An Unveiled Face

Entries from December 2007

Sho Baraka Christian Hip Hop

December 21, 2007 · 9 Comments

 

Listen to me carefully. This album is hot from top to bottom. There is some questionable singing at the end, but for those who enjoy worship music that track could definitely grow on you. So let me break down the tracks You can purchase the album here and learn more about the person also

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Categories: Christian Music · Music Review

The New Phariseeical Movement

December 18, 2007 · 13 Comments

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This is a gut checking blog to write, due to the fact that I too once was on the New Pharisee team. The truth be told the majority of us have a little Pharisee within us, and it is not all that bad. My pastor Dhati Lewis always says “it is better to err on legalism than sin”. So for those of us who struggle with the tension of holiness and sanctification we are always dancing on thin ice. My problem isn’t so much with personal legalism because as Paul says in Romans 14 “For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin”. So, once again, this is not an attack on the conscious of others, but a response to an ongoing epidemic of a different kind of legalism.

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Categories: Christian Living · Practical Theology · Theology Applied

A Bone to Pick With Ray Comfort and Way of the Master

December 14, 2007 · 26 Comments

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Many of you have heard of Way of the Master and two of their biggest proponents Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron. They are an influential evangelism parachurch ministry who have a radio program (Way of the Master Radio) and a television show (Way of the Master Television)  an evangelism school, and 100’s of tracts and other material to help you evangelize. They travel across the world sharing the Good News of our Lord and Savior and they have a heart to see the lost reconciled to God. For the most part they are to be commended for what they do. Thier efforts have definitely bared fruit within the evangelical community and they are to patted on the back for their hard work. However, from the title you can see that I do have a slight problem with their ministry. I know you may think I am off, especially for those who esteem this ministry, but lend me an ear and you may see that I am not off home base for such a challenge.

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Categories: Evangelism · New Covenant · Practical Theology

Should Churches Have Armed Guards?

December 13, 2007 · 14 Comments

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I really didn’t want to join this conversation but my heart is torn. So instead of giving you a theological treatise, I would really like to know what you think of the entire matter. Here is my problem; the early church lost their lives in droves, at the hands of angry mobs, and governments that hated Christians. As I read through the New Testament (church age) I see a conflicting position than that of today. So here are my thoughts in bullet format for and against having armed guards.

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Categories: Christian Living · Persecution

Is Any Sinner Too Lost For Christ?

December 11, 2007 · 3 Comments

 

 

I am studying the book of Philippians with some other people here at my job. As part of the first study we are defining who Saul was and who Paul is. We had to go back to Acts 7 and 8 to get the backdrop and history of the great Apostle Paul

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Categories: Evangelism · Prayer