seeing clearly

What is godly courage? Whatever it is, we know from reading Scripture that we need it — we need courage to live out gospel truths. Let’s face it, we are Americans and we tend to embrace a really shallow understanding of courage. We often view courage like this:

Courage means that I can follow and obey God because He would never allow anything bad to happen to me.

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Courage means that I can follow and obey God because life will be easier for me.   Read the rest of this entry »

Pastor Ken Silva of Apprising Ministries brings this story which includes an audio interview of Dr. John MacArthur.

Brian McLaren continues to attack the body of Christ by infusing toxic venom into her bloodstream. After being asked a simple question concerning eternal destinations, McLaren responds,

“I have a problem with people asking me this question, because it assumes that the primary reason of Jesus coming and the primary message of Jesus was a message of how to get to heaven.“