Humanism is a philosophical premise that includes such concepts as: 1. Man is autonomous and independent 2. Man is his own center of reference 1. Man is self-generative and self-sufficient 2. Man has the potential to do anything he sets his mind to 3. Man is the cause of his own effects 4. Man is the source of his own activity 5. Man has a free-will to choose anything he desires – “sovereign will” 6. Man is innately good 7. Man is the subject and object of his own world 8. Man is the solution to his own problems 9. Man deserves to indulge his personal aspirations, personal gratifications, and personal reputation (cf. I Jn. 2:16) 10. Man is his own god

James Fowler

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy		Choco2	2	servings

INGREDIENTS

1/4	c	Malt powder
1/2	c	Chocolate syrup
2	lg	Scoo Chocolate ice cream
1/2	c	Milk; cold

INSTRUCTIONS

Combine all ingredients in a blender or milk-shake machine. Blend at
medium speed for 2 minutes and pour into a tall glass.
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A Message from our Provider:

“Find God. You were born to appreciate perfection”

1. The altar call is simply and completely absent from the pages of the New Testament. 2. The altar call is historically absent until the 19th century, and its use at that time (via Charles Finney) was directly based upon bad theology and a man-centered, manipulative methodology. 3. The altar call very easily confuses the physical act of “coming forward” with the spiritual act of “coming to Christ.” These two can happen simultaneously, but too often people believe that coming to Christ is going forward (and vice-versa). 4. The altar call can easily deceive people about the reality of their spiritual state and the biblical basis for assurance. The Bible never offers us assurance on the ground that we “went forward.” 5. The altar call partially replaces baptism as the means of public profession of faith. 6. The altar call can mislead us to think that salvation (or any official response to God’s Word) happens primarily on Sundays, only at the end of the service, and only “up front.” 7. The altar call can confuse people regarding “sacred” things and “sacred” places, as the name “altar call” suggests. 8. The altar call is not sensitive to our cautious and relational age where most people come to faith over a period of time and often with the interaction of a good friend. 9. The altar call is often seen as “the most important part of the service”, and this de-emphasizes the truly more important parts of corporate worship which God has prescribed (preaching, prayer, fellowship, singing). 10. God is glorified to powerfully bless the things He has prescribed (preaching, prayer, fellowship, singing), not the things we have invented. We should always be leery of adding to God’s prescriptions for His corporate worship (Ryan Kelly).

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