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END-TIME CHURCH / PLURALISM GREETINGS ----- QUICK VIEW OF UPDATED INDEXES http://cephas-updates.cephasministry.com -----   "Devotions" or Devotion? How does it apply to your Christian Walk. "Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. (1 Corinthians 10:31 kjv) "If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. (1 Peter 4:11 kjv)   Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour. For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building. According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians 3:5-11 kjv)   "Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith; Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching; Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness. Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;" (Romans 12:6-12 kjv)   "And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him... whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; (Colossians 3:17, 23 kjv) "For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. (Romans 14:7-8 kjv) ----- : We believe every word in the KJV Bible and believe it is the Word of God and that Jesus is the Christ, God Himself, who spilled His blood on the cross for our sins and rose again to prepare a place for those who repent and accept 'His' righteousness as their righteousness and repent. 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No-one had witnessed to us in 20 years. The Holy Spirit brought us to information about all the cults and the present development of the New World Order. We began bringing our research to you. Because all the research was already done, we decided to build a library within Cephas Ministry. Our newsletters are not designed to provoke anger which is strictly prohibited in Scripture. It is to shed light on activities by those who would deceive those who are recorded in the Book of Life by devious methods and systematic plans. We are Bible students and have left all worldly organizations. We attend church if the message is from the authorized Bible. The focus of these newsletters is to prove why we had to leave the world system. We are called 'Watchmen on the Wall' which God always had during the Old / New Testament Times. To understand what is happening, one has to know the Bible to compare notes. The first section is about the church. The news about churches is unedited unless indicated by Ednotes. The church as we knew it, is undergoing disintegration. This began on a fast track in the early nineteen sixties when the Catholic Church produced liberal Vatican II to replace Vatican I. The trend since then has been ecumenical which is truly what the word 'Catholicism' means: a universal religion all inclusive and multicultural. The Bible calls for a final church which doesn't resemble what Jesus taught. The Word of God has undergone many changes to fit the present mode. The Bible calls for a falling away from the truth before Jesus comes back for His Bride, the true believers are called 'Ekklesia.' Our newsletters prove this fact and prove that the Bible is true from beginning to end. The second section is about globalism where we bring your attention to the social, political and global trend, so called democratizing what is left. One third of the world still remains to be taken over. It again proves that we are moving to closure of the times of the Gentiles prophesied in the Bible. The third section compliments End Time teachings with what is happening in Israel. We describe and watch for signs of the coming Tribulation to confirm that we are moving into that space of time. Watchmen on the wall do not solicit memberships. We have an email group that gets information when we upload new information and a newsletter whenever it is possible time wise. We love the Lord with all our hearts and minds and we love all people God has created but especially those who love our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Our Statement of Faith is at http://www.cephasministry.com/statement_of_faith.html To email go to: http://www.email-cephas.com To subscribe or unsubscribe go to: http://www.cephasministry.com/mail/ TODAY'S 'HOLY SCRIPTURES' STUDY: WHY IS JESUS COMING BACK 1. Jesus is coming to take vengeance on ungodly rebels. (2 Thess. 1:7—10; Rev. 19:11—21). 2. Jesus is coming to rule the nations as King of Kings. (Matt. 25:31; Ps. 67:4; Rev. 19:16). 3. Jesus is corning to establish universal worship of the true God. (Ps. 52:11; Isa. 2:1-4). 4. Jesus is coming to deliver Israel from all enemies. (Zech. 14; Rom. 11:25—29). 5. Jesus is coming to reestablish David’s throne. (Isa. 9:6-7; Ezek. 37:20-26: Acts 15:13—16). 6. Jesus is coming to deliver the creation from the bondage of sin and corruption (Rom. 8:21-24; Isa. 11:1-2; 35:1-8; 65:20—25). 7. Jesus is coming to bring salvation to the heathen (Isa. 11:9; 49:6; Zech. 14:16—20). 8. Jesus is coming to enforce the law and administer justice. (Isa. 11:1-4; 42:1-4). 9. Jesus is corniug to reward the Tribulation martyrs. (Mart. 19:28; Rev. 20:4-9; Dan. 7:18-27). 10.Jesus is coming to gather all Israelites back into the land (Gen. 49:10; Isa. 11:10-12; Matt. 24:31). 11 Jesus is coming to build His own temple in Jerusalem. (Ezek. 43:7; Zech. 6:12-13). 12 Jesus is coming to show forth God’s glory to all men. (Isa.4:2-6; Man. 25:31). 13.Jesus is coming to bring peace to the nations and prosperity to all people. (Isa. 35:1-8; Mat. 4:1-7). 14 Jesus is coming to bring an end to the times of the Gentiles. (Dan. 2:44-45; Rom. 11:25). 15.Jesus is coming to restore rebel planet earth to the Kingdom of God. (Ps. 2; Rev. 11:15; 1 Cot. 15:24-25). 16.Jesus is coming to restore the good and holy things of the past (Acts 3:10-21). 17.Jesus is coming back to judge the apostate angels and bind Satan in the bottomless pit for a thousand years (Isa. 24:21-23; Rev. 20:1-10). 18.Jesus is coming back to give mankind its seventh and last probationary chance under a perfect government, in perfect peace, total affluence, and a perfect King. (Rev. 20; Isa 11.25). 19.Jesus is coming back to fight the battle of Armageddon and destroy the armies of this world. (Rev. 19:11-21; Ps. 8; Matt. 25:31-46). 20.Jesus is coming hack to establish a theocracy - a government in which there will be no evil or crooked politicians (Isa. 2:1-4; Dan. 7:13-14). 21.Jesus is coming back to gather in one authority all things in Heaven and on earth. (Eph. 1:10). 22.Jesus is coming to re-separate the various people groups and segregate them once more in their own lands. (Deut.32:8; Acts 17:26). 23.Jesus is coming back to fulfill the Noahic, Abrahamic, Davidic, and all other agreements made with man, because that which God has promised He will perform through Jesus Christ His Son (Gen. 12:1—3; 2 Sam. 7). 24.Jesus is coming back to heal all diseases, restore sight to the blind, and make the lame to walk. (Isa. 32:1-5; 33:24; 35:5; Ma! 4:2). 25.Jesus is coming back to be glorified in His saints so that all men and all women will see what a wonderful Saviour and Lord we have. (Mart. 25:31-46). 26.Jesus is coming to prepare this earth as an eternal habitation for those nations saved during the Kingdom age. (Isa. 35; Zech. 24; Rev. 20-22). 27.Jesus is coming back to prepare mankind for the future by purging all possibility of a future rebellion against the Creator, thus, realizing God’s plan and purpose for creating man (Gen 1;26-31; 8:22; Ps. 8; Rev. 20-22) 28.Jesus is coming back to destroy those who would if they could detroy the world (Rev. 11:18) There are twenty-eight good reasons why Jesus said, "If I go away, I will come again." So the question is not, "If He comes," but rather, "when He comes." And the question for you is, "Are you ready for His coming?" You can be ready by accepting Jesus Christ. Receive Him today as your Lord and Saviour. Compliments of Cultivate Ministry - Jim Zilonka. Considering the wages of sin is death and the gift of God is eternal life: "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." (Romans 6:23) Click on this link and see if you will be able to take advantage of this gift.. ----- HOW TO KNOW IT'S GOD When you commit yourself to the Lord and to an intimate relationship with Him, He will begin to reveal Himself to you in ways you never noticed before. Salvation or eternal life is only found in an intimate, experiential relationship with God. So, you must learn in time, by experience, to know Him (John 17:3). God’s purpose is to reveal Himself to you in an on-going relationship as you “work out your own salvation” (Philippians 2:12-13), so you can learn to understand and recognize Him. And while He’s revealing Himself to you, He’s using all sorts of creative situations to conform you to the image of His Son (Romans 8:28-29). But, if you’re not careful, you can easily miss God. The reason is, when God reveals Himself, it is not usually in ways the world would understand. This can bring us to a crisis point, as we compare what God may be doing to what we know is the conventional wisdom of the world. God will not work according to the wisdom of this world. In fact, He will usually do just the opposite. The key to knowing whether it’s God or not is found in this paraphrase of I Corinthians 1:18-21: “The lesson that must be learned in our suffering with Christ is that, even though it looks foolish to those who are perishing without God, it is (in reality) the continual revelation of the power of God to us who are being saved. Remember what Isaiah said, ‘God will turn conventional wisdom upside down. The time will come when the so-called experts will be the ones who look foolish.’ So, where does that put the one who thinks he’s wise, or the well educated, or the one who understands the ways of the world? Isn’t God going to expose all of this pretentious nonsense? The world never had a clue when it came to knowing and understanding God. That’s why He likes to use the things that the world thinks are stupid or wrong or even unpleasant, to guide those who trust in Him on their way to salvation.” For those of us who are learning to know God, we must not look at things with the eyes of our flesh or human understanding. We must learn to see with spiritual eyes, if we expect to see God. So, when you look at your circumstances: - If it looks totally impossible (it’s probably God) - If it’s going to cost you something you think you can’t afford (more than likely, it’s God) - If it’s something unpleasant that you would rather avoid if you could (you can be pretty sure that it’s God) - If it’s opposite conventional, worldly wisdom (that sounds like it might be God) - If it’s going to make you trust God and stretch your faith (that’s God) - If it’s something that makes you aware of your own weaknesses or faults (it’s God) - If it gives you the opportunity to humble yourself (it’s definitely God) - If it’s taking longer than you think it should (there’s a good chance it’s God) - If it makes you look foolish to those who don’t know God (it’s God, again) - If it makes you look like a failure to those who think they really know God (it’s probably God) - If it makes your heart ache and makes you cry out to God for help (God’s at work, like it or not) - If you don’t understand it, don’t know what it’s going to take to fix it, or don’t have a clue what to do about it (look ..for God, that’s probably Him too!) Having a real relationship with God is an exciting adventure. It’s unpredictable because it will usually contradict anything we know or can reason in our mind. God wants to teach us to trust Him, and the only way we can learn to do that is to submit to Him and hang on! But understand this, the journey will take you places you don’t want to go, force you to do things you don’t want to do, cause you to feel things you never wanted to feel and know things about yourself that you never wanted to know. If you submit yourself to God, He will begin to tear you down, so He can rebuild you in the image of His Son. The tearing down and rebuilding process will be exciting, perplexing, excruciating, joyful, fulfilling and depressing. And many times you won’t understand it – except when you’re able to look back and see what God did and know how you changed! Copyright 2001 © Community Fellowship The reproduction and non-commercial use of this material is permitted. http://www.voiceofonecrying.com/how_to_know_it.htm ----- MARRIAGE: GOD'S PLAN OR MAN'S? By Stella Paterson - When God created man, He breathed His own breath into this magnificent masterpiece and equipped him with incredible capabilities. But God's thoughts were on the eternal. He set in place a pattern, for man's good, to keep man mindful of his Creator. The most vital of all patterns was that of marriage. In the beginning all was perfect. The communion between the Creator and Adam and Eve must have been beyond comprehension. One can only imagine the pure interaction between God and man. It had to have been nothing short of blissful euphoria! The Spirit-to-spirit communication would be on such a level that only 'adams' and their 'eves' can understand as they experience incredible degrees of ecstasy in that spirit-to-spirit connection of the marital relationship. That ecstasy alone should be enough to cause mankind to acknowledge God as 'God.' But does he? During those times of intimacy, ordained for marriage by God Himself, there is a unique sense of incredible oneness. As our wonderful Creator said, "they shall be one flesh." (Genesis 2:24b) God had created both male and female as one, taking Eve out of Adam's side and giving her back to him to be his wife. Out of Jesus' side poured water and blood. 1 And now His Bride, born of water and the Spirit 2 and cleansed by His blood, is given back to Him. She is the wife of the 'last Adam.' 3...Rather than knowing God's desire for intimacy, man is taken up with himself and he offers to God mere tokens: all in the name of serving Him. (1 John 19.34; 2. John 3:5; 3. 1 Corinthians 15:45) http://www.ekklesia4him.net ----- THE BIBLE AND THE BOOK OF MORMON Why They Can't Both Be Right - “The Book of Mormon is a volume of holy scripture comparable to the Bible. It is a record of God’s dealings with the ancient inhabitants of the Americas and contains, as does the Bible, the fulness of the everlasting gospel.” - From the introduction page of The Book of Mormon, Latter-day Saints who challenge the video The Bible vs. The Book of Mormon frequently ask us, "Why do you have to say The Bible versus The Book of Mormon?" What typically follows are statements like the following: "The Bible and the Book of Mormon are companion volumes." "They compliment one another." "They both teach of Jesus Christ." "They go hand-in-hand." "They don't conflict with one another." Comparable to the Bible? Mormonism has historically taught that the Bible is [misinterpreted] and unreliable, and needed restoration. Article of Faith #8 states: "We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God." Sounds innocent enough, but that little qualifier, as far as it is translated correctly, gives room for a host of damaging beliefs about the trustworthiness of the Bible. For example: "...who, in his right mind, could for one moment, suppose the Bible in its present form to be a perfect guide? No one can tell whether even one verse of either the Old or New Testament conveys the ideas of the original author" (Orson Pratt, Journal of Discourses, vol. 7, p. 28). "I believe the Bible as it read when it came from the pen of the original writers. Ignorant translators, careless transcribers, or designing and corrupt priests have committed many errors" (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 327) "The Bible has been robbed of its plainness; many sacred books having been lost, others rejected by the Romish Church, and what few we have left, were copied and re-copied so many times, that it is admitted that almost every verse has been corrupted and mutilated to that degree that scarcely any two of them read alike." (Apostle Orson Pratt, The Seer, p. 213.) These are not isolated comments. They are part of a long litany of anti-Bible statements on the part of LDS prophets, leaders, and respected authors. (Click on the link to view a longer list of LDS quotes pertaining to the Bible.) Continued: http://www.lhvm.org/biblevs.htm [Ednote: We have added free videos to the Mormon Index. http://www.cephasministry.com/index_mormon_files.html ----- POLYGAMIST SENTENCED TO PROBATION FOR MARRYING TEEN AP, via KTAR.com, USA - April 21, 2007 - ktar.com - KINGMAN, Ariz. - A member of a polygamist sect who pleaded no contest to a child abuse charge for taking an underage wife was sentenced to one day in jail and 3 years probation. Colorado City resident Vergel Jessop will also have to register as a sex offender during his probation. The judge in Mohave County spared him additional jail time Friday because his wife has significant medical problems, county prosecutors said. Jessop, 47, had been charged in August 2005 with sexual conduct with a minor and conspiracy to commit sexual conduct with a minor. He pleaded no contest to the lesser charge in December. Jessop’s sentencing was the sixth of eight cases involving members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to be concluded. All eight were charged with crimes related to their underaged plural wives. Dale Barlow is set to be sentenced in June for his no contest plea to conspiracy to commit sexual conduct with a minor. The last defendant, Rodney Holm, is set for trial in May. Of the remaining members of the polygamous sect originally charged, one was acquitted, charges were dropped against two men, and two others were convicted at trial or pleaded guilty. The leader of the FLDS, Warren Jeffs, is being held in Utah on two counts of rape by accomplice and faces life terms in prison if convicted. In Arizona, he faces sexual misconduct charges which carry lesser penalties. Both states brought the charges in connection with marriages Jeffs allegedly arranged between older men and teenage girls.. Continued http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18029/polygamist ----- MORMONS PREPARE BIG PUSH FOR 2008 ELECTION By Bill McKeever - February 2007 - Mitt Romney, the Mormon governor of Massachusetts, has been testing the waters regarding a run for the presidency in 2008. As of this writing, he has yet to make formal his candidacy, but it seems pretty certain that he will soon do so. Knowing he will need the votes of conservative Christians, Romney has been making the rounds and with evangelical leaders. However, he is keenly aware that his Mormonism will likely cause a major concern among Christian voters, so he has been careful to downplay his religious faith when speaking publicly. For the past several months I have been giving Romney's presidential bid some serious reflection, and as you can imagine, I have several concerns. I have listened intently to Christian men whom I admire who have addressed this issue, and I agree when they say that Christians need to carefully think through the short-term and long-term effects. A key figure in trying to get Christians behind Romney is Mutch Davis, a Mormon filmmaker who plans to produce a documentary titled "Could a Mormon be President?" Davis has not hidden the fact that he feels that a Mormon like Romney in the White House would be good for both the country and the Mormon Church. In an interview with Meridian Magazine, a pro-LDS website, Davis discussed his strategy. "Our biggest concern will be finding a way to address the issue of anti-Mormonism without fanning those same flames. The last thing any Evangelical Christians want is to feel that by voting for Mitt Romney, they are voting for or promoting Mormonism." Mich Davis. Some of his comments were in a very enlightening context. Davis may successfully convince some Christians on some issues, but there are many more that will invariably surface when Romney faces the microphones of journalists who staunchly disagree with his politics. So far Romney has evaded many of these questions, but what will he (or Davis) say when journalists start demanding that Romney explain the bizarre LDS doctrines that are very much a part of modernday Mormonism? Both men are almost sure to go into spin mode since being frank about such matters will almost ensure political defeat. Are Americans ready for a president who thinks he is a god in embryo and who believes his undergarments have protective power? For the interview by Meridian Magazine with Mitch Davis, go to: http://www.meridianmagazine.com/arts/060810davisp2.html - Article Source Mormonism Research Ministry http://www.mrm.org [Ednote: Mitt Romney is attracting the majority of attention not only due to his Mormon membership but his stature as a presidential image. The first debate in California caught the majority vote from journalists who attended this event because he is very handsome. Little is known about the Mormon religion until recently public television gave two evenings to the religion. No doubt it was to capture the public's sentiment because of their unwavering faith in their belief. It was very well done and covered even their history of murdering their own members for betraying their oaths. I didn't see the whole program but doubt very much that they admitted to being Freemasons. They don't even admit it to themselves. Mormons are very worried about the Constitution and you'll find in their literature that they are determined to keep the Constitution in tact so they can continue to practice their secrets in the Temples. This will of course be a drawing card for patriots. Freemasons were burned at the stake and incarcerated for life in Europe by the Papacy between the years 1200 - 1600. Some believe that Martin Luther was a Mason which I don't believe because he was instrumental in closing down Lodges. Joseph Smith ran for president and didn't make it. Like Bill McKeever, I'm worried about the impact this election will have on Christians. Mormons would like nothing better than to be accepted as full fledged Christians and Americans have a tendency to vote for the underdog. Romney is certainly under attack, especially by blacks, because the Mormons did not allow blacks to hold the priesthood until it became illegal to discriminate. We have Mormons in high places. Today Glenn Beck, who is a strong political voice / commentator revealed that he is a Mormon. I wondered about the "G" that he uses in his advertising whether it might be the Masonic "G". He had rounds with Al Sharpton. Sharpton, when asked if he thought Mormons are Christians, said that they are. Here we go. These people have an influence on the church. One more thing about Mitt Romney that I thought was very interesting. He was asked what his favorite book is? I was shocked when he said, that he likes the author L. Ron Hubbard, Founder of Dianetics and Scientology. Mormonism is a New Age religion. They believe what is taught in Hermetic occult philosophy which lines up with Ron Hubbard's philosophy. End of note]   http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18239/scientology-6   ROMNEY SAYS HIS FAITH'S PAST IS TROUBLING Reuters, via The Boston Globe, UK - May 12, 2007 - www.boston.com - BOSTON — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said his Mormon religious faith’s history of polygamy could trouble American voters and that he, too, is bothered by it. The former Massachusetts governor, whose great-grandfather had five wives and whose great-great-grandfather had a dozen, said in an interview to be broadcast tomorrow that the practice banned by the Mormon church in 1890 was “awful.” “That’s part of the history of the church’s past that I understand is troubling to people,” he said, according to comments to be aired on CBS’s “60 Minutes.” ... Addressing his anti-gay marriage platform: “This isn’t just some temporary convenience here on Earth, but we’re people that are designed to live together as male and female and we’re gonna have families,” he told interviewer Mike Wallace, http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18246/mormon-faith ROMNEY'S ESTIMATED WEALTH IN MILLIONS By JIM KUHNHENN (Associated Press Writer) May 11, 2007 - WASHINGTON - Republican Mitt Romney is expected to report financial assets between $190 million and $250 million, an amount that would likely make him the wealthiest of the 2008 presidential candidates... Romney also has a blind trust for his children and grandchildren that is estimated to hold assets between $70 million and $100 million, the adviser said. Those assets do not benefit Romney or his wife and are not required to be reported in federal financial disclosures. Romney has five sons, five daughters-in-law and 10 grandchildren. http://enews.earthlink.net/article/top?guid=20070511/4643ea40_3ca6_1552620070511-159395449 'VOTE FOR ROMNEY IS VOTE FOR SATAN' Christian leader follows up Sharpton attack on Mormons - May 10, 2007 - WorldNetDaily.com Bill Keller - While some evangelical Christians are defending the presidential candidacy of Mormon Mitt Romney from an attack by Al Sharpton, another prominent pastor is going further in his condemnation – saying a vote for the former Massachusetts governor is a vote for Satan. That's the word from Bill Keller, host of the Florida-based Live Prayer TV program as well as LivePrayer.com. "If you vote for Mitt Romney, you are voting for Satan!" he writes in his daily devotional to be sent out to 2.4 million e-mail subscribers tomorrow... "This message today is not about Mitt Romney," he writes. "Romney is an unashamed and proud member of the Mormon cult founded by a murdering polygamist pedophile named Joseph Smith nearly 200 years ago. The teachings of the Mormon cult are doctrinally and theologically in complete opposition to the Absolute Truth of God's Word. There is no common ground. If Mormonism is true, then the Christian faith is a complete lie. There has never been any question from the moment Smith's cult began that it was a work of Satan and those who follow their false teachings will die and spend eternity in hell." .. Keller writes. "Last weekend Pat Robertson, founder of CBN and Regent University, had Romney deliver the keynote address to the graduates of Regent. Regent is one of the great Christian colleges in this nation, and Robertson allowed this cult member to deliver the commencement address. Is he out of his mind? Do you think there would ever be a true Gospel preacher giving the commencement address at Brigham Young?" ... Read what more he has to say at: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55642 ----- BBC PANORAMA PROGRAM ON SCIENTOLOGY NOW NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE Religion News Blog, Netherlands - May 14, 2007 - Anton and Janet Hein-Hudson The investigative report of BBC current affairs program Panorama into the Church of Scientology is now available for viewing online. http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18258/bbc-panorama-scientology ----- IAN PAISLEY BECOMES NORTHERN IRELAND'S FIRST MINISTER [Ednote: The author of Vatican's Assassins, Eric Phelps, was extremely upset about this news. I must agree, I would have never expected that myself. End of note] BELFAST (Reuters) MAY 8, 2007 - Northern Ireland's Protestant and Roman Catholic leaders, arch-foes during decades of bloodshed, launched a new power-sharing government in the province on Tuesday aiming to put a final end to violence. Hardline Protestant cleric Ian Paisley and Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness took a pledge of office as first minister and deputy first minister in the government that will have authority over local issues in the province. http://www.sermonaudio.com/new_details.asp?ID=23654 ----- TELEVANGELIST REV. JERRY FALWELL DEAD AT 73 The Rev. Jerry Falwell has died, a Liberty University executive said Tuesday. He was 73. Ron Godwin, the executive vice president of Falwell's Liberty University, said Falwell was found unresponsive and taken to Lynchburg General Hospital. Godwin said Falwell had "a history of heart challenges." Godwin said he was not sure what caused the collapse. http://www.cnn.com/ . ROMNEY ON FALWELL WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Former Gov. Mitt Romney issued the following statement on the death of Rev. Jerry Falwell: "An American who built and led a movement based on strong principles and strong faith has left us. He will be greatly missed, but the legacy of his important work will continue through his many ministries where he put his faith into action. "Ann and I have had the honor to talk and meet with Reverend Falwell and get to know him as a man of deep personal faith and commitment to helping those around him. He will be forever remembered." Posted 5/15/2007 http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/blogs/politicalticker/ ----- TOWNHALL OF RELIGIOUS RIGHT There's a little-known fact about where some of your tax dollars go. Planned Parenthood - the nation's largest abortion provider - receives hundreds of millions of your tax dollars each year. Congressional efforts are underway to end that. Jay Sekulow in this article puts it right out in the open. We spend tax dollars to kill our own people and to support Planned Parenthood litigation against our own government! Read below: "One of the most disturbing aspects of this case is the fact that the plaintiff, Planned Parenthood, has received in the last two years - that they’ve reported - over $500 million in taxpayer money ($1.5 billion over 6 years). America needs to wake up to this disturbing fact! On one hand, Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion provider in America, is funded in large part by our hard-earned tax dollars. This money is allocated from Congress. Then Planned Parenthood turns around and sues Congress for passing a law banning partial-birth abortion. In essence, Congress is taking our money, giving it to Planned Parenthood, who then sues Congress with the aid of the money we’ve already given them. " Why are we paying for Planned Parenthood? By Jay Sekulow (UserBlogPost 10/31/2006). Defunding Planned Parenthood There's a little-known fact about where some of your tax dollars go. Planned Parenthood - the nation's largest abortion provider - receives hundreds of millions of your tax dollars each year. Congressional efforts are underway to end that.Page has been removed. http://www.townhall.com/search.aspx?SearchWord=%22Planned+Parenthood%22+Giuliani&SearchSection= ----- POPE'S NEW BOOK CRITICIZES CAPITALISM [Ednote: Interesting that the Pope is against capitalism when it has been discovered that he is of Jewish ancestry on his mother's side.] April 13, 2007 US - By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press Writer - VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI offers a personal meditation on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ in his first book as pontiff, criticizing the "cruelty" of capitalism's exploitation of the poor but also decrying the absence of God in Marxism. In "Jesus of Nazareth," released Friday, Benedict touches on themes that have begun to emerge in his 2-year-old papacy: the spiritual weaknesses of modern materialistic life, in which people seem to think they can do without God. The book also points to a concern of Benedict from his days as prefect of the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, when he sought to stem support for "liberation theology"—the theology of salvation as liberation from injustice, popular in Latin America Whole article :http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8OG0I6O0&show_article=1 ---- POPE: IRAN ENTITLED TO USE NUCLEAR ENERGY May 5, 2007 - Pope Benedict XVI has said Iran is entitled to have access to peaceful nuclear energy and that there should be no double standards in this regard. The pope was speaking in a meeting in the Vatican with former Iranian president and head of the International Center of Dialogue among Cultures and Civilizations Mohammad Khatami on Friday. Like other big states, Iran should use peaceful nuclear energy, he said. He pointed to freedom of religions in Iran and added there was peaceful coexistence and respect among religions in the country. He said he was informed that religious minorities have MPs in Iran's parliament and their rights are respected. Referring to escalation of tension and aggravation of political and security problems in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon and the occupied Palestine, the pope said Europe is well aware of Iran's constructive power in the region. By relying on its peaceful policies, said the pope, Iran can play an important role in resolving regional problems and crises. Whole story: http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=8767&sectionid=351020104 ----- PORN FOUND AT ONLINE CHRISTIAN BOOKSTORE May 17, 2007 - By Bob Unruh - WorldNetDaily.com - Pornography and occult books have been found available through Heritage Christian Bookstore's online ordering system, and the problem – again – has been traced by WND to the wholesalers from whom retailers obtain their book search software and some products. WND earlier reported on similar troubles at another unrelated Christian bookstore, also coincidentally named Heritage, and tracked the problem to standard computer software provided by Amazon.com to retailers wishing to offer products through their sites. http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55728 ----- ANTICHRIST IS A PACIFIST, ECOLOGIST, AND ECUMENIST, VATICAN PREACHER WARNS Vatican, Mar. 1, 2007 (CWNews.com) - Excesses of ecumenism and a tendency to downplay the Cross of Christ reflect the spirit of the Antichrist, Cardinal Giacomo Biffi warned Pope Benedict XVI (bio - news) and the leaders of the Roman Curia. In a meditation preached during the Lenten Retreat for Vatican leaders this week, the outspoken Italian cardinal cited the vision of the Russian philosopher Vladimir Soloviev. “The Antichrist presents himself as a pacifist, ecologist, and ecumenist,” he said. Cardinal Biffi decried the tendency of some Catholics to promote vague spiritual goals, rather than stressing the centrality of Christ’s Sacrifice. “Today,” he said, “we run the risk of having a Christianity that puts aside Jesus, the Cross, and the Resurrection.” He warned against the temptation to faith in Christ to “a mere set of values.” Recalling Soloviev’s portrait of the Antichrist, the preacher said that the Antichrist waters down the truths of the faith, making concessions to satisfy every interest, and steadily gaining popularity. “The crowds follow him,” the cardinal said, “except for little groups of Catholics, Orthodox, and Protestants.” This lingering remnant, Cardinal Biffi said, levels the charge against the Antichrist: “You have given us everything except the one thing that we want: Jesus Christ.” (The cardinal’s meditations are being preached during private sessions in the Redemptoris Mater chapel of the apostolic palace. But Vatican Radio provided a summary of his talk.) http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=49580   ----- SLAY THEM ALL, GOD WILL KNOW HIS OWN? The Inquisition got its bloody start during the long and vicious Albigensian Crusade, where southern France was devastated by a coalition of greedy lords from the north. There was a basic problem distinguishing devout Catholics from heretic Cathars, which inspired one crusader to say, "Slay them all, God will know his own," and act accordingly. Those who were executed or publicly punished in some way were done so in a closing spectacle even grander than the general sermon at the beginning. The Church did not take the blame for the death penalty; instead, it "relaxed" the victims into the tender mercies of the State, which would then conduct the actual immolation. But to claim the Church was therefore not responsible for the burnings is about as believable as that it was the low-ranking guards behind the photographed horrors in Iraq. An inheritance of iniquity The Inquisition left in its wake a vast legacy of profound evil. It refashioned the Catholic Church into an intellectual dictatorship, a religious police-state where the appearance of conformity remains all-important. To this day, secrecy still rules. And society has paid the price. The papacy, whose tool it was, should be held in utter contempt and horror. After all, was not the Inquisition the polar opposite of everything good that the Church claims to be? Perhaps the awareness of what people can do to their fellow humans in the name of God is just too awful to contemplate for long. Given the reactions to the sickening pictures from Iraq, that may indeed be so. In any event, the Inquisition itself endures. And now the former head of its modern incarnation has become the Supreme Pontiff. Catholic Inquisition - The Torture Tools Most people have some knowledge of the Holocaust. The 6 years of torture and atrocities that the Jews suffered under Hitler and the Nazis during the Second World War. While in no way downplaying the terrible events of the Holocaust, such a massacre does not compare to the severity to the torture and murder that took place under Papal authority during the 605 years of the Inquisition. From the beginning of the Papacy, until the present time, it is estimated by credible historians that more than 50,000,000 men and women have been slaughtered for the crime of heresy charged against them by Papal Rome. This Video contains actual photographs of some of the instruments of torture that were used. Since we consider this Video on the Inquisition one of the more important message that we have given, please make it known to others, and if possible post the link on your own website. Live broadcasting: eo : http://www.veoh.com/videos/v284414SC4zEMFg ----- MEXICO'S THANK YOU TO THE POPE FOR GETTING THE WALLS DOWN TO THE US Mexico City lawmakers vote to legalize abortion. Leftist mayor expected to sign legislation in rebuke of Vatican efforts. MEXICO CITY - Mexico City lawmakers voted to legalize abortion Tuesday, a decision likely to influence policies and health practices across Mexico and other parts of heavily Roman Catholic Latin America. The proposal, approved 46-19, with one abstention, will take effect with the expected signing by the city's leftist mayor. Abortion opponents have already vowed to appeal the law to the Supreme Court, a move likely to extend the bitter and emotional debate in this predominantly Catholic nation. "Decriminalizing abortion is a historic triumph, a triumph of the left," said city legislator Jorge Diaz Cuervo, a leftist social democrat who voted for the bill. "Today, there is a new atmosphere in this city. It is the atmosphere of freedom." Continued: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18293610/ ----- VATICAN CHANGES TRANSCRIPT OF ABORTION REMARKS Pope caused stir in Brazil over excommunicating those in favor of abortion. "The flurry of papal statements and revisions left many puzzled. Some newspapers in Brazil and Mexico declared Benedict approves of excommunication for politicians who support abortion rights, while others said exactly the opposite — that he had ruled it out." MSNBC - SAO PAULO, Brazil - May 10, 2007 Pope Benedict XVI caused such a stir with his comments on the excommunication of lawmakers who vote in favor of legalizing abortion that the Vatican released a transcript Thursday changing what he said. While Benedict met with Brazil’s president and thousands of Roman Catholics streamed toward a soccer stadium for an evening youth rally, the Vatican released a new transcript that seemed to roll back the pope’s comments from a day earlier. Asked during an in-flight news conference Wednesday if legislators who legalized abortion in Mexico City should rightfully be considered excommunicated, Benedict said “Yes.” “The excommunication was not something arbitrary. It is part of the (canon law) code,” the pope continued, seemingly siding with the Mexican bishops who said the politicians had excommunicated themselves. But Benedict’s spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, issued a statement later Wednesday saying Benedict did not intend to formally excommunicate anyone — a rare process under church law. He added that politicians who vote in favor of abortion had excluded themselves from receiving Holy Communion. On Thursday, the Vatican tried again to defuse the controversy, issuing a slightly edited transcript that dropped the word “yes” in the pope’s response to the question that started it all. Several other changes made it seem a more general statement, rather than referring to the Mexican bishops. Edits to transcripts common Lombardi told reporters such edits are common. “Every time the pope speaks off-the-cuff the Secretariat of State reviews and cleans up his remarks,” he said. Benedict’s comments stoked debate among Catholics who have been arguing whether politicians who approve abortion legislation as well as doctors and nurses who take part in the procedure subject themselves to automatic excommunication under church law. Some of the Mexican legislators involved said they still consider themselves to be Catholic — no matter what the pope says. And in the United States, Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani — a Catholic who favors abortion rights — avoided saying whether the pope’s statement changes his relationship with the church. “I do not get into debates with the pope, that is not a good Continued: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18598306/page/2/ ----- UNIVERSITY CONVOCATION TOLD OF ALLAH, NOT JESUS AND BUDDHA AND DALAI LAMA APRIL 17, 2007 - Our President spoke at the convocation at Virginia Tech following the massacre that took place there. He offered a “message of hope.” Other speakers called on Allah and Buddha in their efforts to minister to the survivors, families, friends of victims, etc. Bush did comment on the loss of 32 students by an “out-of-control resident alien student” and hoped everyone would find "comfort in the grace and guidance of a loving God." But no mention of Jesus, so I guess it was a god of everyone’s choice. There were four representatives from the local religious community. First came the Muslim, who specifically invoked Allah's blessings, quoted the Koran and mentioned the name of Allah. Then a female representative from the Jewish community asked for God's blessings and quoted from Ecclesiastes: 'There is a time for everything, etc.” # 3) Buddha was also represented by a Buddhist who spoke on the “goodness of all of mankind.” # 4) A liberal Lutheran got up and spoke about “healing” and “how everyone needs to come together.” There was no representation by anyone who was bold enough to mention the name of our Lord! His was the only name that was omitted, yet His Name (JESUS) is the ONLY NAME that could really offer any solace to anyone! Seeing as they put the Muslim up to bat first, can we assume that we live in a Muslim nation? Is Virginia Tech a Muslim campus now? (The correct answer is NO to both!) So why did the order come as it did? Cho Seung-Hui, 23, a senior English major at V-Tech was no doubt a mentally disturbed (demon possessed) young man. Again, Cho was not an American, and seemed to hate much of what America stands for. All the while Cho partook in the educational privileges many Americans can ill afford. As a slayer, Cho sought to become infamous in his attempt to dishonor America by taking out a sampling of the next generation without any thought to the families he was murdering. Source: Hollis Caravetta E-mail: Holliscar@aol.com   SPEAKERS AT THE VIRGINIA TECH CALLED ON ALLAH AND BUDDHA in their efforts to minister to the survivors, family and friends of victims of the shooting massacre at the school – but Jesus wasn't mentioned by name. President Bush did offer a biblical message of hope, when he suggested the school community that lost 32 members to the shootings by an out-of-control resident alien student find "comfort in the grace and guidance of a loving God." But even he didn't bring Jesus, the only hope of comfort and future life for Christians, into the memorials. "I'm sitting here watching the convocation service at VT," wrote a WND reader who was given anonymity. "Five minutes ago they had four representatives from the local 'religious community.' The Muslim specifically invoked Allah's blessings… and he didn't shy away from saying the name of Allah. The Jewish rep asked for God's ... http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55252 ----- CALIFORNIA HOTELS REPLACE BIBLE WITH GORE'S GLOBAL WARMING BOOK Bloomberg - May 02, 2007 - Ari Levy and Carole Zimmer - Visitors to the Gaia Napa Valley Hotel and Spa won't find the Gideon Bible in the nightstand drawer. Instead, on the bureau will be a copy of ``An Inconvenient Truth,'' former Vice President Al Gore's book about global warming. They'll also find the Gaia equipped with waterless urinals, solar lighting and recycled paper as it marches toward becoming California's first hotel certified as ``green,'' or benevolent to the environment. Similar features are found 35 miles south at San Francisco's Orchard Garden Hotel, which competes for customers with neighboring luxury hotels like the Ritz-Carlton and Fairmont. ``I'm not your traditional Birkenstocks and granola type of guy,'' said Stefan Muehle, general manager of the Orchard Garden, who said green measures are reducing energy costs as much as 25 percent a month. ``We're trying to dispel the myth that being green and being luxurious are mutually exclusive.'' The Gaia and Orchard are seeking to be the first hotels in California certified by the U.S. Green Building Council, which has authenticated 800 buildings across the U.S. and has about 6,000 in the process, including 30 hotels. San Francisco and other cities offer financial incentives to lessen water and energy use and reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Seven years ago, the Green Building Council developed a rating system called the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED. Buildings are certified based on their use of environmentally friendly features such as recycled construction materials, solar lighting, and efficient energy and water systems. Older buildings may be retrofitted. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20670001&refer=us&sid=afIESX3LdgnQ ----- EVANGELICAL LEADER BLASTS CHURCHES' GENDER-NEUTRAL LANGUAGE Christian Post Reporter by Audrey Barrick - April. 27 2007 The largest Episcopal church in Tucson, Ariz., is removing all power imagery, including the word "Lord," from its services. "The way our service reads, the theology is that God is love, period," Thomas Lindell, deacon at St. Philip's in the Hills, told Arizona Daily Star. "Our service has done everything it can to get rid of power imagery. We do not pray as though we expect the big guy in the sky to come and fix everything." The church's associate rector, Susan Anderson-Smith, said "Lord" conveys hierarchical power over things but that's not who Jesus understood himself to be, she told the local newspaper. "Jesus was for an egalitarian community. He did not have room for titles or status. And it is recorded that many of the disciples called him Lord. But they had a different idea about worshipping him," she said. "Jesus was a rabbi and teacher. It was a relationship of mentoring, looking up to him for that kind of companionship." Prominent evangelical leader the Rev. R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, called the comments absurd. Continued: http://www.christianpost.com/article/20070427/27129_Evangelical_Leader_Blasts_Churches%27_Gender-Neutral_Language.htm ----- GOVERNOR OF N.Y. PROPOSES 'GAY MARRIAGE' BILL IN STATE LEGISLATURE MARRIAGE DIGEST: April 27, 2007 - by Michael Foust - NEW YORK (BP)--New York will become the next state to legalize "gay marriage" if a proposal by Gov. Eliot Spitzer passes the legislature. The Democratic governor backed "gay marriage" during last year's election, and on April 27 introduced a bill in the legislature that would grant marriage licenses to homosexual couples. But the bill faces a "steep climb" in the legislature, The New York Times reported. Republicans control the Senate, Democrats the Assembly. Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno opposes "gay marriage," although Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has not taken a stance, the newspaper said. Continued: http://www.baptistpress.com/BPnews.asp?ID=25519 GAY MARRIAGE DEBATE ON A VIDEO http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=11907174820 ---- $5000 FINE SOUGHT FOR CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE COMMISSIONER WHO DECLINED HOMOSEXUAL COUPLE - Friday Church News Notes, May 11, 2007, www.wayoflife.org - The following is excerpted from a report on LifeSiteNews.com, April 19, 2007: "A Canadian Christian civil marriage commissioner in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Orville Nichols, could face up to $5000 in fines for having referred a homosexual couple to a different commissioner. Human Rights Commission lawyer Janice Gingell asked the tribunal to find that Nichols contravened the code and order him to pay $5,000 in compensation to the complainant. The 70 year-old Mr. Nichols used a clearly religious-based conscience argument for his refusal, saying his faith guides his daily life, that he prays and reads the Bible every day. He told the Saskatchewan Human Rights Tribunal that his faith 'takes first place' in his life. He said, 'I couldn't sleep or live with myself if I were to perform same-sex marriages.' The other commissioner to whom the two men were referred performed the ceremony on the same date they requested of Mr. Nichols. ... In Canadian Human Rights Tribunal cases, the party defending against a complaint is under a large disadvantage. While the government pays the costs of the complainant, the defendant must cover his own expenses and if the ruling goes against him, is normally charged with all the costs. Further costs are incurred if he should try to bring the matter to a legal court. The Tribunal, which is not under standard rules of evidence or judicial procedures, has yet to render a decision, though thus far, in most decisions in cases of this kind, the outcome has favoured the homosexual activists over religious conscientious objectors." ----- WATCHTOWER AND THE UNITED NATIONS FREE MINDS by Randall Watters:: Has the Watchtower Eliminated the Role of the United Nations in Prophecy? Anyone who has been associated with the Watchtower for some time is aware of how they view the United Nations as being the prophetic “wild beast” of Rev. 13:17 that stands opposed to God’s Kingdom under the “anointed remnant,” empowered directly by Satan himself (Gog of Magog of Rev. 20:8). The United Nations was due sometime soon to be empowered by the United States and Great Britain, and to turn on “Jehovah’s people” to annihilate them. In the Oct/Dec 2001 issue of the Free Minds Journal it was reported that the Watchtower had secretly joined up with the United Nations as an NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) with the purpose of helping spread the doctrine and agenda of the United Nations (with benefits to themselves, of course). When this was discovered and exposed in the newspapers and on the internet, the Watchtower Public Relations Department was quick to disassociate themselves from the United Nations, and issue a special message to any branch members or elders who needed to provide a response to the news media. The blatantly dishonest answer was that they joined to obtain a “library card” in order to do research. A similar letter was sent out to certain inquiries on the subject. Shortly thereafter it was widely publicized and documented that not only did the WT not have to join the UN just to get a library card, but that the Watchtower magazine had already been writing articles that subtly supported the United Nations and its agenda! This is required of any NGO associated with the UN. One of the articles is even listed on the UN website. (http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/materials/articles.htm) While at first it seemed that perhaps it was not an actual change of direction, but only an embarrassing affair with the “wild beast” itself, it now appears quite plainly that the WT no longer states that the UN is the “wild beast” and even further, that it would only be speculation to say who it would be to launch a future attack on the Watchtower organization! This, coupled with an odd suggestion by Bethel leader Ciro Aulicino in October 2001 that the Muslims may very well be part of the “king of the North” that will turn and attack Jehovah’s people! (The "King of the North" is generally identified as the United Nations; more specifically as a totalitarian element of it.) Yet Ciro was one of the directors who actually signed on with the United Nations as an NGO representative! Talk about duplicity and confusion at Bethel! For a full treatment on the Watchtower's identity of the "King of the North" and "King of the South," read this article. http://www.randytv.com/secret/unitednations.htm Watch videos Free Minds Ministry online at http://www.randytv.com/ ----- KISSINGER ADDRESSES VATICAN CONFERENCE EWTNews - 30-April -2007 - Vatican, (CWNews.com) - Henry Kissinger, the former US Secretary of State, was at the Vatican this past weekend to participate in a conference organized by the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. Kissinger-- who spoke at the invitation of Mary Ann Glendon, the Harvard Law professor and president of the Pontifical Academy-- told reporters that he had not come to Rome to address any "short-term" political issues, but was interested in helping Vatican officials in the long-term quest to promote "reason and dialogue and community." Noting that his diplomatic career had included private audiences with three different Pontiffs, Kissinger said that he had a great respect for the influence of the Holy See "as a contributor to the continuity of our values." The topic of his presentation, he said, was the challenge of maintaining the values of our civilization in the 21st century. During his brief visit to the Vatican, Kissinger was lodged in the St. Martha residence, where cardinals stay during a papal conclave. http://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory_print.asp?number=78201 ---- EUROPARLIAMENT: RELIGIOUS LEADERS HOMOPHOBIC But Cardinal Defends Church, Citing Catechism - ROME, APRIL 30, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Church officials criticized a European Parliament resolution that condemns "discriminatory comments" made by political and religious leaders against homosexuals. The resolution, which passed 325-124, with 150 abstentions, condemns the "discriminatory comments formulated by politicians and religious leaders about homosexuals, as fermenting hatred and violence -- even if they were later withdrawn -- and it asks that the hierarchies of the respective organizations condemn them as well." The European Parliament did refuse to include the proposal of three Italians to publicly condemn Archbishop Angelo Bagnasco for his statements against homosexuals, which were falsely interpreted by the press and then later clarified. The approved resolution invites member states to propose laws "that overcome discriminations suffered by same sex couples" and "reminds all member states that the prohibition of the Gay Pride Parade and the lack of protection offered to its participants are against the principles of the European Convention of human rights." The resolution also proposes that an annual "International Day Against Homophobia" be held on May 17. Time to settle Cardinal Angelo Scola of Venice and Cardinal Peter Erdo and Monsignor Aldo Giordano, president and secretary-general of the Council of European Bishops' Conferences, respectively, defended the Church against accusations that it doesn't respect homosexual persons. "There is no homophobia in the Catholic Church and it is time that all this ended," Cardinal Scola said on Thursday to the Italian bishops' television network, Sat 2000. Referring to the European Parliament, he said: "There needs to be more respect for the orientation of our people. There is no need to tell lies." Paolo Bustaffa, director of the Italian bishops' SIR news agency, told Vatican Radio last Thursday: "It is clear that they are suspicious of the Church's thinking in regard to these situations, these people, for whom -- the Catechism of the Catholic Church says -- the Church has a great respect." "Respect for people, however, cannot nullify a problematic aspect," he added. "There must be understanding but in many cases there cannot be justification." http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=106839 ----- "GET OUT OF SAN FRANCISCO!" California Catholic Daily - April 24, 2007 - Appeals court asked: Did San Francisco Board of Supervisors violate First Amendment when it adopted resolution bashing the Catholic Church? Was the San Francisco Board of Supervisors constitutionally justified in passing an explicitly anti-Catholic resolution, adopted March 21, 2006, which labeled the Vatican a “foreign country” whose moral teachings are “hateful,” “insulting and callous,” and “insulting to all San Franciscans”? In December, U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel said it was. Last week, the Thomas More Law Center filed a brief with the U. S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights and two Catholic residents of San Francisco appealing Patel’s ruling. The 2006 resolution, which called on the archbishop to “defy” the Church’s teachings and described Cardinal William Levada, head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, as “unqualified” to lead, was a reaction to the Church’s opposition to adoptions by homosexual couples. Judge Patel, appointed to the federal bench in 1980 by President Jimmy Carter and former counsel for the National Organization for Women, ruled that the Board of Supervisors’ resolution urging the Catholic archbishop of San Francisco to ignore his Church’s teachings, did not violate the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution. The Establishment Clause, found in the First Amendment, prohibits the government from interfering with the free practice of religion – or favoring one religion over another. The Thomas More Law Center says the Supervisors’ resolution sends a clear message that Catholics are not welcome as members of the San Francisco political community. “Judge Patel clearly exhibited hostility toward the Catholic Church,” said Richard Thompson, chief counsel for the Thomas More Law Center. In her ruling, the judge claimed that the Church “provoked” the Board of Supervisors by voicing its moral teaching, and that the Board reacted “responsibly” by adopting its resolution, which called Catholic beliefs “defamatory,” “absolutely unacceptable,” “insensitive,” and “ignorant.” The week after the anti-Catholic resolution, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted, again unanimously, to condemn some 25,000 Evangelical teens who had gathered in the city to express their opposition to homosexual conduct. Openly gay San Francisco Assemblyman Mark Leno said the Christian teenagers were “obnoxious” and “disgusting” and “should not be tolerated.” He told the Christian group to “get out of San Francisco!” Continued: http://www.calcatholic.com/news/newsArticlePrintable.aspx?id=60858126-349e-4205-aa92-a93f8d7ffcbf ---- DAVID JEREMIAH PROPOSES "MAJOR PARADIGN SHIFT" FOR HIS CHURCH Source: Lighthouse Trails: The Shadow Mountain pastor draws from Erwin McManus' book, The Barbarian Way If you attended Shadow Mountain Community Church this weekend, then according to an email we received, you would have heard the second part of Pastor David Jeremiah's series called Journey with Jesus. But the title of this series is a bit misleading - Jeremiah isn't just talking about Jesus; he is discussing a book called The Barbarian Way. The book is written by Erwin McManus, who is pastor of Mosaic Church in California. In Friday's email, Jeremiah stated: "This weekend, I will be sharing the second message in our Fall Journey With Jesus. The title of the message is "The Manliness of Jesus." I am praying that it will fire you up as much as it has me. It's a major paradigm shift from our normal thoughts about Jesus. This week, I have read a book by Erwin McManus called THE BARBARIAN WAY. In it, he says something that should prepare our hearts for the weekend message." While the quote from the book is benign, the book is not, and if any mention of the book is made by Jeremiah, it should be one of warning. If you have been following Jeremiah's slip toward what we might call contemplative /emerging Christianity, his promotion of McManus' book probably won't be too surprising. Last year, we mentioned on a radio program that Jeremiah was going to be speaking at the Lead Like Jesus conference with Ken Blanchard (whose conference it was). Shortly after this airing, Jeremiah pulled out of the conference and then Blanchard canceled the conference all together. Jeremiah then wrote a letter to Lighthouse Trails and made it public. He defended Ken Blanchard who had been and still is promoting the New Age, particularly New Age mysticism. After researching Jeremiah's 2003/2005 book, Life Wide Open, it made a little more sense why he would have no trouble with Blanchard's New Age proclivities. A special report on that book said: David Jeremiah's 2003 book, Life Wide Open, has a subtitle of "Unleashing the Power of a Passionate Life." In the introduction of the book, Jeremiah tells readers that "A Small handful among us have discovered what the rest of us would pay dearly to know: How can we bring real, living excitement into this life?" Jeremiah goes on to tell readers that "This book is a map to the life of passion and purpose, the life wide open..." Who are these small handful of people who have discovered the secret? Well according to Jeremiah's book, his list includes Rick Warren, contemplative, feminine spiritualist Sue Monk Kidd (When the Heart Waits), contemplative Calvin Miller (Into the Depths of God), Buddhist sympathizer Peter Senge (The Fifth Discipline), emerging church leader Erwin McManus, contemplative Michael Card, and Brother Lawrence (Practicing the Presence of God). Continued: http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/index.php?p=209&more=1&c=1 ----- CENTRAL AMERICAN NATIONS BAN ANTICHRIST Yahoo 7 News - April 15, 2007 Three Central American governments have banned a man claiming to be the Antichrist from entering their countries, outraged by his inflammatory preaching against the Catholic church and organised religion. El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala have banned Jose de Jesus Miranda, who heads a cult-like movement with sermons televised from Miami to dozens of mostly Latin American nations and wants to join followers at a rally next week in Guatemala. "It's the new Inquisition," said Carlos Cestero, Miranda's right-hand man, known as the `Bishop as Bishops'. "These small nations are clearly puppets of the Catholic church," he said. .. Continued: http://au.news.yahoo.com/070415/2/133zf.html ----- ADULLAM FILMS ANNOUNCING A NEW DOCUMENTARY New Video / DVD A Christian Film Ministry - "Riddles in Stone" The Secret Architecture of Washington DC While many people are familiar with the pentagram north of the White House, Masonic square and compass that extends from the U.S. Capitol and of course the Washington Monument and few are aware of the esoteric philosophy behind the design of the entire city. With Masonic experts along with Christian commentors present their case. Riddles will bring out many things that you won't find in history book or channels. [Ednote: What we just discovered through "Avenue of Light" ministry that the Vatcan has the same Pentagram paralell to the lay out of Washington D.C. See the next paragraph. endofnote] April 9, 2007 Newsletter: http://www.adullamfilms.com/NewsletterApril72007.html www.adullamfilms.com / www.filmforjesus.com   ----- TWO OCCULT POWERS UNITED FOR FINAL WORLD CONTROL WASHINGTON D.C. HAS MORE IN COMMON WITH THE VATICAN THAN THE BUILDING THE BEAST (Rome) and HIS IMAGE (U.S.A.) In Scripture, Rev.13:1-18, two world powers are described. The first, which received worship and ruled brutally for over a thousand years, but then lost her temporal power to Protestantism, is fittingly named in Scripture, the 'Beast'. It is the world's greatest hidden Occult influence using Christianity as its deceptive front, and calls itself Roman Catholicism. The second power described as the 'Image' to the beast, is the U.S.A. As a daughter is the spitting image of her mother, so the U.S.A. was quietly founded in the 'Image' of Rome and its Occultism by Jesuits and Freemasons. The long range purpose was a 'grand design' to once again bring the world under the control and tyranny of the Occult Sun system of Rome, through what we know today as the NEW WORLD ORDER. ----- THE SCARLET THREAD II ANTICHRIST, JESUITS AND HER HARLOT DAUGHTERS VIDEO http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5467788408583666708&q=scarlet+threat ----- HANK HANEGRAAFF SAYS CALLING THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH THE WHORE OF BABYLON IS "REPREHENSIBLE"- Friday Church News Notes, April 13, 2007, www.wayoflife.org Hank Hanegraaff, the voice for the Bible Answer Man radio program and the head of the Christian Research Institute, has said at least two times on his radio show that to call the Roman Catholic Church the great whore of Revelation 17 is to "slander an already vulnerable target" and is "absolutely reprehensible." He said this in the context of being asked what he thinks of Dave Hunt, the author of the 550-page book "A Woman Rides the Beast: The Roman Catholic Church and the Last Days" (Harvest House Publishers, 1994). Hunt replied to this as follows in the April 2007 issue of The Berean Call: "Whenever Hank is asked about me, this is his standard response. It is slanderous. I gave a more detailed response 11 years ago (TBC Q&A May 1996). The Roman Catholic Church is the largest, wealthiest, and most powerful institution in history and the world today. Yet Hank describes it as a 'vulnerable target.' What?! I'm slandering it by identifying it as the whore in Revelation 17-18? The angel gives to John fourteen identifying characteristics that fit the Vatican (and nothing else) perfectly. This is how Luther and the Reformers and the thousands of true Christians down through history whom the RCC slaughtered (including even some Roman Catholic leaders) have always identified the 'whore.' Of these martyrs, the great historian, Will Durant, wrote, 'The Roman Church, they were sure, was the Whore of Babylon.' Einerius, an inquisitor appointed by Pope Innocent III 350 years before the Reformation, said of the Waldensian Christians, whom the RCC was attempting to exterminate, 'They claim [that] the Roman Church is the whore described in John's Revelation.' Even St. Bonaventure, cardinal and general of the Franciscans, in his Commentary on the Apocalypse, 300 years before the Reformation, called Rome 'the harlot who makes kings and nations drunk with the wine of her whoredoms.' D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones said, 'I would not hesitate with the Reformers...to [say that the RCC] is, as the Scripture puts it, the whore.' When I tried to explain this to Hank and his staff many years ago, they accused me of inventing a new idea unknown in history. Their guffaws nearly drove me out of Hank's office." Hanegraaff also criticizes Hunt's Dispensational view of prophecy, claiming that "he errs quite consistently in his interpretation of scripture" and "he gets it wrong more often than not." While we are not pleased with Hunt's close association with the Calvary Chapel movement and disagree with him on a few matters, as well, the most dangerous man in this particular debate, by far, is Hank Hanegraaff. The day will come when he will deeply regret promoting himself as the "Bible Answer Man" and leading many astray through his false doctrine and lack of spiritual discernment in these end times. -----   RICK WARREN, FOUNDING PASTOR OF SADDLEBACK VALLEY COMMUNITY OPENS THE 2005 HIV/AIDS CONFERENCE DISTURBING VOICES           Rick Warren, founding pastor of Saddleback Valley Community Church in Lake Forest, California opens the 2005 HIV/AIDS Conference Disturbing Voices. (Damian Dovarganes/AP Photo) U.S. evangelical movement broadens focus By MICHAEL LUO and LAURIE GOODSTEIN Published: May 21, 2007 - The evangelical Christian movement, which has been pivotal in reshaping the country's political landscape since the 1980s, has shifted in potentially momentous ways in recent years, broadening its agenda and exposing new fissures. The death of the Rev. Jerry Falwell last week highlighted the fact that many of the movement's fiery old guard who helped lead conservative Christians into the embrace of the Republican Party are aging and slowly receding from the scene. In their stead, a new generation of leaders who have mostly avoided the openly partisan and confrontational approach of their forebears have become increasingly influential. Typified by megachurch pastors like the Rev. Rick Warren of Saddleback Church in Orange County, California, and the Rev. Bill Hybels of Willow Creek Community Church outside Chicago, the new breed of evangelical leaders — often to the dismay of those who came before them — are more likely to speak out about more liberal causes like AIDS, Darfur, poverty and global warming than controversial social issues like abortion and same-sex marriage. But the conservative legacy of the religious right persists, and abortion continues to be a defining issue, even a litmus test, for most evangelicals, including younger ones, according to interviews and survey data. "The abortion issue is going to continue to be a unifying factor among evangelicals and Catholics," said the Rev. Leith Anderson, president of the National Association of Evangelicals, who is often held up as an example of the new model of conservative Christian leaders. "That's not going to go away." http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/05/21/america/21evangels.php ----- GOVERNMENT AT WORK - CHRISTIANS IN BULL'S-EYE IN NEW 'HATE CRIMES' PLAN WorldNetDaily.com - April 26, 2007 by Bob Unruh - A fast-tracked congressional plan to add special protections for homosexuals to federal law would turn "thoughts, feelings, and beliefs" into criminal offenses and put Christians in the bull's-eye, according to opponents. "H.R. 1592 is a discriminatory measure that criminalizes thoughts, feelings, and beliefs [and] has the potential of interfering with religious liberty and freedom of speech," according to a white paper submitted by Glen Lavy, of the Alliance Defense Fund. "As James Jacobs and Kimberly Potter observed in Hate Crimes, Criminal Law, and Identity Politics, 'It would appear that the only additional purpose [for enhancing punishment of bias crimes] is to provide extra punishment based on the offender's politically incorrect opinions and viewpoints,'" said Lavy. The proposal has been endorsed by majority Democrats on the committee, and already has 137 sponsors in the full House, making it possible it could be voted on in a matter of days or weeks. Continued: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55392 ----- PASTORS: ACT NOW OR PREPARE FOR JAIL WORLDNET.COM April 24, 2007 - I've already told you about how H.R. 1592 will destroy equal justice (setting up a victim hierarchy), set up a Gay Gestapo with unlimited funds and send grandma to jail for sharing her faith on the public sidewalk, as happened in Philadelphia. But what you may not know is how this bill scheduled for a vote in the House this week will come after pastors and all those who disagree with the homosexual agenda out loud. H.R. 1592 the so-called "hate crimes" bill isn't about hate. It isn't about "crimes" (there are already stiff penalties against crimes); it's about speech. Continued: http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55348 ----- DUAL-LANGUAGE FORMAT IS NOW PRODUCED IN 17 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AROUND THE WORLD: including Arabic, Mandarin, Indonesian, Turkish, Punjabi, Russian, Farsi, French, Hindi, Bengali, Korean, Spanish, Vietnamese, Cantonese, Amharic, Tamil, and Albanian. Through these programs, our goal is to give 3.9 billion people the opportunity to hear the Gospel in their own language. To that end, between now and 2009, plans are underway for broadcasts in the languages of Portuguese, Japanese, and Thai. Leading The Way is the international media ministry of Dr. Michael Youssef. Founded in 1988 as a local radio program for Atlanta, Georgia, Leading The Way is now broadcast via radio and television in more than 100 countries. Our signature dual-language radio broadcasts originated in 1996 with an English-Arabic program for the Middle East and North Africa. This format features Dr. Youssef's English teaching and a phrase-by-phrase translation into the listener's native language. The broadcast appeals both to those interested in learning about Jesus and to those who wish to gain a mastery of the English language. .. Leading The Way also produces a variety of resources — including books and audio and DVD series — designed to help you grow in your faith and to equip you for ministry. Leading The Way now offers a monthly publication called My Journal. Containing news about our growth, devotional content, and great testimonies from around the globe, http://www.leadingtheway.org/site/PageServer?pagename=who_default http://www.leadingtheway.org/site/PageServer?pagename=bc_radio_dual ----- FATAL FLAW SO SERIOUS THAT PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTIONS MAY CONTINUE Please re-read NEWS1829 (Cutting Edge Ministry members only], for this original 2003 "Partial Birth Abotion Ban" which the Supreme Court just upheld contains a fatal flaw so serious that partial birth abortions may be allowed to continue, under the guise of being outlawed! We found the exact bill as President Bush signed it on November 5, 2003. This "fatal flaw" wording which Dr. Lowney discovered in the original bills coming out of the House and the Senate survived intact and are the heart and soul of this 2003 Partial Birth Abortion "Ban"! What is this wording, as revealed in NEWS1829? "the person performing the abortion deliberately and intentionally vaginally delivers a living fetus until, in the case of a head-first presentation, the entire fetal head is outside the body of the mother..." (Read this exact wording in the actual bill signed by President Bush and upheld by the Supreme Court) However, this fatal flaw did not prevent Christians from enthusiastically endorsing this Supreme Court decision. NEWS BRIEF: "Christians Applaud High Court's Partial-Birth Abortion Ruling", by Doug Huntington, Gospel Herald, April 19, 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partial-Birth_Abortion_Ban_Act ----- OBAMA STRANGELY ENOUGH DISAGREES WITH THE SUPREME COURT DECISION Today the Supreme Court upheld the "Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act." Here's Barack's response: I strongly disagree with today’s Supreme Court ruling, which dramatically departs from previous precedents safeguarding the health of pregnant women. As Justice Ginsburg emphasized in her dissenting opinion, this ruling signals an alarming willingness on the part of the conservative majority to disregard its prior rulings respecting a woman’s medical concerns and the very personal decisions between a doctor and patient. I am extremely concerned that this ruling will embolden state legislatures to enact further measures to restrict a woman's right to choose, and that the conservative Supreme Court justices will look for other opportunities to erode Roe v. Wade, which is established federal law and a matter of equal rights for women. http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post_group/ObamaHQ/CZsK ----- CHRISTIANS AT BIBLE PUBLISHERS HAVE THEIR THROATS CUT Turkish News, Christian Solidarity Worldwide, Asia News - The Times, UK - AprIL 19, 2007 - Suna Erdem in Istanbul www.timesonline.co.uk - Knife-wielding attackers slit the throats of three people at a Christian publishing house in conservative eastern Turkey yesterday. One of the dead men was of German origin, the local governor said. Two other men were taken to hospital, one with knife wounds to his throat, back and stomach, the other with a head injury after jumping from a third-floor window to escape. The hospital in the town of Malatya said that both were in a critical condition. Police have detained four men for the attack, which took place in the early afternoon. Television footage showed a policeman tackling one man while another man covered in blood was carried to an ambulance on a stretcher. The killings came less than three months after the murder of a prominent Armenian journalist. The Zirve publishing house, which the Turkish media says is owned by two South Africans, Gert Martinus de Lange and Stephen Smithdorf, had been the target of nationalist protests for allegedly distributing Bibles and proselytising. Halil Ibrahim Dasoz, the Governor of Malatya, said the authorities were also investigating possible Islamist links, because the method of killing was reminiscent of attacks by the Turkish arm of the militant Islamist group Hezbollah. Officials from Zirve say they had been the target of threats for some time and had been intending to ask for protection. They deny any missionary aims. Martin de Langue, a former official, reportedly said two years ago that the public in Malatya was being provoked against Christians and foreigners. The small community of Turkish Protestant Christians, as opposed to Greek and Armenian minorities, comprises eager converts with a missionary bent. Although proselytising is not illegal in mainly Muslim Turkey it is regarded with hostility. The attack came as two Turkish evangelical Christians in Istanbul attended a hearing of their trial under the notorious article 301 of the penal code, which the West condemns as a restriction on expression, after being accused by nationalists of insulting Turkey and Islam. The European Commission has condemned the attack as “horrendous”. The EC has long called on Turkey to offer better protection and rights for its minorities. The attack comes at a time of great tension in Turkey over secularist worries that the Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a former Islamist firebrand who now says he is a conservative democrat, will announce he is running for President in next month’s elections. This would cement the grip of his Justice and Development Party (AKP) on the top jobs in the land. Hundreds of thousands of secularists marched at the weekend to prevent what they believe would result in an assault on the secular nature of the state. The AKP MP for Malatya said the attack in his constituency could have been an act of provocation aimed at creating greater turmoil. “There are people within Turkey who want extraordinary tension to reign in the country,” the MP. Munir Erkal, said. Threat to faith There are 100,000 Christians in Turkey. Last year two employees of a Bible correspondence course were charged with insulting Turkishness”. It was alleged they were bribing Muslims to convert, promoting promiscuity and denigrating the Turkish army. Odemis Protestant Church in Izmir was attacked with Molotov cocktails in November. Source: Turkish News, Christian Solidarity Worldwide, Asia News ----- MORMONS: WE ARE CHRISTIANS, TOO Mormon beliefs about God and Jesus Christ make them Christians, no matter what critics say. This was the message repeated by several speakers on Sunday at the 177th annual LDS General Conference, held in the 21,000-seat Conference Center in downtown Salt Lake City and beamed via satellite to Mormon chapels across the globe. Before delving into doctrine, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints President Gordon B. Hinckley reassured the Mormon faithful that his health is good, "despite all the rumors to the contrary." Hinckley, 96, had a cancerous tumor removed from his colon a year ago, then underwent chemotherapy. ... Whole article: http://www.sltrib.com/ci_5574370?source=rss ----- DOES GERMANY ALREADY HAVE THE SHARIA LAW? Blog comments April 1, 2007 - Ursula Spuler-Stegemann, an Islam expert from the central German university town of Marburg, has a similar take on the matter. "Do we already have Sharia here?" she asks, adding that the Frankfurt case shows that "things are getting out of hand here." Does the unspeakable decision by a single Frankfurt family court judge truly mark a new stage in the German judiciary's unspoken policy of appeasement toward aggressive Muslims? Or is the collective outcry so loud and nonpartisan this time because the case is so clear? Is it because everyone believed that the debate, raging for years and still unresolved, over the issue of how much immigration the Germans should tolerate and how much assimilation they can expect was finally coming to an end? And because this particular case was about violence, the lowest common denominator on which everyone from left-leaning feminists to neoconservatives could agree? ... Whole article: http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0%2C1518%2C474629%2C00.html ----- MISSOURI'S MOST POWERFUL BAPTIST TAKES ON THE 'EMERGING CHURCH' April 4, 2007 - For Roger Moran, the most powerful Baptist in Missouri, the past represents victory and personal grace. He has spent nearly a decade building a political Baptist empire, one based on a conservative foundation that he put in place. But when talk turns to the future - specifically, the future of the Missouri Baptist Convention - Moran is suddenly an Old Testament prophet of doom. His target: a young band of moderate Christians that he believes is trying to steal back the convention, undercutting his empire. It's a growing movement he'd like to see disappear. ... Whole article: http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/religion/story/76525E382E260FB8862572B1000C874E?OpenDocument ----- HOW TO LEAD JEHOVAH WITNESSES TO JESUS March 18, 2007 - Jehovah Witnesses should be told that Jesus Christ is the Great Jehovah. Then they may accept the true Salvation of the Lord Jesus Christ. This teaching is found in my book ?Jesus The Lord of Glory? the Ultimate Christology & Evangelism Handbook, a sample excerpt reads: "The name Jehovah or Yahweh is a Hebrew word meaning "I am the Lord". The modern English version translation of the name Jehovah should be: " AM THE LORD or THE LORD I AM." The abbreviated term is "I AM". For Jesus called himself the Great "I AM". Jehovah is the name for the Godhead or Holy Trinity in which Jesus Christ was the appointed, and anointed mediator. Jesus is the Spokesperson, Jesus who is called the Word of God." Evangelism Application: (A) If a Jehovah Witness Cult follower approaches you, and starts to talk about their religion, and ask you if you would like to have a relationship with the Great Jehovah. Your reply should be Jesus Christ is the Great Jehovah ? Evangelism Application: (B) You approach a person that you know is a Jehovah Witness Cult follower, and during your conversation you tell the person that Jesus Christ said that he was the Great "I AM" which means the Great Jehovah. Preaching the true Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, Rev. Donald E. Battle, Sr. - Christology Scholar Website: www.jesuslordofglory.com - Email: revdonbattle@verizon.net ----- "THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER When Mystical Experiences and Strange Doctrines Overtake Your Church" When mystical experiences and strange doctrines overtake his church, one man risks all to find the truth?A true story. There is a major movement sweeping through the Church. Billing itself as the "River," or "Third Wave", or "Latter Rain", it promises an incoming tide of blessing but leaves in its wake tsunami-like devastation. Marked by false prophecies, unbiblical manifestations, cult-like teachings and authority structure, this movement has wooed a generation of unwary believers and led them into a substitute spirituality The Word of God has been placed on the back burner and personal experience reigns supreme. A host of unscriptural visions and ecstatic utterances have paved the way for a radical departure from the apostolic Christianity of the early Church Topics Include: Word Faith movement Holy Laughter "Slain" in the Spirit practice Emphasis on humanity of Jesus over Deity Gifts & Calling for the unbeliever? Experience versus Scripture Repetitive chanting & singing Paradigm shift Understanding true worship - http://cuttingedge.org/detail.cfm?ID=1518 ----- THE BLASPHEMY OF THE RELIGIOUS PSYCHOLOGIST Rock To Salt Ministry - By James Sundquist - This article quoting Marvin L. Fieldhouse a Christian missionary in Japan, is an absolute gem. [Psychologists call "psychometrics" ..rampant in even Christian colleges and required of even missionaries to be tested to be even employed or placed in the mission field]. Some of even my close Biblical discernment highly esteemed colleagues think that my calling psychotherapy "sorcery" is a stretch. But I think this article reinforces my case because the role of the Holy Spirit and His office is usurped by another spirit or legions of spirits. About the only difference between psychic readings at an astrology parlor and psychotherapy is that psychotherapists are licensed by the State. Others may argue that I can't use the term psychic reading to describe psychotherapists because psychic readers practice necromancy (as did Saul in the Bible with the witch of Endor) or seek familiar spiritis...but that psychotherapists don't. But Carl Jung certainly sought familiar spirits (Philemon) to obtain his personality theory which is at the heart of Rick Warren's Personality theory (the "P" in his SHAPE) program. What a wonderful package psychotherapy is... it has humanism, atheism, evolution, necromancy, numerology, parapsychology, and divination... all wrapped up in one term... and Christians love it! Marvin Fieldhouse wrote this LONG before Rick Warren. Yet it describes him (and James Dobson) for that matter to a "T"! In case there was any doubt before I read this article that psychotherapy is sorcery and magic arts condemned in both Testaments and doctrines of demons, condemned in the New Testament, these doubts are now vaporized! My highest commendation to Marvin Fieldhouse a true Christian missionary.. .if he only knew what "Christian" leaders in the name of Jesus are doing to missionaries today. I must applaud him for quoting Psalm 139: 19-22. For God alone searches our hearts and can measure our spirituality or psyche and he alone tests us to know our thoughts and inner most being.... not psychotherapy, and certainly not Rick Warren's SHAPE which are usurpers to the throne of God and the seat where only the Holy Spirit dwells in our temples. Christian can not allow ANY one else to sit there! As though it is not bad enough that Christian leaders promote the false teachings of psychology and psychotherapy, and as Marvin Fieldhouse declares, should be rightfully marked as enemies of God, the Cross, and the Gospel, these men now copyright their counterfeit Personality Profiling and Spiritual Gift Assessments, and worse charge money for them. The Apostles Paul, Peter, and Jude were correct in calling these men who pollute your minds and churches, exploit you with fables, making merchandise of you, are experts in greed. Full article: http://www.cephas-library.com/psychology_the_blasphemy_of_the_religious_psychologist.html ----- SOUTHERN BAPTIST PASTOR: JESUS IS THE "FOUNDER OF LIBERALISM" By Paul Proctor - May 2, 2007 - NewsWithViews.com - A reader sent me an amazing article over the weekend from the Religion section of The Decatur Daily titled "An emerging Christianity is reshaping faith." It was written by the pastor of a Southern Baptist church in Auburn Alabama, who just happens to be a syndicated columnist, as well. His name is James L. Evans. Addressing the Emergent Church movement, as if to be introducing it to the general public for the first time, he wrote the following: "Even now a new form of the faith seems to be taking hold within the broad tradition of evangelicalism. Calling themselves "emerging Christians," or in some instances "the Emergent Church," a movement of mostly younger believers are re-shaping the traditional faith in ways that is creating excitement among some, and deep worry among more established Christian leaders. "Reshaping the traditional faith?" Isn't that a little like reshaping an old clay pot into an ashtray? Just how does one do that? Since you can't remold hardened pottery into something else, it seems to me the only course of action is to smash it and then set your smoldering stogy on one of the broken pieces. Does that mean it's still an earthen vessel? - I'd say about as much as the Emergent Church is a "traditional faith." Oh, you can call it an "earthen vessel" if you like - but it's really just an ashtray, isn't it? In my view, the only thing that has been "reshaped" here is rebellion - a rebellion that is wreaking havoc in the Church today - something our Decatur Daily pastor/columnist didn't bring up - even though many have written about it, including yours truly in a recent piece called "The Emerging Civil War." Or, could this be what the good reverend meant when he wrote that the movement was "creating excitement?" Isn't positivism refreshing? Continued: http://www.newswithviews.com/PaulProctor/proctor121.htm ----- LAW OF THE LAND - BILL REQUIRES HIRING 'GAYS,' CROSS-DRESSERS 'PERCEIVED SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTIY' PROTECTED WorldNetDaily.com - May 12, 2007 - By Bob Unruh - Following on the heels of an 'anti-discrimination' plan Christians insist would virtually outlaw their religious beliefs comes another proposal – introduced by openly homosexual U.S. Rep. Barney Frank – that requires businesses to give special privileges to "gay" and "transgendered" individuals. Shari Rendall, director of legislation and public policy for Concerned Women for America, the nation's largest women's public policy group, said H.R. 2015, the "Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2007," would be a disaster. "This bill would unfairly extend special privileges based upon an individual's changeable sexual behaviors, rather than focusing on immutable, non-behavior characteristics such as skin color or gender. Its passage would both overtly discriminate against and muzzle people of faith. Former Secretary of State Collin Powell put it well when he said, 'Skin color is a benign, non-behavioral characteristic. Sexual orientation is perhaps the most profound of human behavioral characteristics. Comparison of the two is a convenient but invalid argument,'" Rendall said. The proposal, from U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., follows H.R. 1592, the House-approved plan that would add sexual orientation and gender identity to a list of valid arguments for allegations of a "hate crime" and allow the federal government to intervene when those occur, or even in order to "prevent" one. http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55654   GLOBAL / LOCAL POLITICS WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN [NOTE THE U.S. FLAG UPSIDE DOWN] ONE MILLION SIGNERS SOUGHT FOR A "VIRTUAL COUNTER-MARCH" PETITION May 1, 2007, Chicago, Illinois - Huge crowds of Illegal Aliens dishonored this country by demanding something they did not earn - citizenship. Fight back by being one of a million signers on this ‘Virtual Counter-March’ Petition, sent to President George W. Bush. Dear President Bush, On May 1, Illegal Aliens dishonored our country by demanding something they did not earn—U.S. citizenship. Please use your influence to block all moves in Congress to reward lawbreakers with citizenship, welfare, and other benefits true Americans have fought and died for. Amnesty is not a solution—it's a SURRENDER! http://www.reformus.org/ ----- CANADIAN ACTION PARTY LEADER CALLS 9/11 A "TRICK ON A MASSIVE SCALE" Canadian Action Party Leader Calls 9/11 a "Trick on a Massive Scale" ( Home » Canadian Action... ) April 30, 2007 Connie Fogal, leader of the Canadian Action Party, recommends joining the 911 Truth movement and paying attention to the evidence. Also discusses PNAC, Terrorstorm, and how the 9/11 attacks are being used to further the North American Union video: http://www.911blogger.com/node/8222 ----- TRANCE FORMATION OF AMERICA By Cathy O'Brien, with Mark Phillips - What do you REALLY know about "minDControl" Distributing truths mainstream media must ignore. From Mark & Cathy - April 16, 2007 Hi ... sadly ... though predictably ... it is major D.C. diversion time again to focus folks away from what Congress and the Executive branch are infighting about today: More $ for the wars being waged against countries that have never done anything against the US. Below this intro are some direct quotes from our book "ACCESS DENIED"...about a tiny little town in Virginia ... Blacksburg we felt strongly would eventually become "news"! WHY.... because Blacksburg houses (underground in the side of a local Blacksburg mountain!) the best kept US government's ABOVE TOP SECRET laboratory for developing /applying (as in Cathy's case) such weapons such as human robotic mind control programming. Ask yourself... "how ironic" that a tiny little town, as disclosed about in ACCESS DENIED in Virginia could HOST the worst school massacre in US history on a day of extreme importance that a so called "showdown between Congress and the Pentagon/Executive Branch" over the war funding and pulling our troops out ... to most likely divert the people's attention away from what is being perpetrated against all of u.s. PLEASE consider why we entitled this chapter (22) (your) "NEED-TO-KNOW"! Please, we beg of you ... consider today ... do it now ... strongly recommending our book "ACCESS DENIED For Reasons Of National Security" to everyone on your mailing list as a MUST READ NOW ... as they have a "need-to-know the facts that support why we include such "notable mention" of Blacksburg, Va., population 48,595 minus 31. From "ACCESS DENIED For Reasons OF National Security" , chapter 22, page 160, 2nd edition Cathy: What’s DARPA? (footnote on page 161) [1] Wear anti-virus firewalls if/when seeking further information online regarding DARPA! http://www.trance-formation.com/ ----- BEES DISAPPEARING AS MYSTERY AILMENT SWEEPS U.S. CTV.ca News Staff March 29, 2007 - Bees are vanishing across the United States, leaving empty colonies behind and putting honey production in jeopardy -- and nobody knows why. California beekeeper David Bradshaw