THE CHURCH MILITANT
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GULEN'S CHARTER SCHOOLS: RADICAL ISLAMIC ORGANIZATION RUNS THE LARGEST PRIVATE SCHOOL NETWORK
IN U.S. CHARTER SCHOOLS
Sibel Edmonds joins Alex Jones live in studio to expose the organization
which runs the largest private school network in the United States and
the billionaire behind it all: Fethullah Gulen.
Meet The Most Powerful Islamic Network In The World, Controlled By The CIA
Sibel Edmonds joins Alex Jones live in studio to identify The Gulen
Movement, headed by Fethullah Gülen, which is the most powerful,
well-funded Islamic Network in the world, controlled by the CIA.
Is This Imam Educating Your Children & Getting Nearly $50 Billion Of Tax Subsidies?
Most on the right know George Soros and his leftist agenda. Few know the
leader of this Islamic cult, imported & protected by the DeepState
into our country, who is running a vast network of tax funded schools in
America. Sibel Edmonds, Newsbud.com, reveals the man & the agenda.
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Church of Sweden Archbishop Antje Jackelén has led the push to stop referring to God as “He.”
In
a sign of the growing apostasy in the historic state churches across
the world, the Church of Sweden has decided to adopt “gender neutral”
language when referencing God and their leader even referred to the Holy
Spirit as a “she.” The move is yet another sign of the end times
falling away in the church prophesied throughout Scripture. Changing the Bible for A Political Agenda
The Bible is clear that God made man in HIS image.
According to reports:
“The Church of Sweden is
urging its clergy to use gender-neutral language when referring to the
supreme deity, refraining from using terms such as “Lord” and “he” in
favour of the less specific “God.”
The move is one of several
taken by the national Evangelical Lutheran church in updating a
31-year-old handbook setting out how services should be conducted in
terms of language, liturgy, hymns and other aspects.
The decision
was taken on Thursday at the end of an eight-day meeting of the church’s
251-member decision-making body, and takes effect on 20 May on the
Christian holiday of Pentecost.
A former state church,
headquartered in Uppsala, some 37 miles north of the capital, the church
has 6.1 million baptised members in a country of 10 million. It is
headed by a woman, Archbishop Antje Jackelén.” (source).
The Church has hit back at these reports calling them “fake news”:
“It’s not true,” were a spokesperson’s first words when The Local called to ask.
“It’s
not true,” repeated Sofija Pedersen Videke, head of the Church’s
service of worship committee, which was heavily involved in the work on
the new handbook before it went before the Church Assembly. “It’s not
true, it’s fake news. I am aghast and wonder where it’s coming from?” (source).
According
to the church’s response, rather than “banning” masculine pronouns for
God, the changes to the handbook merely promoted more inclusive
language. The use of “he” and “Lord” for God was still permitted.
However, when one examines what the changes actually say, it’s clear the
Church of Sweden is blatantly altering Scripture to suit their own
political, apostate agenda. Among the recommended changes to liturgical
prayers was the following:
“God, Holy Trinity, Father
and Mother, Son – Sister and Brother, and Spirit – Lifeguard and
Inspirator, lead us to your depths of wealth, wisdom and knowledge.” (source).
“Theologically, we know that God is beyond our gender determinations, God is not human,” explained Archbishop Antje Jackelen,
the female head of the church. On top of this the Church moved to use a
female grammatical gender for the Holy Spirit, which they claim was
based on the Hebrew term for Holy Spirit.
Does God Have A Gender? Is God Male or Female?
The Church of Sweden’s position is blatant doctrinal error. In the Bible, God is revealed as having a gender – male:
“And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;And
he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and
when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed
himself toward the ground, And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant: Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:” – Genesis 18:1-4.
When
God not only appeared on Earth but came to Abraham’s home and dined
with him, He was male. Abraham saw God and identified The Lord as a man
along with the male angels escorting Him.
Jesus Christ, who is
God, is of course male. In His incarnation on Earth The Lord was born as
a male baby from a human woman. The Bible leaves no room to reinterpret
the gender of Jesus Christ. And in the New Testament Jesus Christ
refers to God as “Father” approximately 160 times.
The Holy Spirit – who is the Third Person of the Trinity, and God, is male in Scripture:
“And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even
the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth
him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you,
and shall be in you.” – John 4:16-17.
“But
the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my
name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your
remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” – John 14:26.
“But
when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father,
even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall
testify of me:” – John 15:26.
“Nevertheless
I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I
go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I
will send him unto you.” – John 16:7.
On
4 separate occasions, The Lord Jesus Christ explicitly identified the
Holy Spirit as male. How could a church leadership body so blatantly
disregard the Bible? Because they are not concerned with upholding
Biblical Christianity or contending for the faith. Instead, these are
“wolves in sheep clothing” – false teachers, preachers and “priests”
presenting themselves as “Christian leaders” but are instead spreading
incorrect doctrine.
“I
charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall
judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine. For
the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after
their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching
ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.” – 2 Timothy 4:1-4.
The
Bible warns that a time was approaching when the church would no longer
“endure sound doctrine” or be willing to even listen to sound, Biblical
Christian teachings. Instead they would want teachers based on who
could tickle their “itching ears” – or in other words, preach a message
that suited their sinful desires. The Church of Sweden’s new guidelines
are a perfect example of this apostasy.
Bishop Eva Brunne has pushed for Muslim prayers rooms and removal of crosses in Swedish churches.
In 2009, this same group ordained the first openly gay female bishop, Eva Brunne. Since that time, Brunne has called for churches to remove their crosses so as not to offend Muslim refugees entering the country. Additionally, she has recommended certain churches set up Muslim prayer rooms (which point to Mecca) to accommodate visiting Muslims or refugees.
“Making
a room available for people of other faiths does not mean that we are
not defenders of our own faith. Priests are called to proclaim Christ.
We do that every day and in every meeting with people,” Brunne reportedly said. “But that does not mean that we are stingy toward people of other faiths.”
This
is blatant sinful rebellion. Time and time again, God commands His
believers to worship no other God. When the Devil tempted Jesus to
worship him, The Lord responded: “…Get thee hence, Satan: for it is
written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou
serve.” (Matthew 4:10).
Note
that the openly lesbian bishop Brunne attempts to strike a very
compassionate chord with her reasoning for allowing Muslim prayer space.
It’s out of a desire to not offend and to share rather than be “stingy
to other faiths.” This human-centered reasoning is very on trend with
the progressive, inclusive, God-denying sentiment of the times. But
Christians are called to follow The Lord Jesus Christ – not the world.
The Book of 2 Corinthians directly rebukes Brunne’s position:
“Be
ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship
hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light
with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
And
what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple
of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in
them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore
come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch
not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.” – 2 Corinthians 6:14-17.
Rather
than stand for Biblical truth, many churches like the Church of Sweden
have gone after the praise and adoration of the world. The Church of
Sweden’s continued descent into apostasy and one world religion is also
seen in their effort to raise funds for “God’s House” a construction project which will add a mosque to an already-existing Church of Sweden building.
The goal is to physically connect the church, mosque and a Catholic
chapel via a glass-walled courtyard and promote “…peace and coexistence
between religions.”
Pray for Sweden
A model of “God’s House” (Guds Hus) project in Sweden that will house a church, mosque and catholic cathedral.
Pray
for the nation of Sweden and its church leaders to repent. The Church
of Sweden leadership was correct about one thing: the cross of Jesus
Christ can be offensive to some. The Apostle Paul wrote: “For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.” (1 Corinthians 1:18-19).
It is time for the “enlightened”, “progressive” false teachers and heretics of this day to understand that the Gospel
as preached in the Bible must offend. Why? Because it reveals all our
sin. It goes directly to the heart of the matter – that all people, male
and female, without exception – are sinners who willingly and knowingly
rebel against God in thought, word or deed daily. And for our guilt we
are all deserving of eternal punishment in Hell. This is what causes so
much offense – that the Bible shines a light on our evil deeds. Society
wants to preach that we are all good, special and awesome all on our
own. Christianity teaches that we are sinful wretches deserving of the
wrath of The Lord God who will one day judge us all.
Is this is a
hard message? Yes. But God did not end the message there. The good news
is that despite our sin, despite our perversion, hatred, jealousy,
violence and greed – The Lord still loves us. God not only loves us all –
His desire is that we all be freely forgiven through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ
on the cross – which atoned for our sin. Pray for the remnant of
Bible-believing Christians in Sweden to continue to boldly preach the
true Biblical Gospel of free forgiveness
in Jesus Christ. The world needs to know that there is a Father in
Heaven and that they too can be forgiven when they put faith in Him as
revealed in His Divine Word.
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The Pentagon will allow transgender individuals to enlist in
the armed forces as of January 1st, 2018, according to a report by the
Associated Press.
This is in defiance of President Trump who tweeted in July that after
consulting with his Generals he had made the decision to restrict
transgender people from serving in the US military.
The President stated the military must focus on decisive victory and
cannot be burdened with the exorbitant medical costs and other hardships
that undeniably accompany transgender men and women.
After consultation with my Generals and military
experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not
accept or allow……
The new policy decision by the Pentagon comes amid mounting social and legal pressure to deny biological differences between males and females.
Two federal courts have ruled against Trump’s attempt at a ban on
transgender recruits; however, one wonders at the validity of such
motions after the Supreme Court ruled against the activist judges that
attempted to block the President’s travel ban.
Regardless, the January 1st guideline will be executed as required,
and should the Trump administration make any appeals against the
decision it will not be reversed or put on hold until the final ruling
is made.
The timing of this policy announcement signals that the Pentagon has
little faith that any legal attempts to reinstate the ban will be
successful, yet it is possible this issue also will be taken to the
Supreme Court which should be expected to rule in the President’s favor
as he has the utmost authority over the military as the
Commander-in-Chief.
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WASHINGTON —A federal judge has denied the Trump
administration’s request to place a hold on her order allowing those who
identify as the opposite sex to enlist in the military beginning Jan.
1.
“In sum, having carefully considered all of the evidence before it,
the court is not persuaded that Defendants will be irreparably injured
by allowing the accession of transgender individuals into the military
beginning on January 1, 2018,” Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, appointed
to the bench by then-President Bill Clinton, wrote in an opinion on Monday.
“To the extent Defendants argue that accepting transgender
individuals on January 1, 2018 would harm military readiness, the
court directs defendants to the court’s finding in its October 30, 2017
memorandum opinion that, on the record before the court, there is
absolutely no support for the claim that service of transgender
individuals would have any negative effect on the military at all,” she
asserted. Read the order in full here. As previously reported,
Trump announced his decision to reinstate the ban on transgenders in
the military in July, advising that the issue is a distraction and would
place a burden on the finances of the Armed Forces.
“After consultation with my generals and military experts, please be
advised that the United States government will not accept or allow
transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S.
military,” he tweeted. “Our military must be focused on decisive and
overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical
costs and disruption that transgenders in the military would entail.
Thank you.”
Weeks later, five service members filed suit to challenge the ban, with the assistance of the National Center for Lesbian Rights and GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders.
“Because they identified themselves as transgender in reliance on
[the government’s] earlier promise [of lifting the ban], Plaintiffs have
lost the stability and certainty they had in their careers and
benefits, including post-military and retirement benefits that depend on
the length of their service,” the lawsuit read.
Kollar-Kotelly issued an injunction in
favor of the complainants in October, writing in part, “On the record
before the court, there is absolutely no support for the claim that the
ongoing service of transgender people would have any negative effective
on the military at all. In fact, there is considerable evidence that it
is the discharge and banning of such individuals that would have such
effects.”
However, while Kollar-Kotelly blocked Trump’s ban from being
enforced, she also declined to place a restraining order on the
government ban on paying for “sex reassignment” surgeries.
“[N]o plaintiffs have demonstrated that they are substantially likely
to be impacted by the sex reassignment surgery directive, and none have
standing to challenge that directive,” she wrote as none of the
plaintiffs had proven that they would not be able to obtain their
desired operations before the prohibition took effect in March 2018.
After the government sought clarification on whether or not
Kollar-Kotelly’s enlistment order “prohibit[s] the secretary of defense
from exercising his discretion to defer the January 1, 2018 effective
date,” she advised that there could be no postponement.
The U.S. Department of Justice asked for a stay on Wednesday, but
Kollar-Kotelly opined that there was no reason for enlistment not to go
forward as per the Obama administration’s original memorandum.
The Pentagon says that it will comply with the ruling for now, but is also working on appealing the order.
“As required by recent federal district court orders, the Department
of Defense recently announced it will begin processing transgender
applicants for military service on January 1, 2018. This policy will be
implemented while the Department of Justice appeals those court
orders,” the U.S. Department of Defense said in a statement.
“The United States District Court for the District of Columbia
ordered DoD to implement, effective January 1, 2018, the accession
policy issued by former Secretary Carter in 2016. DoD and the Department
of Justice are actively pursuing relief from those court orders in
order to allow an ongoing policy review scheduled to be completed before
the end of March,” it explained.
GOOGLE TRIES TO CENSOR THE FACT THAT ATTEMPTED NYC BOMBING WAS ISIS ATTACK
Google’s response to the attempted terror attack in New York this
morning, widely reported to have been carried out by a Bangladeshi ISIS
supporter, was to suggest it would censor information related to the
suspect’s connection to the Islamic State or the religion of Islam. A terrorist detonated a pipe bomb in a subway passage between Times
Square and the Port Authority Bus Terminal — one of the busiest transit
hubs in the world — during the Monday morning rush-hour, injuring three
people and causing commuter chaos.
Akayed Ullah, a Bangladeshi native, detonated part of his “low tech”
explosive in the passage just 200 feet from the bus terminal at West
42nd St. and Eighth Ave. at 7:20 a.m., officials said. Three commuters suffered minor injuries, officials said. The suspect in custody after the New York explosion is Akayed Ullah,
said Police Commissioner James O'Neill. Ullah wore an "improvised
low-tech explosive device attached to his body," which he intentionally
detonated, O'Neill said. He is now at Bellevue Hospital, where he is
being treated for lacerations and burns to his hands and abdomen, New
York City Fire Department Commissioner Daniel Nigro said.
An explosion occurred during the Monday morning rush hour at New York
City's Port Authority, police said.
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ROME — In one of the feasts and celebrations marked
on the Roman Catholic liturgical calendar leading up to Christmas,
Catholics around the world observed the Feast of Immaculate Conception
on Friday, a day in which those who follow the religion commemorate
their belief that Mary was conceived in her mother Anne’s womb without
original sin.
Jorge Bergoglio, also known as Pope Francis, delivered an Angelus
address, during which he claimed that the angel Gabriel’s reference to
Mary as being “full of grace” meant that there was no sin in her. Most Bible translations use the phrase “highly favored,” while a few use “full of grace.”
Through this wording, Gabriel “reveals the new name which God has
given her and which befits her more than the one given by her parents,”
Bergoglio asserted, according to a report by Vatican Radio.
He said that being “full of grace” meant that “Mary [was] full of the presence of God.”
“And if she is entirely pervaded by God, there is no place in her for
sin,” Bergoglio claimed. “This is extraordinary, because unfortunately
the whole world is contaminated by evil.”
“She is the only ‘always green oasis’ of humanity, the only
uncontaminated one, created immaculate so that she could welcome fully,
with her ‘yes,’ God who was coming into the world,” he continued,
echoing the 163-year-old doctrine.
An article penned by Dave Armstrong in April for the National Catholic Register entitled “Scripture, Through an Angel, Reveals That Mary Was Sinless”
outlines that “Catholics believe that God gave [Mary] the grace at her
conception so as to avoid the original sin which she inevitably would
have inherited, being human, but for God’s preventive grace, which saved
her from falling into the pit of sin by avoidance rather than rescue
after she had fallen in.”
And because Mary had no sin, she did not age by it, Bergoglio claimed. As previously reported,
Roman Catholics also believe that Mary did not die, but was assumed
into Heaven, both body and soul. The “Feast of Assumption” is observed
every August by adherents to the religion.
The figure of Mary atop the Column of Immaculate ConceptionBergoglio later visited Rome’s Piazza de Spagna, where he presented a prayer
to Mary before a sculpture that was commissioned in 1857 by Pius IX.
The figure, which rests atop the lofty Column of Immaculate Conception,
was created by Giuseppe Obici, and shows Mary stomping the head of a
serpent.
“Immaculate Mother, for the fifth time I come to your feet as bishop
of Rome to pay you homage on behalf of all the inhabitants of this
city,” Bergoglio prayed. “We want to thank you for the constant
care with which you accompany us on our journey. … Thank you, because as
soon as we turn our thoughts or a fleeting glance towards you, or
recite a quick Hail Mary, we feel your maternal presence, tender and
strong.”
He referenced Alphonse Ratisbonne, who, according to Catholic legend,
saw a vision of Mary in 1842 and converted from atheism. Bergoglio
visited the Church of St. Andrew on Friday, where Mary is stated to have
appeared to Ratisbonne.
“You revealed yourself to him as a mother of grace and mercy. Grant
that we too, especially in times of trial and temptation, may fix our
gaze on your open hands, hands that allow the Lord’s graces to fall upon
the earth,” Bergoglio stated.
“[L]et us place our hand in yours and allow ourselves to be led back
to Jesus, our Brother and Savior, and to our Heavenly Father, who never
tires of waiting for us and forgiving us when we return to Him,” he
concluded. “Thank you, mother, for always listening to us! Bless the
Church that is in Rome. Bless this city and the whole world. Amen.” As previously reported,
the concept of the immaculate conception was declared by Pope Pius IX
on December 8, 1854, who issued a proclamation ex cathedra claiming that
it had been revealed to him by God that Mary was conceived without sin.
“We declare, pronounce and define that the doctrine which holds that
the blessed virgin Mary, at the first instant of her conception, by a
singular privilege and grace of the Omnipotent God, in virtue of the
merits of Jesus Christ, the Savior of mankind, was preserved immaculate
from all stain of original sin, has been revealed by God, and therefore
should firmly and constantly be believed by all the faithful,” he said.
While many Catholics observe the feast day by attending mass,
evangelicals believe that the doctrine is unbiblical and takes the focus
off Christ.
Gendron“To
suggest that Mary was conceived without sin because she was greeted as a
‘favored one’ is absurd and nonsensical,” Mike Gendron of Proclaiming the Gospel Ministries told Christian News Network.
“As in many religious traditions that deny or oppose God’s word, the
immaculate conception of Mary denies the sinfulness of all humanity,” he
stated. “It all begins with Adam who was our federal head and
represented all of humanity. When he sinned, ‘sin entered into the
world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because
all sinned’ (Rom. 5:12). His one sin resulted in condemnation to all
men, including Mary (Rom. 5:18). Through his one act of disobedience,
his descendants, including Mary, were made sinners (Rom. 5:19).”
Gendron noted that the doctrine of “immaculate conception” has
“spawned other heresies about Mary” as well, and has distorted the true
Mary of the Scriptures.
“In 1950, the pope declared Mary’s body was assumed into Heaven
because she lived a sinless life,” he outlined. “The Catechism teaches
that Mary was sinless and continues to bring us the gifts of salvation.
It teaches that she was the cause of salvation for herself and the whole
human race and she will deliver souls from death. She is said to be
co-mediator with Jesus in Heaven, which makes her an another way to
approach God. Catholics refer to her as the Mother of God and she
bestows aid and comfort to the people of the world.”
But “Mary is no more the mother of God than Joseph is the father of Jesus,” Gendron said.
He contrasted the Mary of the Roman Catholic religion with the one mentioned at times in the New Testament.
“Scripture has very little to say about Mary. When she appears with
the other believers on the day of Pentecost, she’s not an object of
worship or even a leader in the early Church,” Gendron noted. “There are
no occasions of anyone ever praying to her, honoring her or venerating
her. She is never mentioned in any presentation of the gospel.”
“Jesus Christ alone is our Redeemer, Deliverer, Mediator and
Advocate. He alone is to be worshiped, adored, honored and praised now
and throughout all eternity!” he declared.
Being a former Roman Catholic of 30 years, Gendron expressed his
desire that Catholics would examine every papal doctrine in light of
Scripture and repent of what he called Mariolatry, or placing Mary on
too high a pedestal, making an idol of her.
“God’s word exposes the many errors of the Catholic religion,” he
said. “As the federal head and representative of all humans, Adam’s act
of sin was considered by God to be the act of all people and his penalty
of his sin was judicially made the penalty for all. Paul explains it
this way: When Adam sinned, ‘sin entered into the world, and death
through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned’ (Rom.
5:12). His one sin resulted in condemnation to all men, including Mary
(Rom. 5:18). Through his one act of disobedience, his descendants,
including Mary, were made sinners (Rom. 5:19).”
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Roman Catholicism is essentially a necromantic death cult, praying to
the dead, worshiping a dead woman, and collecting decapitated and
dismembered body parts to hold in sacred veneration. They have vials of Mary’s breast milk (it’s been pasteurized,
apparently), St. Janarius’ blood, Saint Catherine of Sienna’s head, the
foreskin of Christ, Saint Antonius’ body, the heart of Saint Camillus,
the hand of Saint Teresa, the tongue and jaw of Saint Anthony, and
everything but the feet of Saint Peter. All of these are either on
traveling display or enshrined in a religious pilgrim tourist trap, and
hold special religious power or blessings (and occasionally indulgences)
for going to see them. But sometimes, the dismembered body parts come
to us.
The severed hand of Saint Francis Xavier will be making a 14-city
tour of Canada from January 3 to February 2. It will be traveling
with Angèle Regnier, who says the adventure “will be like having a road
trip with a friend.” On flights, the hand will have its own seat next to
Regnier.
Describing Xavier, CBC Radio quotes Regnier:
“St. Francis Xavier is one of our
patron saints. We really like him a lot. He came to faith at
university…He was the cool guy. He was the athletic guy. Probably
partying more than doing his schoolwork.”
According to the Papists, the hand of Xavier hasn’t rotted as quickly
as a normal hand, meaning that it’s a supernatural sign of God’s
preservation. Pictures of the hand, however, demonstrate that the
supposed preservation is still pretty gross.
How would you like to sit next to this thing on a plane?
According to Catholic lore, Francis Xavier was discipled in faith by
the founder of the Jesuit Order, Ignatius Loyola. He died in 1552 in
India, but for the sake of relic-hunting (which was – and still is – a
big revenue developer), his arm was taken from his (supposed) grave
later in the 17th century.
Reiner says, “So somehow the agreement was made for the arm to go to
the Mother Church in Rome. It’s his right arm, so it’s the arm that he
would have use to baptize and heal and, you know, done amazing things
with.”
If you want to use the hand’s journey through Canada as an opportunity to preach the Gospel to idolaters, here is its schedule:
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In the year 1095, Pope Urban II ordered the first invasion of Israel,
calling on all the Christians of Europe to physically take back the
Promised Land by force. He famously shouted, concerning their reclaiming
of Jerusalem from the Muslim hordes, “Deus vult!” or “God wills it!”
Thus would begin the first of seven military invasions over the next 200
years known as the Crusades. You can find that speech here. Here’s an except of Pope Urban II’s remarks about Jerusalem…
From the confines of Jerusalem and the city of
Constantinople a horrible tale has gone forth and very frequently has
been brought to our ears, namely, that a race from the kingdom of the
Persians, an accursed race, a race utterly alienated from God, a
generation forsooth which has not directed its heart and has not
entrusted its spirit to God, has invaded the lands of those Christians
and has depopulated them by the sword, pillage and fire; it has led away
a part of the captives into its own country, and a part it has
destroyed by cruel tortures; it has either entirely destroyed the
churches of God or appropriated them for the rites of its own religion.
They destroy the altars, after having defiled them with their
uncleanness. They circumcise the Christians, and the blood of the
circumcision they either spread upon the altars or pour into the vases
of the baptismal font. When they wish to torture people by a base death,
they perforate their navels, and dragging forth the extremity of the
intestines, bind it to a stake; then with flogging they lead the victim
around until the viscera having gushed forth the victim falls prostrate
upon the ground. Others they bind to a post and pierce with arrows.
Others they compel to extend their necks and then, attacking them with
naked swords, attempt to cut through the neck with a single blow. What
shall I say of the abominable rape of the women? To speak of it is worse
than to be silent. The kingdom of the Greeks is now dismembered by them
and deprived of territory so vast in extent that it can not be
traversed in a march of two months. On whom therefore is the labor of
avenging these wrongs and of recovering this territory incumbent, if not
upon you? You, upon whom above other nations God has conferred
remarkable glory in arms, great courage, bodily activity, and strength
to humble the hairy scalp of those who resist you.
So then, because of the “accursed race” and “race utterly alienated
from God” (the Arabs), Pope Urban II said it was the duty of western
Christians to help their eastern counterparts take back Jerusalem from
the Persians.
Yesterday, President Donald J. Trump announced, “I have determined
that it is time to officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of
Israel.” By recognizing Jerusalem as the capital city, Trump announced
that the world’s (arguably) greatest superpower recognized Jerusalem as
a city belonging to Israel, and not a city belonging to the
non-sovereign territory known fallaciously as “Palestine.”
The Pope – along with most world leaders – denounced Trump’s decision
to specify that Jerusalem belonged to Israel and not to Palestine. Pope
Francis said…
“I
cannot remain silent about my deep concern for the situation that has
developed in recent days,” Francis said at his weekly general audience
at the Vatican. “And at the same time, I wish to make a heartfelt appeal
to ensure that everyone is committed to respecting the status quo of
the city, in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the United
Nations.”
“Jerusalem
is a unique city, sacred to Jews, Christians and Muslims, where the
Holy Places for the respective religions are venerated, and it has a
special vocation to peace.”
Pope Francis heartily
disagrees with Pope Urban II. For the Roman Catholic Church in 1095,
Jerusalem belonged neither to Jews nor Muslims. Today, the Pope says the
city belongs equally to all three religions. Before Trump made the
decision official, the Pope said on Tuesday, “[I hope] wisdom and
prudence prevail, in order to avoid adding new elements of tension to a
global panorama that is already convulsed and marked by so many and
cruel conflicts.”
Conflicts like…the Crusades, maybe?
According to press reports,
the Pope made his contrary remarks after meeting privately with
Palestinian leaders with whom he regularly has interfaith dialogue.
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Roman Catholics are preparing to pray the rosary in a program they
have called “Rosary on the Borders” in order to protect the United
States from terrorism. The prayer initiative is taken from the Rosary on
the Borders in Poland, in which Papists gathered on the two thousand
mile border and prayed for protection of their nation last October. Now,
American Catholics will gather to pray the superstitious incantation of
the rosary to their false god. The name of the Romish organization putting together the prayer
initiative is called USA Rosary on the Coasts and Borders, and they
acknowledge that America’s massive national borders will be much harder
to literally cover, as they were able to do in Poland. By comparison to
Poland’s two thousand miles of border, the United States has a northern
border of nearly 4 thousand miles, a southern border of nearly 2
thousand miles, and over 98 thousand miles of coastline. Nonetheless,
the Papists say that they will create “a prayer shield by
representation.” They are asking for only 53 Roman Catholics –
representing U.S. states and territories – to put the prayer shield in
place that will provide divine power to protect America. source link The goal, according to an organizer, is “to ask Our Lady to save the
USA from Islamic jihad, from the denial of the Christian faith, and for
an end of abortion.” So, in other words, they’re praying to a dead
woman. In fact, the date of December 12 was chosen as the day of prayer
because it coincides with the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, which
celebrates the only apparition of Mary in the New World pronounced
authentic by the Catholic Church (which took place at the Villa de
Guadalupe in 1531).
Patricia Lemmon, who is putting together the prayer initiative, said,
“So the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, victor of Lepanto, seems the
ordained date for America to link with Poland…Thus we will jointly block
jihad and embrace faith and life.”
Roman Catholics take the same idolatrous, superstitious approach to
ministering at abortion clinics, as they typically stand on the street
mumbling their prayers to their dead woman. While their faith is
commendable, the object of their faith is an idol, and cannot justify or
make any eternal or temporal difference. They have set up a link to help organize the Marian prayer shield here. For why the rosary and prayers to Mary are idolatry, click here.
ROBERT SPENCER: PAKISTAN RELEASES JIHAD MASTERMIND, AGAIN SHOWS IT'S
NO ALLY OF THE U.S.
Jihad Watch director Robert Spencer discusses the implications for
Pakistan's alliance with the United States of Pakistan's release of
jihad terror mastermind Hafiz Saeed from house arrest.
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EU officials announced they have begun court action against Poland, Hungary
and the Czech Republic over their opposition to the bloc’s mandatory relocation
scheme. The EU has now turned over the three countries to the European Court
of Justice (ECJ). Although the ECJ possesses powers to interpret provisions of
international refugee law, the current crisis — which has caused chaos and led to jihad
attacks, and which threatens the fabric of European culture and society — is
unprecedented. The EU’s relentless attack on the Visegrad group is a troubling, fascist-
like interference in the sovereignty of those nations. The publication Deutshe Welle
indicated that Brussels is determined “to see this scheme carried out,” despite the
position in the Court,” and declared: “No one will lift the duty of providing public safety
from the Polish government.”
It is the duty of every sovereign free nation to protect the citizens
of its country. Anything less is an evasion of responsibility at best,
treason at worst.
“EU chiefs refer Poland, Hungary and Czech Republic to ECJ over migrant quotas”, by Nick Gutteridge, Express, December 7, 2017:
EU officials announced they have begun court action
against Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic over their opposition to
the bloc’s mandatory relocation scheme.
The decision is likely to provoke a furious response from the leaders
of the three states, which have all argued that the programme presents a
security threat to their citizens.
It risks once more plunging Brussels into a bitter and acrimonious
battle with three of its newest member states, at a time when the bloc
is trying to uphold its remarkable unity of Brexit.
In September Hungary and Slovakia lost an appeal to the ECJ against
the legality of the scheme after arguing that it should have been taken
by a unanimous decision of the member state.
After that case eurocrats wrote to all four states not honouring
quotas, with Slovakia subsequently dropping their opposition, ordering
them to immediately start taking in migrants.
In a statement the Commission said: “The replies received were again
found not satisfactory and three countries have given no indication that
they will contribute to the implementation of the relocation decision.
“This is why, the Commission has decided to move to the next stage of
the infringement procedure and refer the three Member States to the
Court of Justice of the EU.”
EU Commission first vice-president Frans Timmermans blasted: “There
can be no free riders in serious crises. We must be able to depend on
every single member state.”
He added that “there is no sea wide enough, no fence wide enough to
stop people coming” and Europe must learn to adapt to modern migration
patterns.
Hungary and Poland, which have right-wing populist governments, have
previously vowed not to comply with any order from the EU to start
taking in migrants saying it transgresses their sovereignty.
Both face heavy fines for failing to comply with any eventual ruling
by the Luxembourg-based ECJ but have said they will face the
consequences to carry out their voters wishes.
Hungary was today separately referred to the ECJ over a separate
crackdown on foreign funded NGOs and educational establishment which is a
crude attack on billionaire financier George Soros.
The EU set up the migrant quota scheme at the height of the 2015 with
the intention of distributing 160,000 refugees around the bloc to ease
the burden on Greece and Italy….
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The Bulgarian parliament has moved to criminalise the
promotion of radical Islam, including advocating a caliphate, religious
violence, and sharia law.
Kudos to Bulgaria for tackling political Islam head on and making the
important point that the “change in law was not aimed at targeting a
religion but a dangerous ideology.” As stated by UP Member of Parliament Boris Yachev:
Radical Islam is a particularly aggressive and dangerous ideology that justifies violence and the murder of [infidels]
The article goes on to say that Yachev was “insisting it also excused ‘slavery and genocide’ as a ‘systemic policy.’”
Yachev’s words are not difficult to grasp, but many will refer to
such truths as “Islamophobic.” The only notable issue in the quote is
that Yachev is not “insisting” anything of his own accord. What he
describes is in plain black and white in the Quran and Sunnah. Of course
not all Muslims live in accordance with such texts, but those texts are
there, and adhered to by enough Muslims to require Western governments
to take action to protect their culture and citizens against those who
adhere to them.
Promoting any ideology of violence or one threatening the
law and constitution of the nation could be punishable with one to five
years in jail and a fine of around £2,000, the Bulgarian newspaper
Dnevnik reports.
Bulgaria should be congratulated, and should serve as a model nation
in its recognition of the Islamic ideology. That ideology is indeed
invoked by those committing jihad attacks, as well as by those
practicing female genital mutilation, sex slavery, the persecution of
infidels and apostates, the murder of gays and the like. Let’s also hope
that Bulgaria researches and take a further step to outlaw stealth
jihad groups that are found to have ties to recognized terrorist
organizations (such as unindicted co-conspirators to terrorism). For example, even the United Arab Emirates deemed the “unindicted co-conspirator” CAIR to be a terrorist entity.
These stealth organizations also shield jihadists by means of their
incessant victimology narrative and promotion of the word “Islamophobia”
to beat down legitimate criticism of Islam.
“The Bulgarian parliament has moved to criminalise the promotion of
radical Islam, including advocating a caliphate, religious violence, and
sharia law”, by Liam Deacon, Breitbart, December 7, 2017:
The Bulgarian parliament has moved to criminalise the
promotion of radical Islam, including advocating a caliphate, religious
violence, and sharia law. The legislature adopted the amendments to the nation’s criminal code
aimed at tackling radical Islam on their first reading this Wednesday. They were proposed by a nationalist electoral alliance called the United Patriots (UP). Promoting any ideology of violence or one threatening the law and
constitution of the nation could be punishable with one to five years in
jail and a fine of around £2,000, the Bulgarian newspaper Dnevnik
reports. UP Member of Parliament Boris Yachev told the paper that the change
in law was not aimed at targeting a religion but a dangerous ideology. “Radical Islam is a particularly aggressive and dangerous ideology
that justifies violence and the murder of [infidels],” he said,
insisting it also excused “slavery and genocide” as a “systemic policy”.
His party proposed a legal definition of radical Islam, which,
according to the law’s parliamentary reading, includes “when a person is
agitating for the creation of an Islamic State [or caliphate]”.
Other tenets are promoting religious law over secular law, the
“forcible application of religious principles”, advocating violence
including “sacred war against non-Muslims [jihad]”, and recruiting
people into Islamist terrorism.
In June 2016, the Bulgarian parliament voted with a large majority to
become the third European nation to ban the Islamic full-face veil, or
burqa, finalising the law in September with a fine of around £90.
As a legacy of almost 500 years of Ottoman Turkish rule, Bulgaria has
one of the biggest Muslim minorities in Europe at about 12 per cent of
its 7.1 million population, Reuters reports.
Speaking in October of this year, Deputy Prime Minister Krasimir
Karakachanov said: “It turns out that problems [with radical Islam] we
see in a number of European countries already exist in Bulgaria.”
He claimed that “extremely liberal” laws were allowing the spread of more radical strains of Islam in education and training.
“It is mostly the… financing by private structures of religious
communities that attempt to realise political influence in the
country,”….
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Perry Noble had a few choice words for us in a selfie video done from his car.
He did not like our sermon review. Or, at least, the last line about his appeal for
money.
“I tend to stay away from the discernment websites – um
– because, well just because. But their hypocrisy they can’t even see.
For example, one did a story on me and Second Chance Church – whooh! –
and was cutting on me and made a big deal that I ended my message with
an appeal for money. Like, that’s a big surprise because church’s don’t
need money.”
Noble’s video.
Noble, who did the video dressed like Malibu’s Most Wanted, then showed a screenshot of our article, Scare Quote Expolosion: “Pastor” Perry Noble’s “Church” Launch “Sermon” a Total Mess, which includes an auto-tag at the bottom of our Paypal link. It appears at the bottom of every article, automatically.
Noble then says, “Idiots.” He added, “I know, I know. Jesus would not
have called them that. He would have called them white-washed tombs or a
brood of vipers.” The Pharisees, of course, were never insulted by
Jesus for caring about doctrine or holiness, but for being ignorant of
God’s Word (for more on the Pharisees, read here). First, he was Jonah. Now he’s Jesus.
Let’s clear this up. First, we did not “make a big deal” that he
ended his message with an appeal for money. In fact, it was a single
line, “He ended with an appeal for money.” That’s it. That’s the
statement. It was not a “big deal,” as Noble suggests. The post included
971 words, only 7 were about Noble’s appeal for money. That’s .72% of
the article devoted to the appeal for money. In comparison, Noble spent
close to 100% of the message eisegeting himself into Scripture,
comparing himself to Jonah, attacking discerning Christians (and by
extension, the church that fired him), and appealing for money and
support from his cluttered living room.
While it’s true that churches need money, what Perry Noble is doing
is not a church. He is not a pastor. He is soliciting funds because – as
he said – he cannot just work at Target. That, and he has to pay Lindsay Lohan’s former PR guy to help him rebuild his reputation. Real churches don’t need to pay for that.
To recap our review of Noble’s message:
He refused to call sin, “sin.”
He asked, “I’ve screwed up, now what” and didn’t follow it up with “repent.”
He attacks discerning Christians.
He cited from the Pericope Adulterae without any semblance of understanding its textual problem.
He allegorized the story of Jonah, and made himself into the hero of the story.
He took Romans 11:29 out of context to make it about him being fired from the minsitry, twisting it from its meaning.
It seems that, ignoring all of the above, Perry Noble is caught up on
criticisms that involve money. So what do you think Perry Noble is all
about?
Perry Noble’s theology is incredibly bad. This isn’t the first time
Noble attacked discernment, and we wrote about his poor theology and
anti-discernment sentiments in the article, Theologians and Perry Noble, a Perp Who Doesn’t Like the Police. Seth Dunn wrote at the time…
Jesus loves His church. Does Perry Noble seem like a
leader of Christ’s church to you? The reason Perry Noble doesn’t like
the theology police is because they cost him money. When the
theology police, whoever they are, write articles like this one or point
out that Noble can’t so much as preach through the Ten Commandments,
his giving units (aka church members) question the wisdom of remaining
at NewSpring and giving their money there. If you are at NewSpring, at
this point, you should be questioning your continued participation at
NewSpring.
Who says cessationists can’t be prophetic? We said he wasn’t
qualified then, and he wasn’t. His church said he wasn’t qualified, and
he was not. We said he wasn’t qualified, and he’s still not. And when we
critique his theology in detail, Noble only defends his appeals for
money so that he doesn’t have to work at Target (his words).
Noble’s sleezy Hollywood public relations guy is going to hate him if he keeps doing these weird videos.
Just when the correlation between rising teen suicide and screen time is
being widely reported, Facebook announces a new application
specifically targeting younger kids.
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More and more Protestants are testifying they are being drawn to the Catholic Church, especially through the Eucharist. Some say they have encountered the presence of Christ in a new and exciting way. One such person is Presbyterian pastor Steven Muse. Muse is one of the contributing authors of Mary the Mother of All: Protestant Perspectives and Experiences of Medjugorje.
Madonna of Medjugorje (photo: bigstockphoto.com; used with permission)
According to Muse, his visit to Medjugorje was life changing, especially after he encountered the Eucharistic Christ. He states:
The fact remains that never before or since
in my life have I had such an encounter with Christ in the Eucharist. I
believe this is because I never received the bread and the wine as the
Body and Blood of Christ, so what I loved in my heart and believed with
my mind were never experienced as real in the here and now of my bodily
presence as I encountered him again and again for the entire week.
Sometimes this happened twice a day as I received Communion both in the
morning at English Mass, and again in the evening at the Croatian Mass,
where I did not even understand what they were saying or singing but
only prayed the rosary in my own language with the others as if I had
been saying “Hail Marys” all my life. What was true was that Father, Son
and Holy Spirit were real. And Mary was real.1
While Muse testifies of a real encounter with Christ and then Mary while visiting Medjugorje, Protestant evangelist Benny Hinn made a prediction that Christ will be showing up on stage at his crusades. On March 29, 2000, Hinn made the following statement on his television program:
The Holy Spirit has spoken, He told me He is
about to show up. Oh, I gotta tell you this just before we go. I had a
word of prophecy from Ruth Heflin, you know who Ruth Heflin is? Ruth
prophesied over me back in the seventies. Everything she said has
happened. She just sent me a word through my wife and said: The Lord
spoke to her audibly and said, that He is going to appear physically in
one of our crusades in the next few months. Yeah, She … I’m telling ya
she said, the Lord spoke to her audibly and said, tell Benny I’m going
to appear physically on the platform in his meetings. Lord, do it in
Phoenix, Arizona in the name of Jesus! And in Kenya too, Lord, please,
Lord, in fact, do it in every crusade in Jesus’ name.2
For those who have followed the ministry of Benny Hinn, the previous statement should come as no great surprise. Hinn had previously claimed that Jesus materialized to him during a Catholic Mass while he was participating in Communion at a Catholic Church in Amarillo, Texas.Speaking with Paul Crouch on a Trinity Broadcasting Network “Praise the Lord Program” on December 24, 1997, Hinn described this experience:
The next thing I was feeling was actually the
form of a body, the shape of a body. And my body … went totally numb.…
And God really gave me a revelation that night, that when we partake
communion, it’s not just communion, Paul [Crouch]. We are partaking
Christ Jesus himself. He did not say, “Take, eat, this represents my
body.” He said, “This is my body, broken for you…” When you partake
communion, you’re partaking Christ, and that heals your body. When you
partake Jesus how can you stay weak? … sick? … And so tonight, as we
partake communion, we’re not partaking bread. We’re partaking what He
said we would be partaking of: “This is my body.”3
While Benny Hinn would not be considered a Catholic by his followers, the previous statement indicates he has been influenced by the Catholic teaching of the Eucharistic Christ. Hinn’s ministry has had a powerful influence on people all over the world. It will be interesting to see if his acceptance of transubstantiation and the Presence of Christ in the Eucharist will become more and more apparent.
It should be noted, however, that the Catholic Church does not teach that transubstantiation occurs when a Protestant minister does a communion service. On the contrary, the official teaching is that only a Catholic priest has the power to perform this transformation of the bread and wine. So, in Benny Hinn’s case, he cannot perform the sacrament of the Eucharist even if he believes he is doing so. This places Hinn in an incredibly stalemated position, because if our position is correct, then he is in error to believe in transubstantiation; but if he is right about transubstantiation, then he is wrong according to Catholic teaching to think he can perform it. And even if he were to become Catholic, he still could not perform the Eucharist because only the celibate can become priests. Peter Kreeft’s Catholic Conversion
Peter Kreeft, Ph.D., a professor of philosophy at Boston College and a regular contributor to several Christian publications, is in wide demand as a speaker at conferences and is the author of over forty books dealing with spirituality, apologetics and philosophy.4 Kreeft, once a Dutch Reformed Protestant, converted to Catholicism and is considered by many to be a leader in the area of Christian apologetics, even by Protestants. One of Kreeft’s books is Ecumenical Jihad.The back cover of this book lists a number of endorsements by well-known evangelical leaders. For example:
Peter Kreeft is one of the premier apologists
in America today, witty, incisive and powerful. On the front lines in
today’s culture war, Kreeft is one of our most valiant intellectual
warriors.5
—Chuck Colson
This racy little book opens up a far-reaching
theme. With entertaining insight Kreeft looks into the attitudes,
alliances and strategies that today’s state of affairs requires of
believers. Catholics, Protestants and Orthodox alike need to ponder
Peter Kreeft’s vision of things—preferably in discussion together. What
if he is right?6—J. I. Packer
To understand Kreeft’s spiritual journey, it is helpful to examine a number of testimonial statements he made in Ecumenical Jihad. Regarding the role that the Eucharist played in his conversion to Catholicism, he writes:
In my pilgrimage from Dutch Reformed
Calvinism to Roman Catholicism, the one Catholic dogma that most drew me
in was the Eucharist.7
Now, as a strong promoter of the Catholic Church, Kreeft believes the teaching of transubstantiation and the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist has potential for winning other Protestants back to the Mother of All Churches. Although he recognizes the Catholic Church’s view on the Sacrament of the Eucharist was instrumental in bringing about division between Protestants and Catholics in the past, he believes the Eucharist has the potential to now be an evangelistic tool in bringing back the separated brethren to Catholicism. As he states in his book:
No Catholic dogma is so distinctive and so apparently anti-ecumenical as the dogma of the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. Yet this dogma may be the greatest cause of ecumenism and eventual reunion.7 Predicting that future ecumenism will be fostered by the very factors that once brought about division, Kreeft continues:
I found that this doctrine, which seemed to
repel and divide, at the same time attracted and united. The same with
Mary: she—who is a point of division between Catholics and
Protestants—she may bring the churches together again and heal the tears
in her Son’s visible body on earth, she, the very one who seems to
divide Catholics from Protestants. The most distinctive Catholic
doctrines, especially those concerning the Eucharist and Mary, may prove
to be the most unifying and attracting ones.9
Kreeft expresses his heartfelt concern for those Protestants who still refuse to accept the Catholic teaching of the Real Presence of Christ in a wafer. He writes:
When I think how much my Protestant brothers
and sisters are missing in not having Christ’s Real Presence in the
Eucharist; when I kneel before the Eucharist and realize I am as truly
in Christ’s presence as the apostles were but that my Protestant
brothers and sisters don’t know that, don’t believe that—I at first feel
a terrible gap between myself and them. What a tremendous thing they
are missing!10
As there is even now a move by many Protestant/evangelicals toward Catholicism and the Eucharistic adoration, Kreeft’s longing to see them enter in may be fulfilled.
There are countless other testimonies like Kreeft’s who have had an encounter with the Eucharistic Christ. The New Evangelization program presently underway is definitely showing signs of success. Numerous other testimonies could be presented that confirm a mystical addictive spiritual power that seems to be drawing people to the Eucharistic Christ. In almost every recorded conversion account, there exists a common denominator. Each person who has converted to the Catholic Church has done so based on profound, powerful, and often gratifying experiences. These people were first drawn by a feeling that they were missing some deeper spiritual encounter, while the Eucharistic experience brought a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment. An experience-based Christianity focused on signs and wonders associated with the Eucharistic Christ is clearly influencing many Protestants and evangelicals. Endnotes: 1. Sharon E. Cheston, Mary the Mother of All: Protestant Perspectives and Experiences of Medjugorje (Chicago, IL: Loyola University Press, 1994), section written by Steven Muse, p. 57, emphasis in the original. 2. Benny Hinn with Steve Brock, This is Your Day (700 Club Studios, Virginia Beach, VA, March 29, 2000), television broadcast. 3. Praise The Lord Show (Trinity Broadcasting Network, December 27, 1994). 4. See http://www.peterkreeft.com/about.htm. 5. Peter Kreeft, Ecumenical Jihad ( San Francisco, CA: Ignatius Press, 1996), back cover, endorsement by Chuck Colson 6. Ibid., endorsement by J. I. Packer. 7. Ibid., p. 145. 8. Ibid. 9. Ibid., p. 158. 10. Ibid., p. 159.
To read about more Protestant conversions to Catholicism, read Another Jesus by Roger Oakland.
Madonna of Medjugorje (photo: bigstockphoto.com; used with permission)