The May 12, 2008 issue of Time Magazine has a full page ad sponsored by the Universalist Unitarian Association of churches. Below is the text of that ad.
MY GOD IS BETTER THAN YOUR GOD. Is this any way to talk about religion? Maybe you are seeking an open-minded, spiritual community where people respect each other's beliefs and worship together as one faith. Where no one's idea of God is better than another's. There is a religion that welcomes your search. Welcome to Unitarian Universalism.
The ad continues with their logo, website, and an offer of a free introductory DVD. There are so many things biblically wrong with the content of this ad. If you want a list, let me know. But perhaps instead of listing the theological errors here, I'll close this entry praying for those who see the ad. Lord, I pray that You would limit the influence of this ad. Foil the plans of the evil one to use it to lead men and women astray. I pray for those believers who read this ad will recognize the wiles of the devil and see how their faith in the one and only God is different and unique and grounded in absolute truth. I pray for those who are still lost who see this ad. May they come in contact with the true Gospel and may Your Holy Spirit convict them of sin, truth, righteousness, and judgment. May they see the glories of Christ and come to know so great a salvation!
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
"Don't waste your pulpit!"
Here's a great video from John Piper challenging (us) preachers to preach the Word! Great stuff.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xiad6nKJCw
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Beyond Amazing Grace
I've been watching one of the services of First Baptist Church in Muscle Shoals, AL. What a biblical church! The one I've watched had Todd Murray doing a presentation on John Newton and it was great. He's written a book and done a CD on the life and forgotten hymns of John Newton. I encourage all to check it out.
One of the hymns is below. May it bless you (even though you need to work through some of the old English).
Sav’d by blood, I live to tell
What the love of Christ hath done;
He redeem’d my soul from hell,
Of a rebel made a son;
Oh, I tremble still, to think
How secure I liv’d in sin;
Sporting on destruction’s brink,
Yet preserv’d from falling in.
In his own appointed hour,
To my heart the Saviour spoke:
Touch’d me by his Spirits’ pow’r,
And my dang’rous slumber broke.
Then I saw and own’d my guilt:
Soon my gracious Lord reply’d,
“Fear not, I my blood have spilt,
‘Twas for such as thee I dy’d.”
Shame and wonder, joy and love,
All at once possess’d my heart;
Can I hope thy grace to prove
After acting such a part?
“Thou hast greatly sinn’d,” he said,
But I freely all forgive;
I myself thy debt have paid,
Now I bid thee rise and live,”
Come, my fellow-sinner try;
Jesus’ heart is full of love!
Oh, that you, as well as I,
May his wondrous mercy prove!
He has sent me to declare,
All is ready, all is free:
Why should any soul despair,
When he sav’d a wretch like me?
What the love of Christ hath done;
He redeem’d my soul from hell,
Of a rebel made a son;
Oh, I tremble still, to think
How secure I liv’d in sin;
Sporting on destruction’s brink,
Yet preserv’d from falling in.
In his own appointed hour,
To my heart the Saviour spoke:
Touch’d me by his Spirits’ pow’r,
And my dang’rous slumber broke.
Then I saw and own’d my guilt:
Soon my gracious Lord reply’d,
“Fear not, I my blood have spilt,
‘Twas for such as thee I dy’d.”
Shame and wonder, joy and love,
All at once possess’d my heart;
Can I hope thy grace to prove
After acting such a part?
“Thou hast greatly sinn’d,” he said,
But I freely all forgive;
I myself thy debt have paid,
Now I bid thee rise and live,”
Come, my fellow-sinner try;
Jesus’ heart is full of love!
Oh, that you, as well as I,
May his wondrous mercy prove!
He has sent me to declare,
All is ready, all is free:
Why should any soul despair,
When he sav’d a wretch like me?
Monday, May 5, 2008
C.S. Lewis on Friendship
"For a Christian, there are, strictly speaking, no chances. A secret Master of the Ceremonies has been at work. Christ, who said to the disciples, 'Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you,' can truly say to every group of Christian friends "You have not chosen one another but I have chosen you for one another.' The Friendship is not a reward for our discrimination and the good taste in finding one another out. It is the instrument by which God reveals to each the beauties of all the others. They are no greater than the beauties of a thousand other men; by Friendship God opens our eyes to them. They are, like all beauties, derived from Him, and then, in a good Friendship, increased by Him through the Friendship itself, so that it is His instrument for creating as well as for revealing. At this feast it is He who has spread the board and it is he who has chosen the guest. It is He, we may dare to hope, who sometimes does, and always should, preside. let us not reckon without our Host."
Lewis then goes on to quote Dunbar and says,
"Man, please thy Maker, and be merry,
And give not for this world a cherry."
From The Four Loves. What good insight on God's sovereignty in our relationships and a succinct summary of the Christian life in two lines!
Lewis then goes on to quote Dunbar and says,
"Man, please thy Maker, and be merry,
And give not for this world a cherry."
From The Four Loves. What good insight on God's sovereignty in our relationships and a succinct summary of the Christian life in two lines!
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