Fundamental Baptist Christian

Editor's note:  First and foremost, I would like to thank the Bereans for this wonderful story of a former Iglesia ni Cristo minister (or pastor), now he has become a Baptist Christian.  It's a sad story that some people have just jumped from one cult to another.  Some members of the Watchtower Society, Charismatic Movement or the Iglesia ni Cristo have left Roman Catholicism but they have never truly come to know the truth of salvation is by faith in Christ alone and that any good works after Christian life is but the grace of God at work in the believer.  Now for this brave testimony that I can really share after many years of searching for one testimony which I hope will further bring more INC members to Jesus Christ. May I begin with a word of prayer that in the midst of all these trouble, I call upon Jesus Christ the Son of God who the Iglesia ni Cristo deny is indeed God, the only way to salvation, that they trust upon their works and church membership tha...

The Iglesia ni Cristo members (or Iglesia ni Manalo) have caused what might as well be a riot at EDSA, specifically in front of Megamall just last night (Source: GMA News ). I really hate to imagine to what might have happened to any innocent by-stander or how much traffic these guys are causing. Worse, I even heard some of them even punched a cameraman from ABS-CBN. When I think about the issue behind this riot or rally (take your pick), it's time to really look at the issue. Before this, the incident where mother and child, the wife of the late Erano Manalo and his son nicknamed "Angel" were kicked out by the current minister. While I would agree that the Mamasapano is indeed something you cannot ignore but with all their cases, the Iglesia ni Cristo itself must answer for its offenses. Now I am not saying that we should arrest and lock up and arrest all Iglesia ni Cristo members since they are the mission field, not the missile field but the detention of INC minis...

When I think of this quote by Albert Mohler above, I cannot help but agree with it all the more because it's Biblical.  Take a look at morally good non-Christians when they are confronted with the issue of salvation, they tend to say, "Well I'm sure if I am good enough and I just practice Christian values, I am not in trouble."  When a non-Christian dies and has lived a morally good life, people tend to say, "Well the person in now in Heaven." like when I heard of Mother Theresa's funeral or when I hear Roman Catholics were glad that John Paul II was finally declared a saint by Pope Francis for his good deeds. Such a view is just as stupid as Antinomianism.  If Antinomians love the obvious sins, the morally good unbeliever loves the sin of self-righteousness.  He or she may not be directly judgmental but they love to think that by doing good, they can definitely pay for their salvation unaware that in Romans 3:10-23, the declaration is that all peop...

When I look at this quote by Reformed Baptist preacher Pastor John F. Macarthur, I can't help but agree 100% with what he said.  Now I don't really believe everything written in his commentaries but I agree he's a good expositor of the Scriptures with classic verse by verse preaching.  When it comes to Christian preaching, unsaved people tend to have several wrong views on what Christian love is.  The phrase "love one another" is so erroneously interpreted with a distorted view of what it means just as love is said to be one of the most abused words in the English language, if not the most abused word in the English language.  Love is often confused with lust or confused with tolerance of any wrongdoing as if it were right.  It is not the biblical definition of love because love can tolerate no error but rejoices in the truth. Some people can tell me that I'm a wacko, a nutcase or a religious extremist or that I'm making the world worse by believing...

Whenever I try to update on any Roman Catholic website like its official page or any Roman Catholic faith apologetics blog, I always find one accusation over the other against eternal security. Eternal security as a doctrine has been muddled up by both Arminians (its doctrine is nothing more than diet Roman Catholicism and to Augustus Toplady, the road back to Rome) and by Antinomians as a license to sin. For Arminians, the teaching of eternal security drives people to sin and some circles claiming to be born again Christians are stuck with its heresies making them nothing more than a diet Catholic religion where you teach works salvation minus the magisterium, ritualism and the Vatican. For the Antinomians they tend to sing, "Oh joy that I am free from the law, I can sin freely forevermore." The heresy is really no different than Roman Catholics with their salvation that is first by faith (initially) but you must keep it by works if you expect to make it into Heaven. That ...

Looking at this picture of Dr. Steven Lawson of One Passion Ministries, I cannot help but agree to what he said that, "If Jesus had not changed your life, the Jesus you met was another Jesus."  Some may say that I'm teaching works salvation, that the idea of the perseverance of the saints makes salvation complicated (HUH?!) and the list of false accusations can get longer and longer.  The truth is unchangeable that if a person claims to know Christ but lives no differently than before, something is really wrong with that profession of faith. The whole misunderstanding behind Lordship salvation is due to a lack of research.  What Lordship salvation emphasizes is the difference between the true convert and the false convert.  What it does not teach is the need of works to be saved or that salvation can be lost.  What is emphasized is that if a person is truly saved then there has to be some changes.  There is a huge difference between the immature bel...

2 Timothy 3:1-8 warns of last day perils and one of type of perils listed are people who love pleasure more than themselves.  I have observed how some people refuse to leave their religion because they love pleasure.  What I have observed with pagan religions especially Roman Catholicism is how people are obsessed with feasting.  Look at a lot of countries that were formerly Spanish colonies and predominantly Roman Catholic and you will find people who are lovers of pleasure. Reading the history of Spanish colonies, one of the many ways that Spain has kept people under control was not always by force.  The use of feasts were used by the Spanish friars to keep people distracted while the Vatican collected its loot.  I am really surprised that by simply look at the Roman Catholic pantheon of saints, it's very easy to find there's a lot of feast days in just one month!  While classes may go on but from what I remember, each village in a predominantly Roman...