I know of large Christian families where there was no way that they could "afford" another child, but they trusted God, and knew that if he gave them another, he would provide for it. He did.

I also know of Christian families (one in particular, but this isn't the only case around, by any means) where the parents would have loved to have a lot of children, but after many conceptions and nearly as many miscarriages, they only have one child. They understand that God is in control, and God truly has worked all things together for the good of his people and for his glory -- with the ministry these people are in they do a lot of travelling, and it would make it more difficult for them if they had a lot of children. God has all things under control, and only gave them one.

If that really is what the documentary claims, then it makes you wonder where the makers of the said documentary studied grammar...

I also believe that there are believers and unbelievers (Christians and non-Christians), and when asked what my religion is, would say "Christian" rather than do what some people would, and say "Anglican", "Baptist", "Presbyterian", etc. since none of those are religions, but rather denominations.

In part I agree with the view you stated in your post, but I also believe in Purity of Worship, which often you wouldn't necessarily find in your local church.

For your information, I attend, and am a member of, a conservative Presbyterian Church.

"I wonder what your name is anonymous b?"

Anonymous c, I could ask you the same question!

I rarely post on SermonAudio (this is the first thread I've had more than one post). I'd probably done 2 or 3 posts before this thread. I called myself Anonymous to start with, but then discovered there was another Anonymous, so came up with "AnonymousB"!

I'm sorry if I was rather hasty in my reply to you before.

I'll look at the Embassy of Heaven website when I get a chance.

Once again, you didn't read my post properly. I said nothing in there about blending light and darkness, or compromising with the world. I believe those are both totally unbiblical. I would rather lose a job and starve than do a job which would compromise my Christianity, and besmirch the name of Jesus Christ.

And by the way, I didn't say anything whatsoever about not thinking that God's Word is a sword. Ephesians 6:17, talking about the Armour of God, says "The sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God."

You said "Actually we are to be in resistance to the government as the early church was, which is why the government was after them, and why so many were killed."

Could you please give me some evidence that the early Christian martyrs in general were killed because they resisted the government in things other than those which, without resistance, would have involved these Christians breaking God's laws? I understood that these Godly people were martyred because they believed in Jesus, and would not do some things required by the governments, which if done, would be breaking God's laws. Thank you.

First, as an example:

The Bible says "Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord." (Colossians 3:20)

This doesn't mean that children should obey parents in everything (i.e. if parents require them to do wicked things -- in such a case the children "ought to obey God rather than man"), but they should obey their parents "IN THE LORD, for this is right." (Ephesians 6:1) [capital lettering mine]

The same applies with governments.
To use some texts which Alan H quoted earlier... (There's another text I want too, but I can't find it quickly.)...

“Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.” (Exodus 22:28)

“Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.”
(Romans 13:1)

God commands us to obey the governments of this world, BUT, if the governents require us to do wicked things, then we "ought to obey God rather than man" (Acts 5:29), as Hillary Watcher rightly quoted in a previous post.