We stand at the point of decision!

Let us give thanks and glory to the Lord for the obvious outcome of the elections. There are so many things that are taking shape in our nation, and in fact the entire world that my head is spinning when I think of what is taking place.

We are standing at a “Y” in the road of our culture and society. We as Christians especially stand at the crossroads, and God is demanding that we choose. Will we give our allegiance and affection to the Lord God Almighty or will we continue to feed our own selfishness and continue to succumb to the call of the enemy and compromise.

The culture war has talked about and written about a great deal. No longer can we deny it. We will either serve the Kings of Kings, or the prince of darkness. YOU MUST CHOOSE! You indecision in fact indicates your choice.

It is time to quit playing around and get serious or get left.

More to come……

"Thou Will be done?"

We in America are just hours away from the election of our leader, the President. Many have said that this is one of the most important elections in the history. Some say that all elections are important. I agree on both counts. I do however have an extreme sense of urgency with this election. This definite sense of urgency, even desperation, began back with Clinton administration, fueled during the 2004 election, and now has been heightened with this campaign.

As I see it, this situation is larger than even choosing Bush or Kerry as the next president. I am endorsing President Bush for re-election. That is clear. However we face a point of crisis in America that we have never faced before.

I read a column recently in Agape Press by Matt Friedeman. Matt is a pastor, college professor and talk show host. The title of his article was “Grace for Our Nation, and Not What We Deserve; The Last Thing Our Country Needs Is What We Have Earned for Ourselves . In that piece, Matt shares a prayer given by a fellow pastor at a prayer meeting, in which he prayed that God give us grace, and not what we really deserve. I would add that what we really deserve is judgment.

Think about it, we have witnessed the murder of 1.5 million unborn babies each and every year and call it choice. We promote the elimination of life from the embryo to the elderly and call it research or quality of life. We accept and promote the destruction of the foundation of our society, the family, through homosexual marriage, filth in the media, perversion in public education and call it tolerance.

As a people we are willing to allow our flag to burned, our troops to be criticized and mocked, our money to be used to fund the Cross in a jar of urine and call it “art” and we call it “free speech”.

As a church, we preach, teach, condone and promote everything else under the sun, except what the Word of God teaches and we call it evangelism. We gather in buildings and give out one cold snack a week and then stand in amazement when members are unequipped and defeated. We stand on this earth, denying the very foundations of our faith, without courage or resolve, and are deceived into thinking we are making a difference, while a world is dieing and going to hell.

Yes, grace is what we need, whether the choice is Bush or Kerry, God give us grace, and not what we really deserve.

I am not ashamed of the Gospel!

Well, Rick Warren has done it again. He has managed to make an appearance on international television and somehow failed to mention the Name. You know what I mean by the Name, and if you have listened to our radio show, you know what I am talking about in regards to Rick Warren.

Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church in California and author of the Purpose Driven books, was the subject of an interview on Dateline NBC on October 3. It was one of many of such appearances that Warren has been making in another stage of promotion for his book and church growth philosophy.

It came as no surprise to me that Warren failed to give credit to the Lord Jesus, let alone not mention evangelism, discipleship or the cause of the church. After all, it would not be his style to do so. In the NBC interview, Warren was asked why it is that he does not address the may hot topics that are the subjects of many pastors and teachers today such as abortion, same sex marriage, etc.Warren’s response was that you would not hear “politics” from his pulpit. He said he was more concern with where people are than where they have been.

I agree with him in part. The woman, who has had an abortion, needs the grace and peace that only God can give her. But she also needs the forgiveness of sin that only God can give her through repentance and obedience. As I have stated many times, Warren,Hybels and all of the purpose driven/seeker sensitive folks over emphasize the love and provision of God to the neglect of the righteousness and judgment of God, and as such do not proclaim the whole Gospel.

With such a watered down message it is no wonder that the church is failing in its mission. This user-friendly approach to church growth will definitely fill the building. I know of one church in particular in our area that put up very impressive numbers. They calmly boast that they love people and are breaking the molds to meet the “felt needs” of everyone. They offer many different programs ranging from a nursery to drama to separate services for children and teens.

They get a lot of attention and always seem to be on the move. The facts are that this church has done more to set back evangelism and discipleship for the cause of Christ that anything else in that area in the past 50 years. If numbers and building impress you then you would definitely be impressed.

But the truth is that this particular church does not preach the whole counsel of God, thus creating a revolving door, marching through a mass of people who have no solid foundation for their faith. If a church or an individual just hugs a lot of necks and tell you everything is okay, while neglecting the fact that we are sinners bound for hell, unless we repent and surrender our lives to Christ, then simply said THEY ARE NOT CHRISTIANS and THEY ARE NOT THE CHURCH.

I know many of you think I spend too much time on this, but this thing is a cancer and it must be removed and done away with. At one point I was not willing to consider Purpose Driven/Seeker Sensitive to be heretical. Now my opinion has changed and I declare today that it is my belief that these “church growth” philosophies are what I believe to be the catalyst for the apostate church spoken of in Scripture.

These are desperate times, and it is time to desperately seek the Lord while there is still time. It is time for us to get real, to get serious about serving the Lord, and quit playing church.