Category: Repentance
What Does It Mean When You Are in Addiction Denial
[Originally published on Helium Network 03-12-2013] Alcoholics Anonymous has quite a few unofficial slogans, and one of them is, “Denial is not a river in Egypt.” It’s a tongue-in-cheek barb directed towards people when they are not facing reality. As catchy as that is, however, it does not really portray…
Change: Not New Wine Into Old Wineskins
Picture of wineskins, by Tamorlan 30 But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners? 31 And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick. 32 I came…
Southern Baptists Concede Defeat in Sexual Revolution Battle
“Fleeing Sodom and Gomorrah” From Bible Pictures with Brief Descriptions by Charles Foster, 1897 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. ~ Ro 8:7 We are instructed numerous times in the NT to come…
False Teacher James Malm Makes More Dubious and Dangerous Claims About the Unpardonable Sin
For all his pontificating and supposed calling of the Churches of God to repentance, James Malm has certainly undercut his own supposed reason for his blog recently by claiming that those who do not make it in this age are not condemned but rather are disqualified for leadership in the…
Unworthy to Take the Passover
27Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. 28But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. 29For he that eateth and drinketh…
Right in His Own Eyes
I kicked off the Book of Judges study series discussing the dual themes of lack of centralized control and lack of internal constraints. While the former was much of the impetus behind actually putting some of my own studies down on paper, there also is a Passover and Days of…
Repentance and the Church
Rev 2:5: “…except thou repent.” v 16: “Repent…” v 21: "And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not." v 22: "Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds."…
The Bible is Never Popular
22Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake. (Luke 6:22, King James Version) An article that caught my eye recently was the Eagle News…
UCG Conference Begins Today & What Does God Really Want?
First, a news update: The UCG Elders special conference begins today in Cincinnati, OH at the site of the GCE meetings. The day after, the COE will have a special follow-up session on 2 February. UCG has not been the only church to have its share of problems, of course. …
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What Does It Mean When You Are in Addiction Denial
[Originally published on Helium Network 03-12-2013] Alcoholics Anonymous has quite a few unofficial slogans, and one of them is, “Denial is not a river in Egypt.” It’s a tongue-in-cheek barb directed towards people when they are not facing reality. As catchy as that is, however, it does not really portray…
Change: Not New Wine Into Old Wineskins
Picture of wineskins, by Tamorlan 30 But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners? 31 And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick. 32 I came…
Southern Baptists Concede Defeat in Sexual Revolution Battle
“Fleeing Sodom and Gomorrah” From Bible Pictures with Brief Descriptions by Charles Foster, 1897 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. ~ Ro 8:7 We are instructed numerous times in the NT to come…
False Teacher James Malm Makes More Dubious and Dangerous Claims About the Unpardonable Sin
For all his pontificating and supposed calling of the Churches of God to repentance, James Malm has certainly undercut his own supposed reason for his blog recently by claiming that those who do not make it in this age are not condemned but rather are disqualified for leadership in the…
Unworthy to Take the Passover
27Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. 28But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. 29For he that eateth and drinketh…
Right in His Own Eyes
I kicked off the Book of Judges study series discussing the dual themes of lack of centralized control and lack of internal constraints. While the former was much of the impetus behind actually putting some of my own studies down on paper, there also is a Passover and Days of…
Repentance and the Church
Rev 2:5: “…except thou repent.” v 16: “Repent…” v 21: "And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not." v 22: "Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds."…
The Bible is Never Popular
22Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake. (Luke 6:22, King James Version) An article that caught my eye recently was the Eagle News…
UCG Conference Begins Today & What Does God Really Want?
First, a news update: The UCG Elders special conference begins today in Cincinnati, OH at the site of the GCE meetings. The day after, the COE will have a special follow-up session on 2 February. UCG has not been the only church to have its share of problems, of course. …