Alkitab menggambarkan tentang suatu "generasi aku" di hari-hari terakhir. "Ketahuilah bahwa pada hari-hari terakhir akan datang masa yang sukar. Manusia akan mencintai dirinya sendiri..." (2 Tim. 3:1). Nubuat yang sama memperingatkan bahwa generasi aku tidak akan dapat "menerima ajaran sehat, tetapi mereka akan mengumpulkan guru-guru menurut kehendaknya untuk memuaskan keinginan telinganya." (2 Tim. 4:3). Generasi "aku" sudah tiba pada kita. Ini adalah zaman politik"ku" (demokrasi), musik"ku," fashion"ku," ruang"ku," diet"ku," dan ini adalah zaman dengan lagu tema "I did it my way" (Aku melakukannya dengan caraku). Inilah prinsip dari rock & roll sejak awalnya. "I'm free to do what I want any old time" (Rolling Stone, 1965). Tidak mengherankan, ini juga adalah zamannya gereja"ku" dan theologi"ku, " yang adalah definisi tepat dari gerakan emerging church. Hal ini sangat jelas dalam sebuah konferensi berjudul "Theology After Google" di Claremont School of Theology di California. Para pemimpin gerakan emerging seperti Tony Jones dan Spencer Burke menyajikan suatu filosofi yang dijamin akan menggelitik telinga generasi aku. Mereka mengkontraskan "Gereja 1.0" dari "era lama" dengan "Gereja 2.0" dari era Google. Sementara Gereja 1.0 adalah tentang "kepemimpinan dari atas ke bawah, pengakuan iman, doktrin, dan objektif literal" (yang kedengaran sangat mirip dengan gereja sebagaimana digambarkan dalam Perjanjian Baru), Gereja 2.0 melingkupi "theologi wiki, yang dari bawah ke atas, kebudayaan yang subjektif dan terus berkembang" ("Emergent Christians Mull Theology in Google Era," The Christian Post, 16 Maret 2010).
Fundamental Baptist Independent Alkitabiah Dispensational in theology Pre-Tribulational Rapture Pre-millennial Textus Receptus and Masoretic Text (traditional-text based) Baptism by immersion (Baptis Selam) Six-day literal creation Literal & Grammatical & Historical in hermeneutics (Menafsir Alkitab secara Literal-Grammatikal-Historikal, Penafsiran Normal/biasa/sewajarnya).
Sabtu, 27 Maret 2010
Berita Mingguan 27 Maret 2010
Alkitab menggambarkan tentang suatu "generasi aku" di hari-hari terakhir. "Ketahuilah bahwa pada hari-hari terakhir akan datang masa yang sukar. Manusia akan mencintai dirinya sendiri..." (2 Tim. 3:1). Nubuat yang sama memperingatkan bahwa generasi aku tidak akan dapat "menerima ajaran sehat, tetapi mereka akan mengumpulkan guru-guru menurut kehendaknya untuk memuaskan keinginan telinganya." (2 Tim. 4:3). Generasi "aku" sudah tiba pada kita. Ini adalah zaman politik"ku" (demokrasi), musik"ku," fashion"ku," ruang"ku," diet"ku," dan ini adalah zaman dengan lagu tema "I did it my way" (Aku melakukannya dengan caraku). Inilah prinsip dari rock & roll sejak awalnya. "I'm free to do what I want any old time" (Rolling Stone, 1965). Tidak mengherankan, ini juga adalah zamannya gereja"ku" dan theologi"ku, " yang adalah definisi tepat dari gerakan emerging church. Hal ini sangat jelas dalam sebuah konferensi berjudul "Theology After Google" di Claremont School of Theology di California. Para pemimpin gerakan emerging seperti Tony Jones dan Spencer Burke menyajikan suatu filosofi yang dijamin akan menggelitik telinga generasi aku. Mereka mengkontraskan "Gereja 1.0" dari "era lama" dengan "Gereja 2.0" dari era Google. Sementara Gereja 1.0 adalah tentang "kepemimpinan dari atas ke bawah, pengakuan iman, doktrin, dan objektif literal" (yang kedengaran sangat mirip dengan gereja sebagaimana digambarkan dalam Perjanjian Baru), Gereja 2.0 melingkupi "theologi wiki, yang dari bawah ke atas, kebudayaan yang subjektif dan terus berkembang" ("Emergent Christians Mull Theology in Google Era," The Christian Post, 16 Maret 2010).
Selasa, 23 Maret 2010
HEALING EPIDEMIC
Kata Pengantar Healing Epidemic
Bab 1 Sebuah Pemandangan Baru
Bab 2 Penyembuhan Okultisme Melahirkan Gereja Terbesar Di Dunia
Bab 3 Angin Timur Bertiup Ke Barat Kampanye Kesembuhan Gaya-Okultisme John Wimber
Bab 4 Alkitab Berkata Tidak! Menjawab Argumentasi Pendukung Kesembuhan
Bab 5 Roh Jahat, Roh Jahat Dimana-mana: Kesalahan 'Demonologi' Baru
Bab 6 Enam Alasan Alkitabiah: Roh Jahat Tidak Bisa Merasuki Sekehendaknya
Bab 7 Membuktikan Bahwa Karunia-karunia Tersebut Telah Berakhir Pernyataan Alkitab Mengenai Karunia-karunia Mengadakan Tanda dan Bernubuat
Bab 8 Menerapkan Yakobus 5 Petunjuk-petunjuk Kesembuhan Illahi Yang Diabaikan Kaum Kharismatik
Bab 9 Imajinasi: Gelombang Baru Kesembuhan Pikiran dan Ingatan
Bab 10 Hukum Akal-Sehat yang Tertib
Bab 11 Pandangan Medis Atas Kesembuhan Mujizat
The TRAGEDY of COMPROMISE: The Origin and Impact of the New Evangelicalism
Pendahuluan
Bab 1 Serigala Berbulu Domba
Bab 2 Membangun Sikap Netral, Awal dan Perkembangan Injili Baru
Bab 3 Melebarkan Jalan Setapak
Bab 4 Menuai Puting Beliung: Kaum Injili Muda Yang Duniawi
Bab 5 Menyenangkan Semua Pihak
Bab 6 Mimbar Prasmanan: Konsep "Memasarkan Yesus"
Bab 7 Uban Dimana-mana: Perubahan Injili Baru Yang Tidak Disadari
Senin, 22 Maret 2010
Sabtu, 13 Maret 2010
Berita Mingguan 13 Maret 2010
Rick Warren telah mengumumkan bahwa grup rock The Jonas Brothers akan tampil di perayaan Paskah Gereja Saddleback di Stadium Angel tanggal 4 April ini. Tanggal itu juga adalah ulang tahun ke-30 gereja besar tersebut. The Jonas Brothers adalah sebuah band laki-laki yang digandrungi oleh ribuan fans perempuan yang berpikiran kedagingan. Anggota-anggota band ini adalah orang-orang yang mengaku Kristen, tetapi musik mereka duniawi. Lagu mereka yang berjudul "Burnin' Up" berbunyi demikian: "Baby, who turned the temperature hotter? Cause I'm burnin up, burnin up for you baby. ... I fell so fast/ Can't hold myself back/ High heels, red dress/ All by yourself, gotta catch my breath." Tidak ada yang alkitabiah atau bagus mengenai hal-hal seperti ini. Alkitab melarang umat Allah untuk sama dengan dunia ini (Roma 12:2) dan memperingatkan bahwa "persahabatan dengan dunia adalah permusuhan dengan Allah" dan "barangsiapa hendak menjadi sahabat dunia ini, ia menjadikan dirinya musuh Allah" (Yakobus 4:4). Kata-kata yang sangat kuat ini diabaikan oleh rata-rata gereja hari ini. Ledakan modern gereja-gereja yang semakin serupa dengan dunia berbarengan dengan majunya musik kontemporer Kristen, yang mulai tahun 1960an. Pada tahun-tahun itulah A.W. Tozer menyatakan: "Selama berabad-abad gereja telah berdiri teguh melawan setiap bentuk entertainment duniawi, menyadari sifat sebenarnya dari semua itu. Oleh karena sikap ini gereja telah dianiaya oleh anak-anak dunia ini.
BAPTIST BIOGRAPHIES
BAPTIST BIOGRAPHIES
[Scroll down for additional Bios.]
There are more than 600 bios in this section; there are several bios of some who were prominent historically. The writings of some are included with their bio. Some Baptists who are included here are virtually unknown in our day, but they 'plowed faithfully in their small field' and are included.____________ Adams, George F. - Adams, John Q. - Alexander, Lewis D. - Anderson, R. T. - Angus, Joseph - Armitage, Thomas - Asplund, John - Backus, Isaac - Bainbridge, Peter - Baldwin, Thomas - Barrow, David - Beaman, Roy O. - Benedict, David - Black, J. D. - The Boardmans - George Dana & Sr. - Booth, Abraham - Bower, Jacob - Boyce, James P. - Brantly, W. T. - Breaker, J. M. C. - Broaddus, Andrew - Broadus, John A. - Brong, Rosco - Buck, William C. - Buckner, Henry Ireland -
Caperton, A. C. - Carey, William - Carpenter, C. H. - Carroll, B. H. - Carroll, J. M. - Castleberry, Van Boone - Cathcart, William - Chaudoin, William N. - Christian, John T. - Clarke, John - Cole, C. D. - Coleman, James S. - Comer, John - Cone, Spencer H. - Conner, Lewis - Craig, Elijah, Lewis and Joseph - Crawford, T. P. and Martha - Criswell, W. A. - Curry, J. L. M. -
Dayton, A. C. - Dillard, Ryland T. - Dixon, A. C. - Dobbs, C. E. W. - Doyle, David - Dudley, Ambrose and Thomas P. - Dudley, Richard M. - Dunbar, Duncan - Dunlevy, Francis - Dunster, Henry - Eaton, T. T. - Edmonds, Justin O. - Edwards, Morgan - Evans, Christmas - Everts, W. W. -
Ferrill, London - Ferris, Ezra - Fish, Ezra J. - Ford, Reuben - Ford, Samuel H. - Fristoe, Robert - Fuller, Andrew - Gano, John - Gano, Stephen - Gardner, W. W. - Giddings, Rockwood - Gifford, Andrew - Gill, John - Gillette, A. D. - Goddard, Josiah - Going, Jonathan - Graves, Absalom - Graves, Alfred C. - Graves, J. R. - Grigg, Jacob - Grime, J. H. -
Hall, J. N. - Hall, Robert - Harriss, Samuel - Hart, Oliver - Hartwell, Jesse Boardman - Hawthorne, James B. - Haycraft, Samuel - Henderson , Thomas - Hickman, William - Holcombe, Henry - Holman, Jesse - Holmes, Obadiah - Howell, R. B. C. - Ireland, James -
Jeter, Jeremiah B. - Jewell, William - Jolly, James M. - Judson, Adoniram - Kazee, Buell H. - Kerfoot, Franklin H. - Kiffin, William - Kirtley, James A. - Kirtley, Robert -
Lane, Dutton - Lane, Tidence - Lasher, George W. - Leland, John - Lynd, Samuel W. - Major, Richard - Mallary, Charles D. - Manly, Basil, Sr. and Jr. - Manning, James - Maple, Joseph C. - Marshall, Daniel - Marshman, Joshua - Marshman, John - Martin, M. T. - Matton, Charles Hiram - McCoy, Isaac - Mercer, Jesse - Moody, J. B. - Morgan, Abel - Murrow, J. S. - Myles, John -
Nevins, William M. - Noel, Silas M. - Norris, J. Frank - Nowlin, William Dudley - Pearce, Samuel - Peck, John Mason - Pendleton, James Madison - Poindexter, A. M. - Porter, J. W. -
Ragland, George - Ray, David B. - Read, James - Redding, Joseph - Rhees, Morgan John - Rice, John - Rice, Luther - Riley, William B. - Roberts, Issachar J. - Robinson, Ezekiel G. - Rone, Wendell - Ross, Reuben - Rowland, A. Judson - Ryland, Robert Saker, Alfred - Scott, Moses - Screven, William - Sears, A. D. - Semple, Robert B. - Shields, T. T. - Shuck, Henrietta Hall - Shuck, Jehu Lewis - Smith, Green Clay - Smith, Hezekiah - Smith, John - Spencer, John H. - Spurgeon, Charles H. - Stearns, Shubael - Stevens, John - Suggett, James -
Tanner, John - Tarrant, Carter - Taylor, A. S. - Taylor, Alfred - Taylor, Edwin R. - Taylor, H. Boyce - Taylor, John - Thomas, Jesse B. - Tichenor, Isaac - Tribble, Andrew - Tucker, Henry Holcombe - Upham, Edward - Vaughan, Joshua - Vaughan, William - Vickers, Moses -
Walker, Clarence - Waller, George - Waller, John - Waller, John L. - Wayland, Francis - Welch, James Ely - Werden, Peter - Whitsitt, James - Whitsitt, William - Williams, Alvin Peter - Willis, Joseph - Wood, John Henry - Wood, W. A. M. - Yeaman, W. Pope - (latest addition - 1.2.2010).
Celebrating 400 Years of Baptist Heritage
The year 2009 marked the 400th anniversary of the founding of the Baptist tradition. To help celebrate this notable anniversary, the Baptist History and Heritage Society created a new 24-article series, HISTORY SPEAKS. Readers of these articles are urged to print copies for themselves and even to duplicate copies for distribution and study.
Please include the following permission statement: “Used by permission of the Baptist History and Heritage Society and its website (www.baptisthistory.org),
History Speaks to Hard Questions Baptists Ask
Reflections on 400 Years of Baptist History
By Pamela Durso
Baptists and the Poor
By Albert L. Reyes
Baptists and Religious Liberty: Where Do We Stand Today?
By J. Brent Walker
Who is a Baptist?
By Thomas R. McKibbens
Baptists and Worship: How Can We Improve the Experience?
By Emmanuel A. McCall
Baptists and Local-Church Education: Is Sunday School Ministry
Still Relevant
By Dennis Foust
Baptists and the Family: What is Going on in Baptist Life?
By Lawrence H. Williams
Baptists, the Economy, and Violence: What is Happening and Why?
By David P. Gushee
Baptists and Resurgent Calvinism: What are the True Implications?
By Fisher Humphreys
Baptists and the Prosperity Gospel: Have We Turned the Gospel
into Magic?
By Karen Bullock
Baptist Survival: What Are the Top Challenges Facing
Baptists Today?
By Doug Weaver
Baptists and Immigration: Are We Welcoming Strangers
in the Gates?
By William M. Tillman, Jr.
Baptist Higher Education: How Baptist Is It?
By Michael E. Williams, Sr.
The Apparent Decline in Evangelism by Baptists in the U.S.
By William M. Pinson, Jr.
Baptist and Ethics: What Issues Are Most Important Today?
By Robert Parham
Baptist Churches and Leadership: Where Are We Headed?
By Jerry L. Faught II
Ecumenical/Interfaith Dialogue and Ministry: Are Baptists Ready
for the Excitement?
By John M. Finley
Baptist Interaction With Popular Culture: Traps and Opportunities
By C. Delane Tew
Baptists and the Internet: Are Baptists In Touch or Out of Touch?
By Bruce T. Gourley
Baptists and the Emerging Church: Are Baptists Losing Their Identity?
By William Loyd Allen
Race Relations: How Do Baptists Treat Their Brothers & Sisters?
By Pamela Smoot
Baptists and Globalism: What are Baptists' New Frontiers?
By Bill J. Leonard
The Baptist Name: What Does it Mean?
By Charles Deweese
Complimentary Baptist Heritage Bulletin Inserts
Baptist Beginnings, 1609
Baptist Beginnings in America, 1639
Separate Baptists
Baptist Contributions to Religious Freedom
The Move of Baptists Westward
Baptist Support of the Missionary Movement
The Spread of the Gospel Among Native Americans
The Preaching of the Gospel: A Baptist Tradition
Baptist Denominational and Moral Leadership
Hispanic Baptist Beginnings and Development
Baptists and Social Ministries: Nannie Helen Burroughs
Ten Suggestions for Celebrating the 400th Anniversary
of Baptist Beginnings
Who Are Baptists?
Special 2005 Series: Baptist Heritage and the 21st Century
Baptist Contributions to Protestantism
Patterns in Denominationalism
Big Issues Facing Baptists Today
Directions in Theological Education
Baptist Women Deacons
The Meaning of Ordination
The Ten Most Influential Baptists
Baptist Women in Ministry
Baptist World Congress Freedom Themes
Trends in Baptist Polity
Baptist Confessions of Faith
Baptist Origins
Baptist History Speaks to Contemporary Issues
Baptist Origins and Beliefs
Baptist Beginnings
Southern Baptist Beginnings
Turning Points in Baptist History
Baptists and Their Theology
Priesthood of All Believers
Perspectives on Women in Baptist Life
Myth: Baptists Believe in Doctrinal Uniformity
The First 2000 Years of Baptist History
Baptist Curriculum on the Crucial Role | |||||||||||||||||
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Pastor John Jones, alarmed over Baptist churches dropping "Baptist" from their names, saw a need for members at Lighthouse Baptist Church to study and to better understand what is distinctive about Baptists in both doctrine and history. Since church member Terry Lee Hamilton loves history, Pastor Jones asked Terry to prepare lessons and teach a Sunday School class on Baptist history and distinctives. Terry taught the course in 2001, and then again in 2006, updating and upgrading his lessons. Pastor Jones came up with the idea of preparing these Sunday School lessons for publication for use in other Independent Baptist churches where concerned pastors desire church members to study and to better understand what is distinctive about Baptists in both doctrine and history. | |||||||||||||||||
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This curriculum, with 13 lessons, was originally designed to be taught during Sunday School. However, some preachers are planning on teaching these lessons on Wednesday or Sunday evening services. In addition, church schools, homeschooling families, and even Bible colleges are using these lessons as part of their curriculum. | |||||||||||||||||
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A Brief Survey of Independent Fundamental Baptist Churches
Compiled by Cooper P. Abrams, III
All Rights Reserved (September 2007)
A Woman Rides the Beast!
7. Fraud and Fabricated History
8. Unbroken Line of Apostolic Succession?
14. An Incredible Metamorphosis
18. Background to the Holocaust
19. The Vatican, the Nazis, and the Jews
20. The Slaughter of the Serbs
28. The Coming New World Order
Appendix C: Dominion over Kings: Further Documentation
Appendix D: Papal Infallibility and Apostolic Succession
Appendix E: Papal Heretics, the Bible, and Galileo
Appendix F: What About Tradition?
To the nearly 1 billion Roman Catholics
misinformed by their hierarchy;
to the 400 million Protestants equally ignorant
of the facts; and to the genuine martyrs
ORIGIN of the BAPTISTS by SH Ford
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Chapter I—Century XVIII - Baptists in Virginia
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Chapter II—Century XVII - Baptists in England—Cromwell and the Stuarts
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Chapter III—Century XVI - The Reformation - England
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Chapter IV—Century XV - Wales - Bohemia - Germany
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Chapter V—Century XIV - Wickliffe and the Lollards
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Chapter VI—Century XIII - Pete de Brue
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Chapter VII—Century XII - Henry of Lausanne - Peter de Bruis - Arnold of Brescia
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Chapter VIII—Century X - Baptists in Italy - Paulicians
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Chapter IX—Century VIII - Retrospect
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Chapter X—Century VII - Montenes
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Chapter XI—Century VI - Donatists
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Chapter XII—Century V - Numidians
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Chapter XIII—Century III - Novatians
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Chapter XIV—Century II - Tertullianists
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Chapter XV—Century I - The Primitive Churches
Selasa, 09 Maret 2010
WHY DON’T YOU FOLLOW MATTHEW 18?
Enlarged March 8, 2010 (David Cloud, Fundamental Baptist Information Service, P.O. Box 610368, Port Huron, MI 48061, 866-295-4143,fbns@wayoflife.org)
From time to time I am asked if I follow the guidelines of Matthew 18 before I publish a report.
For example, when I published an open challenge to Clarence Sexton about the Friendship Conferences, I received the following:
“I am deeply upset at the private letter you posted on your website to Dr Sexton. Thanks for shooting your own and not calling Pastor Sexton personally to get all of the facts. I guess you don't read Matthew 18 all that often.”
The fact is that I did contact Pastor Sexton personally months before the publication of the article. As for Matthew 18, as we will see, it has nothing to do with the issue.
When I published a gentle warning about some of the newer Patch the Pirate music tapes years ago, I received some notes from people asking if I had first approached Majesty Music. Following is one of these:
CREMATION: WHAT DOES GOD THINK?
In a book on the subject of Christian funerals, a writer gives the following advice regarding cremation:
“Personally, the minister may or may not approve of such proceedings. Privately, he is free to hold any opinion that he will. But officially he should keep an open mind. In the Christian religion there is nothing that frowns upon cremation or requires burial.”
Is this sound advice? Is cremation a matter of Christian liberty? In certain places land space is so crowded that burial plots are very expensive and in some cases there are efforts by the governments to discourage burial in preference to cremation. That this problem has become acute in Singapore is referred to in the following official statement made by the Bible Presbyterian Church of Singapore in May, 1987--
“1. There is an increasing number of cremations in Singapore even amongst Christians. 2. It is quite evident that our Government favours cremation by improving the facilities of the existing crematoria and columbaria, and by increasing the cost of burial while keeping down the cost of cremation. 3. Some non-Bible Presbyterian pastor have spoken and written in favour of cremation and have officiated at cremations while some non-Bible Presbyterian churches have even built columbaria. 4. Those who favour cremation claim it is more hygienic, cleaner and cheaper. 5. They see cremation as a convenient form of disposal of the dead. 6. Cremation does away with burial plots that need to be upkept and falls in line with our Government’s stress on strategic land use” (Far Eastern Beacon, July 1987, p. 4).
Sabtu, 06 Maret 2010
Berita Mingguan 06 Maret 2010
Kamis, 04 Maret 2010
Mengupas Tuntas Bidat Saksi-Saksi Jehovah (Jehovah's Witnesses)
Saksi-Saksi (palsu) Yehuwa (jilid I)
Saksi-Saksi (palsu) Yehuwa (jilid II)
Saksi-Saksi (palsu) Yehuwa (jilid III)
Saksi-Saksi (palsu) Yehuwa (jilid IV)