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Johnny Esposito
The Entertainment Industry’s Influence Over the Church of God Today
As we all know, America is a mess today. We see it in our home towns, we see and/or hear about it on the news. We have heard dozens upon dozens of sermons detailing the depravity of America and her culture. I preach about it all the time. I have written books about it. I [...]
Quote for Your Week
In the film Sheffey, Robert Sheffey, the circuit riding preacher who is nearing the end of his life, recites the following line. Its truth applies to all areas forfeited by the church to a relentless culture, bent on destroying or at least polluting the bride of Christ.
“Every time we give up on a part of [...]
Quote for your Week
“I am of the opinion that the chief dangers which confront the coming century will be religion without the Holy Spirit, Christianity without Christ, forgiveness without repentance, salvation without regeneration, politics without God, and heaven with out hell.”
-William Booth
The New Testament Commandments
John 14:15 “If ye love me, keep my commandments.”
Based on the above scripture, it’s obvious that Jesus commanded obedience if we love Him. Let’s examine the New Testament commandments. There are 1,050 commands in the New Testament for Christians to obey. Due to repetitions we can classify them under about 800 headings. They cover every [...]
Alcohol Bible Study
The Bible says, “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly” (John 10:10). Does alcohol really give a person a more exciting life, or does it rob a person of real life? This [...]
How dangerous is our culture for the Christian?
While working on my notes for a 2nd semester class I was reminded of these quotes!!!!
Concerning this world or in which we live, or this culture which we are surrounded by Thomas Parr writes:
It might seem an extreme assertion at first, but I believe that the challenge of living [...]
Continental Congress on Entertainment
Have you ever wondered why the Founding Fathers were so far advanced of the common man today. Maybe it had something to do with their DISCOURAGEMENT of entertainment in 1774!
October 20, 1774, The Continental Congress orders discouragement of entertainment (http://www.historyorb.com/entertainment).
Aren’t you glad we are more enlightened than they were!?!
A few more interesting words on the [...]
Dr. John R. Rice on Hollywood
Below you will find a few quotes by John R. Rice in his book What’s Wrong with the Movies? It was written in 1938. Keep in mind that TV was not yet generally available when this tract was written. The first TVs came out in the late 1930s, but it wasn’t until the mid-1940s, after [...]
Quote for your Week
What we now have might best be labeled consumer Christianity. The psychologist Paul C. Vitz has observed, “The ‘divine right’ of the consumer to choose as he or she pleases has become so common an idea that it operates in millions of Americans like an unconscious tropism.” Millions of Americans today feel free to buy [...]
Quote for your Week
“But over time, what they [fundamentalists] reject will find or create safe space outside of their borders [I think the Bible calls it "land marks"] and become a resource so that many, if not most, of the grandchildren of today’s fundamentalists will learn and grow and move on from the misguided battles of their forebears.”
-Brian [...]