OMINOUS SIGNS IN AMENDED SGM ABUSE LAWSUIT

From Brent Detwiler is an overview of the pending and yet to be tried sex abuse lawsuit filed against Sovereign Grace Ministries, et al., recently amended:

http://www.brentdetwiler.com/brentdetwilercom/2013/1/18/ominous-signs-in-amended-lawsuit-portend-worse-things-to-com.html?printerFriendly=true.

BOB DEWAAY ON BILL JOHNSON and SANDY SIMPSON ON THE NEW APOSTOLIC REFORMATION

At the Echo Zoe website are two articles from 2012 concerning Bill Johnson of Bethel Church, Redding, California. The first contains a very good audio interview with Bob DeWaay:
http://www.echozoe.com/archives/2509. Part 1 of 2.
http://www.echozoe.com/archives/2519. Part 2 of 2.
Followed by two articles from Echo Zoe concerning the New Apostolic Reformation. The first and second both contain very good audio interviews with Sandy Simpson:
http://www.echozoe.com/archives/2494. Part 1 of 2.
http://www.echozoe.com/archives/2580. Part 2 of 2.

RICK WARREN'S 2ND REFORMATION SYNCRETIZES WITH NEW APOSTOLIC REFORMATION'S DOMINIONISM

Rick Warren urges Christian youth to be like Hitler youth. The video ends with an endorsement by "The New Apostolic Reformation Team". Fascism under the guise of a so-called "New Reformation" of works, action, deeds for the "life of the community", by "deconstructing" the 1st Reformation of Martin Luther, et al, with its so-called outdated emphasis on doctrines and beliefs. However, the life of the individual is suppressed and submerged to the greater good of the community, Nazi style. You are the worker accountable to the leader (fuhrer). This is the new paradigm of doing church whether you like it or not.

OREGON SHERIFF REFUSES TO IMPLEMENT ANY UNCONSTITUTIONAL GUN CONTROL LAWS

Here's the letter the Sheriff of Linn County, Oregon sent to Vice President Joe Biden:

OBAMA PROCLAMATION NARROWS FIRST AMENDMENT FROM "FREE EXERCISE OF RELIGION" TO "FREEDOM OF WORSHIP"

The full text of this presidential proclamation dated January 16, 2013 is on the White House website, and copied below. Hence, all expressions of religion or religious beliefs outside a place of worship and within the course of everyday life and socialization are hereafter prohibited:

Presidential Proclamation-Religious Freedom Day

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM DAY, 2013

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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION

Foremost among the rights Americans hold sacred is the freedom to worship as we choose. Today, we celebrate one of our Nation's first laws to protect that right -- the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom. Written by Thomas Jefferson and guided through the Virginia legislature by James Madison, the Statute affirmed that "Almighty God hath created the mind free" and "all men shall be free to profess . . . their opinions in matters of religion." Years later, our Founders looked to the Statute as a model when they enshrined the principle of religious liberty in the Bill of Rights.

Because of the protections guaranteed by our Constitution, each of us has the right to practice our faith openly and as we choose. As a free country, our story has been shaped by every language and enriched by every culture. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus, Sikhs and non-believers. Our patchwork heritage is a strength we owe to our religious freedom.

Americans of every faith have molded the character of our Nation. They were pilgrims who sought refuge from persecution; pioneers who pursued brighter horizons; protesters who fought for abolition, women's suffrage, and civil rights. Each generation has seen people of different faiths join together to advance peace, justice, and dignity for all.

Today, we also remember that religious liberty is not just an American right; it is a universal human right to be protected here at home and across the globe. This freedom is an essential part of human dignity, and without it our world cannot know lasting peace.

As we observe Religious Freedom Day, let us remember the legacy of faith and independence we have inherited, and let us honor it by forever upholding our right to exercise our beliefs free from prejudice or persecution.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim January 16, 2013, as Religious Freedom Day. I call on all Americans to commemorate this day with events and activities that teach us about this critical foundation of our Nation's liberty, and show us how we can protect it for future generations at home and around the world.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this sixteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord two thousand thirteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-seventh.

BARACK OBAMA

ALPHA COURSE ACCEPTABLE AT SOVEREIGN GRACE CHURCH, MARLTON, NJ

Below are some videos which show that Sovereign Grace Church of Marlton, NJ has decided to offer the less than biblical, Catholic charismatic leaning Alpha Course of Nicky Gumbel. The real danger here is that the true gospel of Jesus Christ is lost over a free meal, and consensus discussion groups using the diaprax method of watering down Scripture based on feelings and personal unregenerate misinterpretations. A program like this which is a corrupt mixture of dumbed down Scripture, Catholic charismaticism and mysticism, and avoids offensive aspects of the sin filled life of humanity in a depraved state, may be a fun social time for nominal Christians, ex-Catholics, or so-called "seekers", but does not rise to the level of an accurate presentation of the real gospel of Christ, or a valid, God ordained method for regeneration as articulated in the Bible. It is just another "feelings based" approach to "evangelization" by the emerging churches. What's a little surprising is that a Sovereign Grace church, which is supposedly "reformed" in the neo-Calvinist sense, would see nothing wrong with it. Could it be the charismatic side of the SGM dualistic theology as per the continuationist, reformed charismatic, Wayne Grudem, i.e., the "go to guy" for this sort of thing? The appeal of course is to the cutting edge, higher level "yuppie" crowds who work in the big cities of Philadelphia and New York, but prefer the suburbs just east of the worst city for crime in the USA, Camden, NJ. No mention here of redeeming that city! A lot does get lost in those consensus building discussion groups, but no one should have the audacity to spoil the atmosphere by actually quoting Scripture!

SUMMARY OF AMENDED ABUSE LAWSUIT VS SGM

Here are the essentials of the yet untried complaint against Sovereign Grace Ministries, et al, below. No conclusions or judgments should be drawn at this time about the parties named therein.

Five pseudonymous plaintiffs are added to the original three.

1. PAULA POE
2. CARLA COE
3. GRACE COE
4. KAREN KOE
5. KARL KOE 

The judge assigned to the case has been named: the Hon. Sharon V. Burrell.

Three institutional defendants are added to Sovereign Grace Ministries.

1. Covenant Life Church, Inc.
2. Covenant Life School, Inc.
3. Sovereign Grace Church of Fairfax

Two individual defendants are added to existing eight.

1. Mark Mullery
2. Vince Hinders

A net total 28 charges are added (goes from 115 to 143).

Material issues added to the lawsuit:

• The physical abuse of children
• Sexual abuse occurred on church premises and at church events
• Sexual predators were negligently hired as employees
• PAULA POE repeatedly sexually assaulted by a pastor/teacher and children’s ministry worker
• A pedophilia ring operated at Covenant Life Church and Covenant Life School
• CARLA COE was repeatedly abused (not sexually) by Larry Tomczak and co-conspirators
• KARL COE repeatedly sexually molested by the male son of a Church pastor.

"SACRED SHE"/GODDESS WORSHIP JUST NOT BIBLICAL

As with Sue Monk Kidd who worships a goddess of her own making because she's not all that satisfied with the God of the Bible being referred to as Father, so too with this self-described "contemplative poet" (in video below) who is not happy with the patriarchal line of male figures in Christianity and desires the divine feminine instead of submitting to the will and purpose of the true God of the Bible. This type of endeavor is extra-biblical and heresy, although being intrinsic to Catholic contemplative mysticism. The second video is a cutesy dance by supposed Catholic girls who want ordination of women to the Catholic priesthood.

Compare to Sue Monk Kidd:

Compare to the promo video for a new book "Goddess Shift" with a host of authors that are liberal anti-Christian God haters, New Age mystics, and assorted other women's liberation feminists such as Jane Fonda, Shirley MacLaine, Michelle Obama, Oprah, Madonna, Angelina Jolie, etc. who are are the darlings of the pop pagan Godless culture attempting to remake the God of the Bible into a feminine idol.

RUSSELL MOORE ON THE NEW STATE CHURCH & DAVID CLOUD ON REPERCUSSIONS OF LEGALIZING LGBTQ LIFESTYLES

    Russell Moore of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary has described the Obama administration's grab at a new state church that "requires a 'license' of embracing sexual liberation in all its forms", that is, before you can do just about anything in a public way.
    Notably absent from his comments is any criticism of Giglio's emerging "evolved" theology, failure to reiterate the true Christian position against homosexuality and other deviant behavior as described in the Bible as he did 15+ years ago, failure to explain why he has avoided preaching on this subject for the last 15+ years, and why it "hasn't been in the range of my (his) priorities" for this time period.
    Why doesn't Moore press these issues with Giglio publicly when the time is ripe? Is it that pastors like this are used to being exempt from public accountability because they are now the new leaders (not shepherds or ministers) of the flock who are above and beyond reproach? Or is this just another example of pastoral timidity or cowardice too? We would venture to say both, i.e., when faced with an opportunity to clearly define boundaries they won't broach the subject for political correctness, leaving God's Word maligned by failure to act when appropriate. As Chris Rosebrough said, it is like a soldier being AWOL from the battlefield.
    Clearly, when there are so many pastors behaving like this for all the world to see (in name only, who only see themselves as lords over people), there is fertile ground for fascism in both church and state now. They are nothing less than complicit with an evil, corrupt, anti-Christian state. Shades of Hitler's Germany once again. A public rebuke is in order for these types.
    Here is Moore's article:
http://www.russellmoore.com/2013/01/10/louie-giglio-and-the-new-state-church/.
    David Cloud of Way of Life has a lengthy article citing 12 categories of what will be illegal when homosexuality is legal: http://wayoflife.org/index_files/what_will_be_illegal_when_homosexuality_is_legal.html

LOUIS GIGLIO, CHOOSING THE WIDE GATE, KNUCKLES UNDER TO THE NEW STATE RELIGION

LOUIS GIGLIO LOST HIS "PASSION" RIGHT AFTER HIS "PASSION 2013"!
    We let a few days go by before addressing this issue so we could see and hear what others wiser than us could offer. Nevertheless, certain themes have risen to prominence like fat in the soup when chilled in the refrigerator. Those of us Christians who are still faithful to historic Protestant/Reformed Christianity and the 5 Solas, remember a day when pastors as well as ordinary Christians would, could, and wanted to defend the faith, confront/expose false gospels and teachers, and clearly and publicly identify sin and its types.
    This is a new day, a new page has turned, in the life of Christians and Christianity. In case you haven't been noticing for the last few decades what has been the great slide downward into rampant heresy and apostasy, you may still think this is trivial and only affects a select few, but not you. You are wrong.
    Now with the likes of Louis Giglio, and his like-minded, one-in-the "spirit" church leaders (no longer "ministers"), i.e., the neo-calvinist, neo-reformed, hyper-charismatic, word of faith, new apostolic reformation, dominionist, pentecostal, neo-evangelical, purpose driven, continuationist, emerging, new paradigm, new age, occult, Druckerite, fascist, "higher order Christian" pastors, are gleefully merging their efforts into this rich BOUILLABAISSE STEW/SOUP of the new way of doing church. Sometimes there is the fat that needs to be skimmed off if we are to eat healthy! What's to be done with the useless fat if you have no use for it, or better,you are on a back to basics, lean and disciplined diet of Bible alone! Could be that the soup itself is toxic!
    Chris Rosebrough of Fighting for the Faith has some really good insights into the "rejection/resignation" of Louis Giglio from Obama's 2013 inauguration and the implications for us as Christians as the State Religion of Obama is now implemented:
http://www.fightingforthefaith.com/2013/01/this-message-is-banned-by-the-state-religion-of-the-united-states.html. This audio of Chris is added:

And Todd Rhoades of Leadership Network, being interviewed by a Giglio "supporter, has not missed the opportunity to inject his sympathies and worries about the "fundamentalist" camp stirring up inordinate concerns about the homosexual agenda:

Wherein Chris references Al Mohler's article on the same subject from the "McCarthyite" point of view (anti-Communist inquisition), titled "The Giglio Imbroglio" (like the Italian scandals):
http://www.albertmohler.com/2013/01/10/the-giglio-imbroglio-the-public-inauguration-of-a-new-moral-mccarthyism/.
    Erin Benzinger of Do Not Be Surprised has this very well written article as well, which includes some revealing statements by Giglio himself demonstrating his distaste for controversial subjects that might offend the anointed one and be in conflict with the new world order and our own anti-Christian State Religion:
http://www.donotbesurprised.com/2013/01/louie-giglio-living-martyr.html