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Introduction Tonight we’re going to ask the question… Are you Spoiled? (Ill.) Question: What is the first thing that you think of when you hear the word ‘Spoiled’? I think of two things: Children & Milk. Children: Whiny, malcontent, aggravating & in need of a good whooping Milk: Sour, Stinky, not fit…

Lesson 17: Let No Man Judge You Colossians 2:16-23 This is an unusual title for a sermon or a lesson in the Word of God. We usually preach and teach that you should not judge others. That is what we are guilty of. You don’t usually have to remind people of our generation to not allow other people to…

I Am The Lord Your God Rev. Thomas A. West Sr. October 31, 2021 Exodus 20:2-3 Why Halloween Is Celebrated? Though the holiday began in Celtic regions of Ireland, the United Kingdom, and France, it quickly spread to other parts of the world. The first American colonists in New England were forbidden to…

“God’s Word enables me to get to know Him, that I might love Him, in order that I might become holy, so that I would naturally glorify Him.” We must understand that this is truly the work of the Holy Spirit, with God’s Word, in the life of a believer. So, what is my role as I stand before you? As a pastor,…

The Need for Spiritual Discernment 1 John 4: 1-6 If I was to tell you 4+4=10 you would either call me a liar or dumb. But if I was to get enough people to actually begin to consider that just maybe the mathematical equations we have learned for thousands of years could be wrong, then would you believe…

Well Good Morning. Turn with me in your Bibles to John chapter 1. 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the…

Does everybody know who Joseph Smith is? He is the founder of the Mormon Faith is buried at the Smith Family Cemetery in Nauvoo Illinois. You can visit it if you wish. L Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology is dead, but he chose to be cremated and had his ashes spread over the pacific ocean. I am…

What is a cult? What are some examples of cults? Is the church of Christ a cult?

13 “You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown out and trampled under foot. 14 “You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid. 15 No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the…

Try to figure out how I can play the following videos from the Scientology website What is Scientology Inside a Church Dianetics 1. Scientology background and history - Scientology is a difficult religion to summarize. Scientology was founded in 1953 by science fiction author L. Ron Hubbard and has gained…

Birth of Scientology Began in 1952 by L. Ron Hubbard. Hubbard was a sci-fi author. After serving in WWII decided he wanted to explore the mind to bring healing. The first book he wrote on Scientology was Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health Dianetics refers to a method of removing engrams and…

1. Scientology Theology - “Who is God?” “There are gods above all other gods, and gods beyond the gods of the universe.” Scientology believes that there are multiple gods and that some gods are above other gods. Biblical Christianity, on the other hand, recognizes the one and only true God who revealed…

A Cult or a Sect? Cult: a system of religious veneration and devotion directed toward a particular figure or object or a relatively small group of people having religious beliefs or practices regarded by others as strange or sinister .. (Oxford Languages) A “kinder, gentler” term for cult is New Religious…

Introduction Who here grew up in a Missionary Baptist Church? Who did not? Kala grew up in a Missionary Baptist Church, but I did not. In fact, before coming to a Baptist church I explored several options in my attempts to answer the questions I had. The reason I had finally gotten off the bench of atheism…

God the Creator Paul is talking to 2 very different philosophical people. He is speaking to Epicureans and Stoics. Their ultimate goal in life was happiness. They just had two different ways of getting there. Epicureans believed that the ultimate road to happiness was through pleasure and lack of things…

BEGINNINGS L. Ron Hubbard founded the Church of Scientology in 1954 in Los Angeles, CA Scientology claims to be a religion “by its basic tenets, practice, historical background and by the definition of the word religion itself” Hubbard has drawn from several older religions and philosophical belief systems,…

greatest commandment and golden rule

What is Apologetics? “The branch of theological science which sets out to vindicate Christian theism against any form of non-theistic or non-Christian thought” “Thus while apologetics defends Christianity from non-Christian philosophy, Christian evidences defends it from non-Christian science.” Apologetics.…

Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. Peter had been arrested by the religious leaders because of the healing of the lame man. When he was questioned by the religious leaders he told them the source of the healing…