How the Christian Right is Blowing It.

Written by Paul Griffitts


I am not a particularly pious person and I certainly don’t go forrepparttar religious ceremony of things like Inaugurations and Graduations. It has always been my belief that we should do our alms in a closet. Whatever you give, keep that info to yourself, is pretty much my policy. Inrepparttar 126604 past few years Christians have taken a lot of heat from liberals and moderates as a result ofrepparttar 126605 Bush administration and mostly because of John Ashcroft and what has been labeled as “The Christian Right”.

That being said and believe merepparttar 126606 citations are overwhelming and need not to be mentioned here forrepparttar 126607 sake of space, I have come wonder ifrepparttar 126608 old saying, “What you do speaks louder than what you say”, should be in play here.

The newest attack onrepparttar 126609 Christian Right is something about how they have accused SpongeBob Squarepants and his buddy Patrick of being homosexual partners and are pushingrepparttar 126610 gay agenda downrepparttar 126611 throats of children. Remember Teletubbies sounds pretty similar.

Here is an example ofrepparttar 126612 liberal critics taken from a letter I received in my email, “I see that once again,repparttar 126613 "religious right wing" has found a monster in animated clothing, to wit, "SpongeBob." This has happened before. I rememberrepparttar 126614 comical furor over "Teletubbies" and aspersions that one of them was "gay." Nowrepparttar 126615 target for this same claim is "SpongeBob Squarepants." I don't know their supposed grounds for their claims, but to say that I find this ludicrous is an understatement. This has become an obsession with this part ofrepparttar 126616 populace, and obsessions are a fixation on something that one deeply wants but cannot have. I would suggest torepparttar 126617 "religious right" that they look within themselves for their monsters and grapple with their own secret desires, rather than attacking animated figures that do nothing more than amuse children.”

Now let’s put this into perspective. Most of my readers haverepparttar 126618 opinion that homosexual behavior is wrong because God’s Word says it is wrong. No debate on that one at least not from me. If you are one who sees nothing wrong with homosexual behavior, than you would say that my statement is homophobic or inrepparttar 126619 current debate of SpongeBob you would call me Christian Right Wing so I poserepparttar 126620 question “Shouldrepparttar 126621 Christian Right Wing shut up and teachrepparttar 126622 Bible?”

Let There Be Peace

Written by Joyce C. Lock


If we believe we are inrepparttar last days, we need to quit calling God's messengers 'false prophets' (Je.25:4). Hell, fire, and brimstone preaching is not a prophet's passion, butrepparttar 126603 result of other's unbelief. Prophets feel whatever God feels and are honor bound to warn unbelieving people they also love.

For fear of an antichrist or Jonestown type experience, leaders hush prophets by whatever means possible; allrepparttar 126604 while, feeling justified. And, people continue to believe whatever they are told.

"And (they) say, If we had been inrepparttar 126605 days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them inrepparttar 126606 blood ofrepparttar 126607 prophets." Mt. 23:30

Most prophets dare not come out ofrepparttar 126608 closet. 'If we talk to God, we are spiritual. If God talks to us, we are scitsophrenic.'

While many truly have a heart for God's people, they error in deciding when, who, and how people can serve (becoming Pharaohs, creating spiritual wounds) when all they would need do is to listen forrepparttar 126609 Spirit and let God sit on their throne. The Spirit cannot lie.

It makes no difference how one is qualified, as faithful is He who calls you, who also will do it. For, it is God who builds HIS church.

Instead, pride is placed upon one's knowledge and abilities; forgetting such will pass away. You might notice who Jesus would become angry with (notrepparttar 126610 spiritually weak, poor, sick, or lame) but leaders who kept them that way.

God will do whatever it takes to make sure those who are saved will be saved. When I asked how many prophecies have to come to pass, God answered, "As many as it takes."

"For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these arerepparttar 126611 beginning of sorrows. Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another," Mt. 24:7-10.

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