Combat Training - Bob Flynn

Left Hand Defense

bob@cmfhq.org (Bob Flynn) — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:00:00 GMT

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)

When We No Longer Care

bob@cmfhq.org (Bob Flynn) — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:00:00 GMT

Dr. Laurence M. Gould, president emeritus of Carleton College, said “I do not believe the greatest threat to our future is from bombs or guided missiles. I don’t think our civilization will end that way. I think it will die when we no longer care. Arnold Toynbee has pointed out that nineteen of twenty-one civilizations have died from within and not by conquest from without. There were no bands playing and flags waving when these civilizations decayed. It happened slowly, in the quiet and in the dark when no one was aware.”

Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all—the apathy of human beings. (Helen Keller, My Religion)

The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that’s the essence of inhumanity. (George Bernard Shaw, The Devil’s Disciple)

The Basis of Our Trust

bob@cmfhq.org (Bob Flynn) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:00:00 GMT

The truth of God's almightiness in creation, providence, and grace is the basis of all our trust...(J.I. Packer, I Want To Be A Christian)

Tags: salvation,trust

Hilarious Giving — The Road Less Traveled

bob@cmfhq.org (Bob Flynn) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:00:00 GMT

"Sowing principles is shining the light of the Word of God in people's lives. Light dispels darkness. Holding believers accountable is encouraging them to walk in the light, helping them to discern truth from lies" (The Sower, Gary G. Hoag, ECFA Press)

Tags: charity,giving,stewardship

Spiritus Cum Verbo

bob@cmfhq.org (Bob Flynn) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:00:00 GMT

"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.)

Tags: spiritual warfare

Politics

bob@cmfhq.org (Bob Flynn) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:00:00 GMT

A representative has no right to defeat the wishes of those who elect him, if he knows their wishes. (William Jennings Bryan, The Price of a Soul)

"What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul?" (Jesus Christ)

A Question We All Must Meet

bob@cmfhq.org (Bob Flynn) — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:00:00 GMT

"Some have thought the soul question a question of the next world only, but it is a question of this world also; some have thought the soul question a Sabbath-day question only, but it is a week-day question as well; somehave thought the soul question a question for the ministers alone, but it is a question which we all must meet. Every day and every week, every monthand every year, from the time we reach the period of accountability until we die, we—each of us—all of us, weigh the soul." William Jennings Bryan

Tags: salvation,repent,soul

Pray With Eyes Wide Open

bob@cmfhq.org (Bob Flynn) — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:00:00 GMT

What better can we do, than — prostrate fall Before him reverent; and there confess Humbly our faults, and pardon beg; with tears Watering the ground, and with our sighs the air Frequenting, sent from hearts contrite, in sign Of sorrow unfeign'd, and humiliation meek? (William Wilberforce, A Practical View of the Prevailing)

Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart. (Colossians 4:2 NLT)

Tags: prayer

Given to Prayer

bob@cmfhq.org (Bob Flynn) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:00:00 GMT

"But we will give ourselves continually^(G4342) to prayer, and to the ministry of the word." (Acts 6:4 KJV)

For God does not employ prayerless ministers, since He has no dumb children. (A. W. Pink)

Repentance: Myth, Magic or Grace Extended

bob@cmfhq.org (Bob Flynn) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:00:00 GMT

It is no wonder that the world looks upon the Christians of today in the same way they look upon the hopelessly insane!

“Repentance is a medicine for the cure of sin, a gift bestowed from above, an admirable virtue, a grace surpassing the power of laws.” (Chrysostom, as quoted in the Institutes of the Christian religion, John Calvin)

For no one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws them to Me, and at the last day I will raise them up. (John 6:44 NLT)

The reason why this is such a “hard saying,” even unto thousands who profess to be Christians, is because they utterly fail to realize the terrible havoc which the Fall has wrought; and, it is greatly to be feared, because they are themselves strangers to “the plague” of their own hearts. (A. W. Pink, Studies on Saving Faith)