By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 3, 2009 in Quotes
Our Lord’s strong language about the false teachers of the Jews ends here. Those who think that unsound ministers ought never to be exposed and held up to notice, and men ought never to be warned against them, would do well to study this passage. No class of character throughout our Lord’s ministry seems to [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 2, 2009 in Quotes
Luther seldom mentions homosexual behavior. But when he does, his evaluation is always negative. For example, Luther identifies the sin of Sodom with homosexuality. Commenting on Genesis 19:4-5, he writes “I for my part do not enjoy dealing with this passage, because so far the ears of the Germans are innocent of and uncontaminated by [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 2, 2009 in Quotes
A little plain-speaking would do a world of good just now. These gentlemen desire to be let alone. They want no noise raised. Of course thieves hate watchdogs, and love darkness. It is time that somebody should spring his rattle, and call attention to the way in which God is being robbed of his glory, [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 2, 2009 in Quotes
[concerning John 10: 1 — "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief and a robber."]
The sentence before us is a powerful and humbling one. That it condemns the Jewish teachers of our Lord’s [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 29, 2009 in Homosexuality/"Christian", Jay Bakker, Quotes
The word homosexual is derived from two Greek words.
The first word denotes the active role of sexuality and the second word denotes the passive role of sexuality. Thus, the word homosexuality confronts that active and the passive side of this sin. A few things need to be said about homosexuality. First, it is a sin [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 27, 2009 in Quotes, Roman Catholicism
6. I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
[Paul] commences by administering a rebuke, though a somewhat milder one than they deserved; but his greatest severity of language is directed, as we shall see, against the false apostles. He charges them with [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 22, 2009 in Quotes
In all unbelief there are these two things–a good opinion of one’s self and a bad opinion of God. Man’s good opinion of himself makes him think it quite possible to win God’s favor by his own religious performances; and his bad opinion of God makes him unwilling and afraid to put his case wholly [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 21, 2009 in Quotes
I see the spirit of compromise concerning holiness and sin, truth and error, far too prevalent. The spirit of compromise comes not of the Spirit of God, but of the spirit of the world.
It is always wisest and best to exhibit clear decision upon fundamental points; we must draw the line distinctly, and then stand [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 21, 2009 in Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Homosexuality/"Christian", Quotes
The period in which we now live may well go down in history as the Erotic Age. Sex love has been elevated into a cult. Eros has more worshipers among civilized men today than any other god. For millions the erotic has completely displaced the spiritual….
Now if this god would let us Christians alone I [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 19, 2009 in Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Quotes, Roman Catholicism
the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons. You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the Lord’s table and the table of demons. Are we trying to [...]