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GETTING BACK to ‘CLASSIC’ CHRISTIANITY-by J. Lee Grady.

We need voices from the past-like Andrew Murray, Corrie Ten
Boom and Charles Spurgeon-to help us find our way to the
future.
During a visit with my parents in Georgia, two of my daughters
asked if they could listen to a tape recording my father made in
1962 when I was only 4 years old. So my dad rummaged through
some [...]

Charismatics, Signs and Wonders and the Bible

When I first came to know the Lord Jesus Christ I did so through a movement which did not believe in the present day continuation of ’sign’ gifts such as tongues, healings, exorcisms and workings of miracles (1 Cor 12-14). Through my reading of scripture I could see no real evidence that the N.T writers expected [...]

Popular Myth#9 God hates the sin but loves the sinner

Mark Driscoll does such a good job dispelling this popular Christian myth that I’ll let him do the talking!
 

Popular Myth #5: Preaching is irrelevant

“For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.” 1 Cor 1:18
We live in the age of ‘conversation’ and ‘dialogue’. This is the language of the generation who believe ‘my truth is as good as your truth’. Since no one [...]

Popular Myth # 2: People are not really ‘bad’

We live in the age of the victim. Everyone and their granny is a victim. Everyone has sociological and emotional war wounds. We are dysfunctional and we all have ‘our stories’. We also, we are told, live in the age of ‘fulfill your potential’. We have/or should have the right to fulfill our greatest potential. [...]


    "Promises, though they be for a time seemingly delayed, cannot be finally frustrated.... the heart of God is not turned though His face be hid; and prayers are not flung back, though they be not instantly answered."
    ~ Timothy Cruso