Author: Pilgrim

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John MacArthur Evangelicalism has . . . always expressly denied that any good works or sacraments have any merit before God or any instrumental efficacy for justification. So the stress in historic evangelicalism is properly placed on the primacy of faith over works. Evangelicals have always resisted the pressure to elevate good works over sound doctrine, insisting that truly good works are the fruit of faith, never a valid substitute for it. But the evangelical movement isn’t really very evangelical anymore. The typical evangelical leader today is far more likely to express indignation at someone who calls for doctrinal clarity and accuracy than to firmly oppose another self-styled evangelical who is actively attacking some vital biblical truth.

– John MacArthur

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Sermon of the week: “The Soul of Modesty” by C.J. Mahaney.

This message unexpectedly welled up emotions inside of me.

Pastor Mahaney delivers a powerful sermon on modesty in dress and he also reads a few touching and inspiring accounts of those who are battling with this issue, and the stumbling blocks it creates for others.

This is a message that everyone should hear, especially young women. This message will help the women better understand the daily struggles men deal with in their battle against lust and how women (especially in the Chruch) can help or hurt us in that battle simply by how they dress. Gather the family around to listen to Pastor Mahaney’s message The Soul of Modesty.

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Mary on a grape.

Will it ever end? Yet another piece of food, and yet another claim of a virgin Mary image. The latest story of this Romish superstitious mysticism comes out of Arlington Texas (see the news article here).

This time, instead of the image being on a piece of toast or grilled cheese sandwich, the virgin Mary is found on a rotting grape. And this time, instead of being discovered by a Roman Catholic, it was discovered by Baptist Becky Ginn of Fielder Road Baptist Church.

After examining the picture of the “image” on the grape, I am not so certain it is actually the virgin Mary. I am leaning more toward St. Joseph the home-selling saint or St. Clare the patron saint of television.

But then again, it may very well be the image of Jack Tarrance the recently identified Zodiac killer.

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Virgin Mary USB flash drive.

From the religion that birthed pagan superstitions in its followers with a saint for just about every occasion, (even for selling your home and for watching television), now comes the latest money-making scheme for the biblically illiterate: the Virgin Mary USB flash drive.

“Oh Maria, keep my data safe!”


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Jacked up on who?

Stacy Denboer is back with yet another disturbing video. I was provided the following video from Stacy himself in an e-mail he sent me. The following is his e-mail verbatim and in its entirety and below that is the video of himself taking “hits” off a plastic baby doll which renders him unable to control his bodily functions, including grunting like an animal and drooling.

I’m wondering where the Scriptural support (e.g. teaching, precedent, etc.) is for this. I remember reading of other accounts in the Bible in which people were unable to control themselves, and it was usually due to demonic possession.

“I went ahead an removed the video clips of me and my children enjoying the presence of God… I was wondering why my view count was going up so fast, but then I traced it to this site… I don’t want to read about the God of the Bible only (cognitive only), but I desire to read and experience the God of the Bible… Jesus reconciled us back to God completely on the cross.. the veil was torn and you can enjoy as much Glory as you want…. (“on earth as it is in heaven”) Here is a clip where I get so wacked by the presence of God that I am drueling….”

“Wow… I have been getting so hammered on Jesus…. Man!!!! I feel like I am going to have an Enoch experience!!!”

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When [Jesus] bids us to take up our cross, He means come and die. The cross was a place of horrible execution. It would have been unthinkable in Jesus’ day to wear a cross as a piece of jewelry. It would have been like wearing a miniature electric chair or lynching rope. His words must have had a terrifying effect: “Whoever does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me” (Matthew 10:38). So today the words are sobering. They mean at least that when I follow Jesus as my Savior and Lord, the old self-determining, self-absorbed me must be crucified. I must every day reckon myself dead to sin and alive to God.

– John Piper

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awpink.jpg The grace of God is proclaimed in the Gospel (Acts 20:24), which is to the self-righteous Jew a “stumblingblock,” and to the conceited and philosophizing Greek “foolishness” (1 Corinthians 1:23). Why so? Because there is nothing whatever in it that is adapted to gratify the pride of man. It announces that unless we are saved by grace, we cannot be saved at all. It declares that apart from Christ, the unspeakable Gift of God’s grace, the state of every man is desperate, irremediable, hopeless. The Gospel addresses men as guilty, condemned, perishing criminals. It declares that the most chaste moralist is in the same terrible plight as the most voluptuous profligate; that the zealous professor, with all his religious performances, is no better off than the most profane infidel.

– A.W. Pink

1886 – 1952

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Sermon of the week: “Sermon at Barbra Washer’s Funeral Service” by Paul Washer.

This week’s sermon is a message that Paul Washer delivered at his own mother’s funeral service. It is only 19 minutes in duration and is entitled Sermon at Barbra Washer’s Funeral Service.

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The White Horse Inn: “The Glory Story.”

This episode of the White Horse Inn is entitled The Glory Story.

On this edition of the White Horse Inn the hosts discuss the influence of both Pelagianism and Gnosticism in the American religious landscape. And the net result is what they refer to as “the Glory Story.” In contrast to the theology of glory, however, the hosts make a case for recovering a clear understanding of the “theology of the cross.”

Here’s a sample exchange between the hosts from this episode:

Kim Riddlebarger: There’s nothing more embarrassing than a reformation preacher attempting to be relevant.

Mike Horton: We’re going to bring Him down . . . wait a second, wait a second hot shot, He came down and He comes down if you would just explain and expound the passages.

Kim Riddlebarger: Preach the text and get out of the way and let the text do its work.

Michael Horton: That is so relieving.

Ken Jones: It is, you know you don’t have to try to measure yourself against what’s going on down the street or what people are used to on religious television. Make the announcement and trust that the same God who made this Word clear to you will, by His Spirit, illumine the hearts of your hearers to recognize and receive the Savior.