion of God’s elect? Is it love and faithfulness? If so, are these things being emphasized near as much as “falling out in the Spirit” by Hinn and others of his kind?

4) Is Jesus Christ made greatly known in all this? If so, how? If not, would that concern Him? The Spirit testifies of Christ (John 15:26). Jesus wants to be let in to churches that don’t fully welcome Him (Rev 3:20).

Butt Rock + Arminianism

As the saying goes, “ideas have consequences”, so the idea of libertarian free will has consequences. By libertarian free will I mean the belief that an unrepentant sinner is only indifferent to God, rather than only hostile to Him (Rom 8:6-8). Arminianism teaches that unrepentant sinners, while having hearts of stone, are free to have good feelings toward God. This even includes choosing God for salvation. This video will reveal the consequences of such ideas.

Please use caution when watching this video! Viewer discretion is advised!

Stryper - Free

(For the record, Stryper rocks!)

What Is Dying?

It has been asked, “What is dying?” Someone once described their thoughts in these words:

I’m standing on the seashore as a ship spreads her sales to the morning breeze and starts to the ocean. And someone at my side says,

“She is gone.”

But gone where? The loss at side is only in me, not in her. Just at that moment, someone on another shore begins to cry,

“Here she comes! Here she comes!”

for others are watching and waiting for her homecoming. Others pick up that glad cry,

“Here she comes!”

And this… is dying.

~ Anonymous

Should The Calvinist Blush for Preaching The Gospel? (revised)

Many Arminians charge that the Calvinist does not need to preach the gospel because he believes that God will save His elect anyways. But is the fact that God will bring in His elect with or without our help a sufficient reason to halt evangelism altogether? Here are my thoughts:

Restore The Gospel (Know It, Live It, Share It, Contend For It)

How can you witness if you don’t even know what the gospel is? The beginning stages of life are important and beautiful, and so it is with understanding the beginning stages of the gospel.

KNOW WHAT YOU BELIEVE AND WHY. LEARN THE BASIC POINTS OF THE GOSPEL BY CLICKING HERE.

Romans 3:28 and James 2:24. Do They Contradict?

The great reformer Martin Luther perhaps coined the phrase “sola-fide”, Latin for “by faith alone”. What is believed to come by faith alone? Justification is believed to come by faith alone. What is justification? Justification is a legal term. It means to be fully pardoned of guilt and considered fully good. The sinner is fully guilty before God and needs a full pardon. If the sinner is pardoned by God for all wrong doing he is considered justified. So Martin Luther, along with the reformers, taught that one is pardoned by God and viewed as perfectly good only on behalf of faith. The sinner is not justified by anything else which he might physically, mentally, or emotionally do.

Epistemological Argument (Can Logic Exist In A Naturalistic Universe?)

Before I begin, I see many people stumbling upon this thread by typing in “can logic exist in another universe”, or something of the like, into the search bar. The thing is though, we depend upon our present logic to even do such thought experiments. The only possible conclusion then would be to say that in some universes, being illogical (to us) is logical. This doesn’t tell us anything though. It only assumes that what is illogical to us presently, in some way shape or form, can be logical in another universe. However, has anyone been to that universe and checked it out? Even if they did, they would still depend upon their present logic and wouldn’t be able to tell if there was another logic! Interesting then how they can be so sure that it is possible.

If what is illogical according to our present logic were able to be logical in another universe, that would be somewhat like recording two different conversations and trying to make them an intelligible conversation when played together. It would be like recording a man who called his mother for Thanksgiving and a teenage girl who called her boyfriend on his birthday. Take everything the man said and take everything the girl said, play it together, and then advocate “yes indeed, this could be a logical conversation in another universe that I haven’t been to.” This conversation would make no sense. The man would say something like “we really wish we could be there this holiday”, while the girl would interrupt and say “I hope you like your present *giggle*.”

Another problem with this idea is that it would mean that our present logic can’t be trusted. If logic can be a free for all, then we have no bases for assuming that an apple is an apple, that an apple is not also an elephant, and that anything that is not an apple can’t be what an apple is. Someone might be in another universe using our same laws of logic and arguing that logic can be different in OUR universe. But can it really? How can we even trust our present laws of logic if they are subject to change in other universes? Why couldn’t they change in this one then? And therefore, on what bases would we claim to know anything?

Now to my post…

The Lord’s Supper

When partaking of the Lord’s Supper we must keep in mind that it is not an act of superstition. It is not a ritual to make us magically feel better about ourselves because we are participating in proper religious-like behavior.

First of all, it is very important to remember what Scripture teaches about the Lord’s Supper. It is for believers only. 1 Cor 10:16 says “Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?”

Some Problems With Modern Evangelism (We Assume Too Much and Know Too Little)

The initial problem in evangelism today is that we have false assumptions about how truly dead the un-born of God sinner is. The majority of Christians today have been taught that an un-repentant sinner is more likened to a sick patient rather than a walking corpse. We have this false notion from the outset and our efforts to evangelize are in vain unless God picks up the pieces of our ignorance. The truth is that we ARE evangelizing zombies and walking corpses. No one goes to a grave yard and tries to sell life insurance. Yet this is what we are doing when we assume that sinners are actually searching for forgiveness.

“Tetelestai”

Oh, what joy it is to declare “paid in full” for your sin! Oh, what unspeakable rest it is to to have all your rebellion in mind, word, and deed placed upon Christ and have His perfect thoughts, words, and actions freely given to you!

Christ is eternally holy, pure, and good. Our lawlessness against Him echoes an eternal imperfection in us and creates an infinite chasm between us and God. Only the cross of Jesus Christ bridges this infinite gap. This gap is our eternal imperfection keeping us from God’s eternal perfection. Today, know that you have crossed this impossible bridge if you believe that God’s punishment for your self-righteousness and pride has been diverted to Jesus Christ instead of you. Rest assure you have crossed this impossible bridge because you live for Christ and enjoy being more like Him inwardly and outwardly. But only Jesus Christ makes this impossible bridge, possible to cross. Cross it now. Believe in Jesus Christ!

“Time is now fleeting, the moments are passing
Passing from you and from me
Shadows are gathering, death-beds are coming
Coming for you and for me!

Come home! come home!
Ye who are weary, come home!
Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling,
Calling, O sinner, come home!”

~ William L. Thompson