It's Not As You Perceive

It's Not As You Perceive

By Hilary and Rodney ThomasReligion & SpiritualityChristianity
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It's Not As You Perceive episodes

  • Death and Eternity

    What doe the Bible reveal as it relates to what happens when we die? Do we immediately go to heaven if we're good or to hell if we're bad? Or do we simply cease to exist? What does eternal life really mean? What did Y'shua have to say about death and eternity. Hilary discusses and reveals truths about death and eternity that Christianity fails to teach her adherents. You'll be blessed.

    1 hr 1 min
  • What is the New Covenant? It's Not As You Perceive 66

    What is the New Covenant? Is it a simple rehashing of the Old Covenant as many in our Faith would passionately defend? Or an entirely new agreement between the Creator and His people? Who does the New Covenant apply to? How was the New Covenant brokered and applied? When was the New Covenant activated? And what happened to the Old Covenant? Hilary discusses this fundamental issue of our Faith with passion and Biblically-based reasoning. The New Covenant may not be as you once perceived it to be.

    1 hr 7 min
  • The Prayer Shawl Controversy--Part 1

    In recent months we've noticed a rather disturbing trend taking place in traditional Christianity, especially in the more charismatic circles of the Christian Faith. As more and more adherents/believers/Christians, if you will, are feeling the tug towards the Hebraic Roots of the Christian Faith, the church's leaders are seeing and actually acting upon opportunities to take advantage of their members' and followers' interests in things Hebrew or more popularly, Jewish. And again, this seems to be more localized to charismatic churchianity.

    It wasn't but 3-short years ago that so-called Rabbi Ralph Messer, in a rather disturbing and strange ceremony, wrapped Bishop Eddie Long in a Torah scroll and crowned Eddie Long some kind of king. This of course upset to no small degree many traditional and orthodox Jews around the nation and possibly even the world. You can actually see this travesty on youtube.com--simply type in the search term Ralph Messer Torah Scroll Eddie Long and you'll have a number of video clips that clearly show this incident. Other Christian leaders have taken it upon themselves to take hold of the ever burgeoning interest in the Jewish/Hebrew roots of the Christian Faith, taking it upon themselves to teach, preach, produce videos and CDs, and write books on the subject. The vast majority of content on the subject that these preachers are putting out to their flocks is based upon horribly twisted theology, doctrine and Jewish tradition and even mysticism that in the long-run serves only to severely damage their credibility as men and women of Yahovah/Yahweh/Yahuah or whatever name you refer to the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob by, and worse, lead their followers down a path of spiritual destruction. The Eddie Long incident is an extreme example of what can go wrong when money and power hungry preachers and teachers see an opportunity to tap into a new trend that they identify as being of potential interest to the so-called Body of Christ. As more and more people who once identified themselves as Christians are leaving Christianity for various and sundry reasons--mainly because they've come to terms that Christianity is in and of itself hollow and it is an irrelevant aspect of their overall spiritual lives--these jack-legged preachers are finding themselves scrambling to come up with new, thought-provoking schemes and themes to capture the imaginations of their followers and to keep the cash-flow going. In this multi-episode series of It's Not As You Perceive, we explore and discuss one of the latest trends seemingly taking charismatic churchianity by storm in recent months--that being the Jewish Prayer Shawl. As you will see, the issue we will present to you in this series has nothing to do with Christians, or for that matter Jews, owning or using prayer shawls. The issue, as you will hear dear friends, is the false teachings and prophecies that these men and women of churchianity are putting out to their members and followers, potentially leading them astray. Seemingly gone are the days when sermons and teachings were based primarily on what is contained in the Bible. Instead, the sermons and teachings are geared toward appealing to the itchy ears, the greed, and desperation of believers looking for anything that their beloved religion could offer to make their unfulfilled lives match the ill-perceived abundant life that the Master promised to those who would be His disciples. We warn you that a great deal of what you will hear in this series as being taught, preached and advocated by various preachers and teachers may disturb you as much as it disturbed us when we first heard it. If you are indeed disturbed, then it's a sure bet that your spiritual discernment meter is properly functioning. After gaining a clear understanding of such false teaching, the challenge then becomes, what do we do with that which we've just learned? Let's discuss and sort this thing out. This is a combined episode of It's Not As You Perceive, Episode 63 and Sabbath Thoughts & Reflections 25--The Prayer Shawl Controversy, Part 1.

    1 hr 25 min
  • The Bride of Christ Part 2--INAYP 62

    In this second part of the 2-part series entitled The Bride of Christ, Hilary and Rod continue the discussion, picking up from last week's episode 1. What is the Bride of Christ? Who is included in the Bridal Party? Are all Christians considered part of the Bride of Christ? These and more questions will be answered. You'll be blessed.

    39 min
  • The Bride of Christ--Part 1--It's Not As You Perceive

    In this episode of It's Not As You Perceive, Hilary and I attempt to get to the bottom of what Shaul and John meant when they spoke about a certain group of individuals being the Bride of Christ. Were they speaking about the Church Triumphant? Or individual born again believers in Jesus Christ? This first of a 2-part series takes you in the midst of one of the many conversations that Hilary and I have on various topics and issues affecting the Faith.

    48 min
  • INAYP 58--Overcoming Satan the Devil

    In this episode Hilary discusses the importance of truly understanding what is written in our Bibles. (Not what is being doctrinally taught from the pulpits of our churches, but what is actually written in the Word.) Once we have a solid foundation of knowing, understanding and following the Word of God and the authority He has given us in Christ, we then have available to us Jesus' model to overcome satan the devil.

    37 min
  • The Oneness of God--A Salvation Issue?

    My studies brought me to Deuteronomy 6: 4 & 5. This passage speaks to the "oneness" of God and gives the command that we must love the Father. Upon further inquiry into this passage from other passages in the Bible, I came to passages the could support one's salvation being linked to a firm understanding of this command. I pose the question: is the Oneness of God a salvation issue?

    54 min
  • Halloween, Christianity and the Bible

    There is no doubt that Halloween has pagan origins and that the Catholic Church married in to its pagan heritage. Yet many Christian leaders are encouraging Christians to celebrate the holiday. What does the Bible have to say about such pagan holidays, practices and traditions?

    1 hr 43 min

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Christianity is laden with misconceptions about what it truly means to be a Christian. Many believers have left their churches in search of a relevant faith that challenges their walk with the Savior.…