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 Every fall, we get stuck on the story of Rahab in the book of Joshua, and we get particularly stuck on the question of whether Rahab was justified in lying to Jericho about the whereabouts of Israel’s spies. Is a false witness, a false testimony, Lying or lies ever justified for the Christian? It never can be lawful to lie, because that cannot be right which is contrary to the nature of God. And God is truth. All of our speech is confessional; all of our speech acknowledges the sin and lies to which we are prone. To do anything less would be, well ...a lie. by Ph. D. Keith Starkenburg http://www.mountainretreatorg.net/articles/lying-truthfulness-and-the-gr ace-of-god.html size 19744 bytes indexed 5/20/19 Hits: 6 What is the Meaning of Call No Man Your Father Upon the Earth. Call no man on earth your father? The correct understanding of this verse is unlikely to be gleaned without the Spirit of God, careful consideration of the context, and reflection on the text in the light of the rest of Scripture. Christ clearly is not declaring that we literally cannot call those who train or instruct us our teachers, nor that children may not call their natural parent their father. His words are not meant to invalidate literal titles or distinction made among men, but rather that we cannot exalt ourselves or man to an authoritative position reserved only for God. by Tony Warren http://www.mountainretreatorg.net/bible/call-no-man-your-father-upon-the -earth.html size 52339 bytes indexed 3/6/14 Hits: 43 If one follows the text closely one will notice that those addressed by Paul were not called "to be saints, but were called saints. The translators added the words "to be" because they, no doubt, struggled with the word saint (holy one) as many do today.by Doyle D. Dewberry http://www.mountainretreatorg.net/articles/called-saints.html size 26708 bytes indexed 3/8/19 Hits: 56 Rev Diaz is a prominent clergyman and an outspoken opponent of gay rights. The obvious question then becomes why did the New York Times not go to him initially for his reaction to the ordinance? Or, why did it not present the views of Dr. Howard Hurwitz of the Family Defense Council, of Rabbi William Handler of Jews for Morality, or of one of the City’s many other pro-family leaders? It was not until the fourth in a series of articles that New Yorkers even got a intimation that there was organized opposition to the ordinance within New York City, other than in the Catholic Church. by Don Feder http://www.mountainretreatorg.net/apologetics/homosexuality-and-the-medi a.html size 20017 bytes indexed 3/2/19 Hits: 54 Some of the dangers of ther invitation system or the altar call are giving assurance to those who are unconverted, promoting a method not promoted in Scripture, confusing the 'coming forward' with salvation and counting great numbers who only discredit their profession by their lives. We must learn to trust the power of the Holy Spirit and God's sovereign word to convince, convert, and change lives of those who are called. by by Jim Ehrhard http://www.mountainretreatorg.net/articles/the-dangers-of-the-invitation -system.html size 44170 bytes indexed 3/2/19 Hits: 52 Reformed Christian Bible Study on what it means to be born of water and Spirit. Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. What is regeneration? What is new birth? Well to put it simply we could say that regeneration is the divine act of instantaneously communicating spiritual life to men. Now if it is a divine act and if it is an instantaneous communication of spiritual life then it should be clear that man is a passive individual in regeneration. by Dr. S. Lewis Johnson http://mountain-retreat.org/sermons/born-of-water-and-spirit.html size 40914 bytes indexed 2/18/19 Hits: 73 The Ongoing Reformation - Recovering Essential Truths of the Faith - Scripture Alone became the battle cry of the great protest against Rome, which believed in a dual authority: the Bible and tradition. The Reformers believed in other authorities, such as church leaders, civil magistrates, church creeds and confessions, but saw these as subordinate to the authority of God as taught in Scripture. by Doug V. Heck http://thirdmill.org/magazine/article.asp/link/http:%5E%5Ethirdmill.org% 5Earticles%5Edou_heck%5Edou_heck.OR.html/at/The%20Ongoing%20Reformation size 167060 bytes indexed 2/6/19 Hits: 73 Feminists and Feminism have never offered a solution to worth that the Bible hasn’t already taken care of. God’s Word has all the answers we need. In Christ, and by extension His word, we (men and women) will find all the fulfillment, worth, value and purpose this life has to offer. by Kristen Clark https://www.girldefined.com/feminism-christianity-cant-mix size bytes indexed 2/5/19 Hits: 77 Feminists and Feminism notwithstanding, those who believe God created men & women with distinct but complementary roles have no reason to be ashamed of these roles, but ought to proclaim them as divinely handed-down and very good in the eyes of God and men (Gen. 1:31). https://www.gfcto.com/articles/theological-issues/god-ordained-relations hip size bytes indexed 2/5/19 Hits: 75 In this short passage in Matthew chapter 1, the Lord sets forth great truths about the virgin birth of our Lord Jesus. But He not only tells us truths which are objectively glorious about our Lord, He also tells us truths about Him which come to bear on our daily living. And though the genealogy of our Lord in Matthew begins with the supernatural, a miraculous birth, yet it was a virgin birth. -by Dr. Ligon Duncan http://www.mountain-retreat.org/sermons/jesus-virgin-birth.html size 25583 bytes indexed 12/11/18 Hits: 122 King James Onlyism is an error, but the KJV of the Bible is not. The abandonment of the King James Bible by modern day churches has not been a good thing. This is a Biblical Christian Bible examination of 5 reasons to use the King James Version of the bible, or why the King James Version is superior to every other english translation of the Bible. By Dr. Rick Flanders http://www.mountainretreatorg.net/apologetics/5-reasons-to-use-the-king- james-version.html size 10263 bytes indexed 5/10/18 Hits: 281  [PDF - Adobe Acrobat]Bart D. Ehrman, Ph.D. is touted to be one of North America’s leading textual critics today. I find his books particularly difficult to mount a response to. Not because they are scholarly presentations, which they certainly are not, but a recognition that 'Misquoting Jesus' is a book written on a popular level, not an academic level. Ehrman has woven a tight web of exaggeration, partial truths, falsehood, and misrepresentation that would take many more hours than we have, to unravel in order to set the record straight. It is truly a DeVinci Code of textual criticism. by Dr. Thomas Howe http://www.isca-apologetics.org/sites/default/files/papers/Jared%20Marti nez/Howe-AResponseToBartEhrman.pdf size 5088592 bytes indexed 5/9/18 Hits: 273 In Matthew 23, Jesus was in the Temple at Jerusalem warning the Scribes and Pharisees about their desecration of the worship of God, and of the immoral lives they were leading. He concluded his warnings with several references to the warnings of the Prophets which he applied to their impending destruction. by Pastor Bob Burridge www.genevaninstitute.org/syllabus/unit-seven-eschatology/lesson-2-the-gr eat-tribulation-of-matthew-24/ size bytes indexed 5/1/18 Hits: 303 Amillennialism, the doctrine both of the Bible and historic Christianity, has always been the authentic confession of the Christian faith. It is found in brief form in the oldest confession of the Christian church, the Apostles' Creed. The term a-millennial (literally non-millenial) is a rejection of a certain idea of the millennium, namely, that of a carnal, earthly kingdom in this present creation of the glorified Christ on earth. by Rev. Thomas Miersma http://www.reformedspokane.org/Doctrine_pages/The%20second%20coming%20of %20Christ/Term_%22Amillennial%22.html size 44265 bytes indexed 4/29/18 Hits: 300 The Hope of Israel was the Apostle Paul's last dialogue with his Jewish kinsmen in the Book of Acts. Some theologians find it problematic that Luke ends the Book in a way that may seem abrupt but we must again remember the purpose of the Book. The goal is to trace the expanse of the Gospel from Jerusalem to the ends of the earth. Since Rome represents that far away place, we can understand why it should end here in this city. by Brian Evans, M.A., B.A., Th.D., M.Div. http://www.mountainretreatorg.net/eschatology/the_hope_of_israel.html size 19463 bytes indexed 12/29/17 Hits: 369 Study on the The Hope of Israel, with an examination of Dispensationalism and the Scofield Bible. 'For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you and to speak with you; because that for the Hope of Israel I am bound with this chain. Acts 28:20.' Was Paul then bound with chains and sent to Rome for trial because he proclaimed and taught an earthly kingdom for the Jews? Not at all. Paul deermined the Scriptures, the hope of the promise of God made to the fathers of the hope of Israel to come was realized in the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead (Acts 26:6-8). by Philip Mauro http://www.mountainretreatorg.net/eschatology/the-hope-of-israel.html size 35786 bytes indexed 12/28/17 Hits: 378 If God is your father, then who is your mother? No one, you say? Well, God tells us something different in Galatians 4:26 'But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is the mother of us all.' So then, the Jerusalem that is above is the mother of God's children. But what is the Jerusalem that is above? In short, this Jerusalem is the bride of our Lord, and the bride of our Lord is the church. This Jerusalem, this bride is a heavenly reality, but it manifests itself on earth in the visible church. by Larry Wilson http://www.mountainretreatorg.net/eschatology/the-mother-of-gods-childre n.html size 9024 bytes indexed 12/12/17 Hits: 371 If all we had was the Old Testament we would all be Dispensationlists. Since they are caught up in the earthly significance of the nation Israel, they place a restoration of that nation in a future millennium, and the entire body of such is stamped primarily with the word "earthly." When we have the New Testament explanation, we see the truth as the word "spiritually" is emphasized. by Pastor Doyle D. Dewberry http://www.mountainretreatorg.net/eschatology/the-new-covenant.html size 26706 bytes indexed 12/7/17 Hits: 377 Men are frequently portrayed as bumbling incompetents as fathers, husbands, and employees. We see women wearing the pants in the family and treating their husbands like an extra child, and we see men who respond in kind: acting like children, obeying their wives’ commands, and, often, indulging in hours of childish pastimes, like video games, instead of working hard and caring for their families. It’s not Father Knows Best anymore. It’s Father’s a Moronic Buffoon to Kick Around. by Michelle Lesley https://michellelesleybooks.com/2016/05/13/feminist-infiltration-devalui ng-christian-men/ size bytes indexed 12/5/17 Hits: 414 Judges 11:21-40 - There are some stories in Scripture that present us with challenging questions, often because they come from a world and a culture far removed from our own, and because we have certain ideas about Scripture that prevent us from hearing the stories in that context. We are supposed to recoil from the monstrosity of Jephthah’s actions. The later community of Israel who included this story in the biblical traditions knew how wrong child sacrifice was, so there would be no mistaking this for a model of right behavior. by Dennis Bratcher http://www.crivoice.org/jephthah.html size 10430 bytes indexed 11/7/17 Hits: 395 | ||
