Shane Idleman

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  Apr 1, 2015

  This Easter, Don't Forget About the Cross

  Why does the cross offend the world? Why are so many disturbed when the name of Jesus is mentioned? Why is His name, above all others, often taken in vain?

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  Mar 28, 2015

  Sexual Sin: America, Are You Ready to Face the Cost of Speaking the Truth?

  There is a cost to speaking the truth. This realization came nearly 10-years ago when I was asked to speak at the annual conference for the American Baptist...unaware that they were about to divide over ordaining those who embrace the homosexual lifestyle.

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  Mar 24, 2015

  I Know What the Bible Says But God Wants Me to be Happy

  Some time ago, we received the following email, "I'm leaving my husband and our two small children. I know what the Bible says, but God knows my heart. He just wants me to be happy."

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  Mar 16, 2015

  To City Church: 'We Are Not Called to Make Truth Tolerable but to Make It Clear'

  The Christian Post recently ran the headline, "San Francisco's Largest Evangelical Megachurch to Allow Non-Celibate Homosexuals to Be Members." Apparently, the Elder Board of City Church announced that they would end the practice of preventing LGBT people from becoming members if they are unwilling or unable to practice lifelong celibacy.

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  Mar 12, 2015

  New Bathroom Bills: Who's Really Offended?

  On August 12, 2013, Governor Jerry Brown did what, to many of us, would be unthinkable in California. He signed AB 1266 into law. Now other States are heading down the wrong road.

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  Mar 10, 2015

  To the 'Sex Box' Pastor and the Christian Abortion Worker: Is God Truly Leading You?

  Jennifer LeClaire, abortion, pornography, Martyn Lloyd-Jones, A.W. Tozer

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  Mar 6, 2015

  Why Are Christian Women Watching 'Fifty Shades of Grey'?

  The unavoidable truth is that many Chrisitans are becoming desensitized to popular culture with movies such as "Fifty Shades of Grey." When the Holy Spirit no longer fills hearts and minds with a passion for purity and holiness, there is a general lack of conviction for turning away from impure thoughts and visions. This causes be to ask, "why are Christian women watching and reading Fifty Shades of Grey?"

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  Feb 15, 2015

  If It's All About Grace, Does Obedience Even Matter?

  In a recent blog, Michael Brown asked provoking questions to those who embrace hyper grace. GotQuestions.org defines hyper grace as "a new wave of teaching that emphasizes the grace of God to the exclusion of other vital teachings such as repentance and confession of sin. Hyper-grace teachers maintain that all sin, past, present, and future, has already been forgiven, so there is no need for a believer to ever confess it...The conclusion of hyper-grace teaching is that we are not bound by Jesus'

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  Feb 6, 2015

  False Teachers and True Revival vs. False Fire

  As stated last week, we are to discern truth from err, light from darkness, and right from wrong…but how? Jeremiah 23:17 offers one answer, "They continually say to those who despise Me, 'The LORD has said, You shall have peace;' And to everyone who walks according to the dictates of his own heart, they say, 'No evil shall come upon you.'"

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  Jan 28, 2015

  False Teachers: 'Words From The Lord' Cannot Supersede the Bible

  As stated last week in part 3 on the Holy Spirit: some suggest that today's battle is not so much against liberals in the church, but against those who are "not open" to new prophecies and visions—those who "religiously hold to the written Word alone." This statement concerns me because it can be used to promote anything done in the name of the Lord such as prophecies, visions, and words from the Lord.