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The beauty of creation
Rebecca posted a topic in General Chats,
Psalm 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
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Pastor Matt,Bible College
Pastor Matt posted a topic in General Chats,
If I missed your school, shoot me a PM and I will add it. These are in no certain order.
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Pastor Matt,Why are Millennials Leaving the Church?
Pastor Matt posted a news in Church,
One of the primary objectives of every generation of the church is to hand the faith and the church over to the next generation. Has the church failed in this objective? The Bible teaches this in Titus 2:4-5 "That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed".
So the question must be asked: How does the church reach the next generation? Music and technology are probably the two most things used to reach this generation. We're told that music must reflect the culture of the generation. A.W. Tozer says it best, “Worship is no longer worship when it reflects the culture around us more than the Christ within us.” How the church wins people is how they have to keep them.
What do millennials want? The same thing everyone is looking for. Our time. Our heart. Our attention, along with a chance to actually connect with people. That is one reason why small groups do well with Millennials. Relationship is something every church can be good at. Everyone at your church doesn't need to know everyone. But everyone needs to know someone.
While culture changes, God is the same yesterday, today and forever. We don't need to have our churches reflect entertainment and the culture to draw people to His church. Christ like love still draws people to Christ.
Please let us know in your comments below why you feel our young people are leaving the church.
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Pastor Matt,Aside from Sunday morning services.....
DaveW posted a topic in Biblical Issues,
Thoughts people?
How can we (biblically of course) find a way to help people see the importance of the other services?
I struggle to understand it personally, because pretty much from the day I got saved I was in every service I could be. It just seemed to be what I should do, but that is apparently not "normal".......
(How surprising is that? I am not normal!!!!! 😂 )
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Pastor Matt,What are some "Red Flags" when visiting a church for the first time?
Pastor Matt posted a topic in Biblical Issues,
I know the first thing we do in this age is go on the internet and look and maybe shoot an email to them, but sometimes church websites are so vague that you don't know the beliefs or style of the worship service, but my question for you is when you first walk into a church for the first time, what are some of the first things you look for?
For me the first thing I do is look and see if they have Bible pews, and if they do, I check to see what version they are. Not a fully telling sign, but its a start.
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Pastor Matt,What do you love about your church?
Pastor Matt posted a topic in Biblical Issues,
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Pastor Matt,THE DANGER OF STANDARDS
Donald posted a topic in Biblical Issues,
Well one of the chief ways that this happens with IFB’s, is in the are of “standards”. I once asked a missionary to define “legalism” for me. His response was, “A legalist is someone who has more standards than I do.” His answer demonstrates just how dangerous standards can be.
Some of you, may not know the kinds of DANGERS, I am talking about. But here is a big one. “When a Christian starts lifting up standards, to guide his behavior, he stops listening to the Holy Spirit!” In reality, the LORD wants us to be “led by the Spirit”, every waking moment of the day. But when we start following standards(our own or someone elses), than we allow those STANDARDS, to overrule the Spirit’s leadership.
It is also a waste of time, to try and nail someone down to using strictly “Biblical standards”; Because “all standards” are man-made, because they are all based upon our present interpretation of what the Bible says. This is true, unless you want to call those things that we are dogmatic about, “standards”. Things like "the infallibility of God’s Word", should not be called a “standard”, because man’s opinion, has NOTHING to do with it.
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Pastor Matt,The Hot Truth About Hell
Galations 2:20 posted a sermon entry in Galations 2:20's Devotions,
The book of Revelation tells us “He has the keys to Hell and death.” Life and death are in the power of His nail torn hands because His sacrificial death for our sins on the cross took away the power of death, giving us the gift of salvation and eternal life.
The following verse proves His deity over time; past, present and future, He is not bound or limited by time as man is. This verse plainly declares there is a literal heaven and likewise, or opposite, a literal hell.
I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. (Revelation 1:18)
Hell has been described as being a place that:
· Man will have a memory that will NEVER fail.
· It is a place that EVERY request will be denied.
· It is a place of HATRED.
· It is a place located DOWNWARD, NOT UPWARDS towards eternity
· A place of Outer DARKNESS
· A PRISON in chains
· It is a place of UNQUENCHABLE THIRST, a thirst for spiritual things of Christ that can never be
quenched.
· It is a place of ever LONGING.
· It is a place of FIRE that is NEVER extinguished.
· A place where the worm DIETH NOT, sinners never die.
· A place of EVERLASTING DESTRUCTION.
· A place of NO REST day and night.
· A place of TORMENT day and night for eternity.
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Pastor Matt,Is the KJVO "movement" dying?
Gorship posted a topic in Biblical Issues,
I sometimes post on another board and (hopefully its ok) I would like to link a thread that is going on over there. NOT so that we can all march over there and say "huzzah! you're wrong!" but rather I would like to have this discussion on here. I will probably be starting another thread I would like to get some more opinions on that is in tandem to this thread but worthy of a secondary set of thought patterns.
Without futher ado this is the link:
Click me!
So the thread there is pretty simple:
Apparently DBS is "Fractured" due to Riplingers divorces (although Dean burgeon has been a TR-Only group not KJVO group but anyway)
Ruckman has passed away
Steven Anderson is a menace (which I don't disagree with)
Etc..
Do you see the KJB issue still in full force or not?
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Pastor Matt,Where are you going to Church?
Pastor Matt posted a topic in Prayer Requests,
What church are you attending this week, and what's the pastor's name?
I'll be at Highpoint Baptist Church, and the pastors name is Matt Souza (me 🙂 ).
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Pastor Matt,Baptist Church Sign Heresies
No Nicolaitans posted a topic in False Religions,
LIVE RIGHT,
OR YOU'LL BE LEFT!
THE ONLY THING THAT LASTS FOREVER IS GOD'S LOVE
DIRECTIONS TO HEAVEN:
TURN RIGHT, THEN GO STRAIGHT
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Pastor Matt,Bristol Revival by CT Townsend
Pastor Matt posted a topic in Biblical Issues,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bek-2Dnrszg
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Pastor Matt,Cameron Giovanelli Resigns From Golden State Baptist College
Pastor Matt posted a topic in Prayer Requests,
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Pastor Matt,Does 1 Corinthians 13:8-12 teach the sign gifts have ceased?
Jordan Kurecki posted a topic in Bible - KJV or Modern Version Discussion,
1. Does the cessation of spiritual gifts hinge on 1 Corinthians 13:8-12? What other passages of the bible teach cessationism of the sign gifts?
2. Can we know with certainty based on Biblical exegesis that the "perfect" of vs 10 is the completed canon of scripture? or do we just say that because we have heard preachers teach that?
This was the closest to an acceptable explanation that I could find about vs 12, but I still have trouble and feel like it glosses over the phrase "shall know even as also am known"
"The word translated as glass (esoptron esoptron) literally refers to
a mirror. The ancients did not have the technology to make useful mirrors from glass. Rather, they were made from polished metal. Of course, the imagery thereon was not clear, but somewhat fuzzy. The word translated as darkly (ainigma ainigma) is whence the English word enigma derives. Here it has the sense of ‘not clearly,’ or as the Authorized Version renders it, darkly. The idea was of the obtuse imagery of ancient mirrors. The application was to the limited degree of spiritual understanding and knowledge present in the early church ab- sent the New Testament.
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Pastor Matt,Churches
Baptistsenior posted a topic in Biblical Issues,
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Pastor Matt,Giving the Gospel / Are YOU Ashamed of Christ?
Ronda posted a topic in Biblical Issues,
I had intended on writing a SHORT encouraging note to others about sharing the gospel.
That truly was my main intent prior to setting about to type some thoughts and copy corresponding scripture down...
But as often happens, the Lord put something else on my heart.
I recently had a discussion with a fellow believer who admitted that he or she rarely shared the gospel with others.
Since the conversation was somewhat recent, it may be why the Lord put it on my heart, BUT I think it may well be that it wasn't this person (in particular) but someone else (unknown to me whom) and perhaps ALL of us that could benefit by serious consideration of the following 2 questions (and why the Lord put it on my heart to bring this forward HERE today, I am not sure, but felt compelled to do so).
The 2 questions I am asking each one of us to consider today are these:
#1. Do you share the gospel with others?
#2. Are you ashamed of Christ?
Most of us here (at least those whom I've come to know somewhat) would likely answer the questions with an emphatic "YES, I share the gospel", and "NO, I am not ashamed of the Lord".
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Saved in 3 tenses?
Roselove posted a topic in Bible - KJV or Modern Version Discussion,
https://billmounce.com/monday-with-mounce/are-you-saved-or-are-you-being-saved”-1-cor-15-2
http://www.simplybible.com/f066.htm
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Bible College
Pastor Matt posted a topic in General Chats,
What Bible College did you attend?
Did you graduate? What was your Major
What years did you attend?
What did you like best about the college?
What did you least like about the college?
Would you recommend that school now?
In your opinion, did the school properly train you for the ministry?
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Climate change
DaveW posted a topic in General Chats,
Climate change.......
I have a few opinions on various aspects of the subject.
First of all - the claims of climate change are based on the world's science.
This is the same "science" that tells us that over millions of years there have been several (at least two is what I remember being taught) ice ages, all of which occurred (according to their science) before man came upon the scene.
The question then must be asked: what caused these climate change events?
And a second question: If such climate events happened before man, then how can they attribute this so called event to man's influence?
Remember that I am talking in terms of their own science. Their own science indicates that such change happens without men, so they have no reason to assume that men have caused this one.
Secondly, their science is based only on a short period of accurate measurements.
Santorio Santorio (1561-1636) invented the first "accurate" thermometer.
Prior to this time there was no accurate temperature recordings, and in fact it was the 1700's (I think 1714) before a standard scale for temp was invented.
This means we only have 300years (approx) of recorded temperatures.
Remember that all other temps are worked our by scientists making certain assumptions that cannot be fully verified.
So we have three hundred years of temperature measurements with constantly improving accuracy.
But how can they possibly know from 300 years that this is a globally historic event?
Could this not be a normal temperature cycle that happens say every 600 years and has nothing to do with anything man has done?
There is no real way of knowing because only actually know with certainty that the temperatures have changed over the last 300 years.
And there are other reasonable explanations for those recorded changes.
Now, HAVING SAID ALL OF THAT, man was given the task of looking after the Earth in Genesis 2 and 3, and we should be doing our utmost not to mistreat the planet that God has supplied for us.
This should be the underlying motivation for any "environmentalism" and if it is, that will of course be tempered with the other commands of God, so it will not get out of hand.
We should look after this place because God told us to.
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Starting a church
DaveW posted a topic in General Chats,
This is almost, if you will, a survey of PEOPLE's thoughts on the matter.
If you want to include some scripture to support that would be fine, but I am really looking for people's understanding, so even a general reference to the "the Bible says..." without a direct quote would be acceptable in this instance.
So the Question:
"Who has the authority to start a Biblical church?"
and secondarily,
"what would be a short description of the process of starting a Biblical church".
Answer either or both, and anyone is welcome.
Thanks,
Dave.
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Why is Steven Anderson hated?
Matthew24 posted a topic in General Chats,
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Offline King James Bible Search Application
claytoncarney posted a topic in Introduce Yourself,
No charge. No ads. Just KJV.
Once downloaded, it provides full functionality, even when no internet connection is available.
By selecting 'Add to home screen' on your Android or iOS device, the application mimics a native application.
There are two versions:
* Android/Windows/Linux; any platform with the latest version of Google Chrome (or Mozilla Firefox).
Description: https://github.com/claytoncarney/offline-kjv#readme
Download: https://claytoncarney.github.io/offline-kjv/
* iOS 10+ (iPhone/iPad).
Description: https://github.com/claytoncarney/offline-kjv-ios#readme
Download: https://claytoncarney.github.io/offline-kjv-ios/
I welcome your comments and suggestions...
God Bless,
Clayton
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Is a home church a biblical church?
Pastor Matt posted a topic in Biblical Issues,
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Bridge to Babylon: Rome, Ecumenism, and the Bible
No Nicolaitans posted a topic in General Chats,
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