God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
Proverbs 1:7, 'The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction' (cf. 9:10). Do you see an interesting connection? Knowledge of the Lord's ways dispels fear, but the beginning of knowledge is fearing the Lord? Could it be the more we fear displeasing God and approach Him with reverential awe, the greater He will appropriate Himself in our lives? And the more we have of God, the less we will battle the short-lived, trivial fears of the world? Could it be that if we fear God there will be no one and nothing else left to fear? Wasn't this the teaching of Jesus? 'Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell' (Mt. 10:28).
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).
>From Muffin Magic..and More
Line muffin wells with paper cases.Wash blueberries in a colander and blot
dry with paper towel. In a small bowl toss berries with 1/2 cup of the
flour, then set aside.
In a 2 1/2 quart bowl sift remaining flour with baking powder, salt,
allspice and sugar. Stir to blend and make a well in center.
In a 1 1/2 quart bowl whisk egg, milk and butter and add all at once to the
flour mixture. Stir lightly until flour is moistened, then fold in floured
berries. Spoon batter into prepared muffin wells, until two-thirds full.
Bake in a preheated oven at 400 degrees F. for about 20 minutes until
golden brown and a test toothpick in center comes out clean. Do not
over-bake.
Makes about 12 2 1/2" muffins.
Each muffin contains about: 143 calories, 3g protein, 22g carbohydrate, 1g
fiber, 4.5g fat, 28mg cholesterol, 227mg sodium Posted to Bakery Shoppe
Digest145 by vergie1@juno.com (Vergie A Ewing) on Jul 5, 1997
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