Archive for the 'Insights' Category
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
By Ken Blue The purpose of this article is to show how the Bible is used deceitfully by many pastors and evangelist. In order to provide a simple foundation for this subject, I will use a three letter word to illustrate my point. That little word is the word “YOU.” I will give the text [...]
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
By Ken Blue “And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying… ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them, 24 The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: 25 The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: 26 The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. [...]
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Sunday, October 18th, 2009
By Ken Blue One way to ensure a split is to fill your church with transfer members from other churches. These dear people have already been indoctrinated, and they will criticize how you run the church. Open Door had two small splits in its first 10 years. Both were led by older ex-pastors who were [...]
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Friday, October 16th, 2009
By Ken Blue There is a vast difference today between fundamentalism and the fundamentals. Every believer should understand what the fundamentals of Christianity are and adhere to them. The two words have been so misused and abused by others that they believe embracing the one is the same as embracing the other. That is, unless [...]
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
By Ken Blue “Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;” Isaiah 54:2. God will keep his promises to Israel. In anticipation of the returning remnant, Israel is called upon to enlarge their facilities in order to accommodate [...]
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Monday, September 28th, 2009
By Ken Blue Target evangelism means that the church decides on whom they will target; then they structure buildings and ministries accordingly to reach that objective. Target evangelism does not mean you ignore or refuse to win others; it mean you select a certain location, ethnic group, or age group your church will continue to [...]
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Thursday, September 24th, 2009
By Ken Blue The Bible may have more to say about money than any other subject. The reason could be because of man’s love for it, and the wickedness perpetrated by many to possess it. The love for money is the root of all evil. We observe this mostly in big business and big government. [...]
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Monday, August 17th, 2009
AN AMAZING FISHING STORY By Ken Blue I saw a news report recently of two men who were fishing in the dark of night. I am not sure if their method was legal or not, or if they kept the fish. They were in a small aluminum boat shining a spotlight around in the water. [...]
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Monday, August 10th, 2009
PREACHERS WHO CAN’T LEARN By Ken Blue “And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.” Numbers 22:12 “And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall: and he [...]
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Thursday, August 6th, 2009
CLONING By Ken Blue “Cloning: The process of making a clone, a genetically identical copy. Cloning can refer to the technique of producing a genetically identical copy of an organism by replacing the nucleus of an unfertilized ovum with the nucleus of a body cell from the organism. The first adult mammal cloned was Dolly [...]
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