Thursday, March 23, 2023
Friday, March 3, 2023
to bad .....why??? what were they hoping to gain ?
Charles G. Finney became an
outspoken critic of Freemasonry. Freemasonry itself in a 1960 Masonic book
entitled "Ten Thousand Famous Freemasons" informs us of the content
of Finney's messages: "Finney wrote and preached anti-Masonry wherever he
was and with Jonathan Blanchard, a Presbyterian minister and President of
Wheaton College, published an anti-Masonic newspaper called 'The Christian
Sinecure.'" According to the Chicago publisher of the Sinecure,
Freemasonry had such a hold on the delivery of mail, that this publication was
constantly intercepted on its way to subscribers. Finney writes that before the
publication of Finney's book, the Baptist denomination had been greatly carried
away by Freemasonry. A large proportion of its eldership and membership were
Freemasons. A considerable number of ministers and members of other branches of
Christian churches had also fallen into the snare.
Thursday, March 2, 2023
led yet!!real truth,,, it all jesus only
Before we consider how "spirit-union allows for soul-rest," we need to note how important it is to distinguish and differentiate between spirit and soul - between spiritual and psychological functions. Christian religion, down through the centuries, has often failed to make the distinction between spiritual and psychological function. What they end up with is a mish-mash of psychological spirituality or spiritualized psychology. Considering spirit and soul to be equivalent synonyms of the "inner man," Christian religion ends up with a hodge-podge of ambiguous admonitions to "receive Jesus into your soul/spirit/heart, and all is well," or "believe in Jesus with your soul/spirit/heart, and work like hell."
Is it any wonder that Christians do not understand grace, "the rest of the gospel," and how to allow for godliness in Christian behavior? If soul and spirit are synonymous, then psychological principles should be able to resolve the problems of mankind. Sigmund Freud is our savior - God forbid! (or as J.B. Phillips worded it, "what a ghastly thought."2) That is why so much of what is called "Christian counseling" is nothing than a veneer of Christian and biblical terminology laid over the mush of secular psychological principles breaking free t