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Friday, August 22
Young Jesuits in training
Xavier University
Seattle University
Monday, June 9
NIV vs. KJV ROUND #6
NIV - " and they went to another village"
KJV - "For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. And they went to another village."
(Matthew 18:11)
NIV - (whole verse omitted)
KJV - "For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost."
(Matthew 9:13)
NIV - "For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
KJV - "For I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
(Joel Osteens church is filled with sinners, but how many of those have repented? He never even mentions "repent" so the NIV fits his doctrines of devils perfectly)
(Acts 8:37)
NIV - (whole verse omitted)
KJV - "And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God."
(one of the most amazing verses in the bible, yet it is MISSING from the NIV, of course there is a footnote were it just says that in some late manuscripts it is found, well then if it was found why not add it then? Is verse 37 part of the bible or it isn't? This is a very important verse concerning salvation, yet the NIV editors diminish its value by putting it into the footnote)
(Acts 9:5,6)
NIV - "...I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting, he replied. Now get up and go into the city..."
KJV - " ...I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city..."
(Colossians 1:14)
NIV - "In whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins."
KJV - "In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins."
(John 8:35)
NIV - "Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever."
KJV - "And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever."
(Luke 11:2-4)
NIV - "Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread. Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation."
KJV - "Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. Give us day by day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil."
If it ain't broken, why fix it? The KJV has been around for 397 years and the NIV has been around for 35 years. The KJV has NO footnotes not even one, nothing, yet the NIV is filled with them. The NIV has at least one footnote per page, they all say the same thing "some later manuscripts, blah, blah", they try to justify the missing or changed verses. The KJV has no missing verses and is 100% complete, yet a bible that came out 362 years later is maybe 50% complete and is missing thousands of words. If it ain't broken, why fix it? I only keep my NIV to be able to see the changes and to be able to show others also, other than that it would be in the garbage bin right now, because that is exactly were it belongs!
Luke 4:16-21 says "And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears."
Now imaging the next scenario: Jesus finishes saying "this day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears" and someone in the crowd says "hold on just a sec, what version of the scriptures are you using? because my says something different". Then the next guy says "my version which is the latest out in the market says almost the same thing but it is missing a few words from the one Jesus was reading from". The next guy says "Now hold on everybody, my version says that its the gospel to the rich and and that its to heal the brokenwallets, now I don't know about you guys but my version seems better, its the most popular one in the world and its the most correct".
Can you imaging this? What chaos? Ten people with 10 different versions and they all say different things! Yet this is what is happening in churches right now, everybody has their own "favourite" version. No wonder there is so much confusion going on in the churches over doctrines and meanings, because they all have different bibles. De 6:4 "The LORD our God is one LORD" but he has over 200 versions of his precious word for you to choose from. Plain english, bibles for english as a second language speaking people, bibles for people who learned "street" english in the school yard, bibles with modern hip and cool up to date for today's gangster wannabe youth, bibles with less words so that you carry less weight, bibles according to this guy and that guy and so on. Does that sound right? NO! OF COURSE NOT! "Oh the KJV is too difficult to understand" that is what some people say, well english isn't even my mother tongue, yet I understand it. Some words I don't know what they mean, so I look them up, is that so difficult to do? Oh so you say that God wrote a Bible but that it is impossible to understand because His english is outdated, so modern men have to translate to modern english so that now after 2000 years we finally understand what God meant. Does that sound right? God has one bible, he doesn't have 200+ versions, HE HAS ONE BIBLE AND ONE BIBLE ONLY!!! God is perfect and his word is perfect, his word is preserved for all generations, for EVER! "Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever." (1 peter 1:23) "The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever." (Psalms 12:6,7)
Tuesday, June 3
Red Mass - Blue Mass - Knights of Columbus
The Blue Mass - Vatican Control of the Police Force
For the coming Vatican inquisition in the United States the Knights of Columbus's Police force will play an instrumental role. The Blue Mass is the banner they organize under and gain strength in the Police officer's dedication to their K of C leaders.
The Knights of Columbus Is a Catholic Men's organization founded in 1882 by Father Michael J. McGivney, in New Haven, Connecticut. Today, more than a century later, the Knights of Columbus has become the largest lay organization in the Catholic Church (Est. 1.6 Million Members).
Jack T. Chick tells us the following about the Knights of Columbus in his 1983 book Smokescreens: "The legions of Rome are awesome. More than one million practicing Catholics make up the ranks of the Knights of Columbus. They are fraternally pledged to the ideal of bringing America under papal rule. They are powerful, wealthy, [and] loyal."
Jack Chick asking Alberto Rivera a question:
"Then I said: Will the Knights of Columbus play a vital part in the attack against the Christians when the U.S. falls?"
Dr. Rivera said: "Oh, yes. In fact, in their oath, you can see how close their alliance is to the pope. They committed themselves to be killed or destroyed if they fail to comply with their oath. They ask the militia of the pope, the Jesuits, to put them to death. They are committed to make America Catholic."
RECENT PICS I TOOK OF THE KofC AT THE ONTARIO SPECIAL OLYMPICS IN DURHAM
Monday, May 26
Rupert Murdoch
- ZONDERVANOh, but what does this mean? It means a lot considering Rupert Murdoch is a CATHOLIC! I repeat, Rupert Murdoch is a CATHOLIC! He received an award from the Roman church called: Knights and Dames of St. Gregory the Great. He is a Knight of the Roman Catholic church. He says he is not a catholic and only goes to church because of his wife, yet he donated $10 million towards the construction of a new catholic church in Los Angeles. A catholic in disguise, that is what he is. Murdoch holds the printing rights of the N.I.V. He OWNS the N.I.V.!!! This vile man prints the NIV bible. How can a hell-bound, money loving, son of satan print the correct words of God? He can't. God would not allow it. That is why the NIV is not the word of God. Do you know who owns the printing right of the KJV? NOBODY! It is public domain, anybody can print it, you can even print it in your basement and distribute it to lost souls.
The Roman Catholic church is pushing for a One World Religion and they are going to need a One World Bible that appeals to the whole world and all religions. One bible for all! This is going to be the religion of the anti-christ, a satanic religion, and they are achieving this through the Ecumenical Movement. The end is coming my friend, be ready, be prepared, accept Jesus Christ into your heart as your Saviour. Don't wait another day, the end is almost here. OPEN YOUR EYES! CONNECT THE DOTS! Why do you think the NIV is the best selling and most popular bible in the world? Even the New Agers use the NIV!
IGN gave Grand Theft Auto 4 a perfect 10! even before the game came out. Why do you think that is, because they want the game to sell, sell, sell and destroy lives! A violent video game, where you kill anybody, drive drunk, have sex with prostitutes, go to strip joints, and this game received a perfect 10? think about it. Make the connection.
The Vatican->Murdoch->IGN->game gets a 10->game sells like mad=minds being destroyed, violent youth, more crime=exactly what the Vatican wants. To have a New World Older the old order needs to be in chaos. Murdoch is a tool of satan yet he prints the NIV, Fox network shows nothing but garbage on tv, HarperCollins sells garbage, maybe about 95% of what Zondervan sells is garbage, like Bill Hybels, Benny Hynn, John Macarthur, Rick Warren, Luis Palau, Dante Gebel, Lee Strobel, Billy Graham. OPEN YOUR EYES!
Friday, May 23
Gail Riplinger-New Age Bible Versions(videos 1-5)
Sunday, May 18
The New Earth or a New Age?
Now the question is what does the NIV have to do with all this? Let me show you.
Matthew 12:32
NIV- ...either in this age or in the age to come.
Kjv- ...neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
Mark 10:30
NIV- ...in this present age...and in the age to come...
KJV- ...in this time...and in the world to come...
Luke 18:30
NIV- ...in this age and, in the age to come...
KJV- ...in this present time, and in the world to come...
Luke 20:35
NIV- ...that age...
KJV- ...that world...
Ephesians 1:21
NIV- ...not only in the present age but also in the one to come.
KJV- not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
Titus 2:12
NIV- ...in this present age...
KJV- ...in this present world...
Galatians 1:4
NIV- ...present evil age...
KJV- ...present evil world...
Ask yourself, why did the NIV editors translate "world" to "age"? Is world and age the same thing? Do they have the same meaning? Why then the need to translate the word "world"? What connection is there between NIV editors F.J.A. Hort and B.F. Westcott and Madame Blavatsky? Helena Blavatsky was a devout Satan worshipper, and an enemy of the cross of Jesus Christ. She is also one of the pioneers of today's occult New Age Movement and also founded the Theosophical Society in 1875. She was also a 32° Co-Freemason. Again I ask what is the connection between Hort, Westcott and Blavatsky? Do some research!
Are we close to the end of the world? or the end of an age? God said he was going to make a new heaven and a new earth. Rev 21:1 "And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea."
The world as we know it is going to end, those of us who are saved will live in the new world, the new earth. Matthew 28:20 "I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen." Notice that Jesus said WORLD not AGE!!
- Jesus was not and is not the only Christ, nor is he God.
- "God" is impersonal, cosmic, a God of energy forces.
- Man is himself God, for he consists of and is the creator of "the forces." Man already exercises the powers inherent in his divinity and needs only to awaken to this fact.
- Man should seek and accept spiritual instruction and direction directly from the spirit world.
- All religions and religious teachings lead to the same goal. All are equally of merit.
- The "ancient wisdom" of Babylon, Egypt and Greece - not the Bible - is the basis of all truth.
- Sin and evil do not exist. Peace and love are the ultimate realities.
A Brief History of the New Age Movement
The origin of the movement dates back to at least 1875 with the theosophical teachings of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, and later in the 1920's with the teachings of Alice Ann Bailey. The Theosophical Society, as it was called, espoused the abolishment of Christianity, Judaism and Islam (not abolishing Islam but converting them to cathilicism through the virgin mary-fatima, promoting the unity of other world religions). They claimed that their teachings were revealed by "spirit" or elemental guides (devils). They emphasized heavily the evolution of a self deified, master aryan society, and a one world "new age" religion and social order. In 1922, Baily founded the "Lucifer Publishing Company," which printed and distributed their teachings (Lucifer was Satan's first name). These teachings were very complete in their intent and goals. Step by step they plotted the coming new age with instructions for the institution of the necessary new world order. Baily's teachings established the symbol of a rainbow as their identification sign, and discussed extensively, plans for religious war, forced redistribution of the world's resources, mass planetary initiations, theology for a new world order, world-wide disarmament, and elimination of obstinate religions. She even discussed the sacredness of the new world leader's number, 666 (the number of the Beast). H.P. Blavatsky says "The religions of the world are branches on the tree whose trunk is the one ancient - once universal - wisdom religion. The religions are the tributaries of one great river." The religion that started all religions, and the one that is an ancient, universal and wisdom religion is the religion of: Nimrod, Semiramis, Tammuz = Babylon Religion. "One great river", well I know one great river, that plays a big part in prophesy, the Euphrates river, which is located were ancient Babylon used to be. The trunk is Roman Catholicism, because it is Babylon religion, it hasn't changed at all, they still worship the sun, and the "queen of heaven" and her son Tammuz. Roman Catholicism is still the same ancient religion, that is why the bible calls it "Mistery Babylon". The Roman Catholic church is called the "mother church" but why mother? because she has many, many daughters. The cults of the world like the Mormons and the JW's and all protestant denominations. Now we are seeing the daughters returning to her mother through ecumenism.
The modern New Age movement has a definite agenda which has been agreed upon by their constituents. Adopted much after the same original ideals as Alice Ann Baily, the manifesto of the New Age movement calls for a:
- New world order
- Universal credit card system
- World food authority
- World Health Authority
- World water authority
- Universal tax
- Universal military draft
- Abolishing of Christianity, Judaism and Islam (Islam was actually created by the Vatican, so they will abolish it by uniting the both religions, the virgin mary (fatima) is what unites them, muslims also worship mary)
- One world leader (of course we know this will be the anti-christ)
Do you have a new age bible (NIV)? or the preserved Word of God(KJV)? Do you believe that God promised to preserved his word? If you don't believe this, then how can you believe any promise of God?
Look out of your window and see how the world is today, increase in natural disasters, famine, wars, rumours of wars. Sure you might say, but there has always been these things in the world. If you pay close attention to the news, the world is getting worse and worse everyday, and these things are increasing day by day. The world is getting closer everyday to chaos. Food shortage, oil shortage, increase in taxes, cost of gas going up, cost of EVERYTHING going up. This is leading the world to chaos, but guess what? that's exactly what they want. Who is they? The Illuminati, the Freemasons, Skulls and Bones, the Rothschilds, the Rockefellers, who are all controlled by the Vatican who is controlled by the Jesuits. The puppetmasters (Jesuits) create "disorder" so the people will demand "order". The price of "order" always entails a handing over of control and loss of freedom on the part of the citizenry. Out of "chaos" comes "order" - THEIR order - their new WORLD order. The trick of creating chaos and then seizing power under the pretense of putting things back in order is a tried and true method of deception and manipulation. It's the meaning behind the Latin motto: ORDO AB CHAO meaning ORDER OUT OF CHAOS. Everything that is happening in the world is happening for a reason, to fulfill bible prophesy. The world is preparing the way for the anti-christ. The wiccans, New Agers, Hindoos, Muslims, the Illuminati, in fact the world is waiting for the "christ" to come and fix this world, to bring it out of chaos. Everyday things are happening in the world that are bringing it closer to chaos. Man made chaos, done with a purpose, the purpose: A NEW WORLD ORDER. Isn't that what the anti-christ will be "world leader", he will bring peace and fix all that is wrong in the world, under his one world government, one world religion, one world bible. The anti-christ isn't just going to come on the scene and become world leader over night, the way needs to be prepared for him. The world cannot demand a world leader that can offer peace unless the world is in complete chaos. Dear reader OPEN YOUR EYES! Don't be fooled by the lies of ecumenism, the lies of the New Age, the lies of false teachers, the lies of wolves preaching from the pulpit, the lies that all modern translations are the word of God. Don't be fooled. Christians WAKE UP!
Thursday, May 15
Who Infiltrated America Part 2 (video)
America has been the targets of the Jesuits and Popes since 1776. With help of France who had banished the Jesuits from their country at that time, America fought for it's freedom against King George III and won. Thus the declaration of independence was established and then followed the US Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the Monroe Doctrine to protect us from Jesuit infiltration and destruction of our Republic.But slowly the infiltrating Jesuits have come in and have now brought America under the control of the dictator in Rome (The White Pope who is under the control of the Black Pope and his jesuit army)
Who Infiltrated America Part 1 (video)
America has been the targets of the Jesuits and Popes since 1776. With help of France who had banished the Jesuits from their country at that time, America fought for it's freedom against King George III and won. Thus the declaration of independence was established and then followed the US Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the Monroe Doctrine to protect us from Jesuit infiltration and destruction of our Republic.But slowly the infiltrating Jesuits have come in and have now brought America under the control of the dictator in Rome (The White Pope who is under the control of the Black Pope and his jesuit army)
Wednesday, May 14
NIV vs. KJV ROUND #5
NIV- He said, "Look! I see four men walking around in the fire, unbound and unharmed, and the fourth looks like a son of the gods."
KJV- He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
A son of the gods? what gods? I know who the Son of God is, but who is the NIV talking about?
Revelation 8:13
NIV- As I watched, I heard an eagle that was flying in midair call out in a loud voice: "Woe! Woe!"...
KJV- And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe...
So now we have a talking eagle. Weird. An eagle or an angel?
Revelation 13:1
NIV- And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea.
KJV- And I stood upon the sand of the sea.
The "dragon" and "I" cannot be the same person, I mean the "dragon" is satan and "I" is john. John is the one who wrote this book, not the dragon, how did the NIV translators get this wrong? Hmm...maybe its not a mistake. The footnote in the NIV says "some late manuscripts And I". This footnote would make the reader doubt.
I believe what the KJV says, that is the way john wrote revelation and God preserved His Word. God promised to preserve His Word!
"The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever." (Psalm 12:6,7)
The words of the Lord are pure, why then would anybody try to damage them? If his words are pure, why would anybody corrupt them? Would you dear reader destroy something so pure? God said that he never changes, then why would His Word change? Think about that for a second.
"Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever." (Hebrews 13:8)
"For I am the Lord, I change not..." (Malachi 3:6)
Every new translation that comes out either changes words, changes meanings, adds words, omits words. Didn't God give warning to NOT do any of these things to His Word? The NIV is perverted. It was changed for a purpose, the vatican is pushing for a one world goverment, one world religion and of course a one world bible. What connection does the NIV have to the new era? Why were so many denominations involded in the NIV translation? "Ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the Lord of hosts our God." (Jeremiah 23:36)
Do you still need more proof?
Monday, May 12
-Conservative Baptist
-Evangelical Free
-Southern Baptist (I mean freemason)
-United Methodist
-Grace Brethren
-Orthodox Presbyterian
-Church of England
-Baptist (certainly not one who believes in the KJV)
-Open Brethren
-Reformed Presbyterian
-United Presbyterian
-Plymouth Brethren
-Mennonite Brethren
-Christian and Missionary Alliance
-Reformed Episcopal
And the list goes on and on and on...so many brothers working together...should I say ECUMENICAL! I'm surprised the pope or even a muslim isn't on this list.
Edwin H. Palmer (Executive Secretary, NIV Committee on Bible Translation. Christian Reformed.)
Edwin H. palmer was a CALVINIST!!! He even wrote a book defending T.U.L.I.P.!!!
Other Calvinists:
-R.C. Sproul (says God chooses some for salvation, some for hell, some he hates, some he loves)
-J.I. Packer
-Ralph Woodrow (doesn't believe in the rapture, actually makes fun of it)
-John Calvin (of course him, he started this whole tulip thing, oh what a catholic he was. Did I say catholic?)
-John MacArthur (Americas favourite teacher, I bet this one came as a surprise)
Virginia Mollenkott (William Paterson College. No church affiliation given.)
Virginia Mollenkott "served as stylistic consultant for the New International Version of the Bible" but guess what? she is a LESBIAN! You heard me right, a lesbian worked on the NIV! That is why the NIV is "gay friendly", it removes the word "sodomite"! "Was a member of the translation committee for the New International Version of the Bible (1970 - 1978); and of An Inclusive Language Lectionary (National Council of Churches). In 1978, she co-authored Is The Homosexual My Neighbor? A Positive Christian View, which was expanded and updated in 1994. She has lectured widely on lesbian, gay, and bisexual rights and has also been active in the transgender cause, serving as co-author of Transgender Journeys (2003). Mollenkott, who has one son and three granddaughters, earned her B.A. from Bob Jones University, her M.A. from Temple University, and her Ph.D. from New York University. Her partner is Judith Suzannah Tilton."
Want even more proof? here: http://www.avpublications.com/avnew/downloads/PDF/q3.pdf
Don't trust the N.I.V. Calvinism is of the devil. Ecumenism is of the devil. Read the KJV, trust the KJV, ask God to show you the truth about wolves in the church and corrupt bibles. Lesbians working on a bible translation! What herery that is! OPEN YOUR EYES!!
Jesus is the ONLY "Begotten" Son of God
KJV: "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
NIV: "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."
The NIV teaches heresy, because Jesus is NOT God's one and only Son. Evidently the ignoramuses who translated the NIV never read John 1:12... "But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name." Those idiots never read 1st John 3:1... "Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not." The truth of the matter is that God has MANY sons, but only one BEGOTTEN Son. Jesus was born of a miraculous virgin birth (Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:23), and entered this world as the Godhead incarnate, i.e., God in the flesh (Colossians 2:9; 1st Timothy 3:16). Please note that all my Scriptures references are solely to the trustworthy King James Bible. All modern bibles are corrupt.
How could the NIV translating committee be so stupid? It is no small matter to translate the Word's of Almighty God, especially when you CHANGE what He said. The Bible, in numerous references, warns and pronounces a curse upon all Bible corrupters (Deuteronomy 4:2; Galatians 1:8-9; 2nd Peter 3:16; Revelation 22:19). "...for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God" (Jeremiah 23:36). The King James Bible translates John 3:16 absolutely 100% correct. The word "begotten" is there in John 3:16, because Jesus is indeed the only begotten Son of God. Every born again believer is an adopted son of God... "To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons" (Galatians 4:5). Every Christian is an adopted child into God's family. So if you have a Bible, make sure that the "word" begotten is present in John 3:16, or else throw it into the garbage after tearing it up. Why Would Anyone Use the NIV? (used with permission)
Sunday, May 11
NIV vs. KJV ROUND #4
NIV- How have you fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn!
KJV- How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!
That is another word missing from the NIV, Lucifer. Its ok, they replaced it with morning star. But wait a second!! According to Rev.22:16 Jesus is the morning star. "I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star."
What is the NIV saying then? Jesus was the one who fell down from heaven? If Jesus is the one who fell down from heaven and I know this verse is talking about Satan, then that could only mean one thing...hmm...what is the NIV really teaching?
I'll give you the answer...BLASPHEMY!!
Jesus is the morning star, and Lucifer is the one who fell down from heaven. Satan wants to deceive Christians by any means, specially corrupting the Word of God. The NIV is attacking Jesus. Another reason why I only read and trust the King James Bible, the preserved Word of God. Thank you Jesus for opening my eyes and letting me see the truth!
Here is more proof:
Saturday, May 10
CATHOLICISM Vs.THE BIBLE #2
Again, there is NOTHING taught in the Bible about praying a Rosary, counting beads, etc. In fact, Jesus condemned vain repetitions, "But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking" (Matthew 6:7). So why do Catholics disobey God? The Catholic Rosary is largely a prayer to Mary. The Rosary is blasphemy! Though Catholics like to point out that they are not praying to Mary, the 2nd of the ten commandments clearly prohibits and warns us NOT to BOW DOWN to any graven image. God in the 2nd commandment even goes as far as to warn us against bowing down to the likeness of anything in HEAVEN OR EARTH. Mary worship is a sin! Pope John Paul II is a great Mary lover. In his book Crossing the Threshold of Hope, the Pope testifies that his personal devotion to Mary was developed at Marian sites such as Jasna Gora (home of the Black Madonna) in his homeland of Poland (Crossing the Threshold of Hope, p. 220). The Pope has "Totus Tuus" (All Yours) embroidered on his papal garments, designating his "abandonment to Mary" (Crossing the Threshold of Hope, p. 215). After the Pope was shot during an assassination attempt in May 1981, he attributed his subsequent recovery to Mary, and it was at shrines such as Jasna Gora and Fatima that he has expressed his thankfulness to the "Queen of Heaven." He prays to Mary daily. This is an abomination unto the Lord.
"I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images." Isaiah 42:8
ALBERTO RIVERA - Ex Jesuit Priest day 1 (video)
Alberto Rivera speaks. I challenge you to listen to this man and then call him a phony.Nury Rivera came forward with conviction and courage Monday on international radio, saying her husband was assassinated by the evil Jesuit Order.
"They poisoned him and I am 100 per cent sure of that," said the widow of the late high level Jesuit priest, Fr. Alberto Rivera, killed in the early 1990's after defecting from Vatican treachery and trying to tell the truth about the real intentions and satanic practices of the Jesuit Order. Fr. Rivera became a Jesuit priest, worked in the Vatican and eventually assigned the deceptive job of infiltrating U.S Christian churches with the intent to destroy Protestant pastors while controlling doctrine favorable to Rome."After my husband left the Church, found Jesus and decided to tell the world about Vatican deception, the Jesuits did everything to keep him quiet and discredit him," said Ms. Rivera, who has been harassed, her life threatened and her house broken into on many occasions by Vatican agents in order to steal her husband's documents and artifacts.
Read MoreHear Nury Rivera interview with Greg SzymanskiThe Late Jesuit Fr. Alberto Rivera's wife, Nury, Refuses Vatican BribesAfter her husband was killed for trying to tell the truth about Vatican and Jesuit Order evil doings, Vatican offered Mrs. Rivera $1 million if she signed a paper saying her husband was delusional and insane. Refusing, her life was then threatened many times, but she continues in spite of threats, trying to inform the world of the satanic nature of the Vatican.By Greg Szymanski7 Mar 2007More revelations about the untimely death of former Jesuit priest, Fr. Alberto Rivera, surfaced this week when his widow, Nury Rivera, said Vatican emissaries offered her a million dollars if she signed a paper claiming her husband was insane and delusional. Rivera told her story Monday on Greg Szymanski's radio show, The Investigative Journal at www.republicbroadcasting.org, telling listeners after her husband tried to inform the world about Vatican corruption, he was first discredited and then assassinated in the 1990's on direct orders by the Jesuit Order."They poisoned him and I am 100 per cent sure of that," said Rivera, adding they killed her husband after defecting from Vatican treachery and trying to tell the truth about the real intentions and satanic practices of the Jesuit Order. "He worked in the Vatican directly under the former Jesuit Gen. Fr. Pedro Arupe and then was assigned the task to infiltrate Baptist and Protestant churches in America. When he found the Lord, he wanted to inform the world how the Vatican and Jesuit Order have infiltrated the top governments and religions of the world."
SMOKESCREENS (audio)
One of the most important books I ever read. This book woke me up to who the "Great whore" of Revelation 17, 18 is. Spread this around.Some of the information you will find in this book are as follows:
Chapter 1 - The Wafer God Learn the difference between the Lord's Supper and the Mass--According to the Canon Law, anyone who ridicules or says the Eucharist only represents Christ and is not actually his body, is damned.
Chapter 2 - The Hand of Rome Most Christians don't know anything of their heritage, the suffering of the early Church of Christ brought about by the Roman Catholic system. Learn of the St. Bartholomew Massacre and the massacre in Ireland.
Chapter 3 - A 20th Century Inquisition We all know of the horrible inquisition of Jews, Protestants and others during the reign of Hitler. Hitler once stated, "I learned much from the Order of the Jesuits. Until now, there has never been anything more grandiose, on the earth, than the hierarchical organization of the Catholic church. I transferred much of this organization into my own party." Hitler also stated, "As for the Jews, I am just carrying on with the same policy which the Catholic church has adopted for fifteen hundred years, when it has regarded the Jews as dangerous and pushed them into ghettos, etc., because it knew what the Jews were like." Read what favorable words the press of the Catholic, Spanish dictator, Franco, printed about Hitler on the day of his death.
Chapter 4 - The Whore of Revelation By dissecting Revelation chapter 17, see why the Roman Catholic Institution is the Whore of Revelation.
Chapter 5 - Another Gospel Does the Roman Catholic Church force her followers to rely on another authority other than the Bible?
Chapter 6 - Cover Up With the closing of the great, bloody World War II, the attention of the Protestants was shifted from the Vatican to the fight against Communism. Learn who was responsible for this sudden change of the spotlight and why.
Chapter 7 - Show Biz Many of our Christian Television "evangelists"; are uniting with Catholics to deliver their message to the vast number of "Christian" viewers. Have these evangelists forgotten the history behind the Protestant persecutions? II Corinthians 6:14 says, "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?"
Chapter 8 - The Fallen Idol Read the startling letter written by a Vice-President of Belmont Abbey College, a Catholic school. Learn how Billy Graham has been invited to many Catholic Colleges to preach to the faculty and students. He once told his audience that the "Gospel that founded this college (Belmont Abbey College) is the same gospel which I preach today." Read of his audiences held with the pope. If Christians are going to defend the beliefs and traditions of the Roman Catholic Institution, how are we expected to win them to the one and only true Savior, Jesus Christ? Also see: "Billy Graham and His Friends"
Chapter 9 - Betrayed? Learn what ways the Roman Catholic Church has betrayed both Protestants and Catholics alike. By disguising the truth, what chance do Catholics have of discovering the true way to salvation?
Chapter 10 - The Richest Man On Earth Learn of the Vatican's large investments with companies and banks around the world, much of which is in the United States. Learn how wealthy the pope truly is.
Chapter 11 - Blueprint for Catholic America Discover the plans set up by the Roman Catholic Institution to take over America, from the time of the pilgrims to the present day.
Our fight is not with the Roman Catholic people who have been betrayed by their church. Our job is to rip the mask off her face, and let the poor Roman Catholics see what they're really tied to. They have to find Christ as the answer and it's our job to try to win them to Christ.
WHORE OF REV.17 Part 2 (video)
This is a study of the Book of Revelation chapter 17. The Apostle John's vision on the Island of Patmos in 96AD. The Bible identifies the Roman Catholic Church as the harlot and Mystery Babylon.
WHORE OF REV.17 Part 1 (video)
This is a study of the Book of Revelation chapter 17. The Apostle John's vision on the island of Patmos in 96AD. The Bible identifies the Roman Catholic Church as the harlot and Mystery Babylon.
Read Romans 9:6-24; John 5:36-47 and Matthew 23:37-39. I am convinced that the Lord would have me speak tonight on, "I am for the Lily of the Valley, the Lord Jesus Christ, and I am against TULIP theology." The Lord Jesus is so precious. We thank God for His Person, for His message, for His salvation, His atoning sacrifice on Calvary, and for the salvation He has given us in His own precious Son. The Word refers to the Son of God as "the Lily of the Valley" He is so wonderful! So precious! So lovely! We want to preach Him, to live Him, and to make Him known to the lost. But, beloved, while we are for the Lord Jesus, the Lily of the Valley, we are very definitely against TULIP Theology. I say this not with sarcasm of the flesh, but with a broken heart.
Some call it Calvinism Some call it Hyper-Calvinism. Some call it Five-Point Calvinism. That is because there is a list that signify the words that present the principles that are involved in TULIP theology. The "T" in the word TULIP is for Total Depravity. The second letter in TULIP is for Unconditional Election. The third letter in TULIP is for Limited Atonement. The fourth letter in TULIP is for Irresistible Grace. The fifth letter in TULIP is for Perseverance of the Saints. Now I, beloved, am for the Lily of the Valley, the Lord Jesus, but I am against TULIP theology--not part of it, not two points of it, not three points of it--but all of it.
This theology teaches the total depravity of man, and be sure you add, the total inability of man. Not there is no question but that the Bible teaches we are totally depraved, but it does not teach total inability. The Bible teaches that we came here totally depraved. Passage after passage talks about what terrible sinners were are, how we are lost and undone. But the Bible also teaches that the Lily of the Valley, the lovely Lord Jesus Christ, the Light of the world lights every man who cometh into the world, therefore making him responsible and giving him the ability to accept Christ as Saviour. "There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light [capital L], that all men through him might believe. He [John the Baptist] was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light, that was the true Light, WHICH LIGHTEST EVERY MAN THAT COMETH INTO THE WORLD" (John 1:6-9). We are born totally depraved, but the Lord Jesus gives enough light to every man to make him responsible to hear and to reject or accept the Gospel of the Son of God. In John 12:32 did the Lord Jesus say, "And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw a few men unto Me"? No, He didn't say that. Instead, He said, "And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw ALL men unto me." Though we are totally depraved, yet the Lily of the Valley gives us enough light to make us responsible and declares that He draws all men unto Him. Notice John 5:40. Does this verse say,"And ye will not come to Me, because you are not one of the elect"? or, "Ye will not come to Me, because ye are not ordained"? He didn't say that. Rather He said, "And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life." It is not that they were not elected; it is not that they were not ordained; it was that they WOULD NOT COME. We are born totally depraved, but the Lord give us enough light to make us responsible. He gives light in nature. He gives light through creation. We are told in Romans 1:19,20: "Because that which may be known of God in manifest in them; for God hath showed it unto them. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly see, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse." He gives light through conscience. Look at Romans 2:11-16: "For there is no respect of persons with God. For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law; (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified: For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: Which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;) In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel." I repeat: We are born totally depraved, but the Lily of the Valley, the Lord Jesus, gives enough light to make us responsible. He gives us light through creation. He gives us light through conscience. Then we read in Matthew 11:28, "Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." If we could not respond, we would think the Lord Jesus was making fun of us to invite us to come. But, praise God, He makes us responsible and makes it possible that we can come. I repeat: We believe in total depravity, but we do not believe in total inability that TULIP theologists try to force on us. So I am against the first point of TULIP theology and for the Lily of the Valley, our Lord Jesus Christ.
In the second place, I am for the Lily of the Valley, the Lord Jesus Christ, but I am against unconditional election as taught in TULIP theology. This is one of the most horrible things I have ever heard. You know, beloved, they are saying that when a little baby is conceived in this mother's womb, and another is conceived in that mother's womb, then God hates the one and loves the other. For nine months, while those two mothers carry those babies, God hates one of them and loves the other. When those precious little babies are born, God hates one and loves the other. When they get to be teenagers, God hates one and loves the other. When they get to be young married folks, God hates one and loves the other. When they get to be middle-age folks, God hates one and loves the other. And He will hate that one through all eternity and He will love this one through all eternity. Friend, the Bible knows nothing of such a thesis. It is not in here--not from Genesis to Revelation. In fact, if the TULIP theologians are honest about it, they would go further back that and say, "Back before the foundation of the world, God knew what mothers would have a little baby. Even back there He started loving one and hating the other, and He will love one and hate the other through all eternity to come." How absurd! Beloved, that is close to blasphemy against our God. Let's put this in the language of what we saw a moment ago in John 5:40. Did Jesus say , "Since before the foundation of the world I determined that you would go to Hell; you cannot come unto Me"? Wouldn't that be a changing of the precious Word of God? He said, "And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life." Turn to Matthew 23:37, and put that in the language of the TULIP theologians and see how far they missed what our God has to say. To put it in their language: "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and thou which stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often will I have gathered you, but you are not unconditionally elected, therefore you will have to go to Hell. There is no hope for you." Isn't that far from what our Lord Jesus said? What He said is this:". . . how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens. . . and ye would not!" He didn't say it was ordained. He didn't say it was predestined. He didn't say you were elected to go to Hell before the foundation of the world. A thousand times, no. Beloved, that theology didn't come out of the Bible. Turn with me to John 3:16, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son..." Now the TULIP theologians have several worlds. They are saying John 3:16 is not the whole world but the world of the elect. It takes a great stretch of the imagination to try to believe such a thing. "For God so loved the world [everybody], that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." But the TULIP theologians say, "But, Brother James, God doesn't love sinners." You are wrong. I believe what Jesus said. In Mark 10:21 we have the story of the rich young ruler, a lost man who came to Jesus to inquire about eternal life. "Then Jesus beholding him loved him . . ." Jesus, beholding the sinner, loved him! ". . .and [Jesus] said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up thy cross, and follow me." Yes, beloved, let the TULIP theologians say what they will about unconditional election, but God says He loves sinners and He sent the Lord Jesus Christ to die for sinners. When the Lord Jesus was here on earth He loved sinners. He went home with them. He had supper with them. Jesus was known as "a friend of sinners." TULIP theologians are not very friendly toward sinners, but the Lord Jesus is a friend of sinners. I am glad He is. I got to be one of His children because He loves sinners, because He came to save sinners, because He is a friend of sinners. Yes, He is. Indeed He is. So it is totally unscriptural to say there is unconditional election. I want you to look with me at a few verses they use erroneously to try to teach this doctrine. Let me first say this. I wrote a missionary one day: "I want to make emphatically clear that we do not want missionaries to be affiliated with the Maranatha Baptist Mission who believe in the five points of Calvinism." And I added, "There is some question about your theology. Tell me, do you believe that God's grace is irresistible? Do you believe that God arbitrarily begins to love or hate little babies in their mother's womb?" I wrote, "Do you believe that we are saved because of the perseverance of the saints, or because of the perseverance of the Saviour?" What did he write back? "Who art thou that repliest against God?" I hadn't replied against God: I had just asked him some simple questions. He was quoting to me from Romans, chapter 9, one of the favorite passages of these who try to teach us this ungodly doctrine. They look at Romans 9:13 and say, "See, 'it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.' Therefore, there is unconditional election." First, this verse has nothing to do with salvation. It is talking about how God chose Jacob in the Messianic line in contrast to Esau, not about God loving and wanting to save Jacob, and God hating and wanting to damn Esau! By the same principle, I could look out here at some of you preachers tonight and ask, "Do you have a brother?" "Sure." "Well, isn't it interesting that God chose you to be a preacher and He didn't choose your brother?" It would be the same thing from the standpoint of principle as to what we have in Romans, chapter 9. God is not saying, "I want to damn Esau and send him to Hell and take Jacob to Heaven, so I make an unconditional election that Jacob will go to Heaven and Esau will go to Hell." That is gross misinterpretation of God's precious Word. In fact, "hate" here is the same word the Lord Jesus used when He said, "If you are going to be My disciples, you will have to hate your father and mother and your brother and sister and your wife and your children." What it means is "prefer." Jesus was saying, "If you are going to be My disciple, you must prefer Me and put Me first instead of wife and children and relatives or other folk," God is saying here that He prefers to put Jacob first in the Messianic line and to leave out Esau. That has nothing to do with God's unconditional election, His sending somebody to Hell and another to Heaven back in eternity. I believe in the Lily of the Valley, the Lord Jesus Christ, but I am against TULIP theology. Another verse these folks use to try to teach us that God carries out unconditional election is Ephesians 1:4, "According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love." This didn't say a word about Heaven or Hell. It is talking about God choosing us to "be holy and without blame before him in love." Nobody was arbitrarily assigned in unconditional election to Hell or to Heaven before the foundation of the world. Again, John 15:16 is a verse these folks use to try to prove TULIP theology. There Jesus said, "Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye should ask of the father in my name, he may give it you." This is not saying the Lord chose some for Heaven and some for Hell. This is saying the Lord chose and ordained that born-again, blood-washed believers should bring forth fruit to the glory of God. It has nothing to do with the salvation of the sinner. They say, "Brother James, what about Romans 8:29?" First is that precious verse 28: "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose." Then verse 29: "For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the first-born among many brethren." This is not saying that God predestinated some to Hell and some to Heaven. This is saying that God predestinated that every born- again, blood-washed believer should be made to conform to the image of the Lord Jesus Christ. It is not talking at all about the Lord assigning some to Hell and some to Heaven in unconditional election before the foundation of the world. Salvation is always--from Genesis to Revelation--conditional on faith. I didn't say that faith is the work of merit; I said it is the condition to salvation. If there is a condition for salvation, you can't say it is unconditional. There is a condition--the condition is faith. I repeat, it is not merit, it is not work, but it is a condition. God never saves anybody except they come by faith to the Lord Jesus Christ. I am for the Lily of the Valley, the Lord Jesus Christ, and I am against TULIP theology.
I am against TULIP theology that teaches limited atonement. They say that the blood of Christ is not for everybody, just for an elected few. They go further and say that if the blood of Christ is for everybody and everybody doesn't get saved, then it means God failed. It means no such thing! It means people fail to receive what God provided for them. God provided salvation for sinners everywhere, but if they don't come, God has not failed; people have simply limited what God wanted to do for them. Now, our TULIP theologians would say, "Preacher, you really walked in to a trap. You can't limit God." That 's what they think! Turn with me to Psalm 78:41. It speaks of Israel and says, "Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and LIMITED THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL." They kept God from doing for them what He wanted to do. Even some of these TULIP theologians have kept God from doing something for them that He wants to do. I believe the blood of Jesus Christ is for ALL sinners. But some poor sinner may come up and say, "How do you know it is for me?" Because it is for EVERY sinner, everywhere. There are several words in the Bible translated "redemption." Agoraze, exagorazo, lutroo speak of redemption. In one case redemption of one who never was saved, though redemption was provided; in another case, saved and taken out of the slave market, but never accepting all that the Lord has for him; the other one, where one was saved from the market and made totally free. We have a lot of Christians who are not free today. That is sad, isn't it? Let's look at that first word for a moment--agorazo. Look at 2 Peter 2:1: "But there were false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them [agorazo, redeem them], and bring upon themselves swift destruction." We go on down to verses 2, 3 and 4: "And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not. For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment..." He said they denied the One who bought them, so salvation was for them. It wasn't that it wasn't for them: it was that they didn't accept what the Lord had offered. Nobody will be at the judgment of the great white throne and consigned forever to Hell, for whom the blood of Christ was not shed on the cross. Look with me at John 1:29. When He saw Jesus coming unto him, John the Baptist said, "Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of"--the few elect whom the Lord has picked out in His limiting the blood of Christ on the cross? No. "Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the WORLD." "World" means everybody. Look at Hebrews 2:9. They say "world" doesn't mean the whole "world." The Scripture says, "But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man." The Word says "every man." When I wrote an editorial in my paper on "God So Loved Everybody," I got one of the most scorching letters from a man telling me I was either ignorant, hypocritical, or prejudiced against Calvinists. Then he did add, "I don't believe you are hypocritical or ignorant." And I am not prejudiced--I am against TULIP theology! First Timothy 4:10 says, "For therefore we both labor and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe"--meaning He came and died for all men, that He is the Saviour of all men, and He literally becomes the Savior of the ones who receive Him. That one condition is your faith--not merit but is the condition. And if it is the condition, it is not unconditional election. Turn with me to 1 Timothy 2:5,6: "For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time." Now wouldn't I be stretching the Scripture to say that He is the ransom for all the elect, for all the specially ordained, when the Scripture says He is the ransom for A-L-L period? First John 4:14: "And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world"--not the elect world, not the ordained world, not the world within the world, but the world. First John 2:1,2: "My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not, And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: And he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world." The blood of Christ is shed for everybody. What does the Word of God say in Isaiah 53:6? "All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of [some of us? No--] us all." The story is told of a man who was in a meeting where one of God's fine preachers was preaching in London, England. In the last service of the meeting this man didn't come to the Lord, but he came under terrible conviction. The meeting was over and the preacher was leaving. This man under conviction ran down to the train station and said, "O preacher, I need to get saved and I need your help." The preacher hurriedly said, "I have to get on this train to make my next engagement. So go home and read Isaiah 53:6. Go in at the first ALL and come out at the last ALL, and you can get saved." The sinner went home and read those words: "ALL we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned everyone to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us ALL." The poor sinner said to himself, The preacher said, "Go in at the first `all,'" which says we are all sinners--and I surely have been a sinner. And the preacher said, "Come out at the last `all'"--which says the Lord has laid on Jesus the iniquity of us all. That means my sins are atoned for with the precious blood of Jesus Christ! Beloved, the blood of Christ is for all sinners everywhere. A dear friend of mine in South Texas began to preach that the blood wasn't for everybody. One of my preacher brothers said to him, "Brother So-and-So, you know that you are the elect and the blood was shed for you. But how are you going to prove to your little daughter that it is for her also?" If this doctrine is so, it is a strange thing that everybody who found out about it was in the elect. Seems like some of these preachers would get up and say, "I'm left out. I wasn't in the elect. I am for the Lily of the valley, the Lord Jesus Christ, and I am against TULIP theology.
I am against TULIP theology in teaching irresistible grace. Such a thing is unheard of in the Bible. Let's read Matthew 23:37 in TULIP theology language: "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered you, and you sure are going to have to come, because you can't resist My grace. You will have to be saved because I want you to." Does the Bible say that? No! There is no irresistible grace there. Turn to Acts 7:51, and let's see what Stephen said: "Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye." It sounds like this grace is resisted. Emphatically yes--it is resisted. Well, our TULIP theologians say that the Lord gives a general call and He gives a specific call--"effectual" is what the call it. In other words, are you theologians trying to tell us that God is a hypocrite--that He gives a general call and doesn't mean it? It sounds like blasphemy to me! God never issues any calls without meaning them! Don't come to me with some "general call" and some "effectual call." When He says, "Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heave laden," He means every heavy laden and burdened person can come. Jesus is not insincere. God forbid that we should even think it, much less advocate it. The TULIP theologians remind me somehow of the evolutionists, who think that they are more accomplished academically than are the rest of us. Well, any fool could believe the truth of creation in the book of Genesis ten times easier that he could the theory evolutionists try to force on him. The TULIP theologians pose as superior to most of us academically. But it is a lot easier to believe what Jesus said than it is to believe what the TULIP theologians say. I don't find it hard to believe what Jesus said, but I do have a hard time believing what TULIP theologians say. Now, they say, "Brother James, what about Matthew, chapter 20?" Well, let's look at Matthew 20:16: "So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen." Where is this verse? At the end of a parable. This parable has to do with service and rewards, not with salvation from sin. So they yank it right out of context and try to make it mean something it doesn't mean. It is about as silly as the story I heard of the fellow who was dating his girlfriend. She was spiritual and he wasn't But he still wanted to impress her with his "spirituality." So everywhere this traveling salesman went, he would send her a telegram and stick a verse of Scripture on it. He had read a verse over in 1 John, chapter 4, that said, "Perfect love casteth out fear," so he thought that would be a good one for her. But he didn't know there is a difference in 1 John and the Gospel of John. So when he made up the telegram, instead of putting 1 John 4:18, he put John 4:18, which reads, "Thou hast said well, I have no husband: For thou hast had five husbands"! When you start pulling a verse out that talks about rewards and service and make it apply to salvation, you, too, are far off. Now in the same book, Matthew 22:14, we come to those same words again, "For many are called, but few are chosen." Let's go back and see the parable as the Lord Jesus gave it. This one is on salvation. Here He is comparing salvation to a big banquet. The goodman of the house invites all the folks to come to the wedding feast. But one is inside without a wedding garment. When the goodman of the house asks him where it is, "He was speechless." The goodman instructed, "Cast him out." What is the message of this parable? Beloved, in those wedding feasts over there, when one was invited to the wedding, a wedding garment was bought and given to the invited one. But this guy strutted up to the wedding thinking, I'll go in my own garments. I'll not accept the garment provided. But the goodman of the house said, "Cast him out!" Now that is true of the message of salvation. God demands perfect righteousness if we are to go to Heaven. And here we are in out tattered rags and nakedness of sin. But our God provides, as a free gift, imputed righteousness, which is a robe given to all sinners who come to Christ. And if you refuse the robe, you will be cast out. That is not TULIP theology, that is the Lily of the Valley, the Lord Jesus, saying, "I have provided redemption for all sinners everywhere. So come, sinners, come, for all things are now ready. The feast is prepared. O taste and see that the Lord is good!"
I am for the Lily of the Valley, the Lord Jesus, and I'm against TULIP theology. I am against TULIP theology that says it is the perseverance of the saints that gets us to Heaven. You are not here tonight as a Christian because of your perseverance. You are here because of the perseverance of the Lord Jesus. Listen to Isaiah 41:10: "Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness." Some of our charismatic friends, some of our holiness friends, talk about holding on and holding out. We don't hold on and hold out; it is Jesus who holds us. Suppose my Bible could talk and say, "You folks pray for me that I'll hold out and won't fall and get skinned on the corner of this pulpit." no need to pray for this Book to hold out; pray for my arm to hold out! Brother, no need to pray for you and me to hold out: we are held by the right arm of His righteousness! Praise God, He will never fails! I got saved by the power of Jesus Christ; I am kept by the power of Jesus Christ; and I am going to Heaven by the power of Jesus Christ--not by the perseverance of James W. Crumpton. Deuteronomy 33:27: "The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms." We are not holding out. "The everlasting arms" are hold out. The Lord Jesus said, "No man is able to pluck you out of My hands, and He is in the Father's hands!" That doesn't sound like our perseverance. Look with me at Jude. This is a very interesting verse about perseverance. Verse 1: "Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ." Their perseverance? NO! " ... "preserved in Jesus Christ." Turn to 1 Peter, chapter 1, verses 4 and 5. He says we are saved "to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, Who are kept by the power of ... "--the perseverance of the saints? NO! We are "Kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time." "Well, Brother James, what are you?" A Bible-believing preacher! And if you are a Bible-believing preacher, you will be neither a Five Point Calvinist not an Arminian. Some fellow in Ohio wrote me, "Brother James, if you are not a Five-Point Calvinist, and you believe that the blood of Christ is for everybody, you have to be an Arminian." No. A thousand times no! I am not an Arminian. We don't help God save us. God does it totally and altogether by Himself. He said, "Well, if you believe the blood is for everybody, you have to be an Arminian." I said, "Oh, no. It is true the Arminians believe that the blood is for all, but they have certain additives along with the blood." The Arminians believe that you must have the blood--plus certain dos and don'ts, and when you lose the dos and don'ts, you have lost your salvation. Which means they are depending on the dos and don't, not the blood. I believe we are saved by the blood of Christ and saved forever. It is totally a work of God. We are a lost bunch of poor, Hell-deserving sinners saved by the precious grace of the Son of God. Don't let anybody browbeat you and say you have to be an Arminian or a Five-Point Calvinist. Be a Bible-believing Christian and you won't be either one. We had the Bible a long time before there was a John Calvin. We had the Bible a long time before there was an Arminius. And both of them are wrong on the subjects with which we have been dealing tonight. Oh, I am so glad I'm saved! But when I get to Heaven, I won't be able to brag on Crumpton, because it is totally a work of the Lord Jesus. I was just a lost, no-good, Hell-deserving sinner, without God and without hope. One brother said, "He just gave me something for nothing." The grace of God is beyond our comprehension. If we could go up tonight--up, up, up to the third Heaven and kneel down at the throne of God's grace and listen to the heartthrob of God's love; if we could go down, down, down to Calvary and see the torn, beaten, bruised body of the precious Son of God suffering all Hell for all sins, for all sinners, for all eternity, the Hell we would have suffered in the lake of fire and brimstone; then if we could go down, down, down to the charred walls of the damned and listen to the shrieks of damned souls in Hell-fire and brimstone; then if you can tell me how far it is from the highest Heaven to the lowest Hell by the way of Calvary, I can tell you how much is in that little word "grace." Oh, the unmerited, unconstrained love of God toward poor Hell-deserving sinners like us! Lost, undone sinners on the slave block being sold and bought back by the precious blood of the Son of God! I am for the Lily of the Valley, the Lord Jesus Christ, and I am against TULIP theology. "In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, ACCORDING TO the riches of his grace." Amen! (used with permission)
Friday, May 9
NIV - No Israelite man or woman is to become a shrine prostitute.
Notice the change from "sodomite" in the KJV to "shrine prostitute" in the NIV. Two totally different things. Prostitution and homosexuality are different entities.
Thursday, May 8
CATHOLICISM Vs.THE BIBLE #1
Blog Archive
- Rupert Murdoch
- Gail Riplinger-New Age Bible Versions(videos 1-5)
- The New Earth or a New Age?
- Who Infiltrated America Part 2 (video)
- Who Infiltrated America Part 1 (video)
- NIV vs. KJV ROUND #5
- Jesus is the ONLY "Begotten" Son of God
- NIV vs. KJV ROUND #4
- CATHOLICISM Vs.THE BIBLE #2
- ALBERTO RIVERA - Ex Jesuit Priest day 2 (video)
- ALBERTO RIVERA - Ex Jesuit Priest day 1 (video)
- SMOKESCREENS (audio)
- WHORE OF REV.17 Part 2 (video)
- WHORE OF REV.17 Part 1 (video)
- CATHOLICISM Vs.THE BIBLE #1
- ► May (27)
- 9/11 HOAX! 9/11 Happened 11 yrs to the day after bush sr. called for a new world order on sep 11/1990, 9 & 11 are occult numbers!
- Barcelona clubbers get chipped
- Beware of this calvanist, anti-KJV clown! (undercover JESUIT agent)
- Billy Graham (chief wolf, a freemason, enemy of God)
- C.S. Lewis Was No Christian!
- Check out this garbage!!
- Christianity Today -- BEWARE!!
- Eugene Peterson's "The Message" Exposed! (this "bible" is a joke! who would read such garbage?)
- False Doctrines!
- False Religions!
- Freemasonry Exposed! Freemasonry: The Witchcraft Connection by William J. Schnoebelen
- Initial List of 33rd Degree Masons
- Interesting Pictures...MUST SEE! TAKE A LOOK!
- Jehovah's Witnesses EXPOSED!
- Jesuits control the Vatican!
- Jesuits helped to start two world wars!
- Jesuits sunk the Titanic!
- John MacArthur Exposed!
- Meet the new black pope (the real power behind the vatican)
- N.I.V. (the H.I.V. of christianity) clever satanic counterfeit!
- NASV (comparing verses nasv and kjv)
- New World Order
- Satanic Occult Symbols in Washington D.C.
- Satanism In The Vatican!
- The Antichrist Slideshow
- The NIV and NASB are the same bibles as the Jehovah Witnesses' NWT
- Westcott and Hort Were Pro-Catholic!
- Westcott and Hort: Translator's beliefs
- What Did Pope John Paul II's Funeral Reveal?
- Why Israel can't survive (according to Macleans)
- Wolves In Sheep's Clothing!
- World Council of Churches -- BEWARE OF THE WCC! "The World Council of Churches (WCC) is the broadest and most inclusive among the many organized expressions of the modern ecumenical movement, a movement whose goal is Christian unity." Christian unity? Since when has the body of Christ been devided?
- 1. Alberto (As a Jesuit, Alberto helped destroy churches and ministries. But as he read the Scriptures, he saw that Catholicism couldn't save.)
- 2. Double-Cross (After his salvation, Alberto is a hunted man. No Jesuit can leave his order alive! He reveals the infiltration of Protestant organizations, and warns of false "brethren" in our midst.)
- 3. The Godfathers (Here's how the Roman Catholic Institution, as the "Mother of Abominations" (Rev. 17), caused many wars. This is the book the Catholic press is afraid to mention.)
- 4. The Force (This comic reveals how the Vatican is using its occult force to deceive millions. It's the "habitation of devils" described in Rev. 18:2.)
- 5. Four Horsemen (Here's a clear description of how the papacy fulfills Bible prophecies of the antichrist.)
- 5. Four Horsemen (Here's a clear description of how the papacy fulfills Bible prophecies of the antichrist.)
- A WOMAN RIDES THE BEAST, The Roman Catholic Church and the Last Days (Dave Hunt)
- ANSWERS TO YOUR BIBLE VERSION QUESTIONS (David W.Daniels)
- BABYLON RELIGION, How a Babylonian goddess became the Virgin Mary (David W.Daniels)
- BILLY GRAHAM AND ROME (David Cloud)
- IF THE FOUNDATIONS BE DESTROYED - What does the N.I.V. of the Bible have against Jesus? (Chick Salliby)
- MASONIC AND OCCULT SYMBOLS ILLUSTRATED (Cathy Burns)
- MYSTERIOUS MONUMENTS - Encyclopedia of Secret Illuminati Designs, Masonic Architecture and Occult Places (Texe Marrs)
- NEW AGE BIBLE VERSIONS (G.A. Riplinger)
- PAGAN TRADITIONS - The Origins of Easter, Christmas, and Halloween (Dr. David A.Ingraham)
- SMOKESCREENS, Who is the "Whore" of Revelation? (Jack T.Chick)
- The Big Betrayal (The true story of Charles Chiniquy, a former Roman Catholic priest.)
- THE DARK SIDE OF THE PURPOSE DRIVEN CHURCH (Noah W.Hutchings)
- THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE JESUITS (Edmond Paris)
- WESTCOTT'S NEW BIBLES - Changing the Truth of God Into a Lie (James H.Sightler, M.D.)


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BAA electronic bulletin
For those that don't mind getting up in the early hours there are four
comets that can be seen in binoculars, although you will need large
binoculars for three of them.
Best is 2013 R1 (Lovejoy) which has brightened rapidly and is now on
the borders of naked eye visibility. It is visible from about
midnight onwards and is highest as dawn breaks. At the moment the
Beehive Cluster in Cancer makes a good starting point for sweeping
towards the comet, which looks a bit like a globular cluster, but see
the Computing Section webpages for good finder charts. Those that
don't like an early morning could wait until later in the month when
it is at its brightest, but low in the sky below the Plough.
As previously explained 2012 S1 (ISON) never looked very likely to be
the spectacular sight brighter than the full moon and visible in broad
daylight that some pundits predicted. In the event it has brightened
even more slowly than my cautious predictions. The nucleus appears to
be smaller than the normal limit for surviving perihelion, so if you
want to see the comet, now is probably the time. From a darkish site
it is visible in 20x80B, but is just a faint fuzzy patch. A telescope
may show the prominent tail that is visible in some of the excellent
images that you can see in the Section image gallery. Predicting its
future brightness is a bit of a lottery, so keep an eye on the Section
web page for the latest news, magnitude predictions for the bright
comets are usually updated on Thursdays.
2P/Encke has a long history of observation, and this is one of the
better returns for Northern Hemisphere observers. It is beginning to
drop into the dawn twilight, but can still be seen as a large fuzzy
patch. Images show a narrow gas tail.
Finally 2012 X1 (LINEAR) provided a surprise when it suddenly
brightened by five magnitudes, in an outburst similar to those seen in
17P/Holmes and 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann. It was clearly a classical
explosive outburst and images show the steadily expanding coma.
Although just visible in large binoculars, it will probably fade from
view as the coma becomes more diffuse.
Observations of the above comets are welcome, particularly visual
estimates of the total magnitude. Details of the technique and format
for reporting the observations is in the Section guide to observing
comets, of which a new issue is in preparation. As always, the
Section web page is updated several times a week and will usually have
the latest information on observable comets.
Jonathan Shanklin
Director, Comet Section
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subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the contents of
this email and any reply you make may be disclosed by NERC unless it
is exempt from release under the Act. Any material supplied to NERC
may be stored in an electronic records management system.
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Good Clear Skies
Colin James Watling
Various Voluntary work-Litter Picking for Parish Council (Daytime) and
also a friend of Kessingland Beach (Watchman)
Profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/astrocomera
Lyra Website: https://sites.google.com/site/lyrasociety/
Real Astronomer and head of the Comet section for LYRA (Lowestoft and
Great Yarmouth Regional Astronomers) also head of K.A.G (Kessingland
Astronomy Group) and Navigator (Astrogator) of the Stars (Fieldwork)
Thursday, 7 November 2013
[BAA-ebulletin 00769] Morning comets
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Demetri Martin coming to Syracuse
Good news, upper New Yorkers: The cold weather will be a little more bearable because Demetri Martin is coming to town! Demetri Martin will be performing at Syracuse University this October.
When: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at 8:00PM
Where: Goldstein Auditorium at Syracuse University in Syracuse, NY
Tickets are a mere $5 and can be purchased through the Schine Student Center website.


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APRIL 21st, 2010 — There is new political air in the city of Indianola… Recently, Mayor Steve Rosenthal and the City Board of Aldermen identified several department heads that did not meet the new performance standards. With the flux of crime, a new interim police chief was immediately identified; Former Vicksburg Police Chief Tommy Moffett.
"We did terminate our existing chief," Mayor Rosenthal said in an early interview from the Vicksburg Post. "We felt like (Moffett) would be the perfect candidate. His resume looked good."
Tommy Moffett had retired with 36 total years experience as an officer, 24 of them as a police chief. Moffett ran the Vicksburg Police Department for eight years until July 2009.


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06 June, 2013
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I love cards. Sometimes I buy cards with no purpose in mind other than to save them for the perfect occasion. That being so, along with my enthusiasm for and staple diet of vegetables, I kind of think these cards by
Gilah Press + Design
need to get into my possession asap.
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I've been on a bit of a fabric binge lately. The online fabric stores have been having some great sales!
Just a little sample…
Freshcut Dotted Paisley Aqua $6.38/yd
Aviary Rose Damask Chocolate $6.68/yd
Michael Miller Limeade Lacey Paisley $7.90/yd
Anna Griffin "Elsie" Blue Lemons $4.25/yd
Pique Bees Blue Cotton Fabric $6.99/yd
Amy Butler Anna Tunic Pattern $12.95 (The lowest price I found on the internet! If you want this pattern, definitely checkout http://www.fatquartershop.com)
I love to support Texas companies. J.Caroline is based out of Houston (H-Town, Represent Yo!) and Fat Quarter Shop is out of Manchaca, Texas (which is just south of Austin on the way to San Antonio on I-35). Although, now that we live in Georgia, I guess I need to start supporting the GA companies now…Fabric.com is based out of Atlanta.
Now if I could only get motivated to sew! 😉


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What Is the CONNECTEDNESS Theme
People with Connectedness have a natural way of finding a deeper, richer meaning in life. For them, there is an ornate complexity joining one thing to another—and all things to all other things—in vital but often invisible ways. They notice things. And, it is their instinct to form connections, joining one dot to the next. Those with Connectedness find an effortless and intrinsic beauty in the constantly intertwining, elaborate patterns that make up our world and create our shared reality. Being sensitive to the unceasing interplay of cause and effect, they have a specific vision—a way of experiencing and processing life—that assigns value and significance to exactly everything. Great and small, everything is connected, everything plays a role, everything has a value. Therefore, for them, things happen for reasons. This simply means that nothing is random—that present realities are the result of past circumstances, and that future realities are the result of present actions. In that way, we have a responsibility to one another; our actions ripple out in ways that affect the world near and far, now and in the future. Connectedness is a way for them. A way of seeing. And, to be more direct, a way of being. Seeing the intricate interconnectedness of all there is, or, in a lot of cases, simply being in awe of it all, is their zone. For them, the world is alive and each and every angle of it is an interconnected piece of a living whole. A single story that humanity is co-creating with the entire universe.
Why Should We Care
These people are aware, first and foremost. They have a spectacular intuition and a particular talent for waking others up to the meaningful complexity of the world surrounding us all. In that way, people with Connectedness are disruptors—individuals who seek to open others' eyes. And, they generally do this peacefully with an extremely high degree of compassion and understanding. As they evolve, their capacity to see where others are coming from is without parallel. They might be able to assess a moral, lesson, or teaching from even a brief interaction. This allows them to "learn from everything" and they cannot help but to share that perspective with others. What is imperceptible to most people is clear as day to them, which means that people with Connectedness make visible the invisible. They remind us that what we do matters and that, in the end, we, ourselves matter.
Ten Things to Know About People with CONNECTEDNESS
1. Healing. People with Connectedness are natural healers—they heal with their voices, with their perspectives, and often times with their work. They often seek to serve the greater good because they see the big picture so clearly.
2. Misunderstood. Connectedness has been described as one of the most difficult perspectives to explain and articulate. Many people with this strength grow up feeling unvalidated, misunderstood, and alone.
3. Patience. Their intuition often exceeds their vocabulary, so what feels obvious to them might seem totally random to someone else. This requires patience on both sides—as, their inability to clearly express what they are noticing does not necessarily mean that they are wrong or off about it.
4. Reading Into Things. They generally dislike being told that they're "reading into things".
5. Signs. They might see a certain number everywhere or notice particular songs on the radio, and treat it like a guide. They are wired to notice signs and, because of that, they are generally not afraid to follow their nose, trust their gut, or act on their inner-knowing.
6. Emotions. They might not feel sadness, joy, or any other emotion when others do; however, they might feel something powerfully at a time when others do not. They may have a unique perspective around topics like death, the meaning of life, and spirituality.
7. Novelty Seeking. They are very much at home in states of wonder and astonishment, so don't be surprised if you find them constantly hungering to explore the inner-world or the inner-workings of the cosmos. Being peacefully flabbergasted may very well be a daily pursuit for them.
8. Conspiracy Theories. The nature of conspiracy theories can be a major comfort for them—an interconnected webwork of people, places, things, and timelines. It is not uncommon for them to spend time looking into various shadowy or fringe topics. It may even be relaxing.
9. Eccentric. They might come across as a little weird at times, as they are prone to bringing an almost otherworldly perspective to virtually every conversation. Or, they might want to illuminate a given chain of events that they noticed, like, "If I hadn't stopped to tie my shoe, then I wouldn't have seen the dog walk by with the collar that reminded me of this time in Italy when I met this woman who wore the same perfume as my friend who just so happened to be calling me AT THAT SAME MOMENT. Can you believe it!?! What does it mean?!?"
10. Unconditional Love. Many people with Connectedness have developed capacities to love unconditionally that well exceed the norm. They have a deep capacity to accept others fully and completely.
Zach Carlsen is the grateful lead blogger at StrengthsLife.com
His strengths of Ideation, Connectedness, Input, Strategic, and Empathy have taken him all over the world. He is an inventor, athlete, joyous wanderer/wonderer, translator, poet, and Gallup Certified Strengths Coach.


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Saving Love
The words we use are limited, because there are no words that can adequately describe faith and God. Yet, as limited as these words might be, we, like the blind men in the story, need to share them so that a truer picture of God might emerge for ourselves and for others.
Sermon by Rev. Jenny Carter
June 18, 2017
Based on 1 John 4:7-12
I love words. I collect them, actually. I don't know why I do this, I just know it is something I have always done. Perhaps it is the writer in me. That tortured part of my soul where I love words, but know that they are limited. No one word can convey the truth of any one situation, so I am always looking for the exact "right" word. Could be that. Or it could be that I'm just strange. Either way, one of my favorite words, probably because it is the longest word I know is, "polyfocalconspectus". Which, very loosely defined, is "to understand a thing, you must be able to see it from many viewpoints."
We all know that ancient story about the six blind men who had an elephant wander in to their village – and since none of them had ever "seen" an elephant they decided to go out and touch the elephant so that they would know what it was. One of them touched a leg, and said, "Oh, the elephant is like a mighty pillar." To which the one holding the elephant's tail said, "Oh friend, you are wrong, an elephant is like a rope." To which the one holding the elephant's trunk said, "No, you're wrong. An elephant is like a thick branch of a tree." The one touching the elephant's ear said, "No, an elephant is like a big fan." "No" another one said, totally convinced he was the only right one "an elephant is like a huge wall" since he was touching the elephant's belly. To which the final blind man, who was holding the tusk, replied, "You're all wrong, an elephant is like a solid pipe."
The six men began to argue. A passerby heard the argument and intervened and said "Friends, stop arguing. You're all right. The reason you are describing it differently is because each of you is touching a different part of the elephant. The elephant has all of those features."
This is a perfect story to explain what polyfocalconspectus is. Our beliefs about something depends on our perspective – our vantage point – and how we've experienced a thing. The same is true of God. Each one of us here has faith – a deep seated response to God. That place where God touches us, and we touch God. Then, as humans, we search for the right words to convey this deep experience of the holy. The words we use are limited, because there are no words that can adequately describe faith and God. Yet, as limited as these words might be, we, like the blind men in the story, need to share them so that a truer picture of God might emerge for ourselves and for others.
As I mentioned last Sunday, we who gather in this place on a Sunday have a wide variety of perspectives. Each one of us have attempted to find the best words to describe our experience of how God has touched out hearts – to describe the faith that is as close to us as our very breath. And the words we find are true. True for us. And that is good. In fact, it is better than good.
And now it is time for us to share our words about God, to engage in a little polyfocalconspectus, so that we not only get a better understanding of the faith others have, but we understand our own faith perspective better as well. You see, when we share our faith perspective, we find where our edges are – the lines we cannot bring ourselves to cross – and sometimes we find common ground and a new understanding – of who God is, how God works, and what it means to follow. It's like the difference between a piece of glass and a diamond. Glass has one dimension, one facet, but a diamond is multifaceted – and that is what makes it so brilliant and so precious.
As a quick reminder, there are five main streams of theological thought in this room this morning: evangelical, ecclesial, missional, ecumenical and spiritual. Each stream holding a truth. Each stream trying to find the words to describe God's agency, how God works, what that work looks like, and what our role is in that holy work. The words we come up with shapes our identity, brings us life, and helps us to be gifts to the world. To be clear, we all will identify with more than one stream – some of us maybe even swim a bit in them all – but at our core, we all identify with one a little bit more than another. It is important to remember that each stream brings us both gifts as well as shadows – but ultimately, they bring us a deeper faith experience when we dare to explore them.
As I mentioned earlier, today we have dived in to the evangelical stream. Remembering that the words we use to describe anything fall short, but that they are also the only things we have to convey the deepest parts of us – the best word to describe the gift of this stream is intimacy. If you've ever felt a deep intimacy with God, you may very well be a little bit evangelical. That deep sense that God is love – and when you enter fully into your relationship with God – you become more like this love. You literally become a beacon of that One Love.
Every theological stream has a mechanism for being brought in to deep relationship with God. All of them biblical and all of them profound. For those of us identifying as evangelical, the death of Jesus on the cross – that sense that God loved humanity and creation so much that God would be willing to die for us, so that we might live – and live abundantly – is transformative. In that act, we have been shown what love is. We have been shown that love sometimes requires sacrifice. We have been shown, through Jesus' death and resurrection, that new life is possible for those who believe – for those who tend their relationship with God.
The power of new life, fresh beginnings and another chance to become a better, more love filled person – is at the heart of this stream. Feeling the intimate connection to God, who is love, means that one regularly examines their life – takes a look at all of the ways they have fallen short of the call to love, and be love (which is the best definition of sin, in my opinion) – and when they find those times they have fallen short – they repent or turn away from those actions. They make amends, to God and to others. There is grace in that. There is life in that too.
This is what being saved looks like. It doesn't look like perfection. It looks like people striving to become truly loving, truly Christ like. I've seen this one thing change lives. Imagine if you've never known real love – or have never thought yourself worthy of a second thought or a second chance – and then God touches your heart and you now know beyond a shadow of a doubt that you are loved and are worthy – how that might impact your life? I do not think it is too big of a stretch to say that you would feel like you have been saved. And then, having had this profound experience, how could you possibly keep this life-giving message to yourself? You would feel compelled to share the joy and the happiness that you've found with others. You would want them to have this experience as well.
Yet, like all streams, the evangelical one also has a shadow side. While the stream is life giving, the shadow side is life denying. In this stream, the shadow side is tribalism. That destructive thing that happens when a group turns in on themselves – and believes that they are the only ones with the right way and the right truth and the right words– and instead of seeing that God can work in a million different ways – they begin to sort people into those who are "in" the tribe and those who are not. And once this happens, it is a short trip to those who "are not in the tribe" to be seen as less than or even seen as the enemy, and the hurt that comes from being found to be lacking by people who share your faith can be devastating. This is a good warning to us all, no matter what stream we are most at home in. We who seek to be love, cannot begin to sort people into groups of "those who are worthy of concern" and "those who are not."
The gift of intimacy with God that our evangelical brothers and sisters have – is a gift for the church. It reminds us all that like any relationship – our relationship with God needs to be tended. We need to actively seek and then witness to how God is making a difference in our lives. The other big gift of this stream is that evangelicals have an overwhelming desire to share the good news of Jesus by taking that love of neighbour thing to heart, is so they tend to work really hard in terms of mission work. That to be love, means you get out of your pew and go and help people who are struggling and hurting and feeling lost. There is purpose and grace in that. Next week we will be worshipping in the style of the ecclesial stream – and exploring the gifts and shadows of it as well. But until then, a little polyfocalconspectus homework. Who is God for you? What is the gift the evangelical stream has given you, and how might it deepen your faith? You see we aren't making this tour through the streams to point out who is right and who is wrong – on the contrary – we are making this tour to deepen our faith by letting different perspectives share their insights into the Holy presence that surrounds and infuses us all. That's the point. And that's who we are.
May it be so in your life and in mine.


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text: Alert surfer Gordon gave me a heads up on this interesting discussion over at My Armory on the sword as symbol and tool. Is the image of the knight kneeling with his sword held in front of him like a cross mere Victorian romanticism, or does it have some basis in fact? I suspect Victorianism/pre-Raphaelite-ism, but this may be an outgrowth of the 14th century Cult of Chivalry nonsense.