Following on from my last post about bad hermenutics, below is a classic example. In fact this is just plain wrong on so many levels. I think the video speaks for itself
Some of you who read my blogs who call me judgmental etc, I really would like to see how you defend this one
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Taking God’s Word seriously means many hours of diligent study, which produces doctrinal coherence and theological consistency. That’s not what today’s evangelicals are known for. So how do we remedy that?
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Check out the first single “We Can be More” (Ft. JR), from Sho Baraka’s highly anticipated sophomore album Lions & Liars! Get it now on i Tunes
Everyone wants love. Everyone needs love. Everyone at some point has expressed or experienced love. However, love is so misunderstood and abused. With “We Can be More” Sho attempts to communicate love from a perspective that goes beyond the contemporary views of lust and selfishness.
For another taste of what you can expect from the Lions & Liars album, check out Sho Baraka’s Revolutionary Died video. A revolution is coming 3.30.10
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Today, Haiti’s government made the “heartbreaking” decision to declare the search and rescue phase for survivors of the earthquake over. This must be so heart rending for those who still have loved ones missing, knowing that they will no longer be searched for. Please continue to pray for Haiti. Below Kirk Frankin and friends have made this charity song for the cause. Please continue to make donations
THANKYOU
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Why does God allow evil? – Part 3: Pain and Suffering
Why does God allow evil? – Part 4: If God is so powerful and so good, why do bad things happen?
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This is my church, King’s Church Catford’s, debut album produced by the King’s worship band recorded live on Sunday 22nd November 2009. All songs were written by the singers and musicians at King’s Church.
Songs were written by Phil Varley, Nathan Prime, Luke Catley, Ben Welchman and Justin Ashworth
Phil Varley, who is my pastor who oversees the worship in my church , and the rest of the worship team did me proud with this album and I would encourage you to get a copy of this album which can be purchased here.
To listen to previews of the tracks, click here
To see some of the extra pictures that didnt make the final album artwork, click here
If you want to know to know the chords and lyrics to the songs, click here
If you are on Facebook, you can join the official Mercy Giver group here
My prayer is that Jesus will be glorifed through this project
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I read a Facebook status today which stated the following:
People might say why did God let the earthquake happen in Haiti….wrong question. We SHOULD be asking why did God not let the earthquake hit my country also. The whole world lives in darkness and God should really destroy us ALL but He has not dealt with us according to our sins (Psalm 103). His mercy is the only reason people are alive today.
With the situation as bad as it is, I think that every christian, even though we know that we dont deserve anything from God apart from his punishment, still wonders at the back of their mind why God would allow such calamites to happen to such ‘innocent’ lives. Some people asked Jesus the same question when they enquired why people died when the tower in Siloam fell on them. This was his response:
Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. Jesus answered, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way? I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them—do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem? I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. (Luke 13:1-5)
I received an email from Wretched Radio which reads as follows. As my posts states, it’s a hard pill to swallow
Who Takes the Blame for Haiti?
Rick Warren is wrong when he tweets that God does not judge the world through catastrophes (Romans 1:18).
Pat Robertson is wrong when he claims to know why the Haitian earthquake happened (Deut.29:29).
Perhaps these principles will help us figure out why tragedies happen and who is responsible.
God
God controls everything directly or indirectly by restraining His grace or allowing the devil a little more leash. Either way, God is sovereign over everything and happily accepts responsibility for both good and bad (but not sin).
The devil
The devil does not control the weather or rule the nations.
Humans
There are only two groups of people on the earth: pagans and Christians.
Why?
When God sends/allows disaster to the pagans, He does so for two reasons: as judgment or as a call to repentance. A disaster is not enough wrath for the pagans as it is merely a taste of God’s eternal punishment if they do not repent and trust the Savior.
When God sends/allows disaster to Christians, He does so for two reasons: to prune us or kill us and take us home. A disaster is never too much or too little for the Christian, the Pruner causes/allows just the right amount for our good and His glory.
While God may be sending judgment to an entire nation, each individual (pagan and Christian) should seek to determine why God caused/allowed himself to be hurt.
Christians are not victims of collateral damage. While there may be a primary reason God sends/allows a catastrophe, God orchestrates every detail in every situation.
Catastrophes happen to heathens as an act of God’s judgment, but they happen to Christians as an act of severe mercy.
God sends/causes a disaster for the onlookers to respond with apathy or kindness.
Biblical Support
Jesus gave us the definitive statement on catastrophes in Luke 13:1-5 (see above). Please take a moment to read that text and you will never make the mistake of Rick Warren or Pat Robertson.
Trick Question
God is not to blame for the earthquake as it was the exact right thing to do. While God gets the credit for the earthquake, He is never to blame for anything. Charles Wesley wrote a number of hymns thanking God for two earthquakes that rocked England in 1751; we should do the same.
The Bottom Line
While each individual should endeavor to learn the lesson that God has in the storm, there is an ultimate purpose (forty days or otherwise): God is endeavoring to glorify His Son. God sends a taste of His wrath to the heathens that they might look to the cross and be saved. God prunes Christians that we will live in greater gratitude for what Jesus has done to rescue us from eternal destruction.
Catastrophes, like everything, are about the cross.
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Haiti Earhquake: Mourn with those who mourn
Why does God allow evil? – Part 2
Why does God allow evil? – Part 3: Pain and Suffering
Why does God allow evil? – Part 4: If God is so powerful and so good, why do bad things happen?
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After hearing about the earthquake tragedy in Haiti, the first question I asked myself was, what should my response be? Well my very first response was to pray for these people and ‘mourn with those who mourn’. I can only imagine what the people of Haiti must be going through losing friends, families and loved ones. If I lost my children to an earthquake, I dont know what I would do.
So as I said with the Burma tragedy, lets be practical.
International charities are appealing for donations to help Haiti.
In the UK the DEC – an umbrella group which launches and co-ordinates responses to major disasters overseas – has launched a Haiti Earthquake Appeal.
These organisations also have ways to donate:
Every little helps
Thankyou
If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit? 17 Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. (James 2:15-17)
“When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. 32 All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. 33 And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35 for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; 36 I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’
37 “Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? 38 When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? 39 Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ 40 And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’ (Matthew 25:31-39)
Remember to keep the people of Haiti in your prayers
Related Posts:
Why does God allow evil? – Part 2
Why does God allow evil? – Part 3: Pain and Suffering
Why does God allow evil? – Part 4: If God is so powerful and so good, why do bad things happen?
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“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. (Matthew 7:13-14)
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I received an email yesterday with a sobering thought:
How many times have you wished someone a Happy New Year? Yet for many this year will be the time they go out into eternity to face the Holy God as their judge and will end up in hell. Every day 150,000 people die and most of them have never heard the gospel. May the Lord open our eyes and our heart and may we continue to strive to take the gospel to as many as we possible can.
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