1. A fire needs dry wood suitable for burning.  It is difficult to burn green, unseasoned wood.  Likewise, it is difficult for a church to be warm toward each other and God without a certain amount of Christian maturity. In 1 Corinthians 3:1-3, Paul tells the church at Corinth that they were carnal, baby Christians whose lack of maturity was shown in their divisions and lack of love one toward another.   1 Corinthians 3:1  And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
2. A fire needs a solid base.  One of the most effective means of starting fires is to use several larger sticks as a base.  This provides insulation from cold or wet ground, and serves as a reflector to intensify the heat. Colossians 2:7  Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
3. Fires need progressively larger fuel.  It is imperative as a church that we never forget that the grand doctrines are built on simple faith, and simple facts.  It is also essential that we not forget the new Christians, who often follow Christ quickly but burn out without assistance from others.  Yet at the same time, we must keep learning. Hebrews 5:12  For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. Are we growing, or are we content with where we are?
4. Fires need wood in close proximity to each other.  To burn properly, firewood must be close to each other.  In practice, sticks need to be laid about one inch apart.  That way, the fire warms several sticks at the same time, and as one starts to burn, it intensifies the burning of its neighbour.  In our personal relationships, how close are we to other members of the church?  Are we trying to keep a fire hot on our own, or are we getting involved in other’s lives, helping them to burn brighter?  1 Corinthians 11:18  For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it. It is imperative that members of a church are involved in each other’s lives on a regular basis.  Interaction at services is NOT enough!  We need to emulate the disciples in Acts 2:44-46, who were visiting each other, eating together, and sharing all things.  Build relationships beyond the pews.
5. A fire must have an adequate air supply. Just as a fire must have sufficient air, so the Christian and the church must have great quantities of the Spirit of God.   We can become so concerned with external forms that we quench the Spirit of God.  Standards, order, and structure are important, yet without the moving of “God’s breath”, the fire will smoke and smother itself.
6. The best campfires are built within reflecting walls.  Without stretching the analogy too much, the best heart-fires are built within the walls of the church.  Hebrews 10:25  Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

There is also a new homosexual version in the works, and why not?(excerpt below)

“There are many different versions of the Bible; I don’t see why we can’t have one,” said Max Mitchell, who directed the science fiction comedy Horror in the Wind, in which an airborne formula invented by two biogeneticists reverses the world’s sexual orientation.

“I got the idea for the Princess Diana Bible from Horror In The Wind,” he added. “After the world becomes gay, religious people create The Princess Diana Bible, which says that gay is right and straight is a sin. Then they burn all the King James Bibles.“(emphasis mine)

This preacher is sick of the dilution of God’s Holy Word.  I am outraged by the notion of a merger of popular culture and the Bible, to say nothing of a sodomite bible.  Let’s make a Nazi Bible, a Communist Bible, or the Bible designed for pornographers.  How about a genocide edition or a special pedophilia version?  It makes me SICK! I cannot even guess at the depths of God’s revulsion. His Word has always stood apart from EVERY popular culture, what makes our enlightened theologians heretics think that this great civilization of ours is any better?

It is also illuminating to see the hatred reserved for the King James Bible, an unreserved hatred born of the knowledge that it reveals our state, rebukes our sin, and reveals His Son. There is no great hatred for the NIV, ASV, Green Bible, or The Message. and why? John 7:7  The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.

It is time to decide:  Are you going to swim against the tide?

Or float with the jellyfish…

Each well does not contain water only. Many wells are contaminated by various pollutants, and some are heavily influenced by the land above. Some wells contain oil, which is helpfull to the wallet, but useless for the body. I have showered in well-water that left you dirtier than you came. I have drunk well-water that left you thirstier than before. I have used well-water that left one feeling slimy, putrid, and sick afterward. And thankfully, I have tasted well water that was more pure and clean than any I have ever had in the city. Nothing beats good water from an old well, especially on a hot day.
Dr. Bauder would do “well” (pun intended!) to survey the ground before he wrote. I would agree with him that many of the wells “contain” water. I would even go so far as to state that most of the wells are even profitable for us. However, I am thankful for the old Authorised well, and it’s fierce guardians. I know there is no tampering, no pollutants, and limited supply. There is no toll charged for its water, and the only requirement is that we do not undermine that Ancient spring.

May God give us discernment in these deceptively easy times. Stay with the Authorized Well