We who preach the gospel must not think of ourselves as public relations agents sent to establish good will between Christ and the world. We must not imagine ourselves commissioned to make Christ acceptable to big business, the press, the world of sports or modern education. We are not diplomats but prophets, and our message is not a compromise but an ultimatum. A.W. Tozer
Therefore let God-inspired Scripture decide between us; and on whichever side be found doctrines in harmony with the word of God, in favor of that side will be cast the vote of truth. --Basil of Caesarea
Once you learn to discern, there's no going back. You will begin to spot the lie everywhere it appears.

I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because He considered me faithful, putting me into service. 1 Timothy 1:12

Thursday, October 24, 2019

Agglomeration

I haven’t had much of a chance to actually write a post; I’ve been recuperating from surgery to repair a rotator cuff injury so sitting down at the computer for more than 20 minutes at a time was too difficult. I’m on the road to recovery; although I am still limited in moving my arm, and there is still a steady ache, I am getting to do more. During the short times spent on the computer have been responding to e-mails and I have also been collecting links for this post. So, hold on to your hats because this is going to be a long one!

The Good - For Education and/or Edification

The importance of complementarianism.  And the danger of the ideology of Beth Moore.

Albert Mohler’s 10 points on Complementarianism.

Are you really a Christian? Do you walk the talk?

Good responses for those who say believing in God is the same as believing in the “Flying spaghetti monster.”

Here’s an excellent article about many false teachings invading the Church.

Does God really have BIG plans for you?



If you missed the “dust up” regarding comment John MacArthur said about false teacher Beth Moore, this article is an excellent examination.  And, here’s a good summation of the sins of Beth Moore.

A very interesting part 3 of Midwest Christian Outreach’s series on angels and demons.

Hey, how do you feel? Alistair Begg: Top ten things I wish worship leaders would stop saying.

HMMMM
Hey KJV Onlyers — how do explain this false teaching?

The “social justice” Christians and their abuse of the word, “prophetic.


Charles Stanley is going off the deep end.

More Wolves and False Teachings
Last week I was asked what I knew about Jen Wilkin. So I Googled her, and the most I could find was that overall her teachings were good but that she was hanging around false teachers.  Well, now I find something which shows she’s much like Beth Moore — an egalitarian who says the Bible has just been misunderstood. AVOID HER!

Is there anything in Scripture that Hillsong won’t pervert?

Cru seriously needs to stop calling themselves a Christian organization and be honest about their anti-Christian, socialist agenda.  What a surprise that former Cru employees describe working for Cru like working for a cult.

Another review of Sarah Young’s horrible Jesus Calling book.


Beth Moore gets worse almost daily. If THIS doesn’t convince you that she’s a false teacher, then nothing will.

Four reasons to NOT be a Catholic.

Too many Christian leaders lack discernment, like those noted in this article, supporting, encouraging, and promoting a rank heretic.

Midwest Christian Outreach’s e-mail for 10/24/19 has this: Currently less than 2% of Western civilization is acting as the thought police for the other 98%. Approximately 1.5-2% of the population is Gay or Gay inclined but substantially less are activists but very engaged activists in changing and enforcing the thoughts of others. A guidance booklet was recently issued to schools in the UK by Stonewall, a LGBT advocacy and rights group. To what purpose? To guide school curriculum in promoting acceptance of LGBT values and behaviors. Not just some but all. English, math, geography, even religious instruction. LGBT activists have even created a 2.5 minutes video for 5 years olds on religion titled, GOD LOVES LGBT+ (A Response to 'One Man, One Woman')
This is insidious, demonic propaganda by those who hate God.

10 comments:

Jon Gleason said...

Hi, Glenn. Your link to the KJVO error post -- the guy is just wrong: "Bibles that were translated directly from the Greek manuscripts have it different."

In this passage, the modern critical text differs from the traditional text. The KJV and the NKJV are translated from the traditional text, which is supported by the overwhelming majority of Greek manuscripts. They did translate directly from the Greek -- it's just a Greek text that modern translators have abandoned.

If he knows that there is a textual difference, he's not been very honest here. If he doesn't know, he's not made himself look very bright, to be honest, because he's made a false accusation against those translators without knowing what he was talking about.

He might think the modern critical text is better than the traditional text. Most textual scholars today would agree with him (I would not). But whether he thinks that or not, this is in no way a case of making things up in the KJV/NKJV, this is a case of accurate translations of a different text.

In the late 1800s, the view of which Greek text should be used became hotly disputed and a lot of the translation dispute today still centres on that question. You can't solve this by measuring the KJV by the Critical Text (as he's done here) or measuring modern translations by the Traditional Text. You have to decide which Greek text you'll accept, but you still can't accuse those who have been true to the text they are using of making things up.

Glenn E. Chatfield said...

Jon,

Well, I didn't check it out as I should have because I tend to trust that site -- he's normally pretty good.

However, in this case I agree with you. J.P. Green's translation of the Received Text reads the same way as the KJV, SO, as you say, we are arguing about which text is best.

I personally disagree with the TR being the best text, and I have studied the issue for many years with tons of books from both sides. I tend to go with the Majority Text vs the Received Text, but I don't get into arguments about it because the differences aren't problematic, IMHO.

Jesse Albrecht said...

King James onlyism is true according to some articles on the internet.

Glenn E. Chatfield said...

Jesse,

Said articles are by KJVO -- arguing in a circle.

Jon Gleason said...

Thanks, Glenn, he probably just made a mistake. It happens to all of us.

Anonymous said...

Hi Glenn,

Praying for your swift recovery!

-Carolyn

Glenn E. Chatfield said...

Thank you Carolyn.

Had my one-month checkup with the surgeon 6 days ago and she is pleased with my progress. I have physical therapy twice a week. It's getting better, but I still have a long way to go to be back to normal.

Anonymous said...

Glad to hear the news Glenn!

Maybe 'speedy' wasn't the right word though, for a post op recovery, which, regardless of surgery, is typically a lengthy process. Perhaps "smooth" would have been a better word. :)

-Carolyn

Anonymous said...

Is it biblically permissible for us to hate Satan?

Glenn E. Chatfield said...

Anonymous 11/2,

Are we not called to hate evil?