tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10791409929119437802024-03-14T05:22:32.215-04:00And The Truth Shall Set You Free...LuMeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14645904612010708715noreply@blogger.comBlogger138125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079140992911943780.post-28880241949361584332011-04-04T01:36:00.003-04:002011-04-04T01:44:10.053-04:00DOES THE APOCALYPSE OFFICIALLY BEGUN?<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/x0ceGvK3hB4?fs=1" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="350" width="500"></iframe></div>LuMeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14645904612010708715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079140992911943780.post-14828206071538804912011-02-13T18:02:00.009-05:002011-04-04T01:40:03.203-04:00Glenn Beck's New Book Reveals He Embraces New Age Theology, Is A Knowledgeable Mormon, And A Universalist<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gWSrZ9IAUzM/TVhkl_Xx9WI/AAAAAAAAASE/EKHaKwN_myg/s1600/glenn-beck%25288%2529.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 235px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gWSrZ9IAUzM/TVhkl_Xx9WI/AAAAAAAAASE/EKHaKwN_myg/s320/glenn-beck%25288%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573315142700103010" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">By Brannon S. Howse<br /><br />In August of 2010, I predicted on my national radio program that it was only a matter of time before Glenn Beck would release a distinctively religious book that would promote his New Age Mormonism and universalism. I sensed that Glenn was setting himself up to be the politically conservative alternative to Oprah. His new book, "7 Wonders That Will Change Your Life", could have been written by Oprah for sure.<br />Many self-professing Christians cannot see what Beck is up to but there are those in the unsaved world that seem to be exhibiting more worldview understanding than some in the Christian community. The Business Insider published an article on January 4, 2011 entitled, Glenn Beck's New Year's Plan Sounds A Lot Like Oprah's New Network.<br /><br />On the second week of January of this year, Beck released his latest book entitled The Seven Wonders That Will Change Your Life. The book is co-authored by psychiatrist Dr. Keith Ablow.<br /><br />Beck's new book is nothing less than the promotion of universalism, postmodernism, and pagan spirituality, also known as the New Age Movement.<br /><br />I tried to warn America's pastors and Christian leaders in early August of 2010, not to unite with Glenn Beck in his spiritual rally that sought to unite all faiths and look to one God. I gave these Christian leaders plenty of evidence that Glenn Beck was a practicing Mormon that was also embracing New Age paganism.<br /><br />Some of these Christian leaders said that Beck was a "new Christian", "a baby Christian", "new brother", a "little lamb", or "very close to becoming a Christian." If they think Glenn Beck meets the Biblical descriptions of a Christian then they have no clue what the book of I John says are the Biblical hallmarks of a true follower of Jesus Christ.<br /><br />A friend of mine even e-mailed a mega pastor that was publically supporting Glenn Beck's 8-28 rally to ask him to be careful about embracing Beck and his black robe regiment because of some of the false theology Glenn was espousing. The pastor replied:<br /><br />Glenn Beck is a new brother and he is learning and growing and coming to the light day by day as he is being discipled by [name of Christian leader removed]. There was once a day when you and I were in the same place he is now. Be careful that you don't place a yoke on a little lamb rather than an ox.<br /><br />Would this pastor say Oprah Winfrey is a Christian?<br /><br />According to Christian Post, another Mega Church pastor said:<br /><br />I have interviewed persons who have talked specifically with Glenn about his personal salvation persons extremely well known in Christianity and they have affirmed (using language evangelicals understand), 'Glenn is saved' He understands receiving Christ as savior.<br /><br />How confusing to the unsaved world and to baby Christians it must be to have Christian leaders make this claim about being a Christian in light of Beck's latest book. Many now believe what Beck is promoting in his book is Christianity because Pastors and Christian leaders have announced that "Glenn is saved." I have had teenagers e-mail me and come up to me at our conferences and express how confused they are by what Christian leaders have said about Beck being saved when they have heard Beck promote New Age heresy.<br /><br />In light of Beck's religious and spiritual proclamations in his new book, this would be the week for the Christian leaders and pastors that embraced Beck on the national stage, and proclaimed Beck's salvation, to release a press release and post a statement on their website that they disagree with Beck's pagan spirituality and that indeed Beck is not demonstrating theology and doctrine consist with what the Bible says are the hallmarks of a Christian. These Christian leaders need to apologize for leading people to believe that Beck was a Christian or to believe that Beck held and promoted religious views that were compatible with Biblical Christianity. Dr. Erwin Lutzer, of the historic Moody Church in Chicago, correctly declared in August of 2010 on my radio program that any pastor or Christian leader involved in Beck's rally would be involved in heresy. I agree 100% with that statement.<br /><br />In his new book Beck and Dr. Ablow promote psychologist Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, New Age authors Robert Pirsig and James Redfied, Buddha, Buddhist teacher Sogyal Rinpoche, Gandhi, The Bible and the Gnostic Gospel of Thomas. Sadly, Glenn is confused and all Christians should pray that he will come to salvation in the Jesus of the Bible through faith and repentance.<br /><br />On page 56 Beck says he read A Course in Miracles by Helen Schucman which is the Bible of the New Age Movement. I wrote and entire chapter in my book Grave Influence on Helen Schucman and the demon she channeled that helped her write the book.<br /><br />I have several friends who were Mormons for many years before accepting the Jesus Christ of the Bible as their Lord and Savior through faith and repentance. Tracy was a Mormon for 26 years and e-mailed me to explain why many Mormons are open to New Age Spirituality:<br /><br />It's not surprising how easy it is for many LDS to get involved in occult practices based on the "power of the priesthood." For example, energy healing (chakras), cloud-busting, and other mind-power things. My LDS friends and I were always interested in books like The Magic of Believing, Embraced by the Light, and other New Agey kinds of books. I remember seeing Star Wars when I was Mormon and how many of us in the ward (LDS congregation) were comparing The Force to the priesthood power.<br /><br />Since we believed we were on the godhood track, using the phrase "I AM" in the context Glenn uses it, fits in neatly with the power of the priesthood through which worlds are created (according to Mormon doctrine). In fact, Mormonism teaches that God did NOT create the universe exnihlo, because God can only manipulate and arrange existing matter; he create it. Thus we see, from the LDS perspective, we too can become I AM, through the divine nature within us.<br /><br />On page 79 Beck and Dr. Ablow promote transcendental meditation and Eastern Mysticism. On 85 we read, "As you commit to unlocking and bringing forth the truth inside you, don't be afraid to pray for help. Don't be reticent to sit with yourself in silence and meditate. Connect with the miracle of spirit, of God, that has lived inside you from long before you were born."<br /><br />Christian mediation is not about "bringing forth the truth inside of you" nor is it about contacting God that has "lived inside you from long before you were born." This is not Biblical and any Christian that thinks otherwise is either a false convert or is Biblically illiterate. Click here to hear a short video clip by Dr. Ron Carlson on the dangers of New Age meditation.<br /><br />On page 132 Beck and Ablow proclaim, "Pray to whatever higher power you believe in Praying that God or Nature or the Cosmos or your own internal, immeasurable reservoir of spirit allows you the courage and faith to find and then face the truth"<br /><br />In several places readers are told it really does not matter what religion or religious leader they follow. On page 157 Beck writes, "Finding what worked for me made all the difference. Finding what works for you will do the same."<br /><br />On page 74 the reader is instructed "Just be sure you visit with a minister or therapist from a religion or healing discipline you actually have affinity for, or suspect you might."<br /><br />On page 236, reincarnation is promoted through the writings of Robert Pirsig's book, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance," the 'spirit' of Chris or the 'ghost' of Chris, then you can say without further translation that the spirit or ghost of Chris is looking for a new body to enter."<br /><br />Beck is a very committed and knowledgeable Mormon:<br /><br />I have had several Christians tell me that Beck does not really know much about the Mormon faith. That is not what Beck writes in his new book.<br /><br />"I questioned everything I could think to question about the faith. I went over my doubts again and again with the church bishop. I read everything there was to read on their website and every word of Mormon Doctrine I went to anti-Mormon literature for hints, but I found most of it to be unfair or just plain wrong. I tried every trick I could think of to find a contradiction. The problem was that I couldn't. Mormonism seemed to explain the world and my place in it better than any other faith I had looked at." (Page 149-150)<br /><br />Beck does not believe in Hell, original sin or that Jesus in the only way:<br /><br />"Latter-day Saints do not believe that your chances ever cease, even with death. They end only with the full understanding and denial of truth by your own exercise of real free will. And even then there is no 'lake of fire.' (Page 149)<br /><br />"As Keith likes to say, 'There's no original sin left in the world. Everyone's just recycling pain now.' "(Page 154.)<br /><br />"There is no infant delivered evil, out of the womb. There never has been. Not even one Charles Manson was not born evil. Ted Bundy wasn't. The BTK killer wasn't. Hitler wasn't." (Page 162)<br /><br />The Bible says that all have sinned and fallen short of the Glory of God. (Romans 3:23) The Bible says that even babies are born with a sin nature and that we are all conceived in sin. Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. (Psalm 51:5)<br /><br />"People are inherently good." (Page 165).<br /><br />The Bible says in Jeremiah 17:9, The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?<br /><br />Beck's book uses the phrase "Your truth" or "your true path" or "my truth" at least 23 times. Here are a few examples:<br /><br />"It is never too late to embrace your truth." (Page 124)<br /><br />"What is your truth whispering?" (Page 130)<br /><br />"Use compassion to stay on the path to your own truth" (Page 161)<br /><br />"...determination to unearth and embrace my truth." (Page 215)<br /><br />"The fact that I am always attempting to honor my truth" (Page 216)<br /><br />"There is only your truth." (Page 220)<br /><br />"You must use courage and faith to empty the hard drive of your soul and then fill it with your truth." (Page 288)<br /><br />Beck's book promotes the New Age that God dwells within all:<br /><br />"The third chapter of Exodus helped me start to understand how crucial it was that my focus be on finding God not just in the seas or the cosmos, but in myself." (Page 57)<br /><br />If God is everything and everywhere and inside everyone, then I figured He had to be inside me, too. (Page 58)<br /><br />This is the promotion of pantheism and panentheism.<br /><br />"Divine power is still inside you." (Page 71)<br /><br />"Reach out to people to steady them and enrich them and reflect back to them the light that comes from God inside them. (Page 283)<br /><br />"You won't doubt your ability to achieve what you want to achieve in this life because you won't doubt that God is not only by your side, but inside you." (Page 254)<br /><br />Beck's book promotes the New Age idea that you need to tap into a positive energy for a successful and happy life: (Ten times). Some examples include:<br /><br />You have a polestar inside you. It is connected with all the energy in the universe. When you begin to follow that star you align yourself with immeasurable, inexplicable forces that will actually help you manifest your best intentions. (Page 79)<br /><br />The current energy that flows in your favor when you stop denying what you have lived through and how it has shaped you and how you must change is the immeasurable force that you can tap into to dramatically improve your existence." (Page 113)<br /><br />"you will elicit the same positive energy from others. When you stop pretending to be just fine and start admitting that you have struggled, just as we all have, then spiritual energy will fill you." (Page 117)<br /><br />I wrote this article because I want discerning Christians to have the information they need to refute unbiblical teaching. I want Christians to be watchmen who warn their Christian family and friends about the spiritual deception of people like Glenn Beck, Oprah Winfrey, and a host of other individuals that are promoting another Jesus and another gospel.<br /><br />Christians also need to be ready to explain to their unsaved family and friends why Glenn Beck's worldview will not lead them to God as their savior but as their judge. Nowhere in Beck's new book does he mention the Biblical gospel. What Glenn is promoting is the same lie promoted by Satan in Genesis 3:1-5. I am fearful that the spiritual poison Beck is promoting is not seven wonders that will change your life but in fact, lies that will condemn the souls of millions for eternity.<br /><br /><br />Distributed by www.worldviewweekend.com</div>LuMeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14645904612010708715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079140992911943780.post-70581825272644108432011-02-11T01:39:00.006-05:002011-02-11T01:43:53.166-05:00New Warning About the "Healthy" Habit That Can Damage Your Brain<div style="text-align: justify;"><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/TskdiL_YqRw" allowfullscreen="" width="500" frameborder="0" height="350"></iframe><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;" id="ctl00_ctl00_ctl00_bcr_bcr_bcr_pnlVideo" class="videodiv"> <br /> <p>Before we start, please <a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/2477/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=5734">sign</a> a message to the US Department of Health and Human Services telling them why, instead of lowering water fluoride levels, they should abandon fluoridation completely. The deadline is February 14, so time is running out! </p> An expert speaking on an Australian TV news show reveals fluoride for what it is -- a poison. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">People are increasingly starting to realize this truth due to successful grassroots campaigns. In yet another victory against this pervasive toxin, on February 8, 2011, the Calgary (Alberta, Canada) city council voted to stop 20 years of water fluoridation by a 10-3 vote. According to Calgarian James Beck, MD, PhD and co-author of <em>The Case Against Fluoride, </em></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> <blockquote> <p><em>"</em><em>This is important for the health of 1.1 million people right here. But also it will help us stop fluoridation throughout the Province of Alberta. With the generally no-fluoridation situations in British Columbia and Quebec and the ongoing developments in Ontario we are approaching a fluoride-free Canada. And with the ongoing progress in the United States we are approaching a fluoride-free world."</em></p> </blockquote> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">But a bigger battle is still looming in New York City, where the anti-fluoridation movement has a great champion in New York City, councilor Peter Vallone, Jr. A victory there could signal the beginning of the end of fluoridation in the U.S.<br /><br />Please contact Carol Kopf at <a href="mailto:nyscof@aol.com">nyscof@aol.com</a> if you want to be part of the NYC effort and possible fluoride rally. It's important to <a href="http://www.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.bd08ee7c7c1ffec87c4b36d501c789a0/index.jsp?doc_name=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nyc.gov%2Fhtml%2Fmail%2Fhtml%2Fmayor.html">write letters to Mayor Bloomberg</a>, the City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, and your own City Council Member. Their contact information is here: <a href="http://council.nyc.gov/html/members/members.shtml">http://council.nyc.gov/html/members/members.shtml</a></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">According to Fluoride Alert:</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> <em>"Calgary [Alderman] Druh Farrell, who has led the anti-fluoridation push on council, argued that so much of the issue comes down to the ethics of it -- that people should have a choice whether something is added to water for health reasons."</em></div>LuMeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14645904612010708715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079140992911943780.post-35658994000870265272011-02-05T22:50:00.002-05:002011-02-11T01:44:12.266-05:00Want Smarter Kids? Then Make Sure They Avoid This Widely Regarded Preventive...<div style="text-align: justify;" class="bodytextdiv"><div style="text-align: justify;"><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="500" height="350" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/v3STwBBOEgI" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><p>In a nearly unprecedented about face, U.S. federal health officials admit Americans are getting too much fluoride. It's causing spots on children's teeth (dental fluorosis) and could be resulting in other, more serious problems. </p> <p>The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has announced plans to lower the recommended level of fluoride in drinking water for the first time in nearly 50 years. The change in policy is based on a fresh review of the science.</p> <p>Yahoo News reports: </p> <blockquote> <p><em>"The announcement is likely to renew the battle over fluoridation ... The Environmental Protection Agency released two new reviews of research on fluoride Friday. One of the studies found that prolonged, high intake of fluoride can increase the risk of brittle bones, fractures and crippling bone abnormalities."</em> </p> </blockquote> <p>For further information about the dangers of fluoride, you can watch the video above about a farmer who sued an industrial company that injured and killed his cows with fluoride emissions. You can see how the animals' teeth were destroyed in the most painful of ways. </p> <p>In related news, the U.S. EPA has proposed to grant the petition of three environmental groups, and end the use of the insecticide sulfuryl fluoride. </p> <p>The decision cited concerns about children's health and noted their current overexposure to fluoride through tap water.</p></div>LuMeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14645904612010708715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079140992911943780.post-91120992477720661342011-01-23T18:39:00.003-05:002011-02-11T01:45:14.708-05:00Captured on Tape: 60 Minutes Exposes the Maker of the #1 Most Fatal Drug of 2009<div style="text-align: justify;">Drug company whistle-blower Cheryl Eckard talks about her experience trying to fix problems at GlaxoSmithKline. Her discoveries about the dangerous practices of the company made her a key figure in a federal lawsuit.<br /><br /><embed src="http://cnettv.cnet.com/av/video/cbsnews/atlantis2/cbsnews_player_embed.swf" scale="noscale" salign="lt" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" background="#333333" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="si=254&uvpc=http://cnettv.cnet.com/av/video/cbsnews/atlantis2/uvp_cbsnews.xml&contentType=videoId&contentValue=50098102&ccEnabled=false&hdEnabled=false&fsEnabled=true&shareEnabled=false&dlEnabled=false&subEnabled=false&playlistDisplay=none&playlistType=none&playerWidth=500&playerHeight=350&vidWidth=500&vidHeight=350&autoplay=false&bbuttonDisplay=none&playOverlayText=PLAY%20CBS%20NEWS%20VIDEO&refreshMpuEnabled=true&shareUrl=http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7206290n&adEngine=dart&adCallTemplate=http://www.cbs.com/thunder/ad.doubleclick.net/adx/request.php?/can/news/undefined;site=news;show=undefined;undefinedpartner=news;plyr=embed;lvid=50098102;outlet=CBS+Production;noAd=undefined;type=ros;format=FLV;pos=undefined;sz=320x240;ord=213504;playerVersion=UVP2.7;&adPreroll=true&adPrerollType=PreContent&adPrerollValue=1" width="425" height="279"></embed><br /><br /> You may remember this story from last November when it first hit the news. But in the 60 Minutes interview above, whistleblower Cheryl Eckard opens up to reveal even more disturbing details about the gross negligence at the Cidra pharmaceutical plant, run by one of GlaxoSmithKline's subsidiaries.<br /><br /> They eventually pleaded guilty to the felony crime of distributing adulterated drugs, yet not one single person in charge of the debacle went to jail!<br /><br />Why Should We Trust Felons?<br /><br /> Once you've been exposed to the seedy underbelly of the drug business—the LEGAL drug business—you can't but realize that we're dealing with a very large group of criminals and felons. There's really no nicer way to put it.<br /><br /> After all, companies are run by human beings. Company logos don't make decisions by themselves.<br /><br /> As it currently stands, the company usually gets away scot free or with a slap on the wrist. Oh, they do have to pay fines, and in this case it was three quarters of a billion dollars, but when your profits are over $100 billion, it's is not much more than a speeding ticket inconvenience and widely regarded as merely the cost of doing business.<br /><br /> Unless actual individuals are held accountable, what's to stop those individuals from perpetrating the same crime again and again? Nothing!<br /><br /> No less than 19 drug companies made AllBusiness.com's Top 100 Corporate Criminals List for the 1990s.<br /><br /> What does that tell you?Keeping that fact in mind, Eckard's story about the goings-on at the Cidra plant in Puerto Rico becomes less shocking. Not because it isn't bad, but because it's already quite clear that 'questionable business practice' has become 'standard practice' within the pharmaceutical business.<br /><br />What Happened at the Cidra Plant?<br /><br /> The problems at Cidra were first revealed by an FDA inspection. Eckard's quality assurance team was then sent in by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to address those concerns, back in 2002. But when Eckard uncovered even more disturbing issues than those found by the FDA, her superiors simply ignored her.<br /><br /> Many may not realize this, but the FDA does NOT inspect drug manufacturing facilities at regular intervals. In between spot-checks, drug companies are left to police themselves. In the past year alone we've seen numerous instances where this self-policing has failed, as a long list of drugs have been recalled for a variety of different quality and safety issues.<br /><br /> At the time, the Cidra plant was making 20 patented drugs for the US market, and when Eckard saw what was happening at the plant, she was shocked, and worried about patient safety. "All the systems were broken, the facility was broken, the equipment was broken, the processes were broken. It was the worst thing I had run across in my career," she tells 60 Minutes' correspondent Scott Pelley.<br /><br /> Some of the problems included:<br /><br /> * Using water contaminated with bacteria to make tablets<br /> * Failures on production lines that led to inconsistent dosages<br /> * Employees contaminating products by not following procedures<br /><br /> As an example, Eckard claims employees would open the lid to the sealed tank containing the anti-bacterial ointment Bactroban, and stick half their bodies into the tank to scrape it out. "It saved money," she replies when asked why anyone would consider doing such a thing. But that's not even the worst of the problems Eckard uncovered.<br /><br />GSK Knowingly Put Patients' Lives at Risk to Save a Buck<br /><br /> Due to various production line failures, powerful medications were also getting mixed up. Potent and potentially dangerous drugs were literally ending up in the wrong bottles! The antidepressant Paxil was mixed into bottles of Avandia, a diabetes drug. And Avandia was found in packages of the over-the-counter antacid Tagamet. All in all, Eckard identified nine different mix-ups of various drugs.<br /><br /> She urged the vice president of quality assurance for North America to stop the trucks from leaving the dock the day she discovered the mix-ups, and to shut down the factory and contact the FDA. But nothing happened… And, when one such mix-up was later discovered by a patient, GSK denied it ever happened. But "we all knew, they all knew it was real," Eckard says.<br /><br /> Finally, after eight months of reporting problems at the plant, Eckard sent a summary to seven executives detailing the numerous quality problems, warning that if the FDA knew of these issues, the plant would likely be seized.<br /><br /> Just weeks later, Eckard was out of a job. Concerned for the welfare of patients taking the affected drugs, she blew the whistle and notified the FDA. Federal agents searched the plant and seized hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of defective drugs. In the end, GSK pleaded guilty to a felony: knowingly manufacturing and selling adulterated drugs, manufactured between 2001 and 2005.<br /><br /> Their punishment for putting people's health at such incredible risk?<br /><br /> A grand total of $150 million in criminal fines and $600 million in civil penalties—little more than a slap on the wrist. None of the actual people who allowed it to happen suffered any ill consequence as a result of their actions, aside from the one who blew the whistle...<br /><br />GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Blockbuster Drug Now Proven Too Dangerous<br /><br /> Meanwhile, GSK's blockbuster diabetes drug Avandia made headlines again last year when it became clear that the drug not only had major risks, but that GSK kept the dangers of the drug under tight wraps—for a very long time.<br /><br /> As it turns out, GSK spent 11 years covering up trial data that showed that Avandia was a risky drug for the heart—again providing indisputable evidence that the drug paradigm is about money, not health. Avandia topped the list of drugs linked to fatal adverse events in 2009, according to an analysis of U.S. FDA records, with 1,354 deaths reported that year alone. As a result, the FDA recently decided to restrict access to the drug.<br /><br /> In the US, Avandia is now only available to new patients if they are unable to achieve glycemic control using other medications and, in consultation with their health care professional, decide not to take a different drug for medical reasons. Europe decided to ban the drug due to its exaggerated health risks.<br /><br />What Can You Expect from GSK in the Future?<br /><br /> Well, considering the fact that media mogul Rupert Murdoch's son, James Murdoch, is now a member of GSK's corporate responsibility committee (a position he entered in May 2009), I predict we'll see more of the same types of cover-ups in the future.<br /><br /> James Murdoch, as you may know, is also the chairman and chief executive of News Corporation Europe and Asia, and chairman of BSkyB. I can only imagine the extent to which GSK can benefit from having a media mogul on their pay roll. Clearly they've thought this one through, and it makes perfect sense when you consider the clout they need to keep the media quiet about their various wrongdoings...<br /><br /> Having Murdoch in a role to oversee their corporate responsibilities is like having a top mobster as the god-father of your child. I think it's safe to say that if strings need to be pulled, they will be pulled—hard.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Scam-Buster Efforts by States and the Feds Continue<br /><br /> Fortunately, states' attorneys general like Zoeller are gaining ground in gathering support for rooting out the criminal acts that Big Pharma continues to perpetuate. More and more, organizations like the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, the False Claims Act Legal Center, and Politicol News are starting to investigate and publicize the illegal – and criminal – actions that these companies have been getting away with for years.<br /><br /> Last July, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius also announced the formation of the Healthcare Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team, which together with the Department of Justice, US Attorneys' Offices and other federal agencies will target healthcare and drug fraud.<br /><br /> Thanks to the federal False Claims Act, state and federal investigators have a gun that they can use to hunt down and prosecute these heinous crimes with. If you visit the False Claims Act Legal Center website, you'll get a hint of just how much this type of corporate crime has been going on. One thing should be crystal clear at this point though, and that is that the drug industry simply cannot be trusted. They have the criminal history to prove it.<br /><br />A Safety Issue Even More Disturbing than that of Unsafe Drugs<br /><br /> One aspect that truly worries me is that while the criminal cases we've seen in the past several years are related to drugs, many of these companies, including GSK, also produce VACCINES.<br /><br /> And guess what?<br /><br /> They're typically not liable for damages from, or harm done by, contaminated or otherwise dangerous vaccines! We've recently seen evidence of "mistakes" in vaccine manufacturing as well, but vaccine makers are rarely if ever punished for these willful errors and omissions, which should provide you some further food for thought.<br /><br />Remember The Dr. Oz Show Today<br /><br /> Last Tuesday I was in Manhattan to film The Dr. Oz Show where he actually allowed me to mention a number of these issues. I suspect some of the footage will not be aired but my guess is most will. Please be sure and tune in. You can see a trailer for the show here. You can go to this link to find out where it is aired in your area. If you want to watch it right now though you can go their site and view it. For those of you wondering about the astaxanthin I discuss on the second segment, we hope to have it available on the site in a few weeks.</div>LuMeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14645904612010708715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079140992911943780.post-21275045126463661082011-01-22T19:56:00.001-05:002011-01-22T19:58:12.538-05:00When Contending Costs Everything<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_E1uFQ332lQg/TTt9FaZ-4TI/AAAAAAAAARY/uR9XGjTaGkY/s1600/Jan%2BMarkell.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 301px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_E1uFQ332lQg/TTt9FaZ-4TI/AAAAAAAAARY/uR9XGjTaGkY/s320/Jan%2BMarkell.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565179296487498034" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;" class="post-body entry-content"> <p><strong>By Jan Markell </strong><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em><a title="Olive Tree Ministries" href="http://www.olivetreeviews.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#226699;">Olive Tree Ministries </span></a></em></span><br /><br />What on earth is Pastor Rick Warren thinking? I have avoided being harsh concerning Rick but on the issue I am about to outline, I must be blunt. A series of errors is outlined below but the zinger following them is my focus. </p><ul><li><a href="http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52971" target="_blank"><span style="color:#226699;">Praising Syria</span></a> for its religious freedom when it is an evil, repressive regime.</li><li>Perfecting church-growth efforts that even include synagogues, but what is missing in the process is the proclamation of the gospel. Warren's church-growth plan focuses only on numbers.</li><li>Being a part of the leadership or board of advisors for questionable organizations such as the World Economic Forum, The Council on Foreign Relations, and <a href="http://www.tonyblairfaithfoundation.org/pages/who-we-are" target="_blank"><span style="color:#226699;">Tony Blair's Faith Foundation</span></a> which is a pagan, ecumenical outfit.</li><li><a href="http://www.christianpost.com/article/20090705/rick-warren-to-muslims-talk-is-cheap-let-s-work-together/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#226699;">Speaking to the North American Islamic Society</span></a> in July 2009 but withholding the gospel from his message. This was another ecumenical effort.</li><li>Misquoting Jesus in The Purpose Driven Life saying that He stated, "My return is none of your business" when, in fact, the Bible emphasizes that His return is our <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Titus+2:13&version=NASB" target="_blank"><span style="color:#226699;">blessed hope</span></a>. The Bible encourages us to watch and pray for His return. This theme consumes more than one-third of the Bible.</li><li>Embracing the false theology of Kingdom Now/Dominion eschatology which says the church will save the world through Pastor Warren's global P.E.A.C.E. plan, global AIDS' efforts, etc. This is raging through evangelicalism and is a delusion, as we are on a cursed planet that only Christ's return can save.</li><li>Underplaying the issues of hell, sin, repentance, etc., in his book and other global platforms he has been given.</li></ul>Because of a <a href="http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=251133" target="_blank"><span style="color:#226699;">new effort launched January 15 at Saddleback Church</span></a>, I join the voices of vocal critics. He has put the souls and lives of his people and millions more in danger. I do not know his motive. Last Saturday he launched a year-long effort to get his congregation and himself in shape. You can hear and read about it on the <a href="http://www.saddleback.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#226699;">Saddleback Web site</span></a>: <blockquote>"God's prescription for your health. Be a part of this transformational debut to be a healthier you! We'll hear from world-renowned doctors on a plan to get healthy and stay that way in the new decade."</blockquote>Who are "the world-renowned doctors" who have designed this program just for Saddleback Church? Men who are blatant promoters of Eastern mystical practices. Let me elaborate.<br /><br />Best-selling author <a href="http://www.amenclinics.com/meet-dr-amen/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#226699;">Dr. Richard Amen</span></a> is a professor of psychiatry and teaches Eastern religious meditation and New Age <a href="http://www.christiananswersforthenewage.org/Articles_Reiki1.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:#226699;">energy-based Reiki</span></a>.<br /><br />You can hear Rick and Dr. Amen interacting on the <a href="http://www.saddleback.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#226699;">Saddleback Web site</span></a>. On page 238 of Amen's book, <em>Making a Good Brain Great</em>, he states, <blockquote>"I recommend an active form of Yoga meditation called Krya Kirtan. It is based on five primal sounds."</blockquote>He advocates repeating these sounds daily for 12 minutes.<br /><br /><a href="http://drhyman.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#226699;">Dr. Mark Hyman</span></a> is a four-time <em>New York Times</em> best-selling author who again promotes mystical meditation based on Buddhist principles. In his book, <em>The Ultramind Solution</em>, Hyman emphasizes meditation, saying it doesn't matter what religion one is - all will benefit from it (p. 322). He praises the practice perfected by Buddhists (p. 384).<br /><br /><a href="http://www.doctoroz.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#226699;">Dr. Mehmet Oz</span></a> is a promoter of Reiki and Transcendental Meditation. Oz says he is also inspired by Emmanuel Swedenborg, an 18th century cult founder who taught that all religions lead to God. Swedenborg denied all orthodox Christian beliefs. There are many followers of the cult of Swedenborgism today.<br /><br />What is Pastor Warren's comment on the character of his three guests? <blockquote>"I am honored to be partnering with these internationally distinguished health experts."</blockquote>Has he no understanding that putting into practice the various procedures they teach will put his congregation in great jeopardy?<br /><br />Is the deception that great today? And what about the tens of thousands of churches who align with Saddleback? Will they get on board as well, putting millions of Christian's souls and lives at stake? How many demons are lurking around the wicked practices of Transcendental Meditation, Reiki, Yoga, and similar Eastern traditions?<br /><br />As apologist <a href="http://www.ericbarger.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#226699;">Eric Barger</span></a> says, <blockquote>"Among the most troubling aspects of Warren's progression are his alliances. When the most visible Christian leader of our day rubs shoulders with and aids the causes of assorted globalists, New Agers, Muslims, and now looks to one who is inspired by cultist Emanuel Swedenborg, the results are devastating. When leaders decide to reject discernment in favor of ecumenism, then innocent, unsuspecting people are, in effect, targeted by Satan's unrelenting plan to move the church away from the truth of God's Word. This is a perfect example of why following men, instead of the Bible, is a dangerous proposition."</blockquote>Rick Warren says, "Americans are getting fatter and fatter and we must do something." This seems a strange cause for a man some call 'America's pastor.' Shouldn't our burden as evangelicals be the leanness of the soul and not the body? Equally perplexing is why his church leaders and members are fine with this year long effort to glorify men who promote Eastern mysticism and other practices that are ungodly.<br /><br />Ministry leaders have to choose our battles. Criticizing Christian leaders causes us distress and results in the loss of supporters, donations, churches, and even friends. We are called every name imaginable so understand that contending for the faith costs everything. But contending isn't an option. It's a commandment in <a class="lbsBibleRef" href="http://biblia.com/bible/nasb95/Jude%203" target="_blank"><span style="color:#226699;">Jude 3</span></a>. Saddleback Church is now presenting a different gospel via the three doctors who will speak into the lives of many for one full year. These men will be affirmed by Pastor Rick Warren. There will be damage.<br /><br />If some do not sound a warning, millions will be swept up in a program that could cause far more damage than obesity could ever do. The gods represented by the three doctors are after souls. They are gods who lead people away from eternal life in heaven and target souls for a Godless eternity. We cannot be silent no matter what the cost is to the critics.<br /><br />Pray for Pastor Rick Warren and his church leaders. The program launched last weekend could be stopped by the leadership if they would grasp the offense of this effort.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Distributed by www.worldviewweekend.com </div>LuMeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14645904612010708715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079140992911943780.post-9124168146859111062011-01-22T16:25:00.001-05:002011-01-22T16:25:37.375-05:00Chuck Crismier - 10 Truths About Socialism: Will Government Replace God?<div style="text-align: justify;"><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3i5jGchj92U?fs=1" allowfullscreen="" width="425" frameborder="0" height="344"></iframe></div>LuMeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14645904612010708715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079140992911943780.post-1894947292614737502011-01-16T02:04:00.002-05:002011-01-16T02:07:29.937-05:00Israel Wary of Vatican Synod (Bishop Claims God's Promise To Israel Is "Cancelled")<p style="text-align: justify;"> <img src="http://www.chick.com/bc/2011/images/hitler.jpg" vspace="10" width="300" align="left" border="0" height="224" hspace="10" /> A recent Vatican synod of bishops, called to discuss the situation in the Middle East, has stirred Israel’s fears. Although recent popes have attempted to reach out to the Jews, they are still wary. Centuries of persecution by dozens of popes are not easily forgotten. One writer in the <em>Israel National News</em> of October 24 focused on a statement in the final document of the synod: "Recourse to theological and biblical positions which use the Word of God to wrongly justify injustices is not acceptable."</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">This was in the context of admonishing Israel to commit "to a sincere, just and permanent peace." Elsewhere in the document the synod expresses "hope that the two-State-solution might become a reality and not a dream only," and, that the UN would take "the necessary legal steps to put an end to the occupation of the different Arab territories." The <em>Israel National News</em> reporter comments: "The Catholic church in recent years has been trying to overcome centuries of anti-Semitism and proof that it exploited the Holocaust to try to convert Jews who were saved." He is referring to recent revelations that, while the Vatican claimed to have intervened and saved many Jews from Hitler’s gas chambers, in reality, it did so to convert them to Catholicism. Babies, in particular, who were saved, were baptized and placed with Roman Catholic families and never told of their Jewish heritage. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The tenor of the final document is clearly in favor of the Palestinians as victims of "occupation" and denied "justice." Little mention is made of the relentless Palestinian attacks on Israel and their constant demand that the only "just" solution that they will accept is the elimination of Israel.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">At the conclusion of the synod, one archbishop, Cyril Salim Bustros, restated the pope’s long held belief that God’s promise of an eternal homeland for the Jews, was cancelled when Jewish leaders rejected Jesus as the Messiah: "For Christians, one can no longer talk of the land promised to the Jewish people… There is no longer a favored people, a chosen people; all men and women of every country have become the chosen people." </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">This belief is the spark that has ignited centuries of persecution of the Jews. "Christ killers" was the cry of the crusaders who slaughtered thousands of Jews on their way to liberate Jerusalem from the Muslim infidels. Hitler’s "final solution" to the "Jewish problem" was partly inspired by this attitude.<br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;">The sordid history of the Vatican’s persecution of the Jews has been all but eliminated from modern history books. But modern Israel remembers and is not about to let the recent sweet talk from the Vatican fool them. They know that millions of Jews have died at the hands of popes and tyrants motivated by Satan’s determination to eliminate them. </div><p style="text-align: justify;">They also know that the pope is an additional enemy with eyes fixed on Jerusalem. Not only is it holy to Judaism and Islam, the Vatican is also maneuvering behind the scenes to gain control of it. Rome’s expressed solution to the problem of Jerusalem is to internationalize it under UN jurisdiction. The popes’ cozy position with the UN would, presumably, give them a part in ruling the city. Many details of this history of the Vatican against the Jews have been preserved in the accounts given by ex-Jesuit Alberto Rivera. <strong><em><a href="http://www.chick.com/catalog/assortments/0931.asp">The Alberto series of Crusader Comics</a></em></strong> by Chick Publications pulls together some of the facts behind Roman Catholicism’s historic attempts to eliminate the Jews and substitute itself as the "people of God."<br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;">The Jesuits have been the Vatican’s "special forces" over the centuries in the attempt to solve the "Jewish problem." Edmund Paris’s book, <strong><em><a href="http://www.chick.com/catalog/books/0191.asp">The Secret History of the Jesuits</a></em></strong>, also contains a detailed account of their maneuverings over the years.</div>LuMeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14645904612010708715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079140992911943780.post-6555285581280932962011-01-08T18:52:00.002-05:002011-01-08T18:57:12.330-05:00The President of the United States Is a Socialist and Some "Evangelicals" Are Helping Him<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_E1uFQ332lQg/TSj5zvZPN1I/AAAAAAAAAQ8/ft1My0CjIJs/s1600/Obama.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 251px; height: 201px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_E1uFQ332lQg/TSj5zvZPN1I/AAAAAAAAAQ8/ft1My0CjIJs/s320/Obama.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559968407279843154" border="0" /></a><br />by David A. Noebel<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><br /><br /> It's official-Barack Obama is a socialist! Fox News commentator Bill O'Reilly posed the question to Dick Morris: "In your heart, you believe [Obama] is a socialist?" to which Morris replied, "Yes, I do" (The O'Reilly Factor, December 15, 2010).<br /><br /> Dick Morris has made very few political mistakes in his life, and his opinion confirms my longstanding belief that our current president is a Fabian Socialist with a bias toward revolution! Anyone who counts among his associates and mentors Frank Marshall Davis, Saul Alinsky, Cornel West, Jim Wallis, Jeremiah Wright, Michael Klonsky, and Bill Ayers could not come away without such a bias.<br /><br /> Remember John C. Drew who knew Obama when they were both students at Occidental College back in the early 1980s? Drew admits that he was at one time a revolutionary Marxist and concluded that Obama was "a pure Marxist socialist." Indeed, he also said that from his perspective Obama "had a hard Marxist-Leninist point of view." (See Stanley Kurtz, Radical-in-Chief: Barack Obama and the Untold Story of American Socialism, page 88.)<br /><br /> Obama's very rhetoric gives him away! He refers to opponents in the Senate and House as "enemies." He exemplifies the typical Marxist socialist who lines up in his crosshairs for destruction whatever institution he has his eye on to socialize (nationalize) in his quest to destroy capitalism in any way possible. His move to nationalize the health care industry (which will eventually make the federal government the single payer) and the student loan industry are dead giveaways of what Marxists have in mind: ultimately all Americans will be dependent on government for their health care and only radical students will be eligible for student loans! Evangelical conservative Christians need not apply!<br /><br /> The confirmation that Obama is swimming in Marxist waters right up to the present time is his endorsement that allowed the Communist Party USA to participate in the October 2, 2010, "One Nation Working Together" rally in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the George Soros funded Tides Center.<br /><br /> Andree Seu at World magazine picked up the significance of this event when she remarked, "Once Communists in America lurked in the shadows: now the Communist Party USA is an unabashed presence at the Oct. 2 'One Nation Working Together' rally" (November 6, 2010, p. 79).<br /><br /> John Sweeney, former president of the AFL-CIO, also allowed Communists back into his union. David Horowitz and Richard Poe in The Shadow Party say, "Much has been made of Sweeney's political radicalism. A card-carrying member of the Democratic Socialists of America [a part of the Socialist International founded by Karl Marx], Sweeney opened the AFL-CIO's door to Communist Party organizers for the first time since the 1950s, allowing Communists to distribute literature at his conventions and recruit workers to their cause" (p. 166). President Obama plans to award Sweeney the Medal of Freedom in February.<br /><br />Yes, the AFL-CIO was also one of the 400 Marxist organizations participating in the October 2 rally. In fact, the list of organizations participating in the "One Nation Working Together" rally provides a good cross section of the radical Marxist organizations operating in the United States. There were more Communists in attendance at that rally than are found in Moscow's Red Square and probably Beijing's Tiananmen Square!<br /><br />Of course, Jim Wallis and his Sojourners organization were also rally goers. Wallis made recent news on another front as well. According to Newsweek's Educational Site, on November 30, 2010, Wallis was among a dozen "moderate" Christian leaders who gathered in Washington to discuss ways to "articulate a vision of Christianity that will counter a new-and newly powerful-religious-right rhetoric in advance of the 2012 election." In other words, they were plotting ways to make conservative evangelicals think of Obama as one of them. How this pro-abortion, pro-homosexual, pro-socialist president could be "one of them" is difficult to fathom. But Joel Hunter, pastor of the Northland Church in Orlando, and Tony Campolo, sociologist and advisor to former President Clinton, were among the Christian leaders at the meeting.<br /><br />Campolo set the tone for the meeting by denouncing the religious right's "vision of America as God's own country, and free-market capitalism as crucial to the nation's flourishing." He went on to elaborate that what motivates religious conservatives is this distorted vision of God and country and that anyone who disagrees with them "is a socialist or a communist."<br /><br />To this group and others of like mind, the "radical right" (i.e., conservative Christians) must be demeaned if not destroyed so the new guard of evangelicals, led by the Rev. Wallis and his loyal sidekicks Bill and Lynne Hybels (Lynne writes for Sojourners magazine) of Willowcreek Church in Chicago, must emerge as the new leaders.<br /><br />The truth is that Jim Wallis and Tony Campolo have been part of the religious left for years (see Ron Nash's Why the Left Is Not Right), and Wallis has been swimming in Marxist waters ever since his college days at Michigan State University when he was involved with Students for a Democratic Society.<br /><br />Wallis recently showed his dialectical morality when challenged by Marvin Olasky, editor of World magazine. When Olasky asked Wallis to finally admit he was "a man of the left," Wallis insisted he was a man of the center. When Olasky insisted that men of the center don't take financial help from the radical leftist George Soros and his Open Society Institute, Wallis insisted his organization (Sojourners) never took funds from Soros. When Olasky produced evidence that Sojourners has taken tens of thousands of dollars from Soros, Wallis finally had to say "uncle." Indeed, Wallis actually apologized to Olasky for calling him "a liar." (See World magazine, August 18, 2010.)<br /><br />Evangelical Christians will no doubt hear how bigoted and brain dead they are if they plan to vote against the socialist Obama in 2012. America is presently at the edge of a spiritual, moral, political, and financial abyss. Congress and the president just made the military safe for a practice that every religion in the history of the world has condemned. Stay tuned to see which evangelicals line up to push America over the edge in favor of some form of global governance and socialist paradise!<br /><br /><br /><br />David A. Noebel, President<br /><br />Summit Ministries<br /><br />719.685.9103 <br /><br /> <br /><br />Distributed by www.worldviewweekend.com </div>LuMeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14645904612010708715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079140992911943780.post-67102641177638780332010-08-28T12:10:00.003-04:002010-08-28T12:15:26.504-04:00Author: More teens becoming 'fake' Christians<div style="text-align: justify;"><img style="width: 500px; height: 310px;" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2010/LIVING/08/27/almost.christian/t1larg.anne.cnn.jpg" alt="Anne Havard of Atlanta, Georgia, may be a rarity. She's an American teenager who is passionate about her Christian faith." border="0" /><!--===========/IMAGE===========--><!--===========CAPTION==========--></div><div style="text-align: justify;" class="cnn_stryimg640caption"><div class="cnn_strycaptiontxt">Anne Havard of Atlanta, Georgia, may be a rarity. She's an American teenager who is passionate about her Christian faith.</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><!--===========/CAPTION=========--> <!--endclickprintexclude--><!-- /REAP --> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>(CNN)</b> -- If you're the parent of a Christian teenager, Kenda Creasy Dean has this warning:</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Your child is following a "mutant" form of Christianity, and you may be responsible.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Dean says more American teenagers are embracing what she calls "moralistic therapeutic deism." Translation: It's a watered-down faith that portrays God as a "divine therapist" whose chief goal is to boost people's self-esteem.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Dean is a minister, a professor at Princeton Theological Seminary and the author of "Almost Christian," a new book that argues that many parents and pastors are unwittingly passing on this self-serving strain of Christianity.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">She says this "imposter'' faith is one reason teenagers abandon churches. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">"If this is the God they're seeing in church, they are right to leave us in the dust," Dean says. "Churches don't give them enough to be passionate about."</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>What traits passionate teens share</b></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Dean drew her conclusions from what she calls one of the most depressing summers of her life. She interviewed teens about their faith after helping conduct research for a controversial study called the National Study of Youth and Religion.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> <!--startclickprintexclude--> </div><div style="text-align: justify;" class="cnn_strylftcntnt"><div class="cnn_strylctcntr cnn_strylctcquote"><div class="cnn_strylctcqcntr">They have a lot to say. They can talk about money, sex and their family relationships with nuance.<span>--Kenda Creasy Dean, author</span> </div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> <!--endclickprintexclude--></div><p style="text-align: justify;">The study, which included in-depth interviews with at least 3,300 American teenagers between 13 and 17, found that most American teens who called themselves Christian were indifferent and inarticulate about their faith.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The study included Christians of all stripes -- from Catholics to Protestants of both conservative and liberal denominations. Though three out of four American teenagers claim to be Christian, fewer than half practice their faith, only half deem it important, and most can't talk coherently about their beliefs, the study found.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Many teenagers thought that God simply wanted them to feel good and do good -- what the study's researchers called "moralistic therapeutic deism."</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Some critics told Dean that most teenagers can't talk coherently about any deep subject, but Dean says abundant research shows that's not true.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">"They have a lot to say," Dean says. "They can talk about money, sex and their family relationships with nuance. Most people who work with teenagers know that they are not naturally inarticulate."</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">In "<a href="http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/ReligionTheology/SociologyofReligion/?view=usa&ci=9780195314847" class="cnnInlineTopic" target="new">Almost Christian</a>," Dean talks to the teens who are articulate about their faith. Most come from Mormon and evangelical churches, which tend to do a better job of instilling religious passion in teens, she says.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">No matter their background, Dean says committed Christian teens share four traits: They have a personal story about God they can share, a deep connection to a faith community, a sense of purpose and a sense of hope about their future.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">"There are countless studies that show that religious teenagers do better in school, have better relationships with their parents and engage in less high-risk behavior," she says. "They do a lot of things that parents pray for."</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Dean, a United Methodist Church minister who says parents are the most important influence on their children's faith, places the ultimate blame for teens' religious apathy on adults. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Some adults don't expect much from youth pastors. They simply want them to keep their children off drugs and away from premarital sex.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Others practice a "gospel of niceness," where faith is simply doing good and not ruffling feathers. The Christian call to take risks, witness and sacrifice for others is muted, she says.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">"If teenagers lack an articulate faith, it may be because the faith we show them is too spineless to merit much in the way of conversation," wrote Dean, a professor of youth and church culture at Princeton Theological Seminary.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">More teens may be drifting away from conventional Christianity. But their desire to help others has not diminished, another author says. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Barbara A. Lewis, author of "The Teen Guide to Global Action," says Dean is right -- more teens are embracing a nebulous belief in God. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Yet there's been an "explosion" in youth service since 1995 that Lewis attributes to more schools emphasizing community service. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Teens that are less religious aren't automatically less compassionate, she says. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">"I see an increase in youth passion to make the world a better place," she says. "I see young people reaching out to solve problems. They're not waiting for adults."</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>What religious teens say about their peers</b></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> <!--startclickprintexclude--> </div><div style="text-align: justify;" class="cnn_strylftcntnt"><div class="cnn_strylctcntr cnn_strylctcquote"><div class="cnn_strylctcqcntr">We think that they want cake, but they actually want steak and potatoes, and we keep giving them cake.<br /><span>--Elizabeth Corrie, Emory University professor</span> </div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> <!--endclickprintexclude--></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Elizabeth Corrie meets some of these idealistic teens every summer. She has taken on the book's central challenge: instilling religious passion in teens.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Corrie, who once taught high school religion, now directs a program called <a href="http://yti.emory.edu/" class="cnnInlineTopic" target="new">YTI</a> -- the Youth Theological Initiative at Emory University in Georgia.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">YTI operates like a theological boot camp for teens. At least 36 rising high school juniors and seniors from across the country gather for three weeks of Christian training. They worship together, take pilgrimages to varying religious communities and participate in community projects.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Corrie says she sees no shortage of teenagers who want to be inspired and make the world better. But the Christianity some are taught doesn't inspire them "to change anything that's broken in the world."</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Teens want to be challenged; they want their tough questions taken on, she says.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">"We think that they want cake, but they actually want steak and potatoes, and we keep giving them cake," Corrie says.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">David Wheaton, an Atlanta high school senior, says many of his peers aren't excited about Christianity because they don't see the payoff.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">"If they can't see benefits immediately, they stay away from it," Wheaton says. "They don't want to make sacrifices."</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>How 'radical' parents instill religious passion in their children</b></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Churches, not just parents, share some of the blame for teens' religious apathy as well, says Corrie, the Emory professor.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">She says pastors often preach a safe message that can bring in the largest number of congregants. The result: more people and yawning in the pews.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">"If your church can't survive without a certain number of members pledging, you might not want to preach a message that might make people mad," Corrie says. "We can all agree that we should all be good and that God rewards those who are nice."</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Corrie, echoing the author of "Almost Christian," says the gospel of niceness can't teach teens how to confront tragedy.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">"It can't bear the weight of deeper questions: Why are my parents getting a divorce? Why did my best friend commit suicide? Why, in this economy, can't I get the good job I was promised if I was a good kid?"</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">What can a parent do then?</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Get "radical," Dean says.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">She says parents who perform one act of radical faith in front of their children convey more than a multitude of sermons and mission trips.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">A parent's radical act of faith could involve something as simple as spending a summer in Bolivia working on an agricultural renewal project or turning down a more lucrative job offer to stay at a struggling church, Dean says.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">But it's not enough to be radical -- parents must explain "this is how Christians live," she says.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">"If you don't say you're doing it because of your faith, kids are going to say my parents are really nice people," Dean says. "It doesn't register that faith is supposed to make you live differently unless parents help their kids connect the dots."</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>'They called when all the cards stopped'</b></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Anne Havard, an Atlanta teenager, might be considered radical. She's a teen whose faith appears to be on fire.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Havard, who participated in the Emory program, bubbles over with energy when she talks about possibly teaching theology in the future and quotes heavy-duty scholars such as theologian Karl Barth.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">She's so fired up about her faith that after one question, Havard goes on a five-minute tear before stopping and chuckling: "Sorry, I just talked a long time."</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Havard says her faith has been nurtured by what Dean, the "Almost Christian" author, would call a significant faith community.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">In 2006, Havard lost her father to a rare form of cancer. Then she lost one of her best friends -- a young woman in the prime of life -- to cancer as well. Her church and her pastor stepped in, she says.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">"They called when all the cards stopped," she says.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">When asked how her faith held up after losing her father and friend, Havard didn't fumble for words like some of the teens in "Almost Christian."</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">She says God spoke the most to her when she felt alone -- as Jesus must have felt on the cross.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">"When Jesus was on the cross crying out, 'My God, why have you forsaken me?' Jesus was part of God,'' she says. "Then God knows what it means to doubt.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="cnnInline">"It's OK to be in a storm, to be in a doubt," she says, "because God was there, too."</p>LuMeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14645904612010708715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079140992911943780.post-54758408084354973822010-06-20T18:48:00.000-04:002010-06-20T18:51:16.385-04:00Christian Rock Exposed<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#990000;"><b><span style="font-size:+2;">M</span>ARSHA <span style="font-size:+2;">S</span>TEVENS <span style="font-size:+1;">•</span></b></span> </span></div><hr style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;font-size:78%;color:#ff0000;" width="100%"><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><table style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td align="CENTER"> <img src="http://www.av1611.org/crock/images/marsha2.jpg" border="0" height="222" width="191" /> </td><td align="LEFT"> <span style="font-family:ARIAL;font-size:85%;">In 1971, the first Christian rock album was recorded, titled “Come to the Waters” by the group <b>Children of the Day</b>. Led by singer <b>Marsha Stevens</b>, her song “For Those Tears I Died” was the spark that ignited the CCM wildfire. </span><p> <span style="font-family:ARIAL;font-size:85%;">Dr. Mark Powell, author of <i>An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music</i>, writes, “[Marsha] certainly deserves to be known as <b>‘the mother of contemporary Christian music’</b>”. (p.870) <b>CCM’s “Mother” is also a militant lesbian. Marsha started the spiritually perverted group <b>B.A.L.M.</b> (<b><u>B</u></b>orn <b><u>A</u></b>gain <b><u>L</u></b>esbian <b><u>M</u></b>usic).</b> </span></p><p> </p></td><td align="CENTER"> <img src="http://www.av1611.org/crock/images/cometowa.jpg" border="0" height="115" width="115" /> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><hr style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;font-size:78%;color:#ff0000;" width="100%"><div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#990000;"><b><span style="font-size:+2;">K</span>ING'S <span style="font-size:+2;">X</span> <span style="font-size:+1;">•</span></b></span> </span></div><hr style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;font-size:78%;color:#ff0000;" width="100%"><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">Another popular CCM group is King’s X. Despite the fact, that King’s X member Doug Pinnick is a proud homosexual, they are still romanced by the Christian world. Pinnick told <i>Aquarian Weekly</i>, in May 2000, <b>“Yeah, I’m gay; big deal”</b>. During Christian concerts, Pinnick proudly wore the homosexual trademark; “pink triangle”. Viciously denouncing Christianity, Pinnick told <i>Metal Manaics</i>: <img src="http://www.av1611.org/crock/images/pinnick.jpg" align="LEFT" border="0" height="180" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="140" /> </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">“<b>I just finally kinda somehow weaned myself out of religion, out of the whole thing to the point I just do not believe in Christianity anymore at all. . . Why do people live their lives for God, wasting their lives. . .”</b> (<i>Metal Maniacs</i>, Nov. 2000, p.78)</span></blockquote> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">Even after Pinnick’s hate-filled attacks on Christianity and homosexual perversion, Dr. Powell, writes in <i>An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music</i>, “King’s X is one of the most popular and most highly respected Christian bands in the world. . .” (p.489) <b>Popular CCM author, Mark Joseph incredibly calls Pinnick’s homosexual outing as a “courageous confession”!</b> </span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><hr style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;font-size:78%;color:#ff0000;" width="100%"><div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#990000;"><b><span style="font-size:+2;">S</span>TRYPER <span style="font-size:+1;">•</span></b></span> </span></div><hr style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;font-size:78%;color:#ff0000;" width="100%"><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><img src="http://www.av1611.org/crock/images/stryper_tim.jpg" align="RIGHT" border="0" height="218" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="158" /> The 1980’s were rocked and shocked by the Christian metal-glam rockers Stryper. Stryper pranced around wearing mascara, lip gloss, eye shadow, earrings, spandex and women’s hair styles, deliberately mocking 1 Cor. 6:9-10 (“effeminate. . . shall inherit the kingdom of God”). Stryper’s popularity and perversion of Christian music garnished a CCM-record-breaking, two platinum and four gold records! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">Robert Sweet of Styrper, makes a startling admission about Christian rock in <i>RIP</i> magazine: </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><b>“As a matter of fact, the band was one thing that was making us turn and walk the opposite direction from Christianity. . . If you’re doing something you like doing, <span style="color:red;">and God says not to do it</span> then you’re not going to pay attention.”</b>(<i>RIP</i>, April, 1987 p. 49)</span></blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"> Sweet knew Stryper and Christian rock was “the opposite direction from Christianity” and “God says not to do it”. Tim Gaines of Stryper, revealed to <i>HM</i> magazine, </span><blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><b>“From the end of 1988 ‘til February of this year [1997], I was drunk every day.”</b> (HM, Mar/Apr 97 #64, p.47)</span></blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"> <span style="color:red;"><b>For over three years while Stryper was performing Christian concerts, Tim Gaines was drunk every day!</b></span> </span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">Oz Fox of Stryper honestly says, </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">“To be honest, Stryper wasn’t what we should have been spiritually speaking... <b>there was sin happening in the band</b>. . . <b>And the reason why it was happening is because we didn’t know the Lord like we should have.”</b> (HM, Mar/Apr 97 #64, p.49)</span></blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"> Did I mention Stryper was one of the most popular bands in rock music history? </span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><hr style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;font-size:78%;color:#ff0000;" width="100%"><div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#990000;"><b><span style="font-size:+2;">S</span>ANDI <span style="font-size:+2;">P</span>ATTI <span style="font-size:+1;">•</span></b></span> </span></div><hr style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;font-size:78%;color:#ff0000;" width="100%"><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><img src="http://www.av1611.org/crock/images/spatti3.jpg" align="LEFT" border="0" height="250" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="250" /> In 1995, shock waves shook the CCM planet. CCM’s queen-of-clean, Sandi Patti, confessed to committing adultery since 1991 with singer Don Peslis. And he was not her first. <i>Christianity Today</i> reports, </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">“According to several independent sources who at different times were aware of Patty’s activities, <b>she took part in two extramarital relationships, in both cases with married men</b>.” (<i>Christianity Today</i>, Sept. 11, 1995 p. 72)</span></blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"> During much of Sandi Patti’s CCM career, she was committing adultery with married men! <span style="color:red;"><b>When Sandi Patti came out on stage, giving testimony and singing for the Lord, she was committing adultery!</b></span> Sandi soon divorced her husband and married her adulterous companion Peslis, even though her husband was willing to forgive her and restore their marriage. </span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><i>PsychoHeresy Awareness</i> writes, "Patty's rising popularity is indicative of the trashed condition of Christians who claim the name of Christ but will not follow the doctrines of the Bible. Marrying a partner in adultery does not make the relationship right. It constitutes a continual condition of disobedience to God. <b>How does one repent of adultery while one continues in an ongoing relationship with a former accomplice in adultery?</b>" (<i>PsychoHeresy Awareness Letter</i>, March-April 1998 pp.1,8). </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><b>By the way, Sandi is more popular than ever.</b> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">Proverbs 30:20 has Sandi’s name on it: </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><b>Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.</b><br />Proverbs 30:20</span></blockquote> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><hr style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;font-size:78%;color:#ff0000;" width="100%"><div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#990000;"><b><span style="font-size:+2;">R</span>AZE <span style="font-size:+1;">•</span></b></span> </span></div><hr style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;font-size:78%;color:#ff0000;" width="100%"><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><img src="http://www.av1611.org/crock/images/raze.jpg" align="LEFT" border="0" height="128" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="200" /> <img src="http://www.av1611.org/crock/images/raze_davis.jpg" align="RIGHT" border="0" height="189" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="125" /> One of CCM’s recent emerging stars was the dance-hip-hop group Raze. In 2001, Raze singer, founder and former dancer for Carman, Ja’ Marc Davis was arrested and charged with five counts of lewd molestation, three counts of rape by instrumentation and three counts of forcible sodomy. His three victims were ages 13 and 16 (2). <b>Incredibly, much of the time Raze is singing for the Holy Lord Jesus, the lead singer has molested a 13-year-old girl!</b> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><b>Loudly testifying to CCM’s total lack of any Christian convictions, a few months after Davis was arrested for molesting a 13-year-old girl, the prestigious Dove awards honored Raze with two Dove Awards!</b> Frank Breeden, president of the Gospel Music Association said, “If they [Raze] should win, it would go to them”. <b>Breeden describes Davis’s child molestation, rape and sodomy charges as simply a “moral difficulty”. </b>It is no wonder much of Christian music is wallowing in the moral and spiritual sewers because the leaders label child molestation as a “moral difficulty” and also honor the pervert with two Dove awards! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><hr style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;font-size:78%;color:#ff0000;" width="100%"><div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#990000;"><b><span style="font-size:+2;">M</span>ICHAEL <span style="font-size:+2;">E</span>NGLISH <span style="font-size:+1;">•</span></b></span> </span></div><hr style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;font-size:78%;color:#ff0000;" width="100%"><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><img src="http://www.av1611.org/crock/images/menglish.jpg" align="LEFT" border="0" height="250" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="250" /> 1994 was an unprecedented night at the famous Dove Awards. CCM superstar former Bill Gaither Trio Star, Michael English won an unbelievable, record-breaking, six Dove Awards! Just as unbelievable, less than 24 hours later, English called a press conference to confess an adulterous affair with Marabeth Jordon of the CCM group First Call. To make matters even worse, both were married and Jordon was pregnant with English’s illegitimate child. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><b><span style="color:red;">Despite English’s highly publicized adultery, the very next year he won another Dove award for his recording with the Bill Gaither group!</span></b> English soon filled the tabloids with such juicy slime as frequenting strip clubs; dating a stripper; being arrested for assault charges filed by his shacked-up girlfriend. <b>During much of this open-sin-decadent time, English was still happily working within the CCM world. </b>In 2000, English was arrested and pleaded guilty to 12 counts of illegally obtaining prescription painkillers. Despite his open rebellion, English can still be found performing Christian concerts, and for a while, even hosting the Michael English Show on TBN. <b>English flippantly says of his drug addiction, forged prescriptions and arrest, “It was an innocent mistake. It could happen to anybody.” </b> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">Why air out all this dirty laundry infesting CCM? <b>Because Christians need to wake up to the fruits of rock music. Rock music was born and bred with the seeds of rebellion.</b> Calling it Christian and changing a few words will not transform the rebellious nature of rock music. The Encyclopaedia Britannica Yearbook for 1956 described rock’n roll as, <b>“insistent savagery . . . deliberately competing with the artistic ideals of the jungle.”</b> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">Secular rocker Lita Ford got it right, </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><b>“Listen, rock’n roll ain’t church. It’s nasty business. You gotta be nasty too. If you’re goody, goody, you can’t sing or play it. . .”</b> (<i>Los Angeles Times</i>, August 7, 1988)</span></blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"> Homosexual rock star David Bowie said, </span><blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">“<b>Rock has always been the devil’s music. . . I believe rock and roll is dangerous . . . I feel we’re only heralding something even darker than ourselves.”</b> (<i>Rolling Stone</i>, Feb. 12, 1976)</span></blockquote> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>Clearly, the fruits of CCM stink with the stench of sin and rebellion of rock music.</b></span> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><hr style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;font-size:78%;color:#ff0000;" width="100%"><div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#990000;"><b><span style="font-size:+2;">T</span>HE <span style="font-size:+2;">M</span>YTH OF <span style="font-size:+2;">C</span>ONTEMPORARY <span style="font-size:+2;">C</span>HRISTIAN <span style="font-size:+2;">M</span>USIC <span style="font-size:+1;">•</span></b></span> </span></div><hr style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;font-size:78%;color:#ff0000;" width="100%"><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">After documenting the many sins polluting Christian rock, I always get the question, "But how will we reach our young people if we do not use Christian rock?" Barna Research Group prepared an extensive survey of Christian teenagers titled <i>Third Millennium Teens Report</i>. In the report they write (p. 68), <b>“Among the surprises emerging from the research is that teenagers do not come to church because it has hot music.” </b>In the report (p. 54), Barna constructed a list of “What Teenagers May Look For In a Church”. And out of 18 items on the list – at an insignificant number 14 was the type of music! Barna’s extensive report has an error rate of less than 5%. <b>The “Great Drawing Card” of rock music is a myth! The evidence proves it is not true! </b> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><img src="http://www.av1611.org/crock/images/crossroads.jpg" align="RIGHT" border="0" height="224" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="150" /> Undoubtedly, the most outspoken promoter of Christian rock is CCM artist Charlie Peacock. In his book, <i>At The Crossroads</i>, Peacock admits Christian rock is NOT reaching lost people! Peacock polled 35 popular CCM artists. He asked them “to estimate the number of letters received from non-Christians over the span of their careers”. Peacock writes, <b>“. . . over 50% gave ten or fewer letters as their answer”.</b> He adds, <b><span style="color:red;">“. . . we must give serious consideration to the possibility that we’re producing very little evangelism and cultural penetration for the cause of Christ.”</span></b> (Peacock, Charlie, <i>At The Crossroads</i>, p. 184) And may I remind you – that is from CCM’s greatest supporter! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>Christian rock is not getting people saved!</b></span> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>It is spiritually blinding and perverting Christians!</b></span> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">CCM veteran Michael Card, warns about CCM, </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><b>“The direction and value system are getting worse faster than any of us can imagine.” </b>(<i>Christianity Today</i>, May 20, 1996, p. 22) </span></blockquote> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><hr style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" size="1" color="#ff0000" width="100%"><div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#990000;"><b><span style="font-size:+2;">J</span>ACI <span style="font-size:+2;">V</span>ELASQUEZ <span style="font-size:+1;">•</span></b></span> </span></div><hr style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" size="1" color="#ff0000" width="100%"><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><img src="http://www.av1611.org/crock/images/jaci1.jpg" align="RIGHT" border="1" height="296" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="200" /> <img src="http://www.av1611.org/crock/images/jaci2.jpg" align="LEFT" border="1" height="200" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="200" /> CCM star, Jaci Velasquez’s starring role in the movie, <i>Chasing Papi</i>, confirms Card’s warning. <i>Chicago Sun-Times</i>, famed movie critic, Roger Ebert describes <i>Chasing Papi</i>, as a “. . .<b>feature-length jiggle show with Charlie’s Angels transformed into Latina bimbos</b>. . .” Ebert compares <i>Chasing Papi</i> to the nearly-nude magazine <i>Maxim</i> (Walmart removed <i>Maxim</i> for it’s filth). <i>Papi</i>, he writes, <b>“. . would make your average Maxim reader feel right at home.”</b> One scene in <i>Chasing Papi</i>, is the three women (including Jaci) hiding in Papi’s bedroom wearing very (very, very) skimpy red lingerie. When Papi appears they all lusciously pop-out. Ebert says the scene looks like “. . . a fashion show by Victoria’s Secret”. Another reviewer says <i>Chasing Papi</i> is <b>“. . . as lubricious as a centerfold.” (Lubricious means sexual arousal or lustful) </b> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">Unbelievably, Velasquez tells CCM, "With my music <b>and now this movie</b>, I feel like I've been given a platform. More than ever, I want to use that platform to be authentic about my faith to people who may not know God. . ." <b>How can anyone be "authentic about their faith" by appearing in a lustful, movie that is compared to a centerfold, wearing red skimpy lingerie in a man's bedroom? </b>Can people really be that spiritually blind? Velasquez proudly tells CCM, after her concerts <b>". . . I always get letters saying, 'You dress too sexy. I was offended; I'm never taking my kid to your show again.'" </b> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><hr style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" size="1" color="#ff0000" width="100%"><div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#990000;"><b><span style="font-size:+2;">E</span>VANESCENCE <span style="font-size:+1;">•</span></b></span> </span></div><hr style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" size="1" color="#ff0000" width="100%"><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><img src="http://www.av1611.org/crock/images/evans.jpg" align="LEFT" border="0" height="250" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="250" /> Another revealing testimony to the complete spiritual blindness of CCM is the unmasking of the gothic metal band Evanescence. Evanescence’s album <i>Fallen</i> was heavily marketed by the mega Christian music distributor <i>Provident</i> and it swiftly climbed to the Number One spot on Billboard’s Christian charts! Virtually overnight, Evanescence was the new “shining star” of the Christian Music world. But there was one little-bitty problem. . . </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>Evanescence is not a Christian band!</b></span> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">In <i>Entertainment Weekly</i> (April 18, 2003), Evanescence finally could no longer take it. The spiritual blindness of the Contemporary Christian Music world even baffled Evanescence! Guitarist Ben Moody flatly tells Entertainment Weekly, </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">“We’re actually high on the Christian charts, and I’m like, <b>What the f*** are we even doing there?”</b> (<i>Entertainment Weekly</i>, April 18, 2003, p. 41)</span></blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"> Yea, what are they doing there? </span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">Here is how spiritually-blind, CCM magazine reviewed Evanescence’s <i>Fallen</i>: </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">“Evanescence’s <b>unapologetic declaration of faith</b> in songs like ‘Tourniquet’ and ‘Whisper’ have Christian message boards buzzing with commentary about <b>the band’s seemingly brave ‘Jesus’ agenda</b>.” (<i>CCM</i>, May 2003, p. 41)</span></blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"> Their “unapologetic declaration of faith”? Their brave “Jesus agenda”? </span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">Let's take a look at some of Evanescence's lyrics. Let us examine their “unapologetic declaration of faith”: </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">In their song, Breathe No More, they openly sing, <b>". . . I've come to believe my souls on the other side". </b> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">Breathe No More - Evanescence (Fallen) </span><p> </p><blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">I've been looking in the mirror for so long.<br /><b>That I've come to believe my souls on the other side. . .</b><br />And I bleed, I bleed, . . .<br /><b>Convince me that I've been sick forever.</b><br /></span></blockquote></blockquote> <blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">Bring Me To Life - Evanescence (Fallen) </span><blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">How can you see into my eyes. . .<br /><b>Without a soul</b><br />my spirit's sleeping somewhere cold . . .<br /> Save me.<br /><b>Call my name and save me from the dark.</b><br />Wake me up.<br /><b>Bid my blood to run. . .</b><br /></span></blockquote></blockquote> <blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">Everybody's Fool - Evanescence (Fallen) </span><blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">Lost in your lies . . .<br /><b>I know the truth now</b><br />I know who you are. . .<br />Never was and never will be<br /><b>Not for real that you can save me</b><br />And somehow now you're everybody's fool<br /></span></blockquote></blockquote> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">In Farther Away, Evanescene sings, "I sold my soul just to hide the light!" To a Christian - the Light is the Lord Jesus Christ (John 8:12). "And now I see what I really am - A thief, A WHORE and a liar". Is this the kind of music our Christian youth should be listening to? Would anyone, with ANY spiritual discernment, possibly believe this is Bible-Believing Christian music? </span><blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">Farther Away - Evanescence (Fallen) </span><blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><b>I sold my soul just to hide the light.</b><br />And now I see what I really am,<br /><b>A thief a whore, and a liar.</b><br /></span></blockquote></blockquote> <blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">Hello - Evanescence (Fallen) </span><blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><b>Don't try to fix me</b><br />I'm not broken<br /><b>Hello, I'm the lie living for you so you can hide...</b><br /></span></blockquote></blockquote> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">In their song Imaginary, even throws in a little wicca, pagan, new-age doctrine with "the goddess of imaginary light" </span><blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">Imaginary - Evanescence (Fallen) </span><blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">Oh how I long for the deep sleep dreaming<br /><b>The goddess of imaginary light</b><br /></span></blockquote></blockquote> <blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">My Last Breath - Evanescence (Fallen) </span><blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">Closing your eyes<br />You pray your dreams will leave you here,<br /><b>But still you wake and know the truth -<br />No one's there.<br /></b> Say goodnight, don't be afraid<br />Calling me, holding me, as you fade to black.<br /></span></blockquote></blockquote> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">In their song Whisper, Evanescence sings the "this truth drives me into madness" and "fallen angels at my feet" who "whisper voices at my ear. Death before my eyes". Who, with any real Christian spiritual discernment, could honestly recommend and endorse this to our Christian young people? </span><blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">Whisper - Evanescence (Fallen) </span><blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">No one's here and I fall into myself<br /><b>This truth drive me<br />Into madness<br /></b> I know I can stop the pain. . .<br /><b>Fallen angels at my feet<br />Whispered voices at my ear<br /></b> Death before my eyes<br /></span></blockquote></blockquote> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><b>"truth drive me into madness. . ."? </b> </span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">How different from the words of the Lord Jesus. Jesus says in John 8:32, "And ye shall know the truth, <b>and the truth shall make you free"</b> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><b><span style="font-size:+1;">How in the world, can ANYONE possibly believe this is Christian music?</span></b> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">In the song Tourniquet, Evanescence sings a haunting, dark, gothic, blasphemous cry mocking salvation. They even toss in the title "Christ". Music-Critic.ca says of Tourniquet: <b>"The question of whether God is listening or even there at all is brought up throughout the song,. . ."</b> (www.music-critic.ca/album-reviews/evanescence_fallen.shtml) And this is a Christian message? </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">Tourniquet - Evanescence (Fallen) </span><blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">Am I too lost to be saved ?. . .<br /><b>My God! My Tourniquet,<br />Return to me salvation. . .<br />Lost for so long.<br />Will you be on the other side ?<br />Will you forgive me ? . . .<br /></b> My soul cries, for deliverance.<br />Will I be denied ?<br />Christ! Tourniquet! My suicide.<br /></span></blockquote></blockquote> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">And CCM magazine praises this wickedness for their “unapologetic declaration of faith” and their “brave ‘Jesus’ agenda”! How can anyone possibly be that spiritually blind? </span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">No wonder Singer Amy Lee also tells Entertainment Weekly, <span style="color:red;"><b>“I guarantee that if the Christian bookstore owners LISTENED to some of those songs, they wouldn’t sell the CD."</b></span> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><b>Now what does that testify to the spiritual discernment of the Contemporary Christian Music world? </b> Compare CCM's misleading "brave 'Jesus' agenda" and "unapologetic declaration of faith" review of Fallen to MTV's review of Fallen: <img src="http://www.av1611.org/crock/images/evan2.jpg" align="RIGHT" border="0" height="220" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="150" /> </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">"Sounds Like: Exactly how they look: <b>dark, eerie, and unabashedly rocking</b>. . . "<br />MTV's review of Fallen<br />(www.mtvasia.com/reviews/cds/Items/2003050702.html, emphasis added)</span></blockquote> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">Here's how Unearthed.com's describes Fallen: </span><blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">"<b>When one looks longs into the darkness</b>, it stares into the depths of your soul as well. This abysmal introspection builds <b>the beautiful ruins of truth</b>. <b>Just such a stark glory is what shines in the band Evanescence</b>. . . pristine vocals soar over emotional, ethereal instrumentals ranging from the soft and sorrowful <b>to the dark, heavy melees of aggression</b>. . .Evanescence is not brutal, but is darkly heavy."<br />(http://www.unearthed.com/reviews/review_r_0232.shtml)</span></blockquote> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">What's the difference? The secular world is simply listening to the music and making an honest evaluation. And the CCM crowd, as Evanescence's lead singer told <i>Entertainment Weekly</i>, <b>"There are people hell-bent on the idea that we're a Christian band in disguise, and that we have some secret message,"</b> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><b>She got that right! They are "HELL bent". There is no way the Holy Spirit of God EVER lead anyone to recommend Evanescence to Christian young people! Not in a million years!</b> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">In Matthew 13:15, the Lord Jesus Christ describes some people whose "heart is waxed gross" and their ears are "dull of hearing". <b>They hear it, but because of the deception in their heart, they can no longer hear the truth.</b> A perfect description of many in Contemporary Christian Music. <b><span style="color:red;">They are so caught up in rock music, they are not spiritually capable of hearing the truth. </span></b> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"><center><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><b>For this people's heart is waxed gross, and <span style="color:red;">their ears are dull of hearing,</span></b> and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, <b>and should understand with their heart</b>, and should be converted, and I should heal them.<br />Matthew 13:15 </span></center> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><hr style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" size="1" color="#ff0000" width="100%"><div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#990000;"><b><span style="font-size:+2;">C</span>ARMAN <span style="font-size:+1;">•</span></b></span> </span></div><hr style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" size="1" color="#ff0000" width="100%"><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">When Elvis and the Beatles first appeared, the secular world was shocked as teenage girls screamed in lustful affection for their gods. <i>Shout!</i> magazine (Dec.1995, p.35) says of Carman, <b>“...just the mention of his name brings excitement to throngs of fans, many of whom are women.” </b> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">Carman tells <i>Shout</i>, "<b>I don't know what I do to attract women</b>, I'm just trying to do what God told me to do long ago - bring the gospel to the world." </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">Yea. . . Right. . .<br /> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">The <i>Minneapolis Star Tribune</i> in an article titled "Is he Elvis? Is he John Travolta? Nope. He's Carman", describes a sensual, carnal and ungodly Carman concert as: </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><b>"On his toes, he's a deep-voiced Elvis, swiveling his hips until the pointed-finger disco of 'Saturday Night Fever' kicks in, and he's suddenly John Travolta with a Bee Gees shrill. He raps, he rocks, he line dances. . ."</b><br />(<i>Minneapolis Star Tribun</i>e, Is he Elvis? Is he John Travolta? Nope. He's Carman, 09-13-1996, p. 01E)</span></blockquote> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">For some strange reason, I do not think swiveling your hips, rapping, rocking, line dancing, Elvis and John Travolta impersonations is what the Lord Jesus had in mind when He said in Mark 16:15, ". . . Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel. . ." </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><b>To no great surprise, Carman's "The Official R.I.O.T. Tourbook" lists Carman's Dream duet with none other than sex-symbol-heartthrob - Tom Jones!</b> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <table style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr><td align="LEFT"> <span arial="" style="font-size:85%;"> An "enlightening" display of irony occurred when Carman printed his back page ad for "Halloween 3:16" in the Oct. 29, 1998 "Life" section of <i>USA Today</i>. It seems there was a slight typographical error. . . The ad stated referring to Carman - "See <b>Him</b> live." <b>(See image at RIGHT)</b><b>The "h" in "him" was "capitalized"</b>. To capitalize a "pronoun" (other than the beginning of a sentence) is to emphasize deity or God! <b>The capitalization of a pronoun is reserved for God ONLY!</b> </span><p> <span arial="" style="font-size:85%;"><b>Sound familiar? It was the same lie Satan told Eve in Genesis 3:5, ". . .and ye shall be as gods. . ."</b> </span></p><p> <span arial="" style="font-size:85%;">According to CCM (CCM, December 1998, p.24) this little typo cost Carman $300,000. </span></p><p> </p></td><td align="CENTER"> <img src="http://www.av1611.org/crock/images/carman_usa2.jpg" border="1" height="311" width="328" /> </td></tr></tbody></table> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <table style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr><td align="CENTER"> <img src="http://www.av1611.org/crock/images/carman_res.jpg" border="1" height="201" width="365" /> </td><td align="LEFT"> <span arial="" style="font-size:85%;">Carman’s <i>Resurrection Rap</i> video is some of the worst blasphemy I have ever witnessed. The video has the Lord Jesus Christ as a confused street hippie, the Pharisees and apostles are black street gang members. The crucifixion takes place, not on Calvary — but in a back alley gang fight. <b>The body of the Lord Jesus is thrown into a garbage dumpster!</b></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><hr style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" size="1" color="#ff0000" width="100%"><div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#990000;"><b><span style="font-size:+2;">DC</span> <span style="font-size:+2;">T</span>ALK <span style="font-size:+1;">•</span></b></span> </span></div><hr style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" size="1" color="#ff0000" width="100%"><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><i>Dallas Morning News</i>, (April 27, 1996), describes a dcTalk concert, <b>“As teenagers’ shrieks filled the Dallas Convention Center moments before dc Talk took the stage Friday night, one of the relatively few grown-ups in the sold-out crowd observed, ‘This is just like the Beatles.’”</b> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">The secular rocker Kurt Cobain is among rock’s worst antichrist. Cobain went around his neighborhood spray-painting, “ABORT CHRIST” and “GOD IS GAY”. (Des Barres, Pamela, <i>Rock Bottom</i>, pp.54-55) The CCM group dcTalk pays homage to antichrist Cobain by singing his song “All Apologies” in their concerts! Toby McKeehan of dc Talk, told USA Today, <b>“Sometimes, being labeled a Christian band, we consider that a negative. . .”</b> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">A reporter for the San Diego North Country Reader, (Feb. 29, 1996), covering a dcTalk concert writes, </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">“. . . we both laughed during the buildup for the encore of “Purple Haze/Jesus Freak” as several young booty shakers cried, almost in unison, <b>‘These guys are the sh**, man.’”</b></span></blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"> Another undeniable testimony to the rotten, vulgar fruit of Christian rock – young people spewing profanity! </span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><hr style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" size="1" color="#ff0000" width="100%"><div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#990000;"><b><span style="font-size:+2;">P</span>LUS <span style="font-size:+2;">O</span>NE<span style="font-size:+1;"> •</span></b></span> </span></div><hr style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" size="1" color="#ff0000" width="100%"><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><img src="http://www.av1611.org/crock/images/plus1.jpg" align="RIGHT" border="0" height="250" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="250" /> CCM even has their own “sex-symbol-boy-bands”. CCM (June 2000) writes of Plus One, </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">“<span style="color:red;"><b>Following in the footsteps of ‘NSync, Backstreet Boys. . . The men are already Christian music’s latest sex symbols, with excitable teen girls doing what excitable teen girls do — screaming their adoration and begging for tokens of love.”</b></span></span></blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"> </span><blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><i>True Tunes</i> describes a Plus One sex-symbol-show, <b>“Suddenly, they appear. . . Girls scream. . . The silk robes are dropped to reveal sleek wardrobes. The female population of the audience is now screaming at a deafening pitch.”</b></span></blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"> And what about 2 Timothy 2:22 — “Flee also youthful lusts: . .” </span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">CCM performer, Michael Card, tells Christianity Today (May 20, 1996 p. 22), “Now, the industry is celebrity-driven. The song is almost irrelevant. The focus is on the person, and songs have become disposable.” </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><b>ADD BACKSET BOYS TO DO A CHRISTAIN ALBUM</b> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">Do you know this CCM-man-worship is abomination to the Lord? Luke 16:15 says, <b>“. . . that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God”?</b> Do you realize, that according to the Lord Jesus, Satan’s goal is to uplift man? Jesus Christ said in Matthew 6:23, “. . . Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: <b>for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.”</b> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>Could there possibly be any clearer proof of the real “god” of Christian Rock?</b></span> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><hr style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" size="1" color="#ff0000" width="100%"><div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#990000;"><b><span style="font-size:+2;">N</span>EWSBOYS <span style="font-size:+1;">•</span></b></span> </span></div><hr style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" size="1" color="#ff0000" width="100%"><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><img src="http://www.av1611.org/crock/images/newsb.jpg" align="LEFT" border="0" height="243" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="250" /> The award for the most nauseating display of spiritual blindness easily goes to Jody Davis of the Newsboys. Davis says of their album, Love Liberty Disco, </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">“<b>Back in the 70’s when disco originated, the people who were into that would go to these clubs looking for love and acceptance. <span style="color:red;">That’s something we have in the Church...”</span> </b>(<i>Release</i>, April/May 2000, p. 24)</span></blockquote> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">Discos were homosexual hell-holes of filth and perversion. Here is how secular writers describe “discos”: </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">Disco music is a <b>“call for gays to come out of the closet.” </b>(<i>Newsweek</i>, April 2, 1979 p. 63)</span></blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"> </span><blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">“For the heyday of disco was also the heyday of recklessness in the gay male life-style. . . it cannot be denied that many gay men saw <b>disco as the theme music of their collective orgy</b>…” (<i>Hole in our Soul</i>, p.281)</span></blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"> </span><blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">“A 1980 handbook for would-be disco proprietors, describes discos as a pleasure palace where the public can <b>‘abandon themselves to the tidal wave of raw animal emotions that engulfs them’”</b> (Ibid, p.281)</span></blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"> And Davis of the Newsboys likens the homosexual disco to the church! </span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"> </span></p><hr style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" size="1" color="#ff0000" width="100%"><div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#990000;"><b>THE <span style="font-size:+2;">R</span>OCK<span style="font-size:+1;"> •</span></b></span> </span></div><hr style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" size="1" color="#ff0000" width="100%"><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">Fanny Crosby is the greatest hymn writer that ever lived, writing over 9,000 songs! Before Fanny got saved, at 45 years old, she wrote many secular songs. But after she got saved - things were different. . . Here's what Fanny said about mixing Christian and worldly music: </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><b>"Sometimes I need to reject the music proposed for my songs because the musicians misunderstand that the Fanny Crosby who once wrote for the people in the saloons has merely changed the lyrics. Oh my no. The church must never sing it's songs to the melodies of the world." </b><br />- Fanny Crosby</span></blockquote> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">And do you know why Fanny Crosby said that - because Fanny got saved! And God "hath put a NEW SONG in my mouth, even PRAISE unto our God" inside the NEW Fanny Crosby! Fanny Crosby wrote over 9,000 songs to the Lord! Fanny used over 200 different pen names because she wanted to make sure God got the glory and not her. </span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><i>Praise Him! praise Him! Jesus, our blessed Redeemer!<br />Sing, O Earth, His wonderful love proclaim!<br />Hail Him! Hail Him! Highest archangels in Glory;<br />Strength and honor give to His holy name!<br />Like a shepherd, Jesus will guard His children,<br />In His arms He carries them all day long;<br />Praise Him! Praise Him! Tell of His excellant greatness;<br />Praise Him! Praise Him! Ever in joyful song!</i><br />-- Fanny J. Crosby </span></blockquote> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">There is no such thing as “Christian” rock music. Just as there is no such thing as “Christian adultery” or “Christian homosexuality”. When it is rock, it is not Christian. There is only one “Christian rock” and “THAT ROCK WAS CHRIST” (1 Cor 10:4). </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"><center><span style="font-family:Arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:+2;"><b>“For their rock is not as our Rock, . . .”</b></span><br />Deuteronomy 32:31</span></center></div>LuMeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14645904612010708715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079140992911943780.post-4968091890856528422010-06-19T21:58:00.006-04:002010-06-19T23:35:44.022-04:00Former Spanish PM: If Israel goes down, we all go down - Haaretz Daily Newspaper * Israel News<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_E1uFQ332lQg/TB1_ph6lkJI/AAAAAAAAAQk/0XgcrH9aLJo/s1600/Former+Spanish+Prime+Minister+Jos%C3%A9+Mar%C3%ADa+Aznar.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 295px; height: 171px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_E1uFQ332lQg/TB1_ph6lkJI/AAAAAAAAAQk/0XgcrH9aLJo/s400/Former+Spanish+Prime+Minister+Jos%C3%A9+Mar%C3%ADa+Aznar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484680272662597778" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/former-spanish-pm-if-israel-goes-down-we-all-go-down-1.297004">Former Spanish PM: If Israel goes down, we all go down - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News</a><br /></div><br /><span class="writer">By <span>Haaretz Service</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Former Spanish Prime Minister José María Aznar announced recently that he planned to promote a new initiative which would defend Israel's right to exist, as "if Israel goes down, we all go down," the former premier wrote in London newspaper The Times on Thursday.<br /><br />"Israel is our first line of defense in a turbulent region that is constantly at risk of descending into chaos," Aznar wrote, adding that "to abandon Israel to its fate, at this moment of all moments, would merely serve to illustrate how far we have sunk and how inexorable our decline now appears."<br /><br />The Friends for Israel initiative will include prominent political figures and academics such as Irish Nobel Prize laureate David Trimble (Irish Nobel Prize laureate and a panel member in Israel's internal investigation into the Gaza flotilla raid), Andrew Roberts (British hostorian) John Bolton (former United States Ambassador to the United Nations), Alejandro Toledo (the former President of Peru), Marcello Pera (philosopher and former President of the Italian Senate), Fiamma Nirenstein (the Italian author and politician), the financier Robert Agostinelli and the Catholic intellectual George Weigel, Aznar wrote in The Times.<br /><br />Spain and Israel established diplomatic relations in 1975, however the ties between the two countries have not always been strong. In 2006, following the Second Lebanon War, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero accused Israel of "abusive force" which Israel strongly condemned.<br /><br />Israel's envoy to Spain said at the time that the two countries' relations had been damaged after the Spanish prime minister's speech, during which he wore a Palestinian scarf. Spain's Jewish community accused Zapatero of being anti-Semitic, however tensions have since eased.<br /><br />"In the wake of the recent incident on board a ship full of anti-Israeli activists in the Mediterranean, it is hard to think of a more unpopular cause to champion." Aznar wrote of his initiative which aims to support Israel despite the onslaught of criticism over a recent Israeli raid on a Freedom Flotilla headed to Gaza, in which nine activists were killed. " In an ideal world, no state, let alone a recent ally of Israel such as Turkey, would have sponsored and organized a flotilla whose sole purpose was to create an impossible situation for Israel: making it choose between giving up its security policy and the naval blockade, or risking the wrath of the world."<br /><br />Aznar went on to state that Israel's right to exist should not be questioned as it was established by a United Nations decision, and added that as a nation with "deeply rooted democratic institutions," Israel is the only Western country that exists under constant threat of attack, whether it be from its neighboring countries or Iran.<br /><br />"The real threats to regional stability," Azner wrote, "are to be found in the rise of a radical Islamism which sees Israel’s destruction as the fulfillment of its religious destiny and, simultaneously in the case of Iran, as an expression of its ambitions for regional hegemony. Both phenomena are threats that affect not only Israel, but also the wider West and the world at large."<br /><br />Azner stressed, however, that the initiative would not defend any specific Israeli policies, but rather "what binds us is our unyielding support for Israel’s right to exist and to defend itself."<br /><br />The former Spanish premier ended his opinion by highlighting Israel's central role in defining the West and said that "the West is what it is thanks to its Judeo-Christian roots. If the Jewish element of those roots is upturned and Israel is lost, then we are lost too. Whether we like it or not, our fate is inextricably intertwined."</div>LuMeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14645904612010708715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079140992911943780.post-91502416245848120792010-06-19T12:33:00.000-04:002010-06-19T12:33:55.749-04:00www.LumelOnline.net - Eating At The Devil’s Table by David J. Stewart<a href="http://www.lumelonline.net/articles/2010/june/09/eating-at-the-devils-table/">www.LumelOnline.net - Eating At The Devil’s Table by David J. Stewart</a>LuMeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14645904612010708715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079140992911943780.post-57857836558047674682010-06-19T12:29:00.000-04:002010-06-19T12:29:06.209-04:00Israel To Receive Temple Mount | Before It's News<a href="http://beforeitsnews.com/news/79/107/Israel_To_Receive_Temple_Mount.html">Israel To Receive Temple Mount | Before It's News</a>LuMeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14645904612010708715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079140992911943780.post-45673514532176906102010-03-29T21:54:00.001-04:002010-03-29T21:54:09.666-04:00Pastor Speaks Out Against President Obama, Anti-Christian Leaders in Washington, and Islam<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/6UhTe_ID8K4' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/6UhTe_ID8K4'/></object></p></div>LuMeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14645904612010708715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079140992911943780.post-50703353030788175452010-03-20T14:55:00.001-04:002010-03-20T14:55:48.651-04:00For All The Saints<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/JEunONfXGHI' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/JEunONfXGHI'/></object></p><p>A small tribute to the Christian martyrs of the early centuries. </p></div>LuMeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14645904612010708715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079140992911943780.post-3381141491455069772010-03-07T15:42:00.003-05:002010-03-07T15:48:41.957-05:00Vatican Hit By Gay Sex Scandal<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_E1uFQ332lQg/S5QQOm8lNTI/AAAAAAAAAQU/qcI4xucnC7E/s1600-h/s-POPE-large.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 190px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_E1uFQ332lQg/S5QQOm8lNTI/AAAAAAAAAQU/qcI4xucnC7E/s400/s-POPE-large.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445995692556629298" border="0" /></a>The Vatican has been thrown into chaos by reports that one of the Pope's ceremonial ushers, as well as a member of the elite Vatican choir, were involved in a homosexual prostitution ring.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />The allegations came to light after Italian newspapers published transcripts of phone calls recorded by police, who had been conducting an unrelated corruption investigation.<br /></div><br />The tapes appear to record Angelo Balducci, a Gentleman of His Holiness, negotiating with Thomas Chinedu Ehiem, a 29-year-old Nigerian Vatican chorister, about men he wanted brought to him for sexual purposes. Balducci was allegedly paying 2,000 euros ($2,714) for each man he met, according to the Irish Times.<br /><br />Balducci is recorded describing precise physical details of the men he wanted. The transcripts record that during five months in 2008, Ehiem procured for Balducci at least 10 contacts with, among others, "two black Cuban lads," a former male model from Naples, and a rugby player from Rome.<br /><br />A report by the Italian Carabinieri on the case said: "In order to organize casual encounters of a sexual nature, he availed himself of the intercession of two individuals who, it is maintained, may form part of an organized network, especially active in [Rome], of exploiters or at least facilitators of male prostitution."<br /><br />The police probe into corruption resulted in Balducci and 4 others being arrested. Allegations of prostitution were only revealed later, and have resulted in Ehiem's dismissal from the Vatican choir.<br /><br />Balducci held a high position within the Vatican and carried the coffin of Pope John Paul at his 2005 funeral. He has now lost his position as a Gentleman of the Holiness. His trial for corruption is still pending.<br />Story continues below<br /><br />The Catholic Church has weathered a storm of controversy in recent years over allegations of sexual abuse by its members. Whilst homosexuality is not outright condemned within the Church, it is taught that homosexual acts are "are intrinsically disordered."<br /><br /></div><object height="325" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FB3jg89Ymxk&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FB3jg89Ymxk&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="325" width="400"></embed></object>LuMeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14645904612010708715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079140992911943780.post-80757053738000633682010-03-07T15:25:00.001-05:002010-03-07T15:28:03.256-05:00Hitler Abortion Poster Sparks Outrage In Poland<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_E1uFQ332lQg/S5QMNzM-71I/AAAAAAAAAQE/isQEsI5E6RQ/s1600-h/s-ABORTION-large.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 190px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_E1uFQ332lQg/S5QMNzM-71I/AAAAAAAAAQE/isQEsI5E6RQ/s400/s-ABORTION-large.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445991280620269394" border="0" /></a>Polish anti-abortion group Fundacja Pro have launched a new campaign with a somewhat controversial tactic - combining pictures of Adolf Hitler and a bloody fetus, with the slogan <a href="http://www.krakowpost.com/article/1928" target="_hplink">"Abortion for Poles: introduced by Hitler, March 9, 1943." </a> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">That Poland, a devoutly Catholic country, already has fairly strict abortion laws seems to have not quelled the fears of the pro-life group behind the poster. Instead, the poster is designed to remind the country of forced abortions performed by Nazis in World War II.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">"It is our duty to fight for the rights of murdered children," Mariusz Dzierzawski, a campaign organizer, told <a href="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1153954.html" target="_hplink">Reuters</a>. "Abortion is a crime and drawing such a parallel is absolutely justified."</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Others disagreed. "This is sick... Fascism, Stalinism... prohibited abortion, often on pain of death, so bans on abortion are strongly linked to totalitarianism," said Magdalena Sroda, a professor of ethics specializing in gender issues who argued that the poster was hypocritical. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Politicians may not have disagreed with the message, but the medium was a sore point. "I understand that this campaign is designed to shock but there are limits to the use of shock," said <a href="http://news.oneindia.in/2010/03/03/poland-hitler-anti-abortion-campaign-sparks-row.html" target="_hplink">Elzbieta Streker-Dembinska, a member of the Polish parliament's health committee.</a></p>LuMeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14645904612010708715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079140992911943780.post-85369643432952116802010-03-06T19:21:00.005-05:002010-03-07T15:31:22.729-05:00The Mark Of The Beast 666<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><object height="325" width="400"><param value="http://youtube.com/v/89tKykKGhy4" name="movie"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://youtube.com/v/89tKykKGhy4" height="325" width="400"></embed></object></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Never before in man's history has the world witnessed the emergance of a technology that could very well fullfill a 2,000 year old prophecy made by a man (prophet of GOD) named John in the book of Revelation. This mark will go IN the right hand or IN the forhead (according to King James Bible) newer versions are claiming the mark goes ON. From my research King James translation is more accurate and has not been tampered with. This mark will give allegience to the antichrist and a person will not be able to BUY or SELL without the mark. I along with many Christians believe (but will not be 100% sure until it happens) that this technology will be forced on the world population. This technology can also control brainwave activity hence controling mind/thoughts/actions. Satan wants to turn the human population into robots, human cyborgs. DO NOT take this technology for ANY reason. All who accept the mark when it is forced by the antichrist (world dictator) will be automatically giving their souls up and will go to hell....DO NOT take the mark of beast! Fairuse Copyright Act of 1976</p></div>LuMeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14645904612010708715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079140992911943780.post-7211996756176281942010-02-23T20:15:00.004-05:002010-03-07T15:37:30.036-05:00Called to Suffer and Rejoice<object height="325" width="400"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9607938&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=1&color=ffffff&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9607938&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=1&color=ffffff&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="325" width="400"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/9607938">Persecution in India: Francis' Response</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/cornerstonesimi">Cornerstone Church</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p><div style="text-align: justify;">Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I do my share on behalf of his body (which is the church) in filling up that which is lacking in Christ's afflictions. Of this church I was made a minister according to the stewardship from God bestowed on me for your benefit, that I might fully carry out the preaching of the word of God, that is, the mystery which has been hidden from the past ages and generations; but has now been manifested to his saints, to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. And we proclaim him, admonishing every man and teaching every man with all wisdom, that we may present every man complete in Christ. And for this purpose also I labor, striving according to his power, which mightily works within me. (Colossians 1:24-29)<br /><br /></div><object height="325" width="400"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9608493&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=1&color=ffffff&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9608493&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=1&color=ffffff&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="325" width="400"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/9608493">Persecution in India: Unedited Footage</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/cornerstonesimi">Cornerstone Church</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p>LuMeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14645904612010708715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079140992911943780.post-54957825734297648562010-01-10T15:03:00.003-05:002010-03-07T15:30:29.708-05:00For The Record : Public School Is Evil<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><object height="325" width="400"><param value="http://youtube.com/v/edZ1xhozjzQ" name="movie"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://youtube.com/v/edZ1xhozjzQ" height="325" width="400"></embed></object></p><p style="text-align: justify;">"For The Record" is brought to you by the Domestic Emergency Network (DEN), the free market response to FEMA. To apply for membership, visit www.joinden.com </p></div>LuMeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14645904612010708715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079140992911943780.post-504416151183132072010-01-08T21:36:00.002-05:002010-01-08T21:39:52.842-05:00Joel Osteen Blesses Houston's New (Gay) Mayor Annise Parker<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_E1uFQ332lQg/S0fsJDwOOII/AAAAAAAAAP4/c5_aoF2sST4/s1600-h/Parkerx-inset-community.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 218px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_E1uFQ332lQg/S0fsJDwOOII/AAAAAAAAAP4/c5_aoF2sST4/s400/Parkerx-inset-community.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424563916561594498" border="0" /></a>Annise Parker, the newly-elected happens-to-be-lesbian mayor of Houston was sworn in Monday and the opening prayer was given by ... Rev. Joel Osteen.</div><p style="text-align: justify;">Is your head spinning? Osteen heads the nation's most mega of evangelical non-denominational megachurches, Lakewood Church in Houston where about 45,000 people cycle through a revamped sports stadium for services every weekend.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Osteen has been all over telling folks (Larry King, Whoopi Goldberg) for years that homosexuality is not "God's best." I presume he means "God's best choice" because otherwise I'm lost in the dropped or implied rest of the sentence. But "God's best" is phrase Osteen never finishes so I'm just guessing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Yet, Osteen hasn't joined the more strident wing of the religious right in damning gays. Indeed, Osteen takes heat from other evangelicals who condemn him for not laying down a line of fire about sin of any kind. That's not his style, says the preacher known for his broad smile and sermons that God wants you to be happy. Osteen's best seller was titled, <em>Your Best Life Now</em>.</p><div class="off" style="line-height: 12px; font-size: 12px; width: 232px; float: right; text-align: justify;"><div class="blog-captioned-photo1"><div class="photo-container" style="padding: 0pt; height: 169px; position: relative; clear: both;"><span><a href="http://i.usatoday.net/communitymanager/_photos/faith-and-reason/2010/01/05/Osteenx-large.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.usatoday.net/communitymanager/_photos/faith-and-reason/2010/01/05/Osteenx-inset-community.jpg" alt="" cutline="Televangelist and best-selling author, Joel Osteen (shown here with his wife, Victoria. at the opening of the nation's largest church in a former Houston sports arena, gave the opening prayer at the inauguration of Houston's new mayor, Annise Parker, a lesbian. " credit="By Jessica Kourkounis, AP" style="border: 1px solid rgb(102, 102, 102); margin: 0pt; float: none;" height="167" width="230" /></a></span><div class="legend" style="position: absolute; z-index: 20; bottom: 1px; left: 0pt; width: 232px; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); opacity: 0.7; visibility: hidden;"><div class="wording" style="margin: 5px; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Televangelist and best-selling author, Joel Osteen (shown here with his wife, Victoria. at the opening of the nation's largest church in a former Houston sports arena, gave the opening prayer at the inauguration of Houston's new mayor, Annise Parker, a lesbian. </div></div></div><div class="controls"><div class="credit" style="width: 132px; float: left; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br /></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now (hat tip to <a href="http://www.spiritual-politics.org/2010/01/a_kind_word_for_joel_osteen.html">Mark Silk</a> for pointing me to the <em><a href="http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/">Box Turtle Bulletin</a></em>) writer Timothy Kincaid suggests to his gay readership that they look at Osteen more fully and fairly. Kincaid's post (which carries a disclaimer that others on the staff of the webzine don't necessarily agreed) says:<blockquote><p>I think it would be useful for our community to adopt a more nuanced view of religious leaders. By doing so, we might find ourselves with unexpected allies.</p></blockquote><blockquote><p>Joel Osteen does not agree with my understanding of Scripture; but his disagreement does not make him a hater or a bigot. And I recognize the value in having a lesbian politician -- elected despite her opponent's religion-based homophobic campaign -- being given blessing by the pastor of the largest congregation in the nation.</p></blockquote></div><p><strong>Does this change your idea of Osteen? For better or for worse?</strong></p>LuMeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14645904612010708715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079140992911943780.post-89236028632488003792010-01-07T16:36:00.004-05:002010-03-07T15:33:18.693-05:00Obama to Jane Sturm: Hey, take a pill<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><object height="325" width="400"><param value="http://youtube.com/v/U-dQfb8WQvo" name="movie"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://youtube.com/v/U-dQfb8WQvo" height="325" width="400"></embed></object></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Jane asks the President if her 100 year old mother (now 105) would have gotten a pacemaker under his plan. Well now that's a tough one ... that costs a lot and maybe we will have to say, just take a pill. Priceless. </p></div>LuMeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14645904612010708715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079140992911943780.post-15804576167025329892010-01-03T14:53:00.003-05:002010-03-07T15:32:58.783-05:00Alex Jones discusses Secret Society depopulation scheme with Jesse Ventura<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><object height="325" width="400"><param value="http://youtube.com/v/MoK3lwi1Rg4" name="movie"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://youtube.com/v/MoK3lwi1Rg4" height="325" width="400"></embed></object></p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Conspiracy Theory' authority Alex Jones explains the motives for and inner-workings towards a depopulation scheme that aims to eliminate some 80%+ of the current human population. Powerful globalists inside the Bilderberg group, along with the Big Pharma, Big Agra and vaccine cartels are working towards lowering sterility and attacking the immune system...</p><p style="text-align: justify;">http://www.infowars.com/</p></div>LuMeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14645904612010708715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079140992911943780.post-79810330608079125882010-01-03T14:47:00.003-05:002010-03-07T15:33:56.076-05:00Gerald Celente on Alex Jones Tv 2/4 "Obamageddon!!"<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><object height="325" width="400"><param value="http://youtube.com/v/5ev2opmaybM" name="movie"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://youtube.com/v/5ev2opmaybM" height="325" width="400"></embed></object></p><div style="text-align: justify;">Alex welcomes back to the show Gerald Celente, trend forecaster, publisher of the Trends Journal, business consultant and author who makes predictions about the global financial markets and other events of historical importance. Celente accurately forecasted the 1987 stock market crash, the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the 1997 Asian currency crash and the 2007 subprime mortgage scandal. More recent forecasts involve fascism in the United States, food riots and tax revolts. He describes the emerging crisis as "Obamageddon."<br /></div><p>http://www.trendsresearch.com/</p></div>LuMeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14645904612010708715noreply@blogger.com0