Archive for May, 2008

I tried to stay away, really

But here “Holy Spirit fall! God is here! We want more! More, more, more!” That’s what Canadian evangelist Todd Bentley yells out nearly every evening to the thousands who gather to hear him preach. The 32-year-old Bentley looks more like a biker than a minister, with body piercings and tattoos all over his arms and […]

Posted on May 29, 2008 at 2:18 pm by Joel · Permalink · View Comments
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Sermon Notes 5/26 – Doctrine

Today, we read that many Protestants are converting to Catholic or Eastern Orthodox in droves and the reason that they give is that they desire something concrete. People are leaving the light weighted mega churches who teach only a good life and seeking something that is rooted to history. Protestants have focused on the manner […]

Posted on May 27, 2008 at 6:49 pm by Joel · Permalink · View Comments
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You have got to read this….

From here, and make sure you get to the comments as well… To go to Jesus through Mary is truly to honor Jesus Christ. It indicates that we do not esteem ourselves worthy of approaching His infinite holiness directly, that we need Mary to be our Mediatrix with Him, our Mediator. St. Louis Grignion de […]

Posted on May 22, 2008 at 1:17 pm by Joel · Permalink · View Comments
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Interesting post and Quote of the Day

Here. Mike says “Real Christianity is a life that is lived according to the doctrine of which our faith consists” THAT is a mouthful right there.

Posted on May 22, 2008 at 1:08 pm by Joel · Permalink · View Comments
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Unus Deus – William Penn, Sandy Foundation Shaken

William Penn – A SANDY FOUNDATION SHAKEN (The trinity of distinct and separate Persons, in the Unity of Essence, refuted from Scripture.) William Penn’s first public debate was with Thomas Vincent, a London Presbyterian minister, who had reflected on the biblical doctrines of the Quakers. The discussion which turned to the doctrine of the Trinity, […]

Unus Deus – From Eusebius

In a laborious work by one of these writers[1] against the heresy[2] of Artemon, which Paul of Samosata attempted to revive again in our day, there is an account appropriate to the history which we are now examining. For he criticizes, as a late innovation, the above-mentioned heresy which teaches that the Saviour was a […]

Unus Deus – Verus Doctrina, Pt 12

Citations and Allusions about the Divine Applied to Christ Below is a list, not to be considered exhaustive, of divinity from the Old Testament and the Deuterocanon applied in some form or fashion to Christ in the New Testament. Matthew 8:26 (Psa 89:9); Matthew 13:14-15 (Isa 6:9-10); Matthew 16:27 (Psa 62:12); Matthew 18:20 (later traditions […]