Frankly Speaking...
Current events commentary from a biblical perspective,
by Frank Allnutt
An F-word for Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel, President Obama’s Chief of Staff, has been called on the carpet for crudely castigating progressive members of his own Democrat Party in Congress for berating conservative Democrat members whose hold-back votes they needed to pass health reform legislation. The incident became public recently in the press, but actually took place last summer. The exposé immediately took on nuclear proportions when Sarah Palin called for Emanuel’s resignation—for calling his over-bearing political allies “[gerund ‘F-word’] retards.” More
Rapture and Ridicule
The following quote is from an article by progressive Minuteman Media columnist Donald Kaul that appeared in the January 21 edition of the Mountain Mail newspaper in Salida, Colorado:
Many conservative evangelicals entertain the bizarre notion that there will come a moment—called “The Rapture”—when the Lord calls all true Christians to His home, leaving the rest of us behind to writhe in misery. This will happen only after all Jews go to Israel, clearing the way for the Second Coming, Armageddon, and the election of Sarah Palin. These cuckoos think Israel’s settlement policy is great.
In response to Mr. Kaul’s column, I penned this letter to the Mountain Mail’s editor: More
America's Number One Problem
Dave Welch, the founder and executive director of the U.S. Pastor Council and Houston Area Pastor Council, suggests the first step we must all take toward dealing with problems in our personal lives and in America: “We must do a personal and collective ‘heart exam.’ The difficult truth is that most people who call themselves Christians do not think biblically in relation to critical decision making in their families, professions and citizenship. In fact, according to researcher George Barna, in an interview about his book, The Seven Faith Tribes: Who They Are, What They Believe, and Why They Matter, ‘The Casual Christian tribe is especially significant because it represents a huge majority of the nation’s population—two out of every three adults.'" More
The Mission Of New Heart Ministries
The mission of New Heart Ministries is to advance the study and application of God’s New Covenant Doctrine of the Heart by pastors, Christian counselors, Bible teachers, and others who are serious about their Christianity.
The Biblical Doctrine of the Heart
The Biblical Doctrine of the Heart is the key to unlocking the hidden riches of God’s Greatest Commandment and Greatest Promise:
God’s Greatest Commandment...
“And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength. [And] You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”—Jesus (Mark 12:30)
What does it mean and what does it take to love God, others,
and self in these ways?
God’s Greatest Promise...
“I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances.”—God (Ezekiel 36:26,27)
What are the “new heart” and the “new spirit”?
“The Bible...makes the heart the soul center and the spirit center as well.”
—Oswald Chambers
“The heart...embraces the whole inner man.”
—Girdlestone’s Synonyms of the Old Testament
“For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline”
(2 Timothy 1:7).
“The Biblical Doctrine of the Heart is foundational to Biblical anthropology and psychology, and is therefore essential to truly Christian counseling, and preaching and teaching about salvation, identity, spiritual relationships, and Christian living.”
—Frank Allnutt
