Defending Contending
Did you know that Poison was a Christian rock band? - Fri, 03 Sep 2010
I bet you didn’t know that, huh? That all those songs they sang about drinking and sex and partying and all other kinds of debauchery were actually declaring the gospel? Well, that’s because you weren’t blessed with the same kind of discernment as Perry Noble of NewSpring church! Why, if you had simply listened to [...]
Quotes (794) - Fri, 03 Sep 2010
If you take away God, you take away conscience, and thereby all measures and rules of good and evil. And how can any law be made when the measure and standard of them are removed? All good laws are founded upon the dictates of conscience and reason, upon common sentiments in human nature, which spring [...]
Sermon of the week: “The Implications of Evolution” by John MacArthur. - Thu, 02 Sep 2010
Your sermon of the week is the final installment from John MacArthur’s series The Battle for the Beginning, entitled The Implications of Evolution. We’ve been featuring this series every other week since May and you can find the whole series on MacArthur’s website here. We will be featuring one more sermon from MacArthur on the [...]
Sola Scriptura (68) - Wed, 01 Sep 2010
How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the path of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers! But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night. - Psalm 1:1-2
Quotes (793) - Wed, 01 Sep 2010
Our primary mission field today is within the church. The latest survey reveals that 86% of Americans say they believe in Jesus. Yet, a much smaller percentage of people say they are born-again Christians. How can so many people be deceived or deluded? Many of them have been told by misguided pastors or evangelists that [...]
Come! - Tue, 31 Aug 2010
Paris Reidhead (1919-1992):
Quotes (792) - Tue, 31 Aug 2010
“When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, also the books, and above all the parchments.” - 2 Timothy 4:13 We do not know what the books were about, and we can only form some guess as to what the parchments were. Paul had a few books which were left, perhaps [...]
Glenn Beck: “Laying the goundwork for a false gospel.” - Mon, 30 Aug 2010
The following quote comes from a great article by Randy Lovegreen regarding a recent episode of Glenn Beck’s T.V. program in which Beck brazenly advanced a Mormon fallacy: Beck is using his show to break the ice for Mormon theology, and promoting a worldview that supports the beliefs of his church. His hour long infomercial [...]
“Paul never quoted Jesus!” (1st & 2nd Timothy, Titus) - Mon, 30 Aug 2010
Wrapping up the series with Paul reinforcing Christ’s teachings to his young proteges in the “Pastoral Epistles.” Hopefully this has been a helpful series, and next time you hear someone claim that they deny Paul’s writings because he “never quoted Jesus” you can show them that they are clearly wrong. 1st Timothy 1:12-13–And I thank [...]
Quotes (791) - Mon, 30 Aug 2010
“All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.” – Numbers 6:4 Nazarites had taken, among other vows, one which debarred them from the use of wine. In order that they might not violate the obligation, they were forbidden to [...]
How Mormons “attain salvation.” - Sat, 28 Aug 2010
A Mormon named Chris left the following comment, on a previous DefCon post: Regardless of how it is interpreted, I have NEVER in 40 years of being a Mormon, met another Mormon who believes we can “earn” our way into Heaven. For you and others to continue to portray us in that light is dishonest. [...]
Jesus Our High Priest – Part 5 - Sat, 28 Aug 2010
We are pleased to continue the Saturday Sermon Series again. This is the fifth in a series of messages from John 17. It was sovereignly delivered by Akash Sant Singh, who is one of the elders at Community Bible Church in Reno, Nevada. May it bring conviction to each of us as we realize our [...]
Glenn Beck’s “Divine [Mormon] Destiny.” - Fri, 27 Aug 2010
Below is a fantastic article by Brannon Howse on Glenn Beck’s upcoming “Divine Destiny” gathering. This article is definitely a must-read, especially for those Christians who still mix politics (the affairs of this world) with the church (the affairs of God). Following Glenn Beck’s Divine Destiny or God’s Word By Brannon S. Howse Would you [...]
Paul Washer stopping Jehovah’s Witnesses dead in their tracks. - Fri, 27 Aug 2010
Praying for Rose Marie. - Thu, 26 Aug 2010
I first met Rose Marie a few years ago. She is a 20-something nun who works a booth at the local fair. Since she travels around selling Rome’s idolatrous wares and trinkets, I hadn’t seen her since that first meeting. However, she was back in town and I saw her yesterday at this year’s fair. [...]
Mormon sues LDS organization for injury he received while performing an unbiblical task. - Thu, 26 Aug 2010
A Las Vegas man is suing The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for medical expenses after he injured his back in 2007 performing baptisms for the dead. In a civil suit filed in 3rd District Court on Wednesday, Daniel Dastrup claims he suffered a severe herniated disk in his lumbar spine after performing [...]
Sermon of the week: “Evangelism” by Kirk Cameron. - Thu, 26 Aug 2010
Your sermon of the week is Evangelism by Kirk Cameron from the 2005 Resolved Conference.
Al Mohler Lays the Smack Down… - Thu, 26 Aug 2010
…on Dr. Karl Giberson and BioLogos On Darwin and Darwinism: A Letter to Professor Giberson An open letter to Professor Karl Giberson, in answer to his posting, “How Darwin Sustains My Baptist Search for Truth.” Dear Professor Giberson: I read with interest your posting at The Huffington Post, brought to my attention by friends. I [...]
Goodbye grandpa. - Tue, 24 Aug 2010
On August 03, 2010, while lying in bed nursing a 102 degree fever, I received a call that my grandfather (who was in the hospital recovering from a minor operation) had stopped breathing on two separate occasions but they were able to resuscitate him both times. When I arrived at the hospital he was on [...]
Quotes (790) - Tue, 24 Aug 2010
Before the mountains were brought forth – or the earth and world were formed, from everlasting Jesus Christ was, like the Father, very God. From the beginning He was foreordained to be the Savior of sinners. He was always the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world, without whose blood there could be no [...]