Friday Church News Notes, Volume 16, Issue 28
Jul/10/15 06:00
The Friday Church News Notes is designed for use in churches and is published by Way of Life Literature’s Fundamental Baptist Information Service. Unless otherwise stated, the Notes are written by David Cloud. Of necessity we quote from a wide variety of sources, though this does not imply an endorsement. 
CCM A JUNGLE OF END-TIME APOSTASY (Friday Church News Notes, July 10, 2015, www.wayoflife.org, fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - That Contemporary Christian Music is a jungle of end-time apostasy is documented irrefutably in the 550-page DIRECTORY OF CONTEMPORARY WORSHIP MUSICIANS, which we have made available as a free eBook at the Way of Life web site. When you look at the fact that CCM has an illicit relationship with the world, which the apostle John plainly stated is “not of God” (1 John 5:15-17), that CCM represents the charismatic movement in all of its dangerous heretical weirdness (e.g., gibberish speaking, spirit slaying, holy laughter, holy drunkenness, Word Faith name-it-and-claim-it, latter rain miracl
From Bro. Cloud's Mailbox - July 2015
Jul/09/15 06:00
July 9, 2015 (David Cloud, Fundamental Baptist Information Service, P.O. Box 610368, Port Huron, MI 48061, 866-295-4143, fbns@wayoflife.org)
THEY LIKE THE PREACHING
“I just wanted to say thanks for your warning ministry. I’ve always despised CCM, but I thought you were going overboard a few years ago when you start taking shots at West Coast. Now I’m seeing all of my friends who went to West Coast cave on the CCM issue. You were right. I’m an author and teacher in a Bible Institute, and this year I’m looking forward to using much of your material to ‘cloud up and rain on’ the CCM movement. I want my students to either be inoculated to the stuff, or to be so ashamed of it they keep it to themselves and out of my church.”
“Thank you for writing this article about Dr. Garlock. ... Keep taking this Stand. We need men like you to preach the Truth. Being in the Greenville S.C. area with Bob Jones University influence we are seeing more and more churches use contemporary music. Our church has doubled in size because people are leaving their churches because of the music. The sad thing is we send our children to BJU where they are exposed to this music and our children wonder why we won't use it at our church. And no one at church will take a stand against this music. We don't use it, for now anyway.”
“Great article! [‘Dr. Garlock Misses an Important Point’] I don't recommend the Rejoice hymnal and we switched from Majesty Hymns to Living Hymns about 3 years ago because we just were not getting the rich traditional hymns. It is making a difference in our church as far as doctrine and spiritual growth through those many important hymns and spiritual songs. ... Once the Rejoice hymnal came out I realized where they were headed and we are not going that direction as a church so I can't in good conscience have our people learning and singing those songs. ... By God's grace until He returns, we will never take that direction as a church. We are growing and seeing people saved, baptized and joining the church and that Getty/Townend/SGM music is not why. It is the old time Fundamental Gospel and Bible Preaching, aggressive soulwinning and discipleship. It is seeking Christ and seeking to be filled with the Holy Spirit every day.”
Bodily Exercise and Its Profit
Jul/08/15 06:00
The following is excerpted from The Bible and Diet, which examines God’s will for man’s diet by looking at 26 passages of Scripture that deal with the subject. It answers questions such as the following: Was Adam’s diet a perfect diet? Is eating meat unhealthy? Were the restrictions against unclean animals in Leviticus for the purpose of health? Was Daniel a vegetarian? Did Daniel fast for health? Was Jesus a vegetarian? Is the New Testament believer under obligation to keep Old Testament diets? What place should exercise have in the Christian’s life? Is there an advantage to taking vitamins and supplements? The book also warns about quack diets, describing 13 marks of quackery, including bogus science, unsubstantiated testimonials, and heretical interpretations of the Bible. It also warns about the occultic influence that has crept into the dietary field through “alternative health” practices. 117 pages, available in print and a free eBook edition from www.wayoflife.org
“For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.”
Here Paul addresses the priorities of life.
First, we learn that such things as bodily exercise and diet have some profit.
Eating a balanced diet has profit, and multitudes of studies have found that exercise is important for maintaining health. It has been said that “inactivity is life-limiting.” The British government recommends that adults have five or more sessions of 30 minutes’ moderate activity a week (e.g., brisk walking, swimming, cycling, stair climbing). The U.S. Centers for Disease Control makes the same recommendation (150 minutes of moderate exercise per week), and the CDC emphasizes that the exercise can be broken into 10 minute segments and aerobic exercise should be combined with some muscle-strengthening activities (e.g., weight lifting, resistance bands, push-ups, sit-ups). The American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association recommend 150 minutes per week of moderate intensity aerobic exercise or 75 minutes of vigorous aerobic exercise (e.g., running, tennis, jumping rope), and they say that shorter 10-minute workouts can be as beneficial as longer workouts.
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Glorifying Doubt
Jul/07/15 06:00
The following is excerpted from our book What Is the Emerging Church?. The “Emerging Church” movement is a new approach to missions and church life among some “evangelicals” that is influencing many fundamental Baptist churches. The author has made a great effort to understand the emerging church, having read more than 100 books and many articles by emerging church leaders, having visited influential emerging congregations as well as attending with media credentials a large emerging conference sponsored by Zondervan and InterVarsity Press. In reality, the emerging church is simply the latest heresy within the broad tent of evangelicalism. The Bible does not warn in vain, “Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners” (1 Corinthians 15:33). Chapter titles include the following: What Is the Emerging Church? A Great Blending and Merging. The Liberal Emerging Church. The “Conservative” Emerging Church. 489 pages, available in print and eBook editions from www.wayoflife.org.
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The glorification of doubt and questioning is part of the deconstruction aspect of the emerging church. They aim to deconstruct traditional theology with the objective of reconstructing something different, something allegedly more fitting for “these times.”
Rob Bell says that God gives men “the invitation to follow Jesus with all our doubts and questions right there with us” (Velvet Elvis, p. 28). He says, “We sponsored a Doubt Night at our church awhile back. People were encouraged to write down whatever questions or doubts they had about God and Jesus and the Bible and faith and church” (p. 29). He says, “Questions bring freedom” (p. 30), and, “Questions, no matter how shocking or blasphemous or arrogant or ignorant or raw, are rooted in humility” (p. 30).
Tim Condor, pastor of Emmaus Way and member of the coordinating team for Emergent Village, says there must be a “climate of theological openness” to allow people to express their doubts (An Emergent Manifesto of Hope, p. 106). He says there should never be a punitive consequence or exclusion for expressions of doubt and questioning of even the most cardinal of doctrinal truths.
Adam Cleaveland says that churches should be “open to critique and deconstruction” (An Emergent Manifesto of Hope, p. 125). He says there should be safe places “where people can come and be involved in the process of deconstructing ideas and practices, all while remaining open to the new movements and new waves of the Spirit.”
Barry Taylor says, “Christian faith is open to discussion. Historically it always has been. It can be questioned and reinterpreted. In fact I would argue that it is meant to be questioned and reinterpreted” (An Emerging Manifesto of Hope, p. 167).
Friday Church News Notes, Volume 16, Issue 27
Jul/03/15 06:00
The Friday Church News Notes is designed for use in churches and is published by Way of Life Literature’s Fundamental Baptist Information Service. Unless otherwise stated, the Notes are written by David Cloud. Of necessity we quote from a wide variety of sources, though this does not imply an endorsement. WEST COAST STAFF MEMBER BUILDING BRIDGES TO THE CONTEMPORARY SBC POSITION (Friday Church News Notes, July 3, 2015, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - The compromise at West Coast Baptist College and Lancaster Baptist Church is evidenced by the affiliations of its staff members, some of whom are comfortable straddling the fence between a fundamentalist and a contemporary position. This is dangerous, unscriptural bridge-building. Jim Schettler is an example.
- www.puretruthmovement.com/speakers
- www.facebook.com/puretruthconference
- www.wcbc.edu/welcome-dr-jim-schettler
FANTASY SPORTS A MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY (Friday Church News Notes, July 3, 2015, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - Fantasy Sports, not long ago the province of a few die-hard fans, is now a multi-billion dollar a year industry that attracts more than 51 million American participants. Fantasy players spend an average of $465 a year on their fantasies, more than four times..
