Sound Teaching

(Gospel Meeting: Mark Mayberry) Eighth in a series of nine lessons based on 1 John 2:15-17. The third of three tools Satan uses to influence men to sin, the Pride of Life. The Pharisees and Sadducees are used as object lessons regarding the danger of Pride.

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(Gospel Meeting: Mark Mayberry) Seventh in a series of nine lessons based on 1 John 2:15-17. Where the world passes away, those who live according to God’s will have the hope of eternal blessings through their relationship with the Son of God.

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(Gospel Meeting: Mark Mayberry) Sixth in a series of nine lessons based on 1 John 2:15-17. The lust of the eyes is examined, with a special emphasis placed upon the sin of covetousness.

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(Gospel Meeting: Mark Mayberry) Fifth in a series of nine lessons based on 1 John 2:15-17. The lust of the flesh is examined, as gluttony, drunkenness and sexual immorality are cited as common examples of said lust.

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(Gospel Meeting: Mark Mayberry) Fourth in a series of nine lessons based on 1 John 2:15-17. The concept of lust is examined and defined. There are certain things that Christains can and should desire. However, illicit desire is properly referred to as lust.

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(Gospel Meeting: Mark Mayberry) Third in a series of nine lessons based on 1 John 2:15-17. While a love of the world is properly condemned by scripture, there are certain objects that we as Christians are obligated to love.

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(Gospel Meeting: Mark Mayberry) Second in a series of nine lessons based on 1 John 2:15-17. The concept of love is properly defined. Special emphasis is placed on the concept of “agape” love.

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Podcast Number 26

One way to express love for our brethren, as revealed by James in James 5:19-20, is to turn back one who has fallen in sin to a life of righteousness.

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(Gospel Meeting: Mark Mayberry) First in a series of nine lessons based on 1 John 2:15-17. The world is properly defined in the text cited as the “Realm of Sin.”

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The book of Acts contains numerous accounts of the gospel working in the hearts of man. Some responded to the preaching of truth to their salvation, others refused repentance. But, the word of God is a sharp, two-edged sword, and the power of God unto salvation.

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Matthew 16:24 is a record of Jesus’ invitation to His disciples to take up their cross and follow Him. It contains the essence of discipleship and should be carefully studied by all Christians.

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Podcast Number 25

The doctrine of justification by faith is a doctrine full of comfort to the Christian. It is also one of the most misunderstood doctrines in the Bible.

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In 2 Peter, chapter 2, the apostle describes false teachers who were endangering the welfare of the saints. He describes their character and lifestyle, and proclaims their eventual judgment before God.

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While it is true that sometimes we may cause others to sin by contributing to their fall, in the end, every individual is accountable for his own actions. To say that others make us sin is to deny our personal responsibility

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In a decision likely to stoke the contentious election-year debate over same-sex marriage, the New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled that state lawmakers must provide the rights and benefits of marriage to gay and lesbian couples.

The high court on Wednesday gave legislators six months to either change state marriage laws to include same-sex couples, or come up with another mechanism, such as civil unions, that would provide the same protections and benefits.

The court’s vote was 4-to-3. But the ruling was more strongly in favor of same-sex marriage than that split would indicate. The three dissenting justices argued the court should have extended full marriage rights to homosexuals, without kicking the issue back to legislators…

…Opponents of same-sex marriage contend the New Jersey decision could have a national impact because the state imposes no residency requirements for people seeking marriage. In essence, it could open the door for gay and lesbian couples from other states to marry in New Jersey and challenge laws against same-sex marriage in their own states.

The gay marriage debate intensified in 2004 when Massachusetts became the first and only state to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry. The state does not allow nonresidents to marry there, however.

Rose Arce, CNN

Analysis:

We have time and again shown that the scriptures reveal homosexuality to be a sin and an abomination before God (cf. Levitcus 18:22; 20:13; Rom. 1:26-28).

We have likewise pointed out that it is God, who established the marriage union, who defines its constituent parts. If God said that a “man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh” (Genesis 2:24), then He defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman. Whatever men say does not change what marriage truly is.

What I may not have emphasized is how sad it is for individuals to define themselves and their lives by their sexual preferences. I can understand someone identifying themselves as a Christian, a parent, an American, or even by their ethnicity. What I can’t understand is defining oneself by their sexual activity. It is a strong indication of just how perverted and obsessed such individuals have become. When someone calls himself an alcoholic it is because alcohol has taken control, likewise a drug addict, glutton or adulterer. When an individual identifies himself as a homosexual, he is not describing a lifestyle, but a sexual act. Truly God has given “them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness…” (Rom. 1:28-29).