Word And Verse

Surely, this is not the “true Church of God” as they proclaim themselves to be! If you’re Roman Catholic, I encourage you to read this and see for yourself how far removed from the true teachings of God these traditions of men are!

Refutations to these man-made traditions follow immediately after each event, and are taken directly from Scripture.

300 A.D.: Practice of praying for the dead and “signing with the cross” introduced.

375 A.D.: Veneration of dead people and use of statues and images as part of worship introduced.

500 A.D.: Doctrine of purgatory first preached by the Roman Catholic Church.

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Karen’s testimony on my old blog has been soliciting some interesting comments even though I’ve closed down the blog. One particular response caught my attention because the brother who wrote me faced the same situation as I did years ago when my wife was still a Roman Catholic and I a Protestant.

The brother, Mike, has given permission for his comment to be reproduced here, and I’ll also be sharing our email exchanges here in the hope that perhaps some of you who are better counselors than I am will be able to help. If you’d like to contact Mike directly, please write me and I’ll send you his email address.

He first wrote me with this comment:

Isaiah,

I think I am in the same situation you were in. I am in deep love with a girl who is a Catholic. (I am a Christian). She is an incredible person with high morals and a love for Christ as well. I decided to break off the five year relationship because of the differences between Catholicism and Christianity. Since the breakup, which has been almost a year I cannot seem to get over her. I have depression now and she is all I ever think about. She has inspired me in so many ways over the years, helped me achieve so many many goals, and has been an inspiration to me. She is that kind of person everyone loves who brings a smile into the room, one who is sweet and one who can be trusted. I have learned a lot from this, but my heart feels completely torn and broken since i am not with her. She still said’s to this day, “I am waiting for you” but I cannot wait forever. Hear she is able to accept me, but I am not accepting her. I learned it’s not about religion anymore, but if you believe in Christ as your savior. I am in between the rocks and would love to be able to speak with you about this situation. Hopefully by the grace of God you will read this posting or someone will pass this along to you.

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Previously, I had highlighted in a post that Mark Biltz, pastor of El Shaddai Ministries in Bonney Lake, Washington, was suggesting that a rare string of lunar and solar eclipses said to fall on God’s annual holy days in 2015 could herald the Second Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Jack Kelley over at Grace Thru Faith has written a response to the videos. Now, my disagreement with his take on the Rapture aside, I think he makes some valid points on the speculation that the above-mentioned phenomenon possibly points to the return of our Lord Jesus Christ in 2015.

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This blog stands with Israel, and firmly believes that

1. The restoration of the State of Israel on 14 May, 1948 is the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy (Isaiah 66:8, Ezekiel 38:8).
2. Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, and the recapture of the city in 1967 is fulfillment of Biblical prophecy.
3. Jerusalem will be a burdensome stone for all nations in these days is fulfillment of Biblical prophecy (Zechariah 12:2-3).
4. Israel is God’s timepiece in the end of days (Matthew 24:32).
5. The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob shall keep His promise to His people Israel and intervene to save them when all seems to be lost (Luke 13:35).

Shalom Yerushalayim! (Psalm 122:6)

This story sickened me.

According to the news report, an influential group of physicians in the United States of America, who were gathered as a task force, have drawn up a specific list denoting which patients would not be treated in the event of a pandemic. There’s little doubt in my mind that this is just another application of Darwinism, where it’s all about the survival of the fittest with no concern for the sanctity of human life.

Dr. Asha Devereaux, herself a critical care specialist in San Diego and lead writer of the task force report, maintained that the list is a blueprint for hospitals “so that everybody will be thinking in the same way” when pandemic flu or another widespread health care disaster hits.

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Maybe some of you might be able to offer some advice here on this issue.

My mom-in-law passed my wife a CD earlier today asking if we could help replicate it. The issue of copyright aside, my wife and I have decided that we’ll be telling my mom-in-law a white lie that it has some Digital Rights Management (DRM) on it and we can’t replicate it.

The issue is that the CD is from a book called Invoking Angels and contains tracks with titles like Archangel Meditation, Wise Guide Meditation and Guardian Angel Meditation, and was loaned to my mom-in-law by an elder of the extended family.

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“People who don’t want scrutiny, people who don’t want to be held accountable for what they teach or what they believe, people who don’t want to be told they’re wrong, they always throw that verse ‘Judge not lest you be judged!’”

John MacArthur

HT: Real Christianity