A long thread on six reasons you should avoid Federal Vision (FV) theology. Allow me to give you six quick reasons to completely reject Federal Vision (FV) theology (apart from the fact that it has formally been condemned by major Reformed denominations...
When we woke up this morning, we soon realized that one of our chickens passed away overnight - probably of a heart attack (very common for chickens...and for her breed). Death is an evangelist that reminds us that this life is short and fragile.
@nocoradio It's amazing that a young man can have two seminary degrees and still not see that the active obedience of Christ is good news. Simply amazing.
Only in our day can a man go from recently discovering a doctrine, to now claiming to be an expert in the doctrine, to self-publishing a book about the doctrine, to equating the now-prized doctrine with “the gospel.”
And people are buying it.
Yikes.
Pointing to Christ is never a waste of time.
Read Hebrews very slowly. According to Hebrews, the point of the biblical story was never national Israel. It was always Jesus.
Moses was honored to suffer for Christ. Abraham was looking for a city whose builder and maker was God. He took Isaac up the mountain because he believed that God would raise him from the from the dead. That rock was Christ.
The promises are yes and amen in Christ.
The @OceansideURC outreach team was out at the Oceanside Sunset Market last night.
The Lord WAS AT WORK through the brothers!
• A demon-possessed Satanist cursing us
• Prayer with an alcoholic
• Lengthy convos w/ multiple LDS people
• Conversations & invitations to church
• Met the owner of the Oceanside Bombers @af1 team & looking forward to serving as a chaplain
Join us in praying the seeds planted will be watered and harvested by the Lord!
When societal foundations crumble, the believer’s response is not to despair or join the chaos, but to remain fixed on God and continue to produce the good works for which they were created in Christ.
Just as a city without walls is vulnerable, the believer without self-control is defenseless against the impulses of the flesh. Self-control is the "glue" that enables a Christian to walk by the Spirit rather than gratifying sinful desires.
This is the problem with the NPP and Lordship positions … confuse these and end up becoming works police officers who forget grace exists. This is essential nuance.
Faith and faithfulness are not synonymous. While saving faith is the root that connects a believer to Christ, faithfulness is the inevitable, observable fruit that grows from that union.