There Is Healing When You Give Someone Voice

It is my pleasure to present to my dear readers a great Christian friend and sister in Christ, Susan Smith, as our guest blogger here at Talk Wisdom this evening. May her wonderful words of wisdom, brought to us all by the power of the Holy Spirit of God through her, be a special blessing to each of you tonight. I know that what she has shared in this wonderful message has truly blessed me!

Love in Christ,
Christine

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Susan Smith's Newsletter, July 29, 2011


There is healing when you give someone voice. Listening to a hurting heart can be therapeutic when the time is right. Silence can speak volumes, but then again words are powerful too if they come from the Lord via the Holy Spirit. Sometimes it is difficult for me to hear clearly and to see with a pure heart. Often I pray for God to open the eyes of my heart and others who are hurting. I also have learned that pain can draw me closer to God, and when I am hurting deeply it tends to draw me closer to God, almost as though he is watching me closer than before.






The words that are written tell me it is good for me to draw near to God (Psalm 73:28). For me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made him my refuge so that I can tell of all his works. I like David Stern’s translation from Psalm 73:






Whom do I have in heaven but you? And with you, I lack nothing on earth. My mind and body may fail; but God is the rock for my mind and my portion forever. Those who are far from you will perish; you destroy all who adulterously leave you. But for me, the nearness of God is my good.






My friend, you are in the kingdom of heaven now, if you believe the truth. I am not talking about relative or comparative truth that we hear so much about during this season in the world. I am talking about absolute truth. The Messiah is the truth (John 14:6). He is the way we must go in order to come unto the father, and he is the life we must live if we want to choose life instead of death (John 14:6).






When Joshua led the Israelites across the Jordan River, there were still wars in the Promised Land. We are in spiritual battles today, every day we breathe. The battlefield is the mind! We are all experiencing the oppression and what appears to be destruction by the enemy in and on the earth today. What can we do? Nothing, we must BE what we are, by his GRACE! When we are focused and following Jesus, then the Lord directs our path.






We must trust in the Lord with all our corporate heart and lean not on our own individual understanding. In all our ways the ONE body must acknowledge the ONE God of heaven and earth, the ONE God of ISRAEL, and he will make level our individual paths and make them straight (Proverbs 3:5-6).






By God’s grace I am what I am, and his grace towards me was not in vain (1 Corinthians 15:10). We have ONE enemy. We are created in the image of God; therefore, we are spiritual people. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth (John 4:24). The spiritual realm is real. We are slaves to the one we obey (Romans 6:16). We must be sober and be watchful. Our enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour (1 Peter 5:8).






In union with the Messiah, through his faithfulness, we have boldness and confidence when we approach God. When we suffer for others, it is for their glory. For this reason, I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name (Ephesians 3:12-15). There is ONE body (Ephesians 4:4). My prayer this day is that the eyes of your heart and mine may be enlightened, so that we both will know what is the hope of his calling (Ephesians 1:18). Do you have hope this day?






I received a personal phone call from a pastor I love last week. He knew I was traveling to Israel for the three-week study tour, and he called to tell me he missed me in worship the first Sunday I was back. My custom is to worship with several congregations throughout each year. I enjoy the variety of the spiritual food I receive from different circles of worshipers.






It made me feel good to receive the call. I told the pastor I wanted to worship with a congregation that I know loves Israel my first Sunday back. He understood and showed me God’s grace when he said he did not want me to feel pressured to attend the religious service where he speaks most every Sunday unless there is a guest speaker. Then I told him I was very interested in attending the Wednesday night bible study he will be teaching later this year.






The study I hope to attend should show me more of the pastor’s heart concerning Israel. I was pleased to hear him call Jesus the “Messiah” not long ago. The study is called a “Precept Bible Study” and the advertisement for the study says this:






Do you know that our relationship with Jesus Christ is built on an Old Testament covenant with Abraham? Do you know that the Covenant bridges the Old and New Testament? Do you know that our Lord and Savior is the fulfillment of that covenant? Do you know that everyone who is not a part of that covenant is not among God's chosen people? Would you like to learn why God chose you for His Kingdom and not others?






God’s people are beautiful all over the earth and in the world where we live in the flesh today. On the sixth day of creation, God saw all that he had made, and indeed it was very good (Genesis 1:31). I am in love with the family of God, the ONE body. Of course even they can be discouraging and even disappointing at times to my fleshly desires.






You see, the Bible study sounds good to my ears; however my hope is not in the written Word of God. My hope is in the Living Word. When I draw near to him, I realize he is keeping a closer eye on me than ever before. I begin to realize his eyes are like a flaming fire; he is clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and his name is called The Word of God (Revelation 19:12-13). It is a fearful and terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God (Hebrews 10:31).






Out of his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down nations—“He will break them with an iron rod; shatter them like a clay pot” (Psalm 2:9). It is he who treads the winepress from which flows the wine of the furious wrath of God, the Almighty. On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written: King of kings and Lord of lords (Revelation 19:15-16).






As a believer, I am not very interested anymore in learning more facts and what other people might think. I want to know God and the ONE he sent (John 17:3). I want to believe the Spirit of Truth is guiding me into all truth (John 16:13). Hmmm… if God’s chosen people are made in his image and we are ONE body, then maybe somehow, someway we can learn from one another. I believe I am purely and simply following Jesus. Want to join me? After all, we are ONE! (Colossian 2:9-11 and Colossians 3:9-11). Think about these things… ~ Susan Smith

Hat Tip and many thanks to Susan Smith!

Urgency and Necessity of The Truth War

Chapter Three of John MacArthur's book, The Truth War: Fighting for Certainty in an Age of Deception is entitled "Constrained Into Conflict: Why We Must Fight for the Faith."

I have had this book for a long time. Every so often, I go back and read some of the chapters. If you do a search on this blog, you will find at least four blog posts about the book. Recently, I ran across a link to several John MacArthur Videos. Many of them are excerpts from his book The Truth War.

Years ago, I bookmarked the final three pages of chapter three. It is subtitled, "When It's Time To Go To War." I found it very interesting that the verse in Jude 3, which contains the phrase "contend earnestly for the faith" is actually stronger in meaning when translated from the Greek. MacArthur writes:

The expression "contend earnestly" is translated from a strong Greek verb epagonizomai,literally meaning "agonize against." The word describes an intensive, arduous, drawn-out fight. There is nothing passive, peaceful, or easy about it. Jude "exhorted" them - meaning he urged and commanded them - to wage a mighty battle on behalf of the true faith.

So then literally, we are to "agonize against" the falsehoods that creep up into Christianity that often, quite frankly, turn Christian truth into something unrecognizable. I could cite dozens of examples. But two of the most contentious moral problems of our time are the acceptance of homosexual behavior and abortion of children in the womb.

There will always be people who try and twist the truth to their own advantage. Many times it is used as an excuse to cover their sins. But there is only One Provision for the forgiveness of sins - and that is Jesus Christ's sacrificial death on the cross. Christ is the only way to be reconciled unto the Father.

MacArthur continues:

Jude himself says he felt the necessity to write this command. He employs a verb that speaks of pressure. In other words, he sensed a strong, God-given compulsion to write these things. He was not writing them because he took some kind of perverse glee in being militant. He was not responding to a momentary whimsy or personal anger. This was critical, and since the writers of Scripture never wrote by human self-will, but only as they were moved by the Spirit of God (2 Peter 1:21), the extreme urgency of Jude reflects the sovereign influence of the Holy Spirit, and therefore also the mind of Christ.

I love that last line - "This was critical, and since the writers of Scripture never wrote by human self-will, but only as they were moved by the Spirit of God (2 Peter 1:21), the extreme urgency of Jude reflects the sovereign influence of the Holy Spirit, and therefore also the mind of Christ."

I don't know about you, but in my lifetime I have NEVER seen so many liars getting away with their sin and corruption than over the past two and a half years. It seems that ever since the Obama administration got into office, any semblance of a reasonable government was out the window. As one example, we only need to turn on the T.V. each day and hear the bad news about the current debt crisis to understand how fallen man has gotten us into such a mess. Then, in the next news segment we find out that Obama has raised 86 million dollars for his re-election campaign. Why would anyone in their right mind want to re-elect this monster?? Answer: money, power, influence, and the desire to "fundamentally transform America" which is code word for collapsing our Constitutional Republic Capitalist system and bringing in a cesspool combination of communism, socialism, Islamo-fascism and sharia law. What could go wrong? But all of that is for another blog post.

MacArthur continues:

We thus have an urgent mandate from God Himself to do our part in the Truth War. The Holy Spirit, through the pen of Jude, is urging Christians to exercise caution, discernment, courage, and the will to contend earnestly for the truth.

Notice what we are supposed to be fighting for. It is not anything petty, personal, mundane, or ego related. This warfare has a very narrow objective. What we are called to defend is no less than "the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints."

Jude is speaking of apostolic doctrine (Acts 2:42) - objective Christian truth - the faith, as delivered from Jesus through the agency of the Holy Spirit by the apostles to the church. As he says in verse 17: "Remember the words which were spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ."

Notice: no one discovered or invented the Christian faith. It was delivered to us. It was not as if someone mystically ascended into the transcendental realm and drew down an understanding of the truth. We don't need an enlightened guru to open the mysteries of the faith for us (cf. 1 John 2:27). The truth was entrusted by God to the whole church - intact and "once for all." It came by revelation, through the teaching of the apostles as preserved for us in Scripture. Jude speaks of "the faith" as a complete body of truth already delivered - so there is no need to seek additional revelation or to embellish the substance of "the faith" in any way. Our task is simply to interpret, understand, publish, and defend the truth God has once and for all delivered to the church.

The fact that the Bible is the Written Word of God, Jesus is the Living Word of God, and the Holy Spirit of God guides us into all truth allows born again believers in Jesus Christ to "interpret, understand, publish, and defend the truth God has once and for all delivered to the church." How can we spot untruths, heresy, apostasy and lies? By making sure that what is being espoused by any preacher, teacher, or layperson is not contradictory to what the Bible teaches!

John MacArthur explains:

That is what the Truth War is ultimately all about. It is not mere wrangling between competing earthly ideologies. It is not simply a campaign to refine someones religious creed or win a denominational spitting contest. It is not a battle of wits over arcane theological fine points. It is not an argument for sport. It is not like a school debate, staged to see who is more skilled or more clever in the art of argumentation. It is not merely academic in any sense. And it is certainly not a game. It is a very serious struggle to safeguard the heart and soul of truth itself and to unleash that truth against the powers of darkness - in hopes of rescuing the eternal souls of men and women who have been unwittingly ensnared by the trap of devilish deception.

This is a battle we cannot wage effectively if we always try to come across to the world as merely nice, nonchalant, docile, agreeable, and fun-loving people. We must not take our cues from people who are perfectly happy to compromise the truth wherever possible "for harmony's sake." Friendly dialogue may sound affable and pleasant. But neither Christ or the apostles ever confronted serious, soul-destroying error by building collegial relationships with false teachers. In fact, we are expressly forbidden to do that (Romans 16:17; 2 Corinthians 6:14-15; 2 Thessalonians 3:6; 2 Timothy 3:5; 2 John 10-11). Scripture is clear about how we are to respond when the very foundations of the Christian faith are under attack, and Jude states it succinctly: it is our bounden duty to contend earnestly for the faith.

I have to chuckle each time I see someones car with the bumper sticker that says "COEXIST" where each letter represents a different religion. It seems to me that the liberal/progressive advocates of such a symbol often hate those who adhere to true Christian faith and they tend not to hide their disdain. Just watch some of the alphabet soup news programs and commentary shows out there and you will see what I mean!

Why is there such hatred for Christians? I think that it is because of what Jesus told us in these verses:

Jhn 15:18 "If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before [it hated] you.

Jhn 15:19 "If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

Jhn 15:25 "But [this happened] that the word might be fulfilled which is written in their law, 'They hated Me without a cause.'

Read the entire chapter of John 15. It starts out Jhn 15:1 "I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser." Jesus is speaking in these verses and He goes on to reveal that Jhn 15:5 "I am the vine, you [are] the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing."

John 15 is such a comfort these days. Why? Because Jesus has warned us that followers of him will be hated. It is part of the "turf" in the warfare we are in for the souls of men.

John MacArthur continues:

Notice carefully: Jude is not suggesting (nor am I) that Christians should contend among themselves over every petty disagreement or divide into factions over every personality conflict. In fact, that is the very thing the apostle Paul condemned in 1 Corinthians 3:3-7. Divisiveness and sectarianism are terrible sins that hurt the church when major divisions are manufactured out of petty differences over trivial, doubtful, indifferent, or less-than-vital matter (Romans 14:1).

We cannot include differences over abortion or homosexual practice. They are not in the "petty disagreement" categories. Both of them break at least one, if not more of the Ten Commandments. However, a difference over whether a hard Christian rock band sings a Christmas song or a more traditional choir sings it better would be a petty argument. Such a thing is a matter of taste.

John MacArthur continues:

Now, you might think that the difference between a picayune disagreement and a serious threat to some core truth of Christianity would always be obvious and clear-cut. Usually, it is. Most of the time, it is easy enough to see the distinction between a peripheral issue and a matter of urgent and fundamental importance. But not always. And here is where mature wisdom and careful discernment become absolutely crucial for every Christian: sometimes serious threats to our faith come in subtle disguise so that they are barely noticeable. And false teachers like to surround their deadly error with some truth. Therein lies the seduction. We must never assume that things like the teacher's reputation, the warmth of his personality, or majority opinion about him are perfectly safe barometers of whether his teaching is really dangerous or not. We also shouldn't imagine that common sense, intuition, or first impressions are reliable ways of determining whether this or that error poses a serious threat or not. Scripture, and Scripture alone, is the only safe guide in this area.

As Dr. MacArthur states in that last paragraph sentence, "Scripture, and Scripture alone, is the only safe guide in this area."

Amen!!!

The term "Scripture" itself appears in the Bible 32 times!

This is a beautiful verse:

Gal 3:22 But the Scripture has confined all under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

Hat Tips:

Grace To You.org - The Truth War pp. 74-77

Blue Letter Bible and all links.

Conservatives Need To Examine Trump Carefully! [Updates]

I must admit, there are a LOT of things that bother me about Donald Trump and his bloviating on his possible run for the presidency. Have you noticed? He is on almost every network out there in media-of-mass-deception land!  First of all, doesn't it seem strange that so many in the liberal leftist T.V. land are willing to interview him about the "birther" issue?  I still can't decide whether Trump is genuinely concerned about Obama not being a legitimate president, or if Trump is pushing the "birther" issue in order to:

1.  Fool Republicans into making him their GOP candidate.

2.  A "plant" by the leftist Democrats to continue the shift away from the REAL issue - the impossibility that Obama could ever be a natural born citizen of the United States of America because his father (if, in fact, his biological father was Obama Sr.) was never a citizen of the United States.

If you have been viewing many of Trumps interviews lately, perhaps you will notice the huge differences between Trump's interviews and the following CNN interview of Orly Taitz:

Creating Orwellian Worldview: CNN John King Shows Invalid COLB

If you watch the video all the way to the end, you will see how the other guest shouts down Ms. Taitz when she brings up the fact that Obama used (or is still using) a Connecticut social security number that was previously given to someone else. O'Reilly tried to shut down that fact on his show a while back [be sure to view the video at above link and watch Reverend Manning’s excellent analysis of Bill O’Reilly’s lying performance]
by claiming that Obama's father lived in Connecticut for a while and therefore, that is why Obama Jr. has a SSN from there. However, the sequence of numbers does not match numbers given out in 1961. Apparently, it matches numbers of someone much older. There is also a problem with the number used for Obama Jr's selective service application.

[Update: For more information about the fraudulent SSN:

The Steady Drip: Three Straws That Break aka Obama's Back]

Anyway, back to Trump.

While reading comments over at Patriot Action Network: Donald Trump, “If I Run, I’m Running as a Republican” there are some commentators who believe that "the Donald" would make a great candidate. Others, (like me) are far more cautious. Let's not make the same mistake with Trump in 2012 that the voting public made with Obama in 2008!

Take special note of the following comments and links:

 Reply by Cheri Vaughan 15 hours ago

By Gary P Jackson
Jonathan Hoenig, Managing Member of Capitalistpig Asset Management LLC, has some harsh words for “The Donald” in an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal’sSmart Money blog: [emphasis mine]

Successful businessmen are oftentimes the worst defenders of capitalism. Recent financial interventions began not with President Obama , for example, but with the $30 billion bailout of Bear Stearns under the supposedly fiscally conservative Bush Administration and then-Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, former head of Goldman Sachs ( GS: 160.42, -1.05, -0.65% ) . The TARP slush fund , onerous Sarbanes-Oxley regulationand prescription drug entitlement were all their handiwork too.
Both Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway ( BRK.B: 81.68, -0.58, -0.70% ) and speculator/philanthropist George Soros are successful businessmen with extremely anti-capitalist ideals. Buffett proudly advocates for a highly progressive income tax where earnings are looted from one segment of the population and transferred to another . Soros has long supported centralized planning and heavy government intervention in the free market.
Yet because of their great individual wealth, their ideas are championed as business-savvy proposals which would lead to a stronger, more prosperous economy.
They would not – and neither would those of Donald Trump.
For example, Trump professes to support free trade, yet proposes a 25% tax on imported goods from China to level what he sees as trade imbalances in the global economy. It’s a contemptuous proposal which would immediately punish Americans by raising the price on virtually everything we buy.
He has also called for regulators to stop European stock operator Deutsche Börse’s ( DBOEY ) planned $9.5 billion buyout of the NYSE Euronext ( NYX: 37.85, +0.26, +0.69% ) , telling Fox Business Network, “I don’t want foreign countries owning the New York Stock Exchange.” If he was the president, he added, he “wouldn’t even have allowed the discussions to take place.” In a capitalist country, shareholders make that kind of decision, not regulators . Trump sees a clear role for governmentpicking winners and losers in the economy, just the same as the previous presidents he claims to critique.
On top of that, he has pushed for a one-time 14.25% tax on the rich as a means of supplementing funding for Social Security and Medicaid, along with universal health care .
Philosophically, those positions are indistinguishable from the anti-capitalist political establishment now in power.
Trump, of course, is free to run and support whatever platform he wishes, as are his many fans across the country. But despite his personal fortune, they should know his proposals and political philosophy are far from capitalist.Punitive and redistributionist taxes, centralized planning, barriers to trade and an entitlement “social safety net” are all ideas straight out of Karl Marx , not John Galt .
“You need a person like me to run this country for a while because we have to get this country back so that we’re respected again.” Trump told CNN recently.
A businessman whose proposals seek to destroy capitalism? There’s nothing to respect about that.

Read more here.
The old saying “buyer beware” has never been more appropriate. Donald Trump is not what he seems.
Voters were hoodwinked by Obama and his rhetoric. Trumps record and ideas are more in line with Barack Obama [and Karl Marx] than any Conservative or Tea party member.
Trump is simply playing his supporters for fools, just like Obama did to his in 2008.

Reply by Kathleen B. Collins 12 hours ago

Thanks for passing Gary P. Jackson's clear and informative political analyses of Donald Trump.  I was also beginning to be duped by him, i.e. until I was told to listen to Mark Levin at: http://www.therightscoop.com/levin-rips-donald-trump-to-shreds/.  whose analysis is ultimately the same: Don't let his rhetoric fool you. There is no difference between Obama and Trump!

And there are MANY MORE postings to read regarding why conservatives, and especially TEA Party Patriots, should not be duped by Trump! In order to educate yourself, please read all of the posts by Cherie Vaughan over at Patriot Action Network:

Cheri Vaughan's Discussions

People, the bottom line is this. PLEASE DO YOUR OWN HOMEWORK AND VET ANYONE IN WHOM YOU PLAN TO PLACE YOUR VOTE AND YOUR TRUST IN FOR THE 2012 ELECTION!!!

Hat Tips to all links.

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Update:

The NEIN Blog: Barry Soetoro's Hidden Past

He's the biggest fraud EVER in the history of the United States of America!!

Words Are Currency

Today, I have decided to borrow the first paragraph of Dr. David Jeremiah's devotional and utilize it in a post about the fact that Barack Hussein Obama is a big fat LIAR.

I know. I will be criticized for using such a harsh word to describe Obama. But the truth is the truth and a lie is a lie. There can be no parsing of words when you come right down to determining who is being truthful and who is not.

Dr. Jeremiah's devotional paragraph:

Careful Currency
Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.
John 17:17

Recommended Reading
Judges 12:2-6

In this age of political discourse, media spin, and sound bites, it can be difficult to know what words actually mean. Consultants can be paid large sums of money to produce words that take up space without saying anything. But in the kingdom of God, words are currency--a medium for meaning, an exchange tool for communication.

I sincerely believe that the first two sentences exactly describes Obama's modus operandi. Therefore, we often discern that Obama's words are just spin and sound bites. Quite frankly, we can't believe anything he says anymore. At least that is the way that I see it.

The fact that God is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow, and His written Word prevails forever gives us the confidence that we can implicitly trust Him, His Son Jesus Christ (the Living Word of God) and the Bible (the written Word of God).

One of the signs of the times is the fact that there are so many deceivers out there in the world today. You cannot believe what they say, write, or communicate because they will lie, cheat, swindle, falsely accuse, spew hatred, and create acrimony just for the sake of spreading chaos.

If you haven't been watching The Glenn Beck program lately, you are probably falling for the media spin of what not only is actually going in Egypt (and spreading to other Islamic countries) but more importantly, WHY it is happening. Why NOW? Yesterday's show is a must see! If you missed it WATCH HERE. [NOTE: when you visit the site, click on the link below the video that says, "Click Here For Today's Show Research."] Another thing to notice and consider. Why are the Egyptian protestors holding perfectly printed signs (in English) that appear to be manufactured by some organization - like say - a radical communist type that probably has ties to radical Islam???

Trevor Loudon at New Zeal has provided a link to an article that is a must read!

"We Are Witnessing the Collapse of the Middle East"

posted by Trevor Loudon at New Zeal - 10 hours ago
Jim Simpson has written an excellent analysis of events in Egypt and Tunisia and the Obama Administration's role in this debacle. *If Egypt should fall, it will mark the beginning of the end for what little...

The full article is at The Examiner.com

If you are to get the unvarnished truth without the spin that is sadly typical of the Media of Mass Deception, my advice is to watch The Glenn Beck program on Fox News Channel and read the conservative blogs (many good ones on my sidebar).

Here are just a few that I would recommend:

Supporting Dictators
posted by null at American Thinker - 5 hours ago
How can President Obama control Egypt when he cannot even control what happens in his own country?

In the Midst of the Egyptian Upheaval: The Elephants in the Room
posted by null at American Thinker - 5 hours ago
The top five myths that have been shattered.

Israeli News: Obama’s abandonment of Mubarak shows Israel cannot count on US at times of crisis
posted by Jim Hoft at The Gateway Pundit - 22 minutes ago
True. The Israelis will not be fooled by the betrayal of America’s far left president. Israel understands that this inexperienced and foolish president cannot be trusted. YNet News reported: The earthquake...

Tens of Thousands Gather for “Day of Departure” Protests in Tahrir Square
posted by Jim Hoft at The Gateway Pundit - 22 minutes ago
Tens of thousands of protesters gathered after Friday prayers for the “Day of Departure” protest in Tahrir Square. Aljazeera reported: Chants urging President Hosni Mubarak to leave are reverberating across...

What's more, with the continual "hate Israel" bashing that is being spewed out there, it is certainly a breath of fresh air to read an excellent countering of the crazed loons:

A Pro-Israel Rick-Santelli-Like Stand-Up-And-Cheer Post
posted by William A. Jacobson at Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion - 15 minutes ago
I wish I had written such a post, but instead I happened upon it via an e-mail sent from a relative. And it was at HuffPo, of all places. Rarely have I seen someone hit the hypocrisy of the anti-Israel mo...

I would like to switch gears for a moment and share a blog post about the prayer breakfast that Obama attended. Here's a link to the post:

Sad. Obama Lies to National Prayer Breakfast About His Father’s Muslim Faith
posted by Jim Hoft at The Gateway Pundit - 11 hours ago
Is there anything this man won’t do to pander for votes? Barack Obama today lied at the National Prayer Breakfast and covered up his father’s Muslim faith. CNN posted the transcript: This may come as a surprise...

Keep in mind the practice of taqiyah in the religion of Islam.

A LOT of great comments posted there. Here is mine:



#59 February 4, 2011 at 5:51 am
Christinewjc commented:

The simple fact that ObaMARXIST spent most of the time in his speech talking about himself shows just how much God really matters to him. And, that number would be ZERO.

It was supposed to be a PRAYER breakfast. How much time did Obambi spend on prayer? I don’t know because I only saw the brief clip of ObaMAO spouting off about himself again. My guess is that it would be close to ZERO.

So, the Obumba has ZERO respect for God and spent a ZERO amount of time on prayer at a PRAYER breakfast. Besides that, he OUTRIGHTLY LIED about his father being a Muslim and ignored the fact that his step-father was a Muslim. The step-father sent Barry Soetoro to a Muslim school. A student in Indonesia doesn’t get into a Muslim school without confessing the Muslim screed about Allah and Mohammad as this messenger.

God’s Word has many messages for Obummer, who is a LIAR and thinks he is wise. This is just one of them:

1Cr 1:25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

1Cr 1:26 For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called.

1Cr 1:27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty;

1Cr 1:28 and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are,

1Cr 1:29 that no flesh should glory in His presence.

1Cr 1:30 But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness and sanctification and redemption—

1Cr 1:31 that, as it is written, “He who glories, let him glory in the LORD.”

Perhaps you will notice that I use several descriptive names for Obama. The reason is because he represents the meaning behind each of those names.

ObaMARXIST - Obama's policies and actions have proven to me that his far left progressive political leanings favor Marxism.

Obambi - He is foolish (see the 1 Corinthians verses above) - like a cartoon character disguised as something harmless, but at the same time dangerous as any Marxist, socialist, or Mao supporter would be.

ObaMAO - See above. Also, recall that a woman who worked at the White House - Anita Dunn - spouted in a church that "the two people she admires most are Mao Tse Tung and Mother Teresa." She went on to say, "not often coupled in the same sentence, but the two that I turn to most." How lovely. She admires and turns to Mao who was responsible for over 70 million deaths?? Obama had a huge round ornament placed on the White House Christmas tree with Mao's likeness on it. Nice...huh?

Obumba - He's a bumbling idiot for causing more economic trouble for the United States with his failed policies and his weak foreign policy. It makes one wonder, just whose side is Obama on? It doesn't appear to be the side of America and our closest Middle East ally - Israel. In fact, his actions appear downright treasonous to me.

Obummer - There are lots of meanings to the word, "bummer" but I think that the following definitions all work in describing him:

2. any unpleasant or disappointing experience: That concert was a real bummer.

7. Slang . to ruin or spoil: The weather bummed our whole weekend.

–adjective Slang .
10. of poor, wretched, or miserable quality; worthless.
11. disappointing; unpleasant.
12. erroneous or ill-advised; misleading: That tip on the stock market was a bum steer.
13. lame: a bum leg.

—Idioms
15. bum (someone) out, Slang . to disappoint, upset, or annoy: It really bummed me out that she could have helped and didn't.

b. in a state of disrepair or disorder: The oven is on the bum again.

From Dictionary.com

So you see, my aim was not just to call Obama names. It was for the purpose of describing him and his foolishness.

God is good. He often uses bad situations to awaken us from our comfort zones in order to get us active again to regain and preserve our freedoms.

This awful experience of Obama as pResident has awakened the sleeping giant of conservatism in the United States of America. Groups such as the TEA Party are working hard to get the majority of Americans out to the polls to vote out the bums in Congress (as we did in 2010). Next, is making Obama a one term pResident with a victory for the Republican nominee (whoever he or she may be) in 2012. It is then that we can turn this ship of fools from taking us down the dark path we are on, replace them with those who believe in our Constitution, Founding Fathers, Declaration of Independence and the Constitutional Republic that was originally created for this great nation - THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!

Hat tips to all links.

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UPDATE:

Another important blog post to read:

Daily Thought Pad
Egypt now fears Obama a 'Manchurian President'

Creative Thinking and the Invisible and Eternal God

It's very late for a new post, but since I fell asleep on the couch while watching T.V. earlier this evening and then awoke a few hours later, I decided to read some email before closing my browser for the night.

One of my favorite Christian bloggers has a new essay up. I found it in my email box tonight and I encourage readers here to go check it out! Charlie at Another Think has written and excellent and thought-provoking essay entitled "An Uncertain Reality"

Brief excerpts:

The great scientific project at the dawn of the twentieth century was to expose the hidden mysteries of the atom.

[W]hat made this investigation remarkable, and maddening, was the inaccessibility of the systems they were trying to understand. Using only the crudest experimental devices combined with ingenious thought experiments and audacious hunches, these young scientists tested theories and conducted their research in the blind. To make matters worse, Werner Heisenberg theorized that the nature of atomic particles was such that they could never be measured or probed by any traditional methods, because the very act of observing them would change them in unpredictable ways.

His insight was roundly dismissed at first, but grudgingly came to be accepted and formalized as the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle.

Quoting Bernice Eiduson again: "Creative thinking demands seeing things not seen previously... and taking risks by departing from reality."

Faced with an unknown and uncertain reality at the sub-atomic level, these scientists dared to depart from accepted conventions and imagined a world that broke the known rules, something the scientific establishment of the day did not quickly accept.

As I've been thinking about this remarkable scientific era, I have noticed similarities between the challenges and creative demands required to uncover the secrets of the atom, and the creative leaps and risks inherent in belief in the invisible and eternal God.

Read the entire essay HERE



I wrote a comment there, but must have copied the text in the spam preventing box wrong so I got an error message when I tried to post the comment!

*Sigh*

Anyway, here is a copy of the comment:

Hi Charlie,

What an excellent and fascinating essay! As usual, you make the connections that a non-believing scientist might want to ignore or even shun (because of purposeful disbelief in God), and turn it into a better explanation of reality because of your skill as a scientist utilizing your faith in the God of the universe, Jesus Christ!

What you have written triggered some thoughts I recently contemplated.

My 86 year old mom has often stated how wonderful the "discoverers" of prescription drugs are in sustaining and prolonging the lives of people who might have suffered more, and/or died at younger ages without the use of such drugs.

We know that many drugs can be used for good (and helpful) purposes - as well as for evil (and addictive) purposes.

I was thinking the other day that since we are always only "catching up to God" in the scientific realm of this life on earth, how awesome it might be to one day discover (in eternity) that we probably had the "tools" here on earth all along to cure any and every physical, mental, and emotional ailment? Yet, because of our fallen, sinful nature such discoveries had been made by scientists in a gradual and incomplete way? Hope those last two sentences made some sense!

One example. A relative of mine succumbed to Alzheimer's disease and her mind deteriorated at such a rapid pace back in the 80's because no drugs were yet created to halt the progression of that devastating disease. Today, there are drugs that considerably slow down the progression of the disease and patients often get to live close to normal lives for many, many more years than previously ever imagined. That's not a small or insignificant miracle!

Your entire essay displays the "wonders of the Lord" and I love your final paragraph:

So too with faith. God invites us not to abandon reason, but to give up our iron grip on what we think we know, what we think must be true. The Christian faith invites us to open our minds to the possibility of a different reality than we have ever imagined.

Beautiful!

God bless,
Christine

Hat Tip:

Another Think

Update:

Yay! Tried to post the comment two more times over at Another Think and the third try (currently in moderation) was the charm! ;-)

Restore Honor Rally Draws Huge Crowd!

Well, it didn't take long for the spinmeisters to start their spinning about the Restore Honor event in Washington D.C. this morning.

Legal Insurrection: Subliminal Deception has the proof!

Go to link above and see the photo of the ACTUAL ATTENDANCE crowd at the rally.

The leftists only seem to know how to lie, disparage, mock, spread evil and play the race card in life. I truly feel sorry for them.

Legal Insurrection has more:


Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion
Saturday Night Card Game (Think Progress Forced To Fold At Restoring Honor Rally) - This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain: Think Progress tried really, really hard to cover the Restoring Honor rally ...

Also see:

Texas for Sarah Palin
Text of Gov. Palin's 'Restoring Honor' Speech - * Via Facebook, Gov. Palin has released the text of the speech she delivered at Saturday's Restoring Honor rally at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C...

Gateway Pundit
CROWD ROARS at Restoring Honor Rally as MLK’s Niece Alveda King Declares: “I Too Have a Dream!” (Video) - Alveda Celeste King, a pro-life activist and niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, gave a powerful and moving speech to the 500,000+ patriots gathered in Washin...

JammieWearingFool
Make Believe Media: WaPo Claims Al Sharpton Brings Thousands to DC - Hundreds of thousands of Americans showed up in Washington today to see a rally held by Glenn Beck. So what does the Washington Post report? That Al Sharpton...

Big Journalism
Beck Rally in Washington: The View from the Crowd -


NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias
Glenn Beck Rally Picture Guaranteed to Drive Media Crazy - This picture of the crowd that attended Saturday's "Restoring Honor" rally in Washington, D.C., is guaranteed to drive liberal media members crazy (h/t N...

Atlas Shrugs
America on the Mall - Kudos to all Americans who took to the streets, the highways, and the byways and stood for America up at Beck's Restore America rally on the mall. Photo hat ...

Lloyd Marcus
Black Conservative Supports Glenn Beck Rally - Alleged civil rights leaders, including Rev. Al Sharpton and NAACP President Benjamin Jealous, are having a cow because Glenn Beck had the audacity to sche...

Hat tips to all links!

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In between cooking and blogging, I am just starting to read the blogs and comments out there about the rally. I was sorry to read that Alan Keyes is apparently disgruntled with Beck. Oh well - can't please everybody!

I found this link interesting:

Solomonia: Huge Turnout For Beck

I think that the huge turnout was for God, Jesus Christ, and America! Anyway, it was interesting to read this blogger's non-Christian take on the event.

Excerpt:

I must say that though I have a healthy respect for religion in public life, and I acknowledge that there was a religious revival aspect to this event, and meaning absolutely no disrespect to our Christian friends, but I could have done with a few less blessings on behalf of everyone in the name of Jesus Christ. Once or twice, OK, but after a few more times you start to get that nagging feeling that "Maybe I don't belong here." At an event billed as a sort of all-purpose patriotic thing, a little more...ecumenical approach might be in order. This is much like Jewish communal events where, though the vast majority do not keep kosher, yet still dietary laws are observed out of respect for keeping the event appropriate for all. A little more respect on the part of some speakers that while professions of faith seemed to be welcome, they were not actually preaching inside their own churches, might have been in order.

I mean this as a nit, however. Imagine the consternation of the MSM, their subscribers dwindling, to see this huge turnout. The thrashing and slandering on the pages of the New York Times has already begun.

Home run, Beck.

Well - at least he used a positive baseball analogy at the end.

I think that one of the commentators at the site echos what I, and many hundreds of thousands of Americans feel about what occurred at the rally today:

EscapeVeolocity wrote:

I understand your point Solomon. However, part of the problem with Western Civilization these days is that Christians (and Christianity)have been driven from public life. This re-invigoration is good news for defenders of Western Civilization. This is the re-emergence of a healthy cultural expression/confidence. This country is still at least 80% Christian.

The problem is that you are used to Christianity being sidelined. When you listen to pre 68 political speeches, by the likes of JFK and FDR, you will quickly realize that this lack of Christian public expression since the 60s is an outlier. Christianity has been on the defensive.

This is good news for Western Civilization.

Although dr kill??? disliked hearing the name of Jesus Christ mentioned so much (as a small "a" atheist...what does that mean?) he still wrote:

But I would rather see a bunch of avowed Xtian [sic] conservatives running the USSA in a manner they feel is consistent with founding principle than this current dirty bunch of lieing [sic]Progs.

Heh!!

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Update on 8/29/10 @ 9:40 a.m. PT:

As many will notice I have now added a photo (H/T Legal Insurrection) to my blog post. I was having blogger photo uploading issues yesterday so that is why I was unable to include the photo until now.

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This is an interesting comparison.

Gateway Pundit: A Tale of Two Rallies on the Mall: Clean Conservatives vs. Filthy Libs (Video)

It's weird. The libs claim to be very much involved with the "green" issues like climate change, recycling, carbon emissions etc.; yet they can't even pick up their own garbage after the inauguration of "The Won."

Pluralism and Interfaith Consciousness? Or THE TRUTH!

In the comment thread section of my previous post, "Anonymous" came along and wrote the following:

Anonymous said...
Eboo Patel's placement is no accident. He has direct ties with the Tony Blair Faith Foundation and Rick Warren. Patel is founder and Executive Director of the Interfaith Youth Core, a Chicago-based institution building the GLOBAL interfaith youth movement.


Now check over
http://interfaith2010.naz.edu/
Notice again Obama's Eboo Patel who sits on his Advisory Council of the White House Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. Eboo is working to realize the President's priority of interfaith cooperation.(coming in through faith-based initiatives and youth community service) Listed speakers have all the connects. There is BeliefNet , owned by Rupert Murdoch. TED talks and-the (New Ager) Karen Armstrong, Bill Gates (population control), Amy Gutmann (transgender sex change funding college), etc. the whole futurist platform. Mentioned also is the Charter for Compassion and The Clinton Global Initiative...How fast can you list the UN's Millennium Goals?

Last April's conference covered:

4/11 - "The Art of Dialogue: Interfaith Dialogue Across the Generations"
4/11 - "The Divine Feminine: The Foundation of the Abrahamic World"
4/12 - "Acts of Faith: Interfaith Leadership in a Time of Global Religious Crisis"

Listen to the words of Patel himself speaking at the radically left Tides Foundation(which features a Buddhist-type altar and hosts other environmental, spiritual, educational, and governmental organizations sharing a common crusade of building a unified, earth-friendly GLOBAL civilization based on "new" universal beliefs and values. Listen carefully to his diversity speech on "democracy and pluralism" and "interfaith consciousness."

http://www.momentumconference.org/speaker-presentation/speaker/eboo-patel/presentation/religious-pluralism-in-a-democracy/index.html

As the world quickly moves towards the one world religion and interspirituality decide for whom you will serve. Our youth are being seduced away. Have you warned them to beware? How many are in God's word to discern truth and error? Who will stand fast for Jesus Christ, LORD and Savior?

Ephesians 5:6-11

July 27, 2010 12:38:00 PM PDT

If you visit those links, you will find out much more information about Eboo Patel and his involvement with the Obama Administration's Advisory Council of the White House Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.

In response to Anonymous's post and links I wrote:

Christinewjc said...
Checked this one out: http://interfaith2010.naz.edu/
and the symbols of different religions in the avatar at the top of the page reminds me of the "coexist" symbols I have seen on cars. The word starts with the symbol of Islam (crescent and star) for the "c" in coexist, and ends with the "t" for the cross at the end of the word. Hmmm...kinda shows which one is valued more - doesn't it? The letters in between represent other religions.

I know. Non-Christians who often post here and hate my religious beliefs of Biblical Christianity will surmise that I'm intolerant - or worse. Well - Jesus was certainly intolerant and CLEAR when he said:

Jhn 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

People can be namby-pamby about religion all they want. But the truth is - not all religions can possibly be correct. That's the truth of the matter! The "can't we just all get along" ideology doesn't work when it comes to the decision on faith and salvation.

Jesus asks each of us, "Who do you say that I am?" Each of those other religions could only answer that he is a "good teacher," or "a great prophet," or "a good man" etc. In order to believe in an interfaith type of gobbledy-gook. Are you thinking what's so wrong with that? I will tell you. They will lead people astray! They would need to leave out what Peter (correctly) answered:

Mat 16:16 Simon Peter answered and said, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."

Why?

Because if they did include that answer - then all of the other religions would be proven false!

God is not a God of confusion! He gave us His Written Word - the Bible, and His Living Word - Jesus Christ and I believe that Jesus is who He says He is! The Holy Spirit of God brings back to our minds what God has told us in His Word - and leads us into all understanding of the Scriptures. Those who are born-again in Christ will not be fooled by those who preach a different gospel - a false gospel which only leads the hearer into spiritual oblivion.

We were warned that the closer we get to the end times, there will be:

Mat 24:24 "For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

You will notice that "the elect" WON'T be deceived! And we aren't deceived by groups like the one at that link!

July 27, 2010 3:55:00 PM PDT

Apparently, Kevin didn't like my response and he wrote:

Kevin said...
Hi Christine,
You state: "Hmmm...kinda shows which one is valued more - doesn't it?"
Actually Christine, being the first C in the word Coexist does not mean that the religion is more important! It is a symbol of all the religious symbols and the hope that we can all get along without killing each other. There is no conspiracy theory here.
Wouldn't it be nice if all the various religious would just let people make up their own mind which religion they wanted to follow? Just think how many lives would be saved if we stopped fighting over that.

July 27, 2010 5:26:00 PM PDT

So I replied:

Christinewjc said...
Kevin,

The various religions do already [have the opportunity] to all get along here in the U.S. But when one religion chops off the heads of the "infidels" and straps bombs to their bodies and blows themselves up at a Jewish wedding, market, or school; and when that same religion hijacks planes and crashes them into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and one that was aimed for either the White House or Congressional building but landed in a field in Pennsylvania because some brave passengers charged the cockpit and wouldn't let the radical Muslims carry out their evil deed; then the "wouldn't it be nice" mantra that you obviously believe in doesn't recognize an evil religious belief when it is right before your very eyes!

People CAN make up their own minds which religion they want to follow in America. But just think how many lives would be saved if we stopped radical Islam from fighting their jihad and forcing their Sharia law and hard-core beliefs upon the world?

July 27, 2010 7:28:00 PM PDT

Kevin hasn't responded yet, but as I awoke this morning several verses came to my mind. I have expanded upon them here:


Isa 55:8 "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways," says the LORD.

Isa 55:9 "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.

Although secular man values "pluralism" and "interfaith consciousness," the Lord God requires truth. Those two so-called values may sound nice to the ear, look pleasant to the eye, and satisfy the flesh, but they are worthless spiritually.

Earlier verses in Isaiah give those who have strayed from God through "pluralism" and "interfaith consciousness" the way of return:

Isa 55:6 Seek the LORD while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near.


Isa 55:7 Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the LORD, And He will have mercy on him; And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon.

It is important to read all of Romans 1, however, for the purpose of this particular discussion, I have selected certain verses that can be applied here:

Rom 1:17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "The just shall live by faith."


Rom 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,


Rom 1:19 because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them.


Rom 1:20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse,


Rom 1:21 because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened.


Rom 1:22 Professing to be wise, they became fools,


Rom 1:23 and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.

Rom 1:24 Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves,


Rom 1:25 who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.

The "pluralism" and "interfaith consciousness" is a form of "exchanging the truth of God for the lie." What the people who are doing this are actually accomplishing is "worship and serv[ing] the creature" [i.e. man, beast, idol (like the golden calf of the Old Testament), false prophets (Muhammad), false christs (eg. making Christ in their own image like the homosexual "bishop" Gene Robinson and other do)], etc.

In the following list of those who "God gave over to a debased mind" we see examples of those that could be applied to the ideas of religious pluralism and interfaith consciousness:

Rom 1:28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting;


Rom 1:29 being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, [fn] wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers,


Rom 1:30 backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,


Rom 1:31 undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, [fn] unmerciful;


Rom 1:32 who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them.
[Note: Bold mine]

Oftentimes, people focus on the sins that aren't in bold. However, notice that according to the righteous judgment of God - those who practice any or all of those things are deserving of death. What's more, Paul mentions that "those who approve of those who practice them" are also deserving of death. This reiterates that all sin is punishable by death. That is why Jesus Christ's sacrifice on the cross at Calvary and subsequent resurrection from the dead is the ONLY way to be forgiven and reconciled back unto the Father.

These people can dance around their religious pluralism and interfaith consciousness, celebrating it in their own minds (just like the Israelites danced around the golden calf "god" of their own making while their leader out of captivity - Moses - was away receiving the Ten Commandments from God); but as the previous verses point out, "their thoughts are not God's thoughts."

Since every word of the Bible is for reproof and correction, those who would violate God's Word with their own humanistic wisdom are guilty of "exchanging the truth for the lie."

Notice that the word "the" is before the word "lie." What is the lie? Why, it's the same lie from old that Jesus warns us about time and time again in the Scriptures:

Jhn 8:44 "You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.

1Jo 2:4 He who says, "I know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

Hat Tip:

Blue Letter Bible

Deceived by Collective Salvation?

Although this is my third post on the same topic, I find it a very crucial subject that needs to be thoroughly discussed. Before I begin, I want to thank everyone who has commented on the previous two posts:

1. The Error Of Collective Salvation and Black Liberation Theology.

2. No One Can Duplicate It.

FYI, the "Error Of Collective Salvation and Black Liberation Theology" post is very popular and might end up ranking as one of the most viewed essays in Talk Wisdom's history! Part of the reason for that is that the essay has been listed at this link over the past several days:

XTS - All The News At Your Fingertips: Collective Salvation.

So...a big thank you and hat tip to that website!

Apparently, the tweets on that page are updated frequently. Some of them have had negative comments about Glenn's show, others have been supportive. Here is an example of the tweets today, July 16, 2010 at 10:26 a.m. PT:

Collective Salvation Tweets

elraybaker : collective salvation isn't that what satan offered?
Updated : 16 July 2010, 1:27 am Reply View Tweet

NIdahoElections : COLLECTIVE SALVATION 4 THE MARXIST (ProgreSSive DemocRAT) MAY - MAY INVOLVE THE DEATH OF MAJOR NUMBERS OF PEOPLE FOR THE "COMMON GOOD!"
Updated : 16 July 2010, 1:15 am Reply View Tweet

coolmathteacher : @sunnieM Beck's show on Tuesday was AWESOME!! He layed [sic] out the plan of salvation OVER & OVER then compared it to OB's "collective" salv crap
Updated : 15 July 2010, 10:48 pm Reply View Tweet

Lockandload10 : Glenn Beck says OBama believes in Collective Salvation. Pope says its Demonic http://wp.me/pCanK-1A2 #RELIGION
Updated : 15 July 2010, 8:19 pm Reply View Tweet

patriotinks : RT @Lockandload10: Glenn Beck Says Obama believes in Collective Salvation. Pope says its demonic vid here #Religion #TEAPARTY
Updated : 15 July 2010, 8:17 pm Reply View Tweet

People have a HUGE interest in this debate! I think that it is wonderful that this discussion is out there. Agree or disagree, at least the TRUE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST is being preached - despite the fact that some will reject it.

While listening to Glenn Beck's radio show this morning, he mentioned an article from a website called Faithful America.

On the "About Page," (above link) their beliefs and goals read just like Obama's political agenda! While looking through several pages, I didn't see anything about Jesus Christ being claimed as Lord and Savior. I didn't see anything written about the need to be born again (which Jesus stated we MUST do in John 3:3). I didn't see any Scripture quoted. What I did see, were these two comments about their political intentions and the history behind their existence:

By speaking out, mobilizing and taking action in the public square, we are building a powerful grassroots movement to put justice and the common good back at the center of the American values debate. At this critical juncture, when our actions or inaction will have profound and permanent global consequences, our faiths demand nothing less.

Notice the "our faiths" in that paragraph. Well, that's fine. Many people choose to live in a hodge-podge of spiritual oblivion. Just don't come off making people believe that you are a true, genuine, Biblically-based Christian community. You people are not fooling anyone!

Now, here is why they created their organization:

Faithful America was founded on June 15, 2004, when Americans of faith raised $36,000to place an advertisement on Arabic-language satellite television expressing regret to Muslims for the abuse committed by Americans at Abu Ghraib prison.

Ah! Now we see! It's another one of those blame Bush and hate the American military groups!

Typical liberal-progressive propaganda.

They have a Facebook page too. Here is their invitation to Glenn Beck fans:

Faithful America To all our visiting Glenn Beck fans, welcome! Please share your views and engage in polite debate. Name calling and personal attacks will be deleted, however.

Will disagreement with their politics get comments deleted?

Just glanced at the Facebook page. It states:

Faithful America is an online community of over 100,000 citizens motivated by faith to take action on the pressing moral issues of our time. We come from diverse faith traditions but share a unifying commitment to justice and the common good.

Motivated by faith? In what or whom? Isn't that important to know? That's the question that must be answered. Apparently, the moderators at the site aren't answering it!

Read the following comments from the bottom up:

Pete Partridge
We are all waiting for an answer to Angela's question.
4 minutes ago · Comment · Like · Flag

Frank Donnino Answer Angela's question?
15 minutes ago · Comment · Like · Flag

Pete Partridge Faithful America- How can we be saved? Please enlighten us.
17 minutes ago · Comment · Like · View Feedback (1)Hide Feedback (1) · Flag

Pete Partridge I'm going to laugh when someone says make a donation to Soros.
16 minutes ago · 1 personLoading...Pete Partridge I don't see anyone trying to debate the truth being presented here by the true followers of God..Funny how that works huh? You cannot debate the TRUTH! Think about that for a second. What is the other side of that debate going to be? Lies? "You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free."
20 minutes ago · Comment · Like · Flag

Angela Faithful? Faithful America? You can come out now. Most of the Glenn Beck fans are gone. I'm still waiting for an answer to my question...
29 minutes ago · Comment · Like · Flag

Brian Woodbury I love reading from fellow Americans making fun of this group. hmmm who to believe these nuts preaching socialism /marxist ideals funded by soro the criminal or Beck who just points things out for us to research ourselves and Loves America as it was... Ill take Beck every time.
43 minutes ago · Comment · Like · View Feedback (2)Hide Feedback (2) · Flag

K Brad Porzelius likes this.

Brian Woodbury hose who dont know soros and all the communist groups he funds try this http://www.commieblaster.com/george-soros-fund/index.html and he is a convicted felon.Got to love a man that broke the UK pound made billions but says he is for the poor wants to legalize drugs which will mainly hurt inner city and poor.
26 minutes ago

Scott Elwood funny, you google their phone number and the first name that pops up is Faith in Public life, part of a site called Democracy in Action which, lo an behold is a progressive website funded by George Soros
53 minutes ago · Comment · Like · View Feedback (6)Hide Feedback (6) · Flag

Pete Partridge, Geri Jeffers and Joe Barton like this.

Angela Weird o_0
51 minutes ago

Joe Barton Astroturf!
46 minutes ago
Frank Donnino Of course it's Georgies. Like we don't know the truth. The truth...what a concept!
14 minutes ago

Scott Elwood hey Angela, I guess we're still waiting to find out how you get saved according to Faithful America
55 minutes ago · Comment · Like · View Feedback (4)Hide Feedback (4) · FlagJoe Barton likes this.

Angela Yep, but I won't give up the faith. I'll continue to ask until I get an answer ; )
53 minutes ago

Craig Storms I hear it is like a group hug :)
23 minutes ago

Angela lol
17 minutes ago

Scott Elwood I wonder if it's coincidence that Faithful America are based at the same address as other/former liberal/progressive action groups funded by George Soros, SEIU and AFL-CIO
57 minutes ago · Comment · Like · View Feedback (3)Hide Feedback (3) · Flag

Joe Barton and Geri Jeffers like this.

Angela It's a conspiracy! Quick! Get your tin foil hat! hehe
52 minutes ago · 1 personLoading...Nancy J. Coie Anyone well versed in the Bible would know that social justice is not what Jesus intended.
about an hour ago · Comment · Like · View Feedback (1)Hide Feedback (1) · Flag

Angela Thank you!
57 minutes ago

Scott Elwood nope, we're still here, we're waiting for the to respond, give us answers to our questions.................IF THEY CAN
about an hour ago · Comment · Like · View Feedback (1)Hide Feedback (1) · Flag
Joe Barton likes this.

Angela I still would like to know how to be saved. Faithful America, how does one get saved?

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Good question, Angela!!

I also want to share two excellent comments that were posted just this morning on my previous post "No One Can Duplicate It."

Christocentric said...
Christine, that was something else watching this Mormon, Glenn Beck, break down Black Liberation Theology! What an intriguing show! But what he did so importantly, is tie that heretical philosophy to the frame of mind of our current president, who sat under these teachings for 20 years under Rev. Wright!

But yes, isn't Christ wonderful? To avoid complete despair all we must do is remember that God is still in complete control of this mess and that this present earth is our temporary home. Thanks for sharing the scriptures of how much Christ loves us and what's He's done for us! Amen Amen!

Well, you know I haven't blogged much this year and I thought I stop by and respond to the Black Liberation show. Sadly, many black people I feel have such an inferiority complex that they must seek other false gods to make them feel better. Black Liberation falls under that - a very dangerous false teaching.

I promised you I'd share a link about this topic written by biblical scholar Ron Rhodes: "Black Theology, Black Power, and the Black Experience"

His article touches on many of the points shared by Glenn Beck on the show and he breaks down the teachings of James Cones, known as the father of Black Liberation Theology. The crux of his teaching is the "victimization" of Jesus Christ which many of us believe provides the belief system of Obama and his many victimization policies.

Enough on Obama...didn't really want to go there, but Glenn Beck took me to that place! Lol!

Take care Christine!

July 16, 2010 12:08:00 AM PDT

I met Carlotta via her Christocentric blog when she had a huge amount of information about Black Liberation Theology and the heretical kind of teaching that it is. Thanks for you input about this Carlotta! I really appreciate it!

stevex09 said...
As always I love your posts here. Always uplifting. Thank you!

Excellent point! No, Jesus was not a victim. Isa. 53:10-11:

Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.

He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied ...

Jesus was satisfied with the results of his 'travail' of which he willingly accepted.

July 16, 2010 9:36:00 AM PDT

EXCELLENT Stevex09! It is my prayer that what you shared here will get through to those who are trapped in the heresy of "collective salvation" and Black Liberation Theology!

After reading Stevex09's comment, I grabbed a book on my shelf called "The Great Compromise" by Greg Laurie. It opened automatically to page 172 and I read the highlighted paragraph there (included below). Then, I turned back a few pages and read the following paragraphs that I thought were perfect to share for such a time as this:

Yes, we all have our areas of vulnerability. We all have weights, or things that slow us down. We are confronted daily by a wide array of compromises that potentially could shut us down completely. How do we deal with that? We lay aside those weights.

Paul said, "Lay aside the weight and sin that so easily besets you." Lay it aside! You don't have to continue doing that thing that is hanging up your Christian walk. You don't have to continually expose yourself to temptation. You don't have to keep on compromising. It's not as if there is some set-in-stone pattern that is impossible for you to break out of. The Bible is filled with promises for just such occasions. Take, for example, this insightful word from Scripture: "Our soul has escaped as a bird from the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we have escaped. Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth" (Ps. 124:7-8). Can you see it? God provides a way of escape in every situation -- even yours.

When I read that, I thought of all those people who have been terribly deceived by the social justice/collective salvation/Black (or any) Liberation Theology heresies. It is my prayer that they will realize their errors and just look to Jesus, "who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God" (Heb. 12:2 KJV).

For evangelicals, this isn't a game of "gotcha." No!! It is our duty to carry out The Great Commission - which was the last command that Jesus gave to his disciples before ascending into Heaven.

The fact that the aforementioned heresies claim that Jesus died as a victim is terribly distorted theology! Greg Laurie corrects them:

When Jesus carried that weighty, cumbersome cross through the winding streets of Jerusalem and to Golgotha, where He was nailed to it and left to die a horrible, painful death, it was a shameful thing. People laughed at Him. They mocked Him. They cursed Him. They wanted nothing to do with Him as He hung there, dying. Most of His disciples had forsaken Him. All but John were nowhere to be found that day. What kept Him going? What made Him bear up under all that horrible abuse? The Bible says it was "the joy that was set before Him." What joy? The joy of knowing that His death would set men free of Satan's clutches, traps, and snares.

Remember - there is joy in heaven each time a sinner comes to Christ (see Luke 15:7). So why did Jesus press through to the finish line that day at Calvary?

For you.

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Hat Tips to all commentators and links!

The Error of Collective Salvation and Black Liberation Theology (Update #3)

Did any readers see today's broadcast of The Glenn Beck Program on the Fox News Channel? It was a great expos'e of the errors of Black Liberation Theology (BLT) and liberation philosophy (lp). Glenn demonstrated how these two have hooked up with Marxism to create the skewed, unbiblical view of the definition of "social justice" that is being touted by the likes of liberal, progressive pastors such as Jeremiah Wright and Jim Wallis.

I want to encourage readers to DVR The Glenn Beck Program re-broadcast on the Fox News Channel tonight! In the past I have seen it shown at 11:00 p.m. (PT) and/or 2:00 a.m. (PT) - so check the listings.

The YouTube version of the show usually comes out several hours after the first broadcast, so I will be looking for it to include here in this post. Then readers can view it online.

I think that Beck did a great job describing both BLT and lp and explaining why it is in error of the true Gospel of Christ. He also included the Marxist elements (such as the ideas of "collective salvation" and "social justice") which Obama and his cohorts often refer to in lectures and speeches. We get a good idea as to why Obama's kind of beliefs mirror his maniac former pastor, Jeremiah Wright's Black Liberation Theology beliefs.

Beck had the author of Liberating Black Theology, Anthony B. Bradley as a spokesperson on his show to back up what Beck was sharing with the audience.

Even though Beck is a Mormon (he even acknowledged this during the broadcast) - which is viewed by most born again Christians as a religious offshoot in error of genuine Biblical Christianity - the fact that he DOES have a T.V. show and is able to use it to refute the "social justice" and "collective salvation" perversions of the Gospel of Jesus Christ is a HUGE advantage in and of itself. Fortunately, he resisted going into his particular religion's traditions and beliefs in the book of Mormon. Today he did a great service to viewers by showing the perversion of Black Liberation Theology and black liberation philosophy.

This blog post will be added to over the next several hours, so please check back as more information will be forthcoming.

Update #1 @ 4:23 p.m. PT -

Although Glenn didn't have a lot of time to go into detail about the connections between the Black Panther Party rants (and the subsequent dismissing of the charges of voter intimidation done by members in the 2008 election by the Obama administration DOJ Attorney General - Eric Holder) he did show video evidence of it on his show the previous day. Today's show dealt less with the horrid rants of members and leaders (former and current) of the Black Panther Party, and more with how it relates to the spiritual confusion being touted by Black Liberation Theology, liberation philosophy, the error of collective salvation, and the skewing of the biblical meaning of social justice. You can see how these elements of error are being used by certain organizations (like the NAACP) to cause politically-driven hatred, racial tensions and division by the perpetrators of such beliefs via these posts:

Daily Thought Pad
NAACP Readies Racism Resolution Against Tea Parties As Michelle Obama Tells NAACP: America Still Unequal

Gateway Pundit
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Explosive Debate Between Megyn Kelly & Kirsten Powers Over the DOJ Dismissal of the Black Panther Voter Intimidation Case - * Click here for the VIDEO* * Share this story * ** *[image: Bookmark and Share]* *Order The SPECIAL EDITION - Air Brushed - Conservative Mons...

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I Condemn the NAACP - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is expected to pass a resolution condemning the “racist elements” of the Tea Party m...

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Desert Conservative
ERIC HOLDER: THE PROFILE OF A RACIST PROFILER! - Eric Holder, America’s Racist Attorney General! http://lisarichardsusa.wordpress.com/2010/07/12/eric-holder-racial-profile-racist/

Patriots and Liberty
The Evils of Collective Salvation - Faultline USA Update 5:20 PM: Be sure to watch Glenn Beck tomorrow, July 13th. The entire program will be devoted to the issue of Collective Salvation. Chr...

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All of the ills and divisions occurring in the hearts, minds, souls and spirits of mankind boils down these facts:

1. We are all sinners in need of the Savior - Jesus Christ.
2. We must be born again. (Jesus words in John 3:3)
3. Without Jesus Christ indwelling our hearts and minds in the form of the Holy Spirit, the minds of men are wrought in, and/or vulnerable to spiritual deception.
4. The rejection of God's Written Word, the Bible, and the ignorance and/or rejection of God's Living Word - Jesus Christ leads unrepentant minds into error, heresy and apostasy.

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Update #2 @ 6:15 p.m. PT -

Also see Glenn Beck's Page: Liberation Theology and Social Justice

Excerpt:

Jesus never said, "Take from the rich and let the government redistribute it." Take the parable of the Good Samaritan. The Samaritan chose to take it upon himself to help; he took on the bills himself. The government never told him to do it. Anything else is a perversion of Christianity and the perversion of the principles of God.

You don't need to be a Christian to believe this. You need to understand this because a perversion of God is extraordinarily dangerous.

Tonight, I have to take it a step further.

We are living in dangerous times and unless you understand what people are saying and why they are saying it and how they arrived there, then too many Americans are going to be fooled.

We start with James Cone. He's one of the founding fathers of liberation theology. Liberation theology is a brand of Christianity based on the liberation of the oppressed from unjust economic, political or social conditions. It centers around the idea that people are in one of two categories: the oppressor and the oppressed. Poverty, according to this theology, is caused because the poor are "victims of others."

James Cone is credited with starting the same liberation theology behind Rev. Wright's church:

Continue reading HERE.

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Update # 3 @ 8:46 p.m. PT -

Link to The Daily Beck broadcast of The Glenn Beck Program for 7/13/10:

Watch Glenn Beck.com: July 13, 2010 Show - Collective Salvation

Also - Talk Wisdom made the list of "collective salvation" hot news!