For a clip and pertinent commentary, see the Peering Into Darkness post: ‘Laodicean’ is winning word in Spelling Bee

Revelation 3:14-22 ESV:

14 “And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: ‘The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God’s creation.

15 “ ‘I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! 16 So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth. 17 For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked. 18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see. 19 Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent. 20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me. 21 The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne. 22 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’ ”

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The violation of the function of the spirit by asserting the supremacy of his soul is the basic fallacy of humanism.  It’s this reversal of man’s nature that has tried to make his reason superior to revelation, that’s the hallmark of humanism ever since.

–Chuck Missler, session 6 in his Esther commentary discussing the fall of Adam

Reading piles of books on philosophy will only confuse matters.  A Biblical worldview not only answers the most basic and probing questions, it does so in the simplest of ways.  Every problem on the face of this earth can be summed up in one word: Pride

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²⁰ Woe to those who call evil good
and good evil,
who put darkness for light
and light for darkness,
who put bitter for sweet
and sweet for bitter!
²¹ Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes,
and shrewd in their own sight!
²² Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine,
and valiant men in mixing strong drink,
²³ who acquit the guilty for a bribe,
and deprive the innocent of his right!

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If the claims are true (which there’s no reason to assume otherwise) then this is most definitely an act of injustice – rewarding the criminal while punishing the innocent.  At the same time, we shouldn’t be surprised these days.

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When something so simple as a birth-certificate is shoved under the carpet, you have to sit back and wonder what else there is as well.  There have been more concerns brought up over Obama and who he’s associated with in his past, the fact we know so very little about him, can’t get evidence that he’s actually a natural born citizen and the list goes on, yet anyone who rightly raises an eyebrow to this concern is mocked and ridiculed as a bogus conspiracy theorist who just wants to cause damage to the republican party.

This nation wasn’t founded on blind devotion to a false christ we know very little about.  It was founded on hard questioning over what is true and right.  Whenever the media sings praises of adoration to someone who’s literally come from who knows where, that should be enough raise suspicion.  The absolute devotion to anyone, in the manner that has been given to President Obama, is not only bizarre, but demonstrates the lack of reason and common sense in this nation, and most assuredly, the rest of the developed world.  A figure, like the antichrist, arising from nowhere, nowadays seems unavoidable and the ignorance of a society like ours today will be in lock-step.

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William Lobdell on his post Tim Tebow and John 3:16 asks a good question:

But I have to wonder if his coaches or NCAA officials would allow him to have “There Is” “No God” written on his eye black below his right and left eyes. I imagine that these personal slogans will soon be banned. The Powers That Be in football were never much for personal expression.

The problem is that it shouldn’t be an issue in a country with free-speech.  One thing I do know is, I’d like to see them on opposing teams.  As one who can’t stand football, that would probably be a game I’d watch.

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Once you’ve finished that, watch this 10 minute sermon clip:

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These self-help pop-psycho-babble guru’s in the pulpits today are doing nothing for their congregations.  They aren’t feeding the sheep (John 21:17), they’re instead tickling their ears (2 Timothy 4:3-4).  So what will happen as the congregation faces the confusion of today when the world seems to be in utter chaos?  The book that their church claims to teach has the answers to what is going on within it’s pages but because it’s never really opened those answers are never heard and so the world appears to be in utter chaos.  But to those who have been taught appropriately, rightly dividing the Word of Truth (2 Timothy 2:15), who study to show themselves approved, it is not in chaos, but a well orchestrated symphony of events, foretold thousands of years in advance.  The Biblical Christians aren’t confused nor afraid.  But the fear and confusion of the unbelievers sitting in the seats of teachers who aren’t teaching is dreadful.

The message of the happy Jesus who wants nothing more than for you to accept him so he can give you the wonderful plan he has for your life doesn’t hold much weight as the people who believed this are now facing struggles of employment, financial distress, inflation, strange food supplies, news that doesn’t stop, wars that can’t be explained… the list could go on and on.  Now that pastor up there turned out to be a liar.  He said things would be great and you’ll be happy and he gave you a couple verses from the Bible along with 5 steps to a life without fear but that fear didn’t go away, did it?  And the world doesn’t seem to be getting better as the guy up there on stage said it is.  The ‘great things’ that god was doing all the time for the church and community, god isn’t doing anymore is he?  Does that mean god doesn’t love us afterall?  Maybe that god doesn’t exist.  I guess those Christians didn’t have the answers they claimed to…

No the world is not getting better and it’s not going to get better until Yeshua returns as the Conquering King to Rule with His Rod of Iron as the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.  True, there will be peace and a perceived better world for a few years right before then, but anyone who tells you things are getting better is a liar.  This is precisely why these ‘pastors’ and ‘teachers’ need to be exposed for what they are.  They aren’t being ‘loving’ by telling you false information.  It’s not loving to lie, nor is it loving to lead you to your death.  If you have the answers, it’s not loving to hide them.

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Those who take the Bible literally are the enemy.  This is because literalists know we’re sojourners and have a mission to preach and teach the Good News.  We know Yeshua the Messiah will return and when He does he won’t be the character portrayed in all the nice paintings.  We are the ones who expose the deeds of the unbelieving and seek to bring them to repentance before our time here is up.  We see things heating up in the middle east, head back to the Bible and note that the stage is being set just as the Scriptures said it would be and has never been before, literally.  The allegorical agnostics who claim to be believers not only don’t see these things as Truth, but are vehemently opposed to those who do.  Biblical Christianity is the minority in supposed ‘Christian’ nations and is the enemy in most churches today.

When Yeshua the Messiah came 2,000 years ago, he fulfilled more than 300 specifications (prophecies) laid out in advance over the previous several thousand years in the Word.  He fulfilled those specifications literally.  It can be understood in an illustration of making an order.  When you order something, you expect to get what you ordered when the order is fulfilled.  If the final product doesn’t add up to the specifications of the original order, you take it back.  But if it does, then you don’t reject the order – you consider it fulfilled.  As ridiculous as an example that is, it serves to make the point that the 4 Gospels, followed up by all the epistles we call the New Testament, were written to show that Yeshua was who He claimed to be.  And because all of those specifications were fulfilled literally, it would stand to reason, through common sense and logic (the modern athiest loves those words) that the prophecies written and hammered at least 7 times more than the previous about the Second Coming and the Day of YHWH will also be fulfilled literally – probably moreso than you could ever imagine.

Chris Rosebrough was responding to a video interview of Marcus Borg.  You can see the video posted in Chris’ explanation titled ‘What I Was Writing Against‘.  For whatever reason, these guys seek the demise of the authority of Scripture and yet want to call themselves Christians.

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What most people don’t get is the complete slap in the face to freedom – the freedom to create and operate a business that caters to whom they wish to cater to.  Unfortunately, this shows the complete lack understanding by the courts of how our economy works.  This also demonstrates that the homosexual agenda is about crying the loudest to impose their views upon others, regardless of what kind of damage they cause in the process.  Eric McKinley should have seen an opportunity to start his own business – instead, he had to rob another to get something which he ‘might consider’ using.

Dr. Warren has recently tried to shed the image he had of founding a service with Christian roots.  It’s unfortunate that he’s found keeping a successful business alive at the expense of his own background to be a worthy endeavor.  The company’s founder SHOULD have stood firm with what he supposedly believed in and when forced to go against those ideals, closed his business.  Imagine what that would have done for the homosexual agenda – to have someone finally stand up and say No for a change – loudly.  It would have upset all the customers who use the service and certainly shown the homosexual agenda for what it is, along with the incompetence of the ruling elite.  Dr. Warren could have saved face and done just that.  Certainly he was still free to do so.  But he didn’t.  And instead, eHarmony will bow to the agenda and their reputation will go downhill along with all the other sites that used to be as popular as eHarmony is (was).  eHarmony offered quality that was unmatched in the online dating services that was geared towards long-term relationships.  The homosexuals prove time and time again they don’t do well in long-term relationships, despite what the media tries so hard to portray.  There were other sites McKinley could have used which have no problem catering to homosexuals.  McKinley could have started his own if it was really needed… but he didn’t.

More reading:

• The ‘Fairness Doctrine’ Comes to eHarmony

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While the far left have been having a field day, the far right have had a hard time coming to grips with the fact that McCain lost.  It’s not so much that McCain lost, but that the alternative won.  Obama is the most up-front socialist this country has seen yet.  He is by far the most pro-abortion, pro-homosexual marriage president-elect we’ve had, and that’s just the beginning.  But it says a lot.  Not necessarily about Obama’s views – but about the state of the US. 

Supposed Christian’s let their true ambassadorship down.  It shows not just the Biblical illiteracy in the country today, but also the fact that most professed Christians aren’t really believers in the first place.  I’ve said for awhile now that I believe most people filling the pews on Sunday morning are athiests and it seems to be more and more true as the days go by.  Athiests in the Sunday morning service aren’t a bad thing – we should be happy to see them there!  The problem is in the pulpits that refuse to share the Gospel – the one thing every single person in the US needs the most!  Why don’t the pastors share the Gospel?  I believe most of the pastors in these churches are athiests themselves.

Most people who voted for Obama who claim to be believer’s will tell you that it wasn’t about abortion, or the homosexual agenda.  Instead it was about change and getting rid of the Bush administration.  I understand – Bush has been anything but a good President – at least as far as this countries constitution is concerned.  He proved to be a liar from the beginning.  His ‘faith’ isn’t the faith he claimed it was.  But he’s operated according to the ultimate plan.  And Obama, much to everyone’s dismay – though they won’t see it or admit to it, will be operating very much to the same tune.

These people are right in that the issue of abortion may not be what was on their minds when they entered the booth, but that doesn’t mean they were right to ignore it.  An issue like abortion sets the stage though on who the candidate really is and what the country really represents.  Letting an issue like the sanctity of every human life get pushed aside as unimportant is really just asking for the moral decay this society is facing anymore.  Don’t be shocked when kids walk into schools and shoot their classmates or someone opens up fire in a mall during daylight hours while patrons are shopping.  Don’t be appalled when women get brutally raped and beaten without a care in the world and the one commiting the crime goes free.  When you indoctrinate children 3 generations deep into believing the lie that they’re just evolved animals and there are no absolutes, this is the result – people acting like animals.

Abortion isn’t about choice, it’s about life.  Pro-abortion is actually anti-choice.  Making it illegal for a doctor to choose whether or not he wants to perform an abortion isn’t leaving him a choice.  Making it impossible for pro-life doctors to practice not only doesn’t leave the doctor a choice, but it doesn’t leave the patient a choice either.  Being able to choose the doctor I wish to see – one who has no problem killing babies or one who values every human life would seem to be more ‘pro-choice’.  But that’s not the option we’re given.  Doctors are driven out of practice if they go against the pro-abortion stance – so much for a free country.  The hippocratic oath is meaningless when physicians have no problem killing children.  How do you expect a doctor to value life, when it’s no skin off their back to end it?  Are you going to the same doctor expecting to be healed?  When you take your aging parents to the hospital – don’t expect them to save them.  The doctors who you’re looking to for help with your parents are the same ones who just got done murdering a 20 week year old baby because Mom didn’t want to be inconvenienced.

Really though, abortion shouldn’t even be an presidential issue – but it is because the federal government won’t operate the way it’s supposed to.  Making it mandatory for states to take part in abortion and making it mandatory for taxpayers to pay for it isn’t pro-choice – it’s slavery.  The nation was formed with the idea that if you didn’t like the way your state operated you could live in another state.  Abortion SHOULD be a state issue.  It’s not pro-choice when you don’t give people that option anymore.

There were presidential candidates running who were pro-life and they weren’t McCain.  There were people earlier in the election running on truly proven records with years of service – not lip-service.  Ron Paul wasn’t lying when he said he was pro-life or anything else – and his record backed it up.  McCain has flopped his whole career and we don’t even know Obama enough to get a half decent picture of him.  The republicans have blown it because they’ve gone centrist.  They aren’t the party of free-market small government… they’re just a half step behind the left anymore.  A McCain presidency would have been little different than an Obama presidency.  The republicans would be wise to stop offering up politicians like McCain.  Get back to the core of what the party stood for – you won’t lose your centrist republicans, and you’d likely gain all those you’ve lost to the Constitution Party and the Libertarian Party.  But that won’t happen as the script has been laid out far in advance and the play has been in progress for quite some time.

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