"Secular Religion" -

Reading a recent article on Christian persecution in the Scotland school system, I realize that as Christians, we have to continue the campaign defining exactly what a religion is. I believe it'll be a cold day in Hell before the govt. labels secularism as an actual religion - although it is. There are no faith-based beliefs that aren't inherently religious. If you need to apply faith in order to believe it, it's a religion. As with Buddhists, you don't need a god for it to be a religion, you are your own god; and so it is with atheism.

We need to continue to expose that atheism is as much a religion of faith as Christianity. But then there are many who are secular and don't call themselves atheists but yet think they believe in Darwinian evolution.

People time and time again, scoff and make fun of faith-based religions (particularly Christianity); But yet they go on thinking that they've been given the PROOF of Darwinian evolution to explain life on earth but they haven't. All the average person knows about the theory of evolution are the few high school text book examples with charts and diagrams of a monkey transforming into a man as well as studies done in the Galapagos Islands, from old Carl Sagan programs, etc.

And if they want to further hammer down what they think they believe, they'll go to their neighborhood science museum only to find short videos narrated by people with British accents, and a few creative stuffed maniccans, etc. But zero real evidence.

But continuing the campaign of teaching people that secularism is in itself a religion could ease some tension on the growing secular abuse in the schools against creationism by educating people. Secularists are now targeting private schools that'll teach creationism to their kids and soon, they'll barge into people's homes and confiscate their books and Bibles just like that one family from Germany who had to flee to the states because they wanted to home-school their kids.  

As long as we continue to have militant Christian haters saying that it's child abuse to teach your kids about God, these things will continue getting worst. Unfortunately, the govt. has a growing track record of siding with these secular groups every time they want to say the separation of church and state has been violated.

The Obama Administration has even placed a militant Christian-hater, Mike Weinstein as an advisor for "religious freedom".   That's like leaving a wolf to supervise the sheep while the shepherd is on a lunch break.

One can't prove God doesn't exist and one can't prove evolution then how is it NOT a religion? It's faith-based just like the belief in God.

Without proof, they claim there is no God and w/out proof they claim the world created itself, etc. That takes a whole lot of faith to believe, especially when you can't even say "God did it"! At least Christians base their faith in the Biblical principle that Jesus taught when he said to His disciples, "Happy are those who can't see what you see but yet still believe"., and "We live by faith, not by sight" - 2 Corinthians 5:7.

But what's the excuse of the secularist? On what foundation have they concluded that NO evidence is the foundation of their belief system if after all, there's no proof or even a good argument to support Darwinian evolution.

Check out www.evolutionvsgod.com and see how top university scientists are grounded in their secular religious faith.


The Christian position on school curriculum has never been to omit the VARIOUS views in the sciences, religions, etc. But there indeed exists a hostility to even mention anything remotely associated with God. Why so much fear, hate and hostility? There's a reason for that also.

　

"The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse

 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles. Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen."  - Romans 1: 18-21

 

 

Bill O'Rielly's "Spin on Religion"-

See here Bill's reaction to Graham's discernment of Rob Bell

(who affirms homosexuality and openly claims there is no Hell despite the very clear teachings in the Bible).

Bill takes on the same stale and lame non-believer arguments proving that he doesn't know anything about Orthodox Christian doctrines:

-"What if a person doesn't know who Jesus Christ is?"

First of all, WHO and what group of people hasn't heard of Jesus Christ OR Christianity?
That's the first rebuttal I would have asked Mr. O'Rielly. What "people in history" is Bill referring to?

- O'Rielly throws Graham a monkey wrench to divert the subject on God manifesting Himself to mankind by saying that God will reveal Himself "in some way" depending on some external manifestation as "proof".

Then O'Rielly goes into the issue of all the "Good" people who die completely showing his ignorance of the Godly standard of what "Good" is;  again, clearly spoken by Christ in Luke 18:19.

Mr. O'Riely stands firm and stern on what he can "imagine" or accept regarding God's sovereignty; Just like many who in their arrogance and pride make themselves out to be their own God by setting their own standards.

And then he closes his comments appealing to human logic just like the Greeks did in the Apostle Paul's day.

He says he has faith in a "just god". Sadly, He's that god... but he's far from just.

Bill asks Mr. Graham that if "innocent" people don't believe in Christ because of what their parents believe, or because Jesus didn't reveal Himself to them or they didn't know about him ... " I can't imagine that they're damned".

Who is innocent in God's eyes Mr. O'Riely?

"There were some present at that very time who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And he answered them, "Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered in this way? No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish. Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them: do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who lived in Jerusalem? No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish."

- Luke 13

　

Bill O'Rielly considers himself Roman Catholic but even catholicism answers most of the questions he seems to get Biblically wrong here.

　

Pride always goes before a fall. (Proverbs 16:18)



" As it is written: "There is no one righteous, not even one".  -   Romans 3:10

 
 Unless we repent, we will ALL likewise perish.
 

HALLOWEEN 2013

HALLOWEEN:

DEFINITION: Hallowed

(Source: Dictionary.com)

　
regarded as holy; venerated; sacred: Hallowed be Thy name; the hallowed saints, etc.

　

Halloween: (definition)

the evening of October 31; the eve of All Saints' Day; "All-hallows Eve": observed especially by children in costumes who solicit treats, often by threatening minor pranks.

　

 "Hallowed" from where we get the word Halloween.   Here's a familiar Biblical use for the word "hallowed" :

　

"And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven... ".

- Luke 11:2

　

Christians decide how you will represent yourselves and your families on this day which has its origins in absolute paganism and evil.   In a world already filled with malice, evil and hate, decide how you'll represent Christ (being ambassadors of Chirst, Salt and Light) on the earth; within your neighborhoods, etc.

　

I for one like the idea of taking a traditional holiday and converting evil for good by keeping it "innocent" in the way I practice it in my home... BUT ...

I will not attend a Halloween party, parade or event where I have no control over my enviornment, and where I'll be around people of poor Godly conscience. There is nothing innocent with the flirtation of evil or acting "naughty" by parading evil in a so-called "fun" way. There's no such thing as "lightening up" on evil, witchcraft, demonology, and exaggerated free sexual expressions in public.

　

We not only have to change the name of this holiday, (because there's nothing holy about it), we also need to perge all of the evil associated with it.

Can we do that?   That's a debate for another day. :)

　

Look up the history of Halloween on youtube and judge Biblically.

God bless.

　
  


 
 

His desire! ...

John 17:24 ESV

"Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world."

See it at YouVersion.com:

http://bible.com/59/jhn.17.24.esv

Foxe's Book of Martyrs -

What every real Christian should learn and know.  The heritage of our faith.
Here's a 6-part video series of the reading of Foxe's Book of Martyrs.
You're welcome and God bless.

"Keep your religion to yourself"!

Do you "keep your Christianity to yourself"?

So do many around the world... but for totally different reasons.

We pray for our brothers and sisters around the world. God's strength be with them. Lord knows the dark spirit of antichrist has been in America growing more every day.

The following are just a few of the top 50 countries on the world watch list for Christian persecution.

　
North Korea

Saudi Arabia

Afghanistan

Iraq

Somalia

Maldives

Mali

Iran

Yemen

Eritrea

Syria

Sudan

Nigeria

Pakistan

Ethiopia

Uzbekistan

Libya

Laos

Turkmenistan

Qatar

Vietnam

Oman

Mauritania 

Bible Reading for today - Romans Chapt. 9:

Subject details:

- God's Devine Sovereignty

- Not all Jews are Jews

- Devine adoption into God's inheritance

- " has endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, in order to make known the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy".



Romans Chapter 9:
I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit— that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh. They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises. To them belong the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen.

But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel, and not all are children of Abraham because they are his offspring, but "Through Isaac shall your offspring be named." This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring. For this is what the promise said: "About this time next year I will return, and Sarah shall have a son." And not only so, but also when Rebekah had conceived children by one man, our forefather Isaac, though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad—in order that God’s purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of him who calls— she was told, "The older will serve the younger." As it is written, "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated." What shall we say then? Is there injustice on God’s part? By no means! For he says to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion."

So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy. For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, "For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show my power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth." So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills. You will say to me then, "Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?" But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, "Why have you made me like this?" Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use? What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, in order to make known the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory— even us whom he has called, not from the Jews only but also from the Gentiles?

As indeed he says in Hosea, "Those who were not my people I will call ‘my people,’ and her who was not beloved I will call ‘beloved.’" "And in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’" And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: "Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will be saved, for the Lord will carry out his sentence upon the earth fully and without delay." And as Isaiah predicted, "If the Lord of hosts had not left us offspring, we would have been like Sodom and become like Gomorrah."

What shall we say, then? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith; but that Israel who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness did not succeed in reaching that law. Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone, as it is written, "Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense; and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame."

Pastor Chuck Smith in God's glory.

Founder of Calvary Chapel churches, Pastor Chuck was my Bible teacher for about 30 years. Thank You Father for your servant, Chuck Smith. We celebrate for him.

"Man UP" (Full movie)

 

Watch this inspiring urban youth drama about real issues involving young men these days and how they can untangle the web of trouble in their lives by finding their escape in no one else, but God's Truth, Jesus Christ.