Is "just" church enough?

I used to think statement like "It's more than just church" was a worthy goal. Now I'm not so sure. In Matthew 16 Peter makes a profound statement about who Jesus is & he responds to Peter "...on this rock I will build my church." as if the church was what Jesus wanted to build. The Church is the company of believers that Jesus is forming & anything we do as Christians should, one way or the other, be representative of that. As far as I know, that Christian Center is a real nice place & does lots of worthwhile things, but if Jesus says he's building a Church that is what we should be a part of, do we really need "more"?

Barack Hussein Obama to Negotiate with wildfires

Elija's Coming to Maryville

And he's brought his trailer with him. Michael took this picture.

More peaceful Muslim stuff

Rifqa Bary, a Christian convert whose parents are Muslim immigrants from Sri Lanka, says she fears for her life.
A 17-year old girl who fled from her home, fearing her Muslim parents would kill her for converting to Christianity, must go back to Ohio, a Florida judge ruled Tuesday.
I'm sure the daughter will be fine. Our court systems always know best & who are we to judge?
Click headline.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,565560,00.html

A "peaceful"religion?

A Muslim New York bicycle cabbie who last year used his Web site to mock the beheading of journalist Daniel Pearl posted a prayer calling for the murder of Jews and exhorting Muslims to “throw liquid drain cleaner in their faces." Who would be next after that? Click headline to view article.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,565365,00.html

Church of God Executive Council Conflicted

This is pretty funny. The Church of God Executive Council met for their quarterly meeting. Two items on their agenda list were particularly interesting. What happens if they approve both of them?
Here thay are:
2. That women be eligible for ordained bishop.

3. That the ordained bishop name be eliminated.

Click the headline to see the whole article.

Obama adviser OK with Sharia law

President Barack Hussein Obama's adviser thinks we misunderstand Sharia law.
Click the obove headline to read the article.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/6274387/Obama-adviser-says-Sharia-Law-is-misunderstood.html

Using your time wisely

Does Billy Graham agree with Robert Schular & the Pope that Jesus Christ is not the only way?

The flip side in the interest of fairness:

John MaCarthur answers this.

Bumper sticker makes athiest mad

I've got one of these.

Daily Times poles about street preachers

I'm not dure why this came up,but it mignt be worth registering your opinion. Go to the bottom of the first page of website for The Daily Times September 21, 2009 & see the poll. Is there some discussion about this that I missed? Click the headline on this blog page to get to the Daily Times page.

http://www.thedailytimes.com/section/op

Are you wrestling with your faith?

No, that's not Jacob preparing to wrestle (wrassle?) with an angel & it's not Jack Black. He is Frey Tormenta (Friar Storm) aka the Rev. Sergio Gutierrez Benitez, from Mexico. Taking it to the matt for Jesus? I don't think so.

Click headline to read full article.

That Ice Cream is not Homogonized, it's Homosexual

In Vermont Ben & Jerry are coming out of the closet with a new, sort of, homosexual ice cream. Changing the name of their "Chubby Hubby" flavor to "Hubby Hubby" for a temporary period. I have to agree with Leno, why not just call it "Ben & Jerry's"? Click Headline for link to article.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=661990

What kind of ship is your church?

Is this sign Biblical?

What do you think? Can they back up that statement with scripture?


OK, here we go.
over•look
1 : to look over : INSPECT
2 a : to look down upon from above b : to rise above or afford a view of
3 a : to look past : MISS b : IGNORE 1 c : EXCUSE 2

Which definition do we think this church is using? If it is one of the first two, then I would say the sign is correct. But in the context of the sentence it is used in I would have to guess they meant the third one. If that is the case then I would say the sign is not only wrong but dangerously misleading. To say that God overlooks our faults is practically a license to sin for a world looking for a loophole in God’s law. God does not “overlook” our faults, He sees them:

“The LORD saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time.” Genesis 6:5 (NIV)

God is patient (thankfully) with our sin but his patience in not indefinite:

“Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, tolerance and patience, not realizing that God's kindness leads you toward repentance? But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God's wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed. God "will give to each person according to what he has done." To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger.” Romans 2:4-8 (NIV)

When God does not look at us it is a bad thing:

“But your iniquities have separated you from your God;
your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear. Isaiah 59:2 (NIV)

We should hope God still sees us so that He will still help us. What God did for us because of our sin could hardly be called overlooking it (see John 3:16). A better phrase may be “God looks at our faults and sees our need” And what is our need? To be rescued from the wrath of God because of our sin:

“For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit.” 1 Peter 3:18 (NIV)

Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him. “Hebrews 9:27-28 (NIV)”

Looking back at definition #2 I guess we could say that Jesus did overlook our faults, hanging from a cross.

A Judeo-Christian Nation

MSNBC finally admits there is a god

Abortion doctor gunned down

Dr George Tiller, champion of late-term abortions was shot to death at the Reformation Lutheran church today in Wichita, Kansas. Ironically, one member of the church was interviewed and said,"It's horrible, you would think that that would be one place that you can be...feel safe and be in peace with your surroundings."
Kind of like a baby in the womb.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,523581,00.html
see video here:
http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video08.html?maven_referralObject=5544572&maven_referralPlaylistId=&sRevUrl=http://www.foxnews.com/

Barak Hussein Obama thinks it funny if Rush Limbaugh were dead

Wanda Sykes jokes about Rush Limbaugh dying brought laughs from President Obama & perhaps some wishful thinking on his part? So, can we assume that if you don't agree with the Democrat Party (I don't write "Democratic" for a reason) they want you to be dead? How soon before they act on that?
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/11/comedian-wanda-sykes-draws-cracks-rush-limbaughs-health-patriotism/

Homosexual's bitterness over Miss California's stand on gay marriage cost contestant the title

Carrie Prejean, Miss California lost the Miss USA contest because of her answer to a gay marriage question that threw a homosexual judge into a tizzie & vote against her. He was soooo upset & when asked later answered, "Why is a homosexual judging who is the most beatiful woman in America is anyway? I wanted to judge the Mr Universe contest."


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,517215,00.html

Catholic University hides religeous symbols from President Obama

In the cowardly move of the week award, Georgetown University hid religious symbols in the auditorium where President Barack Hussein Obama (who, of course, is not a Muslim) was to speak so that ,at the request of White House officials, none of the symbols could be seen when pictures were taken of the president.
Ironically B.O. referred to the Bible parable from Matthew 7 when he said "We cannot rebuild this economy on the same pile of sand, We must build our house upon a rock," as he proceeded to do just the opposite. His remarks came two days after Easter, although I may get in trouble for mentioning that holiday in the same report as the president. Click the headline to link to article.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/04/16/georgetown-university-hid-religious-symbols-white-house-request/

Media tries to kill off Jesus...again

It would be almost funny if it wasn't so pathetic. A national newsmagazine with decreasing circulation takes the opportunity at Eastertime to try to bury God and Christianity again. No but every few years, usually after a liberal Demacrat is elected for presedent, someone writes an article about how God is dead & Christianity is dying. I guess it's wishfull thinking on there part. They don't want to think about that repentance & judgement stuff that deep down they know is coming.
I'm not sure why you'd bother but here is were you can find the article:
http://www.newsweek.com/id/192583?from=rss

Obama appoints homosexual to Faith-Based Initiative Board

President Barack Hussein Obama has continued his full fledged assault on God & traditional Christianity by naming Harry Knox, a homosexual to the federal government’s Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, He is the director of the religion and faith program at the Human Rights Campaign, a homosexual activist group. According to the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Web site, the religion and faith program run by Knox has created “a weekly preaching resource that provides scriptural commentary to ministers and lay people interested in an ecumenical gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender perspective on the Bible." It makes you wonder who he is putting his faith in.
Click the headline to read the story.

http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=46192

Does Hollywood know the truth?

Where do scientisis say we came from?

This sure won't help your self-esteem.

"It is now becoming clear that everything can – and probably did – come from nothing." Robert A. J. Matthews, physicist, Ashton University, England.
• "Space and time both started at the Big Bang and therefore there was nothing before it." Cornell University "Ask an Astronomer."
• "Some physicists believe our universe was created by colliding with another, but Kaku [a theoretical physicist at City University of New York] says it also may have sprung from nothing . . . " Scienceline.org
• "Even if we don't have a precise idea of exactly what took place at the beginning, we can at least see that the origin of the universe from nothing need not be unlawful or unnatural or unscientific." Paul Davies, physicist, Arizona State University
• "Assuming the universe came from nothing, it is empty to begin with . . . Only by the constant action of an agent outside the universe, such as God, could a state ofnothingness be maintained. The fact that we have something is just what we would expect if there is no God." Victor J. Stenger, atheist, Prof. Physics, University of Hawaii. Author of, God: The Failed Hypothesis. How Science Shows That God Does Not Exist
• "Few people are aware of the fact that many modern physicists claim that things -- perhaps even the entire universe -- can indeed arise from nothing via natural processes. Creation ex nihilo -- Without God (1997), atheist, Mark I. Vuletic

How about another opinion,"In the beginning God created..."

Obama has change of heart says, "Killing babies is wrong."

President Barack Hussein Obama is headed for a policy change according to a new report out today. "Millions of unborn children are being murdered every year and we have to put a stop to it." Obama said in a report to the Chicago Peoples Socialist Times. "Using murdered children as a parts supplier for the health care industry can only bring us more trouble in the future. What was I thinking? No wonder my pastor said,'G__ D___ America!' He really will if we keep this up. It is my responsiblity as president to get us back on the right path. Besides that, all this gay marriage talk has to stop too. I am going to push forward an amendment that says marriage should be between one man and one woman. It is time for 'Change We Can Believe In.'"...April Fools.

Former NC State Women's basketball coach Kay Yow's final testimony

Before Coach Kay Yow died from cancer she made a video of her testimony to be shown at her funeral. While I'm not a big fan of the "Roman's Road" gospel presentation, what she did is still touching and impressive, and a great idea. It's all good but listen particularly between 1:30-3:04 & 15:12-16:40.
"So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life" Judges 16:30c

Pro-lifers are militia members?

If you believe abortion is wrong & is baby-killing, the Department of Homeland Security may label you a member of a domestic militia group & comsider you a terrorist threat.
If you're an anti-abortion activist, or if you display political paraphernalia supporting a third-party candidate or a certain Republican member of Congress, if you possess subversive literature, you very well might be a member of a domestic paramilitary group.

That's according to "The Modern Militia Movement," a report by the Missouri Information Analysis Center (MIAC), a government collective that identifies the warning signs of potential domestic terrorists for law enforcement communities.

Isn't a militia legal according to the Constitution? Somebody correct me.
The Second Ammendment:
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."

Clicking the headline will link to the whole article.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/03/23/fusion-centers-expand-criteria-identify-militia-members/

Patrick Henry, March 23rd, 1775

234 years ago today.

This is the last half of his speech, which for some reason seems not so irrelevant even today.

"If we wish to be free if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending²if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us!

They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance, by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot? Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations; and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable²and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come.

It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace²but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"

"Weather gods" not cooperating with global-warningismists

Global-warmingismists are struggling as they were on there way to visit the "weather gods" at the North Pole. Pen Hadow, Martin Hartley and Ann Daniels began an 85-day hike to the North Pole on February 28 to worship. “Waiting is almost the worst part of an expedition as we’re in the lap of the weather gods.”Hadow said. Ironically while they were on their way to prove how the gods were causing the earth to warm & melt the polar ice caps, bad weather is hampering supply flights, and the team is down to half-rations, battling desperate sub-zero temperatures and unable to proceed. Click the headline to link to more of the story.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,509735,00.html

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"The Shack" and author William P Young, prophet or heretic?

Apparently the suedo-Christian book The Shack is the next Best thing since The Purpose Driven Life,but is it really what it says it is? Is William Young promoting Biblical Christianity? Take a look at this interview Young had with Kendall Adams:
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Adams: You wouldn't agree that the Cross was a place of punishment for our sins?

Young: No, I an not a penal substitution, reformation...

Adams: But isn't that at the heart of the Gospel? The heart of the Gospel?

Young: No, the heart of the Gospel is Ephesians 1:5-"He predestined us before the foundation of the world to be adopted as sons..." that everything was by, for and through Jesus and when Jesus dies, all die.

Adams: There are so many scriptures that Christ died for our sins. 1 Corinthians 15:3

Young: Oh, and I agree with that, he became sin for us.

Adams: No, he died for our sins, Romans says, "The Father delivered him over for our sins."

Young: I'm not disagreeing with any of these passages at all, it's just that how do we understand it and how do we define what exactly took place, and I'm saying that there is a huge amount of disagreement amomg theologians and so there is you know, a degree of ambiguity there. I'm saying that everything that happens there is the purpose of the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit and that purpose is our redemption, is salvations reconiliation and I don't see that it is necessary to have the Father punish in that sense, the Son.

Adams: Do you believe that a person, before death must personally believe in Jesus Christ as the Son of God, in order to have eternal life, in order to be with the Father?

Young: Absolutely, absolutely, I believe that everyone was included in the finished work of the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit upon the Cross.

Adams: Do you believe that everyone..., the Muslim who rejects Christ who doesn't believe he's the Son of God, will be ultimately saved?

Young: I don't know, I don't know that, but I tell you what, the salvation,,,, Let me ask you this question, what saves us our ability to choose what Christ did, or what Christ did? Salvation was accomplished on the Cross, once for all, and it was finished, so it is not the issue of salvation that preventd people from eternal life, it's the issue to be in a relationship or not.

Adams: They have to believe in him to have eternal life, would you agree?

Young: Absolutely.

Adams: This side of death?

Young: Yes, but here's the deal, it was accopmlished by what he did, not by even our choice to believe it.

Adams: No, if they don't believe in this life it sounds like you are saying they can be ultimately saved.

Young: I don't know, I don't know that and I don't think anybody else knows that.
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It is actually pretty easy for us to know that: John 3:18 says, "Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not belived in the name of God'e one and only Son."
Young is speaking out of both sides of his mouth, he doesn't believe Jesus was punished, a substitute for our punishment, but he agrees with 1 Corinthians 15:3. He and Bill clinton need to get together and figure out what the definition of "is" is.

For an informative review of his book click the headline to link to:
http://www.normangeisler.net/theshack.html

HIV rate in D.C. is as high as West Africa

Cases of HIV in Washington D.C. have increased to a "severe" epidemic level of 3% of the population. The infiltration of the AIDS virus into the polulation is considered a booming success by Shannon L. Hader, director of the District's HIV/AIDS Administration, "We have every mode of transmission" -- men having sex with men, heterosexual and injected drug use -- "going up, all on the rise, and we have to deal with them," Hader said. For some unexplained reason they have been unable to infect very many married couples in a monogamous relationship, "This is very, very depressing news, especially considering HIV's profound impact on minority communities,said Anthony Fauci." But she is still hopeful,"...remember: The city's numbers are just based on people who've gotten tested." Apparently talking seems to help, Charlene Cotton, a D.C. resident who got an HIV positive diagnosis five years ago, said breaking the taboo on discussing HIV is the key to moving forward. "You need to start at home and talk about it," Cotton said.
Apparently there were not enough drug addicts in D.C. either, so the city has lifted a ban on the use of local tax dollars for a needle exchange program. You can never have too many heroin needles on hand.
There is good news in the AIDS office's report: More people are getting HIV diagnoses early, while they are still healthy, as a result of a policy of routine testing implemented by the city in mid-2006. Publicly supported HIV testing expanded by 70 percent. The actual spreading of the disease is lagging behind though at a slower rate of 22 percent. But if anyone can find a way to speed it up, it's Washington.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/14/AR2009031402176_pf.html

John Piper's answer to David Wilkerson's Prophecy

You may or may not have heard about David Wilkerson's "urgent message" that he sent out a few days ago, warning of fire's & destuction in the in various places, specifically New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and "major cities all across America." John Piper gave an interesting response. Click the headline to link to it. http://www.desiringgod.org/Blog/1670_testing_david_wilkersons_prophecy/
David Wilkerson's original blog below:
http://davidwilkersontoday.blogspot.com/2009/03/urgent-message.html

An eye for an eye?

Study finds percentage of Christians in the nation has declined

Perhaps we should say "professing" Christians. Although percentages have declined, actual numbers have still gone up, just not as fast as the population. Still, work needs to be done. Click the headline for the link to the article.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29585222/from/ET/

Preaching 'Great Sex' in Church, Appropriate?

The pastor of Daystar church in Good Hope, Alabama has decided to preach a monthlong sermon series on sex. Click the headline to read article about it. What do you think? Is this a good idea or is it a gimmic to draw crowds? Is that sort of thing profitable to advance the Bible? http://news.aol.com/article/sex-sermons-in-alabama-church/378163

South Koreans sending gospel tracts into North Korea

Who really reaches the lost?

What kind of preachers do you admire (if you admire preachers)? The ones who have the 5,000, 10,000 or 20,000 member churches? The ones that impress me the most are the ones who are willing to go to the streets & face the lost on their territory. Who stand out & raise their voice in the public square & declare the gospel to whoever passes by. I met Sal (the man in the picture above, shown with a UT student) Monday afternoon on Campus of the University of Tennessee. Almost every day, Monday through Friday he is out there sharing the word with anyone who will listen. Sometimes standing on a wall and preaching, sometimes witnessing one-on-one. I'll bet he reaches more lost people in a week than most pastors do in a year. How encouraging and humbling it was to meet him. It gives you a better perspective of where the work is & what we should be doing.

Connecticut goes after the Catholic Church & misses - for now

The state of Connecticut, planning a hearing to introduce controversial bill that would change the way the Catholic church spent it's money backed off for now after hundreds of people, many of whom where angry about what they view as the state's inappropriate and perhaps unconstitutional incursion into church affairs, were expected at the hearing.
Does it matter if you are not Catholic? If the government can control the Catho;ic church. They can control yours too.
http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-catholic-church-bill-0310,0,2406636.story

"Modern day King David story supposed to air on NBC this Sunday

NBC, of all stations, is starting a news series 8:00 PM Sunday, March 15th, that is supposed to be a modern-day story based on the life of King David. I can't imagine them getting it anywhere close to right but I may check it out at least once just out of curiosity.
http://www.faithnews.cc/2009/02/27/story-of-king-david-sets-base-for-new-nbc-series/

Pastor Killed in Maryville (Illinois) shooting

Pray for his family. I don't know what or if there was a motive. I've read from some unofficial sources that the shooter had suffered from lyme disease. Not sure why that would make you want to shoot a pastor.
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/F34B63CBC9D773D88625757300553A0A?OpenDocument

Survey shows church attendance increasing in Great Britain

A recent survey showed 5% increase in church attendance in Great Britain. Of course after a certain point, there is only one way to go.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/4389361/Number-of-churchgoers-rises-by-5-in-a-year-according-to-charity.html

What can you learn from an ex-nazi?

Gerhard Hennes, a former lieutenant in the German army under Adolf Hitler, spoke Thursday night at Alcoa High School. Here are a few interesting quotes recorded in The Daily Times:

Speaking of how badly the Germans treated prisoners: "I wanted to report this to my superior officers. It was wrong -- you don't do this to prisoners of war," Hennes said. "I had second thoughts ... my career was starting. I did nothing, and it has haunted me ever since."

Recalling a film about the German concentration camps that he saw in May 1945 at Camp Crossville. "It was a beautiful day in which I was transformed from being a hero into a scoundrel," Hennes said. "I couldn't believe that us decent men could do this to fellow human beings."

And finally, speaking of today,"I wonder about the direction our country (the United States) is taking. It behooves us to remain alert to historical drifts and shifts, especially in a country as strong as ours," Hennes said. "We need to watch over what we love so much, because we love it so much... each person is responsible for the acts and words of their leaders. The essential responsibility rests on us people."

This is what the Lord says:
Cursed is the one who trusts in man,
who depends on flesh for his strenght
and whose heart turns away from the Lord.
Jeremaiah 17:5

Quote of the day

"When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.'"
Theodore Roosevelt
26th president of US (1858 - 1919)

Local Blount County Churches have Week of Prayer for the Healing of AIDS,

Is there a solution for the AIDS epedemic? The Maryville District of the AME Zion Churches is having a Week of Prayer for the Healing of AIDS.
Mt. Pleasant AME Zion Church Pastor Dr. Richard Gadzekpo has developed a three-prong approach to combating the problem. The first prong is an integrative one that includes sex education, he said. The second centers around compassionate care and pastoral counseling for those affected by HIV or AIDS. Thirdly, there is the support of programs already in place that help the affected individuals. Noteworthy goals. We hope that one of those prongs will include the Biblical solution for AIDS - marriage, one man, one woman, for life. If this was practiced properly AIDS would be erradicated in one generation. But then people would have to be held accountable for there actions, wouldn't they?

http://www.thedailytimes.com/article/20090228/FAITH/302289983

Who is winning our young people?

How do you change the way a society thinks? Use every way possible to influence (indocterinate?) the young people for a generation. One of the best places is on college campuses. This is the first opportunity for them to be on their own & away from their parents & other mature people they were raised with. Then they are brought into the most liberal part of the secular world in the United States, universities. The battle to keep religion, espcially Christianity, off of the campuses rages every day. For instance, a Christian group that was banned from the campus of Wright State University in Ohio because of its religious standards has was reinstated recently.
The college banned the fellowship from holding meetings on campus Jan. 30 because the group refused to adopt university-mandated nondiscrimination language. Adhering to the college demands would have prevented the fellowship from requiring that voting members adhere to religious and behavioral standards.

In the mean time "non-religious" or should I say anti-religious groups are allowed even encouraged to force their beliefs down young peoples throats on many campuses. Read this testimonial I found on another website:

"When I was growing up in Knoxville I was exposed to almost no trans-gendered people, and I distinctly recall being disgusted whenever I encountered them. That started to change when I went away to college, at what is still by all accounts one of the most LIBERAL universities anywhere, Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. The most vocal campus group was the GLBTA (gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, and transgendered association). They were EVERYWHERE. Having rallies, putting out papers, giving seminars, writing “GLBTA meeting tonight 7pm Campus Center” with chalk on practically every sidewalk on campus. I struggled with this at first, but rapidly adjusted as I found out that more and more of the people I was meeting, liked, and respected, were either queer, questioning their sexuality, or had no problem with queerness in any form."

Whoever is willing to fight for the hearts and minds of these young people will be the victors in the short run anyhow. Choose today whom you will serve.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,504115,00.html

Is "The Purpose Driven Life" the gospel?

Desparate financial times lead to good times for psychics

CNN is reporting that industry leaders and Wall Street financial barons who are "completely lost" in the turmoil are turning to psychics for guidance with business decisions. "When times are tough, I'm busy," Psychic Kimberly dawn says. "I have seen more skeptics than you could possibly shake a stick at. Of course, when people are stressed out, they're going to be looking for an edge in their business or personal finances." It seens as though some people think consulting with satan gives them that edge.

Will Big Brother be riding with you & the by-the-mile tax?

The government is considering putting GPS systems in all cars as a way to tax you for every mile you drive no matter how fuel efficient your car is. This would also be a great way for them to know when and where you are driving all the time. All this under the guise of keeping your highways serviced. Last fall, Congress transferred $8 billion from the general treasury to the highway trust fund to make up for a shortfall between revenue and money promised to states for highway projects. Last week, Transportaion Secretary Ray LaHood said in an interview with the Associated Press that a vehicle-miles-traveled tax was an idea that should be considered to shore up the trust fund. The National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission report recommends moving to such a tax, which would mean equipping cars and trucks with a device that uses Orwellian GPS technology to track the number of miles driven and compute the tax owed. The amount could be adjusted to charge more for travel during peak traffic hours or if you are going to one of those secret church meetings like they have in China. You would never be able to drive anywhere without them knowing it. But then we love Big Brother.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090227/ap_on_go_ot/mileage_tax

Barbara Boxer and Switzerland want to raise your kids

Once again, the U.S. is being unreasonable in not letting the rest of the world tell us how to run our lives. So says Barbara Boxer, Senator from California(where else). Boxer has made clear her intent to revive the ratification process under the Obama administration, which may be amenable to the move. During a Senate confirmation hearing last month, Boxer said she considers it "a humiliation" that the U.S. is refusing to let other countries tell us what to do, while 193 other nations have caved. The California Democrat is pushing President Barack Hussein Obama to review the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, a nearly 20-year-old international agreement that says parents are too stupid to know how to raise their own kids. The convention has established a Committee on the Rights of the Child, an 18-member panel in Geneva composed of "persons of high moral character"(by whose standards?)who review the rights of children in nations that are party to the convention, obviously because they don't think anyone else has moral character.

"To the extent that an outside body, a group of unaccountable so-called experts in Switzerland have a say over how children in America should be raised, educated and disciplined -- that is an erosion of American sovereignty," said Steven Groves, a fellow at the Heritage Foundation.

"Now, all you have to do is look around the world and see these girls that are having acid thrown in their face," Boxer said in January, implying that the U.S. refusal to come aboard has made people in other countries so mad they throw acid in their daughters faces.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/02/25/boxer-seeks-ratify-treaty-erode-rights/

Global warmingists lose $280 million egg in one basket

The newfound religion of Global Warmingism suffered a serious setback as they lost a satellite sent into space for the better worshipping of "Mother Earth". The satellite immediately fell back to the ground, falling in Antartica where it was anything but warm.

AP reported: "Minutes after launch Tuesday in California, the satellite fell back to Earth near Antarctica not far from where environment ministers and scientists met Monday to talk about climate change."

At least now they are admitting that it is a religion complete with their own ministers.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090224/ap_on_sc/sci_carbon_satellite

Atheist billboard on 105 freeway in Los Angeles

Billboard hits Los Angeles freeways


The first billboard is up. Thanks to Freedon From Relgion Inc. for their inspiration, many more will be going up around the country. This one is on the 105 freeway in Los Angeles, and will be seen by nearly one million cars each week.

Mysterious explosions in Maryville explained

The mysterious explosions heard around Blount County recently have a perfectly reasonable explanation. The sky is falling. We have heard for months now from the media & President Obama that this was coming, so why should we be surprised when it happens? Of course we don't find any evidence of it because the sky is made of air, so when it does happen more air comes in to take it's place & the air that hits the ground is invisible. I admit the noise can be a little unsettling but no real harm is done. So everyone can relax and go on about there business.
http://www.thedailytimes.com/article/20090220/BREAKING/902209986

Evangelical Lutherans propose to allowing "committed" homosexual clergy to pastor churches

One of the nation's largest heretical Protestant denominations would allow homosexual clergy in "committed" relationships to pastor local churches, under a new proposal from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
Officially,wink, wink, all unmarried clergy in the 4.9 million-member denomination must remain celibate. But since 2007, Lutheran bishops have agreed not to discipline homosexual clergy who are sexually active.
On Thursday, as Martin Luther rolled over in his grave, a Lutheran task force on human sexuality recommended that local churches and synods — the Lutheran version of a diocese — decide the deviation for themselves. I guess they're running out of things to repent from. But hey, if you've thrown that much of the Bible out, why stop there?
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090220/NEWS06/902200374/1023

Epscobuddism or Buddaglican?

This is old news but I just found it & it's too good to pass up. Apparently a couple of years ago Katharine Jefferts Schori, the head bishopess of the American Anglican Church suggested merging with Buddism, stating, “The similarities between our two religions are striking” For some reason the Dali Lama didn't like the idea.
http://descant.wordpress.com/2007/08/23/episcopal-church-proposes-merge-with-buddhism-dali-lama-rejects-idea/

Planned parenthood invites Knoxville teens to national indoctrination conference

Some Knoxville teens involved in the the Planned Parenthood of Middle and East Tennessee FYI (Finish Your Infant) and PG-13 Players peer propaganda programs hope to attend the organization's national propaganda conference in Houston in March. They've been invited by the Young Leaders Summit to plot with other youth leaders and peer indoctrinators from affiliates across the US and to meet with Cecile Richards, president of the national organization. PPMET indicated that some local peer indoctrinators went two years ago and "it was a fabulous experience for all of them."

The cost for the trip will be approx. $2600. PPMET hopes to receive a scholarship that will cover half of it, so they are looking for evolutionists & communists to help send them by raising funds for the remaining $1300. A small price to pay to end morality as we know it. Or should I say knew it?

Gospel singer's wife/agent sets fire to church

Who knew hosting a gospel singing at church could be so dangerous? Especially if you ask the group to be accountable.
http://www.thedailytimes.com/article/20090220/NEWS/902199987

A-Rod made "a mistake"?

Admittedly, confession is a hard thing to do & even when we do confess it seems we always want to give ourselves an "out" where maybe it can appear that although we did do wrong, it's not really our fault. Take A-Rod for example. In the latest baseball doping scandal Alex Rodriguez said, "I certainly made a mistake, and I feel poorly for that," (emphasis mine). He also mentioned something about being "young and stupid." The reason for this type of confession is it appears more trivial & less sinister than saying "I chose to do wrong." By saying he made a "mistake" or he's "stupid" insinuates that he didn't know any better & if he had he wouldn't have done it. So he's really not a bad guy, he's just misinformed. This kind of deception has been going on since the beginning when Adan told God, "The woman you put here with me - she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it." (Genesis 3:12) In other words, God, you made me this stupid & you put this sly woman here to trick me so it is really your fault.
"Mistake" must be one of the most overused & misused words in Christian cultural vocabulary. The fact is each one of us has a corrupt nature and we don't want to admit it. So we claim we made a "mistake" like we missed question #6 on a math quiz or something. If we are going to be truthful with ourselves we will admit that, a very great percentage of the time, it was no mistake we made, we did wrong because we chose to do wrong. Only then can we truly come to redemption.
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/9209474/A-Rod:-I-took-over-the-counter-substance

Pro-Life rally brings arrests & shifty runaround from Alabama police

Standing up for what is right could bring trouble to a town near you.
http://www.faithnews.cc/2009/02/17/pro-life-youth-arrested-call-for-proof-of-innocence/

I wish I had said that

Check out the response in the first comment on Katie Allison Granju's blog, it's perfect.
http://blogs.knoxnews.com/knx/granju/2009/02/who-is-putting-the-un-in-unchr.html

The God gene (funny)

A peaceful religion?

"Every day on television we are barraged by stories of a 'Muslim extremist, militant, terrorist, or insurgent,'" Hassan said in the 2004 release. "But the stories that are missing are the countless stories of Muslim tolerance, progress, diversity, service and excellence that Bridges TV hopes to tell." Muzzammil Hassan said, a few years before he cut his wife's head off.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,493645,00.html

Obama's Nominees to the Justice Department hold strong anti-Christian values

David Ogden, nominated to serve as deputy attorney general, opposes restrictions on abortion and pornography, and has represented Playboy in court. Ogden filed a brief before the U.S. Supreme Court in support of child pornographer Stephen Knox, who possessed sexually explicit videos of children. Ogden argued that, because the children's genitalia were partially covered by clothing, such exploitation is protected by the First Amendment (the right to bare children?).

Thomas Perrelli, Barack Hussein Obama’s nominee to serve as associate attorney general, represented Terri Schiavo’s husband as he fought to have food and water withheld from his disabled wife.

Dawn Johnsen, who hopes to serve as assistant attorney general, is the former legal director for NARAL Pro-Choice America.

Darwin Day, Unbelievable?

Febuary twelfth was Charles Darwin's birthday (as well as Abraham Lincoln's, a curious combination) & surveys show that the evolutionist's propoganda has not caught on as well as the anti-God people would like. Of course, the evolutionists could, and do, argue that the more highly educated you are, the more likely you are to believe in evolution. Of course you could also agrue that the more brainwashed you are, the more likely you are to believe in evolution. And why do they keep calling it an elegant explanation of where we came from? What is so elegant about it? Whay do being elegant make it more believable? Shouldn't we be more interested in what is the truth?
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,490851,00.html

Praise him! Praise him! Obama! Obama!

Happy 200th Birthday Abe!

"We have been preserved these many years in peace and prosperity. We have grown in numbers, wealth and power as no other nation has grown.

But we have forgotton God. we have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us. We vainly imagined in the deceitfullness of our hearts that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own. Intoxicated with unbroken success we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace. Too proud to pray to the God that made us. It behooves us then to humble ourselves before the offended power and to confess our national sins and pray for clemency and forgiveness."
ABRAHAM LINCOLN second inagural address

Show some courage Obama

Castro wants Gitmo back, is Texas next?

Fidel Castro, presumably detecting weakness in new President Hussein Obama, has demanded the U.S give Guantanamo Bay back. I guess next we'll have to give Texas back to Mexico.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,485589,00.html

City of Nasville ordered to pay fine & damages to Teen Challenge

http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2009/January/09-crt-070.html

Killing babies can save you money - Pelosi?

Apparently a new way to save the economy is to kill your children.

http://onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=398956

Nancy Pelosi must be excited about the murder - suicides that are going on. Unemployment roles go down & the state isn't burdened with "unwanted" children.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,484166,00.html

"It's a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you like."

Mother Teresa

Baby - killing to increase worldwide & you're paying for it

President Barack Hussein Obama on Friday is expected to lift a ban on federal funding for international groups that promote or perform abortions, reversing a policy of his predecessor, George W. Bush.

Obama will sign the executive order one day after the 36th anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion in all 50 states.

Federal funding means money out of your pocket to kill babies all over the world. You should be proud.

Rick Warren's inaugural prayer

What's your opinion?


Inauguration Prayer for President Barack Obama by Pastor Rick Warren

Almighty God, our Father:

Everything we see, and everything we can’t see, exists because of you alone.

It all comes from you, it all belongs to you, it all exists for your glory.

History is your story.

The Scripture tells us, "Hear, O Israel, the LORD is our God, the LORD is one." And you are the compassionate and merciful one. And you are loving to everyone you have made.

Now today we rejoice not only in America’s peaceful transfer of power for the 44th time, we celebrate a hinge point of history with the inauguration of our first African American president of the United States.

We are so grateful to live in this land, a land of unequaled possibility, where a son of an African immigrant can rise to the highest level of our leadership. And we know today that Dr. King and a great cloud of witnesses are shouting in heaven.

Give to our new president, Barack Obama,

the wisdom to lead us with humility,

the courage to lead us with integrity,

the compassion to lead us with generosity.

Bless and protect him, his family, Vice President Biden, the Cabinet, and every one of our freely elected leaders.

Help us, O God, to remember that we are Americans--united not by race or religion or blood, but to our commitment to freedom and justice for all.

When we focus on ourselves, when we fight each other, when we forget you--forgive us.

When we presume that our greatness and our prosperity is ours alone--forgive us.

When we fail to treat our fellow human beings and all the earth with the respect that they deserve--forgive us.

And as we face these difficult days ahead, may we have a new birth of clarity in our aims, responsibility in our actions, humility in our approaches, and civility in our attitudes—even when we differ.

Help us to share, to serve, and to seek the common good of all.

May all people of good will today join together to work for a more just, a more healthy, and a more prosperous nation and a peaceful planet.

And may we never forget that one day, all nations--and all people--will stand accountable before you.

We now commit our new president and his wife, Michelle, and his daughters, Malia and Sasha, into your loving care.

I humbly ask this in the name of the one who changed my life—Yeshua, 'Isa, Jesus [Spanish pronunciation], Jesus—who taught us to pray:


Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name.

Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil,

for Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever.

Amen

Muslin gives his argument for religious suppression

Sad thing is, his logic is sound. It's his understanding of the truth that is haywire. Truth is truth, & should be taught. Truth is scientific, because it is fact. If a religious teaching is the truth, then it is also scientific. We can't (or shouldn't) remove truth from the classroom because a religion agrees or disagrees with it.

Challenge from an atheist

Penn Jillette of Penn & Teller magician/comedian fame, an professing atheist, offers admiration for one Christian & a challenge for all professing Christians.

More warnings about global warming warnings

And they say the Christians are always over-reacting about the sins people commit. Socialism is moving in on us faster than they say global-warming is. Oh, wait, that's the point.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,468084,00.html

Global Warningists use fear to try to gain converts

People are always trying to tell me that you should can't should convince someone into being a Christian by scaring them. Well apparently the global warming pseudo-scientists think that fear is a good way to convert people. Consider the reasons listed here to join the religion of Global Warmingism: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,472084,00.html I think my favorite is the one about kidney stones.