THE CHURCH MILITANT
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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“Take off the gold earrings that your wives, your sons and your daughters are wearing, and bring them to me.”So all the people took off their earrings and brought them to Aaron.He
took what they handed him and made it into an idol cast in the shape of
a calf, fashioning it with a tool. Then they said, “These are your
gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt. (Exodus 32:2-4)” Nadia Bolz-Weber is a Lutheran ‘pastor’ who has been described as
“Superhero from Planet Alternative Christian” and a “tatted-up,
foul-mouthed champion to people sick of being belittled as not Christian
enough for the right or too Jesus-y for the left” and as a “profane
bull-dike” (link).
And, as you can see from that link, the people calling her that think
all of the above is a compliment. She is a swearing, irreverent,
tattooed, man-ish lady pastor (she is married to a man, if you are
wondering) who has referred to herself as “queer” and champions leftist
Christianity. She is the ‘pastor’ of House for All Sinners and Saints
in Denver, Colorado, and wrote a book entitled “Pastrix” (“pastrix,”
like “impastor,” is a term for a female pastor) and the first word in
the book is “sh#$.” Bolz-Weber aligns herself with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of
America (ELCA) and her praises are regularly sung in major mainstream
media as a “game-changer” in American evangelicalism.
The other figure in today’s story is Gloria Steinem. Steinem is one
of the world’s most famous feminists, and is a leftist political
activist. She first gained fame for her 1969 books, After Black Power, Women’s Liberation. She has been a steady figure in American leftist extremism, supporting issues like abortion. In 1992, Steinem formed Choice USA,
an organization seeking more access and easier, cheaper access to
abortion. She is also an advocate for homosexuality and transgenderism.
As a point of useless trivia, she is also the step-mother of Batman
actor, Christian Bale.
The two women spoke earlier this month at the 2018 Makers Conference, which advertises itself
as, “a feminist media brand for newsMAKERS, historyMAKERS, and
troubleMAKERS. We tell the stories of today’s trailblazing women to
inspire the changeMAKERS of tomorrow.” In other words, is a conference
for feminists. The organization has put together more than 400
interviews with feminist leaders from around the world and produced more
than 4,500 videos designed to help inspire new generations of
feminists. Feminists highlighed and interviewed by the organization
include Oprah Winfrey, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and now, Nadia Bolz-Weber
and Gloria Steinem.
Bolz-Weber appeared on stage for twelve minutes at the conference. The video is made available here.
Regaling the crowd with her general profaneness, Bolz-Weber says that
she wanted to name her latest book, “Purpose Driven Sinners” and
likened her Masters of Divinity degree to an education from Hogwarts.
She attacked “Evangelical Purity Culture” and derided the notion of
young women keeping their virginity until marriage. She then said the
following line, which she tweeted out to her followers.
Saying that she had “to call B.S. on all that,” Bolz-Weber said that
it’s in her weakness (she’s speaking of sin) she has found value.
Bolz-Weber then went on to explain her view of repentance. It included,
and was limited to, not thinking bad thoughts about yourself.
Making an illustration from Exodus 32, Bolz-Weber compared purity
rings to the gold brought out of Egypt, and said she wanted to encourage
young women to mail them in so she could form from them a golden
vagina, and give it to Gloria Steinem as a gift.
Maranatha.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. —-(Ammoland.com)-In a press conference today, President Donald Trump said that, “I don’t
care of Congress does it or not, I’m writing [so-called ‘bump stocks’]
out myself.” In response to these troubling statements, constitutional
rights advocacy organizations Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and
Firearms Policy Foundation (FPF) have announced that they have retained
attorneys Joshua Prince and Adam Kraut
of the Pennsylvania-based Firearms Industry Consulting Group, a
division of Civil Rights Defense Firm, P.C., to submit their legal
opposition to any rulemaking and begin preparing for litigation.
Last
month, FPC submitted a legal letter of opposition to the Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ advanced noticed of proposed
rulemaking on the “Application of the Definition of Machinegun to Bump
Fire Stocks and Other Similar Devices.” In its comments, FPC explained
that the “DOJ and BATFE clearly lack the statutory authority to
re-define the targeted devices as ‘machineguns’,” and that these
ATF-approved and legally-possessed devices could not be regulated
firearms under the statutes.
FPC and FPF oppose restrictions on
the acquisition, possession, carry, transportation, and use of
semi-automatic firearms, ammunition, and firearm parts and accessories
by law-abiding people.
“We will use every resource and
remedy available to us in our ongoing defense of the Constitution, the
rights it protects, and millions of law-abiding American people” said
FPC President Brandon Combs. “While we would prefer to block any
executive action or rulemaking that would ban currently-legal firearms
parts before it becomes law, we would not hesitate to file a federal
lawsuit to protect the rights and legal personal property of gun owners
if that’s what it takes.”
Those who wish to support
FPC and FPF’s efforts to oppose executive branch gun control and support
legal action a can make tax-deductible donation at
www.defendgunparts.com. Individuals can become a member of FPC at
www.firearmspolicy.org/join.
Firearms Policy Coalition
(www.firearmspolicy.org) is a 501(c)4 grassroots nonprofit organization.
FPC’s mission is to protect and defend the Constitution of the United
States, especially the fundamental, individual Second Amendment right to
keep and bear arms.
Firearms Policy Foundation
(www.firearmsfoundation.org) is a 501(c)3 grassroots nonprofit
organization. FPF’s mission is to defend the Constitution of the United
States and the People’s rights, privileges and immunities deeply rooted
in this Nation’s history and tradition, especially the inalienable,
fundamental, and individual right to keep and bear arms.
Firearms
Industry Consulting Group (www.firearmsindustryconsultinggroup.com)
represents individuals, organizations, firearms licensees, and others
located across the United States in all matters relating to firearms and
ATF compliance. FIGG is a division of Civil Rights Defense Firm, P.C.
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“Possible”? Really? Who else could have done this? “Right-wing extremists”? Not likely. In 2015, French Jewish leader Roger Cukierman said: “All violence, and we must say this, all violent acts today are committed by young Muslims.” Is France diverse enough yet?
“French rabbi’s baby burned after solvent placed in stroller,” JTA, February 21, 2018 (thanks to Y.):
The baby daughter of a French rabbi was burned after being exposed to solvent placed in her carriage. The 14-month-old girl suffered burns on her back and thighs Monday in
the city of Bron, near Lyon, Le Parisien daily reported Wednesday. The
baby is not in danger, according to the report.
The solvent had been placed inside a carriage that the baby’s
grandmother had parked in a communal space inside her apartment building
overnight from Sunday to Monday. The grandmother rushed the baby to the
hospital after noticing a severe irritation on the baby’s skin after
taking her for a walk in the stroller and then bringing her inside.
Police are looking into a possible anti-Semitic motive, perhaps by a neighbor, a police source told Le Parisien….
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[Editor’s Note: This was first published at
EmergentWatch.com, written by Mark Jefferies. A link to the full article
will be posted below. We are running an excerpt from this article
because it is important to demonstrate the ecumenism of the New
Apostolic Reformation and its reuniting of Charismaticism with Rome.
We reported similarly when an IHOP event hosted a Catholic track to its schedule. Kenneth Copeland beamed in the Pope to a NAR event in 2014 and the reuniting of these two anti-Sola Scriptura faiths is happening at breakneck speed.
The following is shared according to fair use, 17 U.S. Code 107]
In what appears to be a one of the latest atrocities in
the ecumenical war against God’s church, Hillsong churches are
partnering with Alpha – a contemplative program that originated in the
heretical Anglican Holy Trinity Brompton – the church that was the
European home of the ‘Holy Laughter’ heresies.
The mega-ecumenical Alpha Conference 2018 in the U.S.
was just held at Hillsong Phoenix on Feb. 8-9, and featured popular
Catholic artist Matt Maher, the Hillsong Phoenix worship team, Eleanor
Mumford of the Vinyard Int’l Executive, Catholic Bishop Eduardo Nevares,
and former Willow Creek executive Craig Springer. > See their promo
vid:
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Woe to you, when all people speak well of you, for so their fathers did to the false prophets. –Luke 6:26
The famous Evangelist, Billy Graham, died today at the age of 99. His dynasty as the world’s foremost preacher lasted the vast majority of the 20th century and into the first decade of the 21st century. His crusades, filling stadiums and drawing crowds in the hundreds of thousands, even over a million once in Seoul, Korea, are a legacy that will be remembered forever. But what did Billy Graham’s crusades really accomplish for the Kingdom? Billy Graham was undoubtedly an ecumenicalist, as he praised the pope as his “brother” and treated Roman Catholicism as a valid expression of the Christian faith. Speaking of Pope John Paul II after his death, Graham stated,
I think he’s with the Lord, because he believed. He
believed in the Cross. That was his focus throughout his ministry, the
Cross, no matter if you were talking to him from personal issue or an
ethical problem, he felt that there was the answer to all of our
problems, the cross and the resurrection. And he was a strong believer.
Of course, the pope of the Great Whore is no more a strong believer than Satan or the demons, of whom even believe and shudder (James 2:19). Graham’s affirmation of Roman Catholics did nothing except extend a false hope to millions who are caught up in the idolatrous religiosity of the Roman whore. Graham was even known to partner with Catholic churches during his crusades and send “converts” of his altar calls to Roman Catholic churches. In 1957, according to San Francisco News, Billy Graham stated, “Anyone who makes a decision at our meetings is seen later and referred to a local clergyman, Protestant, Catholic, or Jewish,” and according to the Florida Catholic, Sept. 1983, 600 people were turned over to the Catholic religion as a result of the Orlando crusade. Graham received an honorary doctorate from Belmont Abbey, an Jesuit Catholic school, in 1967.
Billy Graham at Belmont Abbey with “Father” John Oetgen in 1967.
Graham’s insistence on “decisional” regeneration and conversion has led to a massive influx of Charles Finney-like emotional evangelistic tactics that now invade the professing church. The idea is that anyone who might be “seeking” peace with God can simply “decide” to follow Jesus, pray a prayer asking Jesus into their hearts, and no longer be under the curse of Hell. This false gospel is now pervasive in many evangelical churches today and masquerades as a “traditional” form of Arminianism, yet this gospel of synergistic decisionalism doesn’t, in most cases, address the need for pure grace among the lost that comes only through the saving knowledge of the truth of Jesus Christ found alone in Scripture apart from any works of righteousness. To make matters worse, Billy Graham not only affirmed Roman Catholics as valid Christian brothers and sisters, but, during an interview with the Universalist, Robert Schuller, Graham denies the exclusivity of Christ and even states that those who have never heard the name of Jesus Christ can be saved as long as they are turning to “only light that they have.” In other words, you can worship a false god and still be saved, according to Graham.
While we mourn the loss of a fellow human made in the image of God, we should not be quick to elevate Billy Graham to hero status among the Christian faith. While only God ultimately knows his fate and the state of his heart, we can be certain that much of what he preached and taught and affirmed was antithetical to the truth of Jesus Christ and His gospel, and, for this reason, we should mourn for all of the souls he has led astray.
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(Friday Church News Notes, February 23, 2018, www.wayoflife.org, fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) -
Evangelist Billy Graham died on February 21, 2018, at age 99. He has been called “America’s Pastor” and was consistently voted one of the world’s most popular men. This reminds us of Jesus’ words in Luke 6:26, “Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.” For the pragmatic objective of gaining a wider audience, Graham compromised endlessly. He largely invented “ecumenical evangelism,” which has done so much to build the apostate “one world church.” He turned thousands of converts over to wolves in sheep’s clothing in heretical churches. Refusing to obey Jude 3 and earnestly contend for the faith once delivered to the saints, he pampered and praised every type of false teacher, including theological modernists who deny Christ’s divinity, virgin birth, and resurrection, and Roman Catholics who trust Mary to get them into heaven. For example, in his 1959 San Francisco Crusade, Graham honored the notorious Episcopal Bishop James Pike by having him lead in prayer. In an article in Christian Century, Pike declared that he no longer believed the fundamental doctrines of the Christian faith. Refusing to obey Acts 20:27 and declare all the counsel of God, Billy Graham narrowed his message to a pathetically small element of truth and focused on the “positive.” He promoted all sorts of unscriptural things, including Pentecostalism, Christian rock music, and corrupt Bible versions, such as the Today’s English Version, which twists every major text dealing with Christ’s deity. By 1966, Graham said belief in the virgin birth is not an essential doctrine and claimed that it is possible that Adam was an “ape-man” (United Church Observer, July 1966). By 1988, Graham told U.S. News & World Report that theology no longer meant anything to him: “World travel and getting to know clergy of all denominations has helped mold me into an ecumenical being. We’re separated by theology and, in some instances, culture and race, but all that means nothing to me any more” (U.S. News & World Report, Dec. 19, 1988). (Extensive documentation of these things can be found in Billy Graham’s Sad Disobedience, available as a free eBook from www.wayoflife.org.) THE DAY THAT BILLY GRAHAM WELCOMED PILGRIMS TO A MARY SHRINE (Friday Church News Notes, March 9, 2018,www.wayoflife.org, fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - New Evangelicalism, with its brash “repudiation of separatism,” exploded on the scene in the late 1940s and transformed the face of Christianity in my lifetime, and Billy Graham was its most prominent face. (See New Evangelicalism: Its History, Characteristics, and Fruit, which is available as a free eBook to read or download from www.wayoflife.org.) No one did more in this generation than Billy Graham to make the Roman Catholic Church acceptable to “evangelicals” and to build the one-world apostate church. The apex was when he stood outside of the shrine of the Black Madonna of Jasna Gora in CzÄ™stochowa, Poland, in 1979, with a Catholic bishop and greeted the pilgrims who were venerating Mary as the sinless Queen of Heaven and interceder for sinners. What could be more confusing than for a Baptist preacher to do such a thing rather than lift his voice against this cursed false gospel? A photo of the event was published in Graham’s own Decisi on magazine in February 1979, but the caption under the photo merely said, “Mr. Graham greets people outside a national shrine at the monastery in CzÄ™stochowa.” Graham was in Poland at the invitation of the late Pope John Paul II, who was a great Mary worshiper. The Black Madonna was one of his favorite pilgrimage sites. In his general audience of December 13, 1995, he called Mary “Mediatix” and “Co-Redemptress” and spoke of her “exceptional role in the work of redemption” (“Council’s Teaching on Mary Is Rich and Positive,” Dec. 13, 1995, L’Osservatore Romano, English edition). In his general audience of May 7, 1997, the Pope said, “Mary is the path that leads to Christ” (Vatican Information Service). How many Polish people have gone to an eternal hell because of Rome’s false gospel? Yet Graham did not have even any clear word of warning about this. He often praised the Pope but never exposed his false gospel. Graham preached in Rome’s churches and accepted Rome’s awards but did not condemn Rome’s great errors. Graham’s visit to Jasna Gora was a real event, but it was also a metaphor of how that Graham invited multitudes upon multitudes of people into the arms of Rome throughout the world, Rome with its false sacramental gospel and false sacramental christ and its false spirit. To bless false teachers is an exceedingly serious business. “Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds” (2 John 1:9-11).BILLY GRAHAM’S ECUMENICAL GOSPEL A TWO-EDGED SWORD (Friday Church News Notes, March 9, 2018,www.wayoflife.org, fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - I grew up in a Southern Baptist home and some of my earliest memories are hearing Billy Graham preach on radio and television. He was upheld as a spiritual hero by everyone I knew. It has been said that Graham preached the gospel to more people than any person in church history, but his great ecumenical compromise (working with and supporting every type of church) was a two-edged sword that probably sent more people to hell than to heaven. Consider my wife’s conversion. When she was a teenager, she and her mother heard Graham preach on television when they were living in Alaska. That led them to attend church where they were eventually saved. But in a significant way, it was in spite of Graham that they were saved, because he taught people to go to “the church of your choice.” He did not carefully distinguish between churches. When my wife’s mother decided to go to church the following Sunday, she intended to go to a Methodist church which probably did not preach a clear gospel at that time and place. She was under the impression that “all churches are the same,” and Billy Graham had said nothing in his message or invitation to indicate that her thinking was wrong. The only reason she ended up in a Baptist church where a plain gospel was preached was because the Lord graciously intervened. It was winter, and she couldn’t get up the icy hill to the Methodist church, so she went to the Baptist church instead, not because of Billy Graham but in spite of him. This is why Billy Graham was called “Mr. Facing Two Ways.” His ecumenical gospel saved some and damned more. As we document extensively in the book Billy Graham’s Sad Disobedience (available as a free eBook fromwww.wayoflife.org), he turned multitudes of seekers over to Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and modernistic Protestant churches. Contrariwise, the apostle Paul did not merely preach “a positive gospel”; he preached the true gospel and also exposed false gospels. He said, “But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed” (Galatians 1:8). Strong language and godly language. Paul plainly identified the Galatian heretics as those who were cursed. Like His Master, Paul did not warn of error in vague generalities.BILLY GRAHAM AND CHRISTIAN ROCK (Friday Church News Notes, March 9, 2018, www.wayoflife.org, fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - Billy Graham had a huge influence on the spread of Christian rock music. Before I was saved, I lived and breathed rock & roll music, and I know for a fact that there is nothing godly in rock music, and I am talking the music and not the lyrics or words. Secular rockers know and readily admit that their music is largely about sex, and such music can never be redeemed for the worship of a thrice holy God. “Christian rock” is confusion. It is apostasy. It is deception. It is wickedness. Following are just a couple of the many quotes we could give along this line: Gene Simmons of KISS said, “That’s what rock is all about--sex with a 100 megaton bomb, THE BEAT!” (Entertainment Tonight, ABC, Dec. 10, 1987). Jimi Hendrix said, “Perhaps [my music] is sexy ... but what music with a BIG BEAT isn’t?” (David Henderson, ‘Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky: The Life of Jimi Hendrix. p. 117). Tina Turner said, “Rock and roll is fun, it’s full of energy ... It’s naughty” (Rock Facts, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum). Luke Campbell of 2 Live Crew said, “The sex is definitely in the music, and sex is in ALL ASPECTS in the music.” Observe that these quotes refer to rock’s rhythm rather than to the lyrics. These rock & roll experts are saying that the sexuality is in the rock rhythm. Yet Billy Graham was so lacking in spiritual discernment and so controlled by pragmatism that he used rock to draw crowds of young people. When Graham died, he was applauded by Christian rockers of every stripe (“In Memory of Billy Graham,”www.classicchristianrockzine.com). I don’t know of even one Christian rocker who warned of Graham’s great compromise, because they are one spirit with him in one world church building. Christianity Today’sobituary documented Graham’s role in popularizing Christian rock as follows: “In the 1990s he reengineered the formula for his ‘crusades’ (later called ‘missions’ out of deference to Muslims and others offended by the connotation). His standard ‘youth night’ was revolutionized into a ‘Concert for the Next Generation,’ with Christian rock, rap, and hip-hop artists headlining the event, followed by Graham preaching. This format drew record numbers of young people who cheered the bands and then, amazingly, listened carefully to the octogenarian evangelist” (Marshall Shelley, “Evangelist Billy Graham Has Died: America’s Pastor Shaped Modern Evangelicalism,” Christianity Today, Feb. 2018). For those who have eyes to see and ears to hear, this is a very loud warning about a deep level of spiritual compromise. A person’s view of Billy Graham tells a lot. He was Mr. Ecumenism, Mr. One World Church, and those who love him are part of that “church,” though most are ignorant of the fact. It is an issue of spiritual discernment or the lack thereof. An individual that has the spirit of Psalm 119:128 and Jude 3 cannot be a part of any type of ecumenism. Loving all of the truth and hating error and fighting for the faith once delivered to the saints is the very opposite of what Billy Graham stood for. Billy Graham talked about the truth, but he had no passion to fight for it. That is not biblical Christianity. Biblical prophets and preachers are warriors. “Therefore I esteem all thy preceptsconcerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way” (Psalm 119:128). “Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhortyou that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints” (Jude 1:3). ________________________________________________
Chapter 5 from The Rise and Decline of Billy Graham: He Tried to do Right the Wrong Way
Don Boys, Ph.D.
I have climbed out on a limb in stating that Dr. Billy Graham made many major mistakes in his ministry that did great harm to the Christian cause. Moreover, he should be held up as an example lest others follow his compromise that always leads to corruption. He was never corrupt in his personal life for he was exemplary in his finances and his family; however, when one is careless with obeying the Scripture, it always leads to corruption in doctrine. While most people denigrate doctrine, which really is only truth, the Word must be preached, defended, and lived.
Graham swapped his commitment to truth for the bowl of porridge known as compromise that gave him an international bully pulpit. I think he failed and preached pabulum most of his illustrious life as the following facts clearly document.
I know many pastors and laymen who trusted Christ under Graham’s ministry; but that is not the criterion. Was he faithful in the work of the ministry? The answer is “no.” Graham showed some courage, especially in his younger days, when he removed the ropes that were to separate Blacks from Whites at his Chattanooga Crusade in 1953. But he believed that courage, convictions, and commitment to the Word were not as important as reaching the masses. He thought he had to give a little to get a lot. Surrendering Bible doctrine brought him much more than he expected.
He told the Lutheran Standard in a 1961 interview that water baptism can save a person! Dr. Graham said of infant baptism: “I do believe that something happens at the baptism of an infant …. I believe that a miracle can happen in these children so that they are regenerated, that is, made Christian through infant baptism.” That statement is not surprising since his own wife and three of his children were sprinkled, not baptized. However, surrendering on the subject of baptism brought him many new friends and supporters.
In an interview with McCall’s magazine, January 1978, entitled “I Can’t Play God Any More,” Graham said, “I used to believe that pagans in far-off countries were lost—were going to hell—if they did not have the Gospel of Jesus Christ preached to them. I no longer believe that. … I believe that there are other ways of recognizing the existence of God—through nature, for instance—and plenty of other opportunities, therefore, of saying ‘yes’ to God.” Graham’s defenders cannot plead his age or Parkinson’s disease. His statement is perversion of the Gospel and cannot be excused, defended, or ameliorated. His defenders need to ask themselves how they can still support him with that statement hanging around his neck. And would they support their local pastor if he said the same thing? I will ask all my critics to these columns those questions. Christianity Today magazine came to Graham’s defense saying that he was misquoted; however later interviews substantiated the early remark and his staff was kept busy doing damage control and readjusting his halo so his followers would not be disenchanted, discouraged, and dissuaded from supporting his work.
I heard Graham say the following, “He’s calling people out of the world for His name, whether they come from the Muslim world, or the Buddhist world, or the Christian world, or the non-believing world, they are members of the Body of Christ, because they’ve been called by God. They may not even know the name of Jesus, but they know in their hearts that they need something that they don’t have, and they turn to the only light that they have, and I think they are saved, and that they’re going to be with us in heaven.” (May 31, 1997 interview with Graham by Robert Schuller with emphasis added.)
But it gets worser and worser! Graham continued, “I’ve met people in various parts of the world in tribal situations, that they have never seen a Bible or heard about a Bible, and never heard of Jesus, but they’ve believed in their hearts that there was a God, and they’ve tried to live a life that was quite apart from the surrounding community in which they lived.” He could not have made it any clearer: He believed in universalism and spouted it on television for the world to hear!
That statement is classic universalism that has been condemned by orthodox Christians for over 2,000 years. So, why does almost everyone dismiss Graham’s belief of it with the wave of the hand? That question must be answered by Graham’s supporters.
Graham’s major error was in changing his mind about whom he would work with in his city-wide crusades. He said, “I have promised God I will never have on my committee working in an active way in any of my campaigns men who do not believe in the virgin birth of Christ, who do not believe in the blood atonement of Jesus Christ, who do not believe in the verbal inspiration of the Bible–these men will never be on my committee. I have promised God.” But he reneged.
I could take pages and prove that he had the most radical unbelievers on his committees as well as many Roman Catholic priests, sending convert cards to all of his supporting churches. Graham was sending new professing Christians to the wolves contrary to his earlier commitment. On Nov. 11, 1957, Graham told the San Francisco News, “Anyone who makes a decision at our meeting is seen later and referred to a local clergyman–Protestant, Catholic or Jewish.” Gasp!
Graham is known as “Mr. Facing Two Ways” reminiscent of John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress. One day he had glowing praise for Bob Jones University, John Rice of the Sword of the Lord, etc., and the next he was climbing into bed with the most radical modernists in America. This supports the fact that compromise will usually take one farther than he wanted to go.
We are commanded to “earnestly contend for the faith” which I have tried to do. I have just climbed out on a limb and handed my critics a saw. They can do their worst.
Boys’ new ebook The Rise and Decline of Billy Graham: He Tried to do Right the Wrong Way!is available here.
(Dr. Don Boys is a former member of the Indiana House of Representatives; ran a large Christian school in Indianapolis, wrote columns for USA Today for eight years; authored 17 books and hundreds of columns and articles for Internet and print media publications; defended his beliefs on hundreds of talk shows. These columns go to newspapers, magazines, television, and radio stations and may be used without change from title through the end tag. His web sites are www.cstnews.com and www.Muslimfact.com and www.thegodhaters.com . Contact Don for an interview or talk show.)
Mid-Winter Unregistered Baptist Fellowship March 19-20 March 19-20, 2018 Victory Baptist Church Johnny Jarriel, Host Pastor 500 SW 9th St Okeechobee, FL 34974 863-763-0669 pastorjvbc@gmail.com – www.victorybaptist-okeechobee.com
Services begin Monday 7 pm All day Tues. 9 am Through Evening service that begins 6:30 pm Lunch and dinner Tues. served by the church No registration charge. Be prepared to be called on to preach from the floor.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: www.unregisteredbaptistfellowship.com Evangelist Don Boys will speak Monday and Tuesday night.
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There is nothing Biblical about this show.
It
seems with every new television season a show that mocks Jesus Christ
and the Christian faith gets a pilot. This season it is the CBS show
‘Living Biblically’ – a comedic take on the real life quest of a journalist
to live his life “according to the Bible” for one year. From the
preview scenes alone, it seems obvious that this show has no intention
of representing the Bible accurately or bringing any actual serious
discussion about the Christian faith. Instead it seeks cheap laughs and
gags all the while mocking The Lord God.
Here is the trailer:
And the official synopsis:
“Chip Curry is a modern
day man at a crossroads in his life, who decides to live strictly in
accordance with the Bible. A film critic for a New York Newspaper and a
soon-to-be father, Chip wants to be a better man following the loss of
his best friend. He decides to put his slightly obsessive temperament to
use and start living his life 100% by the Bible to find direction. His
smart, pregnant wife, Leslie, while both skeptical and entertained by
her husband’s new passion, supports him completely. Knowing he’ll need
some practical advice, Chip forms a “God Squad” with Father Gene, a
Catholic Priest who helps Chip translate the rules of the Bible to a
modern world; and Father Gene’s best friend, easygoing Rabbi Gil
Ableman, who respects Chip’s chutzpah and is glad to serve as a sounding
board when they meet at their local bar.
At Chip’s newspaper, he
finds support from his no-nonsense boss, Ms. Meadows, who knows Chip’s
self-penned story will sell newspapers, and his co-worker and friend,
Vince, who is quick with a reality check and likes to wind Chip up for
his own amusement. As he begins his sincere spiritual journey toward a
more moral life with the help of his wife and friends, Chip wonders if
he’ll be able to take a page – or every page – out of the Good Book, and
if the effect will be of Biblical proportions.” (source).
From
the preview clips alone, the show seems intent on turning the lead
character Chip into a walking, breathing negative Christian stereotype.
He is judgmental, hyper-critical and even violent, because “the Bible
says so.” This attempt to highlight the view of the Old Testament
revealing a God who is harsh, violent and lacking compassion is a common
argument for critics of the Christian faith. Living Biblically
seeks to make this argument in a more subversive manner by having its
lead act out these negative traits all in the name of seeking to live a
righteous, holy “Biblical lifestyle.” When Chip seeks counsel from a
Roman Catholic priest and tells him of his plan, the priest laughs in
his face – clearly mocking the fact that anyone would take the Bible
literally.
“People need to start talking about religion again,” producer Patrick Walsh said.
“I don’t buy the idea that we live in a ‘godless society.’ Eighty-four
percent of the world aligns themselves with religion, and 9 out of 10
people believe in God, yet religion is never discussed because everyone
is too scared to offend. In talking about it, you can erase so many
misconceptions about it on either side.” (source).
ABC’s show ‘GCB’ also featured Christians in an effort to get a ‘good religious discussion’ started. (source).
The
result is repeated scenarios where the Word of God can be ridiculed and
mocked. The Bible is clear: God’s name is not to be taken in vain. “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” (Galatians 6:7). Beginning And End covered similar sitcoms like “GCB” (based on the novel Good Christian B—-) which was filled with negative Christian stereotypes and NBC’s ‘The New Normal, which devoted an entire episode to mocking Jesus Christ and the Bible.
The Danger – Mockery Can Lead To Hatred Of God
Laughing at God can lead to disastrous consequences for ones soul.
“The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.” – Ecclesiastes 10:12-13.
In
addition to being a blatant sin, the mockery of God can move a person
deeper into resentment and hatred of The Lord. This type of attack was
carried out in a more scathing, direct way by MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell – who has made several rants attempting to rip the Christian faith for its hypocrisy and “evil.” Here is one example:
In our article “MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell Attacks The Bible – A Christian Response”
we noted that while critics love to point out the punishments in the
Old Testament, they conveniently ignore the numerous provisions to
provide atonement – or a “covering” of sins of the people. The main task
of the Levite priests in the temple was to ensure that they followed
the Bible to make sacrifices to atone for the sins of the nation and
individuals – allowing the punishment for the sin to be temporarily
placed on the sacrificial animal: Those who try to paint
the God of The Old Testament as angry, harsh and violent, always seem to
neglect this. But God made it clear that forgiveness was readily
available to those who sin:
“For
the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon
the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that
maketh an atonement for the soul.” – Leviticus 17:11.
In
order for there to be forgiveness, blood had to shed. And God gave
specific instructions on the sacrifices of animals by the appointed
priests to make atonement for the sins of the people. Here is one
example:
And thou shalt cause a
bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation: and
Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock.
And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, by the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation. And thou shalt take of the blood of the
bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and
pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar. And
thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul
that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon
them, and burn them upon the altar. But the flesh of the bullock, and
his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it
is a sin offering. – Exodus 29:10-14.
The
shed blood of the bull was a substitute atonement. Yes, in order for
forgiveness, something had to die and blood was shed. This too may seem
harsh but sin is a messy, ugly business. And God being perfectly just,
must see that justice is served. But rather than putting His own
children to death, God provided a substitute sacrifice to atone and
“cover” the sins of the people.
The
show does not mention atonement or forgiveness through the Messiah –
but it is sure to show the religious men drinking up at the bar.
So how often were these sacrifices to be done? Every day: “Now
this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the
first year day by day continually. The one lamb thou shalt offer in the
morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at [evening]:” (Exodus 29:38-39). There
were also sacrifices for the Sabbath day, the start of a new month and
for the feast days of the Jewish religion found in the Old Testament.
All these sacrifices providing covering for the numerous sins of the
people. All this was a demonstration of God’s mercy which He revealed
Himself, even in the days of that oh-so harsh Mosaic law. Here is God,
in that same Old Testament, describing Himself to humanity:
“The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression..” – Numbers 14:18. Who
is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the
transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger
for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. He will turn again, he will
have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt
cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. – Micah 7:18-19.
God Proved His Mercy Through Jesus Christ
The ultimate proof of God’s love and mercy is Jesus Christ. By allowing His own Son to be sacrificed and take the punishment of all people
God put our souls above who He loved the most. This despite all of our
sin, mockery and hatred toward Him. As believers, it is critical that we
share the Gospel of free forgiveness of sin
through faith in Jesus Christ. Hollywood has gone out of its way to
distort, mock and argue against the Bible and the Christian faith. Stand
for truth and share it with a world that needs it so desperately.
SHERIFF ISRAEL CLAIMS HE PROVIDED "AMAZING LEADERSHIP" Sheriff Scott Israel's deputy a leader of Hamas-linked CAIR-Report by John Cardillo
Broward/Coward County Sheriff
Attends Islamic Event
Most American law enforcement agencies are engaged in protecting the
communities they preside over from Islamic extremists who are threats to
those communities.
However, in the Broward County, Florida Sheriff’s
Office, under the leadership of Sheriff Scott Israel, Islamic extremists
are embraced. And not only are they embraced, but they are brought into
the Sheriff’s department, itself.
Nezar Hamze (Nezar Jason Nazih Hamze) is the Regional Operations
Director of the Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic
Relations (CAIR). Essentially, he is the number two leader of the
statewide chapter. Prior to that, he held the position of Executive
Director for the chapter. Today, Hamze is a gun-toting Deputy Sheriff in
the Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO).
CAIR was established, in June 1994, as one of four groups under the
leadership of then-global head of Hamas, Mousa Abu Marzook, who had been
residing in the US for decades. Following the White House’s January
1995 designation of Hamas as a terrorist organization, Marzook was
arrested and placed in prison. Two years later, in May 1997, he was
deported to Jordan. Marzook is still a leader in Hamas.
Since CAIR’s founding, a number of representatives for the group have
been imprisoned in and/or deported from the U.S. for various reasons
related to terrorist activity. CAIR itself was named a co-conspirator by
the US government for two federal trials dealing with the financing of
Hamas. And the hierarchy of CAIR is still intact, as the national
office’s founding Executive Director, Nihad Awad, and founding
Communications Director, Ibrahim Hooper, still hold the same positions. https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2598...
Islamic Terrorist Relations at the Broward Sheriff’s Office Proof that Sheriff Scott Israel recommended CAIR’s Nezar Hamze
Nezar Hamze is the Regional Operations Director of the Florida chapter
of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). Essentially, he is
the number two leader of the statewide chapter. Prior to that, he held
the position of Executive Director for the chapter. Now Hamze is a
Deputy Sheriff in the Broward Sheriff’s Office.
Broward Sheriff dodges on when he knew about deputy not entering school, denies hostility toward NRA
Broward sheriff won't say if Stoneman Douglas massacre could have been prevented
Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel says he's provided 'amazing leadership'
Tucker Carlson; Sheriff Scott Israel is the Leader of Ineptitude FOX NEWS EXPOSES HIS LIBERAL ASSOCIATIONS & BRAGGING ABOUT HIS PERFORMANCE
Sheriff Scott Israel: Leaders ARE NOT Responsible For Individual People
DAN BONGINO, FORMER SECRET SERVICE AGENT, SPEAKS TRUTH TO SHERIFF ISRAEL
SHERIFF ISRAEL SHOULD RESIGN:
🛑 It isn’t that damning for a local sheriff to take a photo with a
visiting candidate, as Sheriff Israel did when candidate Hillary Clinton
came to town when she was running for president. However, a series of
similar photos soon emerged that show Scott Israel going out of his way
to mingle with pro-gun control, Democrat figures — and there doesn't
appear to be any equivalent images of the sheriff with conservatives.
And have you noticed how the Broward Sheriff’s Office has been spewing
Democrat gun control talking points? Conservative firebrand Laura
Loomer discovered four photos, which show Sheriff Israel proudly posing
with Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, and former DNC
chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, whereas a general search for similar
photos of Sheriff Israel with conservative or pro-gun candidates
revealed no immediate results.
🛑 Also ... there’s a common narrative mistakenly being pushed by
mainstream media, which is that Sheriff Israel didn’t “miss warning
signs” or make “mistakes” in not writing up reports. The truth is ...
that his office did exactly what their internal policies, procedures and
official training required them to do:
✔️ THEY INTENTIONALLY IGNORED THE SIGNS
✔️ INTENTIONALLY DIDN’T GENERATE DOCUMENTS.
Example:
In the Miami Herald newspaper […] In November, a tipster called BSO to
say Cruz “could be a school shooter in the making” but deputies did not
write up a report on that warning. It came just weeks after a relative
called urging BSO to seize his weapons. Two years ago, according to a
newly released timeline of interactions with Cruz’s family, a deputy
investigated a report that Cruz “planned to shoot up the school” —
intelligence that was forwarded to the school’s resource officer, with
no apparent result. It is important to understand the policy here.
Broward County law enforcement (Sheriff Israel), in conjunction with
Broward County School Officials (Superintendent Runcie and School
Board), have a standing policy to ignore any criminal engagement with
High School students.
When the police are hiding current, actual and ongoing unlawful conduct
as a matter of standard procedure on a regular basis, what do we expect
the police would do with reports of potential unlawful conduct? Of
course they would ignore them.
This is not a “mistake” on their part; the ‘doing nothing’ is part of
Sheriff Israel and the Broward School District's standard practice.
Father of school shooting victim: It's not about guns, it's about safety in our schools
VIDEOS OF FLORIDA STUDENTS, WHO WITNESSED POLICE STAND DOWN, BEING REMOVED BY YOUTUBE
YouTube is censoring videos more than ever and Infowars has become one
of their main targets.
The internet giant pulled down the following videos on the Parkland,
Florida school shooting, and according to CNN YouTube will ban The Alex
Jones Channel outright if two more videos receive strikes.
https://www.infowars.com/watch-these-...
PARKLAND, Fla.— Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School teacher Stacy
Lippel said “I suddenly saw the shooter about twenty feet in front of me
standing at the end of the hallway actively shooting down the hallway,
just a barrage of bullets, and I’m staring at him thinking why are the
POLICE here, this is strange because he's in FULL METAL GARB, HELMET,
FACE MASK, BULLETPROOF ARMOR SHOOTING THIS RIFLE I'VE NEVER SEEN
BEFORE."
Parkland Teacher: Shooter Was Wearing Full Metal Body Armor, Helmet, Face Mask
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
A teacher who was grazed by a bullet while saving students
during the school massacre in Parkland, Fla., offered a detailed
description of the shooter during an appearance on ‘Good Morning
America’ that adds confusion to the official narrative.
Stacey Lippel, a Language Arts and Creative Writing
teacher at Marjory Stoneman High School, came face to face with the
shooter on February 14th, as she ushered terrified students into her
classroom for shelter.
She chronicled her encounter during a sit-down interview on ‘Good Morning America.’
(Alternate video links in event of removal can be found here, here, and here)
“All of a sudden I heard gun shots in the stairwell, which is about
20 feet away from my room, and then kids were screaming and running back
towards me, towards the end of the hallway,” she explained. “So, I just
went in this very strange autopilot mode where I pivoted on my feet and
unlocked my door, and kids just started pouring in my room. I don’t
know how many kids were in there, but I was pulling them in and shouting
at them to get in the room.”
“Then I suddenly saw the shooter, about 20 feet from me, standing at
the end of the hallway, actively shooting down the hallway – just a
barrage of bullets. And I’m staring at him thinking, ‘Why is the police
here? This is strange.’ He was in full metal garb – helmet, face mask,
bulletproof armor, shooting this rifle that I’d never seen before.”
Lippel says she then pulled her door shut, but not before one of
the shooter’s rounds grazed her arm – a wound which she showed to the
camera.
She described warning fellow teacher Scott Beigel to also shut
his door, adding that Beigel “couldn’t see the shooter – I had a good
visual of him, which is why I yelled at him to shut his door.”
Strangely, there have been few if any reports that Nikolas Cruz
was decked out in full body armor, or that he resembled a member of law
enforcement.
An official timeline of events
maintains that Cruz arrived in an Uber at the high school, and less
than three minutes later, he had already embarked on a rampage inside
the school.
Cruz reportedly transported a rifle in a soft case, and carried extra magazines in a backpack.
A conflict arises between these details and Ms. Lippel’s account,
as the baggage necessary to carry a full outfit of body armor would
likely exceed that which has been reported, and even a well-trained
individual would require longer than 1-2 minutes to don a tactical
ensemble resembling the type Lippel describes, while on the move.
Cruz was apprehended by police in just his plain clothes, after reportedly abandoning his bag and rifle at the school.
Another eyewitness, student Alex Miednik, told local media she believes there was a second shooter, because she was talking to Nikolas Cruz as shots were being fired elsewhere in the school.
“I actually was speaking to the “suspect” [she even did air
quotes] and as I was speaking with him, he seemed very… I don’t know
what the word is I want to say…” she said. “But he was very troubled in
middle school and I joked to him about it and said ‘I’m surprised you
weren’t the one who did it.'”
As the narrative surrounding the horrific Parkland massacre
continues to unravel to the shock and horror of the nation, Ms. Lippel’s
tale only creates an added element of mystification.
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Parkland Deputy Refused To Confront Shooter
Solutions are numerous yet complicated. Armed guards, armed teachers,
Airport style security. But even the deputy responding to the massacre
who should have been a hero failed miserably.
WPTV in West Palm Beach Florida reported "The Broward County Sheriff's
deputy who was assigned to be the school resource officer at Stoneman
Douglas High School during last week's massacre that left 17 dead
resigned this morning after being suspended without pay, Sheriff Scott
Israel announced on Thursday.
Israel said that Deputy Scott Peterson was outside of the building
during the time of the shooting. According to Israel, video evidence
suggested that Peterson remained outside for four minutes. The entire
mass shooting lasted an estimated six minutes, Israel said." Jon Bowne
reports.
Teacher Says Shooter Wore
SWAT Team Equipment
Yet ABC news interviewer asks no follow-up question and changes subject.
And concerned about the Broward County deputies who did NOTHING? The
Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that cops have NO DUTY TO PROTECT.
But were they told to stand down?
Parkland First Responder: I was Told to Stand Down,
‘I could have saved lives’
‘They should have been more aggressive about getting the victims out’
EXCERPT: "By Friday night, Coral Springs police officers who had arrived on the
scene during the shooting were telling reporters that not just Peterson
but two or more other Broward County deputies
had remained outside, not even entering the building with the Coral
Springs officers. According to CNN, “The deputies had their pistols
drawn and were behind their vehicles, the sources said, and not one of
them had gone into the school.” Two Broward deputies who arrived later
did join the Coral Springs officers, the latter said."
