Transition

I’m in the process of transitioning this site over to a new host.  The site should pretty much look the same, but the new host gives me more powerful blogging options.  You can now view this site @:  www.hereitcconfessions.my-wp.com.
I’ve recently added two more posts entitled:

The Prosperity Gospel Revisited (Part 1)
The Kingdom Has Come (Part 1)

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The Prosperity Gospel

I used to be pretty anti-prosperity Gospel.  I never subscribed in a “poverty Gospel either,” but I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about the subject after reading the following (found here):
Anyone who knows me, knows of my disdain for the prosperity gospel. The people who preach this gospel are wolves in sheep’s clothing.  Watch this video [...]

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Is Church Practical?

The other day as I was sitting in “church,” the thought came to me, “this just isn’t practical.” The message was on spending time with God early, every morning. The pastor talked about how important and vital to life this discipline was in becoming more than an overcomer.  But instead of feeling motivated to go [...]

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Appeasement Theology (Part 4)

Ok, so we’re going to go back and visit Appeasement Theology, because it keeps popping up.  I was talking with a group of teens the other day about the exclusive claim of Jesus -that He was and is the only way to get into heaven, and it was received with mixed emotions.  Mainly that it [...]

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Turn the Light On

Imagine, if you will, going into a dark room and trying to gather up all of the darkness and push it out the door. Would you start in the darkest corner, and try to sweep all of the darkness out?  Or get a net and try to catch it all?  The images create a pretty [...]

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Get A Job!

My mom and I have this ongoing debate about my responsibility to provide for my family.
She says: “the Bible says that if you don’t have a job you don’t eat!”
But I respond:  “I thought it says if you don’t work you don’t eat?”
In America we think of work as getting a job. 
But God’s command is to [...]

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The Sinner’s Prayer

In CT there is an article entitled “Jesus and the Sinner’s Prayer,” questioning the current popular view of how to obtain salvation.  The sinner’s prayer.  The article notes that Jesus never invites or instructs someone to pray a “sinner’s prayer” or “invite Him into their hearts.”  In fact in 2 different instances Jesus says to obey [...]

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Appeasement Theology (Part 1)

There is a new form of theology that has been infiltrating even the most conservative of churches, that I believe is not theology at all, but rather apostate.  This way of thinking is something I’ve chosen to deem “Appeasement Theology.”
I’m sure that this post will offend a lot of folks who subscribe to this way of [...]

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Why You Want A King (Part 2)

So you want a king?  I think we all desire a king or a sovereign if you will.  But the truth is everyone must have a sovereign, because everyone must have a law system.  In order to have a law system, you must have someone with authority that gave and supports that law system.  Hence the need [...]

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Why You Want A King (Part 1)

You may say to yourself that you don’t want a king. You’d rather be king then to serve someone else. That may be true, however as a collective people, I believe that we desire a king.
The story of Israel’s first king is found in 1 Samuel 5.  The Israelites went to Samuel and demanded a [...]

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