"HAIL SATAN" SCREAMED BY PRO-ABORTION CROWD AT AUSTIN, TEXAS CAPITOL BUILDING AGAINST ABORTION BILL

Pro-Abortion Activists Hired By Planned Parenthood 

on Craigs List Yell “Hail Satan!” As Pro-Lifers Sing ‘Amazing Grace’

See: http://beginningandend.com/pro-abortion-activists-in-texas-yell-hail-satan-as-pro-lifers-sing-amazing-grace/:

THE "FATHER WOUND" PSYCHOHERESY OF JOHN ELDREDGE'S BOOKS "WILD AT HEART" & "WAKING THE DEAD"

PSYCHOHERESY GONE WILD IN THE CHURCHES: JOHN ELDREDGE TO THE RESCUE OF EMASCULATED CHURCH MEN; ANOTHER GOSPEL PREACHED AND SWALLOWED HOOK, LINE, AND SINKER. MASCULINE CIVILITY MALIGNED AS EVIL!

    In keeping with the ongoing purpose driven saturation campaign and resultant rampant integration of counseling, psychotherapy, behavior modification, and other mind remediation and therapeutic methodologies into the churches, we would like to focus in on one particular "Christian author" of some popularity.
    He is John Eldredge, of http://ransomedheart.com/, and "The Father Effect" http://www.theperfectfather.org/, and YouTube Channel http://www.youtube.com/user/TheFatherEffect, former self-described "flaming pagan", known more recently for his books "Wild at Heart" and "Waking the Dead" among others of similar heretical nature and twisted theology born of his man-centered, carnal and wild imagination, bathed in psychobabble.
    See Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Eldredge, excerpt which conveniently omits his testimony of drug use, arrests, etc when young, but is declared in the Todd Friel audios below.

"Eldredge describes himself, "I’m 51. I live in Colorado Springs, Colorado. My wife Stasi and I have three sons. My graduate degree is in counseling. Professionally, I’m a writer and a speaker. I don’t pastor. I’m not a preacher. I don’t have a church that I lead." ^[1]

While living in Los Angeles Eldredge was looking for a "worldview." After exploring other religions, Eastern mysticism, Lao-Tzu, 
(see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lao-Tzu: excerpt: "The story of Laozi has taken on strong religious overtones since the Han dynasty. As Daoism took root, Laozi was recognized as a god. Belief in the revelation of the Dao from the divine Laozi resulted in the formation of the Way of the Celestial Master, the first organized religious Daoist sect. In later mature Daoist tradition, Laozi came to be seen as a personification of Dao. He is said to have undergone numerous "transformations", or taken on various guises in various incarnations throughout history to initiate the faithful in the Way."),
 and New Age spirituality, he discovered the writings of Francis Schaeffer, whom he calls one of the best philosophers of the 20th century. Through Schaeffer, Eldredge came to Christ and later to the church. He eventually got a master's degree in counseling and practiced in Colorado Springs before working for Focus on the Family.

John received his undergraduate degree in theater from California Polytechnic University (Pomona) and his MA in biblical counseling from Colorado Christian University under the direction of Dr. Larry Crabb (a very well known psychoheretic; see Martin Bobgan's article "Larry Crabb: "Dr. Doublespeak?" http://www.psychoheresy-aware.org/crabb12_4.html, and his e-book on Crabb "Larry Crabb's Gospel" at http://www.psychoheresy-aware.org/e-books/LCG-ebk.pdf), and Dr. Dan Allender. 
As per J. Beard's article about Crabb at http://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/exposes/crabb/crabb.htm,
"Crabb believes that the best counseling model is one in which "truth" from both the Bible and the "spoils" from secular psychology are "integrated" into a combined counseling model."
Prior to joining Focus on the Family in 1988, John served for five years on the staff of Sierra Madre Congregational Church in Southern California.

In July 2000, John left Focus on the Family to launch Ransomed Heart Ministries, a ministry devoted to furthering Christian spiritual life. A sought-after speaker, John travels extensively in the U.S. and abroad. John, his wife, Stasi, and their three sons live in Colorado Springs, Colorado.",

    The self-glorified unregenerate nature of Eldredge is evidenced by the prideful, condescending, unmitigated gall of replacing scriptural truths with anecdotal fairy tales, secular songs, alleged personal divine revelation to him (see: another of his books, "Walking with God: Talk to Him. Hear from Him. Really." sold at: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0785206965?ie=UTF8&tag=denbur-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0785206965.), which promotes "conversational intimacy" with God,and secular movie based explanations for his beliefs, with the psychoheretical approach of redefining the sin nature as an inheritance from our "wounded fathers". As if that is not enough, he mischaracterizes God and God's nature, salvation, and other fundamental Christian beliefs for the alleged purpose of helping men be more manly in a feminized culture.
    We have had personal experience with a church that claims it is traditional, conservative, and biblically based, but somehow justifies the incorporation of Eldredge's materials for the consumption by its young men. This is being done with the full approval of the leadership, and their position is adamant and defiant, in the face of and despite the overwhelming evidence that proves they are wrong and negligent for allowing this false teaching to enter their church and exposing their young men to it.
    We will present below all the evidence we have discovered to date which proves that many condemn Eldredge's writings as heretical, apostate, and anti-biblical. We also condemn this man's writings and pray that those who are so blinded and deceived will have the scales removed from their eyes and see the truth.

    As an introduction let's take a look at two promo videos for the "Wild at Heart Boot Camp":

Consider the following reviews of Eldredge's works and decide for yourself if this man's materials should be avoided. We believe that you should avoid them for yourself and for any church ministry programs.

Todd Friel of Wretched Radio has 8 serious but humorous audio critiques (4 for each) of "Wild at Heart" and "Waking the Dead". They should be listened to in sequence:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3-EFXObuD0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3esgFvR5PjU.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ElI1z5ysqM.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svhC8ZgRaX4.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11oFBxCAKn4.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLm3RBMwdhU.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVmqB9Ygdq8.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICD2n11r3Gs.

David Cloud of Way of Life article: "BEWARE OF JOHN ELDREDGE AND RANSOMED HEART MINISTRIES" at: http://www.wayoflife.org/database/eldredge.html

Puritan Board lists a whole host of negative critiques of Eldridge's works:
http://www.puritanboard.com/f90/wild-heart-captivating-john-eldredge-65492/.

Daryl Wingerd of Christian Communicators Worldwide critique is excellent:
http://www.ccwtoday.org/article_view.asp?article_id=105.

Stuart Brogden of Forgotten Word Ministries:
http://www.forgottenword.org/wildheart.html.

Byron Borger of Hearts and Minds has a critique that is most thorough and recalls Eldredge's mystical roots as well:
http://www.heartsandmindsbooks.com/reviews/john_eldredges_wild_at_heart_a/.

Midwest Outreach has its very good report specifically pages 3-7 and 14-15 of their newsletter:
http://www.midwestoutreach.org/Pdf%20Journals/2003/03sum.pdf.

Orrel Steinkamp of Let Us Reason Ministries has an article titled: "Braveheart vs. Mister Rogers: John Eldredge’s Walk on the Wild Side":
http://www.letusreason.org/BookR14.htm.

Jim Harmon of Psychoheresy Awareness Ministries is also excellent:
http://www.psychoheresy-aware.org/wahbkrev.html.

Greg Donner's Thoughts article: http://gregdonner.org/thoughts/thoughts7.html, which states:
"Let me start by saying that I do agree with Mr. Eldredge in what I believe is the basic point he tries to make in his book: that men need to be responsible, accountable people—not cowards—who need to stand up for what they believe. However, the approach and methods that Eldredge uses are neither balanced nor scripturally sound, resulting in a book both inaccurate and disturbing in its content." And: "Frankly, I detest this book because what John Eldredge teaches is unbiblical—extrapolating and twisting Scripture out of context—but also because there is a flagrant stereotyping of what masculinity is, as well as an attitude of pride and superiority in his book which I find disturbing."

Gary Gilley of Southern View Chapel presents a damning review and excellent in depth two part analysis of Wild at Heart:
http://svchapel.org/resources/articles/22-contemporary-issues/540-wild-at-heart-part-1.
http://svchapel.org/resources/articles/22-contemporary-issues/541-wild-at-heart-part-2.

Randy Brandt review:
http://www.randybrandt.net/contend/books.php?id=bWild.

Christianity Today review:
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2003/november/34.84.html.

Surph's Side Blog post: 

"Wild At Heart": the false god of John Eldredge and his integrationism"

http://surphside.blogspot.com/2013/02/wild-at-heart-false-god-of-john.html.

Susan Bertalotto at http://evangelists.wordpress.com/2008/10/13/the-apostasy-of-casey-treat/, excerpt:
"Then in 2004, I again attended CFC while visiting friends. That particular Sunday, after the worship service, Casey Treat drove up the middle aisle on a Harley Davidson motorcycle. He was advertising and promoting the Wednesday night men’s group that he taught. The reason for the Harley? Treat was demonstrating his “wild at heart” proclivities. He informed the men in the congregation that the book “Wild At Heart” by John Eldredge was being used in the men’s group. I just laughed; have you ever heard of that book? “Wild At Heart” is an emotional, beat-on-the-chest publication that describes how a man can be what he is meant to be. Oops, how a man can be what he is meant to be IN GOD. Eldredge had to add that or else Christians wouldn’t be suckered into buying it. I had checked into that book in 2002 when someone had asked me about it. You can look up parts of the book onamazon.com. On pages 3 and 4, the basic premise of the whole book is stated: (paraphrased) “Adam was created in the wilderness, outside of the Garden of Eden; Eve was created IN the Garden. Because Adam was created in the wilderness and placed in the Garden, he didn’t really belong there and wanted to get out the whole time he was in communion with God.” I kid you not! Read it for yourself. Since when does Adam want to get OUT of the Garden? The reason he left is because of SIN. Not because he wanted to be “wild at heart”. The whole premise is laughable if it wasn’t so sad. So Casey Treat bought the whole story – hook, line, and sinker. And he is teaching and encouraging the men in his church to buy into a lie also. Where is his discernment? Why is he not protecting the flock from wolves such as John Eldredge and Scott Peck?

Charisma Magazine: http://www.charismamag.com/index.php/online-exclusives/248-people-events/1404-pastor-is-blasted-after-bill-clinton-visits-california-church, excerpt:
"A member of Imago Dei church, which he describes as charismatic, Eldredge said he was deeply influenced by the teachings of Jack Hayford, former senior pastor of The Church on the Way in Van Nuys, Calif. "From pastor Hayford I learned the dynamics of healing, counseling, deliverance and discipleship--to see God's people truly set free," 
We have posted previously about Jack Hayford here:
http://ratherexposethem.blogspot.com/2013/02/jack-hayfords-involvement-in.html,
in which we pointed out Hayford's promotion of the Hebraic Messianic movement at his "King's University", his affiliation with the New Apostolic Reformation of C. Peter Wagner, John Wimber's Vineyard Church and Paul Crouch of TBN Broadcasting.
We said: "In these videos of an interview with Hayford, pioneer of the mega-church movement, mention is made of his song "Majesty", a dominionist, Kingdom-now worship song, reflective of his dominionist theology, which meshes with the "Christian Zionism" of John Hagee and the charismaticism, mysticism, and Zionism of the Messianic/Hebraic Roots movement. We also get to hear about his demonology and other beliefs which descends from Aimee Semple McPherson.

Example of Eldredge's influence on the undiscerning Mennonite brethren:

"Man Day" "Affirms Godly Masculinity, Service To Others" 

Organizers have hosted growing men’s event for six years. See: http://www.usmb.org/man-day-affirms-godly-masculinity-service-to-others. Quote: "Kroeker and other Man Day organizers—Kenyon Gerbrandt, Jason Klassen, Brian Banz, Mike Yutzy, Eric Flaming, Jeff Husted, Toby Kennedy and Brent Lang—take cues from John Eldredge’s Wild at Heart. “Aggression is part of the masculine design; we are hardwired for it,” writes Eldredge. Accordingly, Man Day activities include a mechanical bull, an extensive paintball course, college basketball on the big screen and a shooting range that offers a “120-gun buffet.” An annual highlight is the Great Pond Race in which salvaged cars are raced around a five-acre pond “until they smoke and die,” then set on fire or blown up. Food served throughout the event includes grilled steak, deep-fried Twinkies and Oreos, a crawfish boil and an infamous “bacon bomb.” For some, the day becomes a worship experience." (??? Really?) 

Scott Peterson of Churchlandia responds and condemns the above in his article:

"Godly Masculinity is Not Destruction & Aggression":

http://www.churchlandia.com/godly-masculinity-is-not-destruction-aggression/, 

Excerpt quoted:

"This event seems to reflect an entirely worldly and pagan festival of ritualistic destruction merely for the sake of reveling in such destruction. Such activities bear no likeness to the kingdom Jesus has established.  If aggression seems so natural to men it is not because it is God’s design but because we are complicit in the overwhelming narrative of aggression that runs through a damaged and groaning creation.  We are aggressive and seek destruction because we take pleasure in the fallen nature of this world. When we look to the consummation of God’s kingdom we discover that it will be free of all of this imagery.  It is a kingdom of hope and life; a kingdom of renewal and peace.  Most importantly, it is a kingdom for which we are called to be vanguards.  We are to be ambassadors of Christ’s kingdom and we are called to show this broken humanity that another world is possible and in fact is already among them."

    Still unconvinced about the need to reject and avoid Eldredge and his works? 
    Consider this last video of John Eldredge speaking at Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California, that we call "It's All About Heart, Not The Mind" when being a Christian. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcu3b-xyOtI.

    Well, that is just not biblical, but when your kids have gone to Westmont along with other children of emerging, contemplative and mystical personalities, using the mind just interferes with an experience with God. Lighthouse Trails Research added Westmont to its list of contemplative teaching schools in 2010, 
(see: http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/?p=5322).
This is the letter received by Lighthouse Trails which prompted their action: (Full Text):

 November 24th, 2010 |  Author: Lighthouse Trails Editors

LTRP Note: After confirming the information in this email, we have added Westmont College to the list of Christian schools that are going down the contemplative/emerging spirituality path. (Our list)

Dear Lighthouse Trails:

I have benefited from your Lighthouse Web site, especially in researching Spiritual Formation. Our _________ graduated from Westmont, where we were very involved via Parents Council. Under Gayle Beebe, the college began taking a different direction that has clearly alarmed us. Beebe has co-written a book with Richard Foster, who has spoken at chapel more than once, along with John Eldredge and Bill Hybels, who probably spoke because their children matriculated there.

(Beebe is also one of the evangelicals who signed a document in support of a Palestinian state, and is a signer of the evangelical green movement as well, documented in articles available on the internet.)

Now I also see that Houghton College is on your list, and I am sad. Shirley Mullen was an extremely popular and effective teacher and Dean, before becoming President of Houghton.

Below is [an article with ] the latest concerning Westmont. I have printed out the list of colleges and ministries from your site. Now you must add one more.

Sincerely, L.

Article about Westmont from Westmont College media relations department

Gift to Create Institute for Christianity, Culture at Westmont

Patty and Eff Martin also pledge to fund a Center for Spiritual Formation

By Scott Craig Trustee

Patty Martin and her husband, Eff, have made a significant pledge to Westmont College establish the Martin Family Institute for Christianity and Culture and the Dallas Willard Center for Spiritual Formation.

Patty Martin

President Gayle Beebe announced the gift Oct. 25 at the college’s Board of Trustees meeting.

“The purpose of the Willard Center is preparing a new generation of Christian leaders to articulate the philosophical, theological and biblical rationale for developing an interactive relationship with Christ,” Martin said. “We hope the center will help create an undergraduate major and minor in Philosophy, Psychology and Spiritual Formation.”

“We’re thrilled with this gift and expect the new institute and center to make a significant impact on our students and help Westmont become a leader in the discipline of spiritual formation,” Beebe said. “Our Gaede Institute for the Liberal Arts has focused new attention on the value of a liberal arts education, and we expect the Martin Family Institute and the Willard Center to also draw leading scholars nationwide to its conferences and conversations.”

The couple will fund the institute and center over a three-year period, and a search for a qualified director to oversee the center begins soon. Dallas Willard, noted author and professor at USC for whom the center is named, will lead a discussion by the presidents of Westmont, Azusa Pacific University, Pepperdine University and Gordon College in January 2011 to promote coordination of spiritual formation programs.

The Willard Center will launch a visiting fellow program in spring 2012 and begin planning a conference to be held in 2013. Other activities will include offering retreats and providing training in spiritual mentoring.

Martin joined the Westmont Board of Trustees in 2005. She and her husband learned about the college through the students and alumni they met at their church.

“Westmont graduates impress me and my husband with their vibrant faith and Christ-like character,” Martin says.

She became acquainted with former presidents David Winter and Stan Gaede and met Beebe through the Renovare organization.

A certified spiritual director who teaches classes in spiritual formation at Menlo Park Presbyterian Church, Martin earned a bachelor’s degree at San Jose State University and master’s degrees in education and counseling psychology at Notre Dame de Namur University.

She and her husband, Eff, have been married for 35 years and have three grown children. Eff Martin is a retired investment banker.

— Scott Craig is the media relations manager for Westmont College.

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PSYCHOLOGY,12 STEPS & RELIGIOUS PLURALISM IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH INFECTING PROTESTANT EVANGELICANISM

An exceptionally vivid and thorough article from Christian Discernment titled:
"Medieval Theology Meets the New Age 
 Religious Pluralism in the Contemporary 
Roman Catholic Church"

http://www.christiandiscernment.com/Christian%20Discernment/CD%20PDF/Book%20pdf/24%20Medieval%20Theology%20Meets%20the%20New%20Age.pdf, discusses on pages 23 to 27 the

"The Role of Modern Psychology"-(excerpt below, with bold print ours for emphasis)
    Our overview of religious pluralism must not neglect the enormous contribution of modern psychology. (i.e., in a negative way) The past hundred years reveals numerous efforts of zealous atheists to "explain" all religious faith as emerging from a common psychological source. An entire volume could be written about the influential connections between psychology and pluralism. Here we can only scratch the surface with an overview of key figures. Nevertheless, the role of modern psychology can hardly be overstated.
     Vatican II does not hesitate to affirm a positive role for modern psychology, informing us that "recent psychological research explains human activity more profoundly" (than the Scripture!) Grounding its conclusion in the belief that faith and reason are two distinct orders of knowledge: "...this sacred Synod affirms the legitimate autonomy of human culture and especially of the sciences." Having basically divorced the study of man from the study of God, the Council informs readers that pastoral care must make "appropriate use" of the secular sciences, especially psychology and sociology, in addition to theological principles. The stage is officially set for the invasion of atheists who wish to suppress the truth about man's relationship and responsibility to God. 
    Psychologists such as Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Erich Fromm, William James, and Abraham Maslow have all attempted to lump the world religions into one convenient basket, proposing common human
origins. God is reduced to man's unconscious, projected as an external divine being. The increasingly popular 12-step movement, founded by enemies of Christianity, contributes heavily toward 
the merging of all religions in its vague "God-as-you-understand Him" deity that denies exclusive truth. This is religious pluralism! Popular author Scott Peck, who has written the bestselling The Road Less Traveled and several other prominent works, professes Christian faith but is well known for his endorsement of religious pluralism. Over the past one hundred years, psychology has indeed made a major contribution to the emergence and popularity of religious pluralism.
    Paul Knitter is one pluralist who openly cites modern psychology in support of his aberrant views. As he begins his chapter about the "common psychic origin" of all religions, here is what he says concerning such attitudes toward religion:
    "They all have to do with the assertion that religious faith has its genesis in the human psyche: all religions arise from (or as part of) a common psychological process within the individual, which can be examined and interpreted by the scientists of the psyche--modern psychologists and psychiatrists."
    Knitter proceeds to give his readers a detailed analysis of Carl Jung's role in the study of religion. He cites Jung's theory about archetypes of the human unconscious:
    "Their general contents, Jung tells us, have to do with light and darkness, death and rebirth, wholeness, sacrifice, and redemption. He saw such archetypes as the common seedbed of all religions.... The archetypes are common to all religions, but symbols and myths will be different, dependent on the varying cultural, historical contexts."
    Jung further asserts that:
    "The collective unconscious contains the whole spiritual heritage of mankind's evolution, born anew in the brain structure of every individual."
    Knitter notes that Jung proposed an "'imprint' of God within the unconscious" but as a "scientist" Jung refused to comment on whether an "Imprinter" existed in reality. We are faced here with the unbeliever's inescapable knowledge of God as outlined in Romans 1:18 (and following), thus the "imprint." Note carefully, however, that this claim to ignorance is one that presupposes atheism. When Jung insists that the existence of God cannot be known, he assumes that the God of Christian theism, who has clearly revealed Himself (Romans 1; Psalm 19) cannot exist.
     According to Jungian psychology, "revelation" is radically redefined. It is no longer God speaking to man, but rather God speaking within man. Note the perversion of Romans 1. Man is created in God's image, and God does in a sense reveal Himself within man's consciousness; there is an inescapable knowledge of God that the unbeliever suppresses due to his rebellion. However, it is nevertheless God, distinct from His creation, who is speaking to man. God is not created by man's unconscious!
     Jung's view of Jesus is particularly alarming. He is merely "an effective symbol of the self." Jung blatantly denies His unique claim to divinity, and Knitter approves:
    "Jesus is for Jung one of the best symbols of the Christ, but he is not the only one. Jung had a psychological explanation for the traditional Christian claim for the exclusive uniqueness of Jesus: from the early history of the church, Christians have held that Jesus is 'one and only' precisely because he is such an effective symbol; having been grasped and transformed by this symbol, they naturally attribute to it 'a universally binding truth--not of course by an act of judgment, but by the irrational fact of possession, which is far more effective.'"
    It was Jung, in fact, who was possessed--not by Jesus but by demonic powers that he openly credits for his ideas. The statement above dismisses the eyewitness accounts of the resurrection and the claim of Jesus Christ to be God in the flesh. Both Knitter and Jung conveniently suppress vast portions of the New Testament, hoping that "psychological explanations" will demand the merging of all religions.
    Abraham Maslow is another prominent modern psychologist who espouses religious pluralism. He openly admits his agenda of replacing religion with a "religion-surrogate" grounded in values derived from within man. The worship of God the Creator is replaced by the individual "peak-experience" focused on self. Maslow identifies the divine revelations of all religions (Christianity included!) with such "peak-experiences" rather than any actual communication from the God of the Bible. He concludes that all religions are fundamentally the same:
    "To the extent that all mystical or peak-experiences are the same in their essence and have always been the same, all religions are the same in their essence and have always been the same."
    Maslow advocates the application of his theories to public education. Indeed, this is already occurring through the teaching of psychology as a "science" unrelated to any specific religion. Actually, psychology is vitally related to a particular religion: atheism! 
    There is so much more to be studied in this arena. Sigmund Freud was a militant atheist who proposed an "explanation" of Christianity in terms of his ludicrous Oedipal theory. He lumped all religions together and rejected them in toto. William James, writing Varieties of Religious Experience, assumed that all religious experience is basically mysticism and can be explained as such. He neglected any adequate consideration of Christian theism. Erich Fromm demanded man's radical freedom from God. Albert Ellis declared religious faith a symptom of irrationality, or "mental illness."
    These systems have a common thread, merging all religious faiths, either to explain, embrace, or reject. But even when all religions are theoretically embraced, watch out! Christianity, with its claim to the exclusive truth of the gospel, is necessarily excluded. Religious inclusivism includes all except the one true faith."
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THREE MEN BEHEADED BY SYRIAN AL QAEDA REBELS WITH KITCHEN KNIVES

WARNING: 

GRAPHIC VIDEO OF BEHEADINGS 

BY OBAMA BACKED REBELS IN SYRIA:

THE SATURATION OF THE CHURCH WITH PSYCHOLOGY AND COUNSELORS MASKED WITH CHRISTIANESE AND LIP SERVICE FOR THE BIBLE

    Bob Kellemen is the Executive Director of the Biblical Counseling Coalition, http://biblicalcounselingcoalition.org/, the Founder and CEO of RPM Ministries, http://www.rpmministries.org/. For seventeen years he served as the founding Chairman of and Professor in the MA in Christian Counseling and Discipleship department at Capital Bible Seminary in Lanham, MD. Bob has pastored three churches and equipped biblical counselors in each church. He is a teaching/leading elder at Cornerstone Community Church in Hobart, Indiana. Bob and his wife, Shirley (who is a kindergarten teacher), have been married for thirty-two years; they have two adult children, Josh and Marie, one daughter-in-law, Andi, and one granddaughter, Naomi. Dr. Kellemen is the author of nine books including Equipping Counselors for Your Church. 

    Bob Kellemen of RPM Ministries http://www.rpmministries.org/, promoted his book "Equipping Counselors For The Local Church" in this video in 2011, in which he describes his aim is to saturate the church with counselors. 
    However, this is an integrative approach nevertheless, i.e., mixing secular psychology with the Bible, which is an oxymoron and a slap in the face of God.
God hates mixtures of His Word with man's wisdom.
See: Jacob Prasch article at Moriel Ministries about mixtures that God hates:
http://www.moriel.org/articles/sermons/understanding_the_mixture.htm.
Quote from above:
"In an age where pop psychology is masquerading as biblical doctrine things can become very confusing. Today we hear so much about things being a mixture of truth and error, or carnal and spiritual, good and bad, or even godly and demonic. To make matters worse, we are too often being given mixed signals. Instead of giving a clear indication of what the signals actually mean so many of our pastors and once respected leaders are now telling us things like "the light is neither red nor green but amber" - leaving us suspended in a limbo not knowing whether to go or to stop. Arriving at a right doctrinal position and discerning things in a biblical manner in times like this has become more and more difficult for many sincere believers genuinely wanting to know the truth so as to do what is right. But in an increasingly complexed maze like this, the first and foremost question is to ask "What does God say about mixture in his word?" "

2 Corinthians 6:14-18 MKJV
(14) Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers; for what fellowship does righteousness have with lawlessness? And what partnership does light have with darkness?
(15) And what agreement does Christ have with Belial? Or what part does a believer have with an unbeliever?
(16) And what agreement does a temple of God have with idols? For you are the temple of the living God, as God has said, “I will dwell in them and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.”
(17) Therefore come out from among them and be separated, says the Lord, and do not touch the unclean thing. And I will receive you
(18) and I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.

Deuteronomy 22:9-11-Mixture Forbidden:
9 "You shall not sow your vineyard with different kinds of seed, lest the yield of the seed which you have sown and the fruit of your vineyard be defiled.
10 "You shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together.
11 "You shall not wear a garment of different sorts, such as wool and linen mixed together.

Three laws are given back to back that are so different, yet strangely identical. God is saying not to mix things.
Lev. 19:19 You are to keep My statutes. You shall not breed together two kinds of your cattle; you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor wear a garment upon you of two kinds of material mixed together.
In other words, God hates mixture, and wants us to avoid it even in insignificant ways. Why? Because little compromises always end up leading to worse compromises.
Does God really care if you plow with an ox and a donkey together? Yes, because they are quite literally unequally yoked. In the same way, God hates it when a believer yokes together with an unbeliever:
2Cor. 6:14-16 Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness? Or what harmony has Christ with Belial, or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever? Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols?...
Does God really care when a garment is made of two materials? He seems to, especially considering that he wants us to be the same, cut from the same cloth. He hates it when people bless and curse with the same mouth.
James 3:9-10 With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the likeness of God; from the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be this way.
Does God really care about breeding two kinds of cattle? It would seem so, since He definitely hates it when people combine Christianity with paganism:
1Cor. 10:21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons.
Is two kinds of seed being sown really that big of a deal? I don't know, but I do know that God hates it when people attempt to pursue Him and money simultaneously:
Matt. 6:24 "No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth."
When you mix, you get corruption. Take for example when you mix hot and cold. What do you get? Lukewarm.
Rev. 3:15-16 "I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot. So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth."
God wants our lives to be marked by holiness and oneness, not mixture.

Biblical Counseling Coalition is advertising the Nancy DeMoss "True Woman/Revive '13" conference this coming September 20-21, 2013 in Illinois at this link: http://biblicalcounselingcoalition.org/calendar/event/52710. 

See: http://www.truewoman.com/revive13/, which will appeal to and focus on women's "needs" and ministry goals. What kind of "help" will these women receive this time with the backing, influence and recommendation of Kellemen?

 This is the same Nancy DeMoss who taught the women in attendance at a recent True Woman conference to draw and pray inside "chalk circles"; see our post here: http://ratherexposethem.blogspot.com/2013/06/nancy-leigh-demoss-hearts-revived-but.html.

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Richard Bennett of Berean Beacon www.bereanbeacon.org, describes how the churches are filled with counseling using psychological methodologies mixed with secular business models and practices, modeled after the Catholic philosophy and theology of adding to the Bible with salvation by works based on the concept that the Word of God is "incomplete and/or inadequate" to demands of the modern era and the types of problems people encounter today:

JIM SAVASTIO, REFORMED BAPTIST, ON "THE BIBLE AND PSYCHOLOGY"-12 SERMONS

Jim Savastio has twelve sermons on Sermon Audio about "The Bible and Psychology" here:
http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?currSection=&sermonID=1120321823.

RICHARD GANZ 16 SERMONS SERIES ON "PSYCHOBABBLE: THE FAILURE OF MODERN PSYCHOLOGY AND THE BIBLICAL ALTERNATIVE

Richard Ganz of http://richardganz.com/, born Jewish, convert to Jesus Christ, discusses at length about "Psychobabble" his book, and the language of psychoheresy:

See and hear all 16 sermons at Sermon Audio:
http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=4200795512.

POPE FRANCIS EXPOSED

Richard Bennett, ex-Catholic priest, of Berean Beacon, http://bereanbeacon.org/, has published a comprehensive report of who exactly Pope Francis is, behind the carefully crafted facade of a model of Saint Francis. This is the full text unedited:

Pope Francis Shows His True Colors

By Richard Bennett

In the sixteenth century, the Reformation, through its emphasis on the ultimate authority of the Bible and the Gospel of grace, began to dislodge the Papacy from its position as co-ruler of the Holy Roman Empire. The truth of Scripture and the Gospel gave men and women the knowledge and courage to stand up against the Inquisition, a system of tortures by which the Papacy had enforced submission to papal dogma. This enforced submission had given the Papacy the power to wield tremendous influence with the emperor and among the kings of the empire. Thus Ignatius of Loyola, a contemporary of Martin Luther, founded the Jesuits in 1530 for the very purpose of defending the Papacy from further loss of its power base. The Jesuits’ objective has always been to increase the temporal power of the Papacy to align with the Roman Catholic dogma that the Pope has the right to judge, “the highest civil office in a state.”¹ However, since the demise of the Holy Roman Empire in the late eighteenth century, the Papacy has had no civil authority by which to enforce obedience to its moral rulings.

It is a well-established fact that the Jesuits throughout their history have caused many serious disturbances by their nefarious schemes within the civil governments of many countries. Over the centuries, they have justifiably earned their reputation as troublemakers to the extent that they were denied residence in some nations for varying periods of time.

Nevertheless, their objective of increasing Papal religious and civil power beyond its previous height remains unchanged. Therefore, in order to move forward the Papacy’s drive for power in the current religious and civil arenas, this Jesuit Pope must efface the historic image of the Jesuit Order.

Cosmetic Alteration of the Historic Jesuit Image

Once Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected, he chose the name Pope Francis in honor of St Francis of Assisi. St Francis, known to be a softhearted lover of nature, was also known for his humility and gentleness. Thus, in building an image or persona for himself in the public eye, Pope Francis has shrewdly implied that he would be similarly unassuming, kind, and harmless. Since there has never been a pope named Francis, the name carries with it no papal baggage. Immediately following Pope Francis’s election, the media made much of his unassuming nature by showing him paying his own hotel bill for his stay during the enclave. This was followed with news that he was not going to take up residence in the Vatican’s usual papal apartments, but instead would take a smaller, more humble suite, ostensibly to live a “normal” life in touch with the laity by being visibly among them.² Further, he graciously welcomed back into the Vatican the previous pope, Benedict XVI, who under rumors of unpleasant circumstances, had abruptly resigned. Was this not the modern St Francis, kindly restoring to the aged and ailing Benedict some remnant of the honor that had so suddenly departed him? The steady stream of these and other similar public appearances continues to craft the optics into an image for the new pope that is the anti-type of the traditional Jesuit.

Catholic Dogma Underlying Pope Francis’s Inaugural Address

However, in the very first sentence of his inaugural address on March 19, 2013, Pope Francis presented a feature very different from the persona being carefully groomed by the optics. Indeed, even as out of the heart the mouth speaks, so the new Jesuit Pope began to display audibly his genuine image. While thousands of people were crammed into Saint Peter’s Square, and millions across the world listened by television and radio, the new pope stated, “Dear Brothers and Sisters, I thank the Lord that I can celebrate this Holy Mass for the inauguration of my Petrine ministry...”³ Francis knew the claimed power that is embedded in the term, “Petrine ministry.” As the official Catechism of the Catholic Church states, “…the Roman Pontiff, by reason of his office as Vicar of Christ, namely, and as pastor of the entire Church, has full, supreme and universal power over the whole Church, a power which he can always exercise unhindered.”⁴ It is highly significant that Pope Francis began his speech by thanking the Lord that he could celebrate Mass for the inauguration of what he said was “my Petrine ministry.” His opening sentence shows where his heart is; namely, in himself, in his position, and the power entailed in such a position. It is this particular idea, i.e., that the Pope is the Apostle Peter’s successor, which has been the undergirding authority for the Papacy’s identity in the world since the time of Pope Gregory VII in the eleventh century. The nature, indeed, the very identity of the Office of the Papacy of the Roman Catholic Church is at stake. Thus, the Papacy will concede nothing regarding this claim but rather use it to establish itself as the stable institution in the midst of current tumultuous times.

Accordingly, using this supposition, Pope Francis’s inaugural homily was a masterpiece in showing his Jesuitical disposition. He opened by saying, “I thank the Lord that I can celebrate this Holy Mass for the inauguration of my Petrine ministry on the solemnity of Saint Joseph…” He then stated that God called Joseph—

“to be the custos, the protector. The protector of whom? Of Mary and Jesus; but this protection is then extended to the Church… How does Joseph exercise his role as protector? Discreetly, humbly and silently, but with an unfailing presence and utter fidelity…”⁵

These are carefully chosen words meant to evoke a certain frame of mind in the listener. He then makes application:

“Let us protect Christ in our lives, so that we can protect others, so that we can protect creation! The vocation of being a “protector,” however, is not just something involving us Christians alone; it also has a prior dimension which is simply human, involving everyone.”

At this point, Francis has introduced major Catholic social doctrine under the guise of “protection;” that it is everybody’s job, not just the Christians’ job, to protect everybody; and also (though not stated here), all goods because all possessions in the creation belong to everyone.⁶ In Catholic social doctrine, everyone, even those who are not Roman Catholic, must fulfill his duty to others as the Roman Catholic Church defines that duty; and this is one of the things to which Pope Francis is referring when he states that there is a “prior dimension” to his idea of protection.⁷ Thus he says,

“Please, I would like to ask all those who have positions of responsibility in economic, political and social life, and all men and women of goodwill: let us be “protectors” of creation, protectors of God’s plan inscribed in nature, protectors of one another and of the environment…”

He also states that protection is required because in every age “there are ‘Herods’ who plot death, wreak havoc, and mar the countenance of men and women.” He does not define the lurking “Herods” more closely; but he does define what he thinks needs protecting. It is this:

“To protect Jesus with Mary, to protect the whole of creation, to protect each person, especially the poorest, to protect ourselves: this is a service that the Bishop of Rome is called to carry out.…”

Clearly Pope Francis does not understand that the glorified Jesus Christ, the “only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords,”⁸ needs no protection. Moreover, he ignores the biblical commandment against praying to the dead.⁹ When he closes his homily, he prayed instead, “I implore the intercession of the Virgin Mary, Saint Joseph, Saints Peter and Paul, and Saint Francis, that the Holy Spirit may accompany my ministry…” He has not prayed to Almighty God through Jesus Christ that the Holy Spirit would accompany his ministry; rather, he has called on dead saints, none of whom can hear nor answer his prayer, to induce the Holy Spirit to accompany his pontificate. Clearly, Pope Francis has neither true biblical understanding of who the Lord Jesus Christ is nor how He fulfills His role as Head of the Church.¹⁰

Notice the position to which the Lord Jesus Christ has been relegated in all this. Rather, by weaving together the choice of papal name with the theme of protection as his opening homily, Pope Francis has made it clear that he intends to protect the Papacy and its social objectives during his term of office.¹¹ The fact that he has said it in gentle terms, by calling on the images of Francis of Assisi and Joseph, Mary’s husband, does not make it any less lethal.

Thus, it was on day of his inaugural address that Pope Francis began his Pontificate with the mark of a true Jesuit, i.e., primarily defending the Papacy against the Gospel and biblical truth at all costs. With the very opening of his pontificate, the true image of Francis was brought forth into the light of day by his own words, showing him not as humble and harmless, but as proudly dogmatic and utterly opposed to biblical truth.

The Pope’s Objective Regarding Pagan Religions and Evangelicals

Further, on March 20, 2013, Pope Francis addressed religious leaders across the world. Among other matters, Francis stated,

“…It is a cause for particular joy to meet today with you, delegates of the Orthodox churches, the Oriental Orthodox churches and ecclesial communities of the West...Together with you I cannot forget how much that Council has meant for the road of ecumenism...For my part, I wish to assure you…of my determination to continue on the path of ecumenical dialogue. I ask you, dear brothers and sisters, to bring my cordial greeting and the assurance of my remembrance in the Lord Jesus to the churches and Christian communities here represented... I then greet and cordially thank you all, dear friends belonging to other religious traditions; first of all the Muslims, who worship the one God, living and merciful, and call upon Him in prayer, and all of you. I really appreciate your presence: in it I see a tangible sign of the will to grow in mutual esteem and cooperation for the common good of humanity.”¹²

On March 20 Pope Francis addressed religious

leaders across the world

From these remarks, Pope Francis has demonstrated effectively that he will not protect the truth of the Scripture and the Gospel of grace. He does not believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as revealed in the Bible alone. It is a well-known fact that Allah, who the Muslims worship, is not the God of the Bible. Since Pope Francis must know this, his remarks point to his ecumenical objective, a goal to be accomplished by high-powered flattery and false ecumenical dialogue.

The Pope’s Objective Regarding Nations and Governments

Moreover, two days later on March 22, 2013, Pope Francis spoke to a group of diplomats representing governments that have a relationship to the Vatican. His speech began with these words:

“Dear Ambassadors, Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you again for all the work that you do, alongside the Secretariat of State, to build peace and construct bridges of friendship and fraternity. Through you, I would like to renew to your Governments my thanks for their participation in the celebrations on the occasion of my election, and my heartfelt desire for a fruitful common endeavour. May Almighty God pour out his gifts on each one of you, on your families and on the peoples that you represent. Thank you!”¹³

In his address, Pope Francis emphasized the fact that the Pope is known as the “pontiff,” or “a builder of bridges,” and stated, “In this work [with governments], the role of religion is fundamental.” While few people realize it, the Pope claims the right to judge those who hold highest civil office in a state. This blending of things civil and religious has been the papal method of operation throughout the centuries. At the present time, the Roman Church seeks to implement her socialist ideas by using her power as a religious system working through her own status as a civil state. As a religious system, she is able to command a “fifth column” within many nations.¹⁴ By her influence as a civil power, Papal Rome is also able to substantially influence civil rulers and civil policy in many nations and international bodies. The Church of Rome has 179 legal agreements with nations across the world. These “concordats,” as they are called, guarantee that the Catholic Church has the right to define religion and worship for Catholics within that sovereign nation. They also secure for the Vatican the right to define doctrine, establish Catholic education, and negotiate laws regarding property, appointing bishops, and Catholic laws of marriage and annulments.

The Republic of Argentina has had a legal agreement with the Church of Rome since 1957. Thus, as Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio in Argentina, he would have known well the benefit that the legal agreement meant to the Roman Church.

In addressing the diplomats from governments that have a relationship to the Vatican, Pope Francis knew just how important it is to woo civil governments into legal liaison with Papal Rome. Thus, the new Pope continues the Vatican’s civil/legal relationships with nations across the world in its endeavor to move civil governments to implement its global socialist agenda.

Mother Church Presumed to Bestow Faith and Morality

On April 23, 2013, less affable facets of the namesake of St Francis surfaced again. In Pope Francis’s sermon for Mass that day, he stated explicitly,

“The reading today makes me think that the missionary expansion of the Church began precisely at a time of persecution, and these Christians went as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch, and proclaimed the Word. They had this apostolic fervor within them, and that is how the faith spread!...But some in Jerusalem, when they heard this, became nervous and sent Barnabas...he saw that things were going well. And so the Church was a Mother, the Mother of more children, of many children. It became more and more of a Mother. A Mother who gives us the faith, a Mother who gives us an identity. But the Christian identity is not an identity card: Christian identity is belonging to the Church, because all of these belonged to the Church, the Mother Church. Because it is not possible to find Jesus outside the Church....And the Mother Church that gives us Jesus gives us our identity that is not only a seal, it is a belonging. Identity means belonging… Think of this Mother Church that grows, grows with new children to whom She gives the identity of the faith, because you cannot believe in Jesus without the Church...And let us ask the Lord for this ‘parresia’, this apostolic fervor that impels us to move forward, as brothers, all of us forward!”¹⁵

On April 23 the Pope makes the outrageous claim

that Mother Church gives a person “Jesus”.

Pope Francis’s premise is that one’s identity as a Christian can come only through faith in “Mother Church,” which secondarily also gives them “Jesus.” In fact, he is teaching official Catholic dogma which states,

“Believing is an ecclesial act. The Church’s faith precedes, engenders, supports and nourishes our faith. The Church is the mother of all believers. ‘No one can have God as Father who does not have the Church as Mother.’”¹⁶

These statements are a serious affront to those who recognize them for the falsehoods that they are. Undoubtedly Pope Francis believes what he has stated. However, his teaching reflects an old but clever argument aimed at those who do not know their Bibles. Pope Francis and his Church refuse to believe in the authority of the Bible alone; therefore, they fail to believe that faith alone in the Lord Jesus Christ alone is a gift given by the Lord God Himself through the Holy Spirit, and not by any church. The object of faith is the Person of Christ Jesus, as Scripture states, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved ...”¹⁷ This faith is God-given, as declared in Scripture by the Apostle Peter, “Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.”¹⁸ Furthermore, this God-given faith comes by hearing the Word of God as is stated, “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”¹⁹ Nevertheless, Pope Francis stated, “The Mother Church that gives us Jesus gives us our identity.” This is traditional Roman Catholic Church teaching.²⁰ Thus it is that the Papal Church itself is presented as the only instrumental way of approaching God and of finding salvation. Clearly To look to a church as the means of conveying Jesus to people rather than looking to Jesus Himself, “the author and finisher of our faith ²¹ is “another gospel.” The Lord explicitly declared, “no man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him”²² and “this is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.”²³ Consequently, Pope Francis’s statement that “Mother Church that gives us Jesus gives us our identity” is scripturally speaking, “accursed” as stated by the Apostle Paul, “If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.”

Conclusion

Pope Francis is both clever and deceitful as he protects his Church against the Scriptures and the Gospel of grace. He is moving forward with the centuries old papal objective of ruling the world as Vicar of Christ. Therefore, he continues to set before the world an optical persona of humility and harmlessness while the words from his mouth delineate him as dogmatic and destructive. In opposition to the Gospel of salvation, Pope Francis talks about salvation gained by trusting in “Mother Church.” Thus, he presents to the world a so-called spiritual apparatus for the salvation of men that, according to Scripture, neither saves nor sanctifies anyone. The system over which he presides professes to have all that a church ought to have; yet, it imposes upon people the horrendous deceits documented in this article, which fraudulence the Apostle called, “all-deceivableness of unrighteousness.”²⁴

The Lord Jesus Christ prayed emphatically the night before He died. His prayer is answered in the life of every believer who is justified by God’s saving grace alone. God’s grace is received through faith alone, and the object of that faith is Christ alone. Christ Jesus prayed, “that they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.”²⁵ The Lord knew very well those for whom He prayed. The objects of His prayer were clear to Him. These believers embrace eternal life as the Holy Spirit regenerates them. Thus, the foundation for true saving faith is utterly of God. Those for whom the Lord prayed are “born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.”²⁶ It is only by the absolute grace of God that you receive the gift of eternal life. There is, nevertheless, the correlation between your inheritance, the gift of eternal life in Christ Jesus, and your duty, which is to obey God. The greater the gift, the greater is the obligation to express our gratitude in a suitable and becoming manner. Thus the Word of God instructs us, “whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.”²⁷

The same truth has a grave warning for Pope Francis and all those who believe in the traditions and sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church rather than directly believing on the Lord Himself by the authority of His written Word. God is the same just and righteous God under the Gospel as He was under the Law in the Old Testament. He deals with us in love and grace; yet, He in Himself remains “a consuming fire.”²⁸ He is the God of strict justice who will avenge Himself on all who have not received the love of the truth, but rather look to a church or some person other than the Lord Jesus Christ alone for life. The Lord Jesus Christ has lived the perfect life and, willingly of His own volition, has made the faultless, propitiatory sacrifice for sin. To refuse to believe in Him alone is a critical offense. When the Lord Jesus dealt with the sincere and devout Pharisees, He gave them a very strong word, “I said therefore unto you, that you shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.”²⁹ You may say that you are a good Catholic and that you want to please God in this present life and hope to live with Him forever; that is a noble goal. You may be as sincere and devout as the Pharisees, but like them, if you personally neglect to believe on Him alone for your salvation, you likewise will die in your sins.

Distinct faith and trust on the Lord Jesus Christ alone is essential and frequently highlighted in Scripture. “He that believeth on the son hath everlasting life.”³⁰ “He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.”³¹ Thus, it is that you must believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, who gives life now, and forever! This is the living way, the only way to eternal life. It is spiritual death to attempt to come to God through a so-called “Mother Church.” The way to the Eternal Father is through the Lord Jesus Christ alone; His death is for us the way to true, eternal life. Those who receive this eternal life given by Christ are not only redeemed from the empire of death, but they also live and reign with Him as they are sanctified daily through His Word by the Holy Spirit, and by constant fellowship with Him. Thus, in our beloved Savior, we joyfully praise Him, our everlasting Father, “How excellent is thy loving kindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.”³² ♦

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1 In present-day Canon law, the Catholic Church states, “It is the right of the Roman Pontiff himself alone to judge in cases mentioned in Can. 1401:1 those who hold the highest civil office in a state....” Canon 1405, Sect. 1

2 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/the-pope/10086876/Pope-Francis-shunned-official-papal-apartments-to-live-normal-life.html 5/29/2013

3 www.vatican.va/holy_father/francesco/homilies/2013/documents/papa-francesco_20130319_omelia-inizio-pontificato_en.html

4 Catechism of the Catholic Church, Para 882

5www.vatican.va/holy_father/francesco/homilies/2013/documents/papa-francesco_20130319_omelia-inizio-pontificato_en.html

6 The Vatican’s official statement regarding possessions;

www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/letters/2007/documents/hf_ben-xvi_let_20071012_settimane-sociali_en.html

7 “As citizens of the State, it is their duty to take part in public life in the first person and, with respect for the legitimate autonomies, to cooperate in forming social life correctly, together with all other citizens, in accordance with the competencies of each one and under his or her own autonomous responsibility.”

www.vatican.va/holy_father/francesco/homilies/2013/documents/papa-francesco_20130319_omelia-inizio-pontificato_en.html

8 I Timothy 6:15

9 Deuteronomy 18:10-11

10 “For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.” Ephesians 5:23

11 These objectives are listed in the “Compendium of Church Social Doctrine” and in the Vatican Council II documents on ecumenism.

12 www.zenit.org/en/articles/pope-s-address-to-representatives-of-the-churches-ecclesial-communities-and-other-religions

13 www.vatican.va/holy_father/francesco/speeches/2013/march/documents/papa-francesco_20130322_corpo-diplomatico_en.html

14 Radical Islam is doing essentially the same thing today as it demands the right to teach its people their religion, including Sharia Law, within the Western nations – regardless of the fact that Sharia Law contravenes the laws of the sovereign nations in which these Muslims live, even as the Papal socialist agenda contravenes the U. S. Constitution.

15 www.vatican.va/holy_father/francesco/homilies/2013/documents/papa-francesco_20130319_omelia-inizio-pontificato_en.html (emphasis not in original)

16 Catechism of the Catholic Church (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 1997) Para 181

17 Acts 16:31 Conditional: if his family believed in Christ as he is commanded to do, they too would be saved.

18 II Peter 1:1 (emphasis added)

19 Romans 10:17

20 Catechism, Second Ed., Para 824 “It is in the Church that ‘the fullness of the means of salvation’ has been deposited. It is in her that ‘by the grace of God we acquire holiness.’”

21 Hebrews 12:2

22 John 6:44

23 John 6:44 and John 6:29

Galatians 1:9

24 II Thessalonians 2:10

25 John 17:21

26 John 1:13

27 Hebrews 12:28

28 Hebrews 12:29

29 John 8:24

30 John 3:36

31 I John 5:10

32 Psalm 36:7-9