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They themselves will be enslaved by many nations and great kings; I will repay them according to their deeds and the work of their hands – Jeremiah 25:14

Strangers devour your land in your presence; And it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers. – Isaiah 1:7

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-25/u-s-east-from-washington-to-nyc-at-risk-from-hurricane-sandy.html

Satan has been working to bring about a one world government since the beginning.

The world before the flood had been corrupted to the point that only Noah was perfect in his generations, and it (along with Sodom and Gomorrah) gives us a glimpse of what a satanically saturated culture would be like.

Nimrod and his city along with Babel’s Tower was the first glimpse of what the anti-christ and a one world government would look like.

God purposefully confused the languages to prevent this from happening before the time set aside for it in the “last days”.

Because of computer technology, mankind is once again uniting behind a single language as well as a single world economic, governmental, and religious system.

A debate is a conflict which clarifies a position. A dialogue is a conversation which compromises a position.

Pastor John E. Ashbrook

Seeker sensitive is now being rebranded as “attractional”…

interesting, they must have read “The Secret” and are now using the “law of attraction” to draw donors, er, i mean church members…

when you go to court, who do you present the evidence to?

the judge…

when you present evidence of God’s existence to unbelievers you elevate them to the position of judge and put God on trial…

according to scripture, the unbeliever already knows in their heart that God exists, they are just suppressing the truth in unrighteousness. (Romans 1:18-20)

our job in defending the faith is to not to join them in their folly (by arguing evidence according to their rules), but instead to demonstrate the foolishness of their folly (Proverbs 26:4-5, 23:9, 29:9; Matthew 7:6 )

As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

Romans 3:10-12

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.

They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

Error 
Everyone falls in this category on some point.  We see through a glass darkly and are in the constant process of learning and making course corrections as we mature spiritually.  The key is that we remain teachable and ready to change our minds, beliefs and opinions to conform to scripture under the guidance and discernment of the Holy Spirit.  We must be ready to correct or abandon the teaching of any tradition, personality, doctrine, or “revelation” that contradicts the full counsel of God’s word.

Heresy
When error becomes doctrine.  Have unscriptural views on issues that may not directly interfere with salvation.  Considers those who don’t agree with their beliefs as being heretics.  While they may sow doubt about the inerrancy of scripture and take scripture out of context, they still refer to scripture as the source of their beliefs even though they bend it to conform to their pet doctrines and traditions.

Apostasy
Heresy gone to seed.  Heresy to the point that they have departed from the faith to follow traditions of men and doctrines of demons.  Their apostate view is the basis of their salvation.  While they may refer to scriptures taken out of context, they look to other sources as being equal authority to or higher authority than the Bible.  These sources may include “new revelation”, “spiritual experiences”, traditions, commentaries, ancient wisdom, additional books, authority of an individual (prophet or apostle) or council of elders.  Apostates will also change the definitions of commonly used terms so that they sound “mainstream” in their public statements, documents and marketing materials, but then begin to incrementally introduce their true meanings to recruits over time.

Cult
An apostate group that is typically exclusive (they alone know the secret and everyone else is wrong or corrupted), is typically centered around a particular personality who is the ultimate authority, and they typically do not introduce their more controversial doctrines until after a recruit is first initiated into the group.  Often will seek to isolate members from those friends and family outside the group.

it is the job of pastors to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable…

the problem with attracting people with entertainment, you have to keep them with entertainment

if you get worldly people to sit in your audience using worldly methods, they will never stand for the offense of the Gospel

the Bible says that the Lord added to the church, not worldly entertainment and positive thinking

How often our kids rip out our hearts, kick them around like a soccer ball, and don’t give a thought to how it makes us feel.