tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post1129417388660574653..comments2023-10-07T04:07:56.527-04:00Comments on The End Time: USA Today news article: "Some see biblical visions of doom in Syria trouble"Elizabeth Pratahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-77430286158742412882013-09-10T20:08:03.902-04:002013-09-10T20:08:03.902-04:00thank YOU gearedup2go, comments like yours mean th...thank YOU gearedup2go, comments like yours mean the world to meElizabeth Pratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-74896024852097245032013-09-10T09:44:49.872-04:002013-09-10T09:44:49.872-04:00Thank you Elizabeth for keeping the focus of the b...Thank you Elizabeth for keeping the focus of the blog on the Word rather than on the world. I always leave feeling edified. gearedup2gohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07872944479199381150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-72810567245541407532013-09-10T05:11:29.891-04:002013-09-10T05:11:29.891-04:00There are many who ignore the truth when it is pre...There are many who ignore the truth when it is presented. They are false teachers. I have personal experience in dealing with that. But, As Jude instructs.<br /><br />http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=jude&version=KJV<br /><br />Verse 22:And of some have compassion, making a difference. Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05171219693651832856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-79801593281464239642013-09-09T21:52:49.110-04:002013-09-09T21:52:49.110-04:00fair enough. I'll do that.fair enough. I'll do that.Elizabeth Pratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-11078632362506341312013-09-09T21:38:08.573-04:002013-09-09T21:38:08.573-04:00....but still, I think it would be good to bring i.......but still, I think it would be good to bring it to JD s attention. He's probably not aware of the slippery path he's going down. If you do it in love you'd be doing him a favor. I know I'd want to be warned hartdawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554733830775640375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-14414883934842092382013-09-09T17:50:31.840-04:002013-09-09T17:50:31.840-04:00Hi Anonymous,
According to the Christian Apologet...Hi Anonymous,<br /><br />According to the Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry, stigmata are "supposed to be the spontaneous appearance of the crucifixion wounds of Jesus on a person’s body." <br /><br />Further, CARM goes on to say, "Since the stigmata happen within the Roman Catholic context most of all (I've not heard of it occurring with non-Roman Catholics), and since Roman Catholicism is an apostate religion, it is doubtful that the stigmata are legitimate occurrences from God." read more at link-<br />http://carm.org/stigmata<br /><br />stigmata are bunk. Here is GotQuestions very short essay on stigmata, which says the same thing. Bunk<br />http://www.gotquestions.org/stigmata.html<br /><br />Any Roman Catholic who follows the teachings of Rome are not saved and will got to hell. The RCC teaches aberrant things, false doctrine, and a different gospel. the bible is clear that those who adhere to these things will not inherit the kingdom.<br /><br />How do these things happen, you ask? GotQuestions says that people have been caught doing it to themselves on purpose to fake the stigmata. CARM says that they could appear due to self-induced psychological fervor or trauma. In most cases when they appear, they aren't even in the correct anatomical place where Jesus was actually crucified: which was the wrists. Their (fake) stigmata occurs in the palms. So...bunkElizabeth Pratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-91238326039004994822013-09-09T17:38:57.497-04:002013-09-09T17:38:57.497-04:00Hi Anonymus,
I published your comment because it&...Hi Anonymus,<br /><br />I published your comment because it's anonymous and it offers a good chance to clear up the misunderstanding of Matthew 18. First, I did not contact Pastor JD to let him know I believe him to be "a tremendous pastor, sensitive, studious, mindful of Jesus and the Great Commission." Nor did I contact him to let him know I believe that last week's prophecy update focused too much on the news and not enough on the prophecy from the bible. <br /><br />My comment is my opinion on a sermon, not addressing a sin made to me in private.<br /><br />The myth of Matthew 18 is that we must contact everyone every time we disagree with something they said or did. This is not so. Public teachers are always subject to public critique. Since the Calvary Chapel prophecy updates are published on facebook, on youtube and on their website, the intent obviously is to be public.<br /><br />Matthew 18 is to be used when a person sins against us within the local church setting. Both the links below explain the difference.<br /><br />Pastor Mike Abendroth explains "The Myth of Matthew 18 in this 90 second video<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNmQTc6vdUc<br /><br />If you can't see videos, then here is DA Carson writing about it here in an essay called "Editorial On Abusing Matthew 18". In both Carson's and Abendroth's pieces, scripture is used to explain the stance<br />http://thegospelcoalition.org/themelios/article/editorial_on_abusing_matthew_18Elizabeth Pratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-56684105846745284332013-09-09T17:19:46.775-04:002013-09-09T17:19:46.775-04:00Dear Elizabeth,
I hope you would have already let ...Dear Elizabeth,<br />I hope you would have already let Pastor JD knows through a email or other way personally to him his mistakes, before publishing a post like this on public.I wish and hope you did that.We all make mistakes, we need to give chances to others to correct themselves, before making it as a big issue on a popular blog like yours.Easily any one can get too much excited, when things are happening so fast, and willing to leave this place. I hope you understand his pain too when if suppose he happened to read your blog. I love your blog and a long time silent reader.I`m not against your comment on Pastor JD. But I wish it could have been handled in a nice way. I request please do not post this comment.Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-66584640935256675812013-09-09T17:01:13.639-04:002013-09-09T17:01:13.639-04:00Hello, I've been enjoying your articles for so...Hello, I've been enjoying your articles for sometime and I really enjoy it. I've been wondering about your opinion on stigmata. When I first heard of it and how most Roman Catholic people got it, I thought how devout and close to God they were. But now of course I know a little of what their about, but I feel I've only scratched the surface. How do you think these things happen? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-50680500859337488162013-09-09T15:17:25.347-04:002013-09-09T15:17:25.347-04:00I concur with this great post. I too, saw the sam...I concur with this great post. I too, saw the same concerns about pastor J.D., which is too bad. I love studying end times, but more and more it is difficult to find sites/authors, etc that haven't jumped the rails. Thanks for your blog.<br />~JenniferAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-5066890887575525192013-09-09T11:02:56.482-04:002013-09-09T11:02:56.482-04:00What you mentioned happened to Pastor JD happened ...What you mentioned happened to Pastor JD happened to me also in a big way. The Holy Spirit really convicted me because I was also more focused on keeping up with news and I'm now more engaged in world news debates than studying the gospel and preaching about Christ's salvation. With that growing weakness, ive also been distracted and entangled by more and more personal issues that God wants to set me free from.<br /><br /> I have to even admit the further i drifted from Christ, I woyld experience more desensitization to the imminency of the rapture. It's just another way of disobeying Colossians 3:1-2 by focusing more on things of the world.There's SO MUCH happening that its can definitely happen if you let it. It's about Christ, all of it points to Him and Lord please forgive us when we forget!<br /><br />I will pray for Pastor Farag that God will open His eyes and I have a feeling he will listen and even comment about it to his flock and viewers.<br /><br />I really do appreciate how you either focus on only the word and the gospel in your posts or if news related, you strongly tie it into prophecy and the gospel. It's the way it should be. You're an amazing servant of The LORD and a role model to me in my Christian walk. It's amazing to see what God can do through someone who surrenders to Him. God bless :)Debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06130520759134992268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-56098283039437135862013-09-09T10:23:10.934-04:002013-09-09T10:23:10.934-04:00Gotta' give a big AMEN to this one, Elizabeth!...Gotta' give a big AMEN to this one, Elizabeth!<br /><br />Oh, and I'd think you'd take more flack over Perry Stone & John Hagee than over Pastor J.D., yet I feel the same way about Stone & Hagee. I've even got a couple of their books on my shelves for the left behinders -- and yet, I wonder if I'm doing a disservice by leaving these books to be read.<br /><br />Interesting that people want answers, and yet they still turn to man & man's opinions ~ rather than turning to the Bible itself! So people rush to the Christian bookstores to buy books -- man's opinion. Not all are bad, but not all are good either.<br /><br />And yes, I, too am guilty of spending time at prophecy sites instead of as much time in the Word. The news though? Oh my ~ indeed, often I just flat have to take a news FAST!! I have a low tolerance for it & get overwhelmed easily with the steady stream of end days news!<br />Maranatha!<br />RevaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com