{"id":41,"date":"2006-05-16T09:56:58","date_gmt":"2006-05-16T14:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/?p=41"},"modified":"2009-01-08T09:32:01","modified_gmt":"2009-01-08T14:32:01","slug":"what-about-the-gnostics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/2006\/05\/16\/what-about-the-gnostics\/","title":{"rendered":"What about the Gnostics?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you ever feel like people are just too gullible?  It always surprises me to hear good people \u2014 even Christians \u2014 being gullible concerning religious matters.  For example, good people have asked me questions like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pastor, do you think <em>The Da Vinci Code<\/em> is true?<\/li>\n<li>Pastor, do you think Jesus married Mary Magdalene?<\/li>\n<li>Pastor, what about these other gospels?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I guess I shouldn&#8217;t think of people as being gullible.  It&#8217;s more a matter of not being informed as to what the Bible says and what it does not say.  And it&#8217;s a matter of not understanding early church history.<\/p>\n<p>This sermon addresses these kinds of questions.<\/p>\n<p>While there is a good deal of Bible text in the sermon, the key verse is 2 Peter 1:16 (NIV) <em>We did not follow cleverly invented stories when we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Download the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/mp3s\/amq\/2006\/20060514GnosticismRevived.mp3\">mp3 here<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>Sermon notes are available by request.<\/p>\n<p>~Steve<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8100\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-41-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/mp3s\/amq\/2006\/20060514GnosticismRevived.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/mp3s\/amq\/2006\/20060514GnosticismRevived.mp3\">http:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/mp3s\/amq\/2006\/20060514GnosticismRevived.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/mp3s\/amq\/2006\/20060514GnosticismRevived.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=41-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/mp3s\/amq\/2006\/20060514GnosticismRevived.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20060514GnosticismRevived.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you ever feel like people are just too gullible? It always surprises me to hear good people \u2014 even Christians \u2014 being gullible concerning religious matters. 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