A great video….

Other than the Zionist reference, I love this video:

 

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Prayers Needed Tonight

It seems this stuff always comes in waves.

As much as I hate using Rachel Lucas’s situation as reference point, I must.

I just received some bad news tonight, my cousin, Pam, collapsed at work. She’s at the local hospital here in town, having emergency surgery of some sort.

The cause of the collapse and the type surgery are unknown at this time.

But please, keep my Cousin Pam and her husband Ben and her two children in your prayers tonight and the rest of the week.

I will update this spot, when more information is available.

Thanks…

Cross Posted @ The American Nationalist News Service

Update: The cause is now known, it is this. She is going for surgery, she is quite scared. Please continue to pray for her and the family.

Update #2: Woke up this morning and my dad was on the phone………with Pam. She had already went through Surgery and was on the phone with my Dad. Pam’s quite the tough Lady. Anyhow, I will be up at the hospital tomorrow. I will post the results of that.

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The reading room: THE HERESY OF SEPARATION

“Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and
offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid
them” (Romans 16:17).

“Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what
fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what
communion hath light with darkness” (2 Corinthians 6:14).

“Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh
disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us” (2
Thessalonians 3:6).

“If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even
the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is
according to godliness … from such withdraw thyself. (1 Timothy
6:3-5).

“Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from
such turn away” (2 Timothy 3:5).

“Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common
salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you
that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once
delivered unto the saints” (Jude 3).

Steven Curtis Chapman’s 5 year old Daughter killed in a tragic accident….

This is terrible… 

The Article: Christian music star’s daughter killed by car - (Via CNN.com)

The 5-year-old daughter of Grammy-winning Christian music star Steven Curtis Chapman was struck and killed Wednesday by a sport utility vehicle driven by her brother, authorities said.

Steven Curtis Chapman’s daughter was fatally struck by a sport utility vehicle driven by her brother Wednesday.

The girl, Maria Sue, was hit in the driveway of the family’s home Wednesday afternoon by a Toyota Land Cruiser driven by her teenage brother, said Laura McPherson, a spokeswoman for the Tennessee Highway Patrol.

The brother, whose name and exact age weren’t available, apparently did not see the girl, McPherson said. No charges are expected.

“It looks like a tragic accident,” she said.

Several family members witnessed the accident, which happened in Williamson County just south of Nashville. The girl died later at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, hospital spokeswoman Laurie Holloway said.

In a statement, Velvet Kelm, a publicist for Chapman, said Maria was the Chapmans’ youngest daughter.

Thoughts and Prayers to the Chapman family today.

Steven Curtis Chapman’s Website.

Update: Michelle Malkin offers her own tribute.

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The Reading Room: How God Preserves His Word

The following is by Buddy Smith, pastor of Grace Baptist Church, Malanda, Queensland

The Anvil of God’s Word

Last eve I paused beside a blacksmith’s door,
And heard the anvil ring the vesper chime;
Then, looking in, I saw upon the floor
Old hammers, worn with beating years of time.

“How many anvils have you had,” said I,
“To wear and batter all these hammers so?”
“Just one,” said he, and then, with twinkling eye,
“The anvil wears the hammers out, you know.”

And so, thought I, the anvil of God’s Word,
For ages skeptic blows have beat upon;
Yet, though the noise of falling blows was heard,
The anvil is unharmed–the hammers gone.
–John Clifford

Broken hammers! Those two words sum up the entire history of men’s
attacks on the Word of God. The anvil of God’s Word has for centuries
suffered countless hammer blows from its enemies, yet it bears not a
dent or scratch from all their spite! I see inscribed upon the broken
hammers the names of those who wielded them! I see Sennacharib’s
name. Jehoiakim’s name is there (Jer. 36). Diocletian, Voltaire,
Paine, Hegel, Hume, Griesbach, Semler, Lachmann, Strauss, Baur,
Ingersoll, Fosdick, and a thousand others have wielded their infidel
arguments against the Word of God, and yet it endures. The floor of
history is littered with the broken hammers of critics, but the anvil
is unharmed!

THE ANSWER TO A GREAT MYSTERY

There is a great mystery here. How is it possible that the Masoretic
Hebrew Old Testament and the Received Text of the Greek New
Testament, and so very many of the faithful translations of the Bible
have survived the enmity of wicked men so that we have the very Word
of God in our possession today? The Scriptures give us the answer,
God has preserved His Word for us. He told us in His Word He would do
so, “The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a
furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD,
thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.” Psalm 12:6,7
“For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or
one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be
fulfilled.” Matt. 5:18 “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my
words shall not pass away.” Matt. 24:35 Add to these verses Psa.
33:11; 100:5; 105:8-10; 111:7,8; 117:2; 119:89, 152, 160; Isa. 40:8;,
and I Tim. 6:14 Our Lord Jesus stated this truth when he said,
“…the Scripture cannot be broken.” Without a doubt, God has
preserved His Words for us in English in the King James Bible.

When I was a young Christian it used to trouble me that men were
forever attacking the Word of God. Since I came to understand the
doctrine of preservation, I no longer fear that we will ever lose the
Word of God or see the King James Bible displaced by the modern
mistranslations. As a little boy fifty years ago, I remember
listening to our dear old pastor as he preached on the Inspiration of
the Bible, its Inerrancy, its Authority, and its Preservation. At the
time, the doctrine of Inspiration was under attack. Faithless men
hammered away at the Holy Scriptures with their pompous words while
sceptics laughed and applauded, but they all passed away, and the
anvil was unharmed. Some years later, the Inerrancy of the Scriptures
came under attack. For many years now the Authority of the Word of
God has been under attack. And over the past twenty or thirty years
“scholars” have angrily attacked the doctrine of the Preservation of
God’s Word. Without exception, these “scholars” have held to what is
called Modern Textual Criticism.

John Hagee is nothing more than a spineless coward.

Click here to see why.

He’s brought the Catholic lie.

History proves him wrong, The Bible proves him wrong. He’s nothing to me anymore. Just another compromising Evangelical.

Let’s look at some historic stuff, shall we?

Let’s break down the verse in Question, shall we? This is going to be a very long post… so, let’s finish after the jump…

The Reading Room: UNQUESTIONING LOYALTY TO PASTORAL LEADERSHIP THE MARK OF A CULT

UNQUESTIONING LOYALTY TO PASTORAL LEADERSHIP THE MARK OF A CULT

By David Cloud

For church leaders to demand unquestioning loyalty is a perversion of
biblical truth and is the mark of a cult. The Bible gives authority
to pastors and elders (Heb. 13:7, 17), but that authority is not
unlimited or unquestionable. Those who demand blind obedience from
their people are cult leaders. Consider the following description of
the authority that was wielded by James and Ellen White in the early
days of the Seventh-day Adventist cult:

“ELDER AND MRS. WHITE RAN AND RULED EVERYTHING WITH AN IRON HAND. Not
a nomination to office, not a resolution, not an item of business was
ever acted upon in business meetings till all had been first
submitted to Elder White for his approval. Till years later, we never
saw an opposition vote on any question, for no one dared to do it.
Hence, all official voting was only a farce. The will of Elder White
settled everything. If any one dared to oppose anything, however
humbly, Elder White or wife quickly squelched him. LONG YEARS OF SUCH
TRAINING TAUGHT THE PEOPLE TO LET THEIR LEADERS THINK FOR THEM;
HENCE, THEY ARE UNDER AS COMPLETE SUBJECTION AS ARE THE CATHOLICS”
(D.M. Canright, Seventh-day Adventism Renounced, 1898).

This description was given by a man who was a faithful member of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church for 28 years and who became one of its
top leaders. D.M. Canright knew James and Ellen White intimately. He
left the Seventh-day Adventist Church in 1884 and became a Baptist
pastor in Michigan until his death in 1919.

THE FRIGHTFUL FACT IS THAT THE ABOVE DESCRIPTION OF THE PERVERTED
AUTHORITY THAT WAS EXERCISED BY JAMES AND ELLEN WHITE IN THEIR
ADVENTIST CULT PERFECTLY DESCRIBES THE AUTHORITY THAT IS EXERCISED BY
SOME FUNDAMENTAL BAPTIST PASTORS. If I were to publish Canright’s
description of perverted church authority without including the names
of James and Ellen White and without explaining who this describes
and when it was written, some church members in independent Baptist
churches would be tempted to write to me and charge me with libeling
their own pastors!

SPIRITUAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PASTOR’S AUTHORITY

There are two problems that I see pertaining to pastoral authority in
fundamental Baptist churches today: One, there is rebellion against
pastoral authority on the part of some church members; and two, there
is misuse of pastoral authority on the part of some pastors.

Pastors have God-given authority. God’s word says, “Obey them that
have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for
your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with
joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you” (Heb.
13:17). Church members do not all have the same authority in the
congregations. Pastors have ruling authority, and those who are not
pastors are to submit themselves to this authority. Sadly, there is
widespread rebellion against pastoral authority. Many people who
leave GOOD fundamental Baptist churches do so because they do not
understand or they refuse to submit to biblical pastoral authority.
They think they have just as much right as the pastor to make
decisions in the church, but that is not true. We have dealt with
this in articles such as “SEVEN KEYS TO FRUITFUL CHURCH MEMBERSHIP”
(see the Church section of the End Times Apostasy Database at the Way
of Life web site — http://www.wayoflife.org/fbns/sevenkeys.htm).

At the same time, the authority exercised by a pastor or elder is to
be distinctly different from that exercised by leaders in the secular
world, and there are pastors who are abusing their authority. That is
the focus of this article. Consider the biblical characteristics of
proper and godly pastoral authority.

FIRST, THE PASTOR’S AUTHORITY IS A MINISTERING AUTHORITY–the
authority of a shepherd (Mark 10:42-45; Acts 20:28; 2 Cor. 1:24;
13:10; Titus 1:7; 1 Pet. 5:2). The authority of a pastor is strictly
for building up and protecting God’s people and work. It is not for
his own pleasure and design.

“But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they
which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over
them; and THEIR GREAT ONES EXERCISE AUTHORITY UPON THEM. BUT SO SHALL
IT NOT BE AMONG YOU: BUT WHOSOEVER WILL BE GREAT AMONG YOU, SHALL BE
YOUR MINISTER: And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be
servant of all. For even the Son of man came not to be ministered
unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many” (Mark
10:42-45).

“NOT FOR THAT WE HAVE DOMINION OVER YOUR FAITH, but are helpers of
your joy: for by faith ye stand” (2 Cor. 1:24).

“Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I
should use sharpness, according to THE POWER WHICH THE LORD HATH
GIVEN ME TO EDIFICATION, AND NOT TO DESTRUCTION” (2 Cor. 13:10).

“For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; NOT
SELFWILLED, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given
to filthy lucre” (Titus 1:7).

“Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight
thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but
of a ready mind. NEITHER AS BEING LORDS OVER GOD’S HERITAGE, but
being ensamples to the flock” (1 Peter 5:2).

SECOND, THE PASTOR’S AUTHORITY IS A SUBMISSIVE, HUMBLE AUTHORITY–the
authority of a steward (Acts 20:28; 1 Cor. 3:9; 4:1; 12:7; Tit. 1:7;
1 Pet. 4:10; 5:3-5).

“Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the
which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of
God, which he hath purchased with his own blood” (Acts 20:28).

“For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye
are God’s building” (1 Cor. 3:9).

“Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and
stewards of the mysteries of God” (1 Cor. 4:1).

“But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit
withal” (1 Cor. 12:7).

“As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one
to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God” (1 Pet.
4:10).

“Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with
humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the
humble” (1 Peter 5:3,5).

The pastor is to rule under the direction of the Lord Jesus Christ,
not by his own mind or will. The church is God’s property; the people
are God’s people; the work is God’s work. The pastor is merely a
steward or caretaker.

Contrast this with the ministry of proud, willful Diotrephes (3 Jn.
9-10) who lorded it over the flock and who quenched the spiritual
ministry of men of whom he did not approve even though their
ministries were scriptural.

SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A DIOTREPHES ARE AS FOLLOWS:

First, he demands unquestioning loyalty and does not teach the people
that his authority is restricted and does not encourage the people to
test him by God’s Word. He emphasizes certain passages that refer to
one aspect of pastoral authority (such as Hebrews 13:17), but he
ignores the passages that limit his authority (such as Mark 10:42-45;
2 Cor. 1:24; and 1 Peter 5:2). This is the way that all false
teachers misuse the Bible. They develop doctrines from pet verses
that appear to support their views while ignoring or explaining away
those verses that disprove their views. Second, he wants people to be
dependent upon him for direction in life and ministry instead of
being dependent upon the Lord Himself. He makes the people feel that
they cannot make important decisions and know God’s will without him.
Contrast this with Acts 13:3-4, where it was the Holy Spirit who
guided the church at Antioch and called Paul and Barnabas to their
missionary work.

Third, he exalts himself before the people.

Fourth, he ridicules his associates, making them look small in the
eyes of the church members, thus increasing his own prestige and
authority and decreasing theirs.

Fifth, he uses an Old Testament pattern for church government to
bolster his demand for unquestioning loyalty. He compares himself to
Moses, Joshua, and David, failing to note that the New Testament
pattern of church government is dramatically different from that of
Old Testament Israel. The nation Israel was a kingdom, a theocracy.
The New Testament church is the body and flock of Christ. The human
leaders in the churches are not lords or potentates or generals or
presidents, but are humble shepherds. The Lord Jesus Christ left no
doubt about this (see Mark 10:42-45).

THIRD, THE PASTOR’S AUTHORITY IS A KINDLY, LOVING AUTHORITY–the
authority of a father (1 Th. 2:7-11).

The pastor is to have a godly, loving, tender, sacrificial
consideration for the welfare of the people. His rule is not to be an
overbearing, self-serving type of rule.

“But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her
children: So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to
have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own
souls, because ye were dear unto us. For ye remember, brethren, our
labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not
be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of
God. Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and
unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe: As ye know
how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a
father doth his children” (1 Thess. 2:7-11).

One of the marks of a cult is the way people are treated when they
refuse to follow the leadership unquestioningly or when they leave.
When D.M. Canright left Adventism after 28 years, he was treated like
a fool and an evil man. All friendship and kindness was withdrawn by
the Adventist leaders. They even lied about him mercilessly for many
years afterwards. This is a mark of a cult. People are only treated
kindly and lovingly if they submit to the doctrines and “authority”
of the cult’s leaders; if they question the leadership or if they
leave the church, they are fair game to be treated without mercy.

This is exactly what we find in some large (and small but
would-be-large) cult-like independent Baptist churches. As long as
people unquestionably submit to the pastor, they are treated kindly.
As soon as they question his leadership and leave, the kindness is
removed and they are treated unkindly.

FOURTH, THE PASTOR’S AUTHORITY IS A LIBERATING AUTHORITY–THE
AUTHORITY TO BUILD UP NOT HOLD DOWN (2 Corinthians 10:8; Ephesians
4:11-12).

“For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the
Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I
should not be ashamed” (1 Cor. 10:8).

“And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some,
evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; for the perfecting of
the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the
body of Christ” (Eph. 4:11-12).

A godly pastor’s objective is to build the people of God up in the
faith so that they are strong and can stand on their own feet under
Christ their one Head. He wants to see their spiritual gifts and
callings developed to the fullest extend possible, and he wants to do
everything he can to encourage them to fulfill their calling.

LIMITATIONS TO THE PASTOR’S AUTHORITY

A pastor only has such authority as is delegated to him by God.
Christians are never told to submit blindly to a church leader, but
to submit to truly God-called men who are leading according to the
Word of God. As the Apostle Paul said, “Be ye followers of me, even
as I also am of Christ” (1 Cor. 11:1). Paul could demand that others
follow him because he was following Christ and was faithfully
preaching the message given to him by Christ. Apart from that, even
Paul had no authority. He warned the churches of Galatia that if even
he were to preach any other gospel, they were to reject him
(Galatians 1:8). Even in matters pertaining to his own associates,
Paul’s authority was not absolute and unquestionable. When Paul
“greatly desired” for Apollos to minister at Corinth, Apollos refused
(1 Cor. 16:12).

A pastor’s authority is limited in the following ways:

(1) A PASTOR’S AUTHORITY IS LIMITED BY THE BIBLE. Hebrews 13:7
instructs Christians to submit to those who have spoken to them the
Word of God. A preacher does not have authority in himself; his
authority is the Word of God. If a pastor or teacher strays from the
Bible, his listeners have no responsibility to follow him; he has
exceeded his authority. The Bereans are praised because they
carefully examined Paul’s preaching instead of blindly following a
man (Acts 17:11). God’s people are instructed to “prove all things”
(1 Thessalonians 5:21). Every sermon is to be judged by those who
hear it (1 Corinthians 14:29). A pastor does not have authority to
lord it over every detail of the people’s lives. They are the Lord’s
people, not the pastor’s. He is a humble undershepherd who is
temporarily caring for the Lord’s flock. The people have the
indwelling Spirit of God and He is their main teacher. “But the
anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need
not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of
all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught
you, ye shall abide in him” (1 John 2:27).

(2) A PASTOR’S AUTHORITY IS BASED ON HIS CALL FROM GOD (Acts 20:28).
The elders of the church at Ephesus were appointed by the Holy
Spirit. This is a foundational basis for spiritual authority.
Christians are only to submit to men who give plain evidence that
they are called of God. The pastor’s qualifications are clearly
stated in 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1. Many men are unfit to exercise
pastoral authority because their marital status is not the example it
should be (pastors are to be examples to the flock of God’s perfect
will–1 Peter 5:3), or their wives are unspiritual, or because their
children are unruly, or because they have a poor testimony in the
community, or for other reasons clearly spelled out in the Bible.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PASTORING AND LORDING

“The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a
witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory
that shall be revealed: Feed the flock of God which is among you,
taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not
for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; Neither as being lords over
God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock” (1 Peter 5:1-3).

Pastors have real authority in the church, but it is a different kind
of authority than that exercised by the world. Note some of the
differences as follows:

Scriptural pastors love the flock and lead by compassion, but lords
typically despise compassion; they don’t encourage; they merely
demand (1 Thess. 2:7-8).

Scriptural pastors lead by example, but lords merely make demands
with little or no awareness or concern that they must model what they
demand (1 Pet. 5:3).

Scriptural pastors know that the flock is not their own, but lords
feel that they own the people and thus can control them according to
their own will (1 Pet. 5:2, 3 “flock of God,” “God’s heritage”).

Scriptural pastors care more about the welfare of the saints than
their own profit, but lords rule for personal gain and are not afraid
to abuse the people (1 Pet. 5:2).

Scriptural pastors are humble and do not consider themselves greater
than the flock, but lords exalt themselves high above the people (1
Pet. 5:2 “among you”; 1 Pet. 5:5).

Scriptural pastors aim to build up the people and free them to do
God’s will (Eph. 4:11-12; 2 Cor. 10:8), but lords want to control the
people and hold them down. The Greek word translated “destruction” in
2 Corinthians 10:8 is elsewhere translated “pulling down” (2 Cor.
10:4).

Brethren, we must submit ourselves to God-called pastors who are
leading the churches according to the Word of God. We should follow
them and encourage them and always give them the benefit of the
doubt. Not to do so is rebellion and confusion.

We must also beware of men who exercise an unscriptural, cultic type
of authority, regardless of what denominational label they wear. The
Diotrephes mentality eventually led to the formation of the Roman
Catholic Church, with its hierarchy of archbishops and cardinals and
popes. We don’t need any more popes!

“But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they
which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over
them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. But so shall
it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be
your minister: And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be
servant of all. For even the Son of man came not to be ministered
unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many” (Mark
10:42-45).

Great News for true Believers everywhere!

For those Born-Again believers, who were worried about the possibility that an America-hating, Liberation Theology Believing, closet Marxist might be getting the White House. I have good news about B.Hussien Obama, the Democrat’s House Negro. 

He’s Slipping in the Polls.

Thank You Jeremiah Wright!

Cross-posted with some changes at my other Blog, The American Nationalist News Service

The Rev Wright fallout continues….

See Here.

There are a growing number of Black people who are saying, “Whoa! Wait a Minute! That man doesn’t speak for me or my Church!”

Now that, I can understand. I will admit this, I grew up around blacks, When I lived in Detroit, I also went to School with them, I did go to Private Schools, but I did go to school with black people, and I never heard anything like, what Rev. Wright said at both of those speeches.

I guess what I am trying to make clear here is, that Liberation Theology is NOT a universally held doctrine amongst black Christians and in their Churches. Liberation Theology is a Liberal Christian doctrine, which has smatterings of Marxism in it. We all know that Marxism is the building blocks for Communism. It is also a known fact that the Democrat Party is the party of socialism, or at least embraces some of the tenants of a socialist agenda.

I also noticed something else rather alarming, Rev. Wright in what is known, as a believer in a very Liberal Christian Theological doctrine, called Universalism.

Universalism is basically a teaching that basically, “All Paths lead to God”… there’s only ONE little problem with that whole idea. That is this:

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. (John 14:6 KJV)

Essentially, this scripture says, that Islam is a LIE, That buddhism is a LIE, that Roman Catholicism is a LIE, When it says that it is the “Mother Church”. that ANY OTHER Religion out there, that doesn’t believe that JESUS CHRIST is the ONE and ONLY Messiah and that the Holy Bible, with it’s 66 Books is the Holy Scriptures , it is, for all intents and purposes, A LIE CRAFTED OUT THE PIT OF THE DEVIL’S HELL!

Let me be absolutely clear, I make absolutely no bones about it. I believe that there is ONLY ONE WAY to Eternal Salvation, and that is through Jesus Christ. Not by a Church, Not by good works, not by being a good ol’ boy. Only by Jesus Christ and by Accepting him as your personal Saviour.

As to Rev. Wrights weak defense to to that Doctrine, which was:

And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. (John 10:16 KJV)

What that was referring to, were other converts that Christ had met along the way, in other cites and the like, not of other gods or anything of that Nature. That is one of the weakest defenses of the liberal universalist doctrine out there.

Cross-posted with some minor changes, @ Political Byline

Editoral:Memo to WorldNetDaily’s Joseph Farah - You need to grow up!

Friday April 25, 2008

Memo to WorldNetDaily’s Joseph Farah - You need to grow up!

By Chuck Adkins

Owner and Publisher

Political Byline - http://politicalbyline.blogspot.com/

The American Nationalist News Service: http://cnationalist.wordpress.com/

It greatly pains me, that I am forced to write an editorial of this nature. Nothing saddens me more to have to publicly rebuke someone, who, not only is a brother in the Lord Jesus Christ, but is someone whom I share similar political and moral values.

In the interest of full disclosure, I am, and will continue to be, an avid reader of WorldNetDaily.com. I do not, and will not, judge an entire organization by the actions of one man. Regardless if that man happens to own said company or not.

However, recent events insist that something be said about the actions of this said person, of whom I hold the highest regard and respect for the profession that he practices.

Yesterday I happened to be over reading Joe’s daily column, where he was asking for advice as to what to do about CAIR smearing him in the press. I, being someone who has been smeared by various people in the past, wrote him a short, but quite courteous e-mail showing my support for Mr. Farah and his work that he does at WorldNetDaily. Here is that E-mail:

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Subject: RE: Farah v. CAIR
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Hi Joe,

I read your site everyday. You’re doing the Lord’s Work. I wish I could come
to Oregon and Work for you. Anyhow… I would:

1. Sue the living daylights out of CAIR
2. Sue the living daylights out of New York Daily News

Now, I’m currently unemployed, Well, to be honest, I want to be a full time
writer. I do own a few Blogs, Anyhow, I would help money-wise, but I just
don’t have it.

Anyhow, I will be praying for you. Don’t let the bastards get you down. Keep
your chin up, Keep Jesus close to your heart, and above all, keep fighting!

God Bless,

-Chuck
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-Chuck Adkins
http://chucksplace.wordpress.com/
http://politicalbyline.blogspot.com/
http://cnationalist.wordpress.com/
http://christpersuit.wordpress.com/
http://cpa313.townhall.com/Default.aspx

A few hours later, I received the following reply from Joseph Farah, Now I won’t be sharing the header information, because as much as Joe angered and disappointed me with his terse response later in this exchange, I will not broadcast his personal information in regards to email address and internet providers. I, unlike some Liberals and some conservatives I know, do have standards. Anyhow, here is the reply I received from Joe Farah:

Give me some more background. We’re developing a new sub-site that is essentially a blog portal. Maybe you can help with it.

Joseph Farah
Editor and CEO
WorldNetDaily.com
http://wnd.com

Now at this point, I was pretty much bouncing off the walls. Well, not literally, but I was feeling mighty excited at the prospect of writing and whatever else for a website that I read daily, just as a bystander, and so, I replied back with the following, parts of this I will be omitting, but the majority of it, I will be including here.

Anyhow, I sent back my reply:

You want a resume? Here it is:

I sent over my resume, I did not include it here for space considerations. However, I did include it, with some other remarks to Joe. Those remarks were:

Other than that, what else? Been a Christian for 25 years, I’m 35. Single, Never Married, No Kids, I live with my Parents. (How lame is that?) I’ve never made enough to afford to live out on my own. I’m no rock star, but I enjoy writing.

I’ve been Blogging since February of 2007.

I don’t program, as far as Blog design, But I do know my way around WordPress. What I want, is a syndicated column!

I’m a “Right of Center” type, Like an Ann Coulter, but less offensive.

Mind if I ask you a question or two? Newswithviews.com? Are you and that guy friends or something, sites are very similar. You do know, that you could use Worldpress MU (Multi User) for your site, to basically have multi Blogs, for your columns and to create your pages. What do you use now? If I may ask. Reason why I ask about News With Views, he has no RSS feed, which drives me bananas!

If you’d like to chew the fat on the telephone, I’d be more than happy to swap lies and talk about people! *grinning* I can call you, I get free long distance.

I have no day job, in case your wondering… and yes, I have no had a full time, long term job since 2005. If it were not for my parents, I’d be living under an overpass. Basically, without getting into the gore and the bore, I attempted a career change and because of our messed up insurance laws, that are in massive need of reform, I can’t get a job, driving truck, unless I want to live like a hermit and make less than $400.00 a week, for two years… I choose not to do that. too old, when I was 19 I might could have done it, but 35 is a bit old for that sort of life. I like my bed too much.

Anyhow, if you need anything else, let me know…

I would like to get paid for my little talent, that I do have. Which ain’t much, I am a high school drop out, I have A.D.H.D. (and no, it’s not a myth, like Michael Savage says it is….I do take meds…)

anyhow, there you go!

-Chuck

Therefore, there it was, my resume and an off the cuff sales pitch for my service to WorldNetDaily, no harm done, no offensive remarks, or so I thought. Shortly after that, back comes Mr. Farah’s tersely written reply to me:

If you perceive any similarity between WND and NewswithViews, I think you miss the point.

Joseph Farah
Editor and CEO
WorldNetDaily.com
http://wnd.com

Now did he try to explain what point HE was trying to make? No. He just wrote a very tersely written remark.

I tried, in vain, twice to explain myself, see below:

OK… Well, I didn’t mean to insult you. I hope I didn’t. I wasn’t aware that you were not friendly.

And again:

I was referring more about design and layout, not content… anyhow, hope that wasn’t a sore spot.

Well, seeing I was not going to get reply out of the man, I fired up good old Microsoft Word and wrote Mr. Farah a more formal reply. I expressed my dismay for his lack of professionalism and immaturity towards someone, who, frankly, is somewhat new to the political writing world, heck; I have only been doing this since February of 2007. Here is my reply:

Mr. Farah,

When I contacted you and offered my support, I thought I was dealing with a professional person, who, with his experience and maturity, would not mind a question, such as the one that I asked. I am very highly disappointed to know that I was not dealing with mature person, but rather someone who, frankly, needs to grow up.

As to your statement:

“If you perceive any similarity between WND and NewswithViews, I think you miss the point.”

This entire statement, exhibits a very poor attitude sir. Further more, content wise, I do know the difference between WND and NewsWithViews. NewsWithViews deals with non-Mainstream Writers and those whose opinions are not considered within, what is known in the Media and Blogging World, as “Not ready for Primetime.” Alan Stang is a prime example.

However, your publication, I thought, was more of a Mainstream conservative online Publication that prided itself in journalistic integrity, and tended to stay away from the more Conspiracy theory related content.

Now as to your tersely written reply, if I upset you, I apologize, but you should not be so quick to dismiss someone like that, it looks bad on you, as a professional, and as a Christian. I do not make it my business to keep up with who is friendly and who is not, among such publishers.

I trust that I will hear from you again. If not, my life will not end. I will still write, with or without the support of WorldNetDaily.

Take Care and God Bless,

-Chuck Adkins

Owner and Publisher

The American Nationalist News Service

Political Byline

I have not received any reply, nor do I expect to ever hear from him again.

Why am I writing this? Because it needs to be written, Joseph Farah claims to be a Christian. My question is, what Christ does he serve? Does he serve the same Jesus Christ as I do? Does he serve the same Jesus Christ, who by the way, is the Son of the Living God, as Jesus did say the following:

I and my Father are one. (John 10:30 KJV)

Has Joseph Farah ever read the Bible where it says the following?

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. (John 13:34-35 KJV)

Has Joseph Farah ever read the following?

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you. (Ephesians 4:29-32 KJV)

It truly does make me wonder, very greatly of the condition of Joe Farah’s heart. I sometimes wonder, is he that eaten up with bitterness, that he was the editor of Sacramento Union and within 15 months he ended up leaving? I am beginning to believe so. I frankly believe that Joe Farah’s god is not Jesus Christ, but rather his business, that being WorldNetDaily. Because why else would someone of Joe’s stature and respect within Conservative Journalism make a terse statement like that?

I will simply end this, with the only thing that I know, that is, the Word of the living God. Joe, if you happen to read this, I published this upon the authority of the Word of God, which says the following:

I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. (2 Timothy 4:1-5 KJV)

Joe, I am praying for you.

Cross-posted @ The American Nationalist News Service