Blessed Life Fellowship

Francis Bacon once said, "A LITTLE science estranges a man from God, but a LOT of science brings him back."  And that is what we deal with in this teaching in addressing the various problems in the earth age theory of billions of years and the numerous holes in evolutionary theory.  The age of the earth and the origin of life on earth are addressed in the Bible, and science properly interpreted is beginning to show the reliability of God's Word in this regard.  

Many people today believe the Bible to be a storybook of fairytales, an ancient document full of errors and not relevant to our lives today.  However, discoveries in archeology and science confirms the accuracy and divine origin.  In this teaching, we delve into dinosaurs in the Bible, creation vs. evolution, the resurrection of Jesus, and several other questions about the Bible's accuracy.  If you have ever had questions about any of these things, this teaching is for you!  

This session addresses:

"What about people who have never seen a Bible or heard about Jesus;"

“People just need to find the path that seems right to them;"

"Being a good person is what really matters;"

and "How can a loving God send anyone to hell?"  

This part 2 session in the series provides more information to help you address objections to the Christian faith and evangelize more effectively.  

First Peter 3:15-16 instructs us to always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks us to give a reason for the hope that we have in Christ.  Thus, evangelism is not a suggestion; it is our mandate.  And in this day and age of skepticism and cynicism toward the gospel, we need to be well equipped to answer the various doubts and objections that people have.  This teaching deals with three common objections to the Christian faith and provides ways to help people overcome their doubts.  

Second Corinthians 5 tells us God is making His appeal to the world through you and me, that we are His ambassadors, and that we each have been given the ministry of reconciliation.  It falls to each Christ follower, then, to be a person who is involved in God's search and rescue mission of the lost, just as each of us was once lost but were found with the help of someone else's efforts.  While the subject of evangelism is uncomfortable for a lot of people, this teaching provides several tips that may help to make it less intimidating and more effective.  

The Bible teaches that the only way to find true life is to lay yours down and take up your cross to follow Christ.  Therefore, happiness and fulfillment in life is a paradox.  It doesn't come by seeking to get your own needs met and desires fulfilled all the time.  This teaching explores the narrow way Jesus described in Matthew 7, and what it means to take up your cross to follow Him, and the glorious results of a life laid down.  

Did you know that that Romans 9:27 says that only a "remnant" of Israel will be saved?  And unlike the popular idea that most people will make it to heaven, Jesus taught that the masses will go to their destruction on a broad road, while only a minority of people will be saved as they travel through a narrow gate.  This teaching provides the characteristics of remnant people.  And at the end of Pastor Andy's teaching, there are several people who give testimonies of what God has done for them through the ministry of BLF.  

Brent Denney delivers a compelling follow up teaching in this final offering of his Behind Enemy Lines 2-part series.  Among many important mindsets and strategies shared in his teaching, one of them is simply learning to accept a different mindset about our existence on this earth.  Rather than pining for the "sweet by and by," Christ followers are called to engage in the spiritual battle that rages around us against the forces of darkness that threaten to swallow this world in evil.  In doing so, we are commissioned to advance God's Kingdom and help snatch souls from everlasting punishment.  

Brent Denney offers insight on taking on the kingdom of darkness and living in victory over the hellish forces that wage war against the soul.