Saturday, December 31, 2011

Obama in Prophecy

Obama in Prophecy


I was in a department store shopping, when I heard on their intercom….a Moslem call to worship in their native language. I looked at another shopper and she just shrugged her shoulders. Then I heard it again. This happened 4 times. Then I woke up. I quickly thought about the Inauguration happening that day. I went to get a drink of water in the kitchen and saw on the clock, 4:44. I thought, what does this mean Lord? I went back to bed and prayed in the Spirit for a while and fell asleep. I was in another dream. This time I was with someone who is Catholic, who said to me, look at my new Madonna I have on the wall. I did not look. But I knew it was a large sunburst with a large Madonna in the center of it. Then the scene changed and my wife and I were driving down a road in the country. Suddenly, about a ¼ of a mile ahead on the left side of the road, there came up 4 volcanic vents shooting straight up into the sky, pumping tons of black smoke and some gray ash, high into the sky. Then all this ash began to fall back to earth. It covered everything to where the landscape was desolate as far as you could see. Then I woke up.

I asked the Lord what all this meant.

Now I have seen:

4 Calls to Moslem prayer
444 On the clock
44th President being sworn in that morning
1 Madonna on a large sunburst
4 Volcanic vents shooting into the sky

Later that morning as I watched the Presidents speech, he said
that America was Christian and Moslem nation.

Text of Obama Speech
http://news.yahoo.co...bama_text/print

We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus — and non-believers. Always America has be referred to as a Christian~Judeo Nation and normally they will mention the other religions, but never mentioning muslims as the 2religion.
but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age. “New Age”

Meaning of President Obama’s Name;
Barack: Blessed
Hussein: Good, Handsome One
Obama: Crooked, Zigzag, Not in a Straight Line

“The blessing from the handsome one that is crooked”

Remember the Word;

Mar 1:3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

Mat 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

(1) I believe the 4 calls to Moslem worship were telling us who and what our new President is all about.

(2) The Lord lead me to Jeremiah 44:4

I began to read at verse 2 – THUS SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS, THE GOD OF ISRAEL; YE HAVE SEEN ALL THE EVIL THAT I HAVE BROUGHT UPON JERUSALEM, Soon. The people of God who are apostate. AND UPON ALL THE CITIES OF JUDAH; Soon. Those in Christ, the True King of Judah, who are now in great error in the Spirit. verse 3 – BECAUSE OF THEIR WICKEDNESS WHICH THEY HAVE COMMITTED TO PROVOKE ME TO ANGER, Giving Gods Glory and Worship to another, Our new President is called the ONE, Abortion, our new President believes in it, lukewarmness and rampant sin within the church. IN THAT THEY WENT TO BURN INCENSE, The prayers of the Believers are now toward their new king of America. AND TO SERVE OTHER GODS, Man and then New World Order. WHOM THEY KNEW NOT, Jesus Christ is our God, no other. NEITHER THEY , YE, NOR YOUR FATHERS. Verse 4 – HOWBEIT I SENT UNTO YOU ALL MY SERVANTS THE PROPHETS, RISING EARLY AND SENDING THEM, SAYING, OH, DO NOT THIS ABOMINABLE THING THAT I HATE. You shall have No Other Gods Before Me, saith the Lord. It is not hard to see all the world is wondering after the Beast, system. (I suggest reading all of Jeremiah Chapter 44)

(3) 44 President. As most of our Presidents, our new one is a Free Mason, and they are into numerology. 4 plus 4 = 8 completion, satans version, copying Gods Word, of bringing all mankind, including the church under his control. Just as the Remnant saints are preparing to go into Jacobs Trouble to be Purified, satan and his hoards are preparing to steal, kill and destroy, while receiving glory and adoration from all who worship him in his end time kingdom.

(4) The Madonna and sunburst the Mother of Harlots and her son Nimrod-satan. Nimrod was king of the original Babylon. It was not by mistake that we just conquered Iraq-Babylon. Making us the daughter of Babylon, now, as they were in their day, the most powerful nation on earth. We, as they were, will be destroyed in these coming years. Our sins have caught up with us as they did with Israel and God punished them for it. We say we are a Christian Nation. Our President says, we are Christian and Moslem Nation. Saints, press into the true and Living God, Jesus Christ. He is our only Hope.

(5) 4 – vents of smoke and ash

The Lord showed me these represented the 4 corners of Earth, and they were demons spirits released into the World to seduce the people into receiving the new President and the New World Order as the only way to Save the earth, and themselves. Remember the Word of God says, you must be willing to loose your life, in order To save your life. This world as it is, is not our home. We belong to the Kingdom of God and our home is Jesus, The Zion of God, the New Jerusalem. We are in His Body and we make up the Temple of God, with Jesus As the Head. Saints, this dream was a call to repentance. We must turn From sin and trusting in man. Our Hope is in Christ Jesus, And Him Alone. Amen

http://www.christian-forum.net/index.php?showtopic=34058& ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;st=42

check the one post Revival Of Restoration-by The feast Of YHWH

note: The wilderness outcry event was canceled at that time.

https://heavenawaits.wordpress.com/first-4-seals-of-revelati ons/

First 4 Seals of Revelation ,4 horses , 4 living creatures, book of Rev. 6- 7 , 4 corners of the earth, 4 winds of the earth, 4 angels.

the Bible verses warn us to be ready before His coming. watch and pray ! it does not sound like to have anything to do with money,.....material blessing.

quote "The Laodicean church is content with being rich, complacent and having need of nothing yet like Israel so blind, and naked and don’t even know it.
Prosperity the American Gospel way has killed many a Christians faith. We have been diverted to another gospel. And people just cannot get Desperate enough for God to use us in a mighty way anymore " quote

2012 will bring with it the Chance of a Lifetime

From Seth Godin:


A friend asked me the other day, "...given the sorry state of so much in the world, what's possible to look forward to?"

The state isn't sorry. It's wide open.

Interest rates are super low, violence is close to an all time low, industries are being remade and there's more leverage for the insurgent outsider than ever before in history.

The status quo is taking a beating, there's no question about it. That's what makes it a revolution.

I said this nine years ago and I stand by it. In the years since I wrote this essay, people have started social movements, built billion dollar companies, toppled dictators, found new jobs, learned new skills and generally made a ruckus.

Go!

You will want to read this whole thing


Seth's Blog

Friday, December 30, 2011

This is straight forward country thinking... Jeff Foxworthy on Muslims:

1. You refine heroin for a living, but you have a moral objection to liquor.
You may be a Muslim

2. You own a $3,000 machine gun and $5,000 rocket launcher, but you can't afford shoes.
You may be a Muslim

3. You have more wives than teeth.
You may be a Muslim

4. You wipe your butt with your bare hand, but consider bacon unclean.
You may be a Muslim

5. You think vests come in two styles: bullet-proof and suicide.
You may be a Muslim

6. You can't think of anyone you haven't declared Jihad against.
You may be a Muslim

7. You consider television dangerous, but routinely carry explosives in your clothing.
You may be a Muslim

8. You were amazed to discover that cell phones have uses other than setting off roadside bombs.
You may be a Muslim

9. You have nothing against women and think every man should own at least four.
You may be a Muslim

10. Your cousin is president of the United States .
You may be a Muslim

11. You find this offensive or racist and don't forward it.
You may be a Muslim

Yes, They Really Do Want To Reduce The Population – 22 Shocking Population Control Quotes From The Global Elite That Will Make You Want -----


Most Americans have absolutely no idea, but a very dark philosophy is spreading like wildfire among the global elite. This philosophy is an obsessive belief that humanity has become a cancer that is destroying the earth. There are now large numbers of global leaders that are convinced that the exploding population of the world has become like a virus or a plague, and that it must be combated as such. In fact, it would be very difficult to understate just how obsessed many members of the global elite are with population control. The United Nations puts out position papers about it, universities have entire courses dedicated to it, radical population control advocates have been appointed to some of the highest political positions in the world, and some of the wealthiest people on the planet get together just to talk about it. Those who believe in this philosophy are constantly talking about the need for "increased access" to abortion, contraception and other "family planning" services. But even with all of their efforts, the population of the world is still expanding and those who believe in this population control philosophy are getting nervous.

So just who are these people among the global elite who believe so fervently in population control? Some of the names you are about to read below might totally shock you. Many of them are some of the biggest names in the world. For example, Prince Charles gave a major speech just the other day in which he bemoaned the rapidly expanding world population: "I could have chosen Mumbai, Cairo or Mexico City; wherever you look, the world’s population is increasing fast. It goes up by the equivalent of the entire population of the United Kingdom every year. Which means that this poor planet of ours, which already struggles to sustain 6.8 billion people, will somehow have to support over 9 billion people within 50 years."

Many among the global elite believe that the growing world population is the number one problem facing the world. Many of them are absolutely convinced that overpopulation is the primary cause of "climate change", is ruining our environment, and threatens to turn the entire globe into one gigantic third world slum.

Of course all of that is nonsense, but this is what they actually believe, and the scary thing is that most of them are in positions of power and influence where they can actually do quite a bit to advance their insidious agenda.

The following are 22 shocking population control quotes from the global elite that will make you want to lose your lunch....

#1) The March 2009 U.N. Population Division policy brief....

"What would it take to accelerate fertility decline in the least developed countries?"

#2) Microsoft's Bill Gates....

"The world today has 6.8 billion people. That's heading up to about nine billion. Now if we do a really great job on new vaccines, health care, reproductive health services, we could lower that by perhaps 10 or 15 percent."

#3) Barack Obama's top science advisor, John P. Holdren....

"A program of sterilizing women after their second or third child, despite the relatively greater difficulty of the operation than vasectomy, might be easier to implement than trying to sterilize men.

The development of a long-term sterilizing capsule that could be implanted under the skin and removed when pregnancy is desired opens additional possibilities for coercive fertility control. The capsule could be implanted at puberty and might be removable, with official permission, for a limited number of births."

#4) George W. Bush's science advisor Paul Ehrlich....

"Each person we add now disproportionately impacts on the environment and life-support systems of the planet."

#5) U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg....

"Frankly I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don’t want to have too many of."

#6) A United Nations Population Fund report entitled "Facing a Changing World: Women, Population and Climate"....

"No human is genuinely 'carbon neutral,' especially when all greenhouse gases are figured into the equation."

#7) David Rockefeller....

"The negative impact of population growth on all of our planetary ecosystems is becoming appallingly evident."

#8) Jacques Cousteau....

"In order to stabilize world population, we must eliminate 350,000 people per day."

#9) CNN Founder Ted Turner....

"A total population of 250-300 million people, a 95% decline from present levels, would be ideal."

#10) Dave Foreman, Earth First Co-Founder....

"My three main goals would be to reduce human population to about 100 million worldwide, destroy the industrial infrastructure and see wilderness, with it’s full complement of species, returning throughout the world."

#11) Prince Phillip, the Duke of Edinburgh....

"If I were reincarnated I would wish to be returned to earth as a killer virus to lower human population levels."

#12) David Brower, first Executive Director of the Sierra Club....

"Childbearing [should be] a punishable crime against society, unless the parents hold a government license ... All potential parents [should be] required to use contraceptive chemicals, the government issuing antidotes to citizens chosen for childbearing."

#13) Planned Parenthood Founder Margaret Sanger....

"The most merciful thing that a family does to one of its infant members is to kill it."

#14) Planned Parenthood Founder Margaret Sanger. Woman, Morality, and Birth Control. New York: New York Publishing Company, 1922. Page 12....

"Birth control must lead ultimately to a cleaner race."

#15) Princeton philosopher Peter Singer....

"So why don’t we make ourselves the last generation on earth? If we would all agree to have ourselves sterilized then no sacrifices would be required — we could party our way into extinction!"

#16) Thomas Ferguson, former official in the U.S. State Department Office of Population Affairs....

"There is a single theme behind all our work–we must reduce population levels. Either governments do it our way, through nice clean methods, or they will get the kinds of mess that we have in El Salvador, or in Iran or in Beirut. Population is a political problem. Once population is out of control, it requires authoritarian government, even fascism, to reduce it…."

#17) Mikhail Gorbachev....

"We must speak more clearly about sexuality, contraception, about abortion, about values that control population, because the ecological crisis, in short, is the population crisis. Cut the population by 90% and there aren't enough people left to do a great deal of ecological damage."

#18) John Guillebaud, professor of family planning at University College London....

"The effect on the planet of having one child less is an order of magnitude greater than all these other things we might do, such as switching off lights. An extra child is the equivalent of a lot of flights across the planet."

#19) Professor of Biology at the University of Texas at Austin Eric R. Pianka....

"This planet might be able to support perhaps as many as half a billion people who could live a sustainable life in relative comfort. Human populations must be greatly diminished, and as quickly as possible to limit further environmental damage."

#20) U.S. Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton....

"This year, the United States renewed funding of reproductive healthcare through the United Nations Population Fund, and more funding is on the way. The U.S. Congress recently appropriated more than $648 million in foreign assistance to family planning and reproductive health programs worldwide. That’s the largest allocation in more than a decade – since we last had a Democratic president, I might add."

#21) Clinton adviser Nina Fedoroff....

"We need to continue to decrease the growth rate of the global population; the planet can't support many more people."

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Nicholas Dainiak of Bedford was just trying to come home from what his parents said may have been the last trip the dying 8-year-old would ever take to Disney World in Orlando.
When people leave their hell hole of a country to come to this country they must leave behind the things that made their country a hell hole. IF we allow this barbarism to manifest without objection, we will see our nation drift down the drain and become a place we don't recognize.
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The mainstream media has reported this as the "Santa killer." No mention that it was an Islamic honor killing until this Dallas Morning News story. Our daughters and granddaughters are going to be the ones who will suffer because of for this obfuscation and excusal of barbarism. This has been going ...
She is not the first to assert this. I am more than a little concerned that she might be right. The left of course claims she is a nut job. I won't speak to that. I will say that the influence of Islam is more than their numbers should create. Something is wrong...you know it
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Former “Saturday Nigh Live” actress Victoria Jackson is facing some criticism over recent comments she made on “Politichicks,” a web talk show she co-hosts. During a recent episode, Jackson contended that the Muslim Brotherhood — the same Islamist group that has been winning Middle Eastern elections...
Someone in Government who made this decision was more interested in politics than success, with predictable results.
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Immediately after the full withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, Iraq’s political crisis has deepened considerably. The Interior Ministry issued an arrest warrant for Vice President Tariq al-Hashe
An amazing story
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Jenni Lake an unselfish teen died of cancer just 12 days after giving birth to her baby boy. She made a decision to defer cancer treatment and birth her son rather than save her own life. : Social Media SEO
This war is real...and you are in it
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The state chairman of Indiana's Democratic Party resigned recently as a probe of election fraud in the 2008 Democratic presidential primary widened.
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I don't live in fear, I do live in watchfulness. I am confident, yet cautious. I am not willing to go quietly. This has some good tips. They seem to be a bit weapons phobic. This is an anarchistic organization. These tips are for radicals. It's good to know what they are thinking, yet, there is wisdom even here. If you trust your government completely, if you place your faith in the wisdom and good graces of the police, then relax, you have nothing to be concerned about. IF on the other hand you are being a good boy scout, Be Prepared...here's how.
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This is why Ron Paul Cannot be President
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Iran's navy chief warned Wednesday that his country can easily close the strategic Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, the passageway through which a sixth of the world's oil flows.
I am ticked about Tim Tebow, and this PIC says it all. It is beyond unjust that he is being ridiculed the way he is. Pray on Tim, Pray on!
I enjoy listening to Milt Rosenberg on WGN when I can. He had a college of Barack Obama from the University of Chicago on the air. His appraisal of our current state of politics is revealing. I find myself in his camp and he calls himself a classical liberal. More libertarian in many ways. I differ on a few social issues, but by and large he calls it right. His thesis: The progressive agend...a must and will fail. It is unsustainable and Barack Obama has done us all a favor by accelerating the process toward collapse. I hope that other classical liberals like Chuck Comstock, Terry Bobzien and maybe even more likely A.j. Skurdal will find this as interesting as I did. I hope they will post this for comment among their own friends. Take a listen: http://www.wgnradio.com/shows/ext720/wgn-x720-epstein-dec27,0,6519179.mp3file
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I enjoy a tv show on the food network, Restaurant Impossible. They are interesting but there is a main theme that runs thru the whole thing. These restaurants are established, many times family operations handed down, generations, legacy, but people don't come any more. It's about to close. They wonder why people stay away. They do because the service is not good, the place is stuck, the food... is ordinary, it lacks the 100 little things that make an ordinary restaurant an extraordinary restaurant. I know nothing about the restaurant business, I know something about the Church. I know this. IF a church wonders why people no longer attach themselves, it's not the Church (restaurant) down the street's success, it's their failure to do the 100 little things. This truly is about many failing churches today. They are just like failing restaurants. Here's the key issue. NO ONE OWNS the people who make a choice to come to your church. They vote by the SPIRIT with their feet. They are no longer content to be served poorly, at high prices, bad food, in a stuffy arrogant distant atmosphere by "owners" who think it's their God Given right to their patronage. Its time to wake up Church...you are the representative of a Great High God and you have made it a fast food dive. Read This:
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2011/12/a-hundred-little-things.html
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One of my favorite restaurants is a little Mexican place in Utah called El Chubasco. I've often eaten there twice in a day, and once (it's true) ate there three times. It's always crowded. Sometimes people wait outside, in the...
This is an interesting read. Particulalry the LAST paragraph
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In The Wall Street Jouranl, Karl Rove predicts that Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid or both will leave the Democratic leadership by year's end.
This man is a poster child for the fact that not all mercy is merciful. He isn't hungry or in pain enough to get right. Any homeless shelter that lets him stay for more than a few days should be defunded. I'm not being cruel, this is not in the Biblical order of proper concern for the poor. Read your Bible.
Children, Widows, Elderly, Infirmed, Weak of mind, Single Parents and People who need v...ery short term help. Not this guy. He's a professional leach. He must work at something without pay to receive anything from anyone. IF a MAN will not work, neither shall he eat. This man isn't hungry enough and he needs to come to the end of himself like a prodigal does. Our lack of discernment in dispensing help is out of line and unscripturalSee More
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BISMARCK, N.D.—A homeless man who was given a bus ticket by a shelter in Colorado to find a job in North Dakota said he will return to the tony ski resort of Aspen.
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In November 2009 a movie came out that was produced, directed and written by the same person who made “Independence Day” and “The Day After Tomorrow” depicting the end of the world. The name of the movie was "2012."
Is this censorship? Sure the things they say are over the top. YET...is bare naked Islam now the victim of political correctness, driven by a fear of Muslims, particularity those of influence? IS in fact this not a direct slap in the face of free speech? I have seen as bad on racist blogs. This is a bad omen.
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An anti-Muslim hate blog that contained inflammatory comments has been taken down by its hosting company after numerous complaints from the Council on American-Islamic Relations, PR Newswire reports. Visitors to the site Barenakedislam.com now see a message noting the blog is no longer available: A ...
Best thing I have read today:

"The media war cannot be won because the American people simply want to believe the lies they are told".

Truth is hard sometimes. Lies are soft and squishy and sweet. There was a song to that effect, "tell me lies tell me sweet little lies". That's what's happening and people go into a swoon. Look at our government.
Gaming the system. I'll bet she will go to church on Sunday and give God glory for her good Fortune... It's like a shoplifter giving God Glory for his Haul

Philadelphia Councilwoman, Marion Tasco, will retire for 1 day, collect $478,057 & then be sworn in on Monday for her new term because she is enrolled in Philadelphia Retirement Option Plan (DROP) allowing the councilpeople to do this. Philly mayor has tried to change the law that has cost the city $258 million to no avail. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES WHEN LEGAL IS NOT MORAL. WHY WAS SHE RE-ELECTED IF PEOPLE KNEW SHE WAS GOING TO MILK THE SYSTEM?
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Philadelphia is known as the city of brotherly love and, apparently, paying out massive pensions to public employees who will continue working for the city. Marion B. Tasco, who has been described as being “politically savvy,” will retire from her sixth term as councilwoman, collect $478,057, and th...
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Stories I under-covered in 2011.
This is an Egyptian Blogger, a politician. One who is trying to help Egypt after the revolution. It's not a pretty sight. Arab Spring is leading to the dead of winter. What is about to follow will be dark and cold indeed.
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Lately I have been hard to reach, even when I am surrounded by friends and loved ones. I don’t want to talk or think, my brain is a merry-go-round of ideas and knowledge that I wish were not there. 2 weeks ago I was noticing how everyone around me is falling apart: physically, psychologically, and e...
If you watch this painful video, remember, those that came to this country to escape the hell hole that their country became under the demonic political religious system that created this want to make this nation just like the hell hole they left. We must stop this insanity. Islam is invading our nation. Sharia law is raising it viper head in the USA.
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Originally by Nessrriinn: http://www.youtube.com/user/Nessrriinn (Channel Closed due to excessive trolling) See Nessriinn's farewell video: http://www.youtub/...
Which agency do I sign up for my lightbulb check because I can't afford to pay for these new bulbs. I automatically qualify cause I get my cell phone, food stamps, Sec 8 house, electric bill check, SSI disability check, LOL
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New light bulb efficiency standards will begin phasing in on Jan. 1 despite intense opposition from conservatives, who have blasted the rules as a textbook unnecessary federal regulation.
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It may have been word of the year in some wheelhouses, but refudiate wasn't looked upon favorably by many who sent in nominations for Lake Superior State University's 36th annual List of Words Banished from the Queen's English for Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness, which was released on New ...
This is simply barking at the winds of Change. Will not stand.
www.newser.comThe passing of Kim Jong Il won't change anything in North Korea, the country announced today in quite the blustery manner. "We declare solemnly and confidently that the foolish politicians around..
Something prophetic about all this...no?
www.newser.comFor a number of cities across the US, troubled local economies have led to dark times—literally. From Oregon to Illinois to California, struggling towns have found themselves forced to turn off

Thursday, December 29, 2011

vast confederacy of fools

“The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency. It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and g...ood judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their president. The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails America. Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The Republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made him their president.”
~ Prager Zeitung, Czech Newspaper, 28 April 2010

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

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In the past year, three state agencies have been abolished and 2,050 jobs cut. Funding for schools, social services and the arts have been slashed. The new Republican governor rejected a $31.5 million federal grant for a new health-insurance exchange because he opposes President Obama's health-care ...
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Deadly Virus, Destroying American’s ability to think, and making many delusional, unable to separate truth from lies, fantasy from reality
The results show that the USA is officially the most charitable nation in the world, moving from fifth place last year to first place this year. Ireland is the second most charitable country and Australia the third.

Overall the World Giving Index, demonstrates that the world has become a more charitable place over the last 12 months - with a 2% increase in the global population 'helping a strange...r' and a 1% increase in people volunteering.

The analysis includes:

* the global view
* changes in the three giving behaviours
* regional comparisons
* comparisons between 2010 and 2011 data

What countries do you think are the most stingy, ungiving, tightwadish??? What religion do these countries share???? Do we want that religion in or countries??? Just asking
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The 2011 edition of the popular 'World Giving Index'; the only report of its kind looking at charitable giving behaviour across the world.
We were once members of the Tower Club. It was right above the Opera house and offered a nice venue for a night out. Now it's gone.
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For nearly a century, members of the Tower Club raised glasses to presidents and opera stars, drank three-martini lunches to celebrate promotions, and sealed business deals.
If you blog or facebook as you must if you are reading this, you will find yourself perhaps in the nature of comments made here. Humorous stuff.
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Now is the time when critics make their year-end lists. Unfortunately, you cannot please everyone, and if enough people read your list, you will eventually run into these 20 unhappy people.
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Persecuted Christians are fleeing from the Middle East in increasing numbers. The United States should open its doors to them as a guaranteed safe haven.
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Overseas Americans are not exactly happy that federal law is making their lives so miserable, so I'm not surprised that they seem to be the ones who put together this great parody. =============...
Mall of America officials released a statement saying that around 4:20 p.m. 50 juveniles caused a large disturbance in the north food court.

Witnesses said the fights started after there were reports that rappers Lil’ Wayne and Drake
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Several fights occurred inside the Mall of America on Monday night, according to Bloomington Police.
Chipotle has been found in violation of hiring rules regarding illegals. They were documented, but found illegal. I feel the CEO's pain. IF he was forced to go the American job market for his employees even for less money than he is paying now he would be out of business. The work ethic just isn't there any more. I wonder what we will do in America when we run out of illegals that know how to work and have to depend on our domestic workforce? I don't see a good outcome. If we don't get our culture back on track we are doomed as a nation. We are lazy. Even President Obama called this out. I may not support him, but he's right. We do NOT have the best workers in the world any more.
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A year ago, news broke that home-grown burrito chain Chipotle was being scrutinized by the feds surrounding the company's hiring...
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A new study suggests that one of Christianity's most prized but mysterious relics - the Turin Shroud - is not a medieval forgery and could be the burial robe of Christ.
Coming soon to a country near you. This is why I have never been a big fan of Gold as an investment. Too easy a target for corrupt governments, Like OURS.
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Gold exchanges in China outside of two in Shanghai are to be banned, authorities said in a statement released on Tuesday.

Why I HATE Government Intervention: Government Motors

The government bailout of GM has cost taxpayers over $16 BILLION so far, and more each time the stock drops further. If you capitalize that cost over 20 years and the number of cars GM will sell this year (about 40,000) the subsidy per car produced would be a staggering $50,000 each. And GM won't last 20 years, it will be bankrupt again in a very few years.
Just a tiny increase in the Credit Card Limit. The debt limit currently stands at $15.194 trillion and would increase to $16.394 trillion with the request. Just a measly 1.2 TRILLION. I mean, what's a trillion bucks between friends. Right? If you will recall, last summer's 2.1 Trillion increase was supposed to last till 2013. OOPS. Don't worry your little head about it. It just means that g...asoline now has to go to $6 bucks a gallon. That's what happens when your print more money. Aren't we all glad this bunch is in the drivers seat??? We ARE going to collapse...and you will suffer the worst of all. The rich and the ruling class (government employees and legislators) will be insulated from the mess. The middle and poor folk will take it the hardest. Be prepared. This is going to get ugly. But, go ahead and vote these crooks in once again and see what happens. See More
www.reuters.com
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House plans to ask Congress by the end of the week for an increase in the government's debt ceiling to allow the United States to pay its bills on time, according to a
I rented the movie Margin Call. It was recommended. Its esoteric. You would need to have an understanding of the brokerage market, limits and what a margin call is...on an MBS...mortgage backed security. It was exciting--- to me. Would bore most folks. It's a loose tale based on the Lehman bros collapse in early 2008. In any case, if this kind of thing turns your crank, it's ok. Pretty accurate in portraying how these things work. I worked in the trading environment for many years, it's how I ended up in Chicago. I know these kind of people.

I don't however remember them using the F word every other sentence. I really don't. YET...this movie is full of it. Blockbuster has it, so does netflix I'm guessing. Rent it if you want, but be warned, I don't talk like this and frankly never did even when I was among them.
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Nicholas Dainiak of Bedford was just trying to come home from what his parents said may have been the last trip the dying 8-year-old would ever take to Disney World in Orlando.
When people leave their hell hole of a country to come to this country they must leave behind the things that made their country a hell hole. IF we allow this barbarism to manifest without objection, we will see our nation drift down the drain and become a place we don't recognize.
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The mainstream media has reported this as the "Santa killer." No mention that it was an Islamic honor killing until this Dallas Morning News story. Our daughters and granddaughters are going to be the ones who will suffer because of for this obfuscation and excusal of barbarism. This has been going ...
She is not the first to assert this. I am more than a little concerned that she might be right. The left of course claims she is a nut job. I won't speak to that. I will say that the influence of Islam is more than their numbers should create. Something is wrong...you know it
www.theblaze.com
Former “Saturday Nigh Live” actress Victoria Jackson is facing some criticism over recent comments she made on “Politichicks,” a web talk show she co-hosts. During a recent episode, Jackson contended that the Muslim Brotherhood — the same Islamist group that has been winning Middle Eastern elections...
Someone in Government who made this decision was more interested in politics than success, with predictable results.
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Immediately after the full withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, Iraq’s political crisis has deepened considerably. The Interior Ministry issued an arrest warrant for Vice President Tariq al-Hashe
An amazing story
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Jenni Lake an unselfish teen died of cancer just 12 days after giving birth to her baby boy. She made a decision to defer cancer treatment and birth her son rather than save her own life. : Social Media SEO
This war is real...and you are in it
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The state chairman of Indiana's Democratic Party resigned recently as a probe of election fraud in the 2008 Democratic presidential primary widened.
I don't live in fear, I do live in watchfulness. I am confident, yet cautious. I am not willing to go quietly. This has some good tips. They seem to be a bit weapons phobic. This is an anarchistic organization. These tips are for radicals. It's good to know what they are thinking, yet, there is wisdom even here. If you trust your government completely, if you place your faith in the wisdom and good graces of the police, then relax, you have nothing to be concerned about. IF on the other hand you are being a good boy scout, Be Prepared...here's how.
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Anonymous - Survival Guide for Citizens in a Revolution.pdf - Download PDF file anonymous-survival-guide-for-citizens-in-a-revolution.pdf (PDF 1.5, 902 KB, 5 pages) | PDF-Archive.com
This is why Ron Paul Cannot be President
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Iran's navy chief warned Wednesday that his country can easily close the strategic Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, the passageway through which a sixth of the world's oil flows.

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Nancy Pelosi's Big Vacation....where are the Occupy Protesters??

What is so cynical is while conservatives are considered big buck folks, the reality is people like Pelosi have used their position and influence to enrich themselves (legally, but immorally). They remind me of some religious leaders who use their position and influence to enrich themselves. The people who facilitate these enrichments are exactly the same people, the poor, the deceived.

It's not Conservatives who keep voting in Nancy Pelosi. It's not rich folks who are enriching the religious misleaders. This is the manifestation of the truth: Receive a lie and it will put you in chains. Let my people GO!

This story tells the tale:

Pelosi spent the last two Christmas holidays in Kona at the same hotel in an elaborate suite that rents for $10,000 a night.

The Four Seasons Resort Hualalai’s details its luxurious setting and amenities on its web site: “Gloriously revitalised, this natural tropical paradise offers more than ever to explore – with a newly expanded Spa, beachfront dining, fashion boutiques and new Deluxe Suites, in addition to Jack Nicklaus signature golf. Set on the Big Island’s exclusive Kona-Kohala Coast, this showpiece resort captures the essence of Hawaiian design, culture and tradition.”

Pelosi has her share of allies in Hawaii, including Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie, who she defended during his successful campaign for governor in 2010. When Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Mufi Hannemann claimed during the primary that Abercrombie was not effective in Congress, Pelosi issued a statement calling Abercrombie “outstanding, effective and courageous.”

Pelosi has been escorted by local police during her last two holiday visits to Hawaii Island at a cost of $34,000 to local taxpayers.


While President Obama Arrives in Hawaii Amidst Security and Fanfare, Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Slips Quietly into Big Island Resort | Hawaii Reporter

Monday, December 26, 2011

The Hearsay of our Western Gospel

A discussion with some spiritual leaders reveals that if you have never had a supernatural experience with God, you will deny that they are important, are for today or even possible. You will spend your days with books, teachings, doctrines and disputes about the color of vestments when all along the Father of Light is begging to invade your life. This is above all the most tragic life of all. Doesn't mean they won't get to heaven, they will have missed it here on earth. The classic statement is, "IF God wants me to have that, He will cause it to happen". Sometimes, if you are the Apostle Paul...maybe. The truth is, God is the REWARDER of those who diligently seek Him. I once asked the pastor of a very large church in private conversation to share with me an experience he had in God. It won't shock you, he could come up with nothing. Yet, he stands before the people committed to him and proclaims truth without power. He will also go to heaven, but he will have missed everything God had for him. Once long ago, my friend Rodney Hall challenged me with, "God has so much more for you if you will just seek him". It was true and those words changed my life forever. I wish I could do the same for others.

I think what we are lacking is NOT those well schooled in Bible History, Theology, Doctrine or deep teaching. What we really need are spiritual leaders who KNOW their God. Sadly, I think many over educated MDiv's and Doctor of Theology grads are little different from the well educated but practically challenged social study grads. This is a pox on the Church of Jesus. Give me a man or woman who has MET GOD...and the rest will come into line.
"Be warned, my children, against anything more than these. People never stop writing books. Too much studying will wear out your body". Ecclesiastes 12:12

Jeanne Hart: I had a supernatural experience and it was in my sleep. I didn't ask for it. God visited me and held me in his arms. I felt it throughout my entire being. Can not describe it. It was a supernatural feeling. In the morning I asked him to do it again and the next night He did. At the time I was going through great great emotional pain. I believe he is omnipotent if he wants to show HIS Power HE will where HE wants it.

Jeanne, now THAT"S what I'm talking about.

Most never get that gift, because they don't seek it. A fallacious statement in Christendom is "seek the giver not the gift". That's true, but it's like your daddy coming home from afar with things he has brought you and wanting you to enjoy and remember him by them. He holds you close, loves you and then presents them to you...how would he feel if you just rejected what he want's to offer you? If you said "I love you Daddy, but I don't really want or need what you offer".

I think daddy would still love you, but he would wonder what is the matter with you. I have a sense that is exactly what is going on.

I will say once more, Unless a potential leader in the Body of Christ has had a significant encounter with God, he will always be trying to relate who God is to others by hearsay. Not admissible in any court.

In this video S M Lockbridge asks the question of the age..

"That's my King, Do you KNOW HIM?"
  • Not know about Him.
  • Not read about Him.
  • Not hear of Him.
  • Not been told of HIM??

KNOW HIM...or will that day come..."I never knew you". According to the Bible...it will for many who will be in Pulpits next Sunday.

KNOW HIM...KNOW HIM...He can be known, and when you encounter Him, you will never be the same:
  • He will change you from the inside out.
  • He will clear your clouded mind.
  • He will soften your hard heart and give you a new one.
  • He will make you a new creation

...but first you must MEET HIM.

I have suggested this to many. Do what Jeanne did. In your prayer closet tonight. Ask God to come to you, to reveal Himself to you, to manifest Himself in a new way. Make you fully aware of his presence. EVEN IF YOU DON'T really believe He can...HE CAN and He will. Then when it comes, set aside your intellect, your prejudice, that burden of teaching and learning you have accumulated as meaningless baggage over a lifetime. Almost everything you think you understand about God is wrong. EXCEPT for Jesus. He clears it up. He is the ontological argument that explains it all...but you MUST seek Him. He will drive you to the Truth...for He is truth. Truth is not an idea, He's a person

Sunday, December 25, 2011

Jesus Christ, the Way: Avoiding the Ditches

Jesus is the Way that avoids the ditches of undue epistemology and experientialism.

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JESUS CHRIST, "THE WAY"
­ Avoiding the Ditches ­

In His departing words to His disciples, just prior to His arrest, imprisonment and death, Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life; no man comes to the Father, but through Me" (John 14:6). The early Christians, you may recall, were identified with "the Way" (Acts 9:2; 19:9,23; 22:4; 24:14,22).

When Jesus said, "I am the way," the intent was not to identify Himself as the pathway, walkway or roadway that would lead to heaven or to God. Jesus knew Himself to be God (John 10:30), and that to know Him was to know God (John 14:7). Neither did Jesus mean to imply that He was the method or procedural way to comprehend God. The Hebrews understood that the "way to God" referred to the saving activity of God. They knew well the plea of the Psalmist that "Thy way may be known on the earth; Thy salvation among all nations" (Psalm 67:2). Jesus identified Himself with the "saving way" of God, comprehensive of both way and means. When Aquila and Priscilla explained to Apollos "the way of God" (Acts 18:26), they did not explain the path, the road, the procedure, the plan of God. They explained to him Jesus, "the way of God," the saving way, the real way, the living way. Jesus is the way to be man as God intends man to be, the way to do what God wants to be and to do in us. Jesus is the way to glorify God, for God does not give His glory to another (Isaiah 42:8; 48:11).

What then did Jesus mean when He spoke of "the broad way that leads to destruction" and "the narrow way that leads to life, with few who find it"? (Matt. 7:13,14). He knew Himself to be "the life" (John 11:26; 14:6). He knew that many would choose the broad way where "anything goes" in the satisfaction of their own desires, rather than identification with His Life, restricted as it is by the parameters of the character of God. So the narrowness of the Christ-way is not determined by man-made definitions of belief and practice, but only by comparing how "God goes" (always in accord with His character) with "anything goes." Accepting these parameters of God's character expressed in us by His grace, the Christian then discovers Christ, the God-way, to be as broad as can be imagined. There is seemingly unlimited (infinite) latitude within the liberty of God's grace, within the expression of the Christ-Life.

The God-way is Jesus Christ. This ontic distinctive is so often jettisoned by those who would be Christian teachers because they fail to understand that Christianity is Christ, way and means. Christianity is the indwelling living presence of Jesus, the God-man -- the same Being of that One who was born, lived and died on earth historically. The dynamic Being and activity of the very Life of Jesus Christ functions in the Christian (II Cor. 13:5; Gal. 2:20; Col. 1:27). There can be no act of God apart from His Being. He always acts "in character" and does what He does because He is who He is. His doing is the dynamic expression of His Being. Christianity is always and only the dynamic expression of the life of Jesus Christ in the Christian, individually and collectively.

It is most regrettable that the early polemic arguments, hammered out so meticulously by the likes of Athanasius and Hilary, were not applied also to salvation and sanctification. Establishing the Biblical doctrine of the Trinity, they explained the essential oneness of being, the 'omoousion, of God the Father and God the Son. They did not proceed to point out with equal precision of terminology how the oneness of Being is retained as God functions within the Christian, always acting in the expression of the oneness of His Being. Were they to have done so we might have avoided the extremely deficient Trinitarian theology that is rampant in contemporary evangelicalism.

Jesus is the divine way of expressing Himself. The Christian has received Him (John 1:12), Jesus Christ the Way, into himself, and is "in Christ," identified in spiritual oneness (I Cor. 6:17) with the Way. Christian living, the behavioral expression of the Christ-life, is contingent on the dynamic expression of Divine Being expressed in behavioral action. Created as a derivative man, the Christian derives his/her spiritual condition and identity, as well as behavioral expression, from God in Christ.

If this then is the dynamic of the Christ-way, what then are the ditches into which religion inevitably slides in the broad way?

The left ditch is epistemologically established with religious rationalism. Epistemology "stands upon" propositional premises of sentential truth statements concerning the historicity and theological accuracy of Jesus Christ. Such an epistemological emphasis converts Christianity into an ideological belief-system intent on preserving doctrinal orthodoxy.

The right ditch is well entrenched with experientialism and the subjectivism of personal impact or effect. This is inclusive of philosophical existentialism and Bultmannian demythologizing alongside of simple mysticism and charismatic enthusiasm. Such religious experience centered in personal emotions and feelings is often seen as the antidote to the sterility and rigidity of rationalism.

A comparison of the epistemological and experiential approaches with the ontological reality of Jesus Christ will serve to expose the differences.

The epistemological religionists want to "figure it out" and "work it out." With their intellect, reason and mind they attempt to "figure it out" logically. They analyze, systematize, formulize, theologize and criticize. They "study to show themselves approved" (II Tim 2:15-KJV), engaging in doctrinal disputation and apologetics. Concluding that they have arrived at "the knowledge of the truth," they affirm the fundamentals of their belief-system with dogmatic absolutism Having thus "figured it out," they set about to "work it out," to keep the rules, to obey the law. They carefully figure out the techniques, the procedures, the formulas, the "how-tos" to guide other people in the working out of the Christian faith. The precepts and principles for every procedure are documented precisely. It is an intense system of legalism and moralism. Underlying their striving to "work it out" is the humanistic premise of self-generative man and his innate ability to create and perform what they perceive God expects of them.

The experiential religionists, on the other hand, want to "feel it," "experience what it does for you," and perhaps merge with the sensation. Instead of objective rationalism, they focus on internal subjective experience. Filled with enthusiasm, they seek the sensation of the religious "high," the ecstatic emotional feeling. They sense that there is a metaphysical "energy" that they want to plug into and merge with. The objective of the experience is "what it does for you;" the impact it has upon you; how it affects you. These existential effects are then often regarded as "the moving of the Holy Spirit" in one's life.

Notice that the epistemological and experiential religionists are both dealing with a static object, an "it" which they seek to figure out and work out, or feel and experience in order to merge with. Jesus Christ is not an "it," an object. He is the personal dynamic of God. As the God-way, He is "the summing up of all things" (Eph. 1:10). All that we need to function as God intended man to function is made available in the dynamic of Christ's life. We are to derive all from Him, ek theos. "Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is of God" (II Cor. 3:5).

The epistemological religionist tends to view God as the purveyor of plans, precepts and decrees, Who has a sovereignly revealed "will" that must be discovered, discerned and adhered to. Thus he engages in "natural theology" that attempts to know God by deductive knowledge about God. In the other ditch, the experiential religionist tends to equate metaphysical and supernatural happenings with the activity of God, so that God is identified with the "energy" behind the ecstatic experience. Both have deviant ditch theologies because God is known only in His Son, Jesus Christ (John 14:6). This might be called "relational theology" in that a personal relationship is formed as the very Life of God dwells in the Christian. God is known relationally as He dynamically reveals Himself in the expression of His own character in our lives, the life of Christ lived out through us.

Consider the different approaches to salvation: The epistemologist tends to view salvation either as a product which Jesus dispenses or as a procedure in which the precise points on the ordo salutis must be precisely plotted (ex. Lordship salvation debate). The experientialist wants to be saved from "erroneous zones" in order to arrive at enlightenment and ecstasy, so as to experience salvation in the deliverance from unhappiness. Both separate salvation from the dynamic function of the Savior, Jesus Christ. There is no salvation apart from the living Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, as He makes us safe from human dysfunction and misuse apart from Him, and restores us to the divine intent of divinity functioning in man, the "saving life of Christ" (Rom. 5:10).

For the rationalist religionist the "gospel" is a repository of information, the tenets of his teaching. Jesus came to teach the gospel, the "gospel according to Jesus" (ex. John MacArthur). For the charismatic enthusiast, the "good news" is the experience, the "heavenly" feeling, the subjective "burning bosom." The gospel is not essentially information or experience. The gospel is Jesus Christ! He is the "good news." In the dynamic restoration of divine life to man in Jesus Christ, we find the only "good news" for mankind.

"Grace" is defined by the propositional epistemologist as "the undeserved favor of God," historically manifested most specifically in the death of Jesus Christ for man's redemption. "Grace" is experienced by the subjective experientialist in the suppression of adversity and the unlimitedness of opportunity. Rather, "grace is realized through Jesus Christ" (John 1:17). Grace is the dynamic activity of God by the risen Lord Jesus in the life of the Christian. We live in Christ by the grace of God.

The externally oriented epistemologist often considers the church in architectural, institutional and academic categories. Ecclesiasticism becomes absolutism of belief-system, authoritarianism of leadership and activism of ministry. The experientialist emphasizes the need to belong and "bond" within community, the need to accept ad to be tolerant of all diversity and pluralism. The Church is described by Scripture as the "Body of Christ" alive with the life of Jesus Christ. The interaction of individuals indwelt with the dynamic of Jesus will evidence the loving character of God as they "love one another."

Eschatological considerations become a preposterous confusion among epistemologists as they debate their presuppositions of historical division (dispensational, covenant), their millennial perspectives (pre, post, a), and their tribulation theories. The "last word" for the experientialist is "how you feel," "does it work for you?" Sometimes the present experience becomes the focus to the denial of any future. The "last things" of God are all "in Christ." Christians participate in the "last Adam" (I Cor. 15:45) in these "last days" (Acts 2:17) since Pentecost, as our King, Jesus, reigns in the kingdom of our hearts.

Long have the tribes in both ditches hollered and hurled accusations at one another, perceiving the other to be so far removed in error and to be their enemy. Long have they also fought hand to hand combat with those in their same trench over variations of belief or experience. They seem to be "blinded" (II Cor. 4:4) to the fact that there is any other way. The alternatives are not merely left or right ditch, rationalism or experientialism, objectivity or subjectivity, mind or emotion, fundamentalism or mysticism, but most often the other extreme position is all they can identify in opposition to their own, and they live in great fear of crossing the line into the evils and errors of the other. The polarization of consequences is not the either/or of either being in the left ditch or the right ditch, but the either/or of either being "in Christ" with the dynamic of God's Being operative in and through the Christian, or remaining in the ditches of doomed humanity. Satan is the extremist who controls both ditches.

Ditches are places where you can get stuck. When you are stuck you aren't moving; you're static. Ditches are places of death! A "rut" has been defined as "a grave with both ends extended." Many there are who never "see" to get out of the ruts and the ditches of human thinking. One can only do so by the revelation of God.

Jesus is the way! Not the methodological way to get everything figured out. Not the procedural way to live morally. Not the enlightening way to self-knowing. Jesus is God's Way, the saving way, the living way. Jesus Christ alone is the dynamic of God's Life whereby God's Life functions within and through man as derived receptively by faith. Jesus is the way to be man as God intended man to be.