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Stop Hypocrisy at the United Nations

I have been getting quite a few emails in regards to the corrupt U.N. Security Council lately…

The United Nations Human Rights Council spends a great deal of its time condemning Israel while ignoring real human rights abuses. Recently, the Council approved a resolution endorsing the one-sided, biased report of Judge Richard Goldstone and accusing Israel of “War Crimes.” This resolution will now be considered by the U.N. Security Council. Please sign the petition at the end of this short video that will be sent to President Obama and the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council urging them to veto this biased resolution.

http://www.honestreporting.com/a/UNHypocrisy.asp

Filed under: Freedom of Speech, Globalism, Islam, Israel, Middle East, New World Order, News, Philosophy & Religion, Political, Religion, discernment

Saffronplanet.net

I found this site via Moriel

Saffron Planet is a simple concept. It is just a group of ordinary folk, four Christian families and their friends, who wish to know more about God, His word and His dealings with the world. They meet up on Sunday afternoons and chat around a dining table on a variety of topics. These chats are edited and broadcast as podcasts on www.SaffronPlanet.net for all who wish to share in our journey.

Saffron Planet are the Maltz, Werth, Jeffery and Hill families, spanning two generations and fifty years. Within these families are teachers, authors, broadcasters, musicians, media professionals, housewives and schoolkids, representing a wide range of experiences and aspirations but united in their desire to see true Biblical Christianity taught and practiced in our nation. Who are we? | Saffronplanet.net

It looks like an interesting site.

Note:

Please remember to use discernment with all sites.

Filed under: Christianity, Philosophy & Religion, Religion, Theology, discernment

The Fourth Kind

Author Gary Bates went a saw a movie called “The Fourth Kind” which is a documentary/drama about alien abduction. He has been one of few Christians that has extensively researched this topic. He has written a review about this movie which is worth a read as it clearly explains that there is something spiritual happening to people which he does not deny.

But are these encounters aliens from another world or are they something far more sinister?

The portrayal of the scarred Tyler is harrowing, though. Although this may be a fictional account, the reality of such seriously damaged people is only too evident to those involved in abduction research. It is the real evidence of altered and broken lives that is only too recognizable as the fruit of the evil one using such deceptive and destructive practices to spite His Creator and turn the very subjects that God loves away from Him. Sadly, this fact is lost on secular researchers. Amazingly, the last scene with Tyler is extremely revealing. Her interviewer asks, “You said they claim to be God” (one entity was recorded saying these words in the movie). Tyler responds and says, “No, they

A grand illusion

People are not being abducted by aliens.
Nor have advanced extraterrestrial races evolved on other planets.
Nor has God created such races of extraterrestrials. However, many people are having real experiences at the hands of deceptive fallen angels and demons. These entities are creating an elaborate charade that undergirds (and is undergirded by) the theory of evolution which also undermines God’s rightful place as King of the universe. The experience can be real, but the charade is not. As some well-known Christian commentators also noted:

“… how credible is it to think that literally thousands of extraterrestrials would fly millions or billions of light-years simply to teach New Age philosophy, deny Christianity, and support the occult. . . . Why would they consistently lie about things which we know are true, and why would they purposefully deceive their contacts?”

One thing he writes and something that I totally agree with, is that the Church should have answers for these people who have been so traumatised by their experiences with these deceptive beings.

He writes…

This area of spiritual warfare should be “bread and butter” for the church. It grieves me that many leaders do not know how to reach, and are not even willing to try and understand what is happening to, these people. A loving church that could embrace and explain this phenomenon will have people turning up at its door for answers. Unfortunately, most experiencers that I have met have felt shunned by the church. Instead, they seek the assistance of those in the UFO community who, sadly, will only reinforce the lie that they are being visited by highly evolved benevolent beings from another planet.

A must read article called The Fourth Kind!

Filed under: Aliens, Angel Worship, Christianity, Creation & Evolution, Creation/Evolution, Globalism, Nephilim, New World Order, New-Age, Occult, Philosophy & Religion, Religion, The Strange, The Watchers, Theology, UFOs, discernment, mysticism

Five very important matters of faith…

The Five Basic Doctrines:

1. The Trinity: God is one "What" and three "Whos" with each "Who" possessing all the attributes of Deity and personality.
2. The Person of Jesus Christ: Jesus is 100% God and 100% man for all eternity.
3. The Second Coming: Jesus Christ is coming bodily to earth to rule and judge.
4. Salvation: It is by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone.
5. The Scripture: It is entirely inerrant and sufficient for all Christian life.

The major religions of the world all deny all of these major doctrines. Sadly, there are those within Christendom that are denying these fundamental truths.

To find out why these five things are extremely important read this PDF file written by Sandy Simpson.

Anyway, here is a poll for you to do…

Filed under: Apostasy, Christianity, Ecumenicalism, Emergent Church, Emerging Church, Gnosticism, New-Age, Philosophy & Religion, Polls, Post-modernism, Religion, Theology, discernment

The Bride is being abused…

A must read article by Jackie Alnor. It’s about the violence that is happening to the bride of Christ today. She does an amazing job in relating current violence of the world to the Kingdom Violence that is happening within the Church.

 

Spiritual Child Abuse

If the apostle Paul turned the world upside-down and the new apostles turn it the other way around, isn’t that an undoing of the work of the true apostles? Also, notice Joyner’s emphasis on worship. Have you ever seen a worship service at his church, MorningStar? It’s very tribal – even demonic. Here are some clips of this “worship” Joyner is referring to: [not for the squeamish.]

Worship I

Worship II 

A woman wrote a testimony on Joyner’s forum testifying to what she and her family experienced while streaming Joyner’s Heritage program. She wrote:

“A couple weeks ago I was web streaming the meeting and my kids were up stairs getting ready for bed, when all of a sudden my 17 yr. old son came down stairs and said to me, "Look at me , mom!" I looked at him and said, "What?" Then he repeated himself, saying, "LOOK at me!" I looked at him again, and said, "What is it?" He said, "I’m covered with gold dust!" His whole torso was covered with gold dust! He asked what was going on, I told him I was web streaming Heritage!! Then the Lord opened an opportunity for my husband and I to come to Heritage last weekend. 4 days after we came home, I was web streaming again and saw an open eye vision of the fire. We know fire as a thing, but this fire of the Lord is Alive!! It was about 3 feet wide and had EYES!!! The eyes were blinking!!! It is ALIVE!!!”

[…] Most of the so-called prophets that interface with the former Kansas City prophets are highlighted on the networking PR group known as the “Elijah List,” headed up by media person Steve Shultz. On a recent news release Shultz was promoting a new cd by false prophet Kim Clement. Shultz’s September 8, 2009 promo started with this headline in big red letters: “

"THE VIOLENT TAKE THE KINGDOM—BY FORCE!–Just listen to some of Kim Clement’s Prophetic music to ‘hear’ Kingdom Violence"

He went on to say:

“Kim Clement is a VIOLENT worshipper. It’s odd. There have been times when I’ve felt so over-stimulated with life and the problems of the day, that I needed to just find a quiet place and BE QUIET myself. Yet strangely enough, in the past few years, it’s been during just such times, that I was able to bear the "Spiritual Violence" coming through Prophet and Minstrel, Kim Clement–at just those same times… it’s all VIOLENT in a VERY VERY GOOD way. Kingdom_violence

To anyone who has any background in the Occult or eastern religion the term open eye vision is clearly the opening of the third eye! The third eye is responsible for esoteric visions.

And please remember that not all fire is from God. There is such a thing called “Strange Fire”. 

The strange fire

There is in Leviticus the account of strange fire; they were burning the fire to Jehovah but in an alien way, not according to scripture:

Lev 10:1 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took each of them his censer, and put fire therein, and laid incense thereon, and offered strange fire before Jehovah, which he had not commanded them.

The term for unbiblical worship and the term for idolatry is the same term. Once you begin to worship the true God in an unbiblical way you will end up in idolatry. It is the path that gets you there; it’s inevitable. The Catholic Church is an example, they progressed into idolatry. They didn’t start with necromancy and icons they progressed into it. If you worship the one true God in an unbiblical way; that path leads you into idolatry.

Another example is the Hebrew word for husband, master and owner which is ‘Bal’. Jehovah was Israel’s Bal. The Canaanites had their Bal. They had their god with the same name. If you begin to worship the true god in an unbiblical way another god gives a counterfeit.

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A treaty is about to be signed to create a New World Order in December — via climate control!

A treaty is about to be signed to create a New World Order in December

Just found this on facebook thanks to Pastor Corby Stephens. We are at a the last hour of freedom before the world enters into a New World Order. This New World Order has to come about for the anti-christ to rise! It has been prophesied in the book of Daniel and Revelation.

Here is the video which is a must see. And I have just copied and pasted some more information that was found at the youtube site for you to go through.

So watch and take in what is being said here…

On October 14, Lord Christopher Monckton gave a presentation in St. Paul, MN on the subject of global warming. In this 4-minute excerpt from his speech, he issues a dire warning to all Americans regarding the United Nations Climate Change Treaty that is scheduled to be signed in Copenhagen in December 2009.

A draft of the treaty can be read here:

http://www.globalclimatescam.com/docu…

Chuck Norris has an article in WorldNetDaily with a good analysis of the treaty:

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE….

There has been considerable debate raised about Monckton’s conclusion that the Copenhagen Treaty would cede US sovereignty. His comments appear to be based upon his interpretation of the The Supremacy Clause in the US Constitution (Article VI, paragraph 2). This clause establishes the Constitution, Federal Statutes, and U.S. TREATIES as the supreme law of the land. Concerns have been raised in the past that a particularly ambitious treaty may supersede the US Constitution. In the 1950s, a constitutional amendment, known as the Bricker Amendment, was proposed in response to such fears, but it failed to pass. You can read more about the Bricker Amendment in a 1953 Time Magazine article:

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/art…,9171,806676-1,00.html

Lord Monckton served as a policy adviser to Margaret Thatcher. He has repeatedly challenged Al Gore to a debate to which Gore has refused. Monckton sued to stop Gore’s film “An Inconvenient Truth” from being shown in British schools due to its inaccuracies. The judge found in-favor of Monckton, ordering 9 serious errors in the film to be corrected. Lord Monckton travels internationally in an attempt to educate the public about the myth of global warming.

UPDATE:

Check-out this story from the 10/29/09 Wall Street Journal:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001…

Filed under: Apostasy, Christianity, Dominionism, Ecumenicalism, Freedom of Speech, Globalism, History, New World Order, News, Philosophy & Religion, Political, Prophecy, climate change, discernment

Aliens are spiritual in nature…

My last post was about the possibility of Alien Disclosure from President Obama. Now, I prefaced that post with a caution to be discerning which I hope you will do.

Listening further to the interview between Art Bell and Dr. Stephen Greer, Greer spoke about what you should do if you come across a close encounter of the third kind. He said that you should not panic, meditate and centre yourself into a non-locality consciousness and what he means by that is that you can learn how to centre your consciousness into a universal constant. I bet that sounds familiar to those of you who have been researching the emerging church movement??? He goes on to say that you must to this to invite them to come over and open up a spirit of dialogue!

You can listen to that interview HERE. He goes on to say that if you are skilled in this you can remote view the occupants of the UFO.

So… yep, this is a spiritual thing. He then goes on to say that you can purchase materials on his website that will help you learn how to get into this deep meditative state so that you can invite these Aliens in and have what  he calls an CE5 encounter; a close encounter of the fifth kind.

"HIDDEN TRUTH" BOOK and CD

The amazing autobiography of Steven M. Greer, MD – "Hidden Truth – Forbidden Knowledge". In one of the most astounding and moving true stories ever told, Dr. Greer relates his own personal experiences with Extraterrestrial peoples and the unfolding of cosmic awareness since his childhood. From his sighting of a UFO at an early age, to his amazing near-death experience at age 17, to his unraveling of the secret cabal running the illegal transnational energy and UFO-related projects, to his meetings with a CIA Director, US Senators, heads of state and royalty – you will be moved, shocked and enlightened as you read through this memoir. Read more.
Order the book and CD separately. The CD includes the following Guided Meditations from the book:

  • Structure of the Universe – 31 minutes
  • Contacting ET Beings and a Meditation and Prayer for Earth

The Disclosure Project – Shopping

He also has a CD set called Cosmic Consciousness – A course in advance mantra meditation. Just check out “The Disclosure Project – Shopping” link above.

Now… with all the centering prayer and meditation that is going on in the Church and with the UFOlogists doing the same thing and trying to connect with a something that is inter-dimensional, does this not concern you??? Think about how the whole environmental crusaders would be willing to listen to possible answers that help this planet clean up. Are we being primed to accept something that is super-spiritual in nature? Has the bible spoke about this? I believe the bible has. And what is says is that there will be a strong delusion sent by God Himself…

2Th 2:9  The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders,
2Th 2:10  and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.
2Th 2:11  Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false,

Why is this sent?

Because they don’t love the truth that would save them!

What is that truth?

Love of the truth — not merely love of truth, but love of THE truth (and of, Jesus who is the Truth, in opposition to Satan’s “lie,” 2Th 2:9, 2Th 2:11; Joh 8:42-44), can save (Eph 4:21). We are required not merely to assent to, but to love the truth (Psa 119:97).

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In The Days: Current news events in the light of biblical prophecy » Official disclosure of extraterrestrial life is imminent

nephilim2 Ok…I said I was going to have a break, but I did happen across a post on one of my favourite blogs “More Books and Things” that needed to be brought to light. Please use discernment in regards to this topic. Remember that we should have our eyes fixed only on Jesus and His Word.

I have blogged about Aliens and the possibility of disclosure this year HERE. And you can find my other posts regarding this fascinating topic HERE. From these posts you will learn that there is a massive push for governments and other NGOs to disclose what they know about “Aliens” and “Advanced Technology”!

The following quote is from a Christian site that looks at current political events in light of biblical prophecy and I guess we will just have to wait and see if anything at all comes from this…

Obama’s September 24, 2009 chairing of the UN Security Council meeting on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, signaled his emerging leadership role in tackling major global issues such as nuclear weapons. The Nobel Peace Prize was an important step in giving global legitimacy to President Obama in making an extraterrestrial disclosure announcement. Obama is therefore poised to play a prominent role in the increased global governance that will be necessary after an extraterrestrial disclosure announcement. The timing would most likely coincide sometime soon after his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech on December 10, 2009 in Oslo, Norway.

There have been various sources that have revealed deliberations are underway to make an announcement concerning the existence of extraterrestrial life by the end of 2009. These include, Dr Pete Peterson, a whistleblower who has recently emerged revealing high level discussions have taken place concerning announcing the existence of extraterrestrial life. In a Project Camelot interview, Dr Peterson revealed that “Obama is planning to disclose the reality of ET contact by the end of the year; and that most, but not all, of the ET visitors are friendly.”
Another source is David Wilcock, a prominent researcher of emerging scientific paradigms. Wilcock has been told by additional independent sources that extraterrestrial disclosure will take place by the end of 2009. He furthermore claimed in a Coast to Coast AM radio interview that “a 2-hour international TV special has already been booked that will introduce an alien species, similar to humans, to the world.”

In addition, popular NASA and space researcher, Richard Hoagland, has publicly come forward to reveal that the October 9, LCROSS ‘bombing’ mission of the moon, discovered an ancient base at the moon’s South Pole.

In The Days: Current news events in the light of biblical prophecy » Official disclosure of extraterrestrial life is imminent

Interestingly, the whole energy crisis is part and parcel of this whole disclosure plan. Meetings are taking place concerning the continuation of burning fossil fuels and how this is destroying our earth. In these meetings they speak about extra-terrestrial technologies that would put a stop to all of that. Dr. Stephen Greer has started a website called orionproject.org and this website seeks to bring scientists together to talk about environmental and social crisis concerns…

The Orion Project is an organization created to transform the current energy, environmental and social crisis into a world of sustainability and Enlightened Abundance.

Technological progress in the areas of advanced physics and electromagnetic systems, if appropriately supported, will enable humanity to live on the Earth with a minimal footprint with genuine long-term sustainability.

For over 100 years, these advanced concepts in energy generation have either been ignored or actively suppressed due to the power of fossil-fuel based economic and industrial interests. [source]

Listen to this youtube where Dr Stephen Greer speaks about the possible coming disclosure and the economic reasoning why it has happened yet. He also speaks about the current global energy crisis and how advanced technology from these “aliens” may just help save the world from itself.

For more youtube on this see HERE.

Advanced technology from unusual sources has happened before. In the days of Noah the sons of God visited and pro-created with the daughters of man. They produced the Nephilim.

Gen 6:4 The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them: the same were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown.

Notice that it says that the Nephilim were on the earth during the days of Noah and also after that.

These Nephilim/Watchers according to the book of Enoch also gave rise to great technical advancement on the earth before the great flood. This time was of a “Great Awakening” for humanity.

Another Christian author has come to the same conclusion that these ‘Aliens’ are demonic forces, the same forces found in Genesis 6…

UFOs are real, they’re just not from outer space. So says Chuck Missler in his informative book, Alien Encounters: The Secret Behind the UFO Phenomenon. Missler is convinced that the alleged aliens publicized these days are demonic forces, and equates them convincingly with the angels that co-habited with women in Genesis 6. Stay with me for these few paragraphs and see if your curiosity isn’t piqued just a bit. Granted, there are many details we don’t know about the pre-flood days, but in my opinion, Missler’s hypothesis fills in a lot of gaps (Matt. 24:37). Read more at – A Deception of Cosmic Proportions

Anyway, much more could be said about these ‘Watchers’ also known as the ‘Nephilim’ and to the secular world they are known as ‘Aliens’. In fact, they go by many different names depending of the culture. Just googling “Ancient Astronauts” “Star gods” “Anunnaki” will bring up a wealth of information about these ancient visitors. In fact, almost every ancient culture shares the same kind of story about “Star gods” coming down and creating mankind! This is called “Panspermia”.

The book of Genesis says that we are created in the image of God – a monotheistic God! But it does go on to talk about the sons of God coming down and copulating with the daughters of men!

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Who should we bow down to – God or Jesus, or are they one…

Isa 45:22  Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
Isa 45:23  I have sworn by Myself, the Word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that to Me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.

Php 2:9  Because of this also God highly exalted Him and gave Him a name above every name,
Php 2:10  that at the name of Jesus "every knee should bow," of heavenly ones, and earthly ones, and ones under the earth,
Php 2:11  and "every tongue should confess" that Jesus Christ is "Lord," to the glory of God the Father. Isa. 45:23

Filed under: Christianity, Hebrew, Judaism, Midrash, Philosophy & Religion, Religion, Theology, discernment

The movie they don’t want you to see!!!

Thanks Carla from More Books and Things for pointing this out!!!

Not Evil Just Wrong is the film Al Gore and Hollywood are working hard to make sure you can’t and don’t see.Too late. On Sunday, Oct. 18, more than 400,000 Americans helped make the launch of Not Evil Just Wrong the largest simultaneous film premiere party in U.S. history, airing on more than 7,000 screens in all 50 states.

For more information see:

Documentary an inconvenient truth for Gore fans

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Word – Logos…

This is good. It is a study about The Deity of Christ by David Hocking. I found it at Blue Letter Bible Institute Library, which has very good teachings on a number of biblical themes.

I am currently studying the Word and who that Word actually is. During my research I have found this pdf file to be most useful and clearly biblical. You may want to check it out too…

 

The Deity of Christ – Session 5 Christology – David Hocking 12

First of all, John 1:1 says, “In the beginning was the Word.” Now the word for “word” is logos in Greek. Now logos is a common English word referring to the study of something. Archaeology has logos in the end. Christology, has logos in the end—the study of Christ. So that little logos or “-ology” on the end of English words, is referring to the study of something. In ancient times the logos was a revelation. That is, a display, a putting on display, expressing it so that we can see it. That is very interesting because when John wrote, he certainly wrote with the cultural background of those words that he used.

When he said, “In the beginning was the logos.” They would not immediately think of Jesus because they would be thinking of God. “In the beginning was when God started revealing.” That is the way Barashesh, or Genesis, begins. “In the beginning God created.” And that was a revelation of the glory of God.

Psalm 19:1 says, “The heavens declare or reveal the glory of God.”

So when you read in the beginning was the Word, was the revelation, everyone would go, “Oh yes, yes. You mean the creation. That revealed the nature and power of God.” But now here is what else it says: “And the logos was with God.” Now at that point, you would have to stop and think about what was just said. Actually it is the word pros in Greek—the word meaning “toward.” It can tend to mean “face to face.” What we have here is a statement of equality. Now the person hearing this would have heard, “In the beginning was the revelation of God.” Then they would have heard the next statement, “And this revelation was facing God.” It was in equality with God. Now, that would be impossible for the Jewish mind to apprehend and comprehend, because the created is never to be identified with the Creator. If the first phrase refers to the revelation of the universe, which reveals who God is (which it certainly could), then the second statement therefore, could not make any sense because you cannot have the revelation of that universe on an equal basis with the one who created it. In fact, that is the root of all idolatry. In Romans 1 it says that man worships the creature rather than the Creator. Let me put it another way. God is never to be identified with that which He created.

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Echad = Oneness

אחד
‘echâd

A numeral from H258; properly united, that is, one; or (as an ordinal) first: – a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any (-thing), apiece, a certain [dai-] ly, each (one), + eleven, every, few, first, + highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together.

Deuteronomy 6:4 “Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one [echad]!

Does this say there is more than one God? No, He is “oneness” but the word is “echad”, it’s a plural oneness. It is the same oneness when Adam and Eve become one flesh. (Gen. 2:24), you shall become “echad”; the two become one. And a third person is procreated, there is one in three, there is three in one. We are made in His image and likeness. Yes, there is one God but there is more than one person. [source]

Since God is referred to as "echad" in the same way as man and woman are referred to as "echad" this heavily implies that the oneness of marriage reflects the oneness of God. [source]

Genesis 2:24 For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one [echad] flesh.

Isaiah 9:6

For unto us a child is born
to us a son is given
,
and the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called
Wonderful Counselor,
Mighty God,
Everlasting Father,
Prince of Peace."

Isaiah 44:6

"This is what the LORD says — Israel’s King and Redeemer, the LORD Almighty:
I am the first and I am the last;
Apart from me there is no God."

Please cross reference this with Jesus’ words to John in Revelation 1:17-18

"Do not be afraid.
I am the First and the Last.
I am the Living One.
I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever."

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The Word was with God, the Word was…

triune

Good question…

In the book of Isaiah Jehovah says, “I am God and there is no God other than Me”. (Is. 45:5) If there’s no God other than Jehovah, and there is no indefinite article – “a god” – in the Greek language (and in that text it’s not there), how can Jesus only be “a god” if there’s only one God? That is the question. I’ve never been able to find somebody who could answer.

"Five Questions if Your’e A Jehovah’s Witness" – How Can Jesus Be an Angel? (page 2 of 7)

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The Origin Of Evil | GraceThruFaith

[Hattip: Carla from More Books and Things]

I had a light bulb moment with this one paragraph…

It’s important to recognize that evil is not merely a type of behavior. In fact it’s more a function of intent. That makes evil a motivating force behind behavior. It’s easy for us to judge behavior that’s obviously destructive, cruel, or immoral as being evil. But behavior that outwardly seems to produce much good can still be considered evil in God’s sight unless it’s undertaken in submission to Him for the purpose of glorifying Him.

The Origin Of Evil | GraceThruFaith

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Open Theism???

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Calvin Smith has written a few posts about Open Theism Here and Here. He has asked the question in the second link provided…

So here is the choice facing us: either believing in a God who knows the whole future, which in turn means it has been preordained, thus we do not have free will and we cannot be held accountable for our actions, or else a God who indeed gives us genuine free will, meaning the future has not been preordained and cannot be truly known.
Actually, we know from Scripture that at least some of the future has been planned by God. Moreover, I think my last sentence in the previous paragraph is over-simplistic, offering a false dichotomy. I simply wanted to demonstrate here where open theism might lead when taken to its logical extreme. There are, of course, ways in which genuine free will and God’s sovereignty to determine the future can be reconciled, to some extent. So, over to you. What do you think? [source]

I have responded with the following…

This topic seriously does my head in. I remember after reading a couple of books written by William Lane Craig, I really struggled with the whole Calvinism vs Arminian thing! I kept thinking to myself… they are both right and both wrong. The truth must lay somewhere in the middle in high tension.

I like what Gary E Gilley says about the whole thing…

Divine sovereignty and human responsibility are not in the end two doctrines at odds, at least in the mind of God. While we may not see logically how the two fit together, ultimately they must for God’s Word declares both to be true. When all the dust has settled we will find that these two seemingly opposites are not at war. They are not enemies but friends, and rather than fight over them they should both be embraced.

God is absolutely sovereign. Nothing occurs outside of His will and control. Nothing happens that He has not determined, even if we do not understand God’s methodology. At the same time, God so created man that his actions are free; his choices are his own; he is responsible for how he lives. Such a conclusion perhaps satisfies very few, but I believe it is faithful to the biblical data that we have been given. To God none of this is a mystery. One day, in glory, He will most certainly unravel all of this for us. In the meantime, let us rest in our all-wise and powerful God as we live for His glory. Gary E Gilley

I can say with 100% certainty that God does shape me, but I also have free will. I am neither a puppet nor a master and I am a vessel that He has shaped but I have also surrendered my will to be shaped. Although, at times I do resist. Is my will stronger than His, or is He just long suffering? I think the later.

Both ‘Free Will’ and ‘Pre-destination’ has been argued biblically for centuries and both have very good arguments. I can honestly say that I see that both views (Free Will/Predestination) must be held in tension with one another. Even if they are seemingly opposing, it is one of the great mysteries because Gods ways are just that! Remember God says:

Isa 55:8-9 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith Jehovah. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

I am quite willing to accept that God has higher thoughts than my fallible mind which cannot understand all of His ways. Happy about it… not always, but able to accept it, yes!

I am not sure if there is such a doctrine that can be named that holds both “Free will” and “Pre-destination” in such high tension? Perhaps you the reader can enlighten me???

I apologise in advance for any spelling or grammatical errors… it is early in the morning and this comment has been interrupted several times by a certain cute little six month old!

So, if any of you would like to extend your brain power and are up for a debate head on over to Calvin’s blog. Happy debating!!!

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Jerusalem – the stumbling block, yet again…

Just quickly…

Here we go again. As Jews celebrate in their tens of thousands the festival of Booths, Succot, religious extremists like Sheikh Raed Salah incite Palestinian masses to recapture Jerusalem with “blood and fire.” Not to be outdone, the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah rushed in to pour fuel on the fire as it protests a “plan by Jews to perform religious rituals” on the Temple Mount,’ and called on the international community to “force Israel to put off its attempts to take over Jerusalem.” In The Days: Current news events in the light of biblical prophecy » Like it or not, the Temple Mount is key to Israeli-Palestinian peace

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It’s about the Journey NOT the Destination?

I just perused over to one of my favourite blogs “More Books and Things” and Carla’s latest post was a real eye popper!

I was really just hoping that Mr Ken Wilber would fade into the background… but no, he’s going on a very long journey…

Get this – Ken Wilber and friends will be setting out on a five year journey to find their Unique Selves through integrated perspectives of Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, New Spirituality, Integral Psychology, etc. AND…after finding their unique selves, they will be given help identifying the practices needed to uncover their deepest and truest Self.

Read the rest at – More Books and Things…: Latest Global Things Bell’s Fav Author is up to

Now… you may ask why is this concerning me at all? Well I’ll tell you. Men like Brian McLaren and Rob Bell [as well as others] are leaders of the emergent church and are way into this guy! Yep, these guys are really going to try and change the face of Christianity. Really… to be honest with you, it’s not traditional Christianity but it IS Gnosticism!

Just take a look at Ken Wilber’s take on the “Future of Christianity”…

In fact Ken Wilber and Father Thomas Keating have a DVD set that you can buy to understand this new form of Christianity…Do you want to bring your Christian faith into alignment with the modern world? You are among friends. We also left the traditional church and looked for a different kind of relationship with God in many places, before we re-discovered this new vision of Christianity taught by Father Thomas Keating and Ken Wilber. We are so excited by what they shared with us that we created The Future of Christianity DVD set to introduce these inspiring concepts to individuals like you who are seeking a new kind of modern relationship with Jesus Christ.

About a journey:

I therefore sought to outline a philosophy of universal integralism. Put differently, I sought a world philosophy—or an integral philosophy—that would believably weave together the many pluralistic contexts of science, morals, aesthetics, Eastern as well as Western philosophy, and the world’s great wisdom traditions. Not on the level of details—that is finitely impossible; but on the level of orienting generalizations . . . a holistic philosophy for a holistic Kosmos, a genuine Theory of Everything. —Ken Wilber (TOE, p. 38).

Ken Wilber believes that the truth can be found not in a truth but in seeking the truth. He calls it “Integral Methodological Pluralism” which, simply put means — everybody is right! They are right because in their quest for the good the true and beautiful no human mind is capable of producing 100% error. So, the quest itself is not to find who is right or wrong, but rather to find a way that all various truths can fit together. Each personal way for the truth seeker therefore becomes an important piece to fit into the puzzle. This is all found in one of his books called “The sociable God” this book emphasizes an holistic approach in becoming a whole. Holism means that: the Whole is better than the sum of its parts. If you apply this to the quest or the journey of the truth seeker, then you can see that the journey actually becomes the destination of truth. Little wonder then that the labyrinths lead to nowhere, it is the journey, not the destination that is the all important goal.

About this five year Journey:

Integral Spiritual Experience has been designed as a circular 5 year journey that moves from the deeply personal in year 1, proceeds through the universal in year 3, and returns back again to the personal in year 5.  Each year ends with the foundation lain for the following year, and the entire 5 year process recapitulates the dialectical arc of human spiritual exploration and practice itself. [source]

I can tell you one thing. They are not going to change the real bride of Christ, the remnant Church,that is for sure. The gates of Hell will not prevail [Mat 16:18].

If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck!

Check out all of my previous posts written about Ken Wilber HERE.

Joh 14:6  Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

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Cybersecurity in the USA

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Draft Senate Bill: In Cybersecurity Emergencies, President Can Seize Control of Computer Networks –The President would be able to declare a Cybersecurity emergency and then direct the response to that threat. 06 Oct 2009 …[A]ides to Senator Jay Rockefeller reportedly have been working recently on a revised draft Senate bill that would give the President broad powers in the event of a Cybersecurity emergency, and that apparently would go so far as allowing the President to temporarily seize control over computer networks in the private sector. This power is akin to the power President [sic] Bush exerted when he grounded commercial aircraft in the wake of the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks, according to a reported Senate source.

Why is the above important? Well that coupled with “hate crime” and “religious vilification” laws it seems that with each passing day we [America, Canada, Australia] are drawing closer to a pre-world war 11 Germany…

I had Holocaust survivor Anita Dittman share her insights on this topic.

Hitler took control of the airwaves. He allowed no dissenters. Barack Obama has recently appointed Mark Lloyd, an extreme Leftist in ideology, as head of the FCC. He is not bashful in saying that he is going to fine conservative/Christian networks for presenting the kind of programming they do. The nearly $250 million fine money will be turned over to National Public Radio (NPR). Obviously no network could survive such a fine when radio today is suffering like many other industries. While you may think he will only target Rush and Sean, I assure you that “Understanding the Times” radio is in the crosshairs.

Pastors in Germany came under the gun — literally. If they spoke against Hitler or his policies, they were punished. We have “hate crime” laws in America now that have pastors and other good and righteous people targeted.

Anita Dittman recalls that many of the German people were blind. They were in a daze. And, they were biblically illiterate, even if they were long-time church members. Most churches had been watered down and thus marched willingly along, making no effort to stand for truth.  Perhaps, had they been biblically grounded, they might not have caved.

Read the rest of the article HERE.

Filed under: Christian Persecution, Christianity, Ecumenicalism, Freedom of Speech, Globalism, New World Order, News, Philosophy & Religion, Political, Religion, discernment

Hedonism in the Post-modern world

Just listening to THIS… it speaks about “hedonism” in a Christian World. Jan Markell speaks with Brannon House on the issues the Church is now facing. Although the Church is going through some changes, and not for the better, this is the perfect time to be able to redirect people back to the Word of God. Hedonism will eventually leave people empty, and this is the time that we need to be there for them!

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Red Letter Christians: Neo-Marxism in the Church?

I have spoken about this a few years ago HERE, HERE, and more recently I address “Christian Pragmatism” HEREin a book called ‘Mere Christianity’ by C S Lewis. In that book, Lewis says that soon enough being a Christian would mean just to be a good person and not necessarily holding to biblical truths…Now if once we allow people to start spiritualising and refining, or as they might say ‘deepening’, the sense of the word Christian, it too will speedily become a useless word. I wondered at how this would start, this newly defined Christianity. From what I have seen it is pragmatism that has paved ‘a’ road — and I say a say ‘a’ road because I believe that this road is one of many roads – to an all inclusive self authentic spiritual life.

And don’t think that this is not a political Christianity…During the latter part of the nineteenth century virtually all cardinal doctrines of the faith were challenged or denied by the growing liberalism (derived mostly from German Rationalism and Higher Criticism) which was threatening the evangelical  church. From the Godhead to the necessity for salvation to the existence of hell to the atonement to the inspiration of Scripture to the meaning of the gospel, every doctrine held precious by the evangelical community was gutted of biblical meaning and infused with ideas fitting the times.

Gary E. Gilley rightly says…

But the contention of conservative believers has always been that life emerges from sound doctrine; right living is never formed in a truth vacuum.  Joel Beeke had it right when he wrote, “Doctrine must produce life, and life must adorn doctrine.”

[…]These men (McLaren and Bell) see no vital connection between what we believe and how we live, between orthodoxy and orthopraxy.  Having accepted this disconnect they move on to elevate orthopraxy to the exclusion of orthodoxy.  Right beliefs are simply superfluous.  How we live is all that matters.  Pragmatism reigns. [source]

It seems that many people are being challenged by the Red Letter Christians, as predicted. But where does this lead? These value voters have re-directed the more controversial conservative biblical values and have taken the safer road toward more contemporary issues like social in-justice and environmental issues; that is to say they have broadened their views toward the global village. In broadening their path do they run the risk of not even finding the narrow gate – maybe the path has become less recognizable because the signposts have changed altogether and are pointing to different things? (Matt 7:17)

So it seems that a stronghold in the post-modern Church is “Christian Marxism” and those who are leading the naive Church are finding a political voice like never before… 

Some who believe this way practice a form of neo-Marxism and others would call it "Christian Marxism" — an oxymoron if there ever was one. They note that the early church shared everything (socialism).  A close cousin to this is "liberation theology.  "Those who are high profile in this movement include Jim Wallis, Tony Campolo, Brian McLaren and his Emergent bunch, and the National Council of Churches.

red Red-letter Christians join the chorus of those who believe in a utopia with no wanting or war. Yes, that will come someday, but not the way they think. This could come as a shock to them just because they have little to no regard for other parts of the Bible. They have almost created a new meaning for the term "biblical illiteracy." 

It is also tragic that these folks are frequently called "the evangelical Left." They don’t have even 1% of evangelical theology in a single bone in their body. They cherry- pick the verses they like, almost exclusively the red letters of Jesus.

Also on a sad note, the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) is promoting a Leftist conference featuring Jim Wallis October 21. This was announced in their "NAE Update" received today, October 5, by e-mail. Tooley’s more Mainline Protestant Institute for Religion and Democracy takes a more righteous stand against Leftist causes than does the NAE.

To better understand deception issues, visit our Web site and the category of "Spiritual Deception." 

Read Jan’s take on this subject in an article called – Red Letter Christians: Neo-Marxism in the Church?

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