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I dream of a Reformed 'Black' Church II

In His seminal work: 'On being Black and Reformed' ,  Anthony Carter (Pastor of East Point Church in East Point Ga.) d iscusses the compatibility of African-American people and Reformed Theology. In one chapter he makes the case, noting that African-American theology, like Reformed Theology, is Experiential, Historical and Biblical. This got me thinking about what issues I have with 'church today' and I saw it clearly. We (so-called Black Christians) have placed too much weight on the wrong end of the stick. What I mean is that we (in the so-called Black Church)  have by and large, given supremacy to our experiences and culture, and we mistakenly interpret the Bible through this lens. (While this is true of many believers of different ethnicities, I am dealing specifically with the 'black church' at the moment) It is, in my estimation, a kind of culturo-experiential eisegesis which does a disservice to our flocks, and more importantly dishonors the Fathe

Justin Peters: A call for discernment

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God Bless Justin Peters... Here family, is his amazing seminar on the Word Of Faith Movement. It is a MUST SEE for all of you who thing that your loved ones (or even you yourselves) are or have been deceived by this false, dangerous and heretical doctrine. A Call for Discernment Session 1 - Dangerous Doctrine A Call for Discernment Session 2 - Mangled Manifestations A Call for Discernment Session 3 - The Hurt of Healing Kenneth Copeland, Gloria Copeland, Jesse Duplantis, Fred Price, John Hagee, Benny Hinn and the crew...  All wolves...

The same but Changed

Please note that there will be one 30 second ad in the the beginning of the video, then it will play without interruption after. What leaves is not what enters, no matter how it looks... In other words: Sometimes things are the same, but Changed Example 1: Faith vs. Flesh  Israel: What left Egypt was called Israel, but it was entirely different than what entered Canaan, though it was still called Israel. Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me, Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. - (Num 14:28-30) Why just them? Take a look at the following Chapters: Numbers 13 : the sending of the spies Numbers 14 : The competing