“ Great love of Scriptures. ” A story of faith, faithfulness and courage, of a love for the Scriptures that will be ready to die, but will not compromise.
“ Great zeal for God. ” A story of conversion, faithful preaching, failure and fear of death, restoration, faithfulness, courage and martyrdom for the glory of Christ. A great man given by Christ to His church.
“ Great act of God. ” We must not see the beginning of the Reformation in England as the political act of Henry VIII. We must look to the preaching of the Gospel, to the translation of the Bible and its spread and to the Societies of Christian Brethren. God used Henry's acts, but the renewal came through the Word of God.
“ Listening to God. ” How many time I experienced that God touched me with His word at fellowship time or in the church - and all this lasted for ours or for a day! But here Nehemiah is touched so deep that he was in grief for many days! We need that God's word and God's work may touch us deep in our beings!
“ a real blessing ” A really outstanding treatment of this passage that brings home how the Apostles preached and what they preached, but also a great presentation of what the Gospel truly is.
“ Worshippig on the basis of good stories. ” Satan gave to this world a very popular excuse to not believe in the Bible, because of Dan Brown's book. The irony (and at the same time, the tragedy of it) is that the book is a story, a fiction. In a novel, the writer has the absolute liberty to do what he wants with the subject, to invent everything, to the point of endangering the state of his soul... But fiction is not reality. The pretension that the book is at the same time, fiction and reality, is a non-sense. Good argumentation of Gordon Dane, I liked especially the argument about the fragment from the Gospel of Phillip.
“ Great Sermon! ” Dear Pastor Gordon Dane,
This sermon open my eyes about the false teachings of Joel Osteen.
I hear your preaching for the first time and I thank God we have the access to the internet to hear good doctrine.
God Bless You
Wellington Rodriguez
The problem with Osteen is his emphasis on self as in "Your Best Life Now." It seems that his message continually reinforces the "self" versus the "dying to self" of the Bible. The "self" is the problem and any preaching that points people back to the self is more of the problem.
Preachers that preach only a positive message of God's love, perverting God's love into His acceptance of fleshly lusts, draw a big crowd. People love to believe they are in good standing with God while living a life of selfishness and pride.
Many false prophets shall arise and deceive many.
"Christianity" has become "big business". Wolves in sheep's clothing—hirelings that care not for the sheep—stand in the pulpit making great boasts of being the "voice of God", but they are driven by greed for filthy lucre.
"For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?..." (Matt 16:26)
I pray God have mercy on these lost souls and convict them of their evil ways.
Disturbing that Christianity Today is cheerleading for Charismatics - they're becoming a Charisma Magazine clone with the mango seed ads and Joel Osteen. Christianity Today seems to be in terminal decline.
“ Great Sermon! ” I needed to hear this sermon. I have heard so much about how great Joel Osteen is but I did not know enough about him to respond. After hearing this sermon I now know his message is dangerous and of the flesh, centered upon self and not the Lord.
“ Great Sermon! ” I'm glad I'm not the only one who recognizes the error of Joel Osteen's half-hearted teaching. Charles Spurgeon said, "If the Lord's bearing of our sin for us is not the gospel, then I have no gospel to preach." Joel Osteen certainly does not preach the Lord's bearing of our sin.
“ A necessary warning - heed it! ” I urge anyone who has gotten involved with Joel Osteen or his form of religion to listen to this message and compare Osteen to what the Bible says. Osteen is not preaching the same message, a fact which this sermon makes very clear. The true gospel is nothing like the lite "cotton candy" preaching of Osteen, but is instead mighty to save.
“ Great Revival Sermon! ” Thank you Rev Dane for this word on the wonderful response of God to his people in Revival. A response to earnest praying of hearts that love.
Ask, Seek and knock and it shall be given unto thee. Pray for an outpouring of His Holy Spirit and Grace.
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