Can Someone Be Saved After One Sermon?- June 1
Recently I received the following email from a preacher. I have edited it a bit but have retained the substance.
Hi Preacher Cloud,
I love your FBIS news service and articles and my dad subscribed to you since the beginning. Later I subscribed in 2003 and really enjoy it. I am 43 years old and been at ministry since 2003 under my dad. [Our church is in] a tourist area and so people come and go at times. I have a lot of your books and courses and encyclopedia.
I am taking a really good class right now on the art of pastoring with ------. I am enjoying the classes and --------- makes the important case that we need to be filled with the Spirit in order to do any kind of ministry. ... I side with D.L. Moody and ------ when they say that when we preach with the convicting power of the Holy Spirit and his filling on our lives by yielding to him daily, we can see amazing things happen in people lives... see full report
Recently I received the following email from a preacher. I have edited it a bit but have retained the substance.
Hi Preacher Cloud,
I love your FBIS news service and articles and my dad subscribed to you since the beginning. Later I subscribed in 2003 and really enjoy it. I am 43 years old and been at ministry since 2003 under my dad. [Our church is in] a tourist area and so people come and go at times. I have a lot of your books and courses and encyclopedia.
I am taking a really good class right now on the art of pastoring with ------. I am enjoying the classes and --------- makes the important case that we need to be filled with the Spirit in order to do any kind of ministry. ... I side with D.L. Moody and ------ when they say that when we preach with the convicting power of the Holy Spirit and his filling on our lives by yielding to him daily, we can see amazing things happen in people lives... see full report
“All of this is a matter of the heart.”
Modest Attire Disappearing From the Churches- June 11
In the book Dressing for the Lord we examine many passages of Scripture that deal with the Christian’s dress.
Following is a summary of these biblical principles.
1. The woman’s clothing is to be modest (1 Timothy 2:9-10).
2. The Christian’s clothing is to be sexually distinctive (Ge. 1:27; De. 22:5; 1 Co. 11:14-15).
3. The Christian’s clothing is to be identified with holiness and godliness and not to be identified with anything that is evil (1 Th. 5:22; Eph. 5:11).
4. The Christian’s clothing is to be characterized by separation from the world (Ro. 12:2; 2 Co. 6:14-17; Tit. 2:12-13; Jas. 4:4; 1 Jo. 2:15-16).
5. The Christian’s clothing is to mark him or her as peculiar unto the Lord, as one who has been redeemed from all iniquity and who is zealous for good works (Tit. 2:14).
6. The Christian’s clothing should.. see full report
In the book Dressing for the Lord we examine many passages of Scripture that deal with the Christian’s dress.
Following is a summary of these biblical principles.
1. The woman’s clothing is to be modest (1 Timothy 2:9-10).
2. The Christian’s clothing is to be sexually distinctive (Ge. 1:27; De. 22:5; 1 Co. 11:14-15).
3. The Christian’s clothing is to be identified with holiness and godliness and not to be identified with anything that is evil (1 Th. 5:22; Eph. 5:11).
4. The Christian’s clothing is to be characterized by separation from the world (Ro. 12:2; 2 Co. 6:14-17; Tit. 2:12-13; Jas. 4:4; 1 Jo. 2:15-16).
5. The Christian’s clothing is to mark him or her as peculiar unto the Lord, as one who has been redeemed from all iniquity and who is zealous for good works (Tit. 2:14).
6. The Christian’s clothing should.. see full report
Answered Prayer Project - June 10
The following is a request from Linda Cloud, who is working on a book of answered prayers as she currently undergoes cancer treatment in the States. --
The Lord has laid a project on my heart through which I believe many can be blessed. I want to publish recent and current answers to prayer. Many believers have experienced answered prayers but not had an outlet to share these with others that they might see God’s power, love, and care in the lives of saints today. We are not looking for dramatized, exaggerated, charismatic answers that come in with a bang but do not hold true in time and experience. We are looking to see the hand of God in the lives of the righteous…..those who not only call Him Lord but who have surrendered their lives into His eternal hands. We want to encourage believing teens also to participate. We are interested in seemingly small answers to prayers as well as major answers, for we can all be blessed by both. Note also that sometimes the Lord's "no" turns out to be a wonderful answer to prayer as it is viewed from.. see full report
The following is a request from Linda Cloud, who is working on a book of answered prayers as she currently undergoes cancer treatment in the States. --
The Lord has laid a project on my heart through which I believe many can be blessed. I want to publish recent and current answers to prayer. Many believers have experienced answered prayers but not had an outlet to share these with others that they might see God’s power, love, and care in the lives of saints today. We are not looking for dramatized, exaggerated, charismatic answers that come in with a bang but do not hold true in time and experience. We are looking to see the hand of God in the lives of the righteous…..those who not only call Him Lord but who have surrendered their lives into His eternal hands. We want to encourage believing teens also to participate. We are interested in seemingly small answers to prayers as well as major answers, for we can all be blessed by both. Note also that sometimes the Lord's "no" turns out to be a wonderful answer to prayer as it is viewed from.. see full report
Friday Church News Notes - June 7
DISPENSATIONAL INTERPRETATION OF PROPHECY DECLINING (Friday Church News Notes, June 7, 2024, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - According to the book Christian Zionism in the Twenty-First Century (2023, Bumin and Inbari), the dispensational view of prophecy is declining among evangelicals and with it the support of the state of Israel. “The number of young Evangelicals in the United States who support Israel and view it as crucial to the End Times is declining as they increasingly move toward amillennial and postmillennial eschatology, according to a recent study” (“Support for Israel, dispensationalism declines among younger Evangelicalsl.. see full report
DISPENSATIONAL INTERPRETATION OF PROPHECY DECLINING (Friday Church News Notes, June 7, 2024, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - According to the book Christian Zionism in the Twenty-First Century (2023, Bumin and Inbari), the dispensational view of prophecy is declining among evangelicals and with it the support of the state of Israel. “The number of young Evangelicals in the United States who support Israel and view it as crucial to the End Times is declining as they increasingly move toward amillennial and postmillennial eschatology, according to a recent study” (“Support for Israel, dispensationalism declines among younger Evangelicalsl.. see full report
Careful Child Evangelism - June 6
One of the greatest fields of evangelism is the Christian home. The church is to build strong homes to raise a godly seed (Mal. 2:15). One pastor said to me, “I used to believe the children are the future of our church, but now I believe the future is those we reach outside the church.” He changed his view because so many of the youth have gone astray.
In truth, the future of a church should be both. The instruction for the home is given to the church (i.e., Ephesians 5-6; Colossians 3). Children can be saved when they are old enough to exercise biblical repentance and saving faith, but they are children and they must be dealt with in much wisdom.
The church I grew up in probably didn’t have even one saved young person, though we all knew the right things to say. We prayed a sinner’s prayer and made a “profession of faith” and were baptized, but we didn’t know the Lord by life-changing.. see full report
One of the greatest fields of evangelism is the Christian home. The church is to build strong homes to raise a godly seed (Mal. 2:15). One pastor said to me, “I used to believe the children are the future of our church, but now I believe the future is those we reach outside the church.” He changed his view because so many of the youth have gone astray.
In truth, the future of a church should be both. The instruction for the home is given to the church (i.e., Ephesians 5-6; Colossians 3). Children can be saved when they are old enough to exercise biblical repentance and saving faith, but they are children and they must be dealt with in much wisdom.
The church I grew up in probably didn’t have even one saved young person, though we all knew the right things to say. We prayed a sinner’s prayer and made a “profession of faith” and were baptized, but we didn’t know the Lord by life-changing.. see full report
Huxley: Darwin’s Bulldog - June 5
The following is excerpted from Seeing the Non-Existent: Evolution’s Myths and Hoaxes, a free 640 page eBook available at www.wayoflife.org.
Thomas Huxley (1825-1895) was called “Darwin’s Bulldog” because he was the premier public defender of Darwinian evolution in Darwin’s day. Whereas Charles Darwin was reclusive and mild tempered, Huxley was combative and loved the limelight. “Never one to enter the public fray, Darwin needed a champion as Huxley needed a cause” (Adrian Desmond, Huxley, p. 260).
Huxley’s biographer says he lived in a “fantasy world” as a child, “escaping into a secret realm of science” (Desmond, Huxley, p. 6). His greatest influences were skeptics, such as Unitarians who were developing new forms of knowledge “based on natural causes rather than the.. see full report
The following is excerpted from Seeing the Non-Existent: Evolution’s Myths and Hoaxes, a free 640 page eBook available at www.wayoflife.org.
Thomas Huxley (1825-1895) was called “Darwin’s Bulldog” because he was the premier public defender of Darwinian evolution in Darwin’s day. Whereas Charles Darwin was reclusive and mild tempered, Huxley was combative and loved the limelight. “Never one to enter the public fray, Darwin needed a champion as Huxley needed a cause” (Adrian Desmond, Huxley, p. 260).
Huxley’s biographer says he lived in a “fantasy world” as a child, “escaping into a secret realm of science” (Desmond, Huxley, p. 6). His greatest influences were skeptics, such as Unitarians who were developing new forms of knowledge “based on natural causes rather than the.. see full report
Friday Church News Notes - May 31
STRYPER: STILL CONFORMED TO THE WORLD (Friday Church News Notes, May 31, 2024, www.wayoflife.org, fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - Nothing is more blatantly worldly, more clearly conformed to the world, than Christian rock. It is a major sign of end time apostasy for those who have eyes to see. It is the sound track of the “live according to one’s own lusts” type of Christianity prophesied in 2 Timothy 4:3-4. The “Christian” rock band Stryper was formed in 1983 by the brothers Michael and Robert Sweet. Aping heavy metal/glam bands and their unisex rebellion to God’s laws, with skin-tight leotards, big hair, earrings, mascara, lipstick, eye shadow, a worldly-cool, derisive attitude, and.. see full report
STRYPER: STILL CONFORMED TO THE WORLD (Friday Church News Notes, May 31, 2024, www.wayoflife.org, fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - Nothing is more blatantly worldly, more clearly conformed to the world, than Christian rock. It is a major sign of end time apostasy for those who have eyes to see. It is the sound track of the “live according to one’s own lusts” type of Christianity prophesied in 2 Timothy 4:3-4. The “Christian” rock band Stryper was formed in 1983 by the brothers Michael and Robert Sweet. Aping heavy metal/glam bands and their unisex rebellion to God’s laws, with skin-tight leotards, big hair, earrings, mascara, lipstick, eye shadow, a worldly-cool, derisive attitude, and.. see full report
Bill Gaither’s Disobedience to God’s Word - May 30
The following is excerpted from The Directory of Contemporary Worship Musicians.
Bill and Gloria Gaither represent the heart and soul of Southern Gospel today.
Bill and Gloria Gaither are graduates of Anderson College, a Church of God school, and attend a Nazarene church. They have written some very popular and well-known gospel music, such as “He Touched Me,” “Thanks to Calvary,” and “There’s Something about That Name.” Since the early 1990s, the Gaither’s Homecoming audio and video series has dramatically increased the popularity of Southern Gospel music in this generation.
Sadly, the Gaithers have used their vast influence to promote the lie that music is neutral.. see full report
The following is excerpted from The Directory of Contemporary Worship Musicians.
Bill and Gloria Gaither represent the heart and soul of Southern Gospel today.
Bill and Gloria Gaither are graduates of Anderson College, a Church of God school, and attend a Nazarene church. They have written some very popular and well-known gospel music, such as “He Touched Me,” “Thanks to Calvary,” and “There’s Something about That Name.” Since the early 1990s, the Gaither’s Homecoming audio and video series has dramatically increased the popularity of Southern Gospel music in this generation.
Sadly, the Gaithers have used their vast influence to promote the lie that music is neutral.. see full report
Hymns - Jewels From William Cowper - May 29
The following is excerpted from Transforming Congregational Singing in the 21st Century, https://www.wayoflife.org/bc/course.php--
William Cowper (pronounced Cooper) (1731-1800) was one of the most prolific of British poets and hymn writers.
The son of an Anglican pastor who was chaplain to King George II, William began to show signs of severe depression during his student years studying for law. When faced with the bar examination for a position in the House of Lords at age 23, he was plagued by fear and became suicidal. He had to be confined for 18 months. This deep melancholy appeared off and on to the end of his life.
While living with a pastor friend, Morley Unwin, in the area of Olney, Cowper was converted and befriended by Pastor John Newton, author of “Amazing Grace.” Newton lived next door to the Unwins. With Newton, Cowper was .. see full report
The following is excerpted from Transforming Congregational Singing in the 21st Century, https://www.wayoflife.org/bc/course.php--
William Cowper (pronounced Cooper) (1731-1800) was one of the most prolific of British poets and hymn writers.
The son of an Anglican pastor who was chaplain to King George II, William began to show signs of severe depression during his student years studying for law. When faced with the bar examination for a position in the House of Lords at age 23, he was plagued by fear and became suicidal. He had to be confined for 18 months. This deep melancholy appeared off and on to the end of his life.
While living with a pastor friend, Morley Unwin, in the area of Olney, Cowper was converted and befriended by Pastor John Newton, author of “Amazing Grace.” Newton lived next door to the Unwins. With Newton, Cowper was .. see full report
One Baptist Church and 350 Years of Biblical Singing - May 28
The following is excerpted from Transforming Congregational Singing in the 21st Century, https://www.wayoflife.org/bc/course.php
The Metropolitan Tabernacle of London, England, has represented biblical, old Baptist style of congregational singing throughout its history. For more than 350 years, this church has practiced Ephesians 5:18-19 and Colossians 3:16.
The church began in the 1600s during the era of Anglican persecution of non-conformists.
“From some one of the many Baptist assemblies which met in the borough of Southwark out church took its rise. Crosby says: ‘This people had formerly belonged to one of the most ancient congregations of the Baptists in London, but separated from them in the year 1652, for some practices which they judged disorderly, and kept together from.. see full report
The following is excerpted from Transforming Congregational Singing in the 21st Century, https://www.wayoflife.org/bc/course.php
The Metropolitan Tabernacle of London, England, has represented biblical, old Baptist style of congregational singing throughout its history. For more than 350 years, this church has practiced Ephesians 5:18-19 and Colossians 3:16.
The church began in the 1600s during the era of Anglican persecution of non-conformists.
“From some one of the many Baptist assemblies which met in the borough of Southwark out church took its rise. Crosby says: ‘This people had formerly belonged to one of the most ancient congregations of the Baptists in London, but separated from them in the year 1652, for some practices which they judged disorderly, and kept together from.. see full report
Friday Church News Notes - May 24
NOT FORSAKEN: THE STORY OF HOPE (Friday Church News Notes, May 24, 2024, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - Not Forsaken: The Story of Hope is a new autobiography by Pastor Courtney Lewis of Chicago. He grew up in the Henry Horner and LeClaire Court projects, raised by a single mom who died about the time he graduated from high school. A problem child, he was kicked out of multiple schools. He was even kicked out of Sunday School the first time he attended. But through the patient love of Christian workers and education in a sound Bible College, he was saved and prepared for the ministry. He and his wife, Portia, were both bus kids. Today they have four daughters and are leading Cornerstone Baptist Church of Chicago (founded in 2008), where the life-changing gospel is being proclaimed, souls are being saved out of.. see full report
NOT FORSAKEN: THE STORY OF HOPE (Friday Church News Notes, May 24, 2024, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - Not Forsaken: The Story of Hope is a new autobiography by Pastor Courtney Lewis of Chicago. He grew up in the Henry Horner and LeClaire Court projects, raised by a single mom who died about the time he graduated from high school. A problem child, he was kicked out of multiple schools. He was even kicked out of Sunday School the first time he attended. But through the patient love of Christian workers and education in a sound Bible College, he was saved and prepared for the ministry. He and his wife, Portia, were both bus kids. Today they have four daughters and are leading Cornerstone Baptist Church of Chicago (founded in 2008), where the life-changing gospel is being proclaimed, souls are being saved out of.. see full report
The Chosen - 10 Critical Concerns - May 22
The following is excerpted from “The Chosen Series - 10 Critical Concerns,”
The incredibly popular series The Chosen is being described as a “global phenomenon” and growing “movement” that is creating the groundwork for world “revival.” However, there are some critical concerns about this series and where it is heading. The following are ten of these concerns
1) The Chosen and Its Mormon Influencers
“Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?” (2 Corinthians 6:14).
The Chosen series was initiated and inspired from a partnership between Dallas Jenkins, an evangelical filmmaker, and three Mormon businessmen, Jeffrey and Neal Harmon and Derral Eves after the three men viewed a film written and directed by Jenkins called The Shepherd. The Mormon influence on The Chosen is considerable: the executive producer is Mormon, the distributor is Mormon, certain episodes were shot on a special Mormon... see full report
The following is excerpted from “The Chosen Series - 10 Critical Concerns,”
The incredibly popular series The Chosen is being described as a “global phenomenon” and growing “movement” that is creating the groundwork for world “revival.” However, there are some critical concerns about this series and where it is heading. The following are ten of these concerns
1) The Chosen and Its Mormon Influencers
“Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?” (2 Corinthians 6:14).
The Chosen series was initiated and inspired from a partnership between Dallas Jenkins, an evangelical filmmaker, and three Mormon businessmen, Jeffrey and Neal Harmon and Derral Eves after the three men viewed a film written and directed by Jenkins called The Shepherd. The Mormon influence on The Chosen is considerable: the executive producer is Mormon, the distributor is Mormon, certain episodes were shot on a special Mormon... see full report
America, Politics, and Spiritual Light - May 21
“But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober” (1 Thessalonians 5:4-6).
“And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light” (Romans 13:11-12).
The result of the recent U.S. election [November 2020] was not surprising to the Bible believer who knows the frightful spiritual condition of America, and we should not respond as unbelievers and heretics and nominal Christians respond to these confusing, frustrating times. Many are frustrated almost to despair, fretting, losing sleep, fearful, angry... see full report
“But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober” (1 Thessalonians 5:4-6).
“And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light” (Romans 13:11-12).
The result of the recent U.S. election [November 2020] was not surprising to the Bible believer who knows the frightful spiritual condition of America, and we should not respond as unbelievers and heretics and nominal Christians respond to these confusing, frustrating times. Many are frustrated almost to despair, fretting, losing sleep, fearful, angry... see full report
Statue of Billy Graham in the U.S. Capitol
Friday Church News Notes - May 17
BILLY GRAHAM STATUE IN THE U.S. CAPITOL (Friday Church News Notes, May 17, 2024, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - A larger than life statue of Billy Graham (1918-2018) was unveiled in the U.S. Capitol this week. It was placed there by North Carolina, Graham’s home state, as one of two statues each state is allowed in the National Statuary Hall Collection. It replaces a statue of former governor Charles Aycock. Graham is the most influential evangelist of the 20th century. The seven-foot-tall statue depicts Graham pointing to an open.. see full report
BILLY GRAHAM STATUE IN THE U.S. CAPITOL (Friday Church News Notes, May 17, 2024, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - A larger than life statue of Billy Graham (1918-2018) was unveiled in the U.S. Capitol this week. It was placed there by North Carolina, Graham’s home state, as one of two statues each state is allowed in the National Statuary Hall Collection. It replaces a statue of former governor Charles Aycock. Graham is the most influential evangelist of the 20th century. The seven-foot-tall statue depicts Graham pointing to an open.. see full report
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