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Cheerleading the Materialist Utopia |
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By T. M. Moore|Published Date: February 06, 2012 
A degenerative vision President Obama’s recent State of the Union address, together with Governor Mitch Daniels’ response, offered us yet another reminder, as if we needed one, of what the American vision has degenerated to in our lifetime.
President Obama and Governor Daniels both played the role of cheerleaders for a materialist utopia. The only real difference between them was in the way they proposed to achieve more jobs, more money, and more stuff.
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Nudity and the Christian Worldview |
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By Robin Phillips|Published Date: January 30, 2012

“Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.” Genesis 3:7
In what the Baptist Press has called the “most significant broadcast indecency case since 1978”, the Supreme Court has been in the process of deciding how much autonomy to allow the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) when regulating displays of nudity and indecency in films.
As things currently stand, the FCC has legal power to penalize broadcast companies that violate federal indecency standards. However, many broadcast companies are not happy with this, and have objected to FCC’s findings against ABC’s NYPD Blue program, following complaints from viewers that the program contained far more nudity than is normally allowed on broadcast television.
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By David R. Sincerbox|Published Date: January 23, 2012

Renewing the Church (10)
The third letter We want to examine the third of seven letters in Revelation 2-3 which Jesus evaluates His church. The first letter that Jesus dictated to John the Apostle concerned the church of Ephesus. Jesus declared that the Ephesian church had lost its first love. The second letter, on the other hand, to the church in Smyrna, is one filled with praise. That church, beset with persecution and poverty, remained faithful even under pressures that could well lead to the martyrdom of some of its members.
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By David R. Sincerbox|Published Date: January 09, 2012

Renewing the Church (9)
The second letter The letter to the church in Smyrna is the second of seven letters in Revelation 2-3 describing what Jesus thinks of His church. His first letter, to the church of Ephesus, explained that they had lost their first love. The vision of the resurrected and exalted Christ, sitting on the same throne as the Father (Rev. 3:21) in full majesty and glory, should be the focus of the Christian’s life. The willingness to follow Christ’s example of humble service (Phil. 2:5-11; John 13:1-11) should be the pattern which the Christian should follow. Love of God and love of neighbor are the compelling force of faithfulness.
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Have We Lost Our First Love? |
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By David R. Sincerbox|Published Date: January 02, 2012

Renewing the Church (8)
Letters for all time In the seven letters to the churches of Asia Minor (modern day Turkey), we have a divine assessment of the church composite at any given time. Depending upon historical and cultural pressures, one of these seven models is likely to be more predominant than another for a season or two in a given region, but all seven models will always be present.
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An Introduction to Christ’s Assessment of His Church in Revelation 2-3 |
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By David R. Sincerbox|Published Date: December 26, 2011

Renewing the Church (7)
Jesus’ view of the Church In previous articles in this series, the discussion of the vision, mission, purpose, and practices of a local church set the stage for this next series of articles which encourage the local church to reform and conform so that it is in accordance with Christ’s standards for a revived, healthy, and spiritually maturing assembly of believers.
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