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Got Life A newsletter about spiritual enrichment for the Body of Christ
A Monthly Newsletter Knowing The Time
November ‘10 What’s Going On The monthly calendar, birthdays and anniversaries, and Daniel’s Fast resource information. Page 3
Words From Our Ministries. Page 5
Church Information NLTC ministry staff, service information and statement of faith. Page 8
An address from the Senior Pastor. Page 2
What do Christians in America believe? Is our spiritual belief wrapped up in a security blanket with moth holes?
The Ground Upon Which We Stand One of the most damaging and frightening words to be heard in the church today is “Compromise”. While the word in of itself is not bad, the way it has been used in reference to church in recent years has been one of disrespect to the Gospel. Many pastors have been asked to conform to the thinking of the “mainstream church”. To do as everyone else is doing. Every time I hear that phrase,“mainstream church”, I’m repulsed by the very fact that it is uttered by believers.
October
The idea of mainstream church has become the very lie that fuels the atheist’s theory that Christianity is nothing more than a security blanket for the weak and feeble. The truth is that mainstream does not require the believer to live by the Word of God, but rather by their own adaptation of the gospel that permits them to enjoy the desires of their flesh while engaging in a religious social group.
While it may appear that mainstream Christianity is the norm, it does not mean that it is right. In fact, in most cases it is wrong! I was recently told that mainstream Christianity support homosexuality, and sees the “homophobic” behavior of “right-winged Christians” as an act against humanity. Well, if mainstream is considered socially right, I don’t mind being wrong. Because the ground upon which I stand is not shaped by mainstream, but by God and His word.
This is why America can be How did the church body become the considered a religious nation, yet a big puppet of the “politically correct world”? supporter of “a woman’s right to choose”, same sex partners or free contraceptives continue on page 7 for teens without parental consent. 1