Human Preference or Human Rights?
In these days, human right is king. No one can refute its legitimacy, and everything seems to be permissible in the name of human rights. Yet, could human preferences be disguised in the name of human rights? Find out how the fallen world is pursuing its changing preferences and insatiable wants as its rights. And Christians, how can we stand firm in such phenomenal?
The Problem Of Being Too Relevant
As the World becomes more “needs-conscious”, more people tend to gravitate towards teachers or teachings that sounded so relevant, especially to their needs. Yet, why is this a slippery slope? If we study the Bible intently, we will know that God’s word is not dull, but adding too much flavor to it actually does great injustice to it.
Before The Cross Of Jesus
Before the Calvary Cross, the greatest salvation was accomplished through the most horrific and brutal execution. God has bought the souls of men with the greatest price, yet today many have cheapened God’s grace thinking that anyone who is in church, or had some encounters with God are set on a path to heaven. Yet the scene before the Cross tells us otherwise. As the Lord says: “Many are invited, but few are chosen”.
The Dangers Of The “Name It Claim It” Movement
As the “name it, claim it” movement is gaining ground in the church arena, believers are getting into a hype of speaking blessings into their lives. Many were, in fact, taught that as image bearer of God, they’ve the ability to speak what they’ve in their mind into reality. Why are such teachings unbiblical? And why are people claiming that it works?
Loved and Chosen by God
There are two erroneous teachings with regard to salvation in the church today. One of which gives false assurance, while the other advocates justification by merits. We must avoid both pitfalls. Let us go back to the Bible to find true assurance that we are loved and chosen in Christ.
The Err Of Knowing Myself Before Knowing God
Can a created being know himself without knowing God? Far from it! Yet this is what a godless world believes in. In contemporary churches, when seeking self-awareness and self-dignity seems to dominate the pulpit, messages of “who I am” seems to supersede “who God is”. Learn about how these messages and ideas are making inroads into the church nowadays.
A Generation That Yearns For Self Empowerment
A secular world believes in its right and ability to self-empower, and that is the reason why contemporary Christian message and literature have leverage on it to gain popularity. The result is, many in the church today have settled for the by-products of Christ, instead of Christ Himself. Find out how subtle is this kind of self empowering message related through the name of Christianity.
Deceiving and Being Deceived
Most people standard of judgment of what is said is true is as long it sounds right. For example, as long a sermon sounds resonating or a prophecy sounds pleasing, then it should be fine. Yet often times, we didn’t examine to see if it matches the sum of truth of God’s word. As deception continue to infiltrate the church and many believers mind, it is important to recognize who are the ones deceiving and are being deceived.
Beware Of Misrepresentation By The Media
Recently, a lady pastor was slammed by netizens for a post she made about helping believers overcoming sexual temptation. While the whole message was essentially about holiness and purity, a suggestion made by her about how sisters can dress modestly, were met with very provoking and nasty comments from readers. Thereafter, the online media came in with misrepresented reporting. As believers, how should we view this whole incident? How should we make calibrated judgment on what the liberal media is reporting?
A Hard Look At Ravi Zacharias’ Sex Scandal
Recently, the Christian world has been shaken by the sex scandal of the much renowned and revered Apologist, Ravi Zacharias. There are questions arising from his fall, and many have tried to derive perspective with regards to the matter, for all good reasons. While it is not new to see such things happen, how should we, as Christians or people who have built our faith from Ravi’s teachings, find reconciliation with such a devastating news?
