PAULA WHITE MARRIES FOR THIRD TIME DESPITE BIBLICAL PROSCRIPTION~"WHITE" FASHION & DECOR WILL NOT HIDE THE FACTS

CELEBRATING SIN THREE TIMES OVER;

WHY STOP AT THREE?

EVEN MORE PENTECOSTAL WORD OF FAITH SCANDAL

SEE OUR PREVIOUS POST:

http://ratherexposethem.blogspot.com/2014/06/recent-pentecostal-scandals.html

FROM WIKIPEDIA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_White

"On April 27, 2015, Paula married rock guitarist Jonathan Cain. White's cream colored mermaid Johana Glaudi wedding gown had a lace bodice, a high neck, and long sleeves. During the outdoor wedding ceremony, she carried a bouquet of white roses and wore pearls. This is Jonathan's third marriage."

AN OUTDOOR WEDDING; NEITHER ONE A VIRGIN

IS THIS WHAT'S CALLED "SPIRIT FILLED"?

Galatians 6:

7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.

Isaiah 64:

6 For all of us have become like one who is unclean, And all our righteous deeds are like a filthy garment; And all of us wither like a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

     Revelation 3:

4 But you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments; and they will walk with Me in white, for they are worthy.

5 He who overcomes will thus be clothed in white garments; and I will not erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.

NOT THE HOLY SPIRIT RELEASED HERE; 

EVEN THOUGH "WHITE"

TYPICALLY MEANS PURITY AND VIRGINITY

WAS BENNY HINN AT THE RECEPTION?

POURED INTO AN IMMODEST TIGHT FITTING, 
FIGURE REVEALING WEDDING DRESS 

Megachurch Preacher Paula White 

Marries Rocker Jonathan Cain in Third Marriage

BY HEATHER CLARK

SEE: http://christiannews.net/2015/05/10/megachurch-preacher-paula-white-marries-rocker-jonathan-cain-in-third-marriage/; republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:

Megachurch preacher Paula White has married rock and roll star Jonathan Cain, making the occasion both her and Cain’s third marriage.

White, 49, is known for founding without Walls International Church in Tampa, Florida with her second husband Randy White. She turned the church over to him years after their divorce in 2007. White hosts the television show “Paula White Today,” which airs on TBN and BET, and now serves as leader of New Destiny Christian Center in Apopka, Florida.

She also considers herself a life coach, authoring books such as “The Ten Commandments of Health and Wellness,” “Simple Suggestions for a Sensational Life,” “I Don’t Get Wholeness, That’s the Problem—Making Relationships Work” and “He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not.”

White’s first marriage was to Dean Knight, who she married as a teenager. The two have a son together, named Bradley.

Jonathan Cain, 65, is known for his roles in the bands Bad English and Journey, especially for penning the Journey hits “Don’t Stop Believin,'” “When You Love a Woman” and “Who’s Crying Now.”

His first marriage was to singer Tané McClure, who he divorced and later went on to marry Elizabeth Fullerton, with whom he has three children. Cain recently divorced for the second time, and married White last month.

Cain continues to tour with Journey, and posts about his concerts on his Twitter and Instagram accounts, such as he did earlier this month when he played a casino in Las Vegas.

“Journey is in the house. Craps anyone? @ The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino,” he Tweeted.

“I know you will rock it tonight,” White messaged to him.

She also shared a photo on her own Instagram, writing, “I love this pic of my baby rocking it last night @jonathancainmusic—missing him tonight.”

In addition to playing secular music with Journey, Cain is also a winemaker as a part of Finale Wines. He thanked Vegas’ Southern Wine and Spirits for carrying his wines in a status earlier this week.

White’s ex-husband Randy says he is supportive of her re-marriage.

“I am so happy for Paula and Jonathan,” he wrote on Facebook on April 20. “I pray they have a great marriage and do great works for the kingdom! I said I would never marry again until I made sure Paula married someone else.”

However, others have expressed concern over the matter, pointing to biblical commands against divorce and remarriage.

“She obviously thinks the parts in the Bible that condemn and severely restrict any justification for divorce (i.e., adultery) do not apply to her,” one commenter wrote.

“This is why the institution of marriage is mocked,” another stated.

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PAULA WHITE FINDS A "GOOD LOOKING BOAZ":

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ROMAN HOLIDAYS; COMBINING EXPENSES, FEASTING ON ITALIAN FOOD, AND GETTING AN ANOINTING FROM THE POPE, AND MAYBE A SINFUL DALLIANCE TO COMPLETE THE FLING

In February 2010, “healing evangelist” BENNY HINN’S wife filed for divorce. On August 2, National Inquirer published a photo of Hinn and Pentecostal preacher Paula White (who was divorced the previous year) walking hand-in-hand leaving a Rome hotel. The accompanying story said that the two spent three nights in a five-star hotel which Hinn booked under a false name. Hinn admitted to being with White in Rome and having a “friendship” and an “inappropriate relationship” with her, but both parties claimed there was no affair. He told a crowd in Oakland, California, that he and his wife had problems in their marriage for years and “could no longer exist in the same house” (“Benny Hinn Admits ‘Friendship’ with Paul White,” The Zimdiaspora, Aug. 11, 2010). He also admitted that he and his wife had been separated for years. Hinn’s divorce was finalized in December 2010. In 2012, Jack Hayford performed the remarriage of the Hinns, and we commend the Hinns for saving their marriage. 

On August 23, 2007, RANDY AND PAULA WHITE, co-pastors of Without Walls International, a charismatic megachurch based in Tampa, Florida, announced that they were divorcing after 17 years of marriage. The couple blamed the two different directions their lives were going (“Interruption during Megapastors’ Divorce Announcement,” Tampa Tribune, Aug. 23, 2007). That is not a biblical reason for divorce. Christ gave only one legitimate cause, and that is fornication, yet the two said “the split involves no third party on either side.” If they are going in two different directions, that is sin on both their parts. God says the wife is the husband’s help-meet and she is to be the keeper of the home (Titus 2:4-5), and the husband is to “dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life” (1 Peter 3:7). Randy has spent months commuting to Malibu, California, where he has a beachfront home. Paula, a preacher and motivational speaker, makes many speaking trips to San Antonio, where she recently purchased a home and is “oversight pastor” to the Family Praise Center. She also travels frequently to New York City where she has a Trump Tower condo and leads monthly services at New Life by Design Empowerment Center. This is open disobedience to God’s Word, which forbids her to be a preacher or a pastor (1 Timothy 2:12). And this is not the first divorce for the two charismatic preachers. They have four children from previous marriages. In reality they are sinning against God’s Word while pretending to be undergoing a “trial” and to be victims of circumstance, and this, sadly, is typical for charismatics today. When Paula appeared on Carman’s show on Trinity Broadcasting Network on September 12 and 13, 2007, she was greeted with loud applause. She told the enthusiastic crowd, “Some of the greatest development in the men and women of God ... were those in adverse situation, those in opposition. ... You can either gravitate and put your hand to the plow and say, ‘Okay, God, I don’t get this one; I don’t even like this one. But still what do You have to say to me? I will not be moved.’” Joseph and Job could say things like that and take a stand on simply trusting God in undeserved adversity, but when you are suffering for your own sin and rebellion to the Scriptures that is an entirely different story! “For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently?” (1 Peter 2:20). An article in the Tampa Tribune in May included statements by former Without Walls staff members who testified that the Whites have shifted their focus to money and fame. They preach a charismatic prosperity message and live lavishly. Their home in Tampa is valued at $2.22 million and the condo in New York, at $3.5 million. By 2011 Without Walls International was truly “without walls” as the huge property in Lakeland was under foreclosure for non-payment. In 2012 Paula White was appointed senior pastor of New Destiny Christian Center in Apopka, Florida, following the death of Zachery Tims, who was found dead in a hotel room in New York City under suspicious circumstances. In July 2012, Randy White returned as “bishop” of Without Walls in Tampa after “overcoming drug addiction and a suicide attempt” (Charisma, July 9, 2012). 

FORMER LESBIAN PETITIONS OBAMA TO HEAR THOSE SET FREE BY CHRIST FROM HOMOSEXUALITY

Former Lesbian Petitions Obama to Hear Voices of Those Christ Has Set Free 

From Homosexuality

BY HEATHER CLARK

SEE: http://christiannews.net/2015/05/09/former-lesbian-petitions-obama-to-hear-voices-of-those-christ-has-set-free-from-homosexuality/; republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:

A former lesbian has started a petition on Change.org to ask Barack Obama to meet with and acknowledge those who have been set free from the homosexual lifestyle by the transforming power of Jesus Christ.

Janet Boynes lived as a lesbian for 14 years and now leads a ministry to help others struggling with homosexual temptation to walk victoriously in righteousness. She says that she became involved in same-sex romantic relationships as a youth as she was looking for something to satisfy her in the midst of a difficult upbringing: her father wasn’t present in the home, her mother’s boyfriend was an alcoholic, and she was sexually abused twice.

Boynes began looking for love, but in all the wrong places.

“I wanted to make something of myself, finding a way to somehow make people love me,” she wrote for Charisma News last year. “The type of love I had experienced in my life wasn’t enough, and I knew it. I needed something more. I tried to fill the emptiness inside of me by having relationships with women for 14 years.”

But as Boynes went from relationship to relationship, she was still unhappy, so she tried adding drugs to the mix.

“Nothing helped, and I hurt more than ever,” she recalled.

At rock bottom, Boynes turned to the Lord.

“Little by little, with the help of God and with the prayer and support of my friends, I began to leave my old lifestyle behind,” she said. “It was far from easy. My life was a constant struggle that became a war on the bad days. … [But Christ] began filling the emptiness in my heart, binding up the hurts and healing them.”

“I speak from experience: Only God’s love can truly satisfy; only He can give meaning and identity, and God’s love can only be found in Jesus Christ,” Boynes now proclaims.

But now being on the other side of the homosexual lifestyle, Boynes says that she is concerned that the U.S. government is ignoring voices like hers—the voices of those who have found freedom from homosexuality by the saving power of Christ.

“For years, the president of the United States has sat down with those in the LGBTQ community but has failed to hear the stories of those of us who have successfully left the homosexual lifestyle,” she wrote in an article this week. “As someone who spent 14 years in the homosexual lifestyle and then experienced the transforming power of Jesus Christ, I know it is possible to be set free. For 17 years, I have been living proof.”

Therefore, Boynes has created a petition to Barack Obama to meet with people just like her and listen to their stories.

“In your victory speech on 11.5.08 as reported by the New York Times, you stated, ‘And for those Americans whose support I have yet to earn, I may not have won your vote tonight, but I hear your voices. I need your help, and I will be your president, too,'” the petition reads. “Sadly, Mr. President, you have not carried out your promise. For those of us who have left the homosexual lifestyle, you have never listened to us.”

It notes that while Obama has met with many who advocate for homosexuality, he has turned a deaf ear to those who testify to the life-changing power of Jesus Christ.

“Countless people who are participating in the homosexual lifestyle have visited with you at the White House, and you have supported them on numerous occasions,” the petition continues. “What about those of us whose compelling stories you have chosen to ignore? We also have voices; and when you were first elected, you promised to listen to us. That has not happened yet.”

“Mr. President, when will you take the time to sit down with us and let us share our experiences?” Boynes asks. “We … humbly ask you for this opportunity.”

Boynes encourages other Christians and others who have similar stories to sign the petition “to ask President Obama to hear the voices of those of us who know from personal experiences or through the experiences of others that it is possible to leave the homosexual lifestyle.”

Others have already begun to share their testimonies on the petition.

“I am a former lesbian who was set free from 18 years of homosexuality by the power of Jesus Christ and have been living free for 10 years,” writes one supporter.

“I was a lesbian that has been delivered. I find it valuable to be able to share with others how HE set me free,” another testifies.

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TEXAS PASTORS WHO REFUSE SAME SEX "MARRIAGES" WOULD BE LEGALLY PROTECTED UNDER SENATE BILL~AT LEAST TEXAS IS AWARE OF STATES' RIGHTS & SOVEREIGNTY UNDER CONSTITUTION

Texas Senate Approves Bill Protecting Pastors Who Refuse to Officiate Same-Sex ‘Weddings’

by Heather Clark

SEE: http://christiannews.net/2015/05/14/texas-senate-approves-bill-protecting-pastors-who-refuse-to-officiate-same-sex-weddings/; republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:

AUSTIN — The Texas Senate has approved a bill that would protect pastors from legal action if they refuse to officiate same-sex ceremonies.

Sen. Craig Estes (R-Wichita Falls) presented S.B. 2065, entitled “Freedom of Religion with Respect to Recognizing or Performing Certain Marriages.”

“A religious organization, an organization supervised or controlled by or in connection with a religious organization, an individual employed by a religious organization while acting in the scope of that employment, or a clergy or minister may not be required to solemnize any marriage, provide services, accommodations, facilities, goods, or privileges for a purpose related to the solemnization, formation, or celebration of any marriage, or treat
any marriage as valid for any purpose if the action would cause the organization or individual to violate a sincerely held religious belief,” it reads.

The legislation also prevents faith-based organizations from being sued for declining to directly or indirectly participate in the event.

“A refusal to provide services, accommodations, facilities, goods, or privileges [under this law] is not the basis for a civil or criminal cause of action or any other action by this state or a political subdivision of this state to penalize or withhold benefits or privileges, including tax exemptions or governmental contracts, grants, or licenses, from any protected organization or individual,” it states.

State Senators debated the bill on Monday, with some stating that it is necessary due to the growing pressure on Christians to accommodate homosexuality and others calling the legislation discriminatory. The publication Towelroad classified the bill as a continuance of a “full-fledged assault on same-sex marriage.”

“Pastors’ First Amendment rights are very important, and they should not be caused to do something that violates their sincerely held beliefs,” Estes told Breitbart Texas.

“I just hope you’re not getting people afraid of something that’s not a problem,” Sen. John Whitmire (D-Houston) asserted. “I don’t see what the problem is that you’re trying to solve.”

But Dave Welch, president of Texas Pastor Council Action told reporters that he thought Whitmire’s statement was naive.

“Senator Whitmire apparently lives in a parallel universe that does not have the Human Rights Campaign, President Barack Obama and Mayors like Annise Parker in Houston who are willing and committed to using police powers to force acceptance of the LGBTQIA agenda,” he said.

As previously reported, Texas Senator and Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz told reporters in 2013 that he believes churches could be the next target for homosexual activists.

“There are a lot of Christian scholars, when they talk about the marriage issue, they see it in essence going down this line of potential hate speech from the pulpit,” David Brody of CBN stated. “What is your sense about where this potentially could be going?”

“Well, if you look at other nations that have gone down the road towards gay marriage, that’s the next step where it gets enforced,” Cruz replied. “It gets enforced against Christian pastors who decline to perform gay marriages, who speak out and preach biblical truths on marriage.”

Other states have presented similar bills to protect pastors, such as in South Dakota, Arizona and Utah.

ONLINE AMMO SALES: BONNIE COLEMAN, NEW JERSEY DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVE INTRODUCES BILL TO STOP THEM~NEW JERSEY HAS BEEN A POLICE STATE FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS

U.S. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman Unveils
Her First Proposed Legislation In Trenton -
A Bill To Stop Online Sales Of Ammunition Nationwide

House Bill Seeks to End Online Ammo Sales; Only Allows Face to Face Purchases With Identity Verification:

Published on May 15, 2015

Introduced on Tuesday by New Jersey Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, H.R. 2283, known as the “Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act of 2015,” primarily seeks to “require face to face purchases of ammunition.”

New Gun Bill Would End Private Sale Of Guns

Published on May 21, 2015

Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) introduced a bill that would effectively create a firearms registry by forcing private sellers at gun shows to report sales to the Attorney General and by requiring gun show organizers to register with the Justice Dept.
http://www.infowars.com/house-democra...

MARTIAL LAW PREPARATIONS EXPOSED~NATIONAL GUARD & POLICE GEARING UP FOR CLEVELAND RIOTS~MILITARY CONVOYS ON I-95 IN SOUTH CAROLINA FILMED BY CITIZENS NOT JADE HELM

MARTIAL LAW PREPARATIONS EXPOSED

Published on May 15, 2015

On this Thursday, May 14th edition of the Infowars Nightly News Darrin McBreen covers some truly shocking footage of United States Marines preparing to detain and restrain people in camps, then just who is coming across our border and Osama Bin Laden, the bigfoot of terrorists, what really happened and finally Darrin welcomes a very special guest for a final word on Obama's plan to turn over control of the Internet to the federal government.

Report: Jade Helm Helicopters Loaded With live Ammo

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REPORT: NATIONAL GUARD, POLICE GEARING UP FOR POTENTIAL CLEVELAND RACE RIOTS

Outside agitators already pouring into city in anticipation of Michael Brelo verdict

SEE: http://www.infowars.com/report-national-guard-police-gearing-up-for-potential-cleveland-race-riots/;

EXCERPTS: 

The Ohio National Guard is alerting soldiers to report to duty in preparation for potential riots following the trial of Cleveland, Ohio, police officer Michael Brelo, according to an insider.

And an Ohio native shot a video of a train transporting military vehicles heading toward Cleveland.

Cleveland Primed to be next Ferguson; Video Works Even Though Image is Blocked:

MILTARY CONVOYS ON THE I-95 INTERSTATE HIGHWAY IN SOUTH CAROLINA 

FILMED BY VARIOUS CITIZENS

APPEARS NOT TO BE RELATED TO JADE HELM

BUT PEOPLE ARE ON EDGE

VATICAN RECOGNIZES PALESTINE STATEHOOD IN NEW TREATY~SLAP AT ISRAEL

Vatican : The False Prophet Officially Recognizes Palestinian Statehood in New Treaty (May 13, 2015)

Published on May 13, 2015

News Articles:

Vatican to officially recognize Palestinian statehood
http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/13/world/v...

Vatican to Recognize Palestinian State in New Treaty
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/14/wor...

The Vatican Will Officially Recognize Palestine as a State
http://www.truthdig.com/eartothegroun...

Israel 'disappointed' after Vatican officially recognizes Palestinian state
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,73...

Vatican officially recognizes Palestine, while Israel fumes
http://rt.com/news/258297-vatican-pal...

Vatican agrees first treaty with State of Palestine, solidifying relationship
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/0...

VATICAN RECOGNIZES PALESTINIAN STATE 

(Friday Church News Notes, May 22, 2015, www.wayoflife.org, fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - In a new treaty finalized on May 13, the Vatican has officially recognized “the state of Palestine.” Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said, “Yes, it’s a recognition that the state exists” (“Vatican recognizes state of Palestine,” The Times of Israel, May 13, 2014). In a papal audience on May 16, Pope Francis called Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas “an angel of peace.” Three years ago, the Vatican had “welcomed the decision by the UN General Assembly to recognize a Palestinian state.” The Roman Catholic Church has long been opposed to Israel. Jews were slaughtered during the Catholic crusades and placed in ghettos in Catholic-controlled cities. The heresy of Replacement Theology, which replaces Israel with the Church, was fathered by Rome and borrowed from her by Protestants. In 1922, Cardinal Gasparri, Vatican Secretary of State, voiced concern that the British Mandate on Palestine might “give Israel a privileged position and might compromise the rights of the Catholic Church regarding the protection of the Holy Places” (“The Holy See and the Postwar Palestine Issue,” International Affairs, Spring 1984). In 1950, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported that the Vatican was “intensifying its campaign for the internationalization of Jerusalem” (JTA, Nov. 21, 1950). That campaign did not cease until the 1980s when the Vatican began to support the PLO and its goal of making East Jerusalem its capital. In 1982, Yasser Arafat was received at the Vatican “with all the honor and dignity accorded a head of state.” With the 2015 treaty, the Vatican’s support shifts from the PLO to the Palestinian State. The Vatican is comfortable making treaties with Muslim terrorist organizations that hate Israel, vow her destruction, and persecute professing Christians because she is one of the devil’s chief instruments in human affairs. One day, Mystery Babylon will yoke together with the very Antichrist himself, according to Revelation 17, and Rome doubtless is at the heart of this end-time phenomenon. “And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it” (Zec. 12:3).

NSA SPYING: 3 JUDGE PANEL FINDS METADATA PROGRAM ILLEGAL

NSA SPYING: 3 JUDGE PANEL FINDS 

METADATA PROGRAM ILLEGAL

Published on May 15, 2015

On May 7, In the lawsuit ACLU Vs. James Clapper, The Director Of National Intelligence, a three-judge panel for the Second Circuit held that "the telephone metadata program exceeds the scope of what Congress has authorized and therefore violates Section 215 of the Patriot Act. The ruling sends the case back to the District Court for further proceedings.

Section 215 of the Conspicuously Subversive Patriot Act expires in June. Section 215 of the Patriot Act is commonly referred to as the Library Records Provision. 215 Allows the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act as applied by the Director Of The FBI or an official designated by the director access to “tangible things” deemed under investigation. This investigation must be conducted in accordance under the guidelines laid out in Executive Order 12333 and must not be carried out on Citizens whose activities are protected by the First Amendment. All orders must be granted by a FISA court judge. These orders carry gag orders, as to not expose the investigation.

This broken promise by our Federal Government was exposed by numerous whistleblowers and undermined by the Intelligence community on a massive scale. Now, The lights have been turned on, and the roaches are scurrying to keep control of the kitchen.

Meanwhile, The Mouthpieces Of The American Counter Terror Movement ratcheted up by the Military Industrial Complex project the psyop needed for the unconstitutional legislation.

Expect to see more blatant extortion thrown at the feet of the American People, threats like these will increase as the scrutiny of unconstitutional surveillance grows.

LIBERATION THEOLOGY: THE BELIEFS THAT BIND OBAMA & POPE FRANCIS~"MY BROTHERS' KEEPER; CLOSING THE LOOPHOLE" REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH NOT BIBLICAL

LIBERATION THEOLOGY: THE BELIEFS THAT BIND OBAMA & POPE FRANCIS;

THE SOCIAL JUSTICE TIES OF COMMUNISM

FATHER OF LIBERATION THEOLOGY 

WELCOMED AT VATICAN 

(Friday Church News Notes, May 15, 2015, www.wayoflife.org,fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - Gustavo Gutierrez, founder of Liberation Theology, was welcomed this week at the Vatican by Pope Francis. This is the second visit of Gutierrez to Rome during Francis’ papacy, and it marks the mainstreaming of the Catholic version of the social gospel. Liberation Theology seeks to analyze and solve the underlying cause of poverty rather than preach the gospel to the poor. It is a Marxist approach to the solving of societal ills. It is shortsighted, focusing on this present life rather than eternity. It blames poverty on capitalism. It focuses more on America as the cause of global social injustice than on Communism and petty dictatorships, even though America has lifted more people out of poverty than any communist government. “The literature of liberation theology consisted of the usual Marxist cant sprinkled with holy water, with unoriginal references to class struggle, oppression, imperialism, dependence, and especially how Latin America poverty was all the fault of capitalism emanating from the United States and western Europe” (Steven Hayward, “How Is Liberation Theology Still a Thing?” Forbes, May 10, 2015). The social gospel has become one of the major uniting factors of a one-world “church.” Even “evangelical” missionaries today tend to focus more on healing “social injustices” than preaching the gospel and building biblical churches, but there is no liberation theology or social gospel evident in the book of Acts.

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Obama Plays Class-Warfare Card 

Calls Wealthy “Society’s Lottery Winners”

BY SELWYN DUKE

SEE: http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/item/20876-obama-plays-class-warfare-card-calls-wealthy-society-s-lottery-winners; republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:

Resurrecting his “You didn’t build that; somebody else made that happen” theme, Barack Obama called for higher taxes on people whom he characterized as “society’s lottery winners.”

The comments were made Tuesday at a poverty summit at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., where, alluding to his longstanding proposal to raise taxes on “carried interest,” Obama said, “If we were able to close that loophole, I can now invest in early childhood education that will make a difference. That’s…where the question of compassion and ‘I’m my brother’s keeper’ comes into play. And if we can’t ask from society’s lottery winners to just make that modest investment, then, really, this conversation is for show.”

Using the “isolate ... personalize ... polarize” Alinsky tactic he has relied on ever since winning society’s lottery and attaining the presidency, Obama singled out one specific group for scorn. After claiming that “where a previous CEO of a company might have made 50 times the average wage of the worker, they might now make a thousand times or two thousand times,” he lamented that “The top 25 hedge fund managers made more than all the kindergarten teachers in the country.” And according to a Washington Post analysis, this statement is accurate. Yet what’s implied may not be.

That analysis indicated that the top-25 hedge-fund managers earn on average $464 million each, and, Obama claimed, they’re “paying a lower rate than a lot of folks who are making $300,000 a year.” One solution to this is lowering the rate “folks who are making $300,000 a year” pay, but that doesn’t seem to be on Obama’s radar. This brings us to the first problem: The “top 25” might be good poster boys for tax increases, but no such increase is top-25 specific.

They tend to fall on people such as those earning $300,000 a year.

In fact, that very income places you in the top one percent — that demonized minority — in certain states.

Leftists will say that the one percent and other wealthy people don’t pay their fair share of taxes, but the facts say otherwise. Those earning 300G a year aren’t in the one percent nationally (they’re in the 95-99 percentile), yet they still pay 18.3 percent of total federal income tax despite drawing only 12.1 percent of total U.S. income (all figures from 2014). And the dreaded national one percent?

These three million people do command handsome incomes — above $615,000 — and take in 17.1 percent of all income.

They also pay 45.7 percent of all taxes.

How much more heavily should they be taxed?

The top 20 percent earn more than $134,300 (51.3 percent of income), but pay a whopping 83.9 percent of all income tax. And the rest?

The bottom 20 percent, those earning 0 to $24,200, only take in 4.5 percent of all income, but are responsible for-2.2 percent of all income tax. That’s not a typo; they pay negative tax because their tax credits are great enough so that not only do they owe no income tax, they actually receive money from the government. In fact, 43 percent of Americans pay no federal income tax.

Moving on, one might also ask: Why single out hedge-fund managers? The “top 25” in any field are quite an elite group and will obviously be exceptional in many ways. It’s said that boxer Floyd Mayweather set a record in getting $200 million for his last fight, against Manny Paquiao, and one analysis indicated that the two of them split $138,000 per second of their 36-minute bout. So why not bemoan the earnings of the top-25 athletes, actors, or pop stars (or politicians)? Economics professor Dr. Walter Williams provided the answer last year:

The strategy for want-to-be tyrants is to demonize people whose power they want to usurp. That’s the typical way tyrants gain power.... Fear and hate is an effective strategy for leftist politicians and their followers to control and micromanage businesses. It’s not about the amount of money top executives earn. If it were, politicians and leftists would be promoting jealousy, fear and hatred toward multi-multimillionaire Hollywood actors, celebrities and sports stars. But there is no way that politicians could usurp the roles of Drew Brees, Kobe Bryant, Robert Downey Jr. and Oprah Winfrey. That means celebrities can make any amount of money they want and it matters not one iota politically.

This is true even if, as Obama also said Tuesday about hedge-fund managers, “You pretty much have more than you’ll ever be able to use and your family will ever be able to use,” with the implication that they’re hoarding money unjustly. (Of course, the Obamas, Clintons, and Pelosis also have more-than-you-can-use money.) But this really depends on your definition of the word “use.”

Perhaps Obama got his economics education from the horror film The People Under the Stairs, in which a character — seeing a Fort Knox-like room of gold in an evil white couple’s basement — exclaims “No wonder there’s no money in the ghetto!” But the reality is that rich people don’t keep money under their mattresses. They may, however, invest in the stock market, which provides corporations working capital they can use to create jobs. Or excess cash could end up in banks, which aren’t just money warehouses; they provide loans to individuals and businesses, the latter of which also are used to create jobs — for people who are not rich.

As for Economics 101, here’s something to ponder. In biblical times, a man might be rich if he had 50 goats; there was precious little wealth to be had. Today, though, we enjoy modern opulence precisely because so much more wealth abounds. Whence did it come? Did God suddenly decide to lavish luxuries upon us?

Since the Law of Conservation of Mass and Energy tells us that “matter can neither be created nor destroyed” (at least by man), I won’t say wealth is “created.” But all this additional wealth obviously was “developed”; examples of how this happens are growing crops and using natural resources (e.g., timber, plants, minerals) to produce things that improve our lives. Thus, the goal of any economic policy should be to encourage wealth development — to become a wealthy civilization.

You don’t do this by punishing people for becoming too wealthy.

This brings us to the matter of wealth seizure, legalized theft, and an entity that truly never has enough money. As Dr. Williams wrote in 2012, “If Congress imposed a 100 percent tax, taking all earnings above $250,000 per year,” seized all the “profits of the Fortune 500 richest companies,” and all the assets of America’s 400 billionaires, it would keep the government running ...

For about 360 days.

Yet despite a federal budget of almost $4 trillion, Obama still wants more. So one has to wonder, when he mentioned his obligation to be “my brother’s keeper,” did he mean keeper of other people’s money?

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SEE ALSO: 
http://the-trumpet-online.com/president-obamas-lying-lingo/;
EXCERPT:

Despite pious rhetoric on the left about “asking” the more fortunate for more money, the government does not “ask” anything. It seizes what it wants by force. If you don’t pay up, it can take not only your paycheck, it can seize your bank account, put a lien on your home and/or put you in federal prison.

So please don’t insult our intelligence by talking piously about “asking.”

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OBAMA: CHURCHES SHOULD FOCUS MORE ON POVERTY INSTEAD OF ABORTION AND GAY MARRIAGE

SEE: http://the-trumpet-online.com/obama-churches-focus-poverty-instead-abortion-gay-marriage/; republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:

President Obama suggested that people of faith should focus more on helping the poor, instead of focusing on divisive issues such as gay marriage and abortion.

During a panel discussion on poverty at Georgetown University, Obama specifically referred to his own Christian faith, pointing out that he recognized the importance speaking out about the issue as president.

“I think it would be powerful for our faith-based organizations to speak out on this in a more forceful fashion,” he said, admitting that his wish might sound “self-interested” because he had disagreements with Christian and Catholic organizations about gay marriage and abortion.

“There is great caring and great concern, but when it comes to what are you really going to the mat for, what’s the defining issue … this is often times viewed as a ‘nice to have’ relative to an issue like abortion,” Obama said.

He argued that churches should spend more time pursuing “powerful” ideas such as helping those in poverty in order to attract more followers.

“Nobody has shown that better than Pope Francis, who I think has been transformative just through the sincerity and insistence that this is vital to who we are, this is vital to following what Jesus Christ our Savior talked about.”

Obama added that he hoped that the American people received that message when Pope Francis visits the United States in September.

“I can’t wait to host him because I think it will help to spark an even broader conversation of the sort we are having today,” Obama concluded.
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