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King Jesus never looked like this!
Not today, and not 2000 years ago.
It's no wonder that there are so many more women than men in churches.
BECAUSE MEN DO NOT WANT TO FOLLOW FEMININE MEN, and they think King Jesus is feminine because of 1000 years of Catholic portrayals.
Jesus was a man's man!
He was a carpenter in the days when they worked with trees, not 2X4s. With no gloves.
Jesus had brown, tough skin, not delicate white skin.
Jesus never had a halo or a glowing heart stuck on his chest.
Jesus did not have long hair! Catholic artists 1000 years ago confused Nazarene with Nazirite, and they're still doing it. Paul taught that it was shameful for a man to have long hair.
And the feminine hand gestures! Ugh!
I follow the real Jesus, not a girly-man fake!

Catholicism is constantly evolving. Today it is becoming more and more pro-abortion and pro-sexual confusion. The pope is leading the way.

Thinking about the John MacArthur scandals I posted about some days ago...
Every preacher should have people close to him who have permission to...
--ask tough questions at any time.
--investigate any hint of sin.
--inspect his Messenger, texts, and emails at any time.
--disagree with him about any non-essential doctrine or any policy.
I thank God for the people in my life who hold me accountable.
May I never get so powerful in my own eyes that I only surround myself with yes-men.

Re. MacArthur, how rich is too rich? I don't know. But if a preacher is surrounded by the loving-but-tough people I described, he won't get too rich or too powerful.

The list of wicked CEOs and corporations doing this is too long to fit here.
It's not hard at all to believe that the world will bow the knee to the Antichrist one day.

The Chinese regime is the World's Worst Evil.

Don't allow some cleverly-edited video or some obscure website rob you of the Word of God in your language.

One of the dumbest false doctrines to ever corrupt the Church is the KJV-only foolishness. To think that God, who loves to reveal himself to his people, would keep his Word trapped in a language no one speaks.
It's the same lie that the popes told 400 years ago, when they persecuted those who were translating the Bible into various languages. The popes also wanted the Bible locked up in an archaic language (Latin).

Before and after photos. Society's acceptance of this man's sad delusion is further proof of our collective going downhill morally.

Joe Biden's Secretary of HEALTH and Human Services is profoundly UNHEALTHY psychologically.

Christian leaders insisting on using titles, having different clothes, using assigned parking spaces, or sitting in special seats during services... These might lead to a clergy/laity distinction in the minds of their people.
I don't think it's a sin to want to be called "Reverend" or "Pastor," but it is a mistake.
Where is the biblical precedent for that?
I am a pastor, but please call me "John." I'm no better than any non-pastor.

I’m one of those strange preachers who end every sermon with Jesus on the cross.
And why not? What topic can I preach about that doesn’t find its pinnacle in Christ being crucified?

We see Jesus’ death referred to constantly throughout the New Testament. In the Gospels, of course there are four detailed descriptions as well as several predictions. At least ten times it’s preached in Acts to lost people. Paul seemed obsessed with Jesus’ death in his writings. In Hebrews, it’s a main theme. In Revelation, we see the Lamb receive the reward for his suffering.

Preacher, how often do you hold up Christ crucified before your congregation?

“For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.” (1 Corinthians 2:2)

Two troubling things about this chart:
--38%? The New Testament knows no such thing as discipleship "on my own."
--If you think spiritual growth is less than "very important," it's seems likely you're not even a Christian.

Biden probably forgot ever having such a conviction. October was so long ago!

"Attempt great things for God. Expect great things from God." -- William Carey

"Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves." -- Jesus

In 1992, a Los Angeles cop saw a brown Cadillac El Dorado illegally parked. He wrote a ticket, then he reached inside the car’s open window to put the ticket on the dashboard. (They did that in those days.) The cop ignored the man in the driver’s seat, and that man didn’t complain about the ticket…because he was dead. He had been shot hours earlier, but he was still sitting up, albeit slightly slumped forward. The cop was only focused on the wrongful parking and didn’t notice anything else.

Most people around us are “dead in transgressions and sins” (Ephesians 2:1). That’s what should get our attention, not the small offense that we often notice first. They don’t just need a citation, they need a resurrection. They need to be born again. It’s not wrong to point out a sinner’s sin, but only do it to show him his need of Jesus. Don’t just leave the ticket and walk away.
(I'm preaching to myself.)

Headlines from here in the Philippines...

This verse is difficult to say "amen" to:

"Well, I pledge my son to Heaven for the gospel.
Though he's kicked and beaten, ridiculed and scorned.
I will teach him to rejoice, and lift a thankful praising voice,
And to be like Him who bore the nails and crown of thorns."
(I Pledge My Head To Heaven, Keith Green)

Here in the Philippines, parents keep their kids from serving in missions because they want the kids to support them financially.

In the USA, parents keep their kids from serving in missions because they want their kids to visit every holiday, and they want their kids to always be comfortable and have lots of stuff.

I'm so glad the Father in Heaven did not prevent his Son from going on mission.