To all of you who read my blog, I'm joining forces with SBC Today. I will be one of their contributors from now on. I wont be writing on this blog anymore. So, I want to invite yall to come on over and visit with me and the gang at SBC Today. The address over there is WWW.SBCToday.com.
Look for me over there. I'll be looking for ya.
David
2/1/10
Dr. Phil Allison, Seminary Professor, Baptist Preacher, Great Man
I just heard of the death of a great man of God, Dr. Phil Allison. Dr. Phil, as we all called him, was an excellent preacher and teacher of God's Word. He taught at Mid America Baptist Seminary in Memphis, TN for years. His brother, Dr. Gray Allison, was the President. Dr. Phil could preach, and he had a gentle way about him that was endearing. He was a tall fella, and I guess you could say that he was a big fella. But, he was a gentle giant, and a giant of the faith. He will be missed down here on this Earth. May God give his family extra grace and comfort during this time.
"To all the world for Jesus' sake; where bodies hurt, and sad hearts ache. Lift high the cross. His love proclaim. Mid America bear His name. His Kingdom is coming; oh loud let it ring. His kingdom is coming. Be joyful and sing. Lift high the cross. His love proclaim. Mid America bear His name."
Thank you, Dr. Phil, for being an inspiration to my life.
"To all the world for Jesus' sake; where bodies hurt, and sad hearts ache. Lift high the cross. His love proclaim. Mid America bear His name. His Kingdom is coming; oh loud let it ring. His kingdom is coming. Be joyful and sing. Lift high the cross. His love proclaim. Mid America bear His name."
Thank you, Dr. Phil, for being an inspiration to my life.
1/17/10
Freedom of Speech? Freedom of Thought? in the USA?
I'm becoming more and more convinced that freedom of speech is coming under attack in our great USA. I'm becoming more and more convinced that freedom of thought is also something that some people would like to squash. As USA citizens, we'd better wake up. One day, we may wake up and find ourselves suffering persecution of some sort if we preach the Bible, or teach in a university, or write a book, etc. and believe THE WORD OF GOD.
Two things have happened to me lately that have driven this truth home to me. I've always known these things, and knew that our country could to this. Of course, I never thought I'd see it in my lifetime. Our country loves freedom too much. Our country is a good country that welcomes freedom, and those people, who love freedom. But, it's happening very fast. The change is coming like a freight train. I'm very concerned that Bible believing people, who really stand on the truths of God's Word, are about to face more persecution than just being ridiculed and shunned and such.
One thing that happened was a Facebook conversation that I had with a childhood friend of mine, who prides himself on being liberal. He made a statement about gay marriage. Well, I was trying to stay away from any controversy with this friend of mine, since we haven't had much of a friendship since we were children. So, I would only talk to him about non-controversial things, and I wouldn't answer his liberal statements. I just would not comment on them. But, this time, it just went over the top. So, I prayed, and I answered as politely as I possibly could. But, I told the truth about homosexuality being a sin against God, and how it weakens a nation to accept such a thing as ok. Well, what happened after that was my old friend, and all of his liberal friends who joined in the "discussion," called me everything from a moron, to an idiot, to a bigot, to gay basher, to a meanie. I was told that I was stupid, and I was told that my kind of talk leads to gay bashing, even to gay people being murdered. I was told that preaching such things as homosexual sex as being a sin against God was leading to gays being abused and murdered. And then came the shocker. Here were all of these so-called champions of tolerance and freedom of speech and thought, as liberals like to pride themselves as being, saying that I should be shut up. That people like me had no business saying what I was saying. They were no longer tolerant. They were no longer for freedom of speech and the exchange of ideas. They were angry and attacking me. They didn't like that I was a Pastor, and they thought that someone like me should not be allowed to be a Pastor. The tolerance was gone. Freedom of speech was out the door. The free exchange of ideas was tossed aside like underwear that's been worn for 3 days by a homeless man.
Now, the entire time, I kept my cool. I prayed for God to help me give them a soft answer, which turns away wrath. And, I assured them that I didn't hate gay people. I was not scared of homosexuality. I was simply telling them what the Bible taught about the subject, and why I'd be against making gay marriage legal in the USA. At times, I would just quote Scripture. But, to no avail. More of his liberal friends just kept chiming in with insults and angry name calling, and calls to hush me up.
Now, the second thing that happened that made me think hard on this subject, was that I saw the movie, "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed." This movie is very eye opening for all of yall, who have never spent time in a secular university. And, it's an excellent movie on the lack of tolerance on the behalf of the liberal crowd. It's basically a well done documentary on the bias and lack of freedom of speech and thought in liberal universities, especially in the area of intelligent design, or ID, as it's called. ID is the belief that an intelligent being of some sort had some part in creating the universe. It's a belief that there has to be an intelligent being, who designed the world. Now, a lot of these ID scientists and profs are not Christians. They do not hold to the Biblical account of creation. But, they do belief that there's no way in this green Earth that everything just evolved into being.
Well, in his quest to investigate why profs in universities, who hold to ID, were being fired for this belief; this view, if you will. He found that liberals like to talk a lot about tolerance and freedom of speech and thought, but when you don't agree with them; then you get fired from universities. You get left out from seminars and think tanks and such. They will not tolerate anyone not believing in Darwinian evolution. And, if you have the audacity to be a Christian, who believes the creation account of the Bible, then you're worse than an idiot in the eyes of these champions of "freedom of speech and thought," of "tolerance." In fact, he found profs from all over this country, who were fired for their ID view. And, when he interviewed some of the other profs and university officials, who had been instrumental in getting these ID profs fired, you can just see the hatred and anger and scorn in these "tolerant" liberals.
One thing that really caught my attention was that Baylor University, of all places, was one of the universities in this movie that had fired someone for their ID beliefs. Baylor! That Baptist school south of the Red River, and west of the Mississippi River.
Folks, these two situations, along with everything else I have read, seen, heard, and know about are all telling me that times are about to get really hard for the true child of God in our country. Unless God does a mighty work of awakening in our land, we're heading for some bad times. At least, for those Believers, who really try to live for Jesus and obey His Word. I can just sense that more severe persecution is coming for Believers in our country. I could be wrong. I could be off base. I'm no prophet, nor the son of a prophet; but I can see the handwriting on the wall.
Also, let me just say this. We can make it and live thru whatever this old, mean, sin darkened world throws at us. Thru the power of the Holy Spirit, we can endure. With the hope of Heaven waiting on us, we can persevere. Live for Jesus.
Two things have happened to me lately that have driven this truth home to me. I've always known these things, and knew that our country could to this. Of course, I never thought I'd see it in my lifetime. Our country loves freedom too much. Our country is a good country that welcomes freedom, and those people, who love freedom. But, it's happening very fast. The change is coming like a freight train. I'm very concerned that Bible believing people, who really stand on the truths of God's Word, are about to face more persecution than just being ridiculed and shunned and such.
One thing that happened was a Facebook conversation that I had with a childhood friend of mine, who prides himself on being liberal. He made a statement about gay marriage. Well, I was trying to stay away from any controversy with this friend of mine, since we haven't had much of a friendship since we were children. So, I would only talk to him about non-controversial things, and I wouldn't answer his liberal statements. I just would not comment on them. But, this time, it just went over the top. So, I prayed, and I answered as politely as I possibly could. But, I told the truth about homosexuality being a sin against God, and how it weakens a nation to accept such a thing as ok. Well, what happened after that was my old friend, and all of his liberal friends who joined in the "discussion," called me everything from a moron, to an idiot, to a bigot, to gay basher, to a meanie. I was told that I was stupid, and I was told that my kind of talk leads to gay bashing, even to gay people being murdered. I was told that preaching such things as homosexual sex as being a sin against God was leading to gays being abused and murdered. And then came the shocker. Here were all of these so-called champions of tolerance and freedom of speech and thought, as liberals like to pride themselves as being, saying that I should be shut up. That people like me had no business saying what I was saying. They were no longer tolerant. They were no longer for freedom of speech and the exchange of ideas. They were angry and attacking me. They didn't like that I was a Pastor, and they thought that someone like me should not be allowed to be a Pastor. The tolerance was gone. Freedom of speech was out the door. The free exchange of ideas was tossed aside like underwear that's been worn for 3 days by a homeless man.
Now, the entire time, I kept my cool. I prayed for God to help me give them a soft answer, which turns away wrath. And, I assured them that I didn't hate gay people. I was not scared of homosexuality. I was simply telling them what the Bible taught about the subject, and why I'd be against making gay marriage legal in the USA. At times, I would just quote Scripture. But, to no avail. More of his liberal friends just kept chiming in with insults and angry name calling, and calls to hush me up.
Now, the second thing that happened that made me think hard on this subject, was that I saw the movie, "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed." This movie is very eye opening for all of yall, who have never spent time in a secular university. And, it's an excellent movie on the lack of tolerance on the behalf of the liberal crowd. It's basically a well done documentary on the bias and lack of freedom of speech and thought in liberal universities, especially in the area of intelligent design, or ID, as it's called. ID is the belief that an intelligent being of some sort had some part in creating the universe. It's a belief that there has to be an intelligent being, who designed the world. Now, a lot of these ID scientists and profs are not Christians. They do not hold to the Biblical account of creation. But, they do belief that there's no way in this green Earth that everything just evolved into being.
Well, in his quest to investigate why profs in universities, who hold to ID, were being fired for this belief; this view, if you will. He found that liberals like to talk a lot about tolerance and freedom of speech and thought, but when you don't agree with them; then you get fired from universities. You get left out from seminars and think tanks and such. They will not tolerate anyone not believing in Darwinian evolution. And, if you have the audacity to be a Christian, who believes the creation account of the Bible, then you're worse than an idiot in the eyes of these champions of "freedom of speech and thought," of "tolerance." In fact, he found profs from all over this country, who were fired for their ID view. And, when he interviewed some of the other profs and university officials, who had been instrumental in getting these ID profs fired, you can just see the hatred and anger and scorn in these "tolerant" liberals.
One thing that really caught my attention was that Baylor University, of all places, was one of the universities in this movie that had fired someone for their ID beliefs. Baylor! That Baptist school south of the Red River, and west of the Mississippi River.
Folks, these two situations, along with everything else I have read, seen, heard, and know about are all telling me that times are about to get really hard for the true child of God in our country. Unless God does a mighty work of awakening in our land, we're heading for some bad times. At least, for those Believers, who really try to live for Jesus and obey His Word. I can just sense that more severe persecution is coming for Believers in our country. I could be wrong. I could be off base. I'm no prophet, nor the son of a prophet; but I can see the handwriting on the wall.
Also, let me just say this. We can make it and live thru whatever this old, mean, sin darkened world throws at us. Thru the power of the Holy Spirit, we can endure. With the hope of Heaven waiting on us, we can persevere. Live for Jesus.
1/11/10
Our Climate of Death Leads Us to This
In our day of abortion(murder of innocent babies), we see this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOC7a2Tw_8o
For more on this story, read this:
http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?id=32000&ref=BPNews-RSSFeed0107
How long will God be patient with our nation? How long will the Lord hold back His hand of judgment on the USA? And, sadly, we have people in places of power and authority, who are for abortion, who are for death. They fight for the right for a woman to murder a baby in what's supposed to be the safest place in all the world...it's own mother's womb.
God have mercy on us. May God be patient with us.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOC7a2Tw_8o
For more on this story, read this:
http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?id=32000&ref=BPNews-RSSFeed0107
How long will God be patient with our nation? How long will the Lord hold back His hand of judgment on the USA? And, sadly, we have people in places of power and authority, who are for abortion, who are for death. They fight for the right for a woman to murder a baby in what's supposed to be the safest place in all the world...it's own mother's womb.
God have mercy on us. May God be patient with us.
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