Faith

The Subjective Aspect of KJV-Onlyism – The Reformed Reader Blog

craigwhitetn Faith, Family & Friends

(I don’t care anymore about the KJV only debate, but I found this article anticipating the topic may come up at a pending family reunion.  But maybe nobody cares about this anymore.)

Sometimes KJV Only adherents use subjective arguments to vouch for the superiority of the KJV. Mark Ward lists some of these in his helpful book, Authorized: the Use and Misuse of the King James Bible. For example, some KJV-Only adherents say that translating Scripture into regular modern language is dumbing down the Bible. They also argue that the KJV sounds like the Word of God, which is why it is the best translation. Or they argue that the men who translated the KJV used timeless language, so abandoning it is foolish.

Source: The Subjective Aspect of KJV-Onlyism – The Reformed Reader Blog

Truth For Life – Daily

craigwhitetn Faith, Wisdom

The kisses of an enemy are deceitful. Let me be on my guard when the world puts on a loving face, for it will, if possible, betray me as it did my Master, with a kiss. Whenever a man is about to stab religion, he usually professes very great reverence for it. Let me beware of sleek-faced hypocrisy, which is assistant to heresy and infidelity.

Knowing how easily the unrighteous are deceived, let me be wise as a serpent to detect and avoid the designs of the enemy. The young man, devoid of understanding, was led astray by the kiss of the strange woman: May my soul be so graciously instructed today that the seductive tones of the world may have no effect upon me. Holy Spirit, let me not, a poor frail son of man, be betrayed with a kiss!

But what if I should be guilty of the same dreadful sin as Judas, that son of perdition? I have been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus; I am a member of His visible church; I sit at the Communion table: All these are so many kisses of my lips. Am I sincere in them? If not, I am a base traitor. Do I live in the world as carelessly as others do, and yet make a profession of being a follower of Jesus? Then I am exposing my faith to ridicule and leading men to speak evil of the very name Christian. Surely if I act inconsistently, I am a Judas, and it were better for me if I had never been born. Dare I hope that I am innocent in this matter? Then, O Lord, keep me so. O Lord, make me sincere and true. Preserve me from every false way. Never let me betray my Savior. I do love You, Lord Jesus, and though I often grieve You, I still desire to remain faithful even unto death.O God, forbid that I should be a high-sounding professor and then fall at last into the lake of fire because I betrayed my Master with a kiss.

— Devotional material is taken from Morning and Evening, written by C. H. Spurgeon, revised and updated by Alistair Begg.

Source: Truth For Life – Daily

Murder suspect arrested during Sheriff Grady Judd church sermon

craigwhitetn Faith, News

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd could feel his phone going off in his pocket but he ignored it. He was in the middle of delivering a sermon at Green Pond Baptist Church in Polk City on Sunday.“Little did I know my staff was trying to say, ‘Hey there’s a guy with a murder warrant in there with you’,” Judd said.

Source: Murder suspect arrested during Grady Judd church address | WFLA

Little-Faith

craigwhitetn Faith, Words

Faith gives feet to the soul, enabling it to march along the road of the commandments. Love can make the feet move more swiftly; but it is faith that carries the soul. Faith is the oil enabling the wheels of holy devotion and of practical holiness to move well; and without faith the wheels are taken from the chariot, and we drag ourselves along. With faith I can do all things; without faith I will be missing both the inclination and the power to do anything in the service of God.

—  from Morning and Evening, written by C. H. Spurgeon, revised and updated by Alistair Begg. Copyright © 2003,

Source: Little-Faith