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As published in the PsychoHeresy Awareness Letter March - April 2008 - Volume 16 Number 2 |
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Dear Martin and Deidre: I just read your article "Gregory Koukl, ‘Is the Bible Sufficient?’" I am not at all surprised at anything you had to say. Mr. Koukl spoke at our church a number of years ago on a Sunday evening and I came away wondering how people who claim to have a high regard for the Bible can be so enamored of this man’s "apologetics." During his talk he seemed to go out of his way to ridicule Christians who use only the Bible to present the gospel to the lost and demonstrated contempt and disdain for those who did not have the intellectual resources to deal with the unbeliever on the unbeliever’s terms. Where did we ever get the idea that atheists and agnostics have some sort of an intellectual superiority over the rest of us and that we need lofty reasoning that goes beyond what God Himself has said in order to win them to Christ? This amounts to the exaltation of fools (Psalms 14:1-3). These people aren’t even seeking God, so how are lofty arguments going to win them to something they don’t even want? We have gotten the false idea that if we just give people arguments that will solve their intellectual difficulties or if we give them the correct "world view" they will be won over to Christianity. Doesn’t this make conversion something that is dependant on man’s ability to reason and understand? (Proverbs 4:19; 1 Cor. 2:14). Christianity is not a "world view." Christianity is the very life of God in the heart of the believer. Perhaps we need to get back to simply giving out the Word of God and let the Holy Spirit do the convicting and reasoning in people’s hearts (1 Peter 1:3; 23-25; John 16:8). California |
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Dearest Martin & Deidre, A few days ago in our family devotional, we read Psalm 124; and the very last verse (verse 8) stuck a strong chord with me and gave me renewed encouragement. It reads: "Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth." (Psalm 124:8). For the true believer it is indeed true that our help is in the Lord through Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. Our help is Not in James Dobson, Dr. Phil or Oprah, etc., etc.! Our help is in the Lord. If only believers would actually grasp this truth and demonstrate it in their lives—just think how vibrant and more pure the Body of Christ could be! Instead, we see polluted streams of error almost everywhere we look these days (with psychology/secular humanism/man-centered "gospel" being a major contributor to much of the contamination). The good news is found in God’s Word: "They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever" (Psalm 125:1); and "They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him" (Psalm 126: 5-6); and "Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways" (Psalm 128:1). Amen! As you all have pointed out many times before (in your books, articles and presentations), the promises of God are eternal and abundantly real and it is plain foolish (and deadly) for the believer to go after the "broken cisterns" of the wisdom of men versus walking in the ways of the Lord. Thank you again for your hard work and service in Christ. Please take care. Texas |
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PAM, Our little fellowship is being threatened by newcomers who are involved in personal counseling for their "wounds" and it is bringing a spirit into the fellowship that is grieving our hearts and I am sure God’s heart as well. There is a militant spirit of self defense—sad beyond measure. I am resorting to prayer, but also am forwarding your web site address to the pastor. Pennsylvania |
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The following is excerpted from a critical letter sent to a church by one of our readers: As the hard labor of faithful exposition of God’s Word is rejected, endless programs will multiply in the wake of the serpent’s tail. The Gospel is "assumed" with a shrug of the shoulder: "Of course, we’re all Christians!" Instead of assuming that our approach is "thoroughly biblical," we need to ask why Dostoevsky had the church leaders placing Jesus in jail in The Brothers Karamazov. As they took the key from the lock, they said, "We’ve waited for you to feed the hungry, do magic tricks, and take over the governments of the world [and to give us happy marriages, sweet children, and no pain after funerals]. And, Jesus, in two thousand years, you still haven’t accomplished it. This is clearly the task of the Church; we can do it." Illinois |
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The following spoof was written by one of our readers in Iowa before he knew about AACC’s The Bible for Hope: Introducing: The New Psychobabble Study Bible • With lots of footnotes explaining why verses don’t really mean what they say! • With
a brand-new system of Strong’s numbers keyed to the DSM (Diagnostic
and Statistical • Explanatory notes in large print (since that’s the important part); Bible text in small print. • Total amount of study helps actually exceeds the Bible text! • Sidebars with insights from leading psychobabblers. • Maps
and charts helping you to better understand your inner child and the
spread of psychology • Concordance to the DSM. • Evangelistic insert explaining how to lead a person to: a psychologist. Order now and get a free copy of our new release: "Why All Your Problems Are Someone Else’s Fault." Price: your life |
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