RICK WARREN BRINGS DEMONIC OCCULT SPEAKERS INTO HIS CHURCH

Rick Warren is now brazenly bringing occult speakers into the church, which promotes the new global religion that he and Tony Blair are now organizing globally.

This is a MUST SEE. Don't be deceived. Your spiritual welfare is at stake.

Royal Heir

"I See Men AsTrees, Walking..."

Mark 8:22-26 (King James Version)

 ²²And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.

 ²³And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.

 ²⁴And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.

 ²⁵After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.

 ²⁶And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.

Healing In stages

     This miracle of Jesus was unusual in that it was done in stages, rather than instantaneously. The miracles have both a practical and a spiritual application, so look at a few facts.

 

     Bethsaida was a town under judgment. Christ had pronounced woe upon it because it refused to receive the truth after hearing it.

     The blind man, in the first stage of healing, had fuzzy vision ... he cannot distinguish between men and trees ... he is not fully healed. He requires the further touch of the Saviour.

     After the complete healing, Jesus admonished him: Don't go into the town, and don't tell anyone in the town. Jesus didn't want men following him just for signs and wonders; the town had refused to accept the truth already. Jesus said that always seeking proof, 'signs and wonders,' are indicative of an evil generation. If we have proof, there is no need for faith. It is faith that the Lord prizes in His followers.

Spiritual Meaning: Look at the context

    All miracles were/are designed to teach. There was a distinct purpose to them, and that was to teach lessons. Just as Jesus chose to heal this man in stages, this is illustrative of the path of Christian growth .  We come to knowledge and wisdom through growing in grace, through maturity.

     Look back at verse 17: "Why do you reason because you have no bread?" Jesus is asking why the disciples still don't understand? Having eyes, they do not see. They lack spiritual enlightenment. Again, in verse 21, he asks: "How is it you do not understand?"

    Looking at the context after the miracle, we see in verse 31 that Jesus began to teach them that He would suffer many things - the passion, the cross, the resurrection. Just as we lack understanding about why certain things happen to us, so did Peter. Christ rebuked Peter for his lack of understanding and that of the disciples. Their spiritual vision is blurry. The miracle itself dramatizes the Lord's very words, to explain the meaning of the miracle.

Practical application

The necessary steps to obtain 20/20 spiritual vision include these:

  * Let the Lord lead. There is no such thing as  instant maturity. It is a slow, painful, life-long process.

  * He took the man by the hand and led him out of the town before healing him. The LORD led. The town was under judgment, and the Lord led him out of the town (just as God led Lot out of his town).

  * Separation from the world. Christ took him out of Bethsaida, on which judgment had been announced. The Christian is called to be separate - set apart = distinct from the values and attitudes of the world system, and yet having the necessary contact with the world to spread the good news of the gospel.

 * Humility. The man submitted to the Lord's method (spittle) and timing (gradual) ...and leading (out). Clear spiritual growth and maturity require humbling by God. Human beings are proud by nature. A follower of Christ must rid himself of that pride, "die to self," which always runs counter to worldly aims. ⁶ Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. ⁷ Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you."  I Peter 5:6-7 

 * As the man continually submitted to the Lord's hand, he was healed and came out of the place he was, and into the place where the Lord wanted to place him.

One of my favorite hymns is:

Open my eyes that I may see, glimpses of truth Thou hast for me; 

Place in my hands the wonderful key that shall unclasp and set me free. 

Silently now, I wait for Thee, Ready, my God, Thy will to see,

Open my eyes, illumine me ... Spirit Divine!

A Child of The King

And Then Today ...

.....Before 9 AM my clothes dryer 'died.' When this event occurred, I actually laughed out loud. It seemed like such a minor thing compared to the saga of this past week.

     But, not to worry. We found a slightly used $7-800 unit for $149, with a 6-month warranty. 

     In all things, give thanks. I did.

Royal Heir

The Jaws of Death - 3 Times In 4 Days

Twice in the past four days I came within a hair's breadth of tragedy - and probably death - while driving. Neither incident could I have possibly controlled in any way. Someone, however, could ... and did.

A third incident occurred which could have led to my death, due to another set of circumstances completely beyond my control. 

It just occurred to me this morning that all three of these happened within a four-day period.

I don't believe in accidents (well, maybe spilt milk!). I know that powerful forces were behind these incidents. They all occurred for a reason.

The most powerful force of all time, however, watches over me. That is my heavenly Father, the Creator of all other forces in the cosmos. Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world. 

I will be here ... doing my job ... until THE LORD calls me out. It is THE LORD who determines my future, and no one else. It is THE LORD who I aim to please, and no one else.  It is THE LORD who directs my steps, and no one else.

My heavenly Father watches over me.  And that's why I love Him so much.

Royal Heir

EDUCATION: The Death of Free Will

This is a 5-part thesis (links to parts #2-#5 at end of this article), for those of us who are concerned about the government schools system in the U.S.

By Charlotte Iserbyt

December 21, 2010

NewsWithViews.com

“To extinguish the free will is to strike the conscience with death, for both have but one and the same life.” – William Ellery Channing (American moralist, Unitarian Clergyman and Author, 1780-1842)

 

Something is drastically wrong with the present restructuring of education. I hope this article will persuade parents and traditional public school administrators and teachers to work together to stop the dismantling of what was once considered the finest educational system in the world. The traditional system’s successful administrative structure which allowed elected school boards (working with superintendents, principals, and teachers) to provide our children with an academic education, should not be changed to accommodate the needs of the corporate fascist/socialist (government/business) partnerships and tax-exempt foundations.

One must understand that the situation with low academic test scores and unacceptable behavior of students was deliberately created over a period of 80 years, starting in the 1930s with the Carnegie Corporation’s plan to use schools to bring about a Soviet-style (performance-based) planned economic system. See reference to Carnegie Corporation's Conclusions and Recommendations for the Social Studies (1934) and Carnegie-Soviet Academy of Science Agreement (1985). The latter agreement was signed the same year Presidents Reagan and Gorbachev signed the U.S.-USSR Education Exchange Agreement. 

The first experiment with Outcomes/Performance-Based Education (the restructuring system being implemented today) was Carnegie Corporation’s “Eight Year Study” (1933-1941).

To get an idea of the enormity and severity of the problems addressed by this article, see the OECD-SSRC Stupski Next-Gen Data System Workshop (October 2010) presentation which states the following: “We will build capacity to leave a dying system and give birth to a new one…”

Solution—the following government agencies which control local education must be abolished: 

U.S. Department of Education, its laboratories and centers, and all federally funded state departments of education. Also, legislation must be passed prohibiting outside meddling in state or local education matters by corporations and tax exempt foundations. Such legislation would prevent international, national or corporate entities from administering attitudinal assessments and collecting private data on students, their families, educators and/or members of small businesses.

It is doubtful that major conservative groups would help in this endeavor. Our best hope is to enlist the help of traditional teachers and administrators, and small business owners, who would have to go up against their prospective organization leadership. It might work. It’s worth a try.

This article is written for the benefit of parents, our children, and the teachers of our children; it explains the following:

Link 1: Re-inventing Schools Coalition
Link 2: Back to Basics Reform or. . .OBE . . .Skinnerian International Curriculum and the deliberate dumbing down of america
Link 3: Jed Brown on Behavioral Conditioning
Link 4: Educators Push Back Against Obama’s “Business Model” for School Reform(If a link becomes broken, please do a Google search for the title.)

The last nail of so-called school reform is being struck in the coffin of traditional American education which made our nation the envy of the Free World and which produced famous scientists, engineers, mathematicians, writers, artists, musicians, doctors, etc.

The reform is not new. It started in the early 1900s when John D. Rockefeller, Jr.’s Director of Charity for the Rockefeller Foundation, Frederick T. Gates, set up the Southern Education Board. In 1913 the organization was incorporated into the General Education Board. These boards set in motion “the deliberate dumbing down of America”. In Frederick T. Gates’ “The Country School of Tomorrow” Occasional Papers No. 1 (General Education Board, New York, 1913) was a section entitled “A Vision of the Remedy” in which he wrote:

“Is there aught a remedy for this neglect of rural life? Let us, at least, yield ourselves to the gratifications of a beautiful dream that there is. In our dream, we have limitless resources, and the people yield themselves with perfect docility to our moulding hand. The present educational conventions fade from our minds; and unhampered by tradition, we work our own good will upon a grateful and responsive rural folk. We shall not try to make these people or any of their children into philosophers or men of learning or of science. We are not to raise up from among them authors, orators, poets, or men of letters. We shall not search for embryo great artists, painters, musicians. Nor will we cherish even the humbler ambition to raise up from among them lawyers, doctors, preachers, politicians, statesmen, of whom we now have ample supply.”

The above quote sounds like something from one of the public/private school-to-work/tax-exempt foundation partnerships involved in the Reinventing Schools Coalition agenda, as well as other innocuous sounding current-day initiatives that are being implemented across the nation.

The above Rockefeller agenda was followed up by the Carnegie Corporation’s little volume on education entitled Conclusions and Recommendations for the Social Studies (Charles Scribner’s Sons: N.Y. 1934) — funded to the tune of $340,000. This little book called for using the schools to turn the United States into a socialist nation, ultimately to become a member of a socialist/communist world government. Author Francis Gannon wrote that Harold Laski, the philosopher of British socialism, said of this report:

“At bottom, and stripped of its carefully neutral phrases, the Report is an educational program for a Socialist America.”

Conclusions and Recommendations for the Social Studies is the most important book I ever laid my hands on. You can find it here. Following are important and revealing excerpts from Conclusions and Recommendations for the Social Studies:

“The Commission was also driven to this broader conception of its task by the obvious fact that American civilization, in common with Western civilization, is passing through one of the great critical ages of history, is modifying its traditional faith in economic individualism [free enterprise], and is embarking upon vast experiments in social planning and control which call for large-scale cooperation on the part of the people…” (pp. 1-2)
“. . . Cumulative evidence supports the conclusion that in the United States and in other countries the age of ‘laissez faire’ in economy and government is closing and that a new age of collectivism is emerging.” (p. 16)

In 1951, Human Relations in Curriculum Change was published (Ed. Kenneth D. Benne and Bozidar Muntyan, The Dryden Press, Inc., NY). The book contains “Selected readings with an emphasis on group development.” Most works—written by social scientists and philosophers of-the-day—appeared in publications during the 1940s decade; some included references dating from the 1930s decade. Human Relations in Curriculum Change discusses “social engineering” (theory, methods); “re-education of personnel in knowledge, skills, and attitudes”; schools as potential laboratories for “experimental social science”; “human engineering”; “group thinking”; “change agents”; Kurt Lewin’s “change process” theory; “consensus”; and more.

In Critical Theory, Marxism, Dialectical Method and Total Quality Management (2002), author Judy McLemore explains that the editors of Human Relations and Curriculum Change selected for inclusion “the research experiments and writings on group development and human engineering by various transformational Marxists to create a blueprint for the ‘re-education’ or brainwashing of the masses and subsequent transformation of America. It is a master plan for ‘inducing and controlling changes in social systems,’ that is, changes in the individuals within schools, government, universities, industries, etc. by way of the ‘group’ (Benne Preface, 24). . . . The plan includes a dialectical method of ‘resolving’ personal individual beliefs and dispositions of traditional Americans into a ‘common social outlook’ defined by these Marxists (336). By common they mean of the same mind, feelings, habits, knowledge, motivation, beliefs and values. In effect they mean to mold each individual personality to conform to a facilitated group adaptable to change.”

Conclusions and Recommendations for the Social Studies (1934) and the old progressive theories and practices that appeared in Human Relations in Curriculum Change (1951) are accommodated by school/workforce reforms today that promote so-called global competitiveness and global citizenship. (Note: the term progressive was “in the middle of the last century, what socialists and communists used for themselves because they believed they had the key to the future."[1])

Please use this article “The Death of Free Will” to fight state implementation of the federal Common Core Standards. Use this article to fight the totalitarian Pavlovian/Skinnerian performance-based workforce training agenda that will dumb down students as well as teachers . . . which will pay teachers for students’ good grades (teach to the test/what are they testing?) and very likely also pay children as well for good grades.

This agenda MUST be stopped or all of us will suffer: our children, their teachers, and our free political and economic system of government. Once FREE WILL is destroyed, there is no protection from descending to the level of animals, subjected to “training”. Only human beings can be educated. Why have we opted for animal training, with or without the computer, rather than continuing to educate our children in the traditional way for upward mobility?

This is the ultimate war for our children’s minds and souls. No other war has ever been more important. If you don’t have time to read this entire article, please at least click on the links at the beginning of this article as well as their associated links. Descriptions of the links follow. See Charlotte's 9 min. vedeo below. For part two click below.

Click here for part -----> 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,

Endnote:

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Charlotte Iserbyt is the consummate whistleblower! Iserbyt served as Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI), U.S. Department of Education, during the first Reagan Administration, where she first blew the whistle on a major technology initiative which would control curriculum in America's classrooms. Iserbyt is a former school board director in Camden, Maine and was co-founder and research analyst of Guardians of Education for Maine (GEM) from 1978 to 2000. She has also served in the American Red Cross on Guam and Japan during the Korean War, and in the United States Foreign Service in Belgium and in the Republic of South Africa.

Iserbyt is a speaker and writer, best known for her 1985 booklet Back to Basics Reform or OBE: Skinnerian International Curriculum and her 1989 pamphlet Soviets in the Classroom: America's Latest Education Fad which  covered the details of the U.S.-Soviet and Carnegie-Soviet Education Agreements which remain in effect to this day. She is a freelance writer and has had articles published in Human Events, The Washington Times, The Bangor Daily News, and included in the record of Congressional hearings. 

Website: www.deliberatedumbingdown.com
Website: www.americandeception.com

E-Mail: dumbdown00@yahoo.com 

Order The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America

http://www.newswithviews.com/iserbyt/iserbyt102.htm

 Compliments of Royal Heir

MidEast Leaders in Comas or Dead?

How much of this do you suppose is true? And, if it is true, how much do you suppose was not pre-planned?

Israel's Ariel Sharon Has Been in a Coma For Five Years

Egypt's Hosni Mubarek Rumored To Be In Coma

Deposed Tunisia's President In Coma

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah Died A Week Ago?

...but an educated guess tells me there are no comas or deaths. 

Evil leaders have a tendency to enter hospitals, suffer comas, 'die,' or hop Greyhounds to Illinois when they are boxed in, when the people are demanding answers, and when they have billions or trillions of dollars (or yuan) which needs to be quickly gotten out of Dodge.

I would expect to see more sick (evil) world leaders ... in every sense of the Word.

It's eternally safer to be a ...

 Royal Heir

Plans For The Third Temple

There is a three-minute computer animated design of the Third Temple of Israel at the link below. It is beautiful and thrilling to see. Very cutting edge technology.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7dUnD60wWE

The main website of the Temple Institute is linked below. You could spend hours there. It's a wonderful site, and a clear sign of the times. 

http://www.templeinstitute.org/

Royal Heir

The Greatest and Most Perfect Love

We use the word 'love' to apply to many things - romantic relationships, marriage, brotherly love, parental, patriotic - and to many things: money, food, pets, etc. 

But the Bible tells us about the greatest love of all.The first time the word appears in the Word of God is in the following passage:

"And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of." Genesis 22:2.

In this passage the Word refers to the love of a father for his son. We know that this is a 'type' of God himself and His willingness to offer His only begotten Son - the earthly representation of God Himself - as a sacrifice for the sin of the world. This sacrifice has consequences for the entire cosmos. It is without a doubt the example of the highest possible meaning of love that exists. In fact, as the Bible says, "God is love." (1 John 4:16.) God is the ultimate source of love, the essence of love, and His love was exhibited before the foundation of the world. 

The only certainty in love is to be found in the absolutely eternal love of God for His creation ... US! Nothing in all of history, or in the future, can separate the follower of Jesus Christ from that love.

We were designed for intimate fellowship with the Creator of the cosmos. That is why He created us in His very own image. Jesus Christ came to earth for the very purpose of shedding His blood for us - to die in our place - and if we believe on Him we are adopted and are considered the children of God. He loves us intensely and passionately. Christ also calls us His friends. We are also blessed with our own Counselor, the Holy Spirit, the third Person of the Godhead.

The love of God is the one certainly in an uncertain world.

Royal Heir

WHY Egypt Will Not Become A Democracy

In the next days, weeks and months, you will hear the American media rejoicing at the prospect of the new democratic Egyptian state - a fantasy which they will perpetuate right up until Islam takes over this country. The media is not telling the truth. They are saying what their masters want them to say. Just like their masters, they love the money, the fame and the power.
 
You cannot dialogue with Islam. There is no such thing as a moderate Islam because the RELIGION is not moderate. Many Muslims came to the U.S. because they were tired of the Islamic state, but if push came to shove they would obey their religion.  Americans in general don't know what they're talking about when it comes to Islam, due to their ignorance and naivete. "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge." They don't have a clue.

Allah is not the God Christians worship. Allah is the same as the Satan of the Bible. Yet we want to talk about how peaceful and loving Islam is. It's not possible to be peaceful and loving while worshipping Satan. It is a contradiction in terms. If you want to find out what Islam is all about, read the Koran. Most English versions of the Koran are intentionally corrupted to present a palatable face to the western reader. If you want a true translation you can find one here. This is the website of a Usama Dakdok, a Christian man who was born and raised in Egypt. He moved here as an adult and if you want the truth about Islam you will find it on his website.
 
The Egyptian revolution began with 20,000 youth in three cities. On "Angry Friday" you could have seen 200,000 angry Muslims coming out of the mosques. The Muslim Brotherhood is all over the mosques. Many pass themselves off as Christians ... or as Muslims who yearn for democracy. It is perfectly acceptable to lie, cheat or steal in Islam, as long as it is for the purpose of deceiving a non-Muslim. They do not want democracy. They want Sharia Law. Islam is a complete way of life which embraces the personal, the political and the religious. There is no democracy possible with Islam. Our President knows that very well, and yet he talks about a democratic Islamic state. He understands the impossibility of that idea.

They want the vote. Who do you think they will vote for? They are all Muslims who believe in an Islamic State governed by Sharia Law. The world powers know this very well; they want chaos.

Show me one Muslim country in 1150 yrs that was a democracy. Do you really think they want it now? It's an oxymoron. Why are the Egyptian protesters holding signs in English that say, "Yes, we can."  Because they are talking to the liberal Americans, acting as if they want democracy - for our benefit. This tactic has been used for 1150 yrs. When will we get it?

The Christian Coptic Museum is being looted and destroyed by the leaders from Europe and America. Pray for the Christians in Egypt; there are many. You can imagine what the Muslim Brotherhood wants to do to them, and it is not peaceful and loving.

We have so-called Christian leaders in America wanting to 'dialogue' with these people; these leaders have no common sense whatsoever. The Muslim Brotherhood wants to destroy America from within through the deception of the people.  The Muslim Brotherhood was founded in 1928 in Egypt to: 1) implement Sharia worldwide and 2) establish the worldwide Muslim state or caliphate. These are the same goals as Al Qaeda (I use this argument for those who still do not understand that modern Al Qaeda is a construct of the CIA).

The Muslim Brotherhood has greatly infiltrated the American government, some of our most important national security agencies, having security clearances,  and many are not even citizens. They are in Homeland Security, of course.  These are facts. The FBI advertises in Muslim magazines. What more evidence do we require?

The American church has many enemy leaders within. They are sheep in wolves clothing. They are tools of Satan. They are deceived, or evil, or both. Islam searches out these Baal worshippers who call themselves "Christian" but are eager to cater to other religions, to worship together. They are not worshipping the God of the Bible.

In Europe six years ago, the Muslims who immigrated did so because they 'loved democracy.' Now look at Europe. They plan to do it here.  Many in this country are too ignorant to be interested in stopping The American Jihad, which is now in late Step 3 of their 5 Step Plan.  The tactics used are once again the Hegelian Dialectic.

Most who call themselves Christians REFUSE TO LISTEN to the truth. They are truly foolish and ignorant sheep. Those Christians who try to warn the church will be the very ones persecuted, and God will hold their own Christian communities responsible for not having eyes to see, ears to hear, the truth.  

It becomes very discouraging to need to repeat these things over and over again. But I have no choice. When I stand in front of the Lord I will be held responsible if I fail to do it. I am compelled to do the task assigned to me.
 
The church refuses to teach you these things - to warn the people about the many deceptions pressing in on us and the many false teachers with their siren calls. 

Would Paul, Peter, James or John have refused? I don't think so.

Royal Heir

There Will Be No Egyptian Democracy

If I was a betting person I could make millions right now - if I could find anyone foolish enough to bet on a democracy in Egypt. And, in the United States, I'm sure I would find a high percentage of people ignorant enough about the religion of Islam to make that bet.

One of the last few ploys of the Illuminists is to pit Islam against Christianity ... and destroy both. This statement is from their own writings. What has just occurred in Egypt sets off this plan. I have read about 11 other Middle East countries which could 'go postal' and have revolutions of their own - for democracy, of course. 

The Middle Eastern countries are not after democracy, although they will say so. What they crave is the Caliphate. They are not in command of their own destinies, however, just as the U.S. is not in command - and for the same reason. The citizens do not realize this has all been planned for them, and they are being manipulated from above; that is, from the leaders of the world powers (and from even further above). All of this will escalate into perpetual war, which will require increasingly tighter security.


The Iraq and Afghanistan wars were the opening shots required to unite Islam against the West. Of course, there were many other advantages in those wars, to the powers that be, which we won't address right now.  It's really quite simple to manipulate these things, and even simpler to fool the American people, on many levels. After all, these world powers have been planning world events for hundreds of years. Several thousand, actually. You use the natural instincts and motivations of a people. Combine that with religion, and you really can't lose.


As just a very small example, look at the energy situation here in the U.S. We have enough oil in the ground right here in the U.S. to be completely energy independent. Only a fool could not have seen years ago that we were heading in a perilous direction by relying on unpredictable countries for our energy needs. Politicians have been talking about it for years. And yet, here we sit, in the middle of an imminent squeeze play. This is not an accident. It is another part of the plan. There are numerous other examples of the massive manipulation of the people.


Another one was NAFTA. A few people raised objections, but we didn't insist. The pols were all voted back in, time and time again. The jobs are never coming back. Deal with it. It was planned. Believe it.


The President cannot control himself with joy that the Egyptian people are rising up and insisting on their freedoms. Where, then, was his joy at the sight of the tea parties? Or the Iranian uprising, for that matter? You see, it all depends on who is wanting freedom, and whether or not it fits into the global plan that is being implemented.


Tomorrow I will address why you will never see democracy in a Muslim country.

Royal Heir

The Dark Side of Purpose Driven - Book Review

The Dark Side of the Purpose Driven Church: 

a book by Reverend Dr. Noah Hutchings 

Product Description

This is an Expanded Edition with 5 new chapters. Dr. Rick Warren proposes that his Purpose Driven Church movement is a New Reformation, the greatest paradigm shift in church government and message since Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the church in Wittenburg, Germany on October 31, 1517. Without doubt, the Purpose Driven Church has become a tremendous force in the world, but Noah Hutchings sees a dark side to this force: it is at best a distortion of the gospel; at worst, a repudiation of biblical, saving faith in Jesus Christ.

About the Author

Noah Hutchings serves as president of one of the foremost prophetic ministries in the world - Southwest Radio Church in Oklahoma City, which has been on the air since April of 1933. Dr. Hutchings has been with the ministry since April 1951, the same year he received Christ as his personal Lord and Savior.

Dr. Hutchings has written more than one hundred books, booklets, and articles covering Bible commentary and prophetic topics. Dr. Hutchings has been active in missions and communications ministries for more than fifty years, and is recognized for being a world traveler, having led tours to Israel, Egypt, Europe, China, Russia, and other nations around the world. He recently traveled to Israel to make a documentary movie concerning the signs of the end-times occurring there.

A member of the board of deacons of the Council Road Baptist Church of Bethany, Oklahoma, Dr. Hutchings is also a member of the University of Biblical Studies in Oklahoma City. In 1997 he was awarded an honorary doctorate degree from St. Charles University, and is a member of the Gideons organization. His plain and conversational style of writing makes the subject matter he approaches both interesting and informative to the reader, regardless of the level of education or understanding.

Available at Amazon online:

http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Side-Purpose-Driven-Church/dp/1933641002/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1297484013&sr=1-1

Royal Heir

A Personal Note....

.....To Those Who May Need To Know

     Almost all of my daily posts are pre-scheduled to appear on a certain date. I often write them a week or two in advance. 

     If it should ever appear that a particular post or posts are intentionally aimed at any individual or church, this is in no case true. I always ask the Lord to inspire my writings, and never, ever target anyone in any place. I would certainly never do that. I always pray that the Lord will direct my writings wherever He sees fit. Only His wisdom can properly oversee such a task.


     In the Spirit of the Love of Christ,

Royal Heir

One World Religion: New Organization Introduced

NEW YORK (AP) — 

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Friday that leaders in an interdependent world must work to end religious conflict or face "catastrophe" as he introduced a new foundation dedicated to interfaith understanding.

Religion is as important in this century as political ideology was in the last, Blair said. The Tony Blair Faith Foundation will fight extremism, organize faith groups against poverty and illness, and educate people worldwide about religions other than their own, he said.

"There is a new reality. We have to come to terms with it. And it implies, at its fundamentals, peaceful coexistence or catastrophe," said Blair in a speech before religious and business leaders at the posh Time Warner Center. "If faith becomes a countervailing force, pulling people apart, then it becomes destructive and indeed dangerous."

Former President Bill Clinton, who became a close friend of Blair's when both men were in office, opened the event, putting his arm around the former prime minister and calling his faith "genuine" and "deep." [Yes...if we want discernment about genuine faith wouldn't Bill Clinton be the logical one to ask?!]

The group's advisory council includes evangelical mega pastor Rick Warren,

who with his wife, Kay, advocates for HIV/AIDS victims worldwide; Ismail Khudr Al-Shatti, an adviser to the prime minister of Kuwait; and world Baptist and Jewish leaders. Catholic Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor of Westminster, England, has pledged to join the council when the pope allows him to retire.

Yale University is a partner in the project. The former prime minister plans to teach at the school next year, leading a seminar on faith and globalization.

In a brief interview, Blair said he defined extremists as "people who want to exclude the other if someone is of a different faith." [In other words, those who believe the Bible - that Jesus is the only way to heaven - are extremists) Blair told the crowd that although Islamic extremism draws the most attention, "there are elements of extremism in every major faith."

"It is important where people of good faith combat such extremism, that they are supported," said Blair, who is an envoy for the Quartet of Mideast peacemakers — the U.S., European Union, Russia and United Nations.

Among the foundation's many initiatives are promoting research on religion and globalization;  developing interactive media and publications on religion geared for young people, businesses and political groups; and, working with the U.N. and groups such as the Malaria No More Campaign to fight the illness.

Blair said the foundation would not focus on "doctrinal inquiry"  or "subsume different faiths in some universal faith of the lowest common denominator."

Sayyid Syeed, a national leader of the Islamic Society of North America and a veteran of interfaith outreach, said it is possible to find common ground without watering down religious teachings if the work is based on sound scholarship about each faith. "It has been done in the past and can be done again," Syeed said.

Richard C. Levin, Yale's president, who shared the stage with Blair and two young American Muslim leaders, said the community service programs that will be part of the foundation's work will build a bond among young people, despite any theological differences.

"You cannot understand the modern world," Blair said, "unless you understand the importance of religious faith."

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We are now hearing open discussion of one world government and one world religion, to be ruled by the two beasts of Revelation. Does anyone still have doubts that we are in the last days?

Royal Heir  

The Koran in The Pews

CHRISLAM SPREADS THROUGHOUT AMERICA

 

QURAN IN THE PEWS

JESUS IN THE QURAN

By

Paul L. Williams, Ph.D.

This weekend, the Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church in Houston along with Christian communities in Atlanta, Seattle, and Detroit will initiate a series of sermons that have been designed to produce an ecumenical reconciliation between Christianity and Islam.

In addition to the sermons, the Sunday school lessons will center on the inspired teachings of the Prophet Mohammad.

Qurans will be placed in the pews next to the Bibles.

The concept of Chrislam, now embraced by such preachers as Rick Warren and Robert Schuller, appears to have emerged from a program on the meaning of “love your neighbor” at Grace Fellowship Church in Atlanta, Georgia.

“In 2001, like most Americans, we were pretty awakened to the true Islamic presence in the world and in the United States,” says Jon Stallsmith, the outreach minister at Grace Fellowship. “Jesus says we should love our neighbors. We can’t do that without having a relationship with them.”

Stallsmith maintains that a rapprochement between Muslims and Christians can be achieved by the fact that Jesus is mentioned twenty-five times in the Quran.

The Chrislam movement has gained impetus by statements from President George W. Bush and that Christians, Jews, and Muslims all worship the same God and by Rick Warren’s reference to Isa (the Muslim name for Jesus) in his prayer at the inauguration of President Barack Obama.

Only 30 percent of Americans have a favorable view of Muslims, according to a Pew Forum poll. At the same time, more than half the country says they know “not very much” or “nothing at all” about the Islamic faith.

“The recent political developments and the fact that we’re fighting two wars in Muslim countries should sharpen that need to know how to talk to these guys,” Stallsmith insists “We want to find peace, reconciliation around a scriptural understanding of Jesus.”

Jesus in the Quran is neither the only-begotten Son of God nor the Messiah who was divinely appointed to restore the House of David. He is rather viewed as a prophet who was appointed by Allah to prepare mankind for the coming of Mohammad.

In the Quran, Jesus neither suffers nor dies on the cross but is rather raised alive into heaven:
“That they said (in boast), “We killed Christ Jesus the son of Mary, the Messenger of God”;- but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but so it was made to appear to them, and those who differ therein are full of doubts, with no (certain) knowledge, but only conjecture to follow, for of a surety they killed him not:- Nay, God raised him up unto the himself; and God is Exalted in Power, Wise” (4: 157-158)

The victim at Calvary, Islam teaches, was either Simon of Cyrene or Judas Iscariot.

The Quran mentions that Jesus was born of the virgin Maryam – - not by an immaculate conception but rather the will of Allah and that He performed miracles to show the Jewish people that He was a maseh in the manner of Moses and Ibrahim (Abraham):

“In blasphemy indeed are those that say that God is Christ the son of Mary. Say: “Who then hath the least power against God, if His will were to destroy Christ the son of Mary, his mother, and all every – one that is on the earth? For to God belongeth the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and all that is between. He createth what He pleaseth. For God hath power over all things” (5:17).

Belief in the divinity of Jesus is condemned in Islam as shirk (filth).

This article can be found at http://thelastcrusade.org

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Apostasy Creep

     Apostasy - the forsaking of the faith - almost always happens in numerous subtle steps that are first rationalized in the mind. It's just one little thing. Just one little thing that arises out of temptation placed in front of us by Satan, in which our response is disobedience. Exactly as in the case of Eve. She allowed herself to be deceived. She could have said 'no.'

     Apostasy is almost always a process rather than one big leap. Being a Christian requires constant vigilance. We cannot be careless about it. More often than not we creep into apostasy because we want to do something that is clearly against God's Word. We convince ourselves that it is okay. On judgment day for the Christian - a separate event from judgment day for the nonbeliever -  it will be decided whether we are true disciples of Jesus Christ, or whether he will say to us, "Depart from me. I never knew you." There will be no rationalizing, no excuses, when we stand in front of the Lord Himself.

     Jesus said that the last days (which we are now living in) would be characterized by apostasy. In fact the Antichrist religion will be a complete 'copycat' version of the real thing. Antichrist will come disguised as Christ Himself, and his religion will contain copycat versions all of the elements of true Christianity - so much so that "if it were possible" the very elect themselves will be deceived.

     The majority of churches today are apostate churches. This gives people a perfect excuse (in their own minds) to be disobedient. Apostate ministers and church leaders give people advice which is apostate. And people's 'itching ears' are eager to listen, because it is what they want to do instead of what God's Word teaches. In fact, they are in league with Satan and his plans. 

The reason people so eagerly fall for this is because the are biblically illiterate. They fashion their own version of God - again, in their own heads - and do not read and search the scriptures to find the truth. This can be confirmed in many polls which show that around 2/3 of all evangelicals believe there are many roads to heaven, which is Satan's lie. There is only one path to heaven, and that is through the blood of Jesus Christ.

"I am the way, the truth, and the life; no man cometh to the Father but by me." John 14:6.

"Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men,  whereby we must be saved."  Acts 4:12.

God's Word tells us where we are right now:

"For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned to fables." 2 Timoth 4:3-4.

Christians are to be set apart, separate from the world. Most churches now copy the world, tailoring every part of their services to appeal to the world's standards, especially the young people. 

The solution is to spend time in the Word of God. That is the only place where truth resides. I don't see how anyone who does not regularly read God's Word can make any claim whatever to being a Christian. You cannot be a disciple of Christ if you don't read His communication to you.

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Playing With Gasoline Near An Open Flame

This post by Joel Roseberg may also be found here.

PLAYING WITH GASOLINE NEAR AN OPEN FLAME: WHITE HOUSE INDICATES WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AS LAWLESSNESS, VIOLENCE SPREAD IN EGYPT

Posted: February 2, 2011 by joelcrosenberg in Uncategorized

The Obama administration is playing with gasoline near an open flame. As lawlessness and violence continues to spread through Cairo and other cities, senior White House and State Department officials are inexplicably indicating that they are now interested in welcoming the Muslim Brotherhood and other "non-secular" groups into whatever new government is created once Hosni Mubarak leaves office, as he has indicated he is now willing to do.

• The Los Angeles Times reports, "The Obama administration said for the first time that it supports a role for groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood, a banned Islamist organization, in a reformed Egyptian government…..White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said that a reformed government 'has to include a whole host of important nonsecular actors that give Egypt a strong chance to continue to be [a] stable and reliable partner.'"
• The New York Times reports: "White House staff members 'made clear that they did not rule out engagement with the Muslim Brotherhood as part of an orderly process,' according to one attendee [to a meeting of Mideast experts with three officials of the National Security Council], who like others interviewed for this article spoke on condition of anonymity because he did not want to talk publicly about the meeting. The Muslim group had been suppressed by Mr. Mubarak, and Bush administration officials believed it was involved in terrorist activities. It renounced violence years ago. Several times, two other attendees said, White House staff members said that Mr. Obama believed that Egyptian politics needed to encompass 'nonsecular' parties: diplomatic-speak for the Muslim Brotherhood."

Few moves could be more disastrous. Does the administration not understand who they are dealing with?

• The Muslim Brotherhood's stated mission is as follows: "Allah is our objective. The Prophet is our leader. The Qur'an is our law. Jihad is our way. Dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope."
• According to a blue-ribbon group of national security experts that include former CIA Director James Woolsey, former Delta Force commander Lt-Gen (ret) Jerry Boykin, and former Defense Dept. official Frank Gaffney, a group convened by the Center for Security Policy and called "Team B-II": "The Muslim Brotherhood was founded in Egypt in 1928. Its express purpose was two-fold: (1) to implement shariah worldwide, and (2) to re-establish the global Islamic State (caliphate).  Therefore, al Qaeda and the MB have the same objectives.  They differ only in the timing and tactics involved in realizing them."

Meanwhile, Mohammed ElBaradei continues to prove he is a wolf in sheep's clothing by continuing to deny that the Muslim Brotherhood is an extremist Radical group intent on building an Islamic caliphate. Instead, he says they are a peaceful group and should be included in national politics in Egypt just like evangelical Christians are including in the U.s. and Orthodox Jews in Israel. In an interview picked up by Politics Daily, ElBaradei "said the Muslim Brotherhood, which had the largest organized opposition to the government, did not pose the threat of turning Egypt into another Iran. 'This is totally bogus,' ElBaradei said. 'They are no way extremists. They are no way using violence. They are not a majority of the Egyptian people. They will not be more than maybe 20 percent of the Egyptian people. You have to include them like, you know, new evangelicals, you know, groups in the U.S., like the orthodox Jews in Jerusalem.'"

Latest headlines:

• A scene of violent chaos in Cairo
• CNN's Anderson Cooper attacked by mob
• Mubarak's supporters charge protesters on camels as Egyptian revolution descends into violence
• Violence in Egypt as foes, supporters of Hosni Mubarak clash
• Lawlessness Could Hijack Egypt's Popular Uprising
• Muslim Brotherhood 'Against U.S. Interests,' Says Former State Dept. Official
• WikiLeaks: tension in the Middle East and Asia has 'direct potential' to lead to nuclear war
• WikiLeaks: al-Qaeda 'is planning a dirty bomb': Al-Qaeda is actively tring to secure nuclear material and recruiting rogue scientists to build a radioactive "dirty" bomb, according to leaked diplomatic documents

Distributed by www.worldviewweekend.com

By Joel Rosenberg Click here for bio and archived articles

Will Egypt Confirm The Covenant With Many?

"And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week"  Daniel 9:27  (KJV)

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As Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak fights a seemingly lost battle against protesters seeking his ouster, Israel has asked the global community to make it clear to any regime in the country that it must abide fully by the peace agreement with the Jewish state.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged the international community to make it clear to any new Egyptian leadership that will emerge that it must meet a series of conditions in return for receiving legitimacy in the eyes of the West, similar to those posed to Hamas following the Islamist movement’s victory in Palestinian elections, senior officials told daily Ha’aretz.

The Mideast Quartet of the UN, the U.S. EU and Russia, have demanded that Hamas relinquish terrorism, recognise Israel and accept as binding previous negotiated agreements between the Palestine Liberation Organisation and Israel if it wants international acceptance.

The Israeli Premier is not drawing a comparison between the two situations but would like the international community to add this condition among others, including a return to democracy and respect for human rights, the officials said.

“The matter was made clear to the Americans and many other countries,” a senior official in Jerusalem told the daily adding, “We are not opposed to democracy in Egypt but it is important for us to preserve the peace agreement.”

The Prime Minister’s Bureau issued a statement yesterday to clarify the Israeli position on the situation in Egypt.

“Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel’s interest is to preserve the peace with Egypt...Israel believes that the international community must require any Egyptian government to preserve the peace agreement with Israel,” it said.

The more than three-decade-long peace agreement between the two countries has ensured that Israel did not have to face any major War in the region.

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A Time to Laugh ... And A Time to Cry

I have no idea who wrote this, or whether or not it is true. But I love it.

_________ 

Consumed by my loss, I didn't notice the hardness of the pew where I sat. I  was at the funeral of my dearest friend - my mother. She finally had lost her long battle with cancer. The hurt was so  intense; I found it hard to breathe at times. Always supportive, Mother clapped loudest at my school plays, held box of tissues while listening to my first heartbreak, comforted me at my father's death, encouraged me in college, and prayed for me my entire life. When mother's illness was diagnosed, my sister had a new baby and my brother had recently married his childhood sweetheart, so it fell on me, the 27-year-old middle child without entanglements, to take care of her. I counted it an honor.

"What now, Lord?" I asked sitting in church. My life stretched out before me as an empty abyss. My brother sat stoically with his face  toward the cross while clutching his wife's hand. My sister sat slumped against her husband's shoulder, his arms around her as she cradled their child . . . All so deeply grieving, no one noticed I sat alone.

My place had been with our mother, preparing her meals, helping her walk, taking her to the doctor, seeing to her medication, reading the Bible together. Now she was with the Lord. My work was finished, and I was alone. I heard a door open and slam shut at the back of the church. Quick footsteps hurried along the carpeted floor. . .

An exasperated young man looked around briefly and then sat next to me. He folded his hands and placed them on his lap.  His eyes were brimming with tears. He began to sniffle. 'I'm late,' he explained, though no explanation was necessary. After several eulogies, he leaned over and commented, 'Why do they keep calling Mary by the name of 'Margaret?''

"Because, that was her name, Margaret. Never Mary, no on called her 'Mary,'' I whispered. I wondered why this person couldn't have sat on the other side of the church. He interrupted my grieving with his tears and fidgeting. Who was this stranger anyway?

"No, that isn't correct,' he insisted, as several people glanced over at us whispering, "Her name is Mary, Mary Peters.'

"That isn't who this." "Isn't this the Lutheran church?"

"No, the Lutheran church is across the street.'"

"Oh.'"

"I  believe you're at the wrong funeral, Sir.'"

The  solemnness of the occasion mixed with the realization of the man's mistake bubbled up inside me and came out as laughter. I  cupped my hands over my face, hoping it would be interpreted as sobs. The creaking pew gave me away . . . Sharp looks from other mourners only made the situation seem more hilarious.   

I  peeked at the bewildered, misguided man seated beside me. He was laughing too, as he glanced around, deciding it was too late for an uneventful exit. I imagined Mother laughing. At the final "Amen,'"we darted out a door and into the parking lot.

"I do believe we'll be the talk of the town,'"he smiled. He said his name was Rick and since he had missed his aunt's funeral, asked me out for a cup of coffee. That afternoon began a lifelong journey for me with this man who attended the wrong funeral, but was in the right place. A year after our meeting, we were married at a country church where he was the assistant pastor. This time we both arrived at the same church, right on time . . .

In my time of sorrow, God gave me laughter. In place of loneliness, God gave me love. This past June, we celebrate our twenty-second wedding anniversary. Whenever anyone asks us how we met, Rick tells them, "Her mother and my Aunt Mary introduced us, and it's truly a match made in heaven."

REMEMBER, God doesn't make mistakes. He puts us where we are to be.

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