The Genre of CCM

• The Genre of CCM - Part 1, by Rev. Andrew Finton 
• The Genre of CCM - Part 2, by Rev. Andrew Finton

The text: Romans 12:1 & 2: "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God."

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Recommended sermon: True Worship, by Rev. Andrew Patterson [Text: Hebrews 10::11-25]

• Recommended video:  Many Church Worship Services Are Missing One Thing, by Wretched/ Fortis Institute
• Recommended podcast: From Stage to Superstar: Why Worship Isn't a Performance, by Dave Jenkins
• Recommended Hymn: O Day of Joy and Gladness

Improper worship is DANGEROUS | R.C. Sproul calls out worshiptainment

 

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Recommended sermon: God is a Spirit, by Dr. David P. Murray

Recommended podcast:  Worship Music - The Basic Principles - First the Fear of God, by Pastor Kevin Swanson

Excerpt from this podcast: Pastor Swanson quotes John Bunyan, author of Pilgrim's Progress as saying: "The fear of God is the bass in the orchestra."

Recommended reading: A Better Way: Rediscovering the Drama of God-Centered Worship

Here is an excerpt from Dr. Michael Horton's great book: "An advertisement keeps popping up for a new paraphrase of the Bible. It's a full page color photograph of a woman who appears to be young, sophisticated, well educated, with a hint of cynicism. 'Pastor,' the caption reads, 'if you want to reach me, you better watch your language.'The inside cover elaborates: 'Distracted by deadlines and bills, this is the only time she takes to nurture her spiritual life. You can't afford to lose her attention when you reference Bible passages that are too lofty and obscure.' Why can't a good pastor respond, 'No, this isn't about making things comfortable for you. If you are baptized, then this speech that the Bible uses is your language. You have to make an effort to understand it, to live in its world, and to breathe its air. If you are too distracted by deadlines and bills to take any time outside this one hour a week for your faith, then you'll pardon me for not losing the rest of my congregation to the world for you.'"  

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Below is partial transcript of a sermon I heard in the early 1980s on this same passage, or more particularly, John 4:24, and Exodus 20:25:

John 4:24: "God is a Spirit, and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth."

Exodus 20:25: "And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it."

 The minister who preached this sermon was Rev. Paul den Butter. I think this sermon was preached around 1980. Anyway, that is around the time I wrote the following excerpts down in my diary:

"...they have to be very careful that they do not make it (an alter of stone) of hewn stone. And they may not use any tool, any hammer or axe or whatever. They may not use any tool to beautify those stones. They must take simply the rock, the unadorned stones.

"'Ah, but then the alter is not nice, Then the alter is not beautiful. Then it is simply a primitive thing.'

"Well, that's what it may be in our estimation, but it's God's will, is it not? Whether it is a primitive thing or not, it is God's will that the alter will be built of rough stones and that no tool will be used.

"'Ya, but those stones are going to be much nicer if you use some chisel, and if you make some ornaments, some adornments on those stones. The alter is much more beautiful and much more serviceable in your worship service.'

"Ah, but the principle is not what I like, not what I think that is nice and beautiful, not what adorns my worship service, but the principle is what God has said!

"Not my taste determines, but God's command. God has the right to determine what it should be like. And this is a principle nearly almost forgotten. It was perfectly understood by our Reformers. They did not look for innovations, They did not look for all sorts of adornments in the church. Why do people today look for all sorts of things that beautify the worship service and make it more attractive? Why do we see vestments in all sorts of colors?

"I'm convinced it is simply to fill the aching void of the absence of reality. When the Church of Christ was most vigorous in its spiritual life, it had the most simple form of worship. When God converted most people, and when God's children were edified in the worship service, and when the Lord was present in the worship services, it may have been in a barn or in an open field, the worship as such was as simple as simple can be.

"But what do we see today? That in direct proportion to the loss of true spiritual life there is an increase in forms and ceremonies. And the forms and ceremonies are meant to fill the vacancies of true spiritual life. And so Satan is using tools to adorn our alters, but in the meantime he is polluting it. He's corrupting the worship.  And men are willing instruments in his hands." 

From Sermonaudio.com...

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• The Son's passion is for the Father's glory, by Rev. S. 't Hart [Text: Philippians 2:5-11; John 17:1-5] 
• Christ the King - Shorter Catechism Q26, by Philip Hanna Text: Micah 5:1-4: "Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek. But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel. And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth."] 
• Thanking God for the FPC, by Rev. Ron Johnstone [Text: Philippians 1:1-12] 
• A Mother who changed the Nation, by Rev. David McMillian 
• Remember the Days of Old, by Rev. Ian Kenny [Text: Deuteronomy 32:1-12] 
• Ahab's Fear Of Dying, by John Armstrong [1 Kings 20:22-43]
• What Gives You the Willingness to Serve?, by Daniel Xue [Text: Daniel 6]
• The Clarity of Scripture, by Rev. Andrew Fitton

The Offence of the Cross, Rev. Ralph Hall. The Texts for this sermon is:

1 Corinthians 1:23: "But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness..."

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Hebrews 12:2: "Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God."

Is Hell Eternal? What Does the Bible Say About That?

  Is Hell Eternal? What Does the Bible Say About That? by Pastor Kevin Swanson

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Recommended video: The Deadly Danger of Remodeling Hell: A Response to the Controversy Over the Kirk Cameron Show

The following quotes are from the book The Sinfulness of Sin, by Ralph Venning. Mr. Venning lived in the 1600s. Here are some quotes from this book:

• “As men sow in this seed time they shall reap in that harvest.”
• “There will be no sleeping in hell.”
• “‘But you only have to repent’ says sin, ‘God will forgive you.’ To this we must say that he who has promised forgiveness to those who repent, has not promised repentance to them that sin.”
• “They will be in this like the burning bush, which was burnt with fire, but not consumed. As the church was on earth, so sinners will be in hell.”
• “Most of the past time in the world is lost time, but sinning time, or time spent in sin, is worst than lost, for it must be accounted for.”
• “To pay so dear a price for so vile a commodity. To pay according to the rate of heaven and be put off with hell.”
• “Will you be damned? Can you think calmly of going to hell? Have you no pity on your poor soul?”
• “Holiness is the beauty of earth and of heaven. They who jeer and scoff at holiness and rejoice that they are none of the holy ones, might as well make bone fires, ring the bells, and give thanks that they shall never be saved. For if they are not holy, saved they cannot be.”
• “To pluck out your right eye or cut off your right hand would be a pleasure in comparison to being damned in hell. A burning fever is nothing to burning in hell. Of all the miseries which have been undergone by all men it would be nothing in hell.”
• “If thunder, lightning, and earthquakes make men afraid and shrink together, what will hell do? If the throbbing of a toothache or gnawing of gout puts men to excruciating pain, what will hell do?”
• “When men please themselves with thoughts of their past sins, when they chew the cud and lick their lips after it…then they do the sin over and over again by thinking of it.”
• “Nebuchadnezzar’s furnace was terrible, especially when heated seven times more than usual, yet hell is a worse furnace of fire. Those who do iniquity (who are sin makers by trade), shall be cast into a furnace of fire which shall not devour them, but shall torment them and make them wail and gnash their teeth.”
• “It is said that thoughts are free. They are indeed free with respect to the world who cannot judge us for them. But God can and will.”
• “So to work out his own salvation with fear and trembling. They who live in sin, however, work out their own damnation, and that many times without fear or trembling. But they will have a great store of these when they come to receive their just doom and damnation. Time is a most precious commodity, for eternity depends upon the moment.”
• “There will be degrees of torment in hell, although it will be intolerable for all.”
• “This day your soul may be taken from you, and you may be in hell tomorrow.”

The Holiness of God, by Pastor John Reisinger

   

The following quote is from The Sinfulness of Sin, Ralph Venning (1621-1643)

"It's as if the sinner should say to the Lord in the Day of Judgment, 'Have mercy on me.'

'Have mercy upon you?' says God. 'No, I will have no mercy upon you. There was a time when you might have had mercy without judgment, but now you shall have judgment without mercy. Depart! Depart!'
If they should then beg and say, 'Lord, if we must depart, let it be from Thy throne of judgment, but not from Thee.'
'No,' says the Lord. 'Depart from me. Depart form my presence, which is joy. Depart, and go to hell!'
'Lord,' they say, 'seeing we must be gone, bless us before we go, that Thy blessing may be upon us.'
'Oh no,' says God, 'Go with a curse. Depart ye cursed.'
'Oh Lord, if we must go from Thee, let us not go into the place of torment, but appoint a place, if not of pleasure, then of ease.'
'No, depart into fire, burning and tormenting flames.'
'Oh Lord, if into fire, let it be only for a little while. For who can dwell in everlasting burning?'
'No! Neither you nor the fire shall know an end. Be gone into everlasting fire.'
'Lord, then let it be long before we go there.'
'No, depart immediately. The sentence shall be immediately put into execution.'
'Oh Lord, let us at least have good company who will pity us, though they cannot help us.'
'No, you shall have none but the tormenting devils. Those whom you obeyed when they were your tempters shall be with you as tormentors.'
What misery sin has brought on man to bring him to hear this dreadful doom."

 Romans 1:18-32:

"For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so they are without excuse: Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were they thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools. And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible men, and to birds, and four footed beasts, and creeping things. Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves: Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: and likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lusts, one towards another; men with men, working that which is unseamly, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet. And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity, whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them."

Recommended sermons:

1. God's Attitude Toward Sin and the Sinner, by Prof. Herman Hoeksema (Text: Romans 1:18; Ephesians 2:3; Romans 5:12)
2. Making Fun of God, by Evangelist Rolfe Barnard (1904-1969) (Text: Romans 1:14-32)
3. Unholy Stairs, Unholy Prayers, But the Miracle That Transformed Martin Luther's Soul, by Dr. Ian R. K. Paisley (1926-2014)
4. What All Atheists Know About God, by Dr. David P. Murray (Text: Romans 1:19 & 20)
5. The Wrath of God Revealed, by Pastor Carl A. Schouls (Text: Romans 1:18)
6. Romanos 1:16-32, by Rev. Cornelis (Neil) Pronk (Text: Romans 1:16-32 - Note: This sermon is preached in English, and interpreted in Spanish)

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Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and observe it

Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and observe it, by Charles Bridges (1794-1869)

The text for this sermon is Psalm 119:34: "Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart."

Withholding Corn

Withholding Corn, by Pastor Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892)

The text for this sermon is Proverbs 11:26: "He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it."

Understanding the Causes and Consequences of the War in Iran

 Understanding the Causes and Consequences of the War in Iran, by Peter Hammond

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Also by Dr. Hammond: Freedom Betrayed: Herbert Hoover's Secret History of the Second World War

Here is a short excerpt from this lecture: "It took him (former President Hebert Hoover) over 20 years to produce this book, and in 1963, he's ready to publish it, and he dies in his hotel room in New York City. Very unexpectedly, and suspiciously, I would say. And then come the heavies from the CIA, and they cease all his books and everything, and intimidates his children and relatives not to publish it. In the interest of national security. 'This book will damage national security.' Well, actually, it would destroy the Democratic Party. It would have shown that the Democratic Party had been completely and utterly riddled by communists, from 1913 actually. Right back from the time of Woodrow Wilson. And the Democratic Party led America to the most disastrous wars of the twentieth century: First World War, Second World War, Korea, Vietnam - that's all Democratic activities. The Democratic Party would have been destroyed by the revelations in this book. And so they sealed this book for fifty years - a half a century...and the mass media ignored it!"

News Roundup and Comment

  News Roundup and Comment, by Jim Schneider of Crosstalk America 

A Silenced World

 A Silenced World, by Dr. David P. Murray

The text for this sermon is on Romans 3: 19 & 20: "Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may become guilty before God. Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge."

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3. Trump Announces Build Up of War Ships in the Strait of Hormuz - townhall.com
4. The False Choice Between Deterring China and Defeating Iran - freebeacon.com
5. Trump Crosses Iran's 'Red Line' By Heavy Bombing Of Kharg Island, Endangering Energy Assets Across Region - zerohedge.com
6. Videos: Trump rules out military force to acquire Greenland - americanmilitarynews.com
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8. Drug boss arrested in Bolivia - sent to the US - swedenherald.com
9. US offers $10M reward for information on Iranian leaders, including Khamenei - israelnationalnews.com
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