The first “Pope Video” of January 2016 is entitled “Inter-religious Dialogue.” According to Francis, “we are all children of God.” From its official website, The Pope Video is a “global initiative developed by the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network (Apostleship of Prayer) to assist in the dissemination of the Holy Father’s monthly intentions related to the challenges…
Author: ELLIOTT NESCH
A Challenge from the Early Christians for John Piper and Jerry Falwell, Jr.
From the writings of the early Christians, I will in this article present a public challenge for John Piper and Jerry Falwell Jr. Both of these high-profile professing Christians have made recent statements about a very important issue. Piper has rightly criticized Falwell’s anti-Christ encouragement for students to get concealed carry gun permits to teach Muslims a lesson. But…
Today’s Legalists and Pharisees
Who are Today’s Legalists and Pharisees? Lately, there have been many articles in professing Christian publications which address legalism. And most associate today’s “legalists” (whoever they are) with the Pharisees of Jesus’ day. Because Jesus had the most conflict with the Pharisees in his earthly ministry, we ought to take heed that we are not in their “legalistic”…
Creflo Dollar: Jesus Died for our Prosperity
On October 7, prosperity preacher Creflo Dollar posted the following on social media: “Jesus bled and died for us so that we can lay claim to the promise of financial prosperity.” Apparently, “Creflo Dollar has carried out an apparent u-turn over a post which endorsed the prosperity gospel on his official Facebook page. The post…
Has God Already Forgiven Our Future Sins?
Has God already forgiven our future sins? In other words, are Christians forgiven of their past, present and future sins? It is asked: When did Jesus take our sins upon Himself? At the cross, of course. How many sins had we committed at that time? None of them; they were all future sins at that…