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 We are getting
a barrage of pictures and write-ups of Tammy Faye Bakker, Messner,
honoring her and paying tribute in the Tribune. "Gay Community
Love Tammy," a long-ago "Praise the Lord" encounter
is remembered and honored. PrideFest welcomes Tammy Faye in Tampa
as the keynote speaker at Friday's party. There appear to be
more reasons why some gays have welcomed Tammy Faye into their
community, crowning her as a cultural icon. She literally embraced
them .. Tammy never batted a heavily made-up eye at their sexual
orientation, urging viewers to accept them with Christian love..
Opening with a giggled warning to the crowd - "What you
don't realize is that you've hired a preacher" - Messner
delivered a rousing speech based on her faith that "God
loves you just the way you are." She led the crowd in a
chorus of "Jesus Loves Me." She encouraged them to
repeat a common childhood prayer. And she compared her own tribulations
to those experienced by gays who have felt ostracized or ignored.
"I've been called everything by the media but a Christan,"
she said. "Yet I think God loves unique people. Like you,
I've suffered. We've all been made fun of and misunderstood.
Lloyd was astounded by her commitment to gays.. "Sure I'm
surprised. I mean, she's Jim Bakker's ex-wife," Lloyd said.
"But God bless her. We need more like her." Leaflets
were handed out at the entrance. "Tammy Faye, shame on you!"
Linda, 49, described homosexuality as "being up there with
murder and greed." Police disbursed the group. The program
included induction into the Tampa Bay Gay & Lesbian Hall
of Fame. (The Tampa Tribune, July 7, 2001)
- Tammy's son, "Jay Bakker Tells the World his Story"
in Charisma Magazine, April 2001 p. 18,19. We, as the world,
know their story backward and forward and there are millions
who have stories like that that do not get into books and magazines.What
makes this family unique? The Charismatics know how to get attention.
In the article he complains about the criticism he receives for
his tattoos.
- He just doesn't get it. He states, "Jesus probably would
have been hanging out with these people."
- I wish that family would read the Bible before the represent
the Gospel.
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JESUS IN PUNK BARS WITH PROSTITUTES AND NOTORIOUS
SINNERS? NOT ACCORDING TO THE GOSPEL.
Jesus began his ministry in the wilderness where John the
Baptist was preaching and asked John to baptize him by immersion
and went into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. "Get
thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the
Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve." |
Jesus did not worship the media. He did not visit John the
Baptist in prison either. He left town and dwelt on the sea coast.
He was walking by the sea when he met Peter, Andrew, James and
John, who were fishers. They immediately left what they were
doing and followed Jesus. Jesus went to the synagogues
to preach the Gospel.
People followed Jesus into the mountains where he taught
the Beatitudes, about Salt & Light, about the Law, about
anger, about sin, about divorce, about oaths, about retaliation,
about enemies, about proper almsgiving, about prayer, about fasting,
about treasures in heaven, about the Light of the world, about
putting the kingdom first, about judging others, about seeking
God's help [not AA's], about the narrow way, about behavior and
belief, about "I Never Knew You", about building a
firm foundation, and He heals people.
Jesus went to Peter's home and healed. Again Jesus went to
the shore and entered a ship with his disciples and calmed the
sea. People came out to see him. Matthew was sitting at a table
collecting custom. He left his old profession and followed
Jesus. Sinners followed Jesus and sat with him because
they had heard of His healing powers. He said that He came to
CALL SINNERS TO REPENTANCE. Jesus raises the dead, heals the
blind, the mute, chooses the twelve, teaches them, that they
should expect persecution, told them not to fear, confess Christ
before men, expect conflict and rewards. Jesus condemns certain
cities. He tells us to rest in the Lord and is Lord over Sabbath
Day.
He again went to the synagogue and preached. He again proves
his power over Satan by healing a possessed person. He went by
the seaside and went into a ship and preached to the crowds the
parables. After that He went home where he grew up and preached
in the synagogue. Again He goes to the desert and feeds the five
thousand, later on shore He walked on water and spent his time
away from the city most of his life until it was time to die.
He enters Jerusalem, cleanses the Temple of the money-changers,
and said "It is written, My house shall be called the house
of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves." Jesus
was hungry and there was no fruit on the Fig Tree and said unto
the tree: "Let no fruit grow on there henceforward forever."
In the temple he teaches the chief priests parables, one is about
the wedding banquet. He tells them to give Caesar the things
that are Caesar's and discusses the resurrection. He condemns
the Scribes and Pharisees and weeps over Jerusalem and describes
the last days, the great tribulation, His own second coming and
teaches more parables about the faithful and unfaithful; the
ten Virgins, and future judgment.
He is anointed for the burial. The betrayal begins: Judas
agrees. The Lord says good bye to his disciples at the Lord's
Supper. Peter denies Him, Jesus prays alone in the garden in
agony and asked God to remove the cup that he is about to drink
[the crucifixion] but God can't grant Him that because we would
have all ended up in hell forever. Jesus accepts God's will for
us to be saved and allows Himself to be arrested and crucified.
They laid Him in Joseph's tomb hewn out of rock and the third
day at dawn He rose again and Jesus met his disciples and said
"be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they shall go into
Galilee, and there shall see me. And they all went to the mountains
and worshiped him. (The Book of Matthew, A summary
of, KJV)
The article about Jay's ministry in Charisma continues: "The
critical letters were the inspiration behind a new tattoo
that features a smiling punk kid with a Bible and the phrase
"Kids Love Jesus." All the Bakkers tattoos have
Christian themes.
Before we continue with Jay's philosophy, let's take a look
at what we are dealing with when we talk about what is called
"punks."
Christian "Punks"
Inside Meow, Meow don't Proselytize
Inside the Meow Meow it states, if they weren't more concerned
about the inner person than the outer appearance, The Bridge
staff probably would not have made it their present ministry.
That's because of the punk "look" - though there are
many exceptions - has historically been an imposing one: radically
cropped or bleached hair, tattoos, black leather, T-shirts, chains
or studded clothes, and lace-up military-style boots. And look
has been in keeping with the culture's origins.
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Historically "punk" is a counterculture that
coalesced primarily in a generation of anti-establishment youth
from England's working-class in the 1960s. Its appeal has been
embraced in one form or another in the United States since about
the latter 1960s, and in the 1970s band like the Sex Pistols
gave many Americans their first introduction to punk. |
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Music is a core element, and it's usually played hard,
loud and very fast.Gecko is just one of the many punks, proud
of their against-the-grain identify, who frequent The Bridge,
a church of about 150 that's pastored by the baby boomer trio
of 55 year-old Ken Loyd - Richard Dreyfuss lookalike with spiked
gray hair - his wife Deborah, 49, and their friend Crystal Ward,
38... |
Three days a week, the facility doubles as a punk-rock club
called the Meow Meow. It's run by the Bridge members who are
always ready to answer questions about Christianity or to walk
through difficult circumstances with people who attend. "We
don't proselytize," Deborah emphasizes... the club..
filled with people daring to break the "norm" to reach
those who don't fit the norm and daring to worship the Lord with
music so loud that of them opt for the free ear plugs. (Charisma Magazine, August 2001)
Jay said: "We really have to be unconditional lovers
of people, extra givers of grace!" Very interesting
comment again. The Bible tells us: "Be ye therefore followers
of God as dear children: And walk in love, as Christ hath loved
us, and hath given himself for us an offering and sacrifice to
God for a sweetsmelling savor. But fornication, and all
uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among
you, as becometh saints; neither filthiness, nor foolish talking,
nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, not
covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in
the kingdom of Christ and of God. Let no man deceive you with
vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of
God upon the children of disobedience. Be not therefore partakers
with them."
Notice here that the true believer's Church is not included
in the wrath. A confirmation of a "pretrib" Rapture.
Tattoos are a form of idolatry. After people have accepted
Christ Jesus, they become responsible citizens in heaven.
That is immediate and requires a turning away from the old
person one was and allowing the Holy Spirit to influence our
lives with exemplary behavior that immulates Christ Jesus
as much as possible. Tattoos and bars are not holiness.
From page 18 in Charisma May 2001: "Jay Bakker's commitment
to unconditional love crosses another controversial boundary.
If a young woman says she wants an abortion, they do all they
can to talk her out of it, and they refer her to a crisis-pregnancy
ministry in Safehouse (his ministry). If she chooses the abortion
nonetheless, they will accompany her to the clinic," he
said. "If a girl made that decision and is going to do that,
we're going to be there because Jesus would be there," he
said.(Charisma Magazine, May 2001, p.18)
JESUS DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN MURDERING BABIES.
Jay admits that he nailed a number of ministers in his new
book "Son of a Preacher Man," due to come out in January
2002, for what they did during the fall of PTL. Jay is still
in the AA 12 step recovery program and will probably have to
remain in it for the rest of his life. The problem with AA, people
get hooked on that . We suggest the family get hooked on Jesus
once and for all and repent.
All three family members seem to still be very angry and blame
others for their problems. Jay obviously has not given his life
to Jesus Christ if he thinks Jesus would be instrumental in abortions.
Tammy's former husband, evangelist Jim Bakker, talked about
his plans on the Larry King show. Former television evangelist
plans has opened "The Camp of Hope" for inner-city
youths in rural Florida panhandle where he now lives. Church
groups from all over the country are helping build and paint.
The program starts with an inner-city ministry in Atlanta called
"Revolution" where Bakker's son, Jay works with street
children and punk rockers. He wants to add locations in Nashville,
Tennessee and New York if the program succeeds. The funding will
come through the Faith-Based Initiative. (The
Tampa Tribune, May 22, 2001) Considering what happened
in the White House on May 30, 2001 this dream may go up in smoke.
Tammy and her ex-husband make perfect icons for opening more
church doors to the world and the broad road which leads straight
to hell.
Jay Bakker is the most popular subject in our ministry forum.
Young people love him because he speaks their language. They
defend him and want us to embrace him. We watched his interview
on Larry King's show with his dad Jim Bakker. What transpired
gave us enough proof that they have never repented of their behavior
because they are about to lead more people astray with their
new plans.
The program was "Beating Addictions." I don't have
the exact date but it was during the first week of July, 2001.
Jim was telling Larry, "way back when I was in my 20th I
worked for Pat Robertson and became a workaholic. I got so wired,
I went to the doctor to get tranquilizers and from there went
to drugs and alcohol. I was like a cat on a hot tin roof... Years
later my son came to me in prison and cried. Jay was an unbelievable
drug addict crying when he visited me in prison. He was on LSD
and having flash backs. 'I'll go to the doctor if they can only
cut it out of me whatever it is that is causing this.'"
[Mind you, both mother and father Bakker had been in Christian
ministry for years] They took Jay to a psychiatrist? Problem
was, "Jay was also on alcohol."
Larry King asked eagerly, if he stopped cold? Jim Bakker said:
"no." Jay came on the scene and said,"All he wanted
to do was keep me from killing myself and we fought." Jay
said: "I had helped my dad get out of prison and I felt
like had done my end and I was just going to live. Fortunately
my dad didn't want me to be an alcoholic and drug addict the
rest of my life."
Jim Bakker said: "I have studied this all these years
"deliverance from all these drugs.. Those that have hope
in Jesus Christ "or in a higher power " they
can be cured." Jim and Jay's philosophy was contained in
those five words. We hope you know what the words indicate. If
not, I am doing all this work for nothing. Jim went on: "The
government has spent millions of dollars for a small percentage
of success with drug addicts. A little group like "Teen
Challenge" [Jay's ministry] has a success rate of 89% and
is based on a [gov't Charitable Choice] Faith-Based program."
Here comes the cincher: "He [Jay] joined AA. He loves
AA to this day [Jim almost broke into tears] because you
can call people at 4 o'clock in the morning, they are there for
you. I believe that this family, this group is what does
it. It takes love or whatever it is. If people stand together
it can happen." Addressing his son, Jim said: "he
is poring his life into other people and getting his mind off
himself." In describing "The Camp of Hope"
for inner-city youths, Jim said that the kids that come there
have to go to work to keep their minds busy. That is how you
keep kids out of drugs and alcohol. Jim and Jay are working together
and are using the AA 12 step system to get kids off drugs.
We have no problems with people helping people but we do have
a problem when people claim to be born again believers and use
techniques that are anti-christ. Like Jim Bakker said during
his conversation with Larry King: as long as you believe in a
higher power it will work for you. That is sheer witchcraft.
If that higher power is not the Father, the Son and the Holy
Spirit, it is Satan. I know I would hope that my children would
not end up in this Bakker cult. Here we go again... Jim, Jay
and Tammy.. we are waiting for repentance and a realization that
God will not be mocked. People who are divorced should not be
shepherds of God's precious sheep. Jesus said to get up and sin
no more to the prostitute. There is only one who can stop the
addictions and that is the HEALER, JESUS CHRIST. Satan may be
able to fake it, but it is fools gold. |