Comments on: Why Did We Stop Using The Bible?

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:39:35 +0000

Properly divide Law and Gospel, expose false teaching, preach the true and pure Gospel, and teach and encourage others to do the same.

By: J.W. Wartick

J.W. Wartick — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:35:04 +0000

What can we do?

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:07:26 +0000

Yes J.W., it really is like that “out there.” I’ve been “out there” for a few years, and trust me, it’s this bad.

By: J.W. Wartick

J.W. Wartick — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:42:58 +0000

Oh my. Is this really what it’s like “out there”? This is scary.

By: Dan O'Day (prayeramedic)

Dan O'Day (prayeramedic) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:30:49 +0000

thanks. It’s nice to find others who are concerned about the church out there.

By: WIlliam

WIlliam — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:30:21 +0000

I’m sure more time could have been spent revealing the ear tickling, watered-down, gnostic preachers that are sweeping the pulpits and Christian book stores these days, but kuddos to your sincere concern for the church at large. More people should speak up about this GROWING problem. The gospel goes into a culture and the culture changes, the gospel does not change because the culture changes. We must allow God’s Truth and the Holy Spirit to rule our hearts. We were called to suffer. That’s the cost for being in the world, not of the world, loving not the things in the world: but the people who are in it…who were we but enemies of God before Christ came?

By: Rich Schmidt

Rich Schmidt — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:35:46 +0000

I ran across this article by Rob Bell talking about why he preached verse-by-verse through Leviticus for the first year when he started Mars Hill Bible Church. Since this is the post I remembered having all the Rob Bell conversations on (and can’t seem to find a better one using the search box), I thought I’d share it here.

http://pttranscripts.stores.yahoo.net/liinle.html

It’s quick and worth the read.

By: Dan O'Day (prayeramedic)

Dan O'Day (prayeramedic) — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:01:04 +0000

Point taken, Steve. In my own observation, this seems to be a church-wide problem – not just some particular churches. Most churches are doing their latest sermon series on a good book they’ve just read rather than drawing all teaching and preaching from the word of God. To what extreme churches take it varies, but most do this. While the folks in this video are mostly heretics, most Christians identify with several of them and MANY churches are using teachings from two of these guys.

By: Steve Fuentes

Steve Fuentes — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 06:18:12 +0000

Hey Dan, I know I’m late on this, but I just watched the video on “Youtube,” and thought you did a great job putting it together. I read elsewhere that you recently learned Rob Bell’s “Marshill” isn’t affiliated with Driscoll’s “Marshill.” I see in the video it showed Rob Bell’s church to be in Washington, when in fact it’s in Michigan.

One thing to add as a brother in Christ. I know we all use “blanket” statements when referring to “the church,” but I think your questioning might come off a little to “all inclusive,” and I would simply ask you to maybe rephrase some things for future discussion. I know many churches that do in fact “preach and teach” the crucifixion, atonement, sin, repentance, etc., and wouldn’t want to say that “all” or even “most” churches in America don’t use the bible.

The examples you used in your video are for the most part, heretics and false prophets, and aren’t a part of Christ’s true bride. So to set them up as “the norm” for today’s “church” is risky.

I’ve been familiar with you long enough to know where your coming from, but just thought I’d mention these as bro in Christ.

Take care, and congrats on the graduation!

By: tiffany

tiffany — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 21:47:50 +0000

One of the reasons why i have found our generation doesn’t want to go to church is because all we want is a place to go that teaches the Bible, not what some other pastor interprets the Bible to say. Hopefully preachers, priests, pastors, and leaders throughout America get their heads out of their butts and realize that there is a whole generation that isn’t in church anymore. From our perspective, the American church building leaders are focused on is nonsense, and pleasing man or self. Our generation sees through the BullS**t and we want something real. We want truth, and we want a leader who isn’t trying so hard to please the masses…we want unadultered truth of scripture, no man’s fanciful thoughts about not being offensive…THE TRUE GOSPEL IS OFFENSIVE! This isn’t a game or a another job…these are peoples lives. America is lost…lets not dance around the issue that souls are going to hell…Many are going as I write this…what are WE as the bride of Christ doing about this??

BTW, Jesus spoke to the hearts of many, but when he talked to Jewish leaders and rabbis of his day, they were confused and pissed when he shared the offensive message of God. They disagreed with what he had to say…he wasn’t all that popular as you can recall from the Word…it seems pretty plain to me. Jesus would have corrected Rob Bell, and truly this is more THAN Robb Bell…this is DEFENDING THE TRUTH OF SCRIPTURE! Not trying so hard to be politically correct.

Where is my generation? At the bar, at the casinos, at the clubs, in other peoples beds, and chilling with some drug…my generation is sick and tired of the church giving them Bulls**t answers of fluff all the time…c’mon!