Archive for June, 2008

Attention!!! There is only One Way to Heaven

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Chris
on June 27, 2008
in Politics and Religion
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Barack Obama is not alone. I recently posted some quotes that Barack Obama made in the past about his belief in getting to Heaven. I asserted that Obama doesn’t know “squat” about being a Christian, and that if he wanted to win the presidency he needed to appeal to “Evangelicals.” Well, if he wants to connect with “Christian” voters he is apparently doing the right thing. Deny that Jesus is the only way to Heaven, and you are in agreement with the majority of so called “Christians.”

Recent polls have been published which show that American “Christians” do not hold to the basic tenets of the Christian faith, specifically “one way to God.” Check out these numbers:

  • 70% of religiously affiliated people believe that there are many ways to Heaven
  • 57% of “evangelicals” believe in many ways to Heaven

And get this one:

  • 60% of professing Southern Baptists believe that there are many ways to Heaven

Oprah’s gospel is now more accepted in the mainline protestant church than Jesus’ gospel is. And why has the church created so many who profess Christ but don’t possess Christ?

A few reasons:

  • We have persuaded people to “choose Jesus” without telling them that they must “bow to Jesus.”
  • We urge them to “just worship Him’” and not to worry about “serving Him”.
  • We tell them to come and “get a healing” when they really need to come and “get a cleansing.”
  • We tell them that He is “Love” and neglect that He is “Holy.”
  • We teach His “Grace” and forget His “Commandments.”
  • We talk about His “Mercy” and leave out His “Wrath.”

And thus, they can claim Him without believing Him. Yet it was Christ himself that said:

I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

So Barack, if it is “Evangelicals” you need, then welcome to the White House.

Sproul and MacArthur on Christian music

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Chris
on June 20, 2008
in Music and Videos
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This video addresses the “godly music” debate which caused a good amount of discussion on this blog a few months back. Dr. MacArthur and Dr. Sproul really sum up how I personally feel about modern Christian music. Most of it is shallow, much of it does nothing to promote true worship, and little of it compares with the classic hymns, but simply because they are new doesn’t make them wrong.

Obama seeks Christian votes

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Chris
on June 18, 2008
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Barack Obama realizes that he cannot win the Presidency of the United States without getting some percentage of the “Evangelical” vote. John Kerry and Al Gore have recently discovered this. So in order to try and pull some of those voters, Obama has been trying to appear more Christian, and even “Evangelical”.  See the article Obama Is No Joshua by Cal Thomas. Looking at some of the statements Obama has made in the past show that he is not an “Evangelical.”

“I’m rooted in the Christian tradition,”

“I believe there are many paths to the same place, and that is a belief that there is a higher power, a belief that we are connected as a people.”

“The difficult thing about any religion, including Christianity, is that at some level there is a call to evangelize and proselytize. There’s the belief, certainly in some quarters, that if people haven’t embraced Jesus Christ as their personal savior, they’re going to hell.”

“I don’t presume to have knowledge of what happens after I die. When I tuck in my daughters at night and I feel like I’ve been a good father to them, and I see that I am transferring values that I got from my mother and that they’re kind people and that they’re honest people, and they’re curious people, that’s a little piece of heaven.”

These quotes demonstrate one thing, that Obama doesn’t know “squat” about being a Christian. He is a Universalist, in that he thinks you can believe in anything and go to heaven. His Christianity is based on tradition.  He doesn’t believe the Bible, especially when it teaches that those who “haven’t embraced Jesus Christ as their personal savior” are going to hell.  He has no assurance that he will go to heaven when he dies, and apparently is putting trust in the fact that he is a good person.

The following verses of Scripture show that Obama is wrong and doesn’t believe the Bible.

Acts 4:12  Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

John 14:6  Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Revelation 20:15  And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

1 John 5:13  These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

Ephesians 2:8-9  For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.

My six year old daughter could realize that Obama has no idea of what biblical Christianity is. I only hope that the so called “Evangelicals” do not fall for his religious speak this election year and vote this guy into the White House.

For the record, George Bush was also a Universalist, and didn’t believe that anyone would go to hell. I do not think he understood, or believed the Bible. Why did I vote for him? Because he stood up for the life of the unborn, and was against homosexual marriage.  Obama, on the other hand, is the most anti-life senator in Washington, and would be the most liberal president ever.

Christians shouldn’t look for the candidate that is the most Christian, but the candidate that will stand up for Christian values.  I don’t know that McCain is the best man, nor do I know, or believe, that he is a true Christian, but he is the more conservative choice. Unfortunately, he’s the only choice.