Over at Christian Research Net we find a summary of a very telling story from the Boston Globe about evangelicals turning to monasticism. The summary also points you to the original story at the Boston Globe.
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Online Source: Lighthouse Trails Research
LTRP Note: The Christian Post article below is regarding a response by a significant number of evangelical leaders who have said that Christians and Muslims need to come together because they worship a common God. The response is to a document by Muslim leaders titled “A Common Word Between Us and [...]

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I read something today that really grieves my soul.
I read of a place called the Greensboro Abbey’s Online Community Space!
The following is in large part a cut-and-paste of what the Abbey is and what they believe and hope to be. Read it and pray if you will for blind eyes to be open. [...]

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Tullian Tchividjian, Senior Pastor of New City Church recently posted on his blog a ‘Small List of Good Books’
‘that really helped me out as a young Christian’.
No doubt these books really did help Tchividjian in forming his new found faith in Christ. You can read the entire post here.
I do have a concern however, and it [...]

Posted in Chuck Colson, Ecumenism, Evangelicalism, J. I. Packer, Os Guinness, Tullian Tchividjian No Comments »

THEPOINT, a blog of BreakPoint, has two post regarding Time Magazines article “Mother Teresa’s Crisis of Faith”
Its no surprise that commentators at BreakPoint find no issues regarding Mother Teresa’s faith.
Jason Bruce, in his post, The Crisis of Mother Teresa, quotes Mother Teresa where she says “You don’t have to be a saint to do good? [...]

Posted in Catholicism, Chuck Colson, Ecumenism, Mother Teresa, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholicism 2 Comments »

From Moriel Ministries we find this dated but informative perspective on Pat Robertson. (Online Source)

Pat Robertson of The 700 Club fame has once again prophesied wrongly! This time in an interview on CNN, Mr. Robertson reversed himself on a prophecy given in January of 2004. In that prophecy Mr. Robertson declared the Mr. Bush would [...]

Posted in Ecumenism, False Doctrine, False Prophet, False Teacher, Moriel Ministries, Pat Robertson, Prophecy 1 Comment »

The joint Vatican-World Council of Churches study process on religious conversion gets one step closer to its goal of a common code of conduct in seeking converts to Christianity.
With Evangelical and Pentecostal representatives joining in at an 8-12 August consultation in Toulouse, the joint Vatican-World Council of Churches study process on religious conversion gets one [...]

Posted in Catholicism, Church, Conversion, Ecumenism, Evangelism, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholicism 1 Comment »

Read here this unbelievable heresy from the now deceased Catholic theologian Henri Nouwen.
Today I personally believe that while Jesus came to open the door to God’s house, all human beings can walk through that door, whether they know about Jesus or not. Today I see it as my call to help every person claim his [...]

Posted in Apostacy, Billy Graham, Catholicism, Discernment, Doctrine, Ecumenism, False Doctrine, Henri Nouwen 7 Comments »

Dr. Robert Saucy (Biola University) shares his concerns about this growing movement.
After reading this article, I was pleasantly suprised to discover the view of Dr. Saucy on this topic. Dr. Saucy stops short of calling the Roman Catholic Church apostate but does share his concern from an evangelical protestants perspective. I do not know Dr. [...]

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In past posts I have discussed Chuck Colson’s involvement in the ecumenical movement. I would like to take time in this post to discuss some specific details related to Chuck Colson’s ecumenism.
One man Mr. Colson seems to really promote is Peter Kreeft. Kreeft is labeled as a Christian philosopher, author, speaker, and professor of Philosophy [...]

Posted in Catholicism, Chuck Colson, Ecumenical Jihad, Ecumenism, False Doctrine, Peter Kreeft, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholic Apostasy 2 Comments »

Here, Pastor Ken Silva commends Erik Raymond at Irish Calvinist for his report on Luis Palau’s partnership with Roman Catholics at the Omaha Crusade.
In this report, Pastor Erik Raymond explains why Omaha Bible Church is not participating in this “evangelistic” endeavor.
I, as Pastor Ken, commend Erik for his stand for truth.
– Shane Trammel

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Benedict XVI encourages the Country to “bolster its efforts in securing freedom for people to live, worship, and perform works of charity according to the dictates of their conscience and with immunity from intimidation”. A society is free if it protects the rights of all its citizens. True religious conviction cannot be a source of [...]

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Book Warning: ‘Handbook of Christian Apologetics‘ — Not what you may think.
The book, ‘Handbook of Christian Apologetics’ is said to categorize and summarize all major arguments for all the major Christian teachings. But be warned, this book is authored by two very dedicated Roman Catholics (Peter Kreeft & Ronald K. Tacelli). Of special interest [...]

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[bibleblock]Jude 1:3[/bibleblock]
Is it possible that someone actively and ernestly contending for the Faith could be perceived and thus labeled a bigot? I think the answer is YES !
In todays religious climate, it is very unpopular to make a clear stand for truth. The Church is bursting at the seams with false teachers, yet addressing the [...]

Posted in Apostacy, Bible, Catholicism, Ecumenism 2 Comments »

An interesting Crosstalk Program today as “Ingrid began this edition of Crosstalk by featuring a recorded interview she conducted with emergent pastor Doug Pagitt, pastor of Solomon’s Porch in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He’s also the co-author of a book entitled, Emergent Manifesto of Hope… Another part of the program features a portion of an interview with [...]

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A quote from Chuck Colson’s Breakpoint Commentary for May 16, 2007.
It’s clear that the anti-religion crowd is growing desperate, the result of all their angry rejection of the hope of the Gospel.

The question I have is this: which Gospel is Mr. Colson talking about? As one of the main architects of ‘Evangelicals and Catholics [...]

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