tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31722234.post116606150635043963..comments2014-09-05T08:14:11.947-07:00Comments on zealfortruth: divine perspectivestevencraigsmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04325519438519310422noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31722234.post-51702679297624243242008-10-17T10:18:00.000-07:002008-10-17T10:18:00.000-07:00I really enjoy your blog. I wish you had more rec...I really enjoy your blog. I wish you had more recent posts in this one. I found your blog because my blog is named openvessel4jc. I am glad that I did find it......keep up the faith.kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07619573301149306471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31722234.post-1172096723747462452007-02-21T14:25:00.000-08:002007-02-21T14:25:00.000-08:00Much of the focus is on "heaven on earth" or as on...Much of the focus is on "heaven on earth" or as one preacher put it: "I'm sick of hearing about streets of gold when I get to heaven...I want it now!" (my paraphrase) I have to admit I'm very hard on the charismatic/prosperity/name-it-and-claim-it/health & wealth teaching because it is so prevalent within the church. It so prevalent that many denominational congregations are making the shift from their traditions to these types of teachings because their goal is to feed the masses with what they want! The focus is mainly on felt-need doctrine rather than what the Word of God says!!! Some of us are so afraid to speak doctrinal truth that we don't want to "offend" anyone, so the best thing is to compromise and sugar-coat the truth and make it "acceptible" as fluff so that people "feel good" about coming to worship. There is more said of the kingdom and it's stuff (which is filled with a lot of unsound teaching) rather than complete focus on the truth of the KING and His sovereignty, goodness, holiness, righteousness, wrath, etc. Confessing Jesus as Lord and confessing sin brings conviction which doesn't necessarily feel good! What's good (as in righteous) is the actual act of confession with its humility and then the true feeling of goodness in knowing and growning in the grace of God!!!!! Thanks, r!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31722234.post-1166489906815447942006-12-18T16:58:00.000-08:002006-12-18T16:58:00.000-08:00good comments. do you think people focus more on t...good comments. do you think people focus more on the kingdom than on the king these days? if so, in what ways?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com