p.s. This is the same group of people who are KJVO and burn NIV bibles because they believe they are from Satan. Link To The Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E-YZ_IIbMY...

Introduction What is Regeneration? "Except a man be born again1, he cannot see the kingdom of God" (John 3:3). Our Lord Jesus Christ taught that the new birth is so important that no one can see heaven without it. Mistakes concerning this doctrine have been very destructive to the Church of Christ. Regeneration, or the new birth, is a work of God. It is not a work of man. It is not something that man does but something that God does. The new birth is a change wrought in us, not an act performed by us. This is stated so beautifully by the Apostle John when in the first chapter of his Gospel he speaks of the children of God as those "which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God" (v. 13). What is "Decisional Regeneration"? The history of the Christian Church has seen many errors concerning the new birth. These teachings depart from Scripture by attributing to man the ability to regenerate himself. When these false concepts of man and the new birth are adopted, churches soon become corrupted with false practices. The Roman Catholic church, the Anglican church, the Lutheran church and many other churches have all been corrupted at different times and to different degrees with the teaching of Baptismal Regeneration. Because of this erroneous teaching on regeneration, these churches have embraced false practices. In the nineteenth century few controversies were so heated as the one over Baptismal Regeneration. It is interesting to note that C. H. Spurgeon (1836-1892), the most prolific preacher of that century, had printed in 1864 more copies of his sermon denouncing Baptismal Regeneration than of any other sermon. Baptismal Regeneration teaches that the new birth is conveyed by the waters of baptism. The sacrament is performed by man and is in his control. But the twentieth century Church has, in "Decisional Regeneration," a more subtle falsehood to combat. "Decisional Regeneration" differs from Baptismal Regeneration only in the fact that it attaches the certainty of the new birth to a...

Recipe For A False Convert My wife recently was gifted a Rachel Ray "30 Minute Meals" cookbook by my mom. She appreciated it and so did I. *Big Smile* We are so busy that we needed something like this to make dinner and still keep up with working for the Lord in some way or another. Quick and easy meals; can't go wrong there. Sadly though, much (which is an understatement) of our evangelism, especially childrens evangelism, is focused upon the same concept. We have a quick and dirty evangelism that has left in its wake (in my opinion, and frankly the culture is speaking for itself) hundreds of thousands of people who have had a false religious experience who have never been born of the Spirit of God. I was one of them. Watch this video. This is a typical Sunday morning "invitation" time in childrens church. While watching this video if you are asking yourself or saying within yourself, "Well, how are we supposed to evangelize our children? This seems like a good method." Then I would have to say that you haven't studied scripture aright and have no clue as to what the Gospel is. Now, I've come up with a perfect 3 minute evangelism presentation to whip up a tasty false conversion. So, about 15 years from now when I run into them on the street I can spend an hour trying to show them from scripture that they might very well be heading for hell because there is no fruit in keeping with repentance. Here is what it takes (thought not an all inclusive list). Ingredients: 1 part youth pastor (cool clothes optional) 1 part topical, fresh, feel good message with no biblical relevance 1 part "Asking Jesus Into Your Heart" (No repentace needed, too potent.) Club style mood lighting Instructions: Mix 1 part youth pastor with 1 part feel good message. Slowly mix in mood lighting. Top it off with "Asking Jesus Into Your Heart" and let it bake for about 3 minutes. When finished let it cool and sit in the pew and live like...

You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet Any Fifth Street Promenade tarot card reader would be thrilled to nail a prediction as accurately as William Booth did one hundred years ago. “I consider that the chief dangers which confront the coming century will be religion without the Holy Ghost, Christianity without Christ, forgiveness without repentance, salvation without regeneration, politics without God, and heaven without hell.” Was the founder of the Salvation Army accurate? >Is there religion without the Holy Ghost? With a red face I confess that we conservatives have veered from the zany antics of televangelism into a ditch with little recognition of the active work of the Holy Spirit. >Is there Christianity without Christ? Have you been to an Episcopal church lately? >Is there forgiveness without turning from sin? Ask Dallas Theological Seminary. >Is there salvation without regeneration? Google “Carnal Christianity.” >Is there politics without God? www.ACLU.com >Is there heaven without hell? Paging Rob Bell. How was General Booth able to make such an accurate prediction? He surveyed the doctrines that were under assault, and then forecasted where that errant theology would take us. What deficient theology did he see? He witnessed a forsaking of the preaching of the Law. While he did not know what the result would be named, he knew that anti-nomianism (no law, lots of grace) had to lead to what turned out to be watered down mainline Protestantism and the seeker sensitive movement. Now that General Booth’s predictions have been fulfilled, we would do well to survey the latest threat. “Isn’t the seeker sensitive movement the latest threat?” you ask. I would suggest it is not. The seeker sensitive movement is the result of the squishy, anti-nomianism that General Booth witnessed; it is not a new threat. Seeker Sensitive is the manifestation of bad theology. Seeker sensitive is merely a fad (a bad fad, but a fad, nonetheless), and it won’t be long before it is replaced by another fad that is the result of new bad theology. What is the bad theology of our day? Redefined justification. Nearly 500 years ago, God used Martin Luther...