Sure Hope Gazette

We would like to present this full hour  video interview/debate  with Bell and Adrian Warnock (Christian Author and Blogger) for your consideration.  Click  here  for the full interview. 1 Timothy 6:3-6 NLT - Some people may contradict our teaching, but these are the wholesome teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ. These teachings promote a godly life. Anyone who teaches something different is arrogant and lacks understanding. Such a person has an unhealthy desire to quibble over the meaning of words. This stirs up arguments ending in jealousy, division, slander, and evil suspicions. These people always cause trouble. Their minds are corrupt, and they have turned their backs on the truth. To them, a show of godliness is just a way to become wealthy. Yet true godliness with contentment is itself great wealth. 1John 4:1-2 NLT  - Dear friends, do not believe everyone who claims to speak by the Spirit. You must test them to see if the spirit ...

We want to present this great article from the Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry that presents a solid answer in response to the questions above.( click here to read full article) "Answer:   Rob Bell’s book,   Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived , caused quite a bit of controversy, even before its official release.  The early criticism it received was due in part to advance copies of the book being issued to various church leaders who took it apart in their reviews, and in part to some controversial promotional videos Bell made and interviews he gave during his publicity tour for the book..."   ( click  here  to read full article) Hbr 9:27 NKJV - And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation. Hbr 9:27 ...

Christians, we have the best owner's manual ever, the Bible! " 2Ti 3:15-17 NKJV - and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.  All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work." We also have the best Teacher ever, the Holy Spirit!   John 14:26 NKJV - "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you. John 14:17 NLT - He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all Truth. The world at large cannot receive Him, because it isn't looking for Him and doesn't recognize Him. But you do, because He lives with you now and later will be in you. God's Word is to be our only Source of Truth. Y...

Mat 10:26-31 NLT - But don't be afraid of those who threaten you. For the time is coming when everything will be revealed; all that is secret will be made public. What I tell you now in the darkness, shout abroad when daybreak comes. What I whisper in your ears, shout from the housetops for all to hear! "Don't be afraid of those who want to kill you. They can only kill your body; they cannot touch your soul. Fear only God, who can destroy both soul and body in hell.  Not even a sparrow, worth only half a penny, can fall to the ground without your Father knowing it.  And the very hairs on your head are all numbered. So don't be afraid; you are more valuable to him than a whole flock of sparrows. Mat 10:32-39 NLT - "If anyone acknowledges me publicly here on earth, I will openly acknowledge that person before my Father in heaven. But if anyone denies me here on earth, I will deny that person before my Father in heaven.  "Don't imagine that I came to bri...

Psalm 139:1-18 NLT - For the choir director: A psalm of David. O LORD, you have examined my heart and know everything about me.  You know when I sit down or stand up. You know my every thought when far away.  You chart the path ahead of me and tell me where to stop and rest. Every moment you know where I am. You know what I am going to say even before I say it, LORD. You both precede and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my head.  Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too great for me to know! I can never escape from your spirit! I can never get away from your presence! If I go up to heaven, you are there; if I go down to the place of the dead, you are there. If I ride the wings of the morning, if I dwell by the farthest oceans,  even there your hand will guide me, and your strength will support me. I could ask the darkness to hide me and the light around me to become night--  but even in darkness I cannot hide from you. To you the night shines...

We highly recommend this hard hitting message by one of our favourite Bible teachers and Pastors, Mark Driscoll. In light of the "half" truths that are being declared lately (throughout history actually) - we feel it important to defend the faith as we are told... Jude 1:3 NLT - Dearly loved friends, I had been eagerly planning to write to you about the salvation we all share. But now I find that I must write about something else, urging you to defend the truth of the Good News. God gave this unchanging truth once for all time to his holy people. Tweet

Wow, the more I study God's Word to find the answers to so many things, I am in awe. In fact, the more I hear Christian leaders who talk as if we can't know the answers to the big questions in life, that we are left to speculate on topics such as death, heaven and hell and such, the more I say, "not true!" I am not sure what Bible they are reading, I assume it is the same one as I read, but why don't they see it? God tells us exactly what He wants us to know. Just go to an online Bible such as  http://www.blueletterbible.org  and check it out for yourself. Don't depend on others, God already covered it all. Sure there are some things we don't know for sure, but we trust Him enough to know, that He knows what He is doing. He is worth all of our trust, let Him have His mysteries because after all, He is God and He knows what we can handle and what we can't.  And actually, those who are claiming we can never know the answers to key questions, so we ca...