The Mathematical Proof for Christianity Is Irrefutable

The Mathematical Proof for Christianity Is Irrefutable - christianpost.com

"It is impossible that Christianity is not God's revelation of truth to man. Simply impossible. The math proves it beyond question. It doesn't take faith to believe that one plus one equals two, and it doesn't take faith to identify the religion which has mathematical certainty in its corner.
God didn't have to give us mathematical proof of His existence, but He did it anyway. God didn't have to give us proof of Christianity, but He chose to do so. And God didn't have to give us proof of His love for us, but that is exactly what He did. The proof is irrefutable."

Recommended reading (my post):

Pope Francis Says Atheists Can Be Good. I Stand Corrected.  Sort Of!

Recommended listening:

You Can Lead an Atheist to Evidence, But You Can't Make Him Think, Pastor Kevin Swanson Interviews Ray Comfort
Astonishing DNA Complexity Demolishes Neo-Darwinism, by Alex Williams

The Autographs: Inspiration and Innerrancy

The Autographs: Inspiration and Inerrancy, by Daniel Fox

Recommended reading (my post):

Low Information Christians and the Canon of Scripture

Low Information Christians and the Canon of Scripture

Those who listen to Rush Limbaugh know that he loves to use the phrase "Low Information Voters" to describe people who disagree with him.  According to Urbandictionary.com, a Low Information Voter is a person who votes, even though he or she does not have any idea what is going on in politics.

The term 'Low Information Voter" has a negative connotation to it. It's really just a polite way of calling someone stupid.  There are also "Low Information Christians," but they are not stupid. Far from it. Heaven will be filled with people who on this earth fell into this category.

In Acts we read about at least 2 of the Apostles who were "Low Information Christians: Peter and John: "Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled, and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus."  (Acts 4:13).

But Low Information Christians are especially vulnerable to the liberal God haters who would plant doubts in their mind - especially doubts concerning the Holy Bible. Books and Movies like the Davinci Code suggest that the Bible is merely the work of men (literally, males!), and that many other religious texts were excluded from the Bible.

I'd like to recommend this fascinating audio message by a very high information Christian, Dr. R. C. Sproul:

Canonicity

Also recommended:

The New Evidence that Demands a Verdict, by Josh Macdowell

Calvinism Refuted - and Defended!

It is good to know both sides of an issue. While I have been a Calvinist for over 30 years, I know that I will see many of my  non-Calvinist brothers and sisters in heaven.  And at that time our Lord Jesus will  answer all of our questions. But for now, why don't you take some time to catch up on the Calvinism/non-Calvinism debate.  Here are a couple of resources for you to check out:

Refuting Calvinism, by Jim Ollis

And my post, The Five Points of Calvinism (you may want to begin with the sermons on The Eternal Decree of Election, Objections to Election,  and Reprobation, by Rev. Cornelis Pronk and the sermon on Total Depravity by Rev. Paul Den Butter)

The greatest Calvinist since the Apostle Paul was not John Calvin, it was Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834 - 1892).

"'The following quotes are from Pastor Spurgeon's sermon, Compel them to come in:

"My brother, I entreat you, I entreat you to stop and consider. Do you know what it is you are rejecting this morning? You are rejecting Christ, your only Savior. 'Other foundation can no man lay;' 'there is none other name given among men whereby we must be saved.' My brother, I cannot bear that ye should do this, for I remember what you are forgetting: the day is coming when you will want a Savior. It is not long e'er weary months shall have ended, and your strength begin to decline; your pulse shall fail you, your strength shall depart, and you and the grim monster - death, must face each other.

"What will you do in the swellings of Jordan without a Savior? Death beds are stony things without our Lord Jesus Christ. It is an awful thing to die anyhow. He that hath the best hope and the most triumphant faith, finds that death is not a thing to laugh at. It is a terrible thing to pass from the seen to the unseen, from the mortal to the immortal, from time to eternity, and you will find it hard to go through the iron gates of death without the sweet wings of angels to carry you to portals in the sky. It will be a hard thing to die without Christ.

"I cannot help thinking of you. I see you acting the suicide this morning, and I picture myself standing at your bedside and hearing your cries and knowing that you are dying without hope. I cannot bear that. I think I am standing by your coffin now, and looking into your clay cold face, and saying, 'This man despised Christ, and neglected the great salvation.' I think what bitter tears I shall weep then, if I think that I have been unfaithful to you, and how those eye fast closed in death, shall seam to chide me and say, 'Minister, I attended the music hall, but you were not in earnest with me; you amused me, you preached to me, but you did not plead with me. You did not know what Paul meant when he said, 'As though God did beseech you by us, we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.'...

"I picture myself standing at the bar of God. As the Lord liveth, the day of judgement is coming...I see you standing in the midst of that throng, and the eye of God is fixed on you.  It seams to you that he is not looking  anywhere else, but only upon you, and he summons you before him, and he reads your sins and he cries, 'Depart ye cursed into everlasting fire in hell!' ...

"But did I hear you whisper that this is not a convenient time? Then what must I say to you? When will that convenient time come? Shall it come when you're in hell? Will that time be convenient for you?...

"Remember, I have no authority to ask you to come to Christ tomorrow. The Master has given you no invitation to come to him next Tuesday. The invitation is 'Today, if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.'

Now that's Calvinism!

Recommended reading (my recent post):

Is It Time To Label The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) A Cult?

Christianity Declining

Yesterday I did a post to this blog titled, Young Americans Dumping Religion at an Alarming Rate.  This morning I listened to a sermon by Pastor Trevor Hammack on a similar topic. The title of his sermon is Christianity Declining, and his text is Leviticus 10.

Pastor Hammack starts off his sermon by warning that it will be controversial (it is) and that most people will not agree with everything he has to say (I didn't).  But aside from having some very good things to say, I found it interesting that Pastor Hammack would choose Leviticus 10 for his text. Specifically, Leviticus 10:1-3 says:

"And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therin and put incense theron, and offered up strange fire before the Lord, which he commanded them not. And there went out fire from the Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord. Then Moses said unto Aron, This is it that the Lord spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come neigh unto me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aron held his peace."

I think pastor Hammack picked a good text for this sermon.  People are getting tired of all the gimmicks the church is using to try to draw people in. This is the basic thrust (as I understood it) of Pastor Hammack's message. 

Someone once said: "It can be exalting to belong to a church that is five hundred years behind the times and sublimely indifferent to fashion; it is mortifying to belong to a church that is five minutes behind the times, huffing and puffing to catch up." That is where most churches are today. (See my recent post, The Southern Baptist Convention: A Cauldron of Compromise and Corruption?)

But I was first exposed to this story in Leviticus 10 in a sermon I heard over 30 years ago by Pastor Paul Den Butter. The text for that sermon was John 4:24 ("God is a Spirit, and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth"), and his topic was True Worship.

In this sermon Pastor Den Butter refers to this passage in Leviticus, and applies it to our worship today. God did not allow the sons of Aron to worship him in any way they please. And he is not pleased with the church today when they try to follow in the sons of Aron's footsteps.

For excerpts from that sermon, see my post, Some Thoughts on True Worship.

Pulpit Freedom Sunday 2012 - What's it all About? Part III

In part 2 of this 3 part series on Pulpit Freedom Sunday, I posted a link to a sermon by Dr. Dennis Ingolfsland. In that sermon, Pulpit Freedom Sunday, Dr. Ingolfsland shares his views on some of the issues that brought about Pulpit Freedom Sunday .

Now, I want to conclude with a link to a sermon by Pastor Joey Faust on this same topic. The title of his sermon is:   Not a Jezebel State Church.

Recommended reading:

Pulpit Freedom Sunday - What's it All About? Part I
Pulpit Freedom Sunday - What's it All About? Part II

Study: Young Americans Dumping Religion at Rapid Rate

Study: Young Americans Dumping Religion at Rapid Rate:

Our Lord Jesus asked the question: "When the Son of Man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?" (Matthew 18:8). And in II Thessalonians 2:3, 4 it says that "a great falling away" must happen before the Antichrist, the 'Man of Sin,' be revealed:

"Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is God or worshiped."

Eggnog is starting to appear in the grocery stores. That means that Christmas is just around the corner. This is a good time for me to start posting links to one of my favorite Christmas poems:

Twas the Night Before Jesus Came

The Southern Baptist Convention - A Cauldron of Compromise and Corruption?

I read several years back that more than 10% of the Pastors in the Southern Baptist Church (or Convention) identified themselves as 5 point Calvinists. That's the good news (see my post, The Five Points of Calvinism).


Now, for the bad news, please take the time to listen to these two messages by Pastor Ralph Ovadal:

The Southern Baptist Convention: A Cauldron of Compromise and Corruption, part I
The Southern Baptist Convention: A Cauldron of Compromise and Corruption, part II

Is Romans 7 More Important than John 3:16?

Do you have John 3:16 memorized? I hope so. If not, why don't you take 10 minutes right now and work on committing it to memory. Here, I'll help you get started:

"For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him, should not perish but have everlasting life."

We had a speaker from the Gideons this past week in church. He told us that 3 billion people on earth have never heard John 3:16 before. Maybe he said 3 million, but I think it was 3 billion. Doesn't matter. It's a lot of people.

There are over 7 billion people on earth and I would like to see every one of them commit John 3:16 to memory. That one verse tells us that we are saved by faith alone in "The only begotten Son of God."

But it is dangerous to over emphasize one verse (or one chapter or one book) in the Bible, as though it were more important than the rest. I have problems with red letter editions of the Bible for this reason- as though what Jesus said in the gospels is more valuable that what the Apostle Paul says in his letters. "All scripture is given by inspiration of God." (II Timothy 3:16)

Many people do this with John 3:16. Some people do this with Romans 7 as well. Romans 7:18,19 says:

"For I know that in me (that is in my flesh) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me, but how to perform that which is good, I find not. For the good that I would I do not, but the evil that I would not, that I do."

Many people use Romans 7 to justify a sinful lifestyle - one that will end up in hell.  "Well, I know I should not be looking at Internet porn, but you know, even the Apostle Paul talks about his struggles with sin and temptation, and he's going to heaven, so I will be there too."

Our Lord Jesus also says, "Enter ye in at the straight gate, for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction; and many there be which go in therat. Because straight in the gate and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." (Matthew 7:13,14)

Please, turn your TV off for one hour, and listen to Pastor Joey Faust preach on Dangerous Views of Romans 7.  And if you find yourself agreeing with what Pastor Faust says in this sermon, leave you TV off for another hour and listen to Dr. David Murray's Sermon, Should Christians Watch Movies?

"Shoot Me First!" - Remembering Marian Fischer

It has been almost exactly 6 years ago today that a gunman entered into an Amish school an murdered 5 young Amish children. The oldest one, Marian Fischer, in an apparent attempt to buy time for the others, pleaded with the gunman to "Shoot me first!" He obliged.

I was 5 years into a 10 year prison sentence at the time, and I remember writing in my diary that as soon as the bullet entered Marian's body, and her life left her, she woke up immediately in the arms of her Savior, our Lord Jesus Christ, who wiped the tears from her eyes (Revelation 21:4), and said to her, "Well done Marian, thou good and faithful servant. Enter into the joy of the Lord.'

I don't know what has become of the gunman who murdered Marian and her small classmates. Maybe he went to prison, and was exposed to the true gospel of Jesus Christ, and he will join Marian in heaven one day. If not, he is going to spend eternity in hell. Here is what he will have to look forward to (From Jonathan Edward's Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God):

"It would be dreadful to suffer this fierceness and wrath of Almighty God for one moment; but you must suffer it to all eternity. There will be no end to this exquisite horrible misery. When you look forward, you shall see a long forever, a boundless duration before you which will swallow up your thoughts, and amaze your souls, and you will absolutely despair of ever having any deliverance, any end, any mitigation, any rest at all; and you will know certainly that you must wear out long ages, millions and millions of ages, in wrestling and conflicting with this Almighty merciless vengeance; and then when you have so done, when many ages have actually been spent by you in this manner, you will know that it is all but a point to what remains. So that 

Introducing: Frank Peretti!

One of the things I like to do with my blog is tell people about books I am reading, or have read in the past. One of the Christian authors that I really like is Frank Peretti.  I have read many of his novels: The Oath, The Prophet, Tillie, The Hangman's Curse, The Door in the Dragon's Throat.  All of these are great books.

But by far, the books that I have enjoyed most of all are his two 'Darkness' books: This Present Darkness and the sequel to that wonderful book,  Piercing the Darkness.

I've heard he has been asked to do another sequel to these two books, and he has refused because they create too much interest in demons and the occult. That may be just a rumor, I don't know. But aside from being exceptionally well written and fun to read, these two books give the reader a glimpse of what may be going on in the spirit world.

As we come closer to Halloween I think it is important that Christians be on their guard against the reality of the devil and his demons.  And Frank Peretti's books, This Present Darkness and Piercing the Darkness, do an excellent job of increase our awareness of the spiritual world. The Bible says:

"Put on the whole armour of God that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities  against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." - Ephesians 6:11,12

Mr. Peretti's books are fiction, although as he will readily tell you, the subject matter is based on Biblical fact. For two excellent sermons that also heighten our awareness of the Devil and his demons, please listen to:

Demonology (Colossians 2:1-15), by Rev. Paul Den Butter  and
Is there a  Devil, by Dan Botterbrodt

Pulpit Freedom Sunday 2012 - What's it All About? Part I

This is part 1 in a 3 part series on Pulpit Freedom Sunday. Please read the article, Pastors Prepare to Defy IRS With “Pulpit Freedom Sunday”. This news article provides an opportunity to look again into the controversy surrounding the  501c3 Tax Exempt status for churches.

The writer of this article says,  "The purpose [of Pulpit Freedom Sunday] is to make sure that the pastor, and not the IRS, decides what is said from the pulpit." Actually, it is, or should be, the Bible that decide what  is to be said from the pulpit, but let's not split hairs!

There are 2 issues at stake in Pulpit Freedom Sunday. One is the pastors' first amendment right to freedom of speech, granted to them by the United States government. If (some say when!) that right is taken away, Pastors are going to have to decide whether they want to obey God (Acts 5:29) or the state.

The second issue, and really more to the point on this particular event, is whether or not a church can claim 501 c3 tax exempt status,  and still expect the government to allow them to say anything they want (or they feel the Bible compels them to say) from the pulpit.

To me, this is like the church wanting to have its cake (501 c3 tax exempt status) and eat it too (be protected from the IRS).

In an effort to try to look at both sides of the issue,  please take time to listen to these 2 great audio messages (I respect pastor Hammack, but on this issue, I agree more with Brother Slattery!).

501c3 Craziness, by Pastor Trevor Hammack
How the Corporate Church Violates all 10 Commandments, by Brother Michael Slattery

Jesus Not Allowed - In America!

'Jesus Not Allowed': Anti-Faith Sentiment Sweeps US - US - CBN News - Christian News 24-7 - CBN.com:

For ten righteous men God would have spared Sodom and Gomorrah. I have to wonder if God is holding back his wrath against America because of the true Christians that still live in this land.  Our Lord Jesus said:

"Ye are the salt of the earth, but if the salt hath lost its savor it is henceforth good for nothing but to be cast under foot and trodden among men." Matthew 5:13

It is getting harder and harder for Christians to be salt in America. And the time may soon come when we have lost all our saltiness, and the godless in this country will trample us underfoot.

Jesus said, "And ye shall be hated of all men for my name sake, and then the end shall come." Matthew 24: 9

Will Science Disprove God's Existence? No.

Will Science Disprove God's Existence? No.:

Science cannot prove or disprove the existence of God. And even if it could, just knowing that God exists won't do anyone any good. That kind of knowledge has been called 'Devil knowledge,' after James 2:19, where it says:

"Thou believest that there is one God. Thou doest well. The devils also believe, and tremble." Devil Knowledge. The knowledge that the devil and his demons have about God that they will take to hell with them.

No, the only knowledge about God has to come with true faith in the person and work of our Lord Jesus Christ (See Romans 10:9,10).

But I do think that science can - and in fact, already has - disproved the myth of evolution. Just read Darwin Under the Microscope, by Dr. James P. Gills.

Recommended listening:

You Can Lead an Atheist to Evidence, but You Can't Make Him Think, by Pastor Kevin Swanson (interview with Ray Comfort)

An Important Message from "The Street Preacher"

One of the things I try to do on this blog, as well as on my main website (My Gospel Project) is tell people about great sermons and audio messages I've been listening to.  I am really anxious to tell you about a message from a man who goes by the name, The Street Preacher.

When I first started to listen to this sermon, I have to admit I was put off by the tone of this man's voice. For some reason it just rubbed me the wrong way and after listening to him for about 5 minutes I turned it off.

But then I came back a few days later and listened again - and then again. And then again. I started to listen to what he was saying - and who he was saying it to (street people) and I got over my initial dislike of his voice. I hope you will too.

'Here is my challenge to you: If you like what you hear in this sermon, I would encourage you to share it with your friend, and maybe even go down on a street corner somewhere and play it for the people you meet down there.

100 Years from Now, Will it Matter...?

"And the waitress is practicing politics,

as the businessman slowly gets stone.

They're sharing a drink they call loneliness,

but it's better than drinking alone."

-from The Piano Man, by Billy Joel

This year, 2012, is turning out to be a very busy year for Americans. Beside just trying to keep food on the table and a roof over our heads, many people are spending much of their free time following the news and rooting for their particular candidates and political parties. If you follow My Gospel Project, you will see that I also spend a lot of time following the news and politics (See Today in the News).

And while that is not a bad thing - we should be concerned about what is going on in the world around us - it is too easy to fill up our lives with the 'non-essentials' and let the important things be left undone.

Ask yourself these questions: One hundred years from now, will it matter to you who was elected President of the United States in 2012? Will it matter if Obamacare was overturned or if the Social Security Administration goes broke?

One hundred years from now, will it matter to you if the United States has finally burned up its constitution and has replaced our flag with one issued to us from the United Nations?

Probably not. Most of us will be dead within a hundred years.  I have already outlived 2 of my brothers, and while my doctor tells me I am in pretty good health (for my age!), I know that I will not live another hundred years.

Let me share with you what will matter - to you - one hundred years from now: The Bible! And the Bible says:

"Now learn a parable of the fig tree; when his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: so likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. Verily I say unto you, this generation shall not pass till all these things be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away." - Matthew 24:32-35

What will matter to you most one hundred years from now is what the Bible says in Hebrews 9:27:

"And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment."

If you are like me and you make To Do lists every day, please let me suggest that you put this right at the top of your To Do list:

To Do

1. Listen to The Most Important Question and Answer, by Dr. David Murray

This sermon is based on Acts 16:30,31:

"And brought them out and said, 'Sirs, what must I do to be saved?' 'And they said, 'Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.'

Latter day Puritan, Dr. Martin Lloyd Jones, gave this timeless advice:

"Stop and ask yourself: 'What am I doing?' You will be dead long before this world will ever be put right. What therefore will happen to you?'

And another latter day Puritan, Charles Haddon Spurgeon, said:

"Look! Look! Look with solemn eye through the shades that part us from the world of spirits, and see that house of misery which me call hell! ...Remember that in that place there are spirits forever paying their debt to divine justice; but though some of them have been for these 4000 years sweltering in the flames, they are no nearer a discharge than when they began. And when 10,000 x 10,000 years shall have rolled away, they will no more have made satisfaction to God for their guilt than they have done up to now."

Get Your Bible Out of My Pants! (Protester's Sign)

Why can't Christians just 'Live and let live?" Why can't we just practice our religion among ourselves and  leave the rest of the world alone?  Here are three reasons why Christians are compelled to speak up, to quote their Bibles, and to warn our neighbors about 'the wrath that is to come:' (Luke 3:7):

1. We know what the future holds for those who reject our Lord Jesus Christ, and we love and care about our neighbors, whether they be living next door to us, across the country, or half way around the world. The Bible says:

"For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done in his body, whether it be good or bad. Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men;" (II Corinthians 5:10,11)

2. We are going to be held accountable for the knowledge that we possess. In a very real sense, we are our brothers (and our sister's!) keeper (whether they want to be 'kept' or not.)  The Bible says:

"When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand."

3. I would like to think that most Christians would be motivated by one or both of the things mentioned above.  but there are some more practical reasons why Christians need to speak out against th evils they see around them. Now I'm thinking especially of American Christians

Here are some issues in the news that directly effect Christians:

Declining to Photograph a Same-Sex Ceremony: Is It Legal to Refuse a Gay Client? 

Another Victory for the ACLU and its War on Christianity

The ACLU is against Christianity, Not a Prayer

The ACLU: Enemy of America and of Christianity

Will Your Church be Subject to a Conscience Tax?

IRS Warns Pastors to Keep Silent During Elections

NJ Nurses Forced to Perform Abortions:  Judge Issues Temporary Exemption Order

Proposed Law would Force Churches to Host Gay Weddings

Ruling Seen as Threat to Many Home Schooling Families

Possible Life in Prison for Spanking

Biology Teacher Fired for Teaching Intelligent Design

Lesbians to Sue Church for Discrimination

Congress to Revive Hate Crime Bill to Censure Christians

Christians have no Right to Wear Cross at Work, Government say

California Moves to Pass first State Ban of Gay Conversion Therapy

Military Proselytizing by the Gideons - and how we Stopped it

Telling Children Hell Exists is Child Abuse

Christian Speech Targeted as 'Hate'

Obama's Holy War against the Church will not End Well

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Recommended reading:

TV is OK for a Captive Audience; the Bible Isn't!