Why I choose to believe the Bible by Voddie Baucham- MUST SEE!

For my Christian friends who like myself in times past have defended their belief in accuracy of God's Word with answers like:" It's what I was raised to believe" or "God changed my life, so I know He is real and the Bible is true" I challenge you to take 45 minutes to watch this series of videos http://youtu.be/EPNraxxxRO8 (part 1 here, watch parts 1 to 5) and see the failure to connect with any unsaved person based on such illogical answers. This message challenged me a lot, and I also suggest Jason Lisle's Ultimate Proof of Creation to further educate us on this issue. We will never reach the lost for Christ using illogical, emotional, irrational answers. 

I thank God that we have truth of God's Word that stands up to any challenge, and to quote brother Baucham, “The Bible is a reliable collection of historical documents written down by eyewitnesses during the lifetime of other eyewitnesses that reports supernatural events that took place in fulfillment of specific prophecies and claim that their writings are divine writings rather than human in origin.”

Watch the video and be challenged, encouraged, and blessed. Thank you!

Pride, humility, and judging ourselves rightly

Many people these days use the term "Pharisee" or "Pharisaical" when referring to standards of Biblical authority and teaching on any of a number of subjects. Whether one teaches the reality of an eternal Hell or  call out sins such as adultery or homosexuality, it seems every person quoting the Bible more than Ghandi or  Mother Theresa,  are branded as Pharisees. There are surely some who quote the Bible out of context to prove their own point, but I find that much of this branding is terribly inaccurate and even lends itself to slanderous accusations rather than edification.

I even have to disagree with the definition of "Pharisaical" as offered by Merriam Webster's online dictionary
 "marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness" as this definition also supposes ill intent or motivations on the part of the Pharisees.

Power to pronounce you "man and wife"?

I recently read this article on a friend's website. I have verified many of the facts contained herein on other occasions in my study of the church and state's place in other issues, including the oxymoronic "marriage for homosexuals". Voddie Baucham did a great job discussing that issue in his blog post "Is gay the new black?" and I highly recommend reading that article also.

 This article delves into how marriage was taken out of the realm of God's authority and given to the state or even placed in the hands of the Catholic church during the Reformation. Lots more inside that most people who have not studied marriage in the Bible to modern times will be shocked to see.

Read the article and research the facts yourself. Go to God's Word and be convinced