Overly sensitive? Just plain stressed out by the responsibilities of life? It’s not your fault, right? Everybody’s out to get you, right? Nothing’s fair? Why is everybody so mean? This is the album for you. Turn off Lifetime and Bravo and listen to this instead.
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In Cologne, Germany, Roman Catholic priest Franz Meurer appears to have taken quite a liking to not only the Muslim people, but Islam itself. In this article, we read of Mr. Meurer’s efforts in fundraising to assist the local Muslim community in building a mosque. Local parishoners were encouraged to give to assist in the drive. Of course, one could compare such efforts to helping raise funds for construction of an Asherah or altar to Baal, but since Roman teaching says Muslims worship the same God as Catholics, we shouldn’t be surprised (per Paragraph 841 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Second Edition. Read it for yourself.)
Perhaps once the Muslims are no longer a minority, we’ll see if this statement by a Muslim writer is reciprocated by German Muslims:
You not only had a Catholic church tolerating Muslims who want to build a mosque … but you also had [Catholic] parishioners giving money so that people from another faith could also practice their religion in their own place of worship,”
One need not look to far to see that the Islamic definition of 
“free society” is not quite what we Westerners are used to, nor is their definition of “freedom of religion.” Spiritual deceit abounds again – truth does matter. Seek truth diligently.
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Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, has recently acquired three fragments 
of the Dead Sea Scrolls courtesy of a large donation made by one of its trustees. There is, of course, nothing inherently wrong with the possession of such fragments, but listening to the men interviewed, my eyebrows were certainly raised, for two reasons:
1) Paige Patterson, President of the seminary, says, “I can only say God must have been smiling on us.” A man, blessed by God with sufficient wealth, decides to make a donation for this and that thus means that “God is smiling on us?”
2) Gary Loveless, the trustee who made the donation, said, and I quote:
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In a story about a “church” (read the article and you’ll see why the quotation marks are used) in a small town out East that burned down recently.
It appears from the article that this was more of a community gathering place with a spiritual foundation – but a foundation in…what? When we read quotes from attendees, do we see any true basis for their 
comfort? Any assurance? Any truth?
DISCLAIMER: Please don’t start with the “mean-spirited”-type comments. Comfort that is false is no comfort at all. ”Truth” that is not true is not truth at all.
Now, the fact that people from many different “faiths” are attending is in and of itself not reason to cast aspersions on what was happening in this building. I would certainly hope our local fellowship would welcome Jews, Buddhists, etc., to be in attendance – but we certainly would not accommodate our worship or teaching/doctrine in such a manner as to proclaim a Jewish/Buddhist/etc., message as being as true as the Christian message.
The article says this about the minister of this “church” (keep in mind that “church,” as the Scripture refers to it, means “assembly” or “called out ones” – but an assembly of…who? Those who have bowed the knee to Christ and Christ alone):
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From Audience One.
Our Sufficient Savior:
the Lord Jesus Christ
the Lord Jesus Christ
“Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves,
but our adequacy is from God” -2 Corinthians 3:5
but our adequacy is from God” -2 Corinthians 3:5
“Therefore God also has highly exalted Him
and given Him the name which is above every name.” -Philippians 2:9
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• Jesus Christ is completely sufficient for all matters of life and godliness (2 Peter 1:3-4)
• Sufficient for creation (Colossians 1:16-17)
• He is our salvation (Hebrews 10:10-12)
• He is our sanctification (Ephesians 5:26-27)
• He is our glorification (1 John 3:2)
• So pure is He that there is no blemish, stain, spot of sin, defilement, lying, deception, corruption, error or imperfection in Him (1 Peter 1:18-20)
• There is no other God besides Him (Isaiah 45:5)
• He is the only begotten Son (John 1:14,18)
• All the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are in Him (Colossians 2:3)
• All the fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily in Him (Colossians 2:9)
• He is heir of all things (Hebrews 1:2)
• He created all things and all things were made by Him, through Him and for Him (Colossians 1:16-17)
• He upholds all things by the word of His power (Hebrews 1:3)
• He is the first-born of all creation (Colossians 1:15)
• He is the exact representation of God (Hebrews 1:3)
• He is the only Mediator between God and man (1 Timothy 1:5)
• He is the Son that enlightens (Hebrews 1:3)
• the Physician that heals (Luke 4:23-24; 5:31)
• the Wall of Fire that defends (Exodus 13:21)
• the Friend that comforts (John 15:14-15)
• the Pearl that enriches (Matthew 13:45-46)
• the Ark that supports (Genesis 6:18; Revelation 11:19)
• and the Rock to sustain under the heaviest of pressures (Deuteronomy 32:18; 1 Corinthians 10:4)
• He is the Deliverer (Romans 11:26)
• He is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty on high (Acts 2:34; Hebrews 1:3; 8:1)
• He is better than the angels (Hebrews 1:4-14)
• He is better than Moses (Hebrews 3:3); better than Aaron (5:1-10); better than Joshua (4:8); better than Melchizedek (7:1-3); better than all the prophets (Ephesians 2:20; Hebrews 1:1)
• He is greater than Satan (Luke 4:1-12; John 14:30)
• He is stronger than death (1 Corinthians 15:55; Hebrews 2:14)
• He is the First and the Last (Revelation 1:17-18)
• He is the Lamb of God (John 1:29)
• He is our peace (Ephesians 2:14)
• He is our hope (1 Timothy 1:1)
• He is our Life (Colossians.3:4)
• He is the Way, the Truth and the Life (John 14:6)
• He is the Strength of Israel (1Samuel 15:29)
• He is the Root and Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star (Revelation 22:16)
• He is Faithful and True (Rev. 19:11)
• He is the Author and Finisher of our faith (Hebrews 12:1-2)
• He is the Captain of our Salvation (Hebrews 2:10)
• He is the Champion (Isaiah 19:20)
• He is the Elect One (Isaiah 42:1)
• He is the Apostle and High Priest of our confession (Hebrews 3:1)
• He is the Righteous Servant (Isaiah 53:11)
• He is the Lord of Hosts, the Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel, the God of the whole earth (Isaiah 54:5)
• He is the Man of Sorrows (Isaiah 53:3)
• He is the Light (John 1:7; 1 John 1:5)
• He is the Son of Man (Matthew 20:28)
• He is the Vine (John 15:5)
• He is the Bread of Life (John 6:48)
• He is the Door (John 10:7)
• He is Lord and Christ (Acts 2:36; Philippians 2:10-13)
• He is Prophet, Priest and King (Hebrews 1:1-3)
• He is our Sabbath rest (Hebrews 4:9)
• He is our Righteousness (Jeremiah 23:6; 1 Corinthians 1:30) people
• He is the Wonderful Counselor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6)
• He is the Chief Shepherd (1 Peter 5:4)
• He is Lord God of hosts (Isaiah 47:4)
• He is King of the nations (Jeremiah 10:7; Revelation 15:3)
• He is the Lion of Judah (Revelation 5:5)
• The Word of God (John 1:1; Revelation 19:13)
• the Rock of Salvation (Psalm 62:2; 89:26; 95:1)
• the Rock of Israel (Isaiah 30:29)
• the Eternal Spirit (Hebrews 9:14)
• He is the Ancient of Days (Daniel 7:9)
• Creator and Comforter (1 Peter 4:19; Isaiah 43:1; John 16:7)
• Messiah (John 1:41)
• and He is the great I AM (John 8:58)
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H.E. Baber is: “a philosophy professor at the University of San Diego. She is the author of The Multicultural Mystique: The Liberal Case Against Diversity.” She also writes a column on religious issues for The Guardian, a London newspaper. By her own admission, she appears to be no “conservative, narrow-minded Calvinist” (not her words) such as myself (!), with no theological ax to grind against The Purpose Driven Empire. She visited Saddleback Church to 
see/hear the megachurch experience recently and her account is below, with emphases added by the present writer. Her experience seems quiet similar to my own visit to a Midwestern megachurch, Granger Community Church, last year.
The author makes many valid points that we should all be addressing – is the God we present truly transcendent, holy, worthy of holy fear such as expressed by Isaiah in ch. 6 or at the burning bush, or is He just some swell dude who is a good buddy who’ll assist you in elevating your self-esteem? Does the God we present at our churches EVER inspire a sense of holy awe and wonder? Does the God we present ever cause us to come to a realization of our own sinfulness and our true need for a Savior?
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“Last Sunday we drove up to Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church in Orange County, a collection of affluent, politically conservative suburbs south of LA. The model of a modern megachurch, Saddleback boasts over 112,000 “unchurched occasional attenders” as well as 22,800 active members – many initiated in the temperature-controlled baptismal pools on its 120-acre campus.
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Sound doctrine with a pleasant demeanor (and a swell graphic header courtesy of Josh Gelatt).
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