A new movie is coming out today, Twilight. I am making this quick post to strongly advice people not to go and see it.
It is about vampires, immortal souls and it all is against God.
Too many people get sucked in to this stuff way to easy, I know.
Like I said it's just a quick note, DO NOT SEE IT!
Friday, November 21, 2008
New Movie out today, Twilight.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
'Christian' Books
Have you ever had to use discernment when reading a Christian book? I know I have!There is one thing I believe is a problem we have that even I admit to falling in. We are to quick to assume a lot of things are “Christian”. I believe there is no such a thing as “Christian books”.
Let me explain, think of what people do with 'Christian' stuff, they sell it! Who buys it, Christians! It's just another market, what would people say makes a Christian book Christian?
People might say, 'It talks about God or it talks about or mentions Jesus or salvation.' However, that does not make it Christian, it just means it talks about God, Jesus and salvation. Now take a look at the word, 'Christian'.
Last I recall Christian was a title for those whom believe Jesus is the Christ and follows what he taught. You can sit there and play football with your friend and still worship the Lord, does that make it 'Christian football' No, that's silly. Then why do we call books, music, even so much as food Christian.
That is why there are so much stuff labeled Christian that really have no means of Christ in them. Such as this book called, Havah,The story of Eve. It's by an author named Tosca Lee. Here is the description for this book:
What was it like to be the first woman on earth,
to wake to a brand-new creation-and Adam?
Why did she become so beguiled by the serpent?
In this lyrical retelling of the biblical narrative,
Lee brings Eden to life, revealing the dawn of
mankind from Eve's viewpoint! (Contains some mature imagery)
First, God tells us what we need to know about Eve in the Bible! Second, WHAT!!! (Contains some mature imagery) Do we really need that in a book, I mean come on. Third, If you go to Tosca Lee's site, you can read the first chapter, I read it. It depicted Adam to be such a child gooing (if that's a word) over Eve, kissing her, smelling, touching, tasting?
Lee wrote another book called Demon: A memoir. We NEED discernment when looking for books.
Another book series is the Dragons in our Midst series along with Oracles of Fire. By Bryan Davis.The whole series is about dragons. In the Bible it reads,
Revelation 13:2 The beast I saw resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of a bear and mouth like that of a lion. The dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority.
The Lord calls Satan a 'dragon', that is the first problem.
Next, the first book is introducing Billy and Bonnie. Two kids who are half dragons, Bonnie knows because of her dragon wings she keeps hidden under a large backpack, Billy, who doesn't know, yet, he has fire breath.
Billy's father and Bonnie's mother were both dragons but some how transformed in to humans and married humans.
The 'Dragons in our Midst' is about Billy fulfilling a prophecy written all the way back in King Arthur's time. He is to be the dragons Christ. Yeah, Jesus came for the humans, but not dragons, so God has ANOTHER Christ to come. It's also very seeker-sensitive, God loves everyone, you need to know Gods love. Need I say more.
Oracles of Fire is where it gets worse. The first book is the prequel to DIOM. It talks about how dragons were just like humans and interacted with Noah. Not to mention the two sisters, Lilith, and Namaah. Namaah slept around and even with one of Noah's sons, pretending to be his wife. Lilith grows these things like plants that grow to be human like things. One God favors and gives her an 'oracle' orb where she can talk to Enoch (of the Bible). It just keeps getting worse. It focuses to much on Hell more than it talks about Christ. The next three books finish up this whole series. Again, use discernment when reading books just as much as you do with music and television.
I don't mean to say every book is bad. There are some good books out there, none of which should be named Christian. I'm just naming these two that I know are not good books for anyone and perhaps stumbling blocks. I will most likely later give some book ideas that are not so, seeker-sensitive or someones idea of what happened.
