Divorice Rates: Christian Vs Non-christian

Often we read that Christians divorce at a higher rate than non-christians. I just accepted this as people don't believe the Bible, what the Lord Jesus gave us in the New Testament, and will not do what it says. I just blindly accepted it, but read this article: I include only the first paragraph.

A friend emailed a copy of a January 17, 2010 article in The Sun News, a paper out of Myrtle Beach, SC, that trumpeted a Barna survey allegedly showing that ”born again” Christians suffer the highest rates of divorce and atheists/agnostics the lowest. At first I thought this must simply be agitprop. A few minutes on the internet, however, produced several websites corroborating the sources, surveys and statistics. See for example here . However, at least one purported Christian website here stated that evangelicals had a lower rate of divorce than the national average and lower than atheists and agnostics. Before this, I was unaware of the Barna distinction between “born again” Christians and evangelicals, and with exceedingly few exceptions, was unaware of people calling themselves “born again” outside evangelical circles. My curiosity piqued and smelling mischief in the gloating newspaper article, I did a little research. What I found demonstrated that biblical Christianity makes a difference in peoples’ lives and that newspapers generally cannot be trusted in matters regarding Christianity. In other words, nothing new.

Remember to Pray for Our Fellow Believers

God can get us through. This may happen to the rest of us. Our we ready?

Jesus Is Coming!

Jesus is coming soon. When? No one except God himself knows.

Some believe he will come when the world is so wicked; it is inevitable for judgment.

And God saw that the evil of man was great on the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all day long.Gen6:5

Some believe he will come when the last "living stone" is placed in the Temple of the Lord. The Bible teaches that God is building a spiritual house. The living stones are Christians.. those who are convicted of their sins and call out, trusting, in the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation.

You yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.1Pet2:5

Whatever we must be looking up and be prepared.

Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.Matt24:42

We look for a savior, not the Antichrist.

For our citizenship is in Heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,Phil3:20

We are to be ready. This means to be humble, confess our sins, believe, and live our lives the way the Lord Jesus would want us.

You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.” Luke12:40

But take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overloaded with gluttony, and drunkenness, and the cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.Luke21:34

Do We Fear the Future?

Remember that there is nothing to fear for the future except that you shall forget how God has led you in the past.

--John Bunyan

Revival

Will there be an end time revival? This is asked so often, but the typical response is, "Well, we have the info, the formula in the Bible." Then this passage is quoted, "(2Chr 7:14 If My people who have been called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from the heavens, and will forgive their sin and heal their land."

This is OK except when the passage is taught, humbling themselves, praying, and seeking is emphasized.

One thing is missing: "...turn from their wicked ways."

For example, a brother in our Lord Jesus writes:
How interested are we in praying to the Lord and truly worshipping His Holy Name?
How interested are we in growing in God's truth and knowing Him deeply?
How interested are we in gaining a greater knowlege and understanding of His Word?
And just how interested are we in sharing those precious things with the dying world around us?

No mention of turning from out wicked ways. He simply forgot to add this. If it was to be pointed out, I'm sure he would agree.

So to be added to the above list must be: "How interested are we in turning from out wicked ways?"

What is wicked is something defined by God himself, not us.

About Todd Bentley--the Possessed

From Slaughter of The Sheep blog:

Here’s another update from Bentley:
2-05-09 7:00 PM – Maintaining Your Healing – Todd Bentley
Throughout this session Todd Bentley talked about how to maintain your healing. Todd shared many testimonies of people he knew who lost their healings, and explains why they did providing over thirty biblical truths of why people lose their healings. The service ended with a Holy Spirit breakout and many of the students were given opportunities to minister to people needing healing.
Aside from just how Scripturally unsound this is, it’s completely ludicrous. Oh, I know I’ll hear from people who say they know of many who have lost their healing, just as they know of many who have been healed. Not only do charismatics testify of their granny’s cousin’s best friend’s mother’s daughter-in-law who was healed, but they also know of their father’s nephew’s son’s girlfriend’s best friend who had a grandmother of the cousin of their niece’s mother-in-law who lost a healing.

Well said. If you watch videos on and about Todd, you will often see him in a trance. He is a liar. He is a false prophet. Easy to tell if you compare the plain, normal reading of the Bible to what Bentley says.

True Education

The great principle of true education is given by Paul in 2 Timothy 2:2: "The things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also." The great account of Christ's crucifixion, especially, is to be taught forever.
---Henry Morris

True education--do we understand this?