Faith and Freedom Friday-God Contends With Those Who Contend With His People-Pt 4

Posted on February 25, 2016 by ccpastormike

My friend Mark Goodwin – author of The Economic Collapse Chronicles, The Days of Noah series, and his latest offering, Behold Darkness and Sorrow, was kind enough to post my 5-part teaching through Psalm 35. His synopsis is below.

God will defend His people against those who oppose Him and them. How far will God go and how far should the Christians go in denouncing evil? Psalm 35 gives us an in-depth look into the answer to that question and much more. Buckle up for this 5-part teaching through Psalm 35. You might be surprised by what you will learn.

This Part 4 focuses on verses 8-20. The overreach of the US Government has hit unprecedented levels. This message will challenge all the shallow thinking and erroneous application of the Church’s responsibility to obey the US government. Stand strong believer!

View other teachings from Pastor Mike on his YouTube channel HERE – Calvary Chapel of Lima.

Listen to Psalm 35 Part 4 here.

Marks’ website – www.prepperrecon.com

Faith and Freedom Friday- God Contends With Those Who Contend With His People-Pt 1

Posted on February 22, 2016 by ccpastormike

God will defend His people against those who oppose Him and them. How far will God go and how far should the Christian go in denouncing evil? Psalm 35 gives us an in-depth look into the answer to that question and much more. Buckle up for this 5-part teaching through Psalm 35. You might be surprised by what you will learn.

This Part 1 lays the groundwork for the studies that will follow and as such serves as an introduction to the principles that are drawn out of the text in the last 4 parts.

View other teachings from Pastor Mike on his YouTube channel HERE – Calvary Chapel of Lima.

Listen to Psalm 35 Part 1 here.

Marks’ website – www.prepperrecon.com

Spiritual Fitness for 2016 Part 1

Posted on January 11, 2016 by ccpastormike

I had the blessing and honor to be back on the Prepper Recon show with my friend Mark Goodwin. This is Part One of our conversation focused on getting spiritually in shape for 2016. Spiritual fitness will be your most important prep if you intend to face the dark days ahead. To learn more about being spiritually prepared, listen to Dr. Mike’s archived messages from Calvary Chapel Lima.

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Matthew 5:17-48 – Jesus Speaks About The Hot Topics Of His Day – Part 1

Posted on December 18, 2015 by ccpastormike

I read an article in the online edition of the Evening Leader, which is the local St. Marys daily newspaper. This article was talking about the history of the “hobo” in the St. Marys, Ohio area. Now some of you might not know what a hobo is/was. Back in the 1930’s through about the 1950’s in this area there was a traveling group of men that moved from place to place seeking work. Their main mode of transportation was the railroad that ran through the heart of town.

They would hop on the trains and go from place to place to work and earn a little money to go to the next place. They would establish hobo villages if you could call them that. They were more accurately places they would congregate for protection from the weather and to share their stories with one another. It was quite an interesting article.

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Spiritual Formation as Spiritual Deception: Beware the Peddlers of Grace (Part 2)

Posted on September 22, 2015 by ccpastormike

Evangelical Sanctification Historically Expressed

Both D. A. Carson[1] and Steven L. Porter[2] recently wrote articles that appeared in the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society questioning the approach and methodology of spiritual formation teaching. Although separated by eight years, Carson’s article explaining the dangers of spirituality apart from a robust bibliology appears to have laid a solid groundwork for Porter’s article espousing the need for a biblical methodology that presents a clear and thoughtful evangelical theology of sanctification. In the process of their individual critiques they offer some pertinent historical context related to sanctification.

Porter begins his critique of spiritual formation teaching by asserting that its practices must fall within prescribed biblical territory and as such the effort to define acceptable spiritual formation activities belongs to Christian theologians. That Christian theologians have not been involved in establishing parameters is evidenced by the “plethora of false spiritualities plaguing church and society”[3] in our present day. This is to be expected when the purpose or goal of sanctification is not rooted in biblical revelation and directive.

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