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		<title>Joyce Meyers teaching</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Should we not test the spirit of a new or unknown teacher/preacher?What if we have been assuming the one we listen to, teaching the bible an d then is suddenly found to be teaching or offering strange fire on the altar? Should we not be a watchman on the wall&#8230; This is not a slam or personal attack on anyone,but is a warning to those who are weak in the faith,those who do not realise the true teaching of the bible, for lack of ____ whatever it maybe .If you are following her then know this about what she thinks of the salvation of Christ click the audio link below]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Should we not test the spirit of a new or unknown teacher/preacher?What if we have been assuming the one we listen to, teaching the bible an d then  is suddenly found to be teaching or offering strange fire on the altar?</p>
<p><strong>Should we not be a watchman on the wall&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>This is not a slam or personal attack on anyone,but is a warning  to those who are weak in the faith,those who do not realise the true teaching of the bible, for lack of ____ whatever it maybe .If you are following her then know this about what she thinks of the salvation of Christ<br />
<strong>click the audio link below</strong><br />
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		<title>Biographies of Great men of God</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[15th Century Revivalist Girolamo Savonarola 17th Century Revivalist Richard Baxter George Fox Phillip Jacob Spencer The Moravian Revival in Germany (1727) Count Zinzendorf]]></description>
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15th Century Revivalist</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.watchword.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=38&amp;Itemid=38">Girolamo Savonarola</a></p>
<p><strong>17th Century Revivalist</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.watchword.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=12&amp;Itemid=23">Richard Baxter </a><br />
<a href="http://www.watchword.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=23&amp;Itemid=23">George Fox</a><br />
<a href="http://www.watchword.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=40&amp;Itemid=40">Phillip Jacob Spencer</a></p>
<p><strong>The Moravian Revival in Germany (1727)</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.watchword.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=48&amp;Itemid=48">Count Zinzendorf</a> <!-- D(["mb","\n<b><span style\u003d\"font-weight:bold\">The Moravian Revival in Germany (1727)<br />
\n<a href\u003d\"http://watchword.org/smithers/ww22a.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"><b><b><span color\u003d\"black\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none\">Count Zinzendorf</span></span></b></b></a></span></b></span></span></p>
<p>\n\n<b><span size\u003d\"3\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold\">1<sup>st</sup> Great Awakening (1730s-1740’s)<br />
\n<a href\u003d\"http://watchword.org/smithers/ww29a.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"><b><b><span color\u003d\"black\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none\">David Brainerd</span></span></b></b></a><br />
\n<a href\u003d\"http://watchword.org/smithers/ww23a.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"><b><b><span color\u003d\"black\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none\">Gilbert Tennent</span></span></b></b></a>\n<br />
\n<a href\u003d\"http://watchword.org/smithers/ww31a.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"><b><b><span color\u003d\"black\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none\">John Wesley</span></span></b></b></a></span></span></b></p>
<p>\n\n<b><span size\u003d\"3\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold\">The Evangelical Revival in Britain </span></span></b><b><span face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold\">( 1738-1790s)<br />
\n</span></span></b><b><span face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold\"><a href\u003d\"http://watchword.org/smithers/ww18a.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"><b><b><span color\u003d\"black\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none\">&#8220;,1] );  //&#8211;></p>
<p><strong>1st Great Awakening (1730s-1740’s)</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.watchword.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=16&amp;Itemid=23">David Brainerd </a><br />
<a href="http://www.watchword.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=44&amp;Itemid=44">Gilbert Tennent</a><br />
<a href="http://www.watchword.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=47&amp;Itemid=47">John Wesley</a></p>
<p><strong>The Evangelical Revival in Britain ( 1738-1790s)</strong></p>
<p><!-- D(["mb","William Bramwell</span></span></b></b></a><br />
\n<a href\u003d\"http://watchword.org/smithers/ww37a.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"><b><b><span color\u003d\"black\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none\">John Oxtoby</span></span></b></b></a><br />
\n<a href\u003d\"http://watchword.org/smithers/ww41a.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"><b><b><span color\u003d\"black\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none\">John Smith</span></span></b></b></a><br />
\n<a href\u003d\"http://watchword.org/smithers/ww31a.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"><b><b><span color\u003d\"black\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none\">John Wesley</span></span></b></b></a>\n<br />
\n</span></span></b><span face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-family:Arial\"><br />
\n<b><span style\u003d\"font-weight:bold\">2<sup>nd</sup> Great Awakening (1790-1845 )<br />
\n</span><b><b><span face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-family:Arial\"><a href\u003d\"http://watchword.org/smithers/ww52a.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"><span color\u003d\"black\"><span style\u003d\"color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none\">James Caughey</span></span></a><br />
\n</span></span></b></b><a href\u003d\"http://watchword.org/smithers/ww26a.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"><b><b><span color\u003d\"black\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none\">Christmas Evans</span></span></b></b></a><br />
\n<a href\u003d\"http://watchword.org/smithers/ww33a.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"><b><b><span color\u003d\"black\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none\">Charles G. Finney</span></span>&#8220;,1] );  //&#8211;><a href="http://www.watchword.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=17&amp;Itemid=23">William Bramwell </a><br />
<a href="http://www.watchword.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=33&amp;Itemid=33">John Oxtoby</a><br />
<a href="http://www.watchword.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=39&amp;Itemid=39">John Smith</a><br />
<a href="http://www.watchword.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=47&amp;Itemid=47">John Wesley </a></p>
<p><strong>2nd Great Awakening (1790-1845)</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.watchword.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=19&amp;Itemid=19">James Caughey</a><br />
<a href="http://www.watchword.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=21&amp;Itemid=21">Christmas Evans</a><br />
<a href="http://www.watchword.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=22&amp;Itemid=22">Charles G. Finney</a> <!-- D(["mb","</b></b></a><br />
\n<a href\u003d\"http://watchword.org/smithers/ww46a.htm\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"><b><b><span color\u003d\"black\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none\">Edward D. Griffin</span></span></b></b></a><br />
\n<a href\u003d\"http://watchword.org/smithers/ww36a.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"><b><b><span color\u003d\"black\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none\">Edward Payson</span></span></b></b></a><br />
\n<a href\u003d\"http://watchword.org/smithers/ww20a.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"><b><b><span color\u003d\"black\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none\">John Wesley Redfield</span></span></b></b></a><br />
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\nThe Kilsyth Revival in Scotland (1839 -1842)<br />
\n<a href\u003d\"http://watchword.org/smithers/ww44a.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"><b><b><span color\u003d\"black\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none\">Andrew Bonar</span></span></b></b></a><br />
\n<a href\u003d\"http://watchword.org/smithers/ww16a.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"><b><b><span color\u003d\"black\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none\">William C. Burns</span></span></b></b></a><br />
\n<a href\u003d\"http://watchword.org/smithers/ww39a.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"><b><b><span color\u003d\"black\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none\">Robert Murray M\&#8217;Cheyne </span></span></b></b></a><br />
\n<a href\u003d\"http://watchword.org/smithers/ww17a.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"><b>&#8220;,1] );  //&#8211;><br />
<a href="http://www.watchword.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=26&amp;Itemid=26">Edward D. Griffin</a><br />
<a href="http://www.watchword.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=34&amp;Itemid=34">Edward Payson</a><br />
<a href="http://www.watchword.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=36&amp;Itemid=36">John Wesley Redfield</a></p>
<p><strong>The Kilsyth Revival in Scotland (1839 -1842)</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.watchword.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=3&amp;Itemid=4">More here</a></p>
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		<title>Mcdonalds comes out of the closet</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author: Donald E. Wildmon McDonald&#8217;s Comes Out of the Closet McDonald&#8217;s CEO: Company will put full resources behind gay agenda McDonald&#8217;s has signed on to a nationwide effort to promote &#8220;gay&#8221; and &#8220;lesbian&#8221; business ventures. &#8212; According to McDonald&#8217;s CEO Jim Skinner, McDonald&#8217;s will aggressively promote the homosexual agenda. In remarks on McDonald&#8217;s Web site concerning the company becoming a member of the National Gay &#38; Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC), Skinner wrote: &#8220;Being a socially responsible organization is a fundamental part of who we are. We have an obligation to use our size and resources to make a difference in the world … and we do.&#8221; The company gave an undisclosed amount of money to the NGLCC in return for being recognized as a major promoter of the homosexual agenda. In return, NGLCC placed Richard Ellis, vice president of communications of McDonald&#8217;s USA, on the NGLCC Board of Directors. Ellis was quoted as saying: &#8220;I&#8217;m thrilled to join the National Gay &#38; Lesbian Chamber of Commerce team and ready to get to work. I share the NGLCC&#8217;s passion for business growth and development within the LGBT community, and I look forward to playing a role in moving these important [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Author: Donald E. Wildmon</p>
<p>McDonald&#8217;s Comes Out of the Closet<br />
McDonald&#8217;s CEO: Company will put full resources behind gay agenda<br />
McDonald&#8217;s has signed on to a nationwide effort to promote &#8220;gay&#8221; and &#8220;lesbian&#8221; business ventures.<br />
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<p>According to McDonald&#8217;s CEO Jim Skinner, McDonald&#8217;s will aggressively promote the homosexual agenda. In remarks on McDonald&#8217;s Web site concerning the company becoming a member of the National Gay &amp; Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC), Skinner wrote: &#8220;Being a socially responsible organization is a fundamental part of who we are. We have an obligation to use our size and resources to make a difference in the world … and we do.&#8221;<br />
The company gave an undisclosed amount of money to the NGLCC in return for being recognized as a major promoter of the homosexual agenda. In return, NGLCC placed Richard Ellis, vice president of communications of McDonald&#8217;s USA, on the NGLCC Board of Directors.</p>
<p>Ellis was quoted as saying: &#8220;I&#8217;m thrilled to join the National Gay &amp; Lesbian Chamber of Commerce team and ready to get to work. I share the NGLCC&#8217;s passion for business growth and development within the LGBT community, and I look forward to playing a role in moving these important initiatives forward.&#8221;<br />
McDonald&#8217;s refused to comment to World Net Daily on the placement of its executive on the board of the &#8220;gay&#8221; advocacy organization but did send an e-mail confirming the corporation&#8217;s support for the agenda of the homosexual business lobby.</p>
<p>&#8220;McDonald&#8217;s is indeed a Corporate Partner and Organizational Ally of NGLCC. Our vice president of U.S.. communications, Richard Ellis, was recently elected to its board of directors,&#8221; said Heidi M. Barker, senior director of media relations for McDonald&#8217;s. NGLCC describes itself as promoting the LGBT community first and always, including same sex marriage.<br />
NGLCC gives credit to sponsors such as McDonald&#8217;s for its financial and other support that helps in its work. &#8220;Through the commitment of our corporate partners, the NGLCC has been able to advance the ideas and causes of the LGBT business community,&#8221; the Chamber said.</p>
<p>Take Action!<br />
Very important!  Call your local McDonald&#8217;s and ask why McDonald&#8217;s is using its size and resources to promote the homosexual agenda.</p>
<p>Send an e-mail to McDonald&#8217;s</p>
<p>Forward this e-mail to family and friends.</p>
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		<title>Gods Grace</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Grace,Gods Grace,Grace that is greater than all my sins. While discussing sin ,how that well all are sinful and nobody is above anyone else.Take the worst criminal you can think of and theres no differance in you and him&#8230;except Grace. My pastor is a retired state trooper,when taking a couple of rouge to jail ,the thought came to him that there was no differance between himself and those to &#8220;vile men&#8221;&#8230;ececpt God one day for reasons know only to God call out and saved him,except for that theres no differance between any of us we are all sinners,and need a Saviour,no big sinners and little tiny sinners,but all have sinned and come short&#8230; Christ is the redeemer for all of mankind. He died in your place and for your sins He was punished,even whiule you were/are His enemny He did this for you as He loves you. He took sin away and now all that is left is will you accept what He has alr4ady done for you,or will you turn Him away? Thoise in hell are there not because of sins,but because they reject The Very Christ that was sent to suffered and die your death, Rejectors are in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Grace,Gods Grace,Grace that is greater than all my sins.</p>
<p>While discussing sin ,how that well all are sinful and nobody is above anyone else.Take the worst criminal you can think of and theres no differance in you and him&#8230;except Grace.</p>
<p>My pastor is a retired state trooper,when taking a couple of rouge to jail ,the thought came to him that there was no differance between himself and those to &#8220;vile men&#8221;&#8230;ececpt God one day for reasons know only to God call out and saved him,except for that theres no differance between any of us we are all sinners,and need a Saviour,no big sinners and little tiny sinners,but all have sinned and come short&#8230;</p>
<p>Christ is the redeemer for all of mankind.<br />
He died in your place and for your sins He was punished,even whiule you were/are His enemny He did this for you as He loves you.</p>
<p>He took sin away and now all that is left is will you accept what He has alr4ady done for you,or will you turn Him away?</p>
<p>Thoise in hell are there not because of sins,but because they reject The Very Christ that was sent to suffered and die your death,</p>
<p>Rejectors are in hell,not sinners.</p>
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		<title>humility in your ministry</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author: Sam Crane Humility in your Ministry By Sam Crane 7 &#8220;Suppose one of you had a servant plowing or looking after the sheep. Would he say to the servant when he comes in from the field, &#8216;come along now and sit down and eat?&#8217; Would he not rather say, &#8216;Prepare my supper, get yourself ready and wait on me while I eat and drink?&#8217; 9Would he thank the servant because he did what he was told to do? 10So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, &#8216;We are unworthy servants, we have only done our duty.&#8217;&#8221; Luke 17:7-10 This verse sounds a little harsh, doesn&#8217;t it? At least I thought so when I first read it. But the more I looked at the last verse the more I began to understand a little bit of it. I say, &#8220;I began to understand it,&#8221; but the Holy Spirit was the one who told me. At any rate, this verse is quickly becoming one of my favorites because it is so true! What do we deserve? Fire and brimstone. What did we get? A savior who died for us, rose to life for us, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Author: Sam Crane</p>
<p>Humility in your Ministry By Sam Crane 7</p>
<p>&#8220;Suppose one of you had a servant plowing or looking after the sheep. Would he say to the servant when he comes in from the field, &#8216;come along now and sit down and eat?&#8217; Would he not rather say, &#8216;Prepare my supper, get yourself ready and wait on me while I eat and drink?&#8217; 9Would he thank the servant because he did what he was told to do? 10So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, &#8216;We are unworthy servants, we have only done our duty.&#8217;&#8221; Luke 17:7-10</p>
<p>This verse sounds a little harsh, doesn&#8217;t it? At least I thought so when I first read it. But the more I looked at the last verse the more I began to understand a little bit of it. I say, &#8220;I began to understand it,&#8221; but the Holy Spirit was the one who told me. At any rate, this verse is quickly becoming one of my favorites because it is so true!</p>
<p>What do we deserve? Fire and brimstone. What did we get? A savior who died for us, rose to life for us, sprinkled His Blood on the mercy seat for us, and is waiting in heaven for us! So, then, what right have we to complain about all the work we have to do?</p>
<p>Ministry is not work! It&#8217;s a duty and a privilege. God allows us to minister in His Name. He calls and commands us to minister in His Name. Let&#8217;s look a little deeper at this verse, shall we? Verse 7 mentions where the servant was working: &#8220;Plowing or looking after sheep.&#8221; What does that mean? These things to me represent ministry.</p>
<p>Plowing is the harvest field, which is evangelistic ministry, and looking after sheep would be in the church, discipling God&#8217;s children. Many people think that is where the real ministry is, or that that is where the ministry stays, but look at what the next verse says. After the servant has left the visible ministry arena, what does the Master tell him to do? &#8220;Prepare my supper, get yourself ready and wait on me while I eat and drink.&#8221; How many people do you know who come into a worship service wanting to receive something for themselves? There is nothing wrong with that. I do that. But, what we should be focused on is what it is that God is going to receive from our worship. We do not worship for ourselves, after all, but for God to be glorified. That is what the servant does after leaving the public eye, though. He waits on his Master.</p>
<p>After that ministry is done, after thanking and praising the Lord, then the servant finally rests. If we&#8217;re craving meat and spiritual food constantly, how concerned are we on whether or not God gets any enjoyment out of our fellowship with Him. God wants our fellowship; that is why He made us. We do well to spend time with God just to spend time with our Father. Verse 9 can be very confusing when taken out of context, I suppose. But if you look at it like this: what we deserve versus what God deserves, and then it would be a lot easier to swallow. Would God thank us for doing something He has allowed us to do as a privilege, then commanded us to do? Finally, the servant, in all humility and selflessness says, &#8216;We are unworthy servants, we have only done our duty.&#8217; And that is after his Master had apparently mistreated him! Don&#8217;t take this the wrong way! God obviously doesn&#8217;t mistreat us! He obviously does care about our praise and offerings to Him. But if we do ministry in any form for selfish reasons—it sounds SO simple just saying this but it should be taken very seriously—we do not please God.</p>
<p>The only person you should try to please is God, the only people you should help is everyone, and the only ones you should deny are yourself and Satan. For instance, one morning my church was having a citywide pastor&#8217;s breakfast meeting and I had volunteered to help out in the kitchen. I got up earlier than I was used to on a Saturday, went to the fellowship hall, and started cooking with my fellow volunteers.</p>
<p>I remained groggy throughout the morning but I had resolved to remain cheerful and maintain a servant&#8217;s heart in my work. It didn&#8217;t take long for everyone to finish eating, after which we were able to gather up the dishes and begin washing them as the breakfast meeting moved on from the breakfast to the meeting. Something my father always raised me to do is try to outwork the people around me, whether the boss is watching or not, because the real Master is always watching. So, there I was, outworking the guy next to me with a sponge as my weapon of choice when these thoughts welled up inside of me: &#8220;I&#8217;m working pretty hard, huh? I&#8217;m such a servant!&#8221;</p>
<p>Those were very pleasing thoughts for a moment, until the Holy Spirit began to convict my spirit and correct me! He told me how I was wrong instantly: If you have to call yourself a servant, you&#8217;re definitely not being a servant! I was certainly not being humble either! I was, even in such a little thing, comparing myself to another person. God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble, so when I set myself up in pride, I am basically setting myself up in competition with Almighty God. I can&#8217;t ever remember a time in history when that has worked. Pride always comes before the fall. As an example (and I can&#8217;t believe I&#8217;m telling you this) look at Hollywood! How many celebrities do you see who are just totally and completely full of themselves?</p>
<p>Now how many actors are getting thrown in jail for high profile crimes, getting sued for all kinds of things, and having their lives fall apart only to have it strewn across the media to their further embarrassment? Every time you check out in a grocery store you see how screwed up they are! Granted not every actor is like that, and not everything you see and hear about is the unfiltered truth, but doesn&#8217;t it make you wonder how a person could become so messed up? I&#8217;m sure right now you&#8217;re listing quite a few reasons in your head, but to me, one that sticks out the most is pride.</p>
<p>People are overthrowing themselves with their own pride. All sin seems to sprout from the root of pride. Lucifer fell from pride; that old devil! The serpent then used that same thing (pride wanting to be as God) to bait Adam and Eve in the garden. Even today, when we sin, it can be traced back to our pride. If I stole something, it&#8217;s because I wanted it for myself. Even if I were to steal it to feed my hungry children, I&#8217;d still be in pride because I wouldn&#8217;t trust God to provide food, I&#8217;d be convinced of how much better of a provider I am than God.</p>
<p>Do you see the madness in it?</p>
<p>It&#8217;s essentially a lack of trust in the One who gives me breath, and disbelief in the Word of God! It takes a degree of humility to submit to God, and it takes a degree of submission to trust. Faith and trust are the same thing many times. I&#8217;m not trying to make up any theologies here but we obviously need faith, trust and humility, don&#8217;t we? I guess the point of all this is to daily die to yourself, because you can&#8217;t be full of God if you&#8217;re full of yourself!</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author: Pastor F. William Darrow IS INERRANCY ENOUGH? A defense of the KJV After serving some 42 years as a pastor I have learned that things are constantly changing in the realm of the church. Trends and fads, yes, even in churches, come and go. Some are good some are bad. Change is a way of life but not always good. Allow me to give you an example. I have attended many ordination councils over the years. Even in those, the evidence of trends and issues become prevalent. Areas that were questioned heavily 25 years ago do not even draw a question today. I remember years ago that a candidate would be grilled heavily over &#8220;verbal plenary inspiration&#8221;. The candidate had to know and be able to explain that &#8220;inspiration&#8221; is God breathing into man the very words He wanted him to write. &#8220;Verbal&#8221; meaning that the Holy Spirit guided the writers of the Bible in the very words that they used. &#8220;Plenary&#8221; means fully or completely as to the fact that every word was inspired by God from beginning to end. I am not sure when it started, but it seems to me that in the late sixties or [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Author: Pastor F. William Darrow<br />
IS INERRANCY ENOUGH?<br />
A defense of the KJV</p>
<p>After serving some 42 years as a pastor I have learned that things are constantly changing in the realm of the church. Trends and fads, yes, even in churches, come and go. Some are good some are bad. Change is a way of life but not always good. Allow me to give you an example.</p>
<p>I have attended many ordination councils over the years. Even in those, the evidence of trends and issues become prevalent. Areas that were questioned heavily 25 years ago do not even draw a question today. I remember years ago that a candidate would be grilled heavily over &#8220;verbal plenary inspiration&#8221;. The candidate had to know and be able to explain that &#8220;inspiration&#8221; is God breathing into man the very words He wanted him to write. &#8220;Verbal&#8221; meaning that the Holy Spirit guided the writers of the Bible in the very words that they used. &#8220;Plenary&#8221; means fully or completely as to the fact that every word was inspired by God from beginning to end.</p>
<p>I am not sure when it started, but it seems to me that in the late sixties or seventies a new word, or at least a more frequently used word, came on the scene. That word is &#8220;inerrancy&#8221;. In many doctrinal statements of more recent days the word &#8220;inerrancy&#8221; appears but not the phrase &#8220;verbal plenary inspiration&#8221;. I began to question in my mind why the term &#8220;inerrancy&#8221; had replaced &#8220;verbal plenary inspiration&#8221; even though it is a fine word but it does not say enough. Since new versions of the Bible keep coming on the scene and some have become preferred over the old, tried and proven KJV, I have sought to read for answers. It has been a learning experience. One of which has helped me to understand why the term &#8220;verbal plenary inspiration&#8221; is no longer being used.</p>
<p>I also was at a conference where a speaker made the statement, as he held up his Bible, &#8220;inerrancy, no, infallibility yes&#8221;. He did not believe that the present Bibles we have are inerrant, just infallible. What he meant by that is since we do not have the original manuscripts, which are inerrant, our translations are not inerrant but we have enough evidence from different old texts so at least we can say they are infallible, or trustworthy. I do not agree with this at all.</p>
<p>There are three basic techniques in Bible translation work. Quoting the National Religious Broadcasters, January 1996 issue, an article by Harry Conay: &#8220;With regard to popular Bible translation, we frequently use terms like formal equivalency (&#8216;this is how we write what they wrote), dynamic equivalency (&#8216;this is how we would say what they meant&#8217;), and paraphrasing (&#8216;this is how I think their intent can be more clearly stated&#8217;). (Printed in the Foundation magazine, January-February 1996 issue).</p>
<p>The three techniques are:</p>
<p>1. Formal Equivalency</p>
<p>2. Dynamic Equivalency</p>
<p>3. Paraphrasing</p>
<p>Let me start from the bottom up. Paraphrasing is simply taking what the text says and rewriting it to what you think it says.</p>
<p>The big problem with paraphrasing is that it simply becomes the opinion of the translator as to what a passage means. Once you enter this area of practice it is no longer the Words of God but some individual&#8217;s opinion of what it says. A paraphrase is not a Bible translation but a commentary. A paraphrase should not be called a translation or even the Bible.</p>
<p>Myron Houghton, a professor at Faith Baptist Bible College, Ankeny, IA, made an explanation that helps understand the difference between a paraphrase and literal translations.</p>
<p>&#8220;A literal translation is based upon the idea that the purpose of a translation is to let the reader know what the Bible says rather than what the Bible means. Yet many modern readers use meaning-for-meaning versions and paraphrases because they think the meaning of the Bible has been made clear. In reality, it is the meaning of the translators that has been made clear.&#8221; (Faith Pulpit July/August by Myron J. Houghton)</p>
<p>Dynamic Equivalency is not following a word-for-word translation but changing, adding, or subtracting from the original to make it flow as the translator sees fit. It is a step up from paraphrasing. Dr. D.A.Waite defines it in his book on Defending the King James Version page 89, as &#8221; &#8216;Dynamic&#8217; implies &#8216;change&#8217; or &#8216;movement.&#8217; These versions take a sort of idiomatic rendering from Hebrew or Greek into English. It is idiomatic in the sense that they didn&#8217;t take a word-for-word method (even when it made good sense), trying to make the words in the Hebrew or Greek equal to the words in the English. Instead they added to what was there, changed what was there and/or subtracted from what was there.&#8221; Robert J. Barnet in his book The Word of God on Trial, page 24, uses another name for it; calling it &#8220;concept inspiration&#8221;. He said, &#8220;The author of a paraphrase is not trying to communicate word-level truth. He is giving us his own interpretation of what he thinks the Bible means. He is giving us concept-level</p>
<p>communication.&#8221; Dr. D.A.Waite has a study available of examples where the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD VERSION uses this method some 4,000 times, the NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION 6,653 times and the NEW KING JAMES VERSION over 2,000 times. (Page 105, Defending The King James Version).</p>
<p>The AMERICAN STANDARD VERSION of 1901 followed strict formal equivalency. However our issue with the 1901 ASV has to do with the text from which it was translated. The NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION translators followed dynamic equivalency so were much more loose in their translating. They utilized dynamic equivalency to the degree that their work is almost a running paraphrase and not a translation. Dynamic Equivalency, therefore, allows for a great deal of subjectivity on the part of the translators to interpret the biblical text. (Touch Not the Unclean Thing by David Sorenson &#8211; page 239)</p>
<p>The third method is Formal Equivalency, or sometimes called, Verbal Equivalency. This method of translation takes the Greek and Hebrew words and renders them as closely as possible into English. This is the method used by the King James translators and is certainly a superior method.</p>
<p>&#8220;In favor of using modern English, it should be noted that the Bible was written in the language of the day. The New Testament, for example, was written in koine, or common Greek. And we do not normally use thee, thou, and ye in our speech today. On the other hand, thee and thou distinguished you in the singular from ye which is you in the plural. Sometimes the correct interpretation of a passage is helped by knowing the difference between the plural or singular use of you.&#8221; (Faith Pulpit &#8211; July/August 2006 by Myron J. Houghton)</p>
<p>The King James Bible is the only English translation today that follows this strict accurate literalness.</p>
<p>More here:</p>
<p>http://logosresourcepages.org/Believers/inerrancy.htm</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Signs of the end times: women preachers This is a hotly debate topic that needs more then ever to be settled. Let me start with saying that I being a male ,love our counter parts in this life and where would the world be with out women? I hold no hostility toward women and believe that The Word teaches that we are co equal in Christ. Can a woman hold a leadership position in the church biblical? We all have our own opinions on this and I have heard some very good arguments about this,but what does the Bible teach? Because after all if your not letting The Inerrant Word of God lead you thru life, your only a ship wreak in the making.(I hope you do believe that His Word is ALL Truth &#8230;.) The Apostle Paul moved by The Holy Spirit wrote of how to conduct ourselves in the Church in many epistles one of them being his letter to Timothy. The problems that were cropping up in the infant church were being address&#8230; In chapter 2 of 1 Timothy we find one such problem: 1Tim 2:12-14 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Signs of the end times: women preachers</p>
<p>This is a hotly debate topic that needs more then ever to be settled. Let me start with saying that I being a male ,love our counter parts in this life and where would the world be with out women?</p>
<p>I hold no hostility toward women and believe that The Word teaches that we are co equal in Christ.</p>
<p>Can a woman hold a leadership position in the church biblical?</p>
<p>We all have our own opinions on this and I have heard some very good arguments about this,but what does the Bible teach? Because after all if your not letting The Inerrant Word of God lead you thru life, your only a ship wreak in the making.(I hope you do believe that His Word is ALL Truth &#8230;.)</p>
<p>The Apostle Paul moved by The Holy Spirit wrote of how to conduct ourselves in the Church in many epistles one of them being his letter to Timothy. The problems that were cropping up in the infant church were being address&#8230;</p>
<p>In chapter 2 of 1 Timothy we find one such problem:</p>
<p>1Tim 2:12-14 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression</p>
<p>I believe this to be in the context of &#8220;how to conduct public worship(church)&#8221; and the next chapter is still talking about the qualifying of bishops, deacons, ect..</p>
<p>The word authority (authenteo)is a most different, but telling word.&#8221;one acting by his own authority or power.- to use or exercise authority over as an autocrat, to domineer.&#8221;The antonym is to be a subordinate. (Spiros Zodhiates TH.D. Wordstudy. Dr. Vine Expository Dictionary )</p>
<p>In Greek: authenteo contracted from authentes ,murder, absolute master, which is from autos, himself, and entea which is arms, armor. A self-appointed killer with ones own hand. Hence one acting by his own authority or power.</p>
<p>Someone who takes his own life is standing in the place that is Gods. He is the giver and taker of life not ourselves, and if by man, then strict guidelines are given for man to follow.</p>
<p>Someone, man or woman, that stands up to teach, preach, or became a deacon that has not Gods leading is one who stands by their OWN AUTHORITY. This is the meaning of the word authority. God calls those whom He chooses,not whom man likes.( Remember David being selected over all his brothers that were more pleasing to the eye?)</p>
<p>Paul says I will not suffer (allow)a woman to teach nor to usurp authenteo over the man.(by the way the word usurp is the same as the word authority given above) This is about plain as it But we are co equal,but have differant places (jobs ) and works for Christ.</p>
<p>Why is this?</p>
<p>Paul thru the Holy Spirit address that in the next verses:</p>
<p>1Tim 2:13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve.</p>
<p>V.14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.</p>
<p>Adam walk into sin seeing and knowing what the fruits would be, but Eve was just flat out deceived.Women are not still being punished for Eves sin as its all under the Blood now.</p>
<p>But it shows that the woman can be deceived easier than the man. This in no way makes her less than the man, but being different is given a place of honor too. Just as honorable as the mans, but different, as there are differences in the man and woman.</p>
<p>&#8211; We are not the same we are differant as stated in the creation story of Gen</p>
<p>&#8211;The reason they cannot (the women) is stated as they &#8220;were deceived&#8221; and &#8220;Adam was formed 1st&#8221; (this is Gods doing not mans)</p>
<p>For a better explanation of this <a href="http://www.albatrus.org/english/living/kingdom/kingdom_vs_women_preachers.htm">Kingdom of God vs. Women Preachers</a>by aymon de albatrus.He does a much better job of laying out before you to see,if you are reallu seeking truth.</p>
<p>What about Deborah and the other prophetess of the Bible, did not they teach and preach too?<br />
No you must not read into the account of Deborah more than what is there.It was  <strong>Barak </strong>,not Debroah that is listed in the &#8220;hall of Faith&#8221; in the book of Hebrews .Seems to me that if she had done as some modernists think and claim she did ,she would have made the list too.This is not a slam at Deborah whom is mention and <strong>honor by God </strong>in His book for being a light in dark times.</p>
<p>What does church history tell us of women preachers?<br />
Hereticks?Troubles?<br />
Most of the cults have had a woman leader and founder.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[John1:1 In the beginning was the Word,and the Word was with God,and the Word was God. In the beginning is not the start of things but rather &#8220;the vanishing point&#8221;.The vanishing point is where mans comprehend falls off.If you are veiwing a desert landscape,showing a road that goes out from you,disappearing into a point in the far distance,this is not the end of the road but merely the limit of your visions ability,so it is with this pharse &#8220;In the beginning&#8221;. God is eternal so therfore has no begining nor end. (Rev 1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. Looking in Re 1:5 you will see that this is talking about Jesus Christ._ John10:30 I and my Father are one Jesus also claimed what nobody else nor any  imposter has ever dared to claim that he was on equal ground with Almighty God. John 17:5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. Ps 90:2     Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>John1:1</p>
<p>In the beginning was the Word,and the Word was with God,and the Word was God.</p>
<p>In the beginning is not the start of things but rather &#8220;the vanishing point&#8221;.The vanishing point is where mans comprehend falls off.If you are veiwing a desert landscape,showing a road that goes out from you,disappearing into a point in the far distance,this is not the end of the road but merely the limit of your visions ability,so it is with this pharse &#8220;In the beginning&#8221;.</p>
<p>God is eternal so therfore has no begining nor end.</p>
<p>(Rev 1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. Looking in Re 1:5 you will see that this is talking about Jesus Christ._</p>
<p>John10:30 I and my Father are one</p>
<p>Jesus also claimed what nobody else nor any  imposter has ever dared to claim that he was on equal ground with Almighty God.<br />
John 17:5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.</p>
<p>Ps 90:2     Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.<br />
Col 1:15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:</p>
<p>Col 1:16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:</p>
<p>Col 1:17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.</p>
<p>Col 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.</p>
<p>Col 1:19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;</p>
<p>Col 1:20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.</p>
<p>1tim 3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.</p>
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