Toufik Benedictus? Benny? Hinn, 66, is an Israeli televangelist and one of the most notorious proponents of a deeply destructive theology known as the “gospel of prosperity. “ Do you perform miraculous crusades in stadiums around the world, then broadcast them on your TV show “This Is Your Day”. One of the pillars of his […]
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When the gospel is presented as “Come to Jesus to be right” instead of “Come to Jesus to be done righteously before God,” it should come as no surprise that people do not go to Jesus. If he is not the goal of his repentance, then he will not be considered the ultimate goal of
“I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for the salvation of all who believe, first of the Jew, and also of the Greek” Romans 1:16. Paul, in the flesh, had reason to be ashamed of the gospel he preached, because it contradicts everything that is believed to be
Some people have a gospel according to cats. And others have a gospel according to dogs. In the gospel according to cats. God said. “Make me happy. Caress me. Don’t get too close to me. Love me. Serve me. And maybe I’ll pay attention to you once in a while?This gospel presents God as capricious.
Co-responsibility is the care and management of what is alien. Although we always talk about things like “ours,” the reality is that everything we have and everything we are is someone else’s?Goodbye, as the Apostle Paul said, “What have you got?(1 Co 4. 7) . Therefore, it is of God that we have received our
In my last article, I developed an argument to show why we still need apologetics. Believing involves both one aspect of the mind and one aspect of the heart, so while some non-Christians will need help more in one aspect than in another, we can’t ignore it either. So what can we say when we
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Apologetics is an answer to the question “Why,” having already given people an answer to the question “What. “The question of what the gospel is obviously? But when you call people to believe in the gospel and they ask you, “Why?Should I believe it?” then you need apologies. I have heard many Christians try to
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Listen to your community We noticed at Niddrie that there are many housing organizations and various other social agencies, with teams made up primarily of people from outside the community, who impose their ideas and ideals on the community without much dialogue. Is it common to accept that these “professionals”? they know what we need.
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Now that we have a general understanding of the apostle Paul’s gospel, we can begin to understand why it generated such disdain and hostility among those who heard it. Although the gospel is the power of God for the salvation of all who believe, it is still a scandalous and incredible message for a fallen
A saving gospel In the Scriptures we read that salvation is the end or purpose of faith. [1] The same is true of the gospel. According to Paul, the greatest gift that the gospel gives to man is the salvation of his soul. God sent his Son into the world so that the world could
