Saturday, August 31, 2013

Thought for today - 08/31/2013

"I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands."
- Psalm 119:60

Friday, August 30, 2013

Thought for today - 08/30/2013

GOD CALLS ME TO REST ON HIS TRUTH 
"I sure am glad I have my own Jesus. If I didn't have my own personal walk with him, my life would be one giant vat of emotion, a tempest tossing me from one whim to the next. Which is why I have learned I need my own Jesus -- my own relationship with the Lord of all creation. I can't live by what I feel but by the truth God's Word reveals. 

"This last line may sound familiar because it's part of the bridge in East to West -- a song I wrote about learning to accept and live in the reality of God's forgiveness. The lyrics describe where I've been in my walk with Jesus over the past few years. No matter how many times my old life comes haunting, God calls me to rest on his truth and not on what I feel or think."
- from Your Own Jesus: A God Insistent on Making It Personal by Mark Hall of Casting Crowns with Tim Luke

Monday, August 26, 2013

Thought for today - 08/26/2013

"Keep my steps steady according to your promise, and never let iniquity have dominion over me. Redeem me from human oppression, that I may keep your precepts."
- Psalm 119:133-134

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Thought for today - 08/25/2013

Life is like a mirror; we get the best results when we smile at it.

Saturday, August 24, 2013

Thought for today - 08/24/2013

"Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against one of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord."
- Leviticus 19:18

Friday, August 23, 2013

The False Promise of the Prosperity Gospel: Why I Called Out Joel Osteen and Joyce Meyer


Posted: 08/21/2013 11:37 am



I have been preaching for 20 years. Yesterday I did something that I have never done before in a sermon. I publicly called out false teachers and named them by name. I said:
If you listen to Joel Osteen and Joyce Meyer, if you take what they teach seriously, it will not be good for you. It will be detrimental to your long-term growth as a follower of Jesus.
(You can watch my sermon here.)
I used to think that their error was so blatantly obvious that they could just be ignored. I was wrong. They are massively growing in popularity in the evangelical world and are seen as credible and helpful. Before I'm inundated with questioning emails I want to share why I distrust these two and think you should as well. So, don't shoot me -- at least not yet.
When I was a kid I could tell the difference between neighborhood kids who wanted to be my friend from the neighborhood kids who were my friends so that they could play with my toys. Joel and Joyce are the latter. They both teach a twisted form of Christianity that teaches obedience, giving and faith as a way to get things from God. They are both products of what is known as the Prosperity Gospel and The Word of Faith Movement, or the Seed Faith Movement.

Dangers of the Prosperity Gospel - READ MORE:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pastor-rick-henderson/osteen-meyer-prosperity-gospel_b_3790384.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

Thought for today - 08/23/2013

"Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared." 
- Henri Nouwen

Thursday, August 22, 2013

Thought for today - 08/22/2013

CONSIDER 
"If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other."
- Mother Teresa 

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

UPCOMING BROADCAST "WHAT IF THERE WAS NO CLERGY"

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"PREACHERS OF L.A." - Your Comments?

"PREACHERS OF L.A." - Your Comments?
-Andrew Strom.

Some Christians want to stop this new Reality TV show from going to air
- "Preachers of L.A." But I say, "Let it be shown!" After all, these are
actual preachers, typical of so many today, with their fancy houses and
flashy cars. They wanted this Reality show, they wanted to flaunt all
this stuff - let America see the kind of preachers she is producing
these days! Why should this remain hidden? Let the whole church know the
full extent of how far things have fallen. Please take a look at the
trailer for "Preachers of LA" at our website below. Should it be banned
or not?

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Thought for today - 08/21/2013

"The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance." 
- 2 Peter 3:9

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Thought for today - 08/20/2013

CONSIDER 
"I do not pray for success. I ask for faithfulness." 
- Mother Teresa

Monday, August 19, 2013

CONNECTIONS News - 08/18/2013 - NOW AVAILABLE

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Issue 472

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Thought for today - 08/19/2013

CONSIDER 
"A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them." 
- John C. Maxwell

Sunday, August 18, 2013

Thought for today - 08/18/2013

"By the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you."
- Romans 12:3

Saturday, August 17, 2013

Thought for today - 08/17/2013

"[Jesus said,] "'If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love.'" 
~John 15:10~

Friday, August 16, 2013

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Thought for today - 08/16/2013

CONSIDER 
"And if you will here stop and ask yourself, why you are not as pious as the primitive Christians were, your own heart will tell you, that it is neither through ignorance, nor inability, but purely because you never thoroughly intended it." 
~William Law~

Thursday, August 15, 2013

Better Have My Money

Better Have My Money!
How B.E.T. Is Helping Scam Preachers Con Your Grandmother

PimpPreacher.com New Orleans Bureau 08/11/2013

There is something about Peter Popoff and Todd Coontz that has proven irresistible to elderly Black Women who suffer from insomnia, and spend most of the night watching B.E.T. (Black Entertainment Television). Today I plan to send BET a Cease and Desist Letter and demand that they change the name of their station to something other than “Black Entertainment Television” because I am not entertain, not in the least bit.

BET has even topped The Word Network as broadcasting some of the most criminal Pimp Preachers the Body of Christ has ever seen.

After 12 midnight you could find any type of Christian scam imaginable on BET - from $100 Prayer Handkerchiefs to tap water repackaged as “Miracle Water.” One scam after the next – hour after hour, BET has sunk to a low that no other network would even dare to stoop, not even the Playboy Channel.

Yet it’s called Black Entertainment Television, but none of the "Black People" I know would ever admit to watching BET. After the music videos sign off then the Freaks Come Out At Night. Eight hours of non-stop Preachers! Two of the worst just happens to be Peter Popoff and Todd Coontz.

Really Grandma! Really!

First let me start off with Peter Popoff and his traveling scam show that draws elderly Black women by the hundreds for  fake healing sessions. Deep down I think these women know Peter Popoff is scam, but their need and desire for attention is too much to resist the five minutes of fame he gives them.

As I sit there last night watching these women participate in this fake healing scam, I got even angrier with the false prophet in their mist. Now that I think about it I can’t really call Peter Popoff a "False Prophet" because his ministry doesn’t even proclaim the Gospel at all. He simply rents a hotel room, launch a few overnight ads on BET announcing his next location, and then wait for Desperate Black Housewives to migrate.

This guy has built a multimillion dollar ministry off poor African American women and none of the bigger names in ministry have uttered one word in protest. Nothing from Bishop T.D. Jakes, Bishop Paul Morton, Creflo Dollar, Bishop I.V. Hillard or Fred Price, but now that I think about it, all of them also have also have overnight broadcast on BET.

For the life in me I cannot understand what makes a person pick up their credit card, and call a 800 number in the middle of the night in order to Sow a Seed?

For the first time we are witnessing a true battle of Preacher Pimps as the local church Pimps are now having to share that fixed income money with the White Television Pimps and their hotel conference room sanctuaries.

READ MORE: http://www.pimppreacher.com/BET-Peter-Popoff-Todd-Coontz-And-Christian-Scams.html   

Thought for today - 08/15/2013

"Joy is not in things, it is in us." 
~Richard Wagner~

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Thought for today - 08/14/2013

"Get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you." 
~James 1:21~

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

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Thought for today - 08/13/2013

"It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels he is worthy of himself and claims kinship to the great God who made him."
- Abraham Lincoln 

Monday, August 12, 2013

Thought for today - 08/12/2013

"In Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over every power and authority."
- Colossians 2:9-10

Sunday, August 11, 2013

Obama’s Condemnation of Russia’s Law Against Homosexuality

Reformation Rumblings
BUFF SCOTT, JR.
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F r o m T h e S i d e l i n e s

Obama's Condemnation of Russia's Law Against Homosexuality


Editorial Note— If you will tolerate me, I will veer from my usual
format and take our President to task again. The message below was
posted on Facebook this past Friday, August 9, 2013. I am more convinced
than ever that our country's leader is spinning reality, manipulating
truth, and leading our once great nation in the direction of Hades'
pits. Please bear with me as I tell you my reasons.—Buff.

I assume some of you listened to Obama's long News Conference
earlier today. I agreed with some of the matters he covered, but when he
chided—actually denounced—Russia's Putin and his Legislators for
criminalizing homosexuality, I parted company with him.

Obama's support of America's homosexual movement has driven him to
the point of trying to legislate the moral (immoral?) laws of another
country. If Russia's Putin were to step in and denounce America for
passing laws against exhibitionism and voyeurism, Obama would be up on
his heels and kicking in all directions. Yet he (Obama) has the audacity
to denounce Putin for passing a moral law against homosexuality.

It is none of Obama's business, and he ought to cease involving
himself in another country's moral laws. He is stepping out of his
official loop by doing so. And why hasn't he come forward and condemned
all the Muslim nations that prohibit homosexual behavior?

This erratic and nefarious President is dancing with the wolves.
Yes, I called him "nefarious." Anyone who supports and promotes sexual
perversions, as our President has done and is doing, is nefarious all
the way to the bone and back.

It is crystal clear that Obama and the homosexual community are
pressuring—even attempting to force—Russia's leaders to recognize
homosexuality as an acceptable and normal lifestyle, just as they are
continuing to pressure us "straight" people in America to accept a
sexually-perverted behavior as normal.

This is precisely what immoralists and the community of the
perverted have been doing for decades. Decent people will never accept
sexually debased behavior as standard/natural behavior. And our
President, who is supposed to be a role model for our nation, ought to
make his exit from the Oval Office as soon as practical for parroting
immoral messages to God-fearing citizens.

We have often spoken of our nation as a "Christian nation." But in
this matter, who is on God's side, Obama or Putin? The answer is
obvious. Under Obama, we have tripled our secular/humanist status and
set our compass in the direction of Sodom and Gomorrah. I predict
history will confirm that this President will have defaced and
disfigured our nation more than any president before him. He is at odds
with the God of creation. Which of the following should be recognized as
valid?

Obama— "Cultures change as time marches on. Consequently,
homosexuality and lesbianism should be accepted as a natural response to
a person's needs."

God— "If a man lies with a male as one lies with a woman, both of
them have committed an abomination" (Lev. 18 22 & 20:13). "For their
women exchanged national relations for those that are contrary to
nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and
were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless
acts with men (Rom. 1:26-27).

Thought for today - 08/11/2013

Back up my hard drive? How do I put it in reverse?

Saturday, August 10, 2013

CONNECTIONS News - 08/11/2013

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For week of August 11, 2013
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Thought for today - 08/10/2013

ON PRAYER 
"Trouble and perplexity drive me to prayer and prayer drives away perplexity and trouble."
- Philip Melanchthen 

Friday, August 09, 2013

Path Of Life Ministries is on BlogTalk Radio!

Path Of Life Ministries is on BlogTalk Radio!

As always, I encourage each of you to continue steadfast in His Word and to study to show yourselves approved unto God. Personal Bible study and prayer can never be replaced by man's interpretation and its accompanying systems, rites, rules, regulations and traditions.

God's Ekklesia has a Spiritual nature, a Spiritual life, a Spiritual fellowship and a Spiritual ministry that has been all but crushed by the weight of the modern day Sadducees and Pharisees of the traditional church. However there is a remnant! Praise God!

That's what Path Of Life Ministries is all about, educating God's remnant on early “church” development, the way fellowship was shared by God's people before “flesh” got in the way, as well as suggestions on how to reclaim that fire that brought 3,000 and more to Christ in a day.

Our foundational Scripture is: Psa 16:11  "You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore."

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Thought for today - 08/09/2013

"Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, O Lord, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all." 
~1 Chronicles 29:11~

Thursday, August 08, 2013

Thought for today - 08/08/2013

CONSIDER 
"The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is." 
~George Bernard Shaw~ 

Wednesday, August 07, 2013

Thought for today - 08/07/2013

CONSIDER 
"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." 
~Jim Elliot~

Tuesday, August 06, 2013

Thought for today - 08/06/2013

"I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge -- that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God." 
~Ephesians 3:17–19~

Monday, August 05, 2013

CONNECTIONS News for the week of August 4, 2013 is now available!!!

CONNECTIONS News for the week of August 4, 2013 is now available:
http://connectionsnews.wordpress.com/2013/08/05/connections-news-08042013/

Some topics outlined:
  • READING THE BIBLE ON A TIGHT SCHEDULE
  • SPIRITUAL MENTORING TIP
  • DO YOU REALLY KNOW JOHN 3:16?
  • HOW A COLD-CASE ATHEIST DETECTIVE BECAME A CASE-MAKING CHRISTIAN
  • YOUNG EVANGELICALS ARE GETTING HIGH
  • BARELY HALF OF WEEKLY CHURCHGOERS THINK PASTORS CONTRIBUTE ‘A LOT’ TO SOCIETY
  • THE 10 MOST SINFUL CITIES IN AMERICA
and more!

Thank you for reading.

THE FALLACY OF THE ONE-PASTOR SYSTEM

The false notion of a special class of "qualified" men who has authority
over a lesser class is still embraced by today's "church."
What right has any group of men to appropriate the role of "clergy" to
themselves? How do the think that they, and they alone, are Gods spokesmen?
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thepath/2013/08/03/the-falicy-of-the-one-pastor-system

Thought for today - 08/05/2013

"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." 
~John Lennon~

Sunday, August 04, 2013

Thought for today - 08/04/2013

"Encourage one another and build each other up." 
~1 Thessalonians 5:11~

Saturday, August 03, 2013

Thought for today - 08/03/2013

ON PRAYER 
"The story of every great Christian achievement is the history of answered prayer."
- E. M. Bounds

Friday, August 02, 2013

Thought for today - 08/02/2013

"Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you."
- Colossians 3:13

Thursday, August 01, 2013

Thought for today - 08/01/2013

"Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours."
- C. S. Lewis