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09/06/08--
Obama is a member of the Luo tribe of Kenya, that is old news. But,
is Obama the cousin of the Prime Minister of Kenya, Raila Odinga, and thus,
a friend of Islam and Communists in world intrigue? Learn to greet in Luo just
in case you need it some day-- "Misawa omera"
By
the way-- Did you think I would be back with a big serving of Jello? Ha Ha, think
again bunkie.
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Sept.
08- THERE HAS BEEN A LAPSE HERE WHILE STEVE AND FAMILY MOVED TO TEXAS We are
now in the hill country north of Austin, and the blog will be back in a limited
way we trust.
It
is a mad insane world where animal rights beasts can force the consideration
of killing a baby polar bear because humans want to raise him. This is what happens
when a nation is the center of the Reformation, and then they deny the power of
the Gospel. Germany is a virtual loonie bin. It is easy to under stand why God
puts hooks in their noses, in Ezekiel 38, so that they come to attack Israel and
are decimated. They are worthy.
This
is news??????????? This is why the media in the USA is such a sorry source
of knowledge
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There
is something wicked about this ongoing technological war by remote control.
It seems that we will one day wage war with no foot soldiers. We will simply bash
and bludgeon the adversary from above until they submit. Combine this robot killer
craft with lasers and stunning blasts of sound and electromagnetic energy, and
it is not out of the realm if possibility to visualize America ruling the world
from a bunker in Nebraska.
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Do
you want a sissy for a son? Most Americans and Europeans have sissy
sons, and the reason is that they let the mother leave the home while pimps and
lesbians raise the kid at the day care center. The
Rabbi has a word here, and it is appalling that this message is NOT preached
in 90% of American Christian churches.
Tell
me, ye wimpy preachers, do you suppose that when Joseph disappeared from the home
in Nazareth that Jesus, the oldest son, let his Momma pay his bills and go to
work to support him? Or, do you suppose he made benches and tables to care for
his mother and his younger brothers and sisters?
IF
IT IS POSSIBLE TO HAVE A GOOD FEELING ABOUT A FILTHY EGG SUCKING DOG, THIS
ECCLESIASTICAL VIPER IS MY FAVORITE Someone once said, and
I believe it was me, that you cannot have a good war with an uncommitted adversary.
John Paul II was a world class wimp as to Catholic doctrine. This Jackboot,
Herr (Pope) Ratzinger, is a worthy adversary indeed.
We
must so live our lives that, as we cross over chilly Jordan, we will have kicked
the Pope faithfully every day of our life.
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THE
USA AND GEORGE BUSH ARE PRESIDING OVER A HOLOCAUST
July
10, 07-- Bush is planning for an eternal US empire in the Middle East, AND
a war with Iran. Will Americans be suckered into another flag waving event.
Answer: Yes, after the next terrorist event.
So,
we now know that Bush went into this war on his own. He got support, yes, but
up front he knew it would NOT work. He probably even knew that America would hate
him in the end. Why did he do it? Answer: Bush went into office on the understanding
that Cheney and Rumsfeld would be his nannies, and he knew that to disobey them
would mean death. He is far from being a real man, and he went along with the
circus in order to live at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and go home to Crawford, Texas
in style instead of in a box.
What
is the reason for Iraq? Answer: Conquest of the world for big bankers and oil
companies, AND simply to extend the old philosophy of this nation, "Manifest
Destiny." Since we can do it, we SHOULD do it.
Next,
I believe that some terrorist event of massive proportions will be arranged for
the USA. This will vindicate Bush, and the next President will then be free to
"raise the level of hostilities," to quote Henry Kissinger. We will
soon have MORE war, not less war, and some other nation will be trashed, probably
in the Middle East.
Big
bankers do not care who wins the election, as long as the winner is under their
thumb. The Republican will wave the flag and claim we must stop terror, and the
Democrat will claim they are preserving the peace of the happy "Global Village."
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"According
to a Scripps Howard/Ohio University poll carried out last July, more than
one-third of Americans suspect U.S. officials helped in the September 11 attacks
or took no action to stop them so the United States could later go to war."
The
destruction of the World Trade Center was a demolition event, not an air attack.
The
videos all show the building being systematically destroyed and falling in
its own footprint in ten seconds. My conclusion is that whoever did it knew that
thinking people would figure this out. The objective then was to force Americans
to distrust their leaders as either incompetent or murders. Why? Someone WANTS
America to collapse into anarchy, which is what follows when a leader is perceived
as a pathological killer.
America
started its history by rebellion against a king. It will end in rebellion against
those who rule. There is no hope that God will deliver America at this late date.
The leaders are finding new wars all the time so that our Military conquests divert
the attention of Americans from reality. One third of Americans see their leaders
as murderers, and the rest have their attention on our wars, either cheering the
wars or screaming for the wars to end. The net effect is that no one sees that
America is over the edge in the world community. Nearly all nations now hate of
distrust us, and our economy is sliding into the abyss. The EU and British Pound
are sailing high, and the dollar is turning to trash. If China alone called in
our debt to them, we would bust overnight.
Caesar
Augustus used the same plan to keep the masses of Romans from seeing the malaise
that Rome has falling into. He extended the empire farther and farther by perpetual
wars. Eventually, about 300 AD, the Roman citizens were so drunk amusing themselves
that the barbarians from he north nearly took Rome by storm. That would be like
the USA being conquered by Mexico. Of course, there is no way Mexico could over
run the USA, right? Hello, is there anyone out there awake?
Frankly,
we are at the point that we NEED US soldiers to stay in the 200 plus locations
where they are around the world. If the blood thirsty Generals, Admirals, and
Presidents had to bring their troops back to the USA with no war to fight, they
would soon be in the streets looking for an enemy to subdue. That would be Americans.
As
with Caesar, we must keep the US Military far away as long as possible. If the
USA over extends itself financially in order to maintain world conquest, we will
suffer some privation at home. But, the suffering, historically, of having soldiers
in the streets and in our homes would be infinitely worse.
This
is a morbid prospect, for millions of victims of other nations will die as they
are being "liberated" by the USA and the New World Order. This is why
Bible believers must stand back from the hubris of patriotism and national identity--
we must be to the USA nothing but ambassadors of Jesus Christ.
The
WTC was an inside job it would seem. So what? This is the way falling empires
end. The leaders begin to do horrific things, like the holocaust at Waco and the
fuel bombing of Iraqis fleeing Kuwait City in retreat under George Herbert Bush.
The WTC was just the next event. Soon, you will see terror worse than that. Will
you run through the streets waving the American flag and screaming in hate for
the perceived enemy far away?
2
Corinthians 5:20 (KJV) Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did
beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.
This
is the message of the Bible believer to America. If America will not be reconciled
to God, then America must be destroyed by God. We are in the End Times, and America
has no place in the prophetic end game which will be in the Middle East, Europe,
and Russia. So, let us be at peace in our hearts in Christ. America, without Christ,
has no hope and no future. Please stop wasting your life attending local churches
that exalt America and wave the flag at all costs. Find fellowship with saints
who give their zeal to Christ alone.
Malachi
3:16 (KJV) Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the
LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him
for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.
Do
you have a comment or question?
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FROM
PORN, TO THE NEW INTERNATIONAL BIBLE, TO THE WALL STREET JOURNAL... Rupert
Murdock will rule the world of journalism. He will also have a vehicle to tinker
with the Stock Market. We need to understand one thing-- Main Line Media is trash
news. Also, you diddle heads who use the New International Vomit bible
instead of the King James, you are supporting a porn king. Enjoy!
America's
Premier Nanny cannot raise a sane son How can he escort us all into
an Ecological Nirvana? Let us so live our lives that, as we pass under the
wire at the end of our race, we don't have a nose full.
I
TOLD YOU THE USA WAS BECOMING A BANANA REPUBLIC Here
you learn that we have joined the banana war. Frankly, if we have to have war
all the time, I say we encourage more wars over bananas and mangos. It seems safer
to me.
99%
of all Fundamentalists are convinced that 1948 was "The Return" of Israel
prior to the end times final act. What if Israel went clear out of existence as
a nation? Would you curse God and die? You better stop trying to call the shots
for almighty God, and get busy doing what Church Age saints are supposed to be
doing-- be faithful as His servant.
Edify
the brethren, and give the Gospel to the lost. You and I are NOT called to predict
the future, and it is highly precarious to try to identify the events in the Middle
East in relation to prophecy in the Old and New Testament. If we do not know the
day nor the hour, then stop talking like a idiotic know-it-all. Back to work.
1
Corinthians 4:1 (KJV) Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ,
and stewards of the mysteries of God. 2 Moreover it is required in stewards,
that a man be found faithful.
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PANIC
PARTY? OR, IS THIS A VIOLATION OF THE US CONSTITUTION? I hear Christians
say that they see a plot and an evil scheme when Muslims are permitted to make
converts in prisons and train them, using public funds. Well, what's good for
the goose is good for the gander. The fact is, these Evangelical do gooders would
not be nearly as eager to do this if they had to fund it out of the offering plate.
If a prison chaplain, a well known and lawful entity, cannot reach the men with
the old King James Bible, then how is it that Federal tax money CAN?
I
promise you that if Muslim leaders read this article they will agitate to train
prisoners in Islamic morality, and the courts will have to let them do it because
the courts cannot favor one religion over another. This is the same hoochie cooch
that we hear about prayer in the schools. The kids can pray all they want, but
Evangelical Reconstructuionists want to make an end run around the Constitution
and implant Bible based prayer in the public schools as an official exercise.
But, if the Buddhists try to pray in school, these jack boots will try to stop
them.
Here
is a fact-- Evangelicals want to rule America and thrash anyone who does not bow
the knee to Jesus Christ. That is what Europe had for 400 years under the Popes
and their pit bulls, the Dominican Fathers. Rome's Hellish Fathers, by decree
of the Popes, massacred 60 million Jews and Christians in that era. Christendom
ruled the king and the prince, and the burgermeister became a Gospel enforcer.
So,
if you meddling fools in the spiritually dead churches are so eager to see prisoners
reform, get yourself a King James Bible, the one God uses and Satan hates, and
sign up for a slot like any other Bible believer. Visit the cells, and teach about
Jesus. This marriage counseling and Emily Post religion may actually make better
men-- men who will live useful lives after they get out-- AND, GO TO HELL.
I
hear you are not pushing the Gospel? Classic Evangelical wimps. Get a life, eternal
life. The reason you can peddle this mellow religion of yours is because you don't
really believe in hell fire and the Blood of Jesus Christ as the ONLY solution
to being a bad boy in prison. That is because you are spiritually just as dead
as those killers and rapists, and you are making them twice the child of hell
you are.
HERE
ARE THE REAL PRISON MINISTERS Please
notice that they are seeing men changed by the Word of God. Every other change
program is blather, bluster, and bull.
You
need to understand that the closer you get TO Mecca, the more barbarian and mindless
Islam is. You also need to understand that the farther you get FROM Mecca, the
better your chances of winning a Muslim to Christ. Send this URL to a Muslim friend.
It is the biblical way to restrain evil from Mecca. If you have a go-to-hell attitude
toward Muslims, you are not a born again Christian-- you are an animal no different
than the Al Qaeda boys in the hills of Afghanistan. http://www.hajiallah.com
There
is a deadly alien force stalking the land, from purple mountains majesty to the
farthest fruited plain. It is Queso Fresco. This is a Chicano cheese product sold
in many super markets. It is delicious either with crackers, or you may fry it
with eggs and chorizo. Democrats like to fry it with chandalezo rice.
Ah,
but there is a grave risk in buying this Mexican cheese. It is well known that
Anglo Saxons in the USA all have a cheese drawer in their fridge, and it is also
very common for these Anglos to leave cheeses in the back of said drawer and forget
them. This is where the vicious terrorist greasers, south of border, have us unawares,
and even Homeland Security loafs along in siesta time sleep unaware of this dire
danger.
You
see, this innocent cheese is designed to transform into a bomb if you neglect
it long enough. We know because one of these small bombs was just found in OUR
fridge.
We
love this Pachuco cheese fried for Sunday breakfast. So, Mary came into the living
room this morning with this weapon of mass destruction, holding it very delicately
with the tips of her fingers, and asked for permission to throw it away.
I
at once did a close security examination. Inside the package, the cheese had turned
almost entirely to a thick brown liquid, a very ominous murky looking liquid indeed.
I immediately handed it back to Mary and dived behind the sofa. Mary, not too
impressed with my gallant behavior, asked, "So, can I throw it away?"
I encourage her to do so.
Now,
Queso Fresco is in the trash can, not yet exploded, but no doubt programmed to
do so. As the room temperature rises, I now wonder when we will have the big bang
and be blown into the Jurassic or Neoprene Age. I believe this horrible terrorist
movement in Chihuahua, Mexico warrants consideration as cause to declare war on
Mexico and liberate their oil. Someone should tell George Bush about this.
We
must so live our lives that, when the hour of our passing into eternity comes,
we will not arrive in the New Jerusalem smelling of ancient Mexican cheese.
SHIRT
LABELS
Why
do Chinese shirt makers need to put twelve labels on a shirt?
You
open the shirt package you bought from your tailor, JC Penné, extract the fifty
straight pins and nylon clips, and slide into it. Great! They strangled you in
the 1970s, and they grabbed you under the arm pits in the 1990s, but old Charlie
Wong of Shanghai has mastered the world class shirt. It fits.
Off
you go into the day delighted that you have a classy looking shirt you bought
cheap, while your co-workers have paid extortionist prices for one made in by
Italian queers.
But
alas, as the day gets warmer, and the perspiration flows, you begin to think bad
thoughts about Charlie Wong, don't you?
The
itching!
All
along the back of your neck, right?
You
shift and move so that the labels stop scratching, and the itch goes away-- for
a while. You pull the collar away from your neck and find relief, but now the
sparse shirt tail has come out and hangs down announcing, "Dummy here buys
cheap Chinese shirts."
My
solution is to cut the labels off. Who needs the designer label saying Jaques
Barffé anyway? No one ever sees it. I get a small sharp pair of scissors from
my wife's sewing kit, and I very cautiously cut off the labels so that there is
a nice straight rectangular hole where the label used to be. With twelve of these
labels to cut off, there is a lot of yardage missing when I am done, and Elizabeth
gives me what for, my friend.
No
problem-- there are two layers of .0002 mm cotton cloth at that point, so no one
knows the shirt is disintegrating around my Anglo Saxon shoulders except Elizabeth
and Charlie Wong. Charlie plans this from the get go, and he knows the marketer
from JC Penné and Wally's Clothing Salon will be on the line to Shanghai ordering
two more ship loads of his shirts.
In
spite of the drain on our pocket books to keep ourselves in shirt wardrobes, we
must admire the Chinese businessmen for coming out of the darkness of Communist
mediocrity into the effulgent light of Ghengis Khan Capitalism.
Sir
Salman, a peer of the realm for life! Rushdie wins, the Ayatholla loses.
In
all fairness, here is how the LA
Times abuses the rights of Catholics. They may be a
Liberal newspaper I suppose-- I frankly believe the LA Times is simply
a third rate pulp rag with clever marketing which convinces the brain dead Californians
to subscribe.
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BEWARE
OF INMATE CALLING SERVICES
If
you get a phone call, and if the caller ID says "Inmate Calling," you
may be asked to accept charges for a call from an inmate in a prison or jail.
Here is how a victim
of this company looks at it.
I
called the company that offers this service to inmates, and the lady on the phone
went on and on trying to convince me that they were just trying to help inmates
keep in touch with their families. The problem is, an inmate will get a wrong
number, yours, and keep calling and calling. You will be asked to accept charges,
and you will finally want to tell the inmate that he has the wrong number. When
you do this, you will pay for the call, and your phone company will NOT cancel
the charges. Here
is an example.
There
ARE possible scams involved, and Inmate Calling and your phone company do
not care if you are a victim. Whatever is going on in this, my advice is to never
answer the phone when you see "Inmate Calling" on the caller ID.
If
this is true, this may be one of the biggest legal scams on earth. Check all
phone bills, and never respond to an inmate call or accept charges. Never call
a number you were asked to call if you have questions unless it is phone company
provider. Never agree to anything when the call originated from anyone but you.
One
last suggestion. If someone claiming to be with the phone company, or any other
related group, calls and asks you to press a key pad number or numbers, hang up.
This
representation, in media and precept, is totally unreliable- as unreliable as
the Medieval art of the Roman Catholic Church's artists. Why? Simply this- the
"creators" of Creation Museum have neither of the prerequisites to produce
such a display.
These
are:
1.
They must have been there when it happened to KNOW the truth.
Luke
said he was one of those who saw the whole ministry of Jesus Christ.
Luke
1:1 (KJV) Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration
of those things which are most surely believed among us, 2 Even as they delivered
them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the
word; 3 It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all
things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,
There
is NO authority in the imagination and drama of a Gringo living 2000 years after
Jesus ended his physical ministry on earth, and Luke made sure Theophilus understood
the authority which he possessed in writing a life of Jesus account.
Now,
creation, as delivered in Genesis, was an additional 2000 years into the past.
The makers of the side show at Creation Museum were not there I assume. I imagine
the various visual and audio presentations are done with absolute authority that
might even startle the Pope himself who claims to speak with absolute authority.
This
is deadly stuff, for to exposes impressionable children to such presentations
is to invite them to believe in audio visual canon instead of the infallible Word
of God itself. No amount of Bible quoting will call the kid who is watching back
to rational examination of the presentation. As with Saturday morning TV, the
youthful observer will drink deeply and believe all right, in Creation Museum
and fiber glass monsters. AND, his Mom and Dad will very likely walk away thinking
they have a "deeper understanding of the creation account."
Go
to this page and click the Media Photo display. These animals are 100% from
the imagination of the 2006. It is certain that they are NOT from the mind of
God. There is not a particle of difference between these critters designed by
alleged Christians and those created in the fertile double dome minds of evolutionists
in large universities. They are no better than the pot head Walt Disney could
do at representing the truth 4000 years ago.
2.
The producers of Creation Museum were NOT under inspiration when they produced
this extravaganza.
The
Bible locks the back door on inspiration 2000 years ago:
Revelation
22:18 (KJV) For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy
of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the
plagues that are written in this book: 19 And if any man shall take away from
the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the
book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written
in this book.
When
ANY presentation is achieved in which the viewer, participant, or observer comes
away with "new" information that he believes is final truth, the presentation
has violated the above warning. Damnation is imminent for the perpetrator AND
the believer.
Are
you prepared to go to hell for believing "truth" that is man made and
counterfeit?
CASH
FLOW
There
is something smelly in this of course, and that is the "doctrine of Balaam"
who ministered for hire. The cash flow is the main event. The founders will deny
this, but it is old fashioned Anglo Saxon free enterprise at its most glorious.
Take people
who already believe, sort of, and give them a rush that convinces them they believe
"for sure," and they will fill the offering plate at once. This is the
mark of all faith healers and the Roman Catholic Whore who sells images at extortionist
prices.
Nickels
and noses, and a butt every 24 inches.
I
BELIEVE NOW
Look
at the title of this MSN article. "High-tech museum brings creationism
to life" If this presentation is what is required to bring the creation account
to life, then you, dear reader, are dead in sin. Jesus never existed, and the
future is not there. That is, no truth is "life" to you or me until
someone presents it in the form of a theme park in Kentucky.
If
your faith is "strengthened" by buying a ticket to an amusement park,
watching goggle eyed at plastic monsters, and munching hot dogs while listening
to "creationist experts" over the PA system, then YOU ARE DAMNED TO
HELL.
What
did Jesus require of you?
John
20:26 (KJV) And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with
them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said,
Peace be unto you. 27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and
behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be
not faithless, but believing. 28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My
Lord and my God. 29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me,
thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
Thomas
believed only after seeing.
So,
you will reason, "What is wrong with believing after seeing Creation Museum?"
Answer:
Thomas SAW JESUS, not a cool theme park image of Jesus 2000 years later.
You
are NOT seeing creation in Kentucky. Moses, who wrote the book of Genesis, did
not see creation either, but the Holy Ghost by divine inspiration, gave the perfect
truth about creation to Moses. The makers of Creation Museum were NOT under inspiration.
So, you are not believing by seeing anything but a gong and trinket show, albeit
a high tech one.
If
you finally believe in biblical creation only after visiting Creation Museum,
God is enraged with you, for you have bowed to idols, you are unwilling to be
among those who, "have not seen, yet have believed." And, if your kid
now believes in creation on the basis of a visit to Creation Museum, then your
kid has the same faith in the creation account that he has in Santa Claus. If
you won't tempt your kid with the Santa Claus myth, why would you tempt him to
believe in fiber glass revelation?
WAS
THE TRUTH DELIVERED BY AMUSEMENT?
Consider:
What visual or graphic effects did Jesus and the Apostles of the Church use? Answer:
None
Consider:
How did Jesus say the Church would be established and eternal Truth delivered
to the Gentiles during the Church Age?
Answer:
1 Corinthians 1:21 (KJV) For after that in the wisdom of
God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching
to save them that believe.
Answer:
2 Corinthians 2:17 (KJV) For we are not as many, which corrupt
the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak
we in Christ.
WE
SPEAK! Not, we amuse you, we rock you, or we MOVE YOU, baby!
Jesus
made it clear that, after his ascension into heaven, all men would have to believe
the Truth without seeing one visual proof. No more feeding of the 5000, and no
more walking on the water. In fact, no more Jesus except in the mind and heart
of the believer.
Even
the visual aids of the Old Testament era, the Tabernacle and the Passover, were
removed. Only the Lord's Supper was given, and that was NOT Jesus in person unless
you are a pagan Roman Catholic cannibal.
SOMETHING
QUEER IN THE GARDEN
One
last blow to your mythological lust for the warm fuzzies instead of the Word of
God is seen on THIS
PAGE. This proves Creation Museum, in their opening promo, up front, from
the get go, could not be inspired of God.... Unless, that is, God likes queers
to give the alleged truth.
So,
we conclude that if Creation Museum people could not catch a queer in the wood
pile in 2007, they sure could not have a clue what God's critters originally looked
like 6000 years ago.
In
case you missed it in the original version of Answers from Genesis, Adam was not
a faggot.
You
will get more Bible out of Ninja Turtles and Sponge Bob than out of Creation Museum.
We
will get some hate mail for this one. It will all be deleted unread.
A
READER RESPONDS TO CREATION MUSEUM ARTICLE:
I
was so glad to read you summation of Ham’s new museum. I couldn’t agree more.
If Christ and the Truth of scripture are not real to the readers of Scripture,
then what they get by seeing the “Passion” and other presentations that are so
called “Bible based” is not the Truth. They are believing in graven images and
getting warm fuzzies, but are not being quickened by the Holy Ghost and receiving
redemption. Give me the foolishness of preaching any day! Ham’s ministry of the
gospel through Genesis has been the wrong approach since day one. And his museum
is nothing more that an attempt at apologetics through special effects. God never
said that we would come to salvation if we could scientifically prove that our
findings logically mesh with what we believe Christian scientists are saying about
something they were not there to see. Yet that is the method these people tout,
just like Josh McDowell using archeological evidence (among other things) to present
proof why someone can believe the veracity of Scripture. What ever happened to
“lean not to your own understanding?” Keep standing strong! You are an encouragement
to so many.-- Sandra
The
only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He
prayed feverishly for God to rescue him. Everyday he scanned the horizon for help,
but none seemed forthcoming. Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little
hut out of driftwood to protect himself from the elements, and to store his few
possessions.
One day, after scavenging for food, he arrived home to find his little hut in
flames, with smoke rolling up to the sky. He felt the worst had happened, and
everything was lost. He was stunned with disbelief, grief, and anger. He cried
out, "God! How could you do this to me?"
Early the next day, he was awakened by the sound of a ship approaching the island!
It had come to rescue him! "How did you know I was here?" asked the weary man
of his rescuers. "We saw your smoke signal," they replied.
The Moral of This Story: It's easy to get discouraged when things are going bad,
but we shouldn't lose heart, because God is at work in our lives.... even in the
midst of our pain and suffering. Remember that the next time your little hut seems
to be burning to the ground. It just may be a smoke signal that summons the Grace
of God.
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Paco
de Lucia
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I
JUST CAME BY TO PRAY
A
minister passing through his church in the middle of the day, Decided to
pause by the altar and see who had come to pray. Just then the back door opened,
a man came down the aisle, The minister frowned as he saw the man hadn't
shaved in a while. His shirt was kind a shabby and his coat was worn and
frayed, the man knelt, he bowed his head, Then rose and walked away.
In the days that followed, each noon time came this chap, each time he knelt
just for a moment, A lunch pail in his lap. Well, the minister's suspicions
grew, with robbery a main fear, He decided to stop the man and ask him, "What
are you doing here?"
The old man said, he worked down the road. Lunch was half an hour. Lunchtime
was his prayer time, For finding strength and power. "I stay only moments,
see, because the factory is so far away; as I kneel here talking to the Lord,
This is kind a what I say:
"I
JUST CAME AGAIN TO TELL YOU, LORD, HOW HAPPY I'VE BEEN, SINCE WE FOUND EACH
OTHERS FRIENDSHIP AND YOU TOOK AWAY MY SIN. DON'T KNOW MUCH OF HOW TO PRAY,
BUT I THINK ABOUT YOU EVERYDAY. SO, JESUS, THIS IS JIM CHECKING IN TODAY."
The minister
feeling foolish, told Jim, that was fine. He told the man he was welcome To
come and pray anytime Time to go, Jim smiled, said "Thanks." He hurried to
the door. The minister knelt at the altar, he'd never done it before.
His cold
heart melted, warmed with love, and met with Jesus there. As the tears flowed,
in his heart, he repeated old Jim's prayer:
"I
JUST CAME AGAIN TO TELL YOU, LORD, HOW HAPPY I'VE BEEN, SINCE WE FOUND EACH
OTHERS FRIENDSHIP AND YOU TOOK AWAY MY SIN. I DON'T KNOW MUCH OF HOW TO PRAY,
BUT I THINK ABOUT YOU EVERYDAY. SO, JESUS, THIS IS ME CHECKING IN TODAY."
Past
noon one day, the minister noticed that old Jim hadn't come. As more days
passed without Jim, he began to worry some. At the factory, he asked about
him, learning he was ill. The hospital staff was worried, But he'd given
them a thrill.
The week that Jim was with them, Brought changes in the ward. His smiles,
a joy contagious. Changed people, were his reward. The head nurse couldn't
understand why Jim was so glad, when no flowers, calls or cards came, Not
a visitor he had.
The minister stayed by his bed, He voiced the nurse's concern: No friends
came to show they cared. He had nowhere to turn. Looking surprised, old Jim
spoke up and with a winsome smile; "the nurse is wrong, she couldn't know,
that he's in here all the while
everyday at noon He's here, a dear friend of mine, you see, He sits right
down, takes my hand, Leans over and says to me:
"I
JUST CAME AGAIN TO TELL YOU, JIM, HOW HAPPY I HAVE BEEN, SINCE WE FOUND THIS
FRIENDSHIP, AND I TOOK AWAY YOUR SIN. ALWAYS LOVE TO HEAR YOU PRAY, I THINK
ABOUT YOU EACH DAY, AND SO JIM, THIS IS JESUS CHECKING IN TODAY."
QUESTION:
Are you and I quick to make assumptions when we see or hear people trying to "be
religious"? Do we assume they are fakes-- Do we turn to suspicion instead
of looking for the best construction on the thing? Fundamentalism has become the
most viciously judgmental part of Christendom recently. We must sound a lot like
the Pharisees to Jesus sometimes.
1
Samuel 16:7 (KJV) But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance,
or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth
not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh
on the heart.
And,
who did Samuel end up anointing that day? Right, a young lad out tending the sheep,
the task of the immature youth in ancient Israel.
The
USA has over 200 years of tradition in laughing off kings and princes. The only
time royalty comes to mind and is taken seriously today is when one happens onto
a "Full House" or a "Royal Flush." The exception is when crowned
heads come visiting, in which case, we go bonkers to please them, as if we owe
some latent respect to the inbred snobs of Europe. Otherwise, we shoot kings,
as in Martin Luther. Ironically, the image of Daniel tells us that God considers
absolute monarchs to be the golden variety of rulership.
Daniel
speaks to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon:
Daniel
2:37 (KJV) Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God
of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. 38 And
wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of
the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all.
Thou art this head of gold. 39 And after thee shall arise another kingdom
inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over
all the earth. 40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch
as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh
all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.
Democracy
is brass at best, for Democracy was invented in Greece, the brass kingdom. Then
came iron, Rome, a brutal counterfeit of Democracy. The rulers let the people
vote, but the rulers reigned supreme and were hard as nails on the masses. Finally,
in our day, we see iron and clay, that is, people voting in Democracy for beasts
who rape and devour the voters of the world.
Daniel
2:41 (KJV) And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and
part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength
of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
The
USA is coming up to another election where virtually no god fearing choice is
seen, long before voting day, which embodies Christ centered qualities. All choices
are moral dogs with no record other than to serve themselves and stay in power.
Any Bible believer who thinks Democracy brings good things is wrong on two counts.
1.
God does not agree with you.
2.
History does not agree with you.
In
the first text above I have enlarged the article "a" because there will
be one last king, "the King of Kings," Jesus Christ,
and you Democracy addicted Fundamental Baptist preachers will not get to vote
for or against him. You will never again call a quorum for a church business meeting.
If you try it, you will get thumped on your ecclesiastical double dome with the
rod of iron. I think some of you guys will be popping Valium day and night when
you learn you must give up your "pastoral rule" and sit still under
your own fig tree. I would humbly suggest that you Baptist preachers could get
ready for the Messianic Kingdom now by abdicating the headship of the local church
to King Jesus.
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BLESS
THEM POLES (This is NOT a story about sausage makers in Hamtrammick,
Detroit)
Once
in a while we scoop a choice event for the world. I am sure you who are Liberal
and Inclusive members of the Church Rampant, hugging the outer limits of Christendom
with a large mug of grog in one hand, and a copy of Kirkegaard in the other, will
rejoice that the Roman Bishops have condescended to bless our fishing rods this
year. This could only happen in Newaygo, Michigan. Virtually nothing surprises
us from that little burg in the North Woods of the USA.
The
interesting thing is that the Narrow Way, the way of literal Bible believers--
those kinky strange people who subject all things to the King James Bible-- has
represented itself nobly I think. The small sign in the background is a Bible
sign (there are many in the neighborhood) which gives the alternate opinion, John
14:6 "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father, but by me." The Bible is still there, but
it keeps fading away these days. Who will win-- the Word of God, or the poles?
How
sad that the Truth, the Word of God, is all fogged out, while a profane "blessing"
of fishing tackle will be attempted, probably by the inebriated friar who blesses
the "choppers" in the same area every year. Among choice prizes offered
after the fishy blessing was a free massage and a pair of 1/4 carat diamond ear
rings. How awfully appropriate.
Proverbs
15:2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools
poureth out foolishness.