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Church History and the Tongues Movement George W. Dollar Advocates of the tongues movement rely upon two sources for their arguments. First of all, there is an appeal to instances of speaking in tongues in the New Testament and, secondly, late nineteenth-century and twentieth-century instances on a widespread scale are given large place in arguing for the present-day resurgence of this apostolic gift. However, it is rather remarkable that very few, if any, of the writers of this movement refer to the grand stream of church history from apostolic times until our present day for proof of God’s plan to perpetuate this unusual occurrence and to use it in the entirety of gospel outreach. The silence for many centuries ought to sober many of the more vocal exponents of this new movement, but it seems that a new doctrine has clamped itself upon the imagination, if not the mentalities, of these exponents. Simply stated, this new doctrine is that we are now in the last days and therefore we sho...

NO COMPROMISE C. H. Spurgeon This is the suggestion of the present hour: If the world will not come to Jesus....Shall not the church go down to the world? Instead of bidding men to be converted, and come out from among sinners, and be separate from them, let us join with the ungodly world, enter into union with it, and so pervade it with our influence by allowing it to influence us. Let us have a Christian world. Certain ministers are treacherously betraying our holy religion under pretense of adapting it to this present age. The new plan is to assimilate the church to the world by semi-dramatic performances they make the house of prayer to approximate to the theater; they turn their services into musical displays in fact, they exchange the temple for the theater, and turn the ministers of God into actors, whose business it is to amuce men. This then is the proposal. In order to win the world, the Lord Jesus must conform himself, his people, and his Word to the world. I will not dwell ...

The Glory of Heaven ...a powerful sermon by Jonathan Edwards "Then the King will say to those on His right, 'Come, you who are blessed by My Father, enter the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world'" (Matthew 25:34). "When a mortal man speaks anything of that eternal blessedness of the Saints in glory, he is like a blind man discoursing about the light which he has never seen, and so cannot distinctly speak anything concerning it." Likewise, for one to write of those things which are only vaguely described in Scripture is similar for a man to write a travel guide for a land he has never visited or seen. It is to attempt to describe the indescribable with words which cannot come close to expressing the glory of heaven. Paul wrote these words: "Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, and which have not entered the heart of man, all that God has prepared for those who love Him" (I Corinthians 2:9). Some question whether...

The Perry Six Blog Friday, November 11, 2005 Sheryl Swoopes the latest celeb to emerge from the 'closet' Topic: News In a recent article on ESPN (click here), WNBA star Sheryl Swoopes outlines her 'coming out' story in the latest celebrity/sports star (potato, potatah) to 'come out' and tell the world that she is a lesbian. Swoopes' resume is impressive. She led Texas Tech to the NCAA Title in 1993, led the WNBA's Houston Comets to four league championships, she has three gold medals. And now this --- she is one of the first, if not the first, athlete (male or female) to 'come out' as a member of a team sport. Billie Jean King, Martina Navratilova, and Greg Louganis are those of individual sports who garnered headlines with their admission --- Swoopes is a rarity. And the responses have already come in: "This was an important act on her part," said Kay Cottle, the adviser of Weston High School's Gay Straight Alliance. "For her ...

"Worship services in many churches today are like a merry-go-round. You drop a token in the collection box; it's good for a ride. There's music and lots of motion up and down. The ride is carefully timed and seldom varies in length. Lots of good feelings are generated, and it is the one ride you can be sure will never be the least bit threatening or challenging. But though you spend the whole time feeling as if you're moving forward, you get off exactly where you got on." From "Our Sufficiency in Christ" John MacArthur Jr. (Dallas: Word, 1991), pp. 150-51.

"A Defense of Calvinism" By CH Spurgeon Spurgeon Archives www.spurgeon.org/calvinis.htm "The old truth that Calvin preached, that Augustine preached, that Paul preached, is the truth that I must preach to-day, or else be false to my conscience and my God. I cannot shape the truth; I know of no such thing as paring off the rough edges of a doctrine. John Knox's gospel is my gospel. That which thundered through Scotland must thunder through England again."— C. H. Spurgeon T IS A GREAT THING to begin the Christian life by believing good solid doctrine. Some people have received twenty different "gospels" in as many years; how many more they will accept before they get to their journey's end, it would be difficult to predict. I thank God that He early taught me the gospel, and I have been so perfectly satisfied with it, that I do not want to know any other. Constant change of creed is sure loss. If a tree has to be taken up two or three times a year, y...

"Majoring On The Minors" Part 2 I would like to list several more areas that I have come across as a Christan and pastor. If any of these affect you, and you would like to pray and talk about it together, please let me know. Even if doesn't apply to you and you want to talk about, let me know. I am so burdened and concerned about these things, and I love the Lord AND His people. 22. Christians, including those who embrace the doctrines of sovereign grace, that do not have the High Biblical view of Christ's Church so that they do not make it the top priority when deciding about where to live. Christians that do not have a sovereign grace baptistic church close to them should either 1) Make the drive to one; 2) Start one if qualified to, or have qualified elders start one; 3) Move close to one. 23. Christians that will not make the committment to be members of such churches. 24. Christians that will not serve the Lord with the gifts God has given them, in such churches....