Church of Oprah Winfrey

I got to see another interesting thing last day. Thought of sharing it with you all. There is a new age movement (I will call it as a cult) coming up with the blessing of Oprah Winfrey. Watch this video first.



Now when we see all these things, the faith of a person who believes in the Bible reaches a new height because these all are fulfillment of prophecies written in the Bible.

I don't know much about Oprah since I don't watch her programs but I am sure that she has a big influence among people and there are many people even Christians who admire her. I can give you some links to learn more about this which will help you all in understanding how serious it is.
http://www.carringtonsteele.citymax.com/page/page/5663569.htm

http://www.wfial.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=artNewAge.article_1

Then of course you can do a Google search and you will get lot of information. I will recommend that people see it and understand another scheme of devil to deceive people and to make them believe his lie.

2 Timothy 3:1-6
" 1But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— 5having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them."

May God Bless You!

Is John Hagee promoting Heresy?

John Hagee, the Pentecostal “pastor” of the 18,000-member Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas, issued a book titled, In Defense of Israel.

Go to link http://www.amazon.com/review/R18MVV813B5WSX/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm to see the promo.

His claims are;- This book will expose the sins of the fathers and the vicious abuse of the Jewish people. In Defense of Israel will shake Christian theology. It scripturally proves that the Jewish people as a whole did not reject Jesus as Messiah. It will also prove that Jesus did not come to earth to be the Messiah. It will prove that there was a Calvary conspiracy between Rome, the high priest, and Herod to execute Jesus as an insurrectionist too dangerous to live. Since Jesus refused by word and deed to claim to be the Messiah, how can the Jews be blamed for rejecting what was never offered?

Now if you are a thinking Christian concerned with heresy and false teachings coming up then you must read about it and find for yourself whats the truth behind it.
You can do a search and you will get lot of information about it.

1 John 4 :1 "Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world."
2 Peter 2:1-3 :- "But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. 2Many will follow their shameful ways and will bring the way of truth into disrepute. 3In their greed these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping."

Now be sure that there will be lot of false teachers and heresy coming up in the last days. Many will have a form of godliness but deny its power (2 tim 4:5). So make sure you test every teaching and doctrine in the light of the word of God.

Note:- Since you are a matured Christian I am not going to give any conclusion in John Hagee matter but its up to you to see it if you want. But if we really want to follow Christ then we must take a stand against false teachings.

May God Bless You!

Recent Updates

It's almost 3 weeks since I wrote the last blog. I got bit busy with many things. First we had a fasting prayer and then I went to Dallas to attend ICPF Awake Camp 2008. In between I have changed the www.gospel-link.com site to a different server and hence lot of changes are happening in the site. It's not finished yet but I will try to finish it as soon as possible.

Now you can find some interesting stuff already out there. First if you are interested in watching Malayalam Powervision Channel then I have added a link here http://www.gospel-link.com/Live_Malayalam_TV.aspx

There is also a Malayalam gospel movie Arinjittum Ariyathae by IET. The link is http://www.gospel-link.com/Gospel_Movies.aspx . It's out there in the youtube and it has lot of hits and I think its a good gospel movie which explains some of the basic beliefs of born again christians.

I also have links to some live radio stations in Hindi, Punjabi, Malayalam etc. I will be adding it soon and watch out for it. Some of them I am really enjoying and I praise God for enabling those people behind to do things like this. I am plannig to make gospel-link.com a real linking site. Time is always a constraint.

Now let me add few things about ICPF Camp. It was a great blessing to be there in the camp this year. There were different sessions for different groups and I am sure that everyone enjoyed it. The organizers did a great job with so many people attending the camp. My estimate is that there were more than 500 people. I got the opproutunity to meet some great men & women of God during the camp. I am sure that meeting some people were divine appointments as I could learn a lot from the life and ministry of many people. The theme of the camp was "Set apart for the glory of God'. Next years camp will be held in Houston.
ICPF is doing a good work among college students in India and now they are growing in US also. I am glad about that as I have few friends who are in the leadership of ICPF. My prayer is that God may continue to Bless and expand this minstry. You can find more information about them at http://www.icpf.org and http://www.icpfnews.com .

I want to write more about certain things I learned during the last weeks but then that will make this post too long. But I will try to add in the coming days.

May God Bless You!

Challenges People face with Gifts of Holy Spirit

Last week I took a class on Challenges People face with Gifts of Holy Spirit in our church. We had a time of group discussion in the end and it was a blessing. Many questions were asked by people afterwards and I will like to answer them here in coming days. Also I will be tring to answer few questions which were asked to me by different people in last days.

Now if you need the Powerpoint Show of the class then the link is:-

http://www.gospel-link.com/uploads/CM-Gifts_of_Holy_Spirit.pps

The Powerpoint (PPT) of the class is available at:-

http://www.gospel-link.com/uploads/CM-Gifts of Holy Spirit.ppt

Also if you want it in pdf format then the link is :-

http://www.gospel-link.com/uploads/CM-Gifts_of_Holy_Spirit.pdf

Feel free to use it in whatever way you want.

May God Bless You!

Latest Podcasts

I am happy to let you all know that the new podcasts have been published. In Episode 6 & 7 I have added a Study on Challenges Faced by Growing Church. It is part of Christian Maturity Study Series. This message was delievered at Bread of Life Church, MN.

You can get the PowerPoint Show(pps) of the Study for the link :-http://www.gospel-link.com/uploads/CM-ChallengesGrowingChurch.pps

Feel free to use this to encourage others or teach others.

May God Bless You!

Wilderness-Godly Generation & Mission Challenge

Last 2 weeks had been busy & blessed. I think thats the reason why new blogs and podcasts were not added. But I managed to add 1 podcast- GLM Episode 5-Do You Really Know Jesus? If you listen to podcast and are blessed or has some suggestion then feel free to go to discussion forum of gospel-link.com and post your comments.

Now I said last 2 weeks were busy and blessed- why? because “Better is one day in the courts of God than thousand elsewhere“. So last weekend I was in Wilderness. Its is a beautiful place which is spread across about 240 acres of land. They have prayer cabins & lot of other facilities. A very good place to spend time alone with God. We were 4 young people and had a good time of prayer & meditating the word of God. We also had time of group prayer and what a blessed time it was when we could prayer for each other. I would highly recommend people to take a weekend break from busy city life and go to places like this and spent time alone with God. We were there for 3 days fasting and praying. One of the best thing which happened was that there was no cell phone range and hence I was completely cut off from world. God spoke lot of things to all of us and asked us to do few things. In the coming days I would like to be obedient and implement what he wants to do.

What is the need of the hour? People with the anointing of Elijah- Who will be bold enough to stand for God. God is looking for a Godly Generation. If God willing then 12 young people will be going to wilderness again during the 1st week of October 2007 for a 2 days retreat- Godly Generation Retreat. Keep it in your prayers. Purpose of this retreat is to to rise up a generation that will be Godly. If any young person wants to join or attend it then feel free to contact me.

Now this weekend I was at Elkhorn,WI which is near Chicago for ICPF (Inter Collegiate Prayer Fellowship) mission and Leaders conference. We had a great time with God challenging all the participants for missions. We had Dr.R.Stanley & Rev.Jacob Mathew as speakers. There was also a video presentation on missions. I will try to post the main points of the bible studies in the coming days in this blog. I think that will help many people who couldn’t attend the conference. Again it was a time to reflect back on life and understand what God wants from our life. I don’t want to write more about it as I will try to write the things taught there in few days.

Also I am looking forward to do some writing & publish some more podcasts in the coming days.

Again- “Better is one day in the courts of God than thousand elsewhere”

May God Bless You!

Christian Maturity-Dissapointments

Last friday I took a Bible Study in my church on Christian Maturity-Dissapointments. It was a big blessing for me as I prepared it and also many people later acknowledged that it was indeed a blessing. I am going to publish it as podcast in 2 parts. You can hear it from the podcast section of site. The link is http://www.gospel-link.com/podcast.php

You can also find the full message at our church website. Link is :- http://www.blcmn.org/audios/ It’s the Spiritual Maturity-Tinku Thompson-Friday, August 17, 2007.

If you interested in the pps of the Study then the link is :-http://www.gospel-link.com/uploads/CM-Disapointments.pps

You are free to use the presentation or distribute it anywhere you need. Freely God has given his word and the gift of salvation so let us also give it free to others.

At this time the second part of message is not published. But it will be published tomorrow.

May God Bless You!

Gospel-Link.com Podcast

I am happy to tell you that I have started a podcast- Gospel-Link.com Podcast.

Link is:- http://www.gospel-link.com/podcast.php

My goal is to publish inspiring messages, Bible Study, News updates etc on a regular basis. I will also publish messages & testimonies of different people. The first post is already there i.e. Goodness in Brokenness. If you don’t know how to use it and need instructions for ipod then see http://www.gospel-link.com/podcast_instuctions.php

I hope it will be a blessing for many people. You are free to sent your comments & suggestions.

May God Bless You!

Malayalam Christian Sermon Site

I came across a site yesterday which I had seen earlier also. Its a good site with latest Christian News, Songs, Messages etc. It’s has this years IPC Kumbanad Convention Message also. I hope its this years though I am not sure. You must visit this site if you are looking for things in Malayalam.
The Global Messenger- Malayalam Christian Online Daily
http://www.thegmnews.com

IPC Kumbanad Messages
http://01772ee.netsolhost.com/KUMBANAD_CONVENSION_PRASANGAM.html

There are many other things to see in that site.

May God Bless the People who are behind it