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The Country Baptist Church Newsletter “The
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We Ask You To Pray For: Elaine Woodall,
Sis. Angela Lennie, Bro. Charles & Mary Hammond and family, Erik Hammond,
Bro. Archie & Barbara Griffin, Waylon & Pat Abercrombie with their
daughter and son, Randy & Donna Johnson, Loyce Smith, Roberta Bruce and
family, Barbara Fails, Jim & Linda Meier, Tyson & Dina Taylor and The
Boys, Bro. Sergey Mochalov and the Churches in Russia, Don & Wynell
Hammond, Brenda Galusha, Baby Tucker Walker, Helen Stone, Bro. & Mrs.
Pinson, Leta Ellis, Chet Reagan, Sidney Strawn, Amanda Tomlin, Helen Rowe,
Kimberlee McCool, Stephen and Kaleb McCool, Jeremiah Kelleher, Janiece
Stewart, Melissa Smith and Children, Brother David and Anne Shortt, Jewell
Mathis, Justin Horne, Janette Sims, Jean and Cheryl, Letha Langford, David
Ellis and family, Virgil Young, Gwen Davis, Allison Rodgers Clay, Angela
Hutson, Tiffany and Shannon Lemmon, Bob Ellis, Reese Carrington, Jack
Whittle, Ronda Douglass, Nancy, Rosa Tomlin, Pastor and Sister Hammond, Katie
Fitch and Stephaine, Sarah Dooherty, Scott & Gina Sillivan, Otis Steward,
Mark Ralston, Fay Johnson, Bro. Frank Pittman, David Lemmon, Martha Haygood,
Kim Stevens, Lit Hatly, Brian
Berry, Mike & Sally Leinhauserand, Bro. Curtis Pugh, all of our Troops
and their Families. |
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A Thought For The Week: From: Another Gospel
By: AW Pink The
apostles of Satan are not saloon-keepers and white-slave traffickers, but are
for the most part ordained ministers. Thousands of those who occupy our
modern pulpits are no longer engaged in presenting the fimdamentals of the
Christian Faith, but have turned aside from the Truth and have given heed
unto fables. Instead of magnifying the enormity of sin and setting forth its
eternal consequences, they minimize it by declaring that sin is merely
ignorance or the absence of good. Instead of warning their hearers to
"flee from the wrath to come" they make God a liar by declaring
that He is too loving and merciful to send any of His own creatures to
eternal torment. Instead of declaring that "without shedding of blood is
no remission," they merely hold up Christ as the great Exemplar and
exhort their hearers to follow in His steps." Of them it must be said,
"For they being ignorant of God's righteousness and going about to
establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the
righteousness of God" (Rom 10:3). Their message may sound very plausible
and their aim appear very praiseworthy, yet we read of them—"for such
are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves (imitating)
into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed
into an angel of light. Therefore, it is no great thing [not to be wondered
at] if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness, whose
end shall be according to their works" (2 Cor 11:13-15). |
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Happy
Birthday:
Happy Anniversary: Stephen McCool
Jr. June 06 Dale and Angela
Lennie June 08 Medina Taylor June 09 |
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Danger of False Teachers Christian Fiction/Fantasy Part 2 II Timothy 4:3-4; “For the time will come
when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall
they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; and they shall turn
away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.” In the past few years there has been a new
fascination with Christian Fiction/Fantasy. With that came a resurgence in
popularity of “so called” Christian authors J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis.
When I say “so called” I do mean “so called”.
Lewis left atheism and went back to the Church of England(Anglican),
the church of his youth. This also caused a rift in their friendship for most
of their later lives. Tolkien was such a devote Catholic he refused to be
friends with someone who was not Catholic. Tolkien was partially raised by his Baptist
maternal grandparents but his mother went against her parents wishes and took
her children to the Catholic church. When his mother died at age 34 of type 1
diabetes she left the guardianship of her two sons to the local Catholic
priest who raised them as “good Catholics”. He was a devote Catholic the rest
of his life. Lewis on the other hand grew up in the Church
of Ireland(Anglican). When he was 15 years old he converted to atheism being
influenced by mythology and the occult. At age 32 Lewis claimed to have been
converted back to Christianity under the influence of his friend Tolkien.
Tolkien hoped that Lewis would convert to Catholicism but Lewis' brother
convensed him to join the Anglican church. Lewis came to be a great Anglican
lay theologian and apologist. There is so much I could say about these two
men and others in their day that are considered literary giants the world
over, but I am limited here for time and space so maybe later I will right
more, Lord willing. The
fact that these two men were Catholic/Anglican should be enough for us as
Christians to stay away from their writings. The sad fact is that those that
claim to be protestant and evangelical, those that claim to be against the
teachings of Rome, have popularized these two men and their writings. The
very people who complain about there not being enough writers of truth out
there have given Tolkien and Lewis a stage on which to play their blasphemous
stories. Tolkien's “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the
Rings” are full of demonic and occultist beings and images. There is nothing
Christian about these stories. There is no way a true Christian could have
written these stories. There is a strong denial of the true God and weak
teaching of a fantasy god in Tolkiens writings. His up bringing in
Catholicism is very evident. The Catholic church is very steeped in fantasy
and mystery. Lewis' “The Chronicles of Narnia” is not much
different. Although Lewis does attempt to put a Christian like theme to his
story. It is still very dark and demonic at best. Lewis deceived many into
believing his story was a picture of the gospel. Many churches around the
world teach the writings of Lewis as though his stories are truth. I have
witnessed myself ministers, claiming to be Baptist, quote from Lewis. Not only have the writings of these two men
been accepted as Christian literature but Hollywood has produced movies,
cartoons, and television shows based on the books and stories of J.R.R.
Tolkien and C.S. Lewis and the religious world falls for it every time.
Hollywood has portrayed these stories as a basic good verses evil to appeal
to the religious naive of the day. The action packed versions to hit the
theaters have drawn in millions of dollars
to feed the coffers of the Hollywood elite while leaving movie goers
more confused about biblical matters than ever. If an adventure story with lots of action is
what you want then why not try reading the word of God. The stories told in
the Old Testament of the battles fought by God's people or the stories of the
Patriarchs and their struggles and triumphs. What about king David and the
kings that followed him and the Prophets. Even the New Testament is full of
stories from the Apostles and the first Christians all the way through to the
book of the Revelation. There is no excuse for us to stray from the Word of
God and go after the writings of man. II Timothy 3:16-17; “All scripture is given
by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for
correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be
perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.” Steve McCool |