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Author: Bob Flynn Created: 2/24/2008 9:23 AM RssIcon
"For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places." (Ephesians 6:12 NLT)
By Robert Flynn on 9/2/2010 7:43 PM
The thought of “preparing for combat” invokes a great many visions in my mind—most are temporal but a few are eternal.   After having been in attendance at many goat-ropings (wars that politicians refer to as police actions, peacekeeping missions, etc., if they acknowledge them at all) I can say without reservation that in the eternal sense there were not many occasions when, as a Christian, I was combat ready.
By Robert Flynn on 9/1/2010 7:13 AM
If you find yourselves breathing hard at the end of the day, might I suggest in all humility (because I promise you that I am NOT the fount of all knowledge and wisdom) that you take stock of your activities and see if there isn’t some time that could be better used in your relationship with the Savior.  “Blow up your TV (hyperbole mine) and try to find Jesus on your own!”
By Robert Flynn on 8/31/2010 10:58 PM
Their sin and folly were that they did not hold fast the doctrine of Christianity as it had been preached to them, but suffered themselves to be removed from the purity and simplicity of it. (Matthew Henry)
By Robert Flynn on 8/5/2010 7:12 AM
Here is the Christian's proud privilege and almost terrifying responsibility. The honor of Christ and of the Church are in his hands. By his every word and action he can make men think more-or-less of his Church and of his Master. (William Barclay)
We use the weapons of righteousness in the right hand for attack and the left hand for defense. (2 Cor 6:7b NLT 2Ed)
We have righteousness as our weapon, both to attack and to defend ourselves. (2 Cor 6:7b GNB)
By Robert Flynn on 7/22/2010 7:31 AM
"Do not go beyond what is written" (1 Corinthians 4:6 NIV)
That struggle is not over; it is perennial and carries the potential for undermining the power of the Reformation today. (Richard B. Gaffin, Jr., B.D., Th.M., Th.D.)
By Robert Flynn on 6/29/2010 9:53 AM
There's a clever young fellow named Somebody Else—
There's nothing this fellow can't do.
He's busy from morning 'til way late at night
Just substituting for you. (Unknown)
By Robert Flynn on 6/15/2010 1:12 PM
"There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fail about the devils.  One is to disbelieve in their existence.  The other is to believe, and to feel an unhealthy interest in them." (C. S. Lewis, The Screw Tape Letters)
By Robert Flynn on 4/7/2010 11:09 AM
Whenever God erects a house of prayer
The devil always builds a chapel there:
And ’twill be found, upon examination,
The latter has the largest congregation.
Daniel Defoe, Author of Robinson Crusoe
By Robert Flynn on 3/29/2010 10:48 AM
And they struck with blindness the men who were at the entrance of the house, both small and great, so that they wore themselves out groping for the door.  (Genesis 19:11 ESV)
By Robert Flynn on 2/7/2010 10:46 AM
Christianity exists not merely as a power or principle in this world, but also in an institutional and organized form which is intended to preserve and protect (not to obstruct) it.  Christ established a visible church with apostles, as authorized teachers and rulers, and with two sacred rites, baptism and the holy communion, to be observed to the end of the world.  (Schaff, P., & Schaff, D. S. (1997). History of the Christian church.)
By Robert Flynn on 1/27/2010 10:12 AM
And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow Him. (Colossians 2:6 NLT)
By Robert Flynn on 1/19/2010 8:14 AM
Satan is very clever: He knows exactly which bait to use for every place in which he fishes. (Arthur W. Pink, Studies on Saving Faith)
God knows people's hearts, and He confirmed that He accepts Gentiles by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He did to us. He made no distinction between us and them, for He cleansed their hearts through faith. (Acts 15:8-9 NLT)

 

By Robert Flynn on 10/20/2009 6:09 AM
It is a pitiful situation if the very light is darkness.  This happens when the eye of the soul is too diseased to see the light of Christ. (A. T. Robertson)
 
By Robert Flynn on 10/12/2009 7:00 AM
The headline read, “Parish Rift Forms Between Descendants of Prominent Evangelical Leaders.” The underlying text conveyed that the descendants of two well-known ministers were wrestling for control of “a mega—church that is a bedrock of the religious right.”
By Robert Flynn on 10/2/2009 10:44 AM
Why is it that we cannot see the light of Christ? Because the church in America is full of “dark corners!”  For the two hundred sixty-three years since the death of the great awakening, we have been seeing the fallen light and following a counterfeit gospel and worshipping an Anti-Christ and all the while telling ourselves that we are serving the Lord with great zeal!
By Robert Flynn on 6/22/2009 7:13 AM
"When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck." Indiana poet James Whitcomb Riley (1849–1916)
By Robert Flynn on 4/16/2009 6:13 AM

'Now we have found the prize, and how to be revenged on King Shaddai for what he hath done to us.'  So they sat down and called a council of war, and considered with themselves what ways and methods they had best to engage in for the winning to themselves this famous town of Mansoul,... (John Bunyan, The Holy War)

By Robert Flynn on 3/19/2009 7:43 AM
We must not use the power which comes from us, rather we must use the power which proceeds from the Holy Spirit. (Watchman Nee, The Latent Power of the Soul)
By Robert Flynn on 1/29/2009 2:49 PM
What is the nature of true religion?  And wherein do lie the distinguishing notes of that virtue and holiness that is acceptable in the sight of God?... (Jonathan Edwards)
"So be truly glad.  There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you have to endure many trials for a little while. These trials will show that your faith is genuine. (1 Peter 1:6-7a NLT)
By Robert Flynn on 11/16/2008 8:00 AM
Many excuse themselves from the work of religion, though they may make a show, and profess it.  They may impose upon others, yet they deceive themselves if they think to impose upon God, who knows their hearts as well as actions; and as he cannot be deceived, so he will not be mocked.  Our present time is seed time; in the other world we shall reap as we sow now.  As there are two sorts of sowing, one to the flesh, and the other to the Spirit, so will the reckoning be hereafter.  Those who live a carnal, sensual life, must expect no other fruit from such a course than misery and ruin.  But those who, under the guidance and influences of the Holy Spirit, live a life of faith in Christ, and abound in Christian graces, shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.  We are all very apt to tire in duty, particularly in doing good.  This we should carefully watch and guard against.  Only to perseverance i
By Robert Flynn on 10/1/2008 7:24 AM
 "It is a hard thing to be a hearty zealous friend of what has been good and glorious, in the late extraordinary appearances, and to rejoice much in it; and at the same time to see the evil and pernicious tendency of what has been bad, and earnestly to oppose that. But yet, I am humbly but fully persuaded, we shall never be in the way of truth, nor go on in a way acceptable to God, and tending to the advancement of Christ's kingdom till we do so.  There is indeed something very mysterious in it, that so much good, and so much bad, should be mixed together in the church of God; as it is a mysterious thing, and what has puzzled and amazed many a good Christian, that there should be that which is so divine and precious, as the saving grace of God, and the new and divine nature dwelling in the same heart, with so much corruption, hypocrisy, and iniquity, in a particular saint. Yet neither of these is more mysterious than real. And neither of them is a new or rare thing. It is no new thing, that much false religion should prevail, at a time of great reviving of true religion, and that at such a time multitudes of hypocrites should spring up among true saints."

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By Robert Flynn on 8/18/2008 7:35 AM

The title was a thought from the book by John Bunyan by the same name, The Holy War, wherein he talks about the arrival of the enemy forces at the city of Mansoul (Man's Soul).  By which gate will they enter (the eye gate, the ear gate, etc.)?

I therefore beg leave to move that henceforth prayers imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessings on our deliberations, be held in this assembly every morning before we proceed to business, and that one or more of the clergy of this city be requested to officiate in that service.  Dr. Benjamin Franklin, at the Continental Congress