tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17471572880862557712024-02-07T14:39:49.706-08:00Long For TruthStevenLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04421782537245455667noreply@blogger.comBlogger155125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747157288086255771.post-85944999811261060752017-11-13T01:27:00.000-08:002017-11-13T01:30:13.405-08:00Hillsong, Latter Rain, NAR..What's the Difference?
Here are the show notes and links from last night's podcast. There are several things that were not talked about on this episode that should have been addressed. But due to lack of time we were not able to get to them, such as Carl Lentz not calling abortion a sin on "The View."
The main purpose of this episode was to show the dangerous connection between "Global Dan Longhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773053161045591053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747157288086255771.post-65221405371070280422017-11-07T03:38:00.000-08:002017-11-07T03:38:31.991-08:00Bless the Blesser: An Overview of Ephesians 1:1-14There are many reasons for the believer to bless God with spontaneous praise. Ephesians 1:1-14 gives us some of those reasons. Below is a block diagram of the passage. May you be truly encouraged and blessed as you consider the blessings of the ultimate Blesser!
Steven
Bless the Blesser An Overview ofby Steven LongA Biblearc published page
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Steven
The Goodness of God in Caring for His People
by Steven Long
!function(d,i,s){if(typeof biblearcWidgets=='undefined'){if(!d.getElementById(i)) {var c=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s);j.id=i;j.src='https://biblearc.com/widgets/StevenLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04421782537245455667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747157288086255771.post-90286014657696117682016-10-06T01:46:00.000-07:002016-10-06T01:46:00.886-07:00Has American Christianity Failed?
Well it's official. After a long sabbatical (no pun intended) I've decided to take up the mic again and podcast. In this first episode in over a year I review the book Has American Christianity Failed? by Bryan Wolfmueller.
I also play part of a sermon by Troy Gramling of "Potential Church" to show what you'll here on any given Sunday in your typical American evangelical church. Then I compare Dan Longhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773053161045591053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747157288086255771.post-57617511120089126702016-04-03T04:25:00.002-07:002016-04-03T04:25:23.313-07:00The Gospel is for Believers
Read Bible
Refrain from cussing
Witness to someone
Some of us love checklists. If we can check things off it lets us feel a sense of accomplishment. But when it comes to the gospel checklists are bad. Very bad. Paul wrote to a group of believers in Galatia to warn them about their own checklists. They had begun validating their own justification with the checklist of the Law. Paul's StevenLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04421782537245455667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747157288086255771.post-38265114021350963222016-03-13T13:39:00.002-07:002016-03-13T13:39:55.334-07:00The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers
I was blessed to receive a copy of The Valley of Vision this morning by a brother in my Care Group from church. It is a collection of Puritan prayers and is both encouraging and admonishing at the same time. Below, is the very first passage I read after receiving the book. Read and be refreshed.
The Gospel Way
Blessed Lord Jesus,
No human mind could conceive or invent the gospel.StevenLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04421782537245455667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747157288086255771.post-17407591581316103072016-03-12T15:09:00.001-08:002016-03-13T13:16:25.308-07:003 Reasons Why It's Okay To Be Narrow-Minded
According to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary the word 'narrow-minded' is defined as, not willing to accept opinions, beliefs, or behaviors that are unusual or different from your own.
Culture has assimilated our thinking to believe that narrow-mindedness is bad. Perhaps when it comes to every single opinion, or every single subject, or every single dogma it is unacceptable. But whenStevenLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04421782537245455667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747157288086255771.post-27651640445314675312016-03-08T15:21:00.001-08:002016-03-08T15:21:40.823-08:00Phrasing the ScripturesPhrasing, also called Block Diagramming, has become an integral part of my Bible study. Along with Arcing, I find it very useful in order to find the flow of thought in the text. Below is Biblearc's video on their Phrasing module.
BibleArc's Phrasing Module from Bethlehem College & Seminary on Vimeo.
I hope that when you watched it you became as excited as I did when I watched it forStevenLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04421782537245455667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747157288086255771.post-82949492074476855192015-08-09T05:07:00.001-07:002015-08-09T05:07:29.864-07:00Update to our Comment Policy
Dear blog readers
I was recently viewing some of the comments left on this blog and noticed that many of them were anonymous. I have changed the setting to no longer allow anonymous posting. You do not have to have a Blogger ID to post, but when you want to post you will be prompted to sign in either with Google or an Open ID, which can be pretty much anything from any StevenLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04421782537245455667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747157288086255771.post-60354868866336462002015-08-08T08:48:00.000-07:002015-08-08T08:48:11.620-07:00Hermeneutics part 5: Using Arcing During the Observation Phase
Arc of Ephesians 1:1-14
My Arcing "Discovery"
Arcing has become an invaluable study tool for me. I remember when I first stumbled upon the site a few years ago. I was excited! I needed something fresh for my Bible study and this seemed to be it. I hungrily ate up the tutorial videos and began my journey into Arcing.
But there was one problem: I didn't really StevenLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04421782537245455667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747157288086255771.post-61225261762279269132015-07-29T02:15:00.001-07:002015-07-29T02:18:03.079-07:00Praying in the Spirit Reveals Mysteries? 1. A church in Texas has a 4 million dollar aquarium. 2. Stupid Tweets- Bill Winston 3. Praying in the Spirit reveals mysteries? 4. Joseph Prince says "God blesses everything we touch." Posted with BlogsyDan Longhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773053161045591053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747157288086255771.post-63514671101491449282015-07-21T01:40:00.000-07:002015-07-21T01:40:02.784-07:00Michael Brown Responds to Matthew VinesIn the last post I said that there were changes coming to the podcast. Instead of working with one topic, we split the show into four segments. This is the first episode with those changes. The Michael Brown post is in the fourth segment.
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Dan Longhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773053161045591053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747157288086255771.post-18012405044437061082015-07-18T07:25:00.001-07:002015-07-18T12:06:40.896-07:00Changes to the Podcast
Long for Truth started out as a blog and eventually morphed into a Facebook page and finally a podcast. Steve and I have done over 100 episodes of The Long for Truth Show trying to stay consistent by posting at least one episode a week.
But unfortunately over the past year, because of work, family, and church schedules, consistency has been a difficult goal to reach. Those who podcast know howDan Longhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773053161045591053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747157288086255771.post-16068335149855546152015-07-07T17:17:00.001-07:002015-07-07T17:17:13.106-07:00Join the Ephesians Study Group Online!
I (Steven) am hosting a study group online through the book of Ephesians. We'll be using the
Arcing/Bracketing/Phrasing method. The group is open to ANYONE who wants to dig deeper into God's Word using the Arcing method. Don't be intimidated. If you'd like to join just go to this link and request membership. There will be three things that you must do after joining:
Read the Arcing StevenLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04421782537245455667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747157288086255771.post-57479197221295129172015-06-27T13:31:00.005-07:002015-06-28T03:46:26.688-07:005 Things Christians Should Do in Response to the Supreme Court's Ruling on Homosexual Marriage
By now, every blogger in every corner of the Net has either written on or otherwise elaborated on yesterday's history-changing decision of the Supreme Court's ruling on homosexual marriage. To boot, many Christians have responded with articles and blogposts about how Christians should respond. I don't propose to offer anything new or insightful, or even anything significant. But StevenLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04421782537245455667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747157288086255771.post-45113531325683977192015-06-21T18:15:00.000-07:002015-06-21T18:15:04.759-07:00Paula White Promotes New Age Music
Well folks, throw away your Bibles. We don't need them anymore thanks to "Whole Tones". Now with "Whole Tones" you, yes YOU can learn the "7 Amazing New "Musical Tones" Found To Relieve Stress... Promote Healing... Break Negative Cycles... and Restore Sound Sleep... in Minutes."
Why bother with those pesky Scriptures that require study and constant reading? Now, with "Whole Tones" you can Dan Longhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773053161045591053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747157288086255771.post-30886727501942184652015-06-16T03:36:00.001-07:002015-06-16T03:44:54.584-07:00Links to Make You ThinkIt's been a while since we've done a "links to make you think." But since these are some of our most popular posts, we'll try to start getting them back out on a regular basis. Would you like to know for sure whether or not your part of the "great falling away? This post will help! Tired of squishy, weak, "Jesus is my girlfriend" worship music? Here's an open letter to worship leaders. Make Dan Longhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773053161045591053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747157288086255771.post-39210835963883504442015-06-14T13:50:00.000-07:002015-06-14T13:50:01.014-07:00Hermeneutics part 4: The 3 Steps of the Observation PhaseDo you remember the four steps of hermeneutics? Here is a quick reminder:
Grasp the text in their town - what did it mean to the original audience?
Measure the width of the river to cross - what are the differences between the Biblical audience and me/us?
Cross the priciplizing bridge - what is the theological principle in this text?
Grasp the text in our town - how should the individual StevenLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04421782537245455667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747157288086255771.post-67420490331573211152015-06-07T18:22:00.001-07:002015-06-10T02:42:24.001-07:00Are They Preaching the Gospel at Bethel?
The gospel "is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes," (Ro. 1:16). The apostle Paul makes it clear that it is the power of God, not that it only contains power so that we could somehow make it powerless.
For example, Paul tells the Philippians:
Philippians 1:14-18 (ESV) And most of the brothers, having become confident in the Lord by my imprisonment, are much more bold to Dan Longhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773053161045591053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747157288086255771.post-29208045999905825402015-05-24T16:13:00.001-07:002015-06-07T13:24:51.082-07:00Hermeneutics part 3: Beginning the Observation Phase
I'm a big fan of the new Sherlock Holmes series, starring Benedict Cumberbatch. It's kinda like a modern twist on an old classic, which usually doesn't sit well with my taste, but somehow BBC made this really work.
One of the most impressive features of the show is Sherlock's ability to notice the seemingly insignificant things. These usually turn out to play a role in solving the crime. StevenLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04421782537245455667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747157288086255771.post-85613843217114422202015-05-16T17:20:00.006-07:002015-05-16T17:20:56.953-07:00No Fear
I used to think the reason that the Church was fading so fast was because of a lack of the sufficiency of Scripture. I used to think that! I am becoming more convinced these days that the problem therein lies, not in a lack of Scriptural integrity, but rather, a lack of holy fear.
Think about it for a moment. What is is that causes one to trade in the very God-breathed Words for modern StevenLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04421782537245455667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747157288086255771.post-8724442727736072732015-05-11T02:38:00.000-07:002015-05-11T02:38:32.008-07:00Christ-less Self Examination, Judging My Salvation by My Sanctification
One of the most sobering questions a Christian can ask is, "How do I know I'm saved?" This is a question that every Christian has had to grapple with at one time or another.
If this is a question you're struggling with now, you're not alone. Many Christians are struggling with assurance, even to the point of despair.
Assurance Does Not Lie Within Us
Although the Bible does teach us that the Dan Longhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773053161045591053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747157288086255771.post-24694430570770099602015-02-14T15:05:00.000-08:002015-05-10T13:41:02.838-07:00Outlining the Hermeneutical ProcessOne of the most influential books in my Christian life was Grasping God's Word. I became a Christian in April of 1997, and I desired to understand the Bible in greater depth. The only outlet I had at the time was church (not that that is bad). For first several years of my Christian walk I didn't really have any concept of personal study accept for what I could soak up from regular attendance at StevenLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04421782537245455667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747157288086255771.post-29832773957378134932015-02-11T02:16:00.001-08:002015-02-11T02:16:32.044-08:00What Does Joseph Prince Believe About Suffering?
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Dan Longhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773053161045591053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747157288086255771.post-11759754759614120222015-02-01T10:29:00.001-08:002015-02-02T16:53:19.153-08:00How Joseph Prince Makes Jesus a Stepping Stone to Prosperity
The Prosperity Gospel robs God of His glory, and robs His people of the joy that can be found in knowing Him. It focuses on the here and now and makes the gospel about getting God's gifts, rather than about getting God Himself.
But the gospel of Jesus Christ is NOT about the gifts. The gospel is about God! Jesus died to reconcile us to God. He bore God's wrath as our substitute not to bless us Dan Longhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02773053161045591053noreply@blogger.com0