So, when I speak to an atheist, I ask this question: “Can you be brutally honest with me?” When he says that he can, I ask, “this has little to do with the existence of God and everything to do with you having sex with your gorgeous girlfriend. Am I right?” And, in almost every case, the reaction is an admission that his problem isn’t God’s existence but His moral demands. That’s the point of offense.
I have found from experience that in most cases of strayed faith, there is just one issue. Take, for instance, the popular stance of atheism. There is no more foolish belief than to think that nothing created everything. But an atheist doesn’t just believe that there was nothing in the beginning. He believes that “nothing” gave us flowers, birds, trees, seasons, fruits, male and female in almost every species, the marvel of the human eye, and the miracle of childbirth. Either there was a Creator, or nothing created everything.
More proof that wokeness is a religion
A member of the Fairfax County School Board in Virginia was sworn in earlier this week on a stack of pornographic books that have stoked outrage among parents who object to such material being used in public schools.
Karl Frisch, a Democrat who serves as vice chair on the Fairfax County School Board and has pronouns in his X bio, opted to be sworn in Wednesday for his second term on books that reportedly included The Perks Of Being A Wallflower, Lawn Boy, All Boys Aren't Blue, Gender Queer: A Memoir, and Flamer.
Frisch did not immediately respond to The Christian Post's request for comment.
Four of the books Frisch featured during the ceremony are among the top five most banned books, according to the American Library Association, and have been at the center of a political firestorm that has engulfed the largest school district in the U.S. for years.
Critics are accusing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of using "genocidal" language in a dramatic speech on Israel's war with Hamas in which he invoked the name of an ancient enemy of the Israelites from the Bible[…]
After quoting Ecclesiastes in his opposition to calls for a ceasefire, saying, "The Bible says that there is a time for peace and a time for war … this is a time for war," Netanyahu invoked the biblical name of Amalek in his address to the nation[…]
"You must remember what Amalek has done to you, says our Holy Bible," Netanyahu said, echoing the words of Deuteronomy 25:17[…]
In 1 Samuel 15:3, God tells the prophet Samuel to instruct King Saul to "go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys"
Last week, Netanyahu raised some eyebrows when he claimed the mission to defeat Hamas would go towards helping "realize the prophecy of Isaiah"
In the whole run-up surrounding the push for same-sex marriage and LGBT “rights,” some predicted that the normalization of homosexuality would open the door to other deviant practices. Usually at the top of the list of things being warned against was pedophilia, but we were told over and over that this was offensive, and just an invalid “slippery slope” argument.
It’s been just four years since so-called same-sex marriage was instituted by the Supreme Court, and it’s now clear that the slope was a lot slipperier than advertised.
Consider, for example, the growing, nationwide trend of “drag queen story hours” at public libraries. Confused men, dressed in flamboyant makeup and women’s clothing, read often propagandist story books to young children.
Whether it is a Syrian Muslim gunning down “Trump supporters” in Colorado, the attack near the Capitol by a Nation of Islam supporter, the change in laws that protect police in New York, or the campaign against the state of Georgia, we must acknowledge the widespread assault on the conservative, Christian community. I use the phrase “White America,” though ironically we are comprised of all ethnicities and races but united in our stand for biblical and democratic values that are the foundation of our country. The radical left characterizes us as “angry white people” so they can garner support for the vilification of our principles as part of a broader scheme to undermine our way of life. It is critical that we do not look at each of these issues as separate unrelated events when each of them is a critical aspect of how insidious movements weaken traditional social structures.
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However, the assault on “White America” that unites Islamists and the radical Left is particularly dangerous, not only because it has followers capable of terrorizing the population, they also have tacit support from the Biden administration, local and state lawmakers, and a large portion of mainstream society. Together these two movements have the power to murder opponents and sabotage traditional legal and political structures.
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The orchestrated boycott and vilification of Georgia is another alarming example of how these movements operate. We are seeing mainstream social structures such as corporations like Coca-Cola, Major League Baseball, as well as President Joe Biden himself supporting the effort to isolate and punish Georgia for creating voting restrictions. The law protects the integrity of the voting system but it’s being purposely mischaracterized as racial discrimination to inflame the emotions of the public and cause financial harm, which they hope will force the legislature to retract it. The radical left is using social and financial coercion to compromise the sanctity of how we vote in this country.
In spite of his remarkable discovery, it does not appear that Hawking ever escaped the black hole of atheism. He said, "No one created the universe and no one directs our fate. This leads me to a profound realization that there probably is no heaven and no afterlife either."
In a 2014 interview, Hawking declared, "There is no God. I'm an atheist. Religion believes in miracles, but these are not compatible with science."
The timing of Hawking's death so close to Easter provides a stark contrast. While black holes are mysterious, Easter is miraculous. Christ's resurrection was a singularity of epic proportions. It was a historical event in spacetime when death was literally "swallowed up in victory." (1 Cor. 15:54)
The resurrection of Jesus Christ produced what is essentially a "white hole," so that everyone who enters through the "event horizon" of spiritual conversion has their sins washed away forever. Believers instantly become as "white as snow" in God's eyes through faith in Jesus. (Psalm 51:7; Rev. 7:13,14) The cross and the empty tomb combined to produce a supernova of sorts and a white hole in "the heavenly realms," (Eph. 2:6) and it is here that a believer's soul is secure in Christ today, tomorrow and forever.
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Stephen Hawking lived a courageous life in the midst of a horrible disease (ALS), and he was able to grasp some deep mysteries of the universe. Christ, on the other hand, created the universe, and is able to deliver everlasting life to those who accept Him as Savior. "It is appointed unto man once to die, and after that the judgment." (Hebrews 9:27) Everyone will spend eternity in one of two extreme destinations. While there may be 100 billion galaxies in the universe, there isn't a third option on the other side of the grave.
Stephen Hawking was a visionary who was gifted by our Creator with the intellect to discover and discern deep mysteries of the universe. This discernment, however, was limited to the natural realm due to Hawking's unbelief and his rejection of anything supernatural.
Likewise, it is natural for us to marvel at the intelligence of a brilliant scientist, but it is supernatural to marvel and bow down before the majesty of the One who entered five black holes and lived to talk about it. Christ alone is worthy of our praise, and His eternal kingdom will have no end, no darkness and no death.
In anticipation of the solar eclipse that will span the entire contiguous United States later this month, evangelist Anne Graham Lotz has warned that the Great American Eclipse might not be a cause for celebration.
There's been much buzz recently about the solar eclipse that will occur on Aug. 21, which could mark the first time since 1918 that a total solar eclipse will be visible across the entire contiguous United States. It will begin in Oregon and sweep southeast across the country ending in South Carolina. According to Space.com, the phenomenon is "one of the most spectacular sights in nature."
As many across the nation will welcome the phenomenon by hosting and participating in eclipse parties, Lotz, the daughter of world renowned evangelist Billy Graham and founder of AnGeL Ministries, took to her website on Monday to comment on the upcoming eclipse in a blog post titled "Is God's Judgment Coming on America?"
The 69-year-old Lotz, who has previously cited the the Old Testament book of Joel to warn a number of times that God could soon cast his judgement on the United States as punishment for the sins of the nation, began the post by explaining that she felt "compelled to issue the warning once again."
Anne Graham Lotz.
"The warning is triggered by the total solar eclipse of Aug. 21, nicknamed America's Eclipse. For the first time in almost 100 years, a total solar eclipse will be seen from coast to coast in our nation," she wrote. "People are preparing to mark this significant event with viewing parties at exclusive prime sites. The celebratory nature regarding the eclipse brings to my mind the Babylonian King Belshazzar who threw a drunken feast the night the Medes and Persians crept under the city gate."
The story of Belshazzar's feast was told in the Old Testament book of Daniel. Lotz explained that while Belshazzar and his friends partied and had a good time, "they were oblivious to the impending danger."
"Belshazzar wound up dead the next day, and the Babylonian empire was destroyed," Lotz stated.
Lotz also noted that Jewish rabbis have traditionally seen solar eclipses as "warnings from God to Gentile nations."
"Therefore, my perspective on the upcoming phenomenon is not celebratory," Lotz wrote. "While no one can know for sure if judgment is coming on America, it does seem that God is signaling us about something. Time will tell what that something is."
In her blog post, Lotz also embedded a YouTube video of a nearly hour-long message given by Australian Pastor Steve Cioccolanti of Discover Ministries that was posted late last month. The message was titled "Is the USA in the Bible? Great American Eclipse Aug 21st, 2017 a Real End Time Sign?"
"Pastor Steve articulates the warning in a very clear, undeniable, yet undogmatic way based on his understanding of biblical truth," Lotz added.
"Please be assured that balancing God's warning is His plea for us to return to Him and rend our hearts in sincere, heartfelt repentance," she continued. "I can almost hear the tears in Joel's voice as he pleads for us to repent and return to God, because 'Who knows? He may return and have pity and leave behind a blessing' (Joel 2:13-14)."
Lotz argued that even if the warnings about the eclipse are inaccurate, the U.S. and the world are already in "turmoil."
"Without doubt this is the time for God's people to get right with God. To repent of our own sin. To share the Gospel with our neighbors. And to pray that in the midst of His coming wrath, God would remember mercy," Lotz concluded.
Evangelist and author Anne Graham Lotz has listed a number of key preparations Christians should make before the rapture.
Lotz, who is the founder of AnGeL Ministries and the chairwoman of the National Day of Prayer, wrote in an article Monday on the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association website that preparing for any kind of trip takes "time, thought and energy."
"The Bible teaches that all followers of Jesus are to plan and prepare for a 'trip.' The trip is not only undertaken when we move to Heaven following death, but it is also a very unique one that will take place at the end of human history as we have known it," she wrote.
"We are told that believers in the last generation will not experience physical death, but will be caught up in what is called the 'rapture'... the 'snatching away'... to meet Jesus in the air and be reunited with loved ones who have died in Christ and have gone before us. It will be the trip of a lifetime — a trip that is out of this world," Lotz added.
She indicated that getting informed and being prepared to "leave suddenly, at a moment's notice" for the coming trip, referring to the rapture, would be the first step.
Next, she said that a checklist needs to be planned out.
Lotz shared several Bible verses for readers to help them make such a checklist, and said that Christians needs to be abounding in love, established in faith, confident in hope, unblamable in holiness, and steadfast in service.
"What is your service for Jesus? How can you serve Him even more as the time for departure draws near?" she asked believers to reflect upon.
Finally, she said faithful believers need to listen for the "Clarion Call."
"How will we know when it's time to leave? Read 1 Thessalonians 4:16–17. When the call to leave comes, will you be ready? What items on your checklist will you wish you had 'packed?'" she asked.
Lotz did not speculate when precisely the rapture may arrive, but said Christians need to get ready.
"We haven't left yet, so there is still time to increase and excel in each item on the checklist. Ask God to help you prepare so that you are rapture ready," she wrote.
In the past, Lotz has warned that the United States is entering the "last stage" of the "downward spiral" toward God's judgment.
"God is backing away from America. He has said again and again and again, 'If you forsake me, I will forsake you. If you abandon me, I will abandon you.' So, we see God abandoning America as we shake our fist in his face and insist on our immorality and all the things we are doing," she said in 2016, referring in part to the legalization of gay marriage.
"We have lost the ability to think straight, no pun intended. God backs away and removes His hand of blessing and His hand of favor and His hand of protection," Lotz added.
Most recently, she told The Biblical Recorder that the U.S. continues "unraveling" and "disintegrating" into anger and anarchy, due to its "rejection of God."
"God has promised to hear us, forgive us and heal us on the condition that we pray. Therefore prayer is essential. It is not an option, it is a necessity," she said.
An ex-Satanist who is now a Christian and oversees a ministry that reaches out to occultists believes that American society is "submerged in the occult."
Jeff Harshbarger, head of Refuge Ministries and author of the book Dancing With the Devil, told The Christian Post in an interview that characteristics of occult belief are commonplace in American culture.
"Our society is submerged in the occult; Harry Potter has filled the minds of our children for a decade and vampirism meets our teens with the illusions of grandeur. Witchcraft went mainstream decades ago, and Wicca is its offspring," said Harshbarger.
"'Christian' witchcraft is on the up-rise and new age spirituality fills the church pews. Time has come for the church to be equipped and be effective. This is why I wrote Dancing With the Devil."
Harshbarger does not consider this to be a recent problem, as he sees occultism as being "introduced in the Garden of Eden, when Satan tempted Adam and Eve to seek hidden knowledge, instead of walking in obedience to God."
Harshbarger's own experiences with the occult led him to open a ministry meant to reach out to those involved in practices like Satanism and Wicca. These experiences were written about by Harshbarger in detail in 2005 with the book From Darkness to Light and also mentioned in his more recent book Dancing With The Devil.
Harshbarger began his entry into the occult via the usage of a Ouija board. By the late 1970s, he was a practicing Satanist who lived with a group of likeminded people in Indiana. According to Harshbarger, he was possessed by demons and yet God still reached out to him. After much struggle and an apparent divine experience in the backyard of the place he shared with fellow Satanists, Harshbarger began to leave the practice.
"I wrote in From Darkness to Light that I had to go to six churches before anyone offered to pray for me. I walked into the churches a demon possessed individual looking for freedom. The church was unprepared to meet me where I was," said Harshbarger to CP.
"Thank God I met Harry and Jo Richardson who offered prayer and that prayer was the prayer that released me from my demonic bondage. We established Refuge Ministries in 2001 to do just that; to meet individuals who are trapped in darkness right where they are ... and to pray for them."
Harshbarger continued his efforts to help churches understand the nature of those involved in the Occult with his book Dancing With the Devil. Released in September 2012, the book is a collection of accounts from Christians once involved in some branch of occult practice. The preface and chapter one were written by Harshbarger. Other chapters were written by those who went through differing yet similar experiences with the occult in America. Many were brought up in Christian homes and had loving parents.
"Many people think they have to go out of their way to encounter an occult follower," wrote Harshbarger. "The truth is, we probably encounter someone who is or has been involved in the occult each day among the dozens of people we interact with. Dancing With the Devil was written to educate the body of Christ with the knowledge of who the occultist is and what they practice. It will equip believers to reach out and minister effectively to those in the occult."
"The church has to be prepared for anyone in all kinds of conditions to walk in their doors and be more effective in ministering to them. Not only that, but we must understand them in order to reach them where they are, if they don't walk in our door." Harshbarger told CP that since its release in 2012 the response to the book has been "tremendous."
"Dancing With the Devil has been in the top 100 Christian books in the U.K. and has been received in the U.S. in a powerful way. We are receiving responses daily from former occultists how the book has helped them," he said. "There was a young man who is simply on fire for God who took the challenge of the book very seriously. He read the book and the next day led a Wiccan to the saving grace of Jesus Christ! That is effectively reaching and ministering to those trapped in the darkness of the occult."
Young Earth Creationist Ken Ham is speaking out against the upcoming "Reason Rally" at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C., which is being advertised as "the world's largest atheist party," by stating that atheists will be worshiping man in their "anti-God religion."
Ham wrote on his Facebook page on Tuesday that the upcoming secular gathering "is really a worship service — they worship man — worshipping the god of self. They exalt reason and have a blind faith that the universe and life arose by natural processes."
Much like he has said in the past, Ham warned that atheism is a an anti-God religion, which "exalts fallible human reason."
The Creation Museum and Ark Encounter president took aim at famous atheist author Lawrence Krauss, who will be speaking at the rally, and once said: "Forget Jesus ... the stars died so you can be here."
Answers in Genesis CEO and President Ken Ham is arguing that secular legal groups working against Christians are fighting against Jesus and his counter-cultural message.
Ham writes on his AiG blog that the Freedom from Religion Foundation is attempting to remove Christianity from the public sphere, such as a recent case where the FFRF pressured a school in Colorado to stop allowing Bibles to be distributed to students, or be forced to allow Satanic material to be handed out as well.
"The FFRF leaders claim to want 'the school to stop allowing the distribution of religious material altogether,1 but they are willing to allow Satanic material to be given out to accomplish this — anything, as long as it's not the Bible," Ham wrote, accusing secular groups of trying to push their "religion of secularism and atheism" on people.
"Now their anti-Christian rhetoric shouldn't surprise us. The message of Christianity and the Resurrection of Jesus Christ is countercultural. Our culture does not like the message that there is only one way of salvation, that they are sinners deserving of punishment, and that they must repent and trust in Christ to be saved," he continued.
"This message has made people angry from the days of Jesus right up until now, and people will not stop fighting it until Jesus returns."
The creationist claimed that ultimately groups like the FFRF aren't "fighting against us, but against Jesus and His message."
He suggested that such groups are "made up of lost individuals who — like everyone — desperately need the forgiveness and hope that Jesus offers."
For its part, FFRF has argued that the reason why it often speaks out against public schools allowing Bibles to be handed out is because "we do not think schools should be a battleground for religious ideas."
"But when schools allow the Gideons to prey on children, their message of eternal damnation for any who don't believe in their god must be countered," FFRF Staff Attorney Andrew L. Seidel argued.
Ham has spoken out about a number of stories in which he says Christians are being targeted in Western society, including a case surrounding a prison chaplain in the U.K. who was forced to resign from his position after authorities warned him to stop preaching Bible passages that talked about homosexuality.
"This is an alarming example of how quickly Christians are losing religious freedom across the West. In this case, it wasn't even acceptable for this chaplain to use God's Word during a chapel service — a completely voluntary service where those attending would expect to hear from God's Word. It won't be long before we see this happening in other countries, including America," Ham wrote back in March.
"And really, the authorities are saying the Bible itself is not suitable for people! How long before it will be outlawed?" he asked.
Not true. Many Christians simply don't watch TV or entertainment because of rampant violence and immorality. Hollywood thinks all Westerners( or all mankind) of both the past and present have been sick and immoral as they are, but that's not true. There were and are many normal people. Hollywood can neither comprehend the Biblical truth or their Christian ancestors because excessive immorality causes brain defects. Or they are simply demon-possessed. Stay away from Hollywood as much as possible. Even if they make Christian movies, they contain blasphemies.Television is one of the most mind numbing drugs invented, & the biggest threat to the democratic process of this once great republic.
The "fix" would be to require passing a test on federal & state constitutional content & intent to become "licensed" to vote, this would leave the "easily led" to their Oprah, Springer, & homosexual-centric Hollyweird So Californicate slothful lifestyle warming their couch potato impression... So they won't be "driving US into ditches"... Running stop-signs, & letting their friends drive the economy off the cliff.
Here we have one redeeming satellite TV channel called "C-SPAN", which carries live events in congress.. I can tell you that these clowns in DC would behave/speak much different if they knew that "only" licensed voters were listening!O_o!
Seriously, we license drivers of automobiles so they can be held accountable to the rules of the road. .. In the USA, the constitution is the "rules of the road", and there is nothing in that document that allows for the "business as usual" of passing Obama-Nation-Bills, without reading them, or handing out free stuff in exchange for votes, printing money out of thin air, or allowing guys in dresses define marriage!O_o!
Yes. Reading the Holy Bible and Christian literature gives Christians discernment what to watch and what not to by discovering the will of God.
Might I ask are any SCOTUS 'saints' who are aware that they themselves are sinners on their way to eternal destruction.. There's a warm welcome awaiting in the lake of fire for all those whose names are not written in the book of life. (Revelation 20: 15). So how do you plead SCOTUS? Are YOU guilty; or guilty. So, back to the question in hand: Was June 26 a Day of Celebration or Infamy? It was both. Celebrations for abominNations and infamy to the infidel.
I don't like fathers taking on sons. The whole thing is warped. Can't they have noble fathers who give up life for children in story like in Starblazers? Why did fathers die in the battles in reality? Why do men become villains in reality? Villains go against the wish of good fathers. If one has a bad father, he could look up to God and also to the real sacrificial men in order to understand true manhood. No excuse for being bad.That's what's so unrealistic about Star Wars and all other Hollywood stories. The actual villains are baby-killing prostitutes and their playboy lovers and their perv friends. And Darth Vader cannot be good. Nazi generals were good to their own children but were butchering the Jewish children at the same time; those humans cannot be classified as good in any sense and deserve only execution after being given a time for repentance. Hollywood has no morality or a sense of justice; that's why they have problems.
When I was attending a Christian college students were prohibited from sex outside of marriage (including homosexuality) and having abortions. It was a good policy completely in line with the Bible. And it still is.
This is why most Muslim terrorist attacks occurred in the liberal Blue States, ie the foolish bleeding heart liberals welcome non-assimilating Muslim immigrants, refugees n terrorists into their midst. Eg 911, Boston Marathon bombing, failed NY Times Square bombing, etc. ......."Stupid is as stupid does.
The saddest thing about the WW3 is there is no more good America. It's just struggles among the villains and the greedy, producing victims. Secularism's godless senselessness won't be cured overnight; the secular West has been blaspheming too much for people to regain true selfless goodness. If people do not value everyone's human life equally, safety or peace is not possible. With an official war or without, people need Jesus for salvation everywhere.
I wonder why they left out very relevant details about the subject sample, stats which I, too, read elsewhere. The teachings of Jesus and the teachings of Muhammad are vastly different. On the point about being moral without a belief in God... because we are all made in the image of God and therefore have a moral compass (conscience) that is innate, of course people can be moral without believing in the God who put that unwritten code of ethics within them.
America needs Christian schools. Government should pay for private schools and homeschools as well, without regulation. State exams are fine if those are not atheistic in content. It's unfair only the atheistic and Sodomic public schools are getting support from the State. Who made atheism the state religion in the West? There is no neutrality in secularism; it's been only godlessness and atheism. Children need Christian morality for normality.You are a little inaccurate. The creators and fathers of the USA of all eras never imagined the nation would be this blasphemous, Anti-christian, immoral, and atheistic. Such possibility just never dawned on their mind. To them, being a decent human meant being Christian. Today's secular West is massively violating the Christrians, pushing blasphemy and Sodomy and infanticide. Christian education must be upheld in the West including the USA; the secular West has no other way to live or understand morality.
Don't celebrate Halloween. It's evil. Remember and celebrate the Protestant Reformation, the Truth's triumph and the greatest incident in the entire Western civilization thus of the enture world, only next to the Christianization of Europe.
You are wrong. People everywhere converted into Christianity freely because Christianity was outstanding good and excellent. Many of us got killed by becoming Christian because the leaders were evil but we never gave up on Christianity. God helped us. The Christian workers provided literacy to all peoples; they created written languages. You guys had been just child-killing savage barbarians before the Church educated you and taught you God's Word and how to read and write. Today's Westerners and full-stomached youth don't become Christian because you prefer immorality. You need to repent of your barbarism.
The Bible educated the Constitutional writers/signers of the instability of men. This wisdom has enabled that document to guide this nation for 230 years. If we no longer understand this wisdom, we will slowly lose that Constitutional guidance..... One fact to remember. Prior to 1960, teenage violence and suicide was unheard of. A lot of things has change since those years.
If there is no God, then morality, or "ethics" are meaningless. Socrates and Aristotle were just men who had an opinion. There had no authority to define morality.Since He is God, He has the authority to tell people what to do, and what not to do. I realize YOU want to make the rules, but you can't.Allah is not the God of the Bible. ISIS is breaking God's moral law, for which they will be judged by God. Aristotle's opinions are binding on no one.Allah is not real. And even if it was real, it is not God Almighty. Not the Creator of the universe. Who has the authority to define good and evil, and the authority and ability to hold people accountable to those definitions? Certainly not Aristotle.I don't think you posses the ability to understand what constitutes proof. If you did, you would not have to ask the question.
It doesn’t take an education of any kind to observe the complete moral abandonment of this world. It doesn’t take a Christian to realize slaughtering unborn children, (just because the mother doesn’t want to deal with IT)and having a same sex partner, (it will never be a marriage) is pure evil at a very basic level. People today don’t want to have to answer to anyone, they just want to live and let live. The sad thing is, and it does truly hurt me despite what you may think, is that every one of us will have to answer to the creator for the things we have done in this life.
The holy God is sovereign over life. The Western Sodom and its mimickers could be next for the Divine wrath. You need humility before God. You have life from Him. Yes, godless secularism's crown work.Secularism is useless because of its amorality. What is the use of chanting human rights and liberty if America fails to protect a child from pervs? Democracy is meaningles if the people are barbaric. Mankind needs the Gospel for salvation and Christian ethics to be civilized. America was created to spread Christianity, not barbarians' democracy. American liberals are well-dressed barbarians.
Ethical behavior never produces righteousness. There is none righteous, no not one. All your righteousness is as Isaiah said, bloody cotex before Him. Therein is the righteousness of God revealed. The imputed righteousness that comes by faith. And whatsoever is not of faith is sin. Not doing something doesn't make you good, (I don't do this or I don't do that) it makes you nothing. You have to do the good, and the good is already predefined. Without faith it is impossible to please Him. What you are trying to assert is the same logic as saying, "a man has two legs, ipso facto, if it has two legs it's a man"... Sounds real great until you understand birds have 2 legs, and birds aren't a man. It's rhetorical nonsense.
The theory of evolution is a lie, as such, it is inspired by "forces of evil"—it has not been proven, indeed, it is not provable and observable. Further, variation within a kind is not "micro-evolution" but rather, adaptation. Both terms, "macro-evolution" and "micro-evolution" are used by evolutionists to bamboozle people. The same is true of the term "natural selection"—it is extremely misleading. It personifies nature and gives the impression that nature has some sort of cognitive ability to select unfit creatures for death and or select fit creatures for life; it's nonsense.
GOD is in control, He alone is truly and lovingly and absolutely Sovereign over all.
“Holy, holy, holy,
Lord God Almighty,
Who was and is and is to come!” Revelation 4
“At this also my heart trembles,
And leaps from its place.
Hear attentively the thunder of His voice,
And the rumbling that comes from His mouth.
He sends it forth under the whole heaven,
His lightning to the ends of the earth.
After it a voice roars;
He thunders with His majestic voice,
And He does not restrain them when His voice is heard.
God thunders marvelously with His voice;
He does great things which we cannot comprehend.
For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth’;
Likewise to the gentle rain and the heavy rain of His strength.
He seals the hand of every man,
That all men may know His work.
The beasts go into dens,
And remain in their lairs.
From the chamber of the south comes the whirlwind,
And cold from the scattering winds of the north.
By the breath of God ice is given,
And the broad waters are frozen.
Also with moisture He saturates the thick clouds;
He scatters His bright clouds.
And they swirl about, being turned by His guidance,
That they may do whatever He commands them
On the face of the whole earth.
He causes it to come,
Whether for correction,
Or for His land,
Or for mercy. Job 37
“You are worthy, O Lord,
To receive glory and honor and power;
For You created all things,
And by Your will they exist and were created.” Revelation 4
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might believe. 8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. 9 That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.
10 He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. 11 He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. 12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: 13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
15 John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’”
16 And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him. John 1
1 There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.”
3 Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
4 Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?”
5 Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
9 Nicodemus answered and said to Him, “How can these things be?”
10 Jesus answered and said to him, “Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not know these things? 11 Most assuredly, I say to you, We speak what We know and testify what We have seen, and you do not receive Our witness. 12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?
13 No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven. 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.
16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
18 “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. 21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”...
31 He who comes from above is above all; he who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all. 32 And what He has seen and heard, that He testifies; and no one receives His testimony. 33 He who has received His testimony has certified that God is true. 34 For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God does not give the Spirit by measure. 35 The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into His hand. 36 He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.” John 3
God so graciously governs all things, even your very heartbeat, even when you hate Him.
"Of a storm he little dreams..."— Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, And let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth; Walk in the ways of your heart, And in the sight of your eyes; But know that for all these God will bring you into judgment. Ecclesiastes 11:9— "The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into His hand. He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.” John 3
"A future where all mankind’s problems are solved (no tears, no pain, no struggle for existence, no conflict between each other), new, perfect bodies and minds, eternal life. Sounds great doesn’t it!? The only problem is that transhumanism is based on a lie; evolution. All transhumanist’s hopes and dreams are built on a foundation believing “molecules to man” evolution being a real thing.
The concept of evolution is being constantly implanted into the consciousness of mankind. Similar to the victims of the Borg in Star Trek where the truth of who the victim was rewritten over the individuals true identity, once someone has been implanted with the concept of evolution, they can quickly get assimilated into an anti-God philosophy and be hard to lead back to truth.
Mankind’s greatest hopes and dreams can indeed be achieved, but not by himself. People can be free one day of all tears, pain, mourning and even death. They will have a new incorruptible body and will live in paradise, but not because of what we will have done, but because of what our Savior Jesus Christ has done.
But this promise will not be given to everyone. It will only be extended to those that have repented of their sin and put their faith in Jesus Christ, the Creator, Sustainer and Redeemer of the Universe."
Transhumanism—mankind’s next step forward? Will mankind evolve into a perfect being? by Calvin Smith
Transhumanism, huh. I know nothing of it. But based on the definition given in this article I see no reason to entertain the notion. Man was created as is, no evolving has taken place in man to this date and there's no reason to assume man will evolve in the future. To base any theory off of another fraud theory is absurd and therefore the whole transhumanism concept should be condemned and abandoned.
There are fools who think they can use science to live forever or become gods. They can't. Transhumanism is a lie from Satan to deceive those who are perishing.
3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; 4 and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables. 2 Timothy 4
"The purpose of this paper is to address a few of the many theological implications surrounding transhumanism, especially in regard to its consistency with a Christian worldview. Transhumanism is an international movement that seeks to break through human biological limitations to radically redesign humanity. The topic is so broad that it can be best addressed paradigmatically by examining its foundational technologies and philosophies. This presentation will first give a brief summary of the topic and then a broad overview of the technologies involved. As the technologies are discussed a few specific criticisms will be raised and Christian responses offered. Then it will turn to theological matters. First it will analyze the philosophical underpinnings of the movement and then interact specifically with the more visible proponents who attempt to reconcile it theologically with Christianity. The main points offered in defense of the thesis are that promoters of Christian transhumanism are driven by an unbiblical anthropology, a Pelegian view of sin, and a profound misunderstanding of the Christian life characteristic of theological liberalism. The first point of analysis will be anthropology which naturally leads to one’s position on the biblical creation account and original sin. The denial of scriptural authority on the issues of origins and sin results in an embrace of the naturalistic worldview and leads one open to ideas like Christian transhumanism. This will be revealed as initially hubris and potentially grave sin. Finally, some suggestions will be offered as a Christian response. This paper will demonstrate that while there are some who claim to be Christian transhumanists, transhumanism is an anthropocentric worldview based on naturalistic presuppositions that is incompatible with orthodox biblical Christianity."
The Doctrine of Man: A Critique of Christian Transhumanism By Cris D. Putnam
http://www.isca-apologetics.org/papers/isca-2011/doctrine-man-critique-christian-transhumanism
"A future where all mankind’s problems are solved (no tears, no pain, no struggle for existence, no conflict between each other), new, perfect bodies and minds, eternal life. Sounds great doesn’t it!? The only problem is that transhumanism is based on a lie; evolution. All transhumanist’s hopes and dreams are built on a foundation believing “molecules to man” evolution being a real thing.
Just like the Technocrat Thorstein Veblen, they have designed their theories around the “positivist science” of Darwinian evolution. (Positivism is the philosophy that the only authentic knowledge is knowledge that is based on actual sense experience. Since Darwinian evolution has not been observed (so isn’t scientific in the sense of being repeatable) and that positivism itself is not derived from a sensory experience, these ideas are based on a completely false foundations to begin with. It is the same old deception from Satan saying “ — you will be like God — ” back in the Garden of Eden.
Have you been assimilated?
The concept of evolution is being constantly implanted into the consciousness of mankind. Similar to the victims of the Borg in Star Trek where the truth of who the victim was rewritten over the individuals true identity, once someone has been implanted with the concept of evolution, they can quickly get assimilated into an anti-God philosophy and be hard to lead back to truth.
Mankind’s greatest hopes and dreams can indeed be achieved, but not by himself. People can be free one day of all tears, pain, mourning and even death. They will have a new incorruptible body and will live in paradise, but not because of what we will have done, but because of what our Savior Jesus Christ has done.
But this promise will not be given to everyone. It will only be extended to those that have repented of their sin and put their faith in Jesus Christ, the Creator, Sustainer and Redeemer of the Universe."
Transhumanism—mankind’s next step forward? Will mankind evolve into a perfect being? by Calvin Smith
http://creation.com/transhumanism
Pastor James McConnell shouldn't have been singled out. So many people do far more horrible things against Christianity in the West. The Western nations have double standards against the Christians. They think it's okay to single out the gentle harmless all-time-loving Christians for bullying but protect others as if such gross partiality is something noble, although they are being far better-off on earth only because of what their Christian ancestors had created. People desire Europe and America only because the European Christians have created superb nations for everyone to live in. Children who are bad to their own good parents are actually not being good to anyone. UK should stop taking advantage of Christianity but show more respect to the Christians
"The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork. Day unto day utters speech, And night unto night reveals knowledge. There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard. Their line has gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world." (Psalm 19)
It's been only about 100 years since mankind found out that there are numerous number of galaxies in the space. Thank God the Earth (the solar system) is located in such a part of the Milky Way Galaxy where outside view is possible. Otherwise, we'd not know the existence of other galaxies or even survive if located in gassy parts on Milky Way. Micro worlds are another universe mankind cannot reach in tangible ways. There are no exactly same sand grains or exactly the same snow flakes. The number is truly staggering in our world which God created for us.
As amazing as the universes are around us, more profound and vital and eternal is the Holy Bible, the word of God. Why does Earth's mankind have it? We could have only myths that we can dismiss, but the Holy Bible and Israel stand forever on Planet Earth and none of them comply with the atheists or sugar (false gospels) lovers. In that sense, both behave like God's physical worlds. What is made by God never submits to natural men. And wonderous things happen here through the Church on Planet Earth. The Son of God was upon the Earth once before, He will do that again, changing the structure of all the universes including the Heaven.
[About ParaNorman. A kids movie that had a minor homosexual character and depicted witch hunts as being wrong.]
O.K. Hollywood, . can't even take my kids to see a movie without you telling me 'righteousness is what you say it is and how wrong mean ol' God is for condemning devil worship, witchcraft and homosexuality. How about this then, . .How about if you all just go on off to hell if you want, and we promise not to try and stop you from here on out? Don't believe in hell, the devil or God? It'll even work out better for you - and that'll work for a lot of us as well.
Hey, will somebody open the gates of hell and tell them dinner is served? Our work here is done.. Can't even take your kids to see a movie without their propaganda oozing out of their ....
This doesn't sound like the United States of America. Public schools need correction from the very foundatin. Children need rights to reject atheism and Sodomy as well.
Christianity alone teaches the truth and morality. You must not reject it. Only villains reject Christianity. USA therefore all civilized world has no morality apart from Christianity.
Children have rights to the truth and morality. All children must be directed towards what is true and good, not into falsehood, blasphemies, or immorality. The secular West's public schools are doing things upside down. The Muslims can be lovingly evangelized by the Christians for them to discover the Biblical truth, but they cannot have a special status because they did not create the Western nations or install the human rights. The Western civilization's sense of fairness and conscience has been Christianity, found in the Holy Bible. Man must not oppose the truth or human conscience. All men need Christian education to value life and to be fair and civil. The Western secularism only massacres the unborn babies and corrupts children.
If they don't like the rules they can quit right? Isn't that what you homoatheists said from the beginning about Kim Davis? Oh Wait you're lying again about why she stopped issuing ALL marriage licenses and that was because she wanted her name removed from all homoatheists unholy shack up licenses. How many times will you post your lying propaganda?
BTW where is the law that states homoatheists have the right to marry? You don't but normal heterosexuals do because it's the LAW.
Today's Western civilization is in a barbaric mess because it has returned to the Greek and Roman porn stories and Sodomic inclinations. Mankind needs the Holy Bible, the Word of God, to be literate and civilized. Knowing God says everything. The knowledge of the one true living God, the God of Israel, changes everything from foundation among mankind.
No, we just know the Catholics must read the Holy Bible to be normal Christian. The West's unconditional support of Sodom is abnormal in every sense. You guys must have been drinking bad water or something. Children must be raised by moral and normal people, and those who oppose immorality must not be oppressed by anyone. Where is common sense? The Western nations start doing totally weird things when you guys derail from the Holy Bible. When will you learn from history? These Catholics are not only Bible-illiterate but also even disobedient to the Church. So sad.
Catholics are an enigma. I grew up as RC and went to RC schools. I was taught in their faith. Sadly, it is more about man made rituals than about Jesus. However, I have known some RC who were great in terms of their compassion and their love for the Lord. I humbly pray that they would turn away from Roman Catholicism and put their faith in Jesus
no, considering how clueless you are when it comes to understanding God's truths and teachings found in His Word, the Bible such as you believing He would encourage abortion, I simply stated how it would be in your best interest so you would stop making yourself look so ignorant in these matters to refer to some solid Bible commentaries before you respond. By the way that is what most true Christians do before we respond, oh but that's right you just pretended to be a true Christian before and perhaps you could care less what God's Word, the Bible really means. And you have yet to prove maggie was not big on abortion when it came to poor minority members in our nation. Plus, please stay on topic, we are talking about the fact that many women are lied to by pro-abortionists like yourself and pp into believing abortion is their best option and in fact abortion mills may not even mention the adoption option. But if these women were made aware that their child could be put up for adoption, they may very well change their mind and not go through with the abortion and choose adoption instead. Now do you get it??
You have mentioned that you were raised in a Christian home. Again, my answer is that it was most likely a legalistic and harshly ruled, hypocritical environment. There is a difference between true Orthodox Christianity and harsh legalism in so-called Christianity. Legalistic Christianity will produce any number of sexual deviant expressions whether it be homosexuality, bisexuality, transgenders, or someone like J Duggar who is driven by lust for the opposite sex. Our sexuality can take many wrong turns and that is why the Bible proscribes sexual expression between a man and a woman within the bounds of marriage. It is healthy and there is no possibility of STD's. All people, whether or not they're married must exercise self control. It's what makes for a healthy society.
"shall we legalize ANYTHING because someone will commit suicide if you dont submit to their way of doin thing." ....you assume thats a swipe at reparative therapy...you assume wrong! its a question to be taken at face value andrew...nothin more...suicide is NOT a good dictator of legal policy...except for perhap the NEED for reparative therapy...to PREVENT suicide.. if a person...any person..commits suicide because they dont feel like they fit into the greater society around them then that person has issues that are not gonna be corrected by having society as a whole modify itself to accomodate the suicidal person. shall we legalize pedophilia if a pedophile commits suicide...NO. shall we legalize theft if a thief commits suicide...NO. andrew if you were for just one minute able to get off your high horse of thinking gays can do no wrong and simply look at the precedent you advocate...suicide controlling what makes law...you would immediately realize that you are harming society by setting such a precedent. you think, in these situations, as all gays do that your sect of society is so special that ONLY you gays get to try to manipulate the world around you, thru "orientation" and suicide
Again, I just did list them, it is your understanding of the verses that is clouded. There is 1) sound doctrine and then there is 2) everything else. Sound doctrine can also be translated as “true belief”. Therefore, being a slave trader is not a true belief. That makes it a wrong belief. Therefore, God does not approve.
As for the Exodus verse...break that verse down. Read it carefully. Two things are happening that lead to death. What are they? 1) stealing a person and 2) owning a person. I agree with Mr. Hale. You are forcing you own opinion onto the text.
There is another issue at hand, rather than your understanding of scripture; what exactly in your belief system makes it wrong to own another person? Why shouldn’t a person who is smarter, stronger or quicker exert force or control over a weaker person? If you are saying “Slavery is wrong”, is that an objective or subjective truth?
Unbelieving women would do anything, but Christian women must help the brothers and mankind in general by being modest. By showing skin, women made men chase after children. What do men do in a world full of prostitute-looking women? Women's showing excessive skin has been godless and tragic for everyone especially for children.
Plain and simple. She broke her promise. Now, she's lying about it and trying to play the victim. Like many others, she values what man thinks way more than what God thinks. Instead of advocating for chastity, now she's advocating for promiscuity. She appears to be no different than the other scantily-clad bimbos in the entertainment industry.
The FFRF needs to get a life. The monument was not built or maintained at taxpayer expense, and the builders payed a permit fee to keep it there. Yet the FFRF wastes government money in a lawsuit, trying to force them to spend government money to take something down that has been there for 60 years. Looks like just another example of atheists trying to force their belief system on everyone else.
More disasters are coming, so mankind must stop killing the babies and stop spreading Sodomy. Mankind must repent of sins and turn to Jesus Christ for salvation. Mankind has only some limited time on Planet Earth.
You guys are acting like the rapists who blame the victims for the crimes. If you don't stand up for the righteous principles, you'd never know the pain of being bullied by oppressors because you are on the villain's side. This filthy era is in much sympathy for those who openly practice immorality and infanticide. How easy it is for you to bully the Christians.
No Mr. Dawkins. Mike Huckabee demonstrates his Christian faith-based morality is truly Just and rational.
The moral decision is indeed simple. A raped 10-year-old does indeed suffer, by cause of the rapist, if anyone deserves to be killed it is him, the child conceived in the rape is not responsible. You would compound the suffering of that young girl with unimaginable guilt by having her partake of the unjust, irrational killing of her own innocent child; demonstrating how truly loathsome your atheist-based "morality" can be.
Please, for once be consistent. In that atheist-based "morality" of yours there is "no purpose, no evil and no good"— you came from a blob of bacteria no different from e coli, a product of nothing but blind, pitiless indifference, and to that blob you will return. Everything in between is random and meaningless; including your sanctimonious moral outrage.
"Professing to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things." Romans 1
Dawkins then wandered outside and began to talk randomly to passersby, saying more obvious things about Islam, but once again needlessly bashing Christianity and Judaism. He then soiled his trousers and stared blankly at a parking meter for nearly 5 minutes. When a pedestrian stopped to ask him if he was okay, he responded, "I don't know where I am", at which point he sucked in his own drool and soiled his trousers a second time.