So this is the just military action that we Christians have been told to support, in defense of our freedom, hmmmm.... what happens when these "christian soldiers" of the almighty "christian" nation no longer have "just" wars to fight (and muslim boogey men to kill), are we next?Click the link and then click the red arrow on the right hand side to view images.
WARNING!!! The images here are extremely graphic!! Here
Bringing Truth No Matter How Painful.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Ron Paul for Pres!
Just one more reason why REAL CHRISTIANS (especially Baptists, the original believers in Liberty) should vote for Ron Paul, and if he doesn't run, then vote for whoever he'd support. Read here
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
God bless the military!!
So this is the God fearing, fighting for the rights of all, kind compassionate military that we are to "support" or else we are anti-American, hmmmm.... Disgusting
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Do the work of an Evangelist.
So just what is the "work of an evangelist"? Is it their job to travel from church to church across the Nation, to "edify" them ( which is usually nothing more than an hour or more of 'ripping their heads off', yeah that's what Paul had in mind right?). And just who is "called" to be an Evangelist is it certain people only who are qualified and specially chosen by God. Is it an office. No it couldn't be that since we Baptists only believe in two offices i.e. Elder (Pastor) and Deacon. And yes I used that bad word ELDER, and even dare I say it, ELDERS, (how dare he use that bad word).
Maybe a better question to ask first would be, what is an Evangelist? Here's Strongs definition-
From G2097; a preacher of the gospel: - evangelist. Pretty simple definition. Now how many times is the word used in the N.T.? all of three times yep that's all just three times. So here we have the answer to one of our questions which was, "what is the work of an evangelist"? the answer a preacher of the gospel, now for the answer to who qualifies to be an evangelist? Well our Lord told the first Church to go and "preach the gospel". Who was He talking to? the eleven disciples before He ascended i.e. the first church. Hence it is the churches job to preach the gospel and we all know the church is the assembly of immersed believers commanded to go out and preach or herald the gospel or good news, which is every believers duty women included.
Looking now at the three times the word is used. First -
Act 21:8 "And the next day we that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him". So the first time the word is used it speaks of a deacon of the Jerusalem church, so are then only deacons to be evangelists? No, since none that were commanded by the Lord were evangelists(at least not by name), again they were apostles (who were the first members of the church), so were then the apostles the ones called to be evangelists and only them? no, their all dead so if they were the only ones qualified then the preaching of the gospel died with them and we know that's ridiculous.
The next usage of the word is-
Eph 4:11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
Now the Apostles were given but their gone. The prophets were given but we now have all the Word so they've passed from the scene. Next is the evangelists who were they? well we only have one man named and that's Phillip back in Acts so again should all deacons be evangelists and only them. Well Timothy was told to do the work of an evangelist(II Tim 4:5 the third time it's used), which is to preach the gospel, and he was not a deacon he was the pastor.
So by today's standards(not the Bible's) the deacons and pastors should all by a bus, pack up the family, hit the road to "edify" all the churches. Of course it would be hard to edify their own church in the process.
So which is it, is it the churches job to preach the gospel(which is the meaning of the word evangelist) as commanded by the Lord, or does it belong only to the two offices of pastor and deacon, well if that's the case we can end soul winning night and handing out tracts by us common church folk.
It seems quite clear then that since Christ commanded the church to go and preach, and there were none that held the "office" of an evangelist (never mind the fact the word wasn't used until Acts 21:8, and that there's no such office mentioned in Scripture) and the church is made up of immersed believers, that it is each local assemblies job to preach. As well as the deacons job and the pastors duty as well.
So an evangelist is nothing more than someone who goes out and preaches the good news of salvation to a dying lost world. I would say that in reference to Eph.4:11 that there is a difference between the generic sense of the word evangelist which pertains to all, and the sense used here which would be a church planter sent from a local church i.e. a missionary church planter. But what we call an "evangelist" today certainly doesn't measure up to either of these definitions mentioned.
Then what should we do with all the "evangelists" that travel from church to church, collect "love offerings" that could be used to further the gospel at the hands of those churches (not to mention increase the salary of those that "labor in the word"i.e. the pastors)? Well first they should drop the name evangelist since what they are doing is not Biblical evangelism ( and most, when they show up, never darken the door of a lost man's home, but demand that the church does), they can call it what they'd like maybe "The hollerin' ministry" or "We've never started a church but we are able and qualified to tell you how to do it". Now I'm not against having in guest preachers I love it (as long as you've got something to say and I'm not deaf you don't need to get in my face and tell me how sorry I am, that's my Pastors job), I'm just saying those that call themselves evangelists shouldn't (for the most part, there are some evangelists who are missionary church planters) since they aren't following the Biblical pattern of one, especially the "music evangelist".
Maybe a better question to ask first would be, what is an Evangelist? Here's Strongs definition-
From G2097; a preacher of the gospel: - evangelist. Pretty simple definition. Now how many times is the word used in the N.T.? all of three times yep that's all just three times. So here we have the answer to one of our questions which was, "what is the work of an evangelist"? the answer a preacher of the gospel, now for the answer to who qualifies to be an evangelist? Well our Lord told the first Church to go and "preach the gospel". Who was He talking to? the eleven disciples before He ascended i.e. the first church. Hence it is the churches job to preach the gospel and we all know the church is the assembly of immersed believers commanded to go out and preach or herald the gospel or good news, which is every believers duty women included.
Looking now at the three times the word is used. First -
Act 21:8 "And the next day we that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him". So the first time the word is used it speaks of a deacon of the Jerusalem church, so are then only deacons to be evangelists? No, since none that were commanded by the Lord were evangelists(at least not by name), again they were apostles (who were the first members of the church), so were then the apostles the ones called to be evangelists and only them? no, their all dead so if they were the only ones qualified then the preaching of the gospel died with them and we know that's ridiculous.
The next usage of the word is-
Eph 4:11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
Now the Apostles were given but their gone. The prophets were given but we now have all the Word so they've passed from the scene. Next is the evangelists who were they? well we only have one man named and that's Phillip back in Acts so again should all deacons be evangelists and only them. Well Timothy was told to do the work of an evangelist(II Tim 4:5 the third time it's used), which is to preach the gospel, and he was not a deacon he was the pastor.
So by today's standards(not the Bible's) the deacons and pastors should all by a bus, pack up the family, hit the road to "edify" all the churches. Of course it would be hard to edify their own church in the process.
So which is it, is it the churches job to preach the gospel(which is the meaning of the word evangelist) as commanded by the Lord, or does it belong only to the two offices of pastor and deacon, well if that's the case we can end soul winning night and handing out tracts by us common church folk.
It seems quite clear then that since Christ commanded the church to go and preach, and there were none that held the "office" of an evangelist (never mind the fact the word wasn't used until Acts 21:8, and that there's no such office mentioned in Scripture) and the church is made up of immersed believers, that it is each local assemblies job to preach. As well as the deacons job and the pastors duty as well.
So an evangelist is nothing more than someone who goes out and preaches the good news of salvation to a dying lost world. I would say that in reference to Eph.4:11 that there is a difference between the generic sense of the word evangelist which pertains to all, and the sense used here which would be a church planter sent from a local church i.e. a missionary church planter. But what we call an "evangelist" today certainly doesn't measure up to either of these definitions mentioned.
Then what should we do with all the "evangelists" that travel from church to church, collect "love offerings" that could be used to further the gospel at the hands of those churches (not to mention increase the salary of those that "labor in the word"i.e. the pastors)? Well first they should drop the name evangelist since what they are doing is not Biblical evangelism ( and most, when they show up, never darken the door of a lost man's home, but demand that the church does), they can call it what they'd like maybe "The hollerin' ministry" or "We've never started a church but we are able and qualified to tell you how to do it". Now I'm not against having in guest preachers I love it (as long as you've got something to say and I'm not deaf you don't need to get in my face and tell me how sorry I am, that's my Pastors job), I'm just saying those that call themselves evangelists shouldn't (for the most part, there are some evangelists who are missionary church planters) since they aren't following the Biblical pattern of one, especially the "music evangelist".
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
The Bible makes us Libertarian!!
Have you ever wondered what the Christian (Baptist) view should be on Libertarianism, well here is an article defending the Christian/ Libertarian position. BTW the author is a KJ Bible Baptist, an author that I've posted here many times. The article gets real interesting towards the end, so read the WHOLE article then ask yourself what are you, a warmongering republican or a Biblical Libertarian? Read here and enjoy
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Articles of interest
With all that is going on 'World Wide', and the U.S. Global Empire with it's nose in everybody's business, I thought it would be of value to post the page of one of my favorite Conservative(baptist) Christian Libertarian authors, there are many articles here so enjoy! Here
This article should be read first to give you a foundation on the stance that a Christian should have on the issues of War, Republicanism,U.S. global empire building etc.Read First
This article should be read first to give you a foundation on the stance that a Christian should have on the issues of War, Republicanism,U.S. global empire building etc.Read First
Saturday, January 22, 2011
War...... What is it good for....... absolutley nothin......
SO the republicans have taken over, and the same promises they have always used to get elected by "We the Sheeple"is what got them there. The sad thing is that still after 7 years in Afganistan and about the same in Iraq, it is those that call themselves God-fearing Christians that put them back in power, why? because anything is better than Obama, is it though?
We are all against the policies of Obama, and rightly so, but have we ever looked at the policies of the so-called Republicans, they say that they are for limited government, really? Let's see.
They are partly responsible for government run Medicare.
They are for a Global Empire that owns 40% of the National budget, think of that almost half of what our country is supposedly "allowed" to spend is spent on the military, why? well to keep or men and WOMEN stationed all over the world to let our superior presence be known to all the world ( remind anyone of the Roman Empire, we know what happened to them right), we start wars with countries that make our Political leaders mad,( notice that the citizens are not the ones the enemies are usually mad at, and why are they enemies to begin with, when is the last time an Iraqi did anything to you, remember they are our governments enemies not ours, do we as citizens suffer because of this, yes, but because of our " Leaders", not because of anything that we did, but we are still forced to finance their wars out of our pockets.)
They support abortion in cases of rape and incest, which accounts for less than 1% of the abortions committed every year.
They gave us the PATRIOT ACT, you know that act that was given by BUSH to protect us at the cost of our right to privacy.
I could go on, but why, my point is that we as Christians should not give one bit of praise to these wolves in sheep's clothing, that say anything to get elected.
For a couple of good articles on this subject you can read -Here , Here
Remember those who refuse to be educated on these issues are the ones to first be duped, and led astray, so READ, READ, READ.
Here also is a list of books you MUST READ-
Here , Ron Paul , Constitutional Truth , Christian view on war, yes it costs money and time, but if you don't educate yourself and your children and grandchildren then, we will have neither time, nor money left!
We are all against the policies of Obama, and rightly so, but have we ever looked at the policies of the so-called Republicans, they say that they are for limited government, really? Let's see.
They are partly responsible for government run Medicare.
They are for a Global Empire that owns 40% of the National budget, think of that almost half of what our country is supposedly "allowed" to spend is spent on the military, why? well to keep or men and WOMEN stationed all over the world to let our superior presence be known to all the world ( remind anyone of the Roman Empire, we know what happened to them right), we start wars with countries that make our Political leaders mad,( notice that the citizens are not the ones the enemies are usually mad at, and why are they enemies to begin with, when is the last time an Iraqi did anything to you, remember they are our governments enemies not ours, do we as citizens suffer because of this, yes, but because of our " Leaders", not because of anything that we did, but we are still forced to finance their wars out of our pockets.)
They support abortion in cases of rape and incest, which accounts for less than 1% of the abortions committed every year.
They gave us the PATRIOT ACT, you know that act that was given by BUSH to protect us at the cost of our right to privacy.
I could go on, but why, my point is that we as Christians should not give one bit of praise to these wolves in sheep's clothing, that say anything to get elected.
For a couple of good articles on this subject you can read -Here , Here
Remember those who refuse to be educated on these issues are the ones to first be duped, and led astray, so READ, READ, READ.
Here also is a list of books you MUST READ-
Here , Ron Paul , Constitutional Truth , Christian view on war, yes it costs money and time, but if you don't educate yourself and your children and grandchildren then, we will have neither time, nor money left!
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