E. J. Waggoner writes:
It is a full and complete salvation that God has provided; it awaits us as we come into the world; and we do not relieve God of any burden by rejecting it, nor do we add to His labor by accepting it. The Glad Tidings, pg 66.
Yes Christ has paid the price [...]
This is the Sabbath School Lesson Quarter 1, 2010 Lesson Number 1.
The lesson is on the fruit of the Spirit.
Dr. Phillip Mills writes about the current infatuation with many of the current-popular church growth approaches. Certainly we can question whether it is God’s intention that every church turn into a Mega Church which I sincerely doubt. But what Mills does is question whether we are worrying about the quality of growth as [...]
The church is not a place for the righteous, it is a hospital for sinners.
So goes the popular saying that has taken on almost cliche-like proportions in many of our churches. The idea is that anyone who expects church members to live differently than those who are not members.
The statement is a helpful thing to keep in mind if it reminds us of our own hypocracy or even lack of understanding that the Christian life is one of growth and that we cannot expect new people to be as far
Wrong, Right, or Irrelevant? You know there is no greater crime than to preach an irrelevant message. An irrelevant message is by definition unimportant and a waste of time.
We have killed the Sanctuary Message. We all have contributed to its demise. From the local elder who drones on and on about the color of the tassel the priest was wearing to the pastor who oftentimes just ignores the whole message. From the Bible Teacher who made it merely a mathematical calculation to the lay person who goes to sleep every time it comes up. We have Killed the Sanctuary Message!
I am just about to turn 40 years old and thus I am not very young, but neither am I old. However, I am recognizing that certain terms are leaving the vocabulary of the Second Advent movement. One of the terms that has left our common vernacular is the Laodicean message. That message is found in Revelation 3:14-22. While growing up, I can remember hearing the term “Ladodicean” very often. The state of the Laodicean church is “lukewarm” and proud of itself thinking that it is in need of nothing.
A more comprehensive rebuttle to Pastor Jakes can be found at this link.
I have seen some Adventists characterize Bishop T. D. Jakes’ sermon as an attack on both Adventism and the Sabbath.I have heard other Adventists who saw the sermon as Jakes promoting the Sabbath in some way. I conclude that it is paradoxically both [...]
