Read Matthew 7:13-27
If you haven't already seen this sermon, please open your heart and mind and watch. You'll need to set aside an hour to watch it; once you start you won't want to stop. Not everything he says is 100% technically correct when examined under the theological microscope, but please don't discard the message and the man because of that. Please don't harden your heart to this man preaching the gospel with heart-felt passion and conviction.
Showing posts with label False teachers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label False teachers. Show all posts
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
John Piper and the Prosperity Gospel
Read Galatians 1:6-10.
I'd like to share one of my favourite YouTube clips. The speech audio is the voice of John Piper speaking about the "Prosperity Gospel". It sounds like an extract from a sermon; I'm not certain of the context. The music, images and text that have gone into the production of this video clip are very effective in driving home the core message.
I invite you to spend three minutes to watch this:
What are your thoughts? Please leave a comment.
I'd like to share one of my favourite YouTube clips. The speech audio is the voice of John Piper speaking about the "Prosperity Gospel". It sounds like an extract from a sermon; I'm not certain of the context. The music, images and text that have gone into the production of this video clip are very effective in driving home the core message.
I invite you to spend three minutes to watch this:
What are your thoughts? Please leave a comment.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Stinking, Rotten Meat
Read:Colossians 2:18-19
Are you impressed when people deny themselves food, drink or comforts in the name of spiritual growth? Some people are, obviously. Is God impressed? I think perhaps, not.
These people are happy to go on at length about their spiritual experiences with angels, visions, voices, messages, words and tongues - and probably many more things I've forgotten, or not yet heard of. These people make their own experience and "faith" the new standard, and come down on others that don't measure up. They will try to disqualify you. They insist that unless you do [fill in the blank for the crazy things they do] you're not a real Christian.
Don't be deceived: these are not Super-Christians. They're just full of themselves. That's what "puffed up without reason" means: they're full of themselves. They're certainly not full of Christ, anyway. They're disconnected from Christ, who is the head of the body: the church. Body parts that are disconnected from the head aren't really part of the body at all. They die, rapidly. Soon, they begin to smell.
Don't let the stinking, rotten meat within Christ's body convince you that your simple faith and simple worship are not good enough for God.
Are you impressed when people deny themselves food, drink or comforts in the name of spiritual growth? Some people are, obviously. Is God impressed? I think perhaps, not.
These people are happy to go on at length about their spiritual experiences with angels, visions, voices, messages, words and tongues - and probably many more things I've forgotten, or not yet heard of. These people make their own experience and "faith" the new standard, and come down on others that don't measure up. They will try to disqualify you. They insist that unless you do [fill in the blank for the crazy things they do] you're not a real Christian.
Don't be deceived: these are not Super-Christians. They're just full of themselves. That's what "puffed up without reason" means: they're full of themselves. They're certainly not full of Christ, anyway. They're disconnected from Christ, who is the head of the body: the church. Body parts that are disconnected from the head aren't really part of the body at all. They die, rapidly. Soon, they begin to smell.
Don't let the stinking, rotten meat within Christ's body convince you that your simple faith and simple worship are not good enough for God.
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