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Ephesians 5:11-"And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them". This Christian News Blog maintains a one stop resource of current news and reports of its own related to church, moral, spiritual, and related political issues, plus articles, and postings from other online discernment ministries, and media which share the aims to obey the biblical commands to shed light on and refute error, heresy, apostasy, cults, and spiritual abuse.
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The number of people packing up and moving out of the Bay Area just hit its highest level in more than a decade.
Carole Dabak spent 40 years living in San Jose and now she’s part of the mass exodus that is showing no signs of slowing down.
The retired engineer’s packing up and calling it quits about to move to the state of Tennessee. Read more
ORANGE COUNTY, HOME OF RICK WARREN'S "SADDLEBACK CHURCH" 1 Saddleback Pkwy, Lake Forest, CA 92630 33 Minutes Away SEE: https://goo.gl/maps/uGRuqpxbQHx
Mark 14:7-"For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always."
Homeless People in Anaheim, California
or Third World Country?
Santa Ana River Trail Homeless Camp
Eviction Notice
Santa Ana River Trail Homeless Camp Eviction Notice It certainly does not appear that the homeless living along the Santa Ana riverbed are being forced to leave... at least not immediately. I was told by several individuals about a law suit halting the clearing of these encampments. Which is undoubtedly a real thing from what I saw. I also saw a lot of OC Sheriffs who seemed to be simply making a presence and nothing more. There is a lot of unanswered questions here, but I am sure one day the people who reside in these river side encampments will be forced to relocate... but for now they seem pretty content, despite the latest news about "The Eviction." My last visit to this homeless camp aka River Village: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlS7-...
Helicopter over Santa Ana River viewing homeless community near Disneyland
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RIVERVIEW, Mich. —A large group of homosexual advocates protested outside
of a Michigan church on Thursday night to object to a Bible-based workshop it is
offering to help youth who are struggling with feelings of homosexuality and
transgenderism.
“I think it is very sad that people are willing to yell and scream
and be profane at people, but never actually talk to us to find out what
we’re doing,” Jeremy Schossau, pastor of Metro City Church, told the
News Herald this week.
According to reports, some became angry after seeing a social media
post regarding the church’s “Unashamed Identity Workshop,”—a six-week
offering for girls ages 12-16 who are struggling with thoughts that they
might be homosexual or transgender.
“Does your child or grandchild struggle with sexual identity? Do you
see the pain and hurt of their struggle but you’re uncertain how to
help?” a webpage for the workshop, which is now only available via
cache, read.
“It doesn’t have to be this way. With God’s help there can be
healing, wholeness and hope. Through thoughtful, relevant and biblical
counsel we will help your girl be unashamed of her true sexual identity
given to her by God at birth,” it stated. Some of those upset with the program accused Schossau of conducting
“conversion therapy”—a characterization that he denies—and sent him
threatening messages. “The vast majority are filled with vulgarity, hate and threats of all
kinds,” Schossau told reporters. “Threats to kill me, my family and to
burn our home and church down. What we find incredibly odd is there is
no seeking to understand what we are truly doing. There is only the
assumption that we are practicing some sort of conversion therapy, as
it’s traditionally known.”
He outlined in a tear-filled message on Sunday that the church does
indeed believe that God made woman for the man, and that the workshop
would simply and lovingly direct girls to Scripture.
“We’ve seen this movement in the culture, particularly younger
people, where they are just struggling, and our culture is cheering that
struggle on. For me, I believe it’s in the wrong direction,” Schossau
told his congregation. “Lovingly and unashamedly, we believe that God is
the creator of men and women, and that God created men to be men, and
women to be women. And to find their completeness in one another; to
find their help mate in one another.”
“Not man with man, or woman with woman, but with the opposite [sex].
That is God’s design. It’s always been that way,” he stated humbly. “And
for those of us who want to follow the God of the Bible, that is what
we believe. It will always be that way. It is not a hate-filled thing. …
This church believes in loving sinners, and I’m the first among a bunch
of you sinners. We’re in this together.”
Schossau said that brokenness propels all men to run toward sin, thus
separating them from God. He noted that to love someone is to speak
truth to them.
“I love my children when I tell them, ‘Do not play in the road or you
will get run over,'” he outlined. “They may think I’m a mean old
jerkface, but I love them by telling them the truth.” However, the Metro-Detroit Political Action Network organized a
protest outside of the church during when the first workshop was to be
conducted, resulting in a reported 200+ people showing up outside of the
house of God Thursday night to express objection. Some held signs such
as “Self-hatred is not therapy,” “You can’t fix them; they’re not
broken,” and “Love is love.” “Conversion therapy is what it is, and Metro City Church is trying to
repackage it as conversation therapy,” co-organizer Brianna Dee
Kingsley stated, according to Pride Source. “But the basic premise is
you are broken and you need to be fixed and that something is wrong, and
we stand against that. We are here to show support for the LGBTQIA
community.”
Some opposed to the church’s outreach gave speeches to those protesting outside, including through a megaphone.
Despite the threats and protests, Schossau said that as long as people come to him for help, he is willing to offer it.
“These are folks who are seeking us out,” Schossau outlined to
reporters. “These are folks who are questioning their sexual identity or
are maybe in the gay or lesbian community and they are just not
comfortable there. They think that maybe they don’t want to be there,
and they are seeking out conversation and potentially help and
guidance.”
“Virtually all of the thousands of emails assume that we are forcing
and judging and hating people. Simply not true,” he said. “The hypocrisy
of some in the LGBTQ community is so incredible because they are not
seeking to understand and making totally wrong assumptions.”
As previously reported, Christians believe, that homosexuality—like
any inclination that is contrary to the law of God—is a part of
the Adamic sin nature that must be regenerated by the second birth, as
Jesus outlined in John 3:5-7, “Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a
man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the
kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which
is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye
must be born again.”
2 Corinthians 5:14-17 also reads, “For the love of Christ
constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then
were all dead. And that He died for all, that they which live should not
henceforth live unto themselves, but unto Him which died for them, and
rose again. … Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature:
old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”
MELANIA TRUMP HAD WHITE HOUSE EXORCISED TO REMOVE OBAMA'S DEMONS She may have been overwhelmed by the smell of sulfur...
Cleanse White House of Obama's pagans, demonic items before I enter -
Melania Trump reportedly told Paul Begley
Evangelical Pastor, Paul Begley, has revealed how US First Lady, Melania
Trump, demanded that the White House be spiritually cleansed. He said
she also demanded that pagans, demonic items and artifacts from the
President Barrack Obama and Clinton years be removed. Begley revealed
this while commenting on President Trump’s very public support for
Christianity, as well as the frequent Bible studies and prayer
gatherings held at the White House. Begley quoted Melania Trump as
saying, “I’m not going into that house".
Owen Shroyer breaks down how and why First Lady Melania Trump had the White House Exorcised before moving into the estate,
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Obama paid billions to a regime that requires its citizens to chant
“Death to America.” That regime has used the money to finance jihad
terrorists who want to see America’s destruction and are actively
working against American interests. Treason is defined as giving aid and
comfort to the enemy. Obama ought to be charged with treason.
“Obama-era cash traced to Iran-backed terrorists,” by Bill Gertz, Washington Times, February 7, 2018:
The U.S. government has traced some of the $1.7 billion
released to Iran by the Obama administration to Iranian-backed
terrorists in the two years since the cash was transferred. According to knowledgeable sources, Iran has used the funds to pay
its main proxy, the Lebanon-based terrorist group Hezbollah, along with
the Quds Force, Iran’s main foreign intelligence and covert action arm
and element of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps…. “The enormous financial windfall the Iranian regime received because
of the deal — access to more than $100 billion, including $1.8 billion
in cash — has not been used to better the lives of the Iranian people,”
Mr. Trump said Jan. 12. “Instead, it has served as a slush fund for
weapons, terror, and oppression, and to further line the pockets of
corrupt regime leaders.”
Mr. Trump said the United States is countering Iranian proxy wars in
Yemen and Syria and cutting the regime’s money flows to terrorists.
“We have sanctioned nearly 100 individuals and entities involved with
the Iranian regime’s ballistic missile program and its other illicit
activities,” he said.
The American money sent by the Obama administration was first flown
to Switzerland aboard an unmarked chartered aircraft, and then converted
into euros, Swiss francs and other currencies. An Iranian transport
aircraft flew the cash to Iran in January and February 2016 in three
shipments. The first aircraft arrived in Tehran on Jan. 16, 2016, with
$400 million piled on wooden pallets. Two other aircraft shipments of
cash were sent on Jan. 22, 2016, and Feb. 5, 2016, totaling $1.3
billion.
In all, Iran received $1.7 billion in U.S. cash that has been used to fund its covert terrorist support operations.
The first $400 million coincided with the release of four Americans
held hostage by Iran, a move by Iran to make the money appear as if the
Obama administration had paid a ransom to Tehran for the release of the
Americans.
The Obama administration sought to justify the cash transfers to the
world’s leading state-sponsor of terrorism by claiming the U.S.
government was set to lose a legal arbitration case over arms purchases
from the United States made by the government of the Shah of Iran, the
predecessor government to the Islamist regime that took power in 1979.
However, the primary motivation was President Obama’s effort to woo the
Iranian regime and seek to change its backing for terrorism in the
Middle East….
WALGREENS' GLOBALIST, LIBERAL, INCLUSIVE, DIVERSITY, SOCIAL JUSTICE AGENDA ALLOWS FOR UNISEX BATHROOMS
Dear Walgreens
by Jessie Meehan, Transgender:
"Bathroom discrimination can still be a source of disenfranchisement at
even the most progressive companies. While shopping at a Walgreens in
Hollywood last year, Jessie Meehan asked to use the women’s restroom.
But she was told by a clerk she would have to use the men’s restroom.
Jessie and the ACLU of Southern California asked Walgreens to create an
inclusive bathroom policy that complies with California law – and they
listened."
WALGREENS ADOPTS POLICY ALLOWING MALES WHO IDENTIFY AS FEMALES
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The nationwide drugstore chain Walgreens has
adopted a policy allowing males who identify as
females to use the women’s restroom, and
vice versa.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California shed
light on the policy on Monday, which had been rolled out in November
after a man who identifies as a woman lodged a complaint that he had
been told by an employee to use the men’s room. “All individuals have a right to use restroom facilities that
correspond to the individual’s gender identity, regardless of the
individual’s sex assigned at birth,” reads a Walgreens’ policy document
entitled “Transgender Inclusion,” dated effective Nov. 21, 2017, under a
section on restroom accessibility. The policy also generally prohibits any type of harassment or
discrimination against those with gender dysphoria, outlining that those
who do so may be subject to discipline or termination. “Walgreens family of companies subscribes to a policy of
non-discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, gender
identity, or gender expression/presentation,” the document states. “The
intent of this policy is to support transgender individuals and foster
an environment of inclusion and mutual respect. Because the needs of
individuals vary, this policy cannot anticipate every situation that may
arise.”
The ACLU says that the move is the result of an incident that took
place last year in Hollywood, California, where a man who goes by the
name Jessie Meehan asked to use the women’s restroom while on his way to
a “LGBT pride” event in Los Angeles. Meehan says he was told by the
clerk to use the men’s restroom.
“I asked her why, and she told me I looked like a man and needed to use the men’s room,” Meehan said in a press release.
Upset that he ended up having to use the urinals in the men’s room,
Meehan set out for a change to company policy with the aid of the ACLU
of Southern California. The organization then began talks with Walgreens
officials, and states that its efforts led to the policy rollout.
Walgreens has long been a proponent of homosexual and transgender causes.
“California law protects every person’s right to access restrooms
based on their gender identity in workplaces, schools, and business
establishments,” ACLU attorney Amanda Goad, who initiated contact with
Walgreens, said in a statement. “It’s important for businesses to make
sure their employees understand that requirement, just like Walgreens is
now doing, because Jessie Meehan had the courage to stand up for her
rights.” However, similar to the concern that arose when retail chain Target announced in April 2016
that its restrooms may be used in accordance with one’s “gender
identity,” pro-family groups are asking Christians to speak out on the
matter. The American Family Association (AFA)has again created a petition urging Walgreens to reverse its decision. “Walgreens’ store policy endangers women and children by allowing men
to frequent women’s restrooms. As an example, since a similar public
policy was announced by Target Stores, Inc. two years ago, dozens of
women and children have been victimized by male predators inside Target
stores,” the petition asserts. “Walgreens’ new policy could potentially
result in female customers becoming victims of voyeurism, sexual assault
and physical attack.” It is also requesting calls to the Walgreens corporate office at 800-925-4733.
The late preacher and author A.W. Tozer once warned, “There is no
Christian victory or blessing if we refuse to turn away from the things
that God hates. Even if it is accepted in the whole social class of
which you are a part, turn away from it. Even if there is something that
has come to be accepted by our generation, turn away from it if it is
wrong and an offense to our holy and righteous Savior.”
________________________________________________________ FOR PETITION TO SIGN, SEE HERE: https://www.afa.net/activism/action-alerts/2018/walgreens-new-policy-welcomes-men-into-womens-restrooms/ ALSO SEE LINKS TO WALGREENS' GLOBALIST, LIBERAL, INCLUSIVE, DIVERSITY, SOCIAL JUSTICE AGENDA: https://www.walgreens.com/images/adaptive/si/sr/DiversityReport2016.pdf https://www.walgreens.com/topic/sr/believes_diversity.jsp http://www.walgreensbootsalliance.com/(European merger with "Boots")
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(The Christian Institute) — Bermuda has become the first country in the world to repeal same-sex marriage.
The British Overseas Territory legalized same-sex “marriage” through a
Supreme Court ruling in May last year. It ignored the result of a 2016
referendum where voters overwhelmingly rejected its introduction.
However, after a change in government, the British-appointed governor
John Rankin has now signed into law a bill to restore the traditional
definition of marriage.
Rankin said he gave his assent “after careful consideration in line with my responsibilities under the constitution.”
Owen Shroyer presents video footage of Rand Paul speaking on the floor
of the house, warning of the massive budget increase our country is
facing, and violent liberals call for him to be assaulted.
BOMBSHELL: DOJ & FBI SPIED ON PRESIDENT TRUMP IN THE WHITE HOUSE
The less highly-redacted version of the criminal referral letter written
by Sen. Charles Grassley and Sen. Lindsey Graham made public on Tuesday
provides evidence the Department of Justice and FBI were conducting
FISA court-approved electronic surveillance of President Trump in the
White House
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According to a new report, an FBI informant in the ongoing Uranium
One investigation says that executives for the Russian nuclear company
involved in the deal wired money to the United States to influence
then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during the time when she was in a
position to reset relations between the United States and Russia. With
Clinton's approval, that deal transferred at least 20 percent of U.S.
uranium to Russian control. As The Hill reported Wednesday, the informant, Douglas
Campbell, told three separate congressional committees that millions of
dollars were routed to the United States by Moscow. The money —
earmarked to benefit the Clinton Foundation — was intended to influence
Hillary Clinton. The degree to which the payoff was successful can
perhaps best be judged by the fact that Clinton readily approved the
controversial Uranium One deal.
The crux of the issue is the 2010 deal — approved by Secretary Clinton and others — that allowed the sale
of of U.S. uranium mining facilities to Rosatom State Atomic Energy
Corporation, a Russian state-owned company headquartered in Moscow.
While it would be bad enough for Secretary Clinton to have approved a
deal that would strengthen Russia while weakening the United States,
there is more to this scandal than even that. The New York Times reported in 2015 (before Clinton was the Democrat nominee) that more than $40,000,000 in donations were made to the Clinton Foundation in connection with the deal.
Campbell’s newest revelations were delivered in the form of a written
statement to the Senate Judiciary, the House Intelligence, and the
House Oversight and Government Reform committees, which are looking into
the deal, though he was also interviewed in a closed-door session by
members of those committees. According to The Hill, his
statement said that he was told by Russian nuclear executives that
Moscow had hired the American lobbying firm APCO Worldwide specifically
because it was in position to influence the Obama administration, and
more specifically Hillary Clinton.
In one part of the statement, Campbell writes that Russian nuclear
executives told him on more than one occasion that “they expected APCO
to apply a portion of the $3 million annual lobbying fee it was
receiving from the Russians to provide in-kind support for the Clintons'
Global Initiative.” His statement went on to say, “The contract called
for four payments of $750,000 over twelve months. APCO was expected to
give assistance free of charge to the Clinton Global Initiative as part
of their effort to create a favorable environment to ensure the Obama
administration made affirmative decisions on everything from Uranium One
to the U.S.-Russia Civilian Nuclear Cooperation agreement.”
As if on cue, Democrats began a campaign to cast doubt on the
veracity of Campbell’s testimony. Representative Adam Schiff (D-Calif.),
who is the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, was
joined by the ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee,
Representative Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), in claiming that in briefing
late last year, DOJ officials told them that had found Campbell
untrustworthy when he worked as an FBI informant.
What Schiff and Cummings did not address is why — if Campbell could
not be trusted — he was rewarded for his work for the FBI in 2016 to the
tune of $50,000.
Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill said Campbell’s testimony is part of a
“trifecta of GOP-manufactured scandals” designed to distract from the
Trump/Russia collusion investigation. Merrill said:
Just yesterday the committee made clear
that this secret informant charade was just that, a charade. Along with
the widely debunked text-message-gate and Nunes' embarrassing memo
episode, we have a trifecta of GOP-manufactured scandals designed to
distract from their own president's problems and the threat to democracy
he poses.
This sounds familiar. As this writer reported when Campbell first
came forward in November as the “secret witness” in the Senate committee
investigation looking into UranuimGate, Merrill said, “This latest
iteration is simply more of the Right doing Trump’s bidding for him to
distract from his own Russia problems.”
Merrill needs to come up with some new material.
But in that spirit, this writer will simply respond to Merrill’s “new” statement by quoting from that previous article in November — because it’s as applicable now as it was then:
What Merrill, Clinton, and everyone else
on that side of the scandal seems to miss is that Trump doesn’t appear
to have any “Russia problems.” But Clinton, who — as irony would have it
— helped start the whole Russia-as-the-Bogeyman process, does have a
large share of Russia problems. And Uranium One and the Clinton
Foundation are at ground zero of those problems.
And considering the mountain of evidence coming out of the text
messages between FBI agent Peter Stzrok and his mistress/coworker Lisa
Page, and the recent confirmation of the claims of the Republican FISA
memo authored by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes
(R-Calif.), perhaps it would be best for Merrill not to mention those
along with this. Unless he is admitting that Campbell is correct.
The deflection ploy does not appear to be working for Hillary Clinton
this time. Her pay-for-play/UraniumGate scheme that weakened the United
States while simultaneously strengthening our enemies and fattening the
coffers of the Clinton Foundation during her tenure as secretary of
state is already being investigated by at least three congressional
committees, the FBI, and the DOJ.
Before it’s over, Clinton could face criminal charges in one or more of those probes. Because, as Nunes said Monday, there is a “clear link” between Clinton and Russia.
Nunes was speaking of the Clinton campaign and the DNC illegally
funding the spurious Trump “dossier,” which was based on information
that was gathered “from Russian government sources inside Russia,”
according to a recent referral for criminal investigation of the the
document’s author.
As more and more evidence continues to come to light, it is becoming
increasingly apparent that it was Clinton, not Trump, who was “Putin’s
puppet.”
