Divine Healing- Nov. 20
Following is a biblical study on the subject of divine healing:
Following is a biblical study on the subject of 1. The issue of divine healing has been confused today by the false teachings of the Pentecostal-Charismatic movement.
The absolute promise of healing has always been a part of this movement. Following are a few examples:
Oral Roberts (1918-2009). His first book in 1947 was titled If You Need Healing--Do These Things! He listed six steps to deliverance, the first being, “Know that God’s will is to heal you.”
Kenneth Hagin, Sr. taught, “Like salvation, healing is a gift. As children of God, we need to realize that healing belongs to us.”
Kenneth Copeland says that “Sickness is of the devil ... God has never used sickness to discipline His children ... I don’t care how old we are, it’s His will to take us home healed, well, whole, and delivered.”
Morris Cerullo says, “It is God’s will to heal every.. see full report
Following is a biblical study on the subject of divine healing:
Following is a biblical study on the subject of 1. The issue of divine healing has been confused today by the false teachings of the Pentecostal-Charismatic movement.
The absolute promise of healing has always been a part of this movement. Following are a few examples:
Oral Roberts (1918-2009). His first book in 1947 was titled If You Need Healing--Do These Things! He listed six steps to deliverance, the first being, “Know that God’s will is to heal you.”
Kenneth Hagin, Sr. taught, “Like salvation, healing is a gift. As children of God, we need to realize that healing belongs to us.”
Kenneth Copeland says that “Sickness is of the devil ... God has never used sickness to discipline His children ... I don’t care how old we are, it’s His will to take us home healed, well, whole, and delivered.”
Morris Cerullo says, “It is God’s will to heal every.. see full report
The Characteristics of Apostasy- Nov. 19
The following is excerpted from the soon to be published Understanding Bible Prophecy, a new course for the Way of Life Bible College. It has 22 video classes, a 516-page textbook, syllabus, review questions, and tests. See www.wayoflife.org.
The key passage on apostasy is 2 Timothy 3-4. Consider some of its characteristics:
Self-focused (“men shall be lovers of their own selves,” 2 Ti. 3:2). This is a major characteristic of modern society and its global pop culture: My music, my fashion, my Facebook, iPhone, iTunes, Youtube, advertising slogans such as “you can have it your way.” In 2006, Time magazine’s Person of the Year was “You.” The cover featured a plastic reflective.. see full report
The following is excerpted from the soon to be published Understanding Bible Prophecy, a new course for the Way of Life Bible College. It has 22 video classes, a 516-page textbook, syllabus, review questions, and tests. See www.wayoflife.org.
The key passage on apostasy is 2 Timothy 3-4. Consider some of its characteristics:
Self-focused (“men shall be lovers of their own selves,” 2 Ti. 3:2). This is a major characteristic of modern society and its global pop culture: My music, my fashion, my Facebook, iPhone, iTunes, Youtube, advertising slogans such as “you can have it your way.” In 2006, Time magazine’s Person of the Year was “You.” The cover featured a plastic reflective.. see full report
Friday Church News Notes - Nov 15
THIRD TEMPLE COIN FEATURING IMAGE OF TRUMP (Friday Church News Notes, November 15, 2024, www.wayoflife.org, fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - In early 2018 the Temple in Zion (Hamikdah Betzion) organization issued a half shekel temple tax coin featuring images of Persian King Cyrus and U.S. President Donald Trump on one side and the Third Temple on the other. This was in recognition of Trump’s support for Israel and his public recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Currently there is no Jewish temple, of course, but the Temple in Zion is one of the groups preparing to build the third temple. Others are the Temple Institute, the Temple Mount Faithful, and Women for the Temple (who are practicing.. see full report
THIRD TEMPLE COIN FEATURING IMAGE OF TRUMP (Friday Church News Notes, November 15, 2024, www.wayoflife.org, fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - In early 2018 the Temple in Zion (Hamikdah Betzion) organization issued a half shekel temple tax coin featuring images of Persian King Cyrus and U.S. President Donald Trump on one side and the Third Temple on the other. This was in recognition of Trump’s support for Israel and his public recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Currently there is no Jewish temple, of course, but the Temple in Zion is one of the groups preparing to build the third temple. Others are the Temple Institute, the Temple Mount Faithful, and Women for the Temple (who are practicing.. see full report
Hymns - “How Firm a Foundation” - God Singing to Man - Nov. 14
“How Firm a Foundation” appeared in the first edition of John Rippon’s Selections in 1787. The author is not certain, being attributed to K. A possible candidate is R. Keene, who was the precentor or song leader at Carter Lane Baptist Church which was pastored by Rippon.
The hymn is a glorious declaration of the believer’s security in Christ and the confidence that is available in every trial: sickness, poverty, deep waters, deepest distress, fiery trials, foes, and rivers of sorrow.
The original title was “Exceeding Great and Precious Promises” with a reference to 2 Peter 1:4.
It begins with the proclamation of the sufficiency of God’s Word and the necessity of faith. “How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord, is laid for your faith in His excellent Word!” We are reminded .. see full report
“How Firm a Foundation” appeared in the first edition of John Rippon’s Selections in 1787. The author is not certain, being attributed to K. A possible candidate is R. Keene, who was the precentor or song leader at Carter Lane Baptist Church which was pastored by Rippon.
The hymn is a glorious declaration of the believer’s security in Christ and the confidence that is available in every trial: sickness, poverty, deep waters, deepest distress, fiery trials, foes, and rivers of sorrow.
The original title was “Exceeding Great and Precious Promises” with a reference to 2 Peter 1:4.
It begins with the proclamation of the sufficiency of God’s Word and the necessity of faith. “How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord, is laid for your faith in His excellent Word!” We are reminded .. see full report
No Happy Pill: A Study of Antidepressant Drugs - Nov. 13
I am not a medical doctor. I am a Bible teacher. My concern is for the spiritual welfare of God’s people and the strengthening of homes and churches in these evil times. Anything that affects the mental and spiritual health of God’s redeemed people is the business of the churches.
God has given His people everything they need for life in this fallen world.
“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works” (2 Timothy 3:16-17).
“According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is.. see full report
I am not a medical doctor. I am a Bible teacher. My concern is for the spiritual welfare of God’s people and the strengthening of homes and churches in these evil times. Anything that affects the mental and spiritual health of God’s redeemed people is the business of the churches.
God has given His people everything they need for life in this fallen world.
“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works” (2 Timothy 3:16-17).
“According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is.. see full report
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches - Nov. 12
The following is a small excerpt from the study on the General Association of Regular Baptist Churches in the book The History and Heritage of Fundamentalism and Fundamental Baptists, 609 pages, www.wayoflife.org.
The General Association of Regular Baptist Churches (GARBC) was founded in 1929 as a reorganization of the Baptist Bible Union. It was a separatist organization from its inception, unlike its predecessors.
It was founded under the direction of Oliver W. Van Osdel, pastor of Wealthy Street Baptist Church of Grand Rapids, Michigan.
The Baptist Bible Union.. see full report
The following is a small excerpt from the study on the General Association of Regular Baptist Churches in the book The History and Heritage of Fundamentalism and Fundamental Baptists, 609 pages, www.wayoflife.org.
The General Association of Regular Baptist Churches (GARBC) was founded in 1929 as a reorganization of the Baptist Bible Union. It was a separatist organization from its inception, unlike its predecessors.
It was founded under the direction of Oliver W. Van Osdel, pastor of Wealthy Street Baptist Church of Grand Rapids, Michigan.
The Baptist Bible Union.. see full report
Friday Church News Notes - Nov 8
THE 2024 U.S. ELECTION (Friday Church News Notes, November 8, 2024, www.wayoflife.org, fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - For our part, we see the election as a good day for America and an answer to many prayers. We know America’s wickedness and that of the new president, as well, but we also know the One who “removeth kings, and setteth up kings,” and we know His great mercy. The reason we are told to pray for those who are in authority is so that we can lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty and proclaim the gospel to sinners for whom Christ died (1 Timothy 2:1-6). Along that line.. see full report
THE 2024 U.S. ELECTION (Friday Church News Notes, November 8, 2024, www.wayoflife.org, fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - For our part, we see the election as a good day for America and an answer to many prayers. We know America’s wickedness and that of the new president, as well, but we also know the One who “removeth kings, and setteth up kings,” and we know His great mercy. The reason we are told to pray for those who are in authority is so that we can lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty and proclaim the gospel to sinners for whom Christ died (1 Timothy 2:1-6). Along that line.. see full report
Even so-called “fundamentalist” churches are giving up the “battle”
The Woman’s Adornment - Nov. 7
The following is excepted from the Way of Life Commentary Series, Pastoral Epistles ----
1 Ti. 2:9-10
When Paul turns from the ministry of the men in verse 8 to the ministry of the women in verse 9, he first addresses the woman’s apparel. We see, then, that modesty in dress is not a “non-essential” and dress is not strictly a matter of personal preference, as is commonly believed in this apostate age. Further, to teach the biblical principles of modest dress is not “Phariseeism” or “legalism.”
Paul taught on apparel, and he taught it as one of the things whereby we are instructed how to behave ourselves in God’s house (1 Ti. 3:15). 1 Timothy 2:9-10 is not Paul’s teaching; it is God’s Word. Paul wrote this epistle as an apostle of Jesus Christ (1 Ti. 1:1). This is how God wants His redeemed daughters to.. see full report
The following is excepted from the Way of Life Commentary Series, Pastoral Epistles ----
1 Ti. 2:9-10
When Paul turns from the ministry of the men in verse 8 to the ministry of the women in verse 9, he first addresses the woman’s apparel. We see, then, that modesty in dress is not a “non-essential” and dress is not strictly a matter of personal preference, as is commonly believed in this apostate age. Further, to teach the biblical principles of modest dress is not “Phariseeism” or “legalism.”
Paul taught on apparel, and he taught it as one of the things whereby we are instructed how to behave ourselves in God’s house (1 Ti. 3:15). 1 Timothy 2:9-10 is not Paul’s teaching; it is God’s Word. Paul wrote this epistle as an apostle of Jesus Christ (1 Ti. 1:1). This is how God wants His redeemed daughters to.. see full report
Calvinist Standard Version (CSV) - Nov. 6
“There is not a single verse in the Bible to indicate man is incapable of responding to the conviction of the Holy Spirit to repent of his sin and receive Christ as his personal Savior” - (Bob Kirkland)
According to Calvinist TULIP theology, God unconditionally and “sovereignly” elects who will be saved, and this election has nothing to do with anything the sinner does, including exercising faith in the gospel. Those who are sovereignly elected will be irresistibly drawn and saved, and those who are not elected cannot be saved.
Consider the words of the Westminster Confession: “By the decree of God, for the manifestation of his glory, some men and angels are predestined unto everlasting life and others foreordained to everlasting death. These angels and men, thus predestinated and foreordained, are particularly and unchangeably designed; and their number is so certain and definite that it cannot.. see full report
“There is not a single verse in the Bible to indicate man is incapable of responding to the conviction of the Holy Spirit to repent of his sin and receive Christ as his personal Savior” - (Bob Kirkland)
According to Calvinist TULIP theology, God unconditionally and “sovereignly” elects who will be saved, and this election has nothing to do with anything the sinner does, including exercising faith in the gospel. Those who are sovereignly elected will be irresistibly drawn and saved, and those who are not elected cannot be saved.
Consider the words of the Westminster Confession: “By the decree of God, for the manifestation of his glory, some men and angels are predestined unto everlasting life and others foreordained to everlasting death. These angels and men, thus predestinated and foreordained, are particularly and unchangeably designed; and their number is so certain and definite that it cannot.. see full report
Promise Keepers and Rome - Nov. 5
Promise Keepers is a men’s movement founded in 1990 by Bill McCartney, who at the time was a successful football coach for the University of Colorado. McCartney was a member of the Boulder Vineyard Church. The first president of Promise Keepers, Randy Phillips, was also a member of the Boulder Vineyard. (The church left the Association of Vineyard Churches in late 1997, after the death of John Wimber.)
Promise Keepers is a men’s movement founded in 1990 by Bill McCartney, who at the time was a successful football coach for the University of Colorado. McCartney was a member of the Boulder Vineyard Church. The first president of Promise Keepers, Randy Phillips, was also a member of the Boulder Vineyard. (The church left the Association of Vineyard Churches in late 1997, after the death of John Wimber.)
There is one Mediator and one High Priest, and that is Jesus Christ.
Promise Keepers is trying to make a comeback after largely fading from the limelight after McCartney’s resignation in 2003. After a 23-year gap, it held its first stadium event in July 2021. The rally in Dallas, Texas, drew 30,000 and was simulcast to all fifty states and 25 countries. Ken Harrison is the new president... see full report
Friday Church News Notes - Nov 1
TRUMP AND AMERICA’S FUTURE (Friday Church News Notes, November 1, 2024, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - I am very thankful that God protected Donald Trump from assassins and have prayed much that he would win the U.S. presidential election in a few days. I have prayed earnestly that new birth salvation in Jesus Christ will come to the Trump family. A Trump presidency would be endlessly better than a Kamala presidency. I also understand that Donald Trump can’t make America great again and anything he does will be like putting a Band-aid on a terrible cancer. Trump can’t change any of the fundamentals that are destroying America and will continue to destroy America during and after his term. He can’t wake up lukewarm, disobedient pastors. He can’t.. see full report
TRUMP AND AMERICA’S FUTURE (Friday Church News Notes, November 1, 2024, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - I am very thankful that God protected Donald Trump from assassins and have prayed much that he would win the U.S. presidential election in a few days. I have prayed earnestly that new birth salvation in Jesus Christ will come to the Trump family. A Trump presidency would be endlessly better than a Kamala presidency. I also understand that Donald Trump can’t make America great again and anything he does will be like putting a Band-aid on a terrible cancer. Trump can’t change any of the fundamentals that are destroying America and will continue to destroy America during and after his term. He can’t wake up lukewarm, disobedient pastors. He can’t.. see full report
“..Christianity Today listed Swindoll as one of the top 25 influential preachers..”
A Warning About Chuck Swindoll and Unbiblical Grace - Oct. 30
Chuck Swindoll (b. 1934) is an extremely influential evangelical leader and nationally syndicated radio personality.. He was the senior pastor of First Evangelical Free Church of Fullerton, California, from 1971-1994, president of Dallas Theological Seminary from 1994 to 2001, and founder of Stonebriar Community Church in Frisco, Texas, in 1998. In April 2024 he stepped down as senior pastor but continues to preach as health allows. His Insight for Living ministry hosts his web site, publishes his 70 books, and airs his radio program on about 2,000 stations in 15 languages. Swindoll’s wife, Cynthia, serves as president and chief executive officer of the ministry and its 90 employees... see full report
Chuck Swindoll (b. 1934) is an extremely influential evangelical leader and nationally syndicated radio personality.. He was the senior pastor of First Evangelical Free Church of Fullerton, California, from 1971-1994, president of Dallas Theological Seminary from 1994 to 2001, and founder of Stonebriar Community Church in Frisco, Texas, in 1998. In April 2024 he stepped down as senior pastor but continues to preach as health allows. His Insight for Living ministry hosts his web site, publishes his 70 books, and airs his radio program on about 2,000 stations in 15 languages. Swindoll’s wife, Cynthia, serves as president and chief executive officer of the ministry and its 90 employees... see full report
Pentecostal Scandals- Oct. 29
The Pentecostal movement, from its inception, has been marred deeply by moral scandals and deception, and nothing has changed.
Scandals can be found in any group of Christians, sadly, but scandals among Pentecostals and charismatics are significant because they claim a special anointing of God’s Spirit. They claim double blessings and triple anointings and super Spirit baptisms. They claim to operate in the Spirit and flow in the Spirit and talk in the Spirit and prophesy in the Spirit and laugh in the Spirit and soak in the Spirit and even get drunk in the Spirit. They claim to have the “full gospel” and the “four square gospel” and to operate in the “five-fold.. see full report
The Pentecostal movement, from its inception, has been marred deeply by moral scandals and deception, and nothing has changed.
Scandals can be found in any group of Christians, sadly, but scandals among Pentecostals and charismatics are significant because they claim a special anointing of God’s Spirit. They claim double blessings and triple anointings and super Spirit baptisms. They claim to operate in the Spirit and flow in the Spirit and talk in the Spirit and prophesy in the Spirit and laugh in the Spirit and soak in the Spirit and even get drunk in the Spirit. They claim to have the “full gospel” and the “four square gospel” and to operate in the “five-fold.. see full report
Friday Church News Notes - Oct. 25
ONE-YEAR DISCIPLESHIP COURSE IN SPANISH (Friday Church News Notes, October 25, 2024, www.wayoflife.org, fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - Way of Life Literature’s One-Year Discipleship Course is now available for free download in Spanish. This course features 52 lessons in Christian living. It can be broken into sections and used as a new converts’ course, a discipleship course, a Sunday School series, a home schooling or Bible Institute course, or for preaching outlines. The lessons are thorough and practical. There is an extensive memory verse program built into the course, and each lesson features carefully designed review questions. Following are some of the lesson titles: Repentance, Faith.. see full report
ONE-YEAR DISCIPLESHIP COURSE IN SPANISH (Friday Church News Notes, October 25, 2024, www.wayoflife.org, fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - Way of Life Literature’s One-Year Discipleship Course is now available for free download in Spanish. This course features 52 lessons in Christian living. It can be broken into sections and used as a new converts’ course, a discipleship course, a Sunday School series, a home schooling or Bible Institute course, or for preaching outlines. The lessons are thorough and practical. There is an extensive memory verse program built into the course, and each lesson features carefully designed review questions. Following are some of the lesson titles: Repentance, Faith.. see full report
Ignorant Preachers - Oct. 24
The following is excerpted from A History of the Churches from a Baptist Perspective, www.wayoflife.org -
The downplaying of the importance of a solid Bible education, an emphasis on shouting and histrionics to the detriment of Bible content in preaching, and the emphasis on emotionalism as the evidence of spiritual reality has weakened large numbers of churches in “the South” even to this day.
As early as the turn of the 19th century, there was opposition to serious education of Baptist preachers in the South, as described by B.F. Riley, History of the Baptists in the Southern States, 1898:
“With rare exceptions the ministry of the Baptists of the South at this period was composed of illiterate, but earnest and devout men. ... These sincere, honest, though unlettered men ... insisted that if called of God to preach there would be supernatural provision for the duty as occasion might.. see full report
The following is excerpted from A History of the Churches from a Baptist Perspective, www.wayoflife.org -
The downplaying of the importance of a solid Bible education, an emphasis on shouting and histrionics to the detriment of Bible content in preaching, and the emphasis on emotionalism as the evidence of spiritual reality has weakened large numbers of churches in “the South” even to this day.
As early as the turn of the 19th century, there was opposition to serious education of Baptist preachers in the South, as described by B.F. Riley, History of the Baptists in the Southern States, 1898:
“With rare exceptions the ministry of the Baptists of the South at this period was composed of illiterate, but earnest and devout men. ... These sincere, honest, though unlettered men ... insisted that if called of God to preach there would be supernatural provision for the duty as occasion might.. see full report
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