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March 17, 2008 - But if
there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: And if
Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain...
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Upfront - But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain...
1 Corinthians 15:49-58 - And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
Romans 8:11 - But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwells in you.
1 Corinthians 15:11-22 - Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so you believed. Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; you are yet in your sins. Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
2 Corinthians 5:1-7 - For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked. For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life. Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: (For we walk by faith, not by sight:) We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
2 Corinthians 5:14-15 -For the love of Christ constrains us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
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Nationwide request to
continue to put pressure on the
Massachusetts Judiciary Committee to stop pro-homosexual legislation!
"I'm staring at
thousands of 'em from all over the country." That's what a Judiciary
Committee staffer told one the Committee Chairman's constituents who
called in to ask if they were receiving many emails and letters on H1722
and the other homosexual-related bills. And we've been hearing that over
and over again. Keep it up! This Committee needs to understand it's
stepping off the cliff if it pushes these bills forward. The Committee has
until Wednesday, March 19 to decide whether to "kill" them or pass them on
to the full House and Senate. The
public hearing on these bills held March 4 was dominated by the
homosexual lobby - but we're not intimidated by that. Among the bills,
S800 would allow out-of-state homosexuals to get "married" in
Massachusetts and spread legal havoc in their home states, and H1722 would
impose extremely radical "transgender rights and hate crimes" legislation
on citizens. (SEE complete list of bills below.) Sleazy tactics continue:
Last week
we posted a description of how the Judiciary Committee rigged the
March 4 public hearing against pro-family people. Well, there's another
item to add to the list.This week the State House video service posted the
"complete" video of the hearing. As you know, the pro-family opponents of
the homosexual bills were forced to wait until 10:30 pm to testify (the
hearing started at 1:00 pm). Well, guess what? The video ends before the
pro-family people begin to testify! So anyone watching the video will
think there was no significant opposition! State House video of March 4
public hearing:
http://masslegislat
Petition to Media: Demand Balance in 2008 Election Coverage - MRC is rallying tens of thousands of citizens from across the nation to make a united statement calling on the media to live up to its own standards of unbiased reporting.. This petition calls on the media to establish clear internal procedures and protocols to monitor its own election coverage and to pledge to provide fair, unbiased reporting..
Restore America again offers challenges, motivation “Most of us would like to be quiet Christians living our lives in peace, and as a witness to our neighbors,” said conference organizer David Crowe in his opening comments. “But sometimes we have to take a stand.” ...“The most powerful weapon for the transformation of a society, is the Word of God applied to that society,” Marshall Foster, founder and president of the Mayflower Institute, a non-profit educational foundation that seeks to teach and reclaim America’s godly heritage. ...Charlene Cothran, a former lesbian activist, said her testimony of deliverance from homosexuality through Jesus Christ cannot be ignored by pro-gay forces. The big advances being made by the pro-homosexual community can be traced, she said, to a “loss of spiritual power in the Church” because Christians have been overly concerned about not coming across as offensive. While such descriptions as gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered are bandied about in an effort to de-sensitize the culture, the name of Jesus needs to be lifted up all the more. The truth must be shared in love, she said: “Just standing up and being a light in the darkness can change people’s lives. The truth can change lives.” ...Syndicated columnist Star Parker, who as a young woman was seduced by drugs, crime and welfare abuse, told how she found that Christ — and not government programs — was the answer. She said that even though the number of active, concerned Christians isn’t necessarily large, with God’s help they can be immensely effective for positive change. “It doesn’t take a majority to prevail, but an onfire minority that is intent on setting brushfires in the minds of men,” she said. The Gospel of Christ will triumph, said Parker. “Ultimately, as we war, we know we win,” she said.
"When you become entitled to exercise the right of voting for public officers, let it be impressed on your mind that God commands you to choose for rulers 'just men who will rule in the fear of God.' The preservation of a republican government depends on the faithful discharge of this duty; If the citizens neglect their duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted; laws will be made not for the public good so much as for the selfish or local purposes; Corrupt or incompetent men will be appointed to execute the laws; the public revenues will be squandered on unworthy men; and the rights of the citizens will be violated or disregarded. If a Republican government fails to secure public prosperity and happiness, it must be because the citizens neglect the divine commands, and elect bad men to make and administer the laws." Noah Webster
"Providence has given our people the choice of their rulers, and it is the duty, as well as privilege and interest, of a Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers." John Jay
"Is there no virtue among us? If there be not, we are in a wretched situation. No theoretical checks-no form of government can render us secure. To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea, if there be sufficient virtue and intelligence in the community, it will be exercised in the selection of these men. So that we do not depend on their virtue, or put confidence in our rulers, but in the people who are to choose them." James Madison
News and commentary
Obama’s
Pastor’s Sermon: ‘God Damn America’ Obama has attended the church for
20 years and calls Wright his spiritual adviser.MINISTER FARRAKHAN AND REV. WRIGHT – ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BARACK OBAMA By Don Feder Forget the fact that he thinks the Sermon on the Mount justifies gay marriage, that he’s promised to appoint Supreme Court Justices in the mold of arch-judicial activist Stephen Breyer, or that the National Journal rated him America’s most liberal Senator.
One in Four Teens Has an STD A study released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finds that at least one in four teens in the U.S. has a sexually transmitted disease (STD). "Current public health policies are clearly failing to reduce the spread of STDs among young women," stated Wendy Wright, President of Concerned Women for America. "Pushing kids to be sexually active, withholding medical screenings to deny parents information about their teens, and encouraging young women to skip screenings for STDs are irresponsible policies that have put teens' health at risk."
AFA suspends Ford boycott The American Family Association is suspending its two-year boycott of the Ford Motor Company.
Big Corn and Ethanol Hoax (Walter Williams) One of the many mandates of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 calls for oil companies to increase the amount of ethanol mixed with gasoline. ...Ethanol contains water that distillation cannot remove. As such, it can cause major damage to automobile engines not specifically designed to burn ethanol. The water content of ethanol also risks pipeline corrosion and thus must be shipped by truck, rail car or barge. These shipping methods are far more expensive than pipelines. Ethanol is 20 to 30 percent less efficient than gasoline, making it more expensive per highway mile. It takes 450 pounds of corn to produce the ethanol to fill one SUV tank. That's enough corn to feed one person for a year. Plus, it takes more than one gallon of fossil fuel -- oil and natural gas -- to produce one gallon of ethanol. After all, corn must be grown, fertilized, harvested and trucked to ethanol producers -- all of which are fuel-using activities. And, it takes 1,700 gallons of water to produce one gallon of ethanol. On top of all this, if our total annual corn output were put to ethanol production, it would reduce gasoline consumption by 10 or 12 percent.
"Non-Judgmental" Nonsense (Thomas Sowell) What was he thinking of? That was the first question that came to mind when the story of New York governor Eliot Spitzer's involvement with a prostitution ring was reported in the media. ...In this age, when it is considered the height of sophistication to be "non-judgmental," one of the corollaries is that "personal" failings have no relevance to the performance of official duties. What that amounts to, ultimately, is that character doesn't matter. In reality, character matters enormously, more so than most things that can be seen, measured or documented. ...Barack Obama's personal and financial association with a man under criminal indictment in Illinois is not just a "personal" matter. Nor is his 20 years of going to a church whose pastor has praised Louis Farrakhan and condemned the United States in both sweeping terms and with obscene language. ...Obama chose to be part of that church for 20 years. He was not born into it. His "personal" character matters, just as Eliot Spitzer's "personal" character matters -- and just as Hillary Clinton's character would matter if she had any.
Immigration Fears – or Fears of the End of the American Dream? KT McFarland -I think something bigger is going on here – the immigration issue is a metaphor for something more profound. It’s a deep sense of unease many of us have that the American Dream is fading, especially for working and lower-middle class Americans, and most especially for our children and grandchildren’s generations.
Indoctrination - Without a Heritage every generation starts over
Do small Kids Need Big Government? (Texas Public Policy Foundation) Historic trends are not encouraging. The preschool enrollment rate of four-year-olds has climbed from 16 percent to 69 percent since 1965. Despite the sea change from home education to formal early education, we find student achievement has stagnated in most subjects since 1970.
School-Sponsored Smut A new genre has been added to the list of promoted high school literature: racist gay porn. Deerfield High School of Deerfield, Illinois decided to integrate the Pulitzer Award-winning play, Angels in America: a Gay Fantasia On National Themes into its curriculum. The play features pervasive swearing, graphic sexual content, bigoted remarks, and involves sexual experiences profaning both angels and the Mother Theresa. If high schools are sensitive about assigning Mark Twain’s great classic, Huckleberry Finn, due to its pejorative language, then why is Deerfield High promoting Angels in America? 50 F - words • 27 S - words • 24 G** damn • 8 Jes. Chr. • Many other offensive words (nigger, dick, bastard, (it gets worse) etc. 221 VULGAR WORDS (books are short – only 119 and 158 pages)
Coalition Opposes Pro-Homosexual 'Day of Silence' A nationwide coalition of Christian and pro-family groups is calling for parents to keep children out of schools on Friday, April 25, 2008 — the day when thousands of middle schools, junior highs, and high schools will observe the 12th annual “National Day of Silence.” Buddy Smith of American Family Association asserts, “It’s outrageous that our neighborhood schools would allow homosexual activism to intrude into the classroom. ‘Day of Silence’ is about coercing students to repudiate traditional morality. It’s time for Christian parents to draw the line — if your children will be exposed to this DOS propaganda in their school, then keep them home for the day.” “It amounts to educational malpractice for school officials to engage in one-sided homosexual activism,” said Matt Barber of Concerned Women for America. “Our schools are supposed to be places of learning, not places of political indoctrination. It is the height of impropriety and cynicism for “gay” activists and school officials to use children as pawns in their attempt to further a highly controversial and polarizing political agenda.” ...Call your local schools and ascertain whether they officially or passively allow students to observe “Day of Silence.” For a list of schools expected to participate, check the Mission America site.
New Campaign Exposes Teachers Unions America's teachers unions have a lot to answer for. An international comparison study found that the United States gets the least bang for the bucks it spends on education, putting the U.S. at 18th in reading (behind countries like Japan and Poland) and a dismal 28th in math. ...According to the New York Times, an international comparison finds that the United States has the worst educational quality per dollar spent on schooling. Why are we getting so little for our money? ...While they're always the first (and loudest) ones to demand more money for schools that don't teach kids anything, when it comes to promoting quality schooling or offering ideas for reform, the unions are nowhere to be found. ...Blocking education reform: Teachers unions will do anything to stop education reforms that might threaten their own power. Anything that gives parents more power over their children's education or allows teachers to distinguish themselves on individual merit is obstructed and blocked at every turn. In 2002, for example, a philanthropist offered the city of Detroit $200 million to establish 15 charter schools. On September 25 of that year, the Detroit teachers union led a one-day walkout that shut down the city's schools in protest of the offer. The deal collapsed immediately thereafter, denying Detroit school kids $200 million in charter schools. ...Unions take teachers' money and give it to left-wing politicians and activist causes: The national teachers unions give money to practically every left-wing group in America. Teachers are actually more conservative on average than the typical American, but from the way their unions act, you'd think it was the opposite. Between 1990 and 2008, 93 percent of donations made by National Education Association political action committees and individual officers went to Democrats.
The World's "Most Dangerous" Spiritual Guru: Oprah Begins 10-Week Online New Age Class One caller into the show told Oprah that she was a Catholic, and was having trouble seeing how Eckhart's teachings could be reconciled with her Catholicism. Oprah responded that the caller must simply realize that Christianity is but one of many ways to achieve the "higher consciousness," and that the belief that one must follow a set of doctrines is a consequence of "egoiic consciousness." While Christianity is a valid way to achieve high states of spirituality, it must not be considered a unique way, or a "correct way".
EarsToHear.net Comments:
Are all religions paths to the same God? Only one "prophet" claimed He was God. Only one "prophet" rose from the dead.
Scriptures that Oprah and her ilk selectively disregard:
Isaiah 44:24-25 - Thus says the LORD, your redeemer, and he that formed you from the womb, I am the LORD that makes all things; that stretches forth the heavens alone; that spreads abroad the earth by myself; That frustrates the tokens of the liars, and makes diviners mad; that turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;
1 Corinthians 3:18-19 - Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seems to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He takes the wise in their own craftiness.
Psalms 1 - Blessed is the man that walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law does he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind drives away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For the LORD knows the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
(To those who follow "The Secret" or Eckhart: He that has ears to hear, let him hear.) Exodus 20:1-6 - And God spake all these words, saying, I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Hosea 13:4 - Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me.
Acts 4:12 - Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
John 6:68-69 -Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.
Matthew 16:13 -20 - When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood has not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.
Whom do you say He is? He is either your Lord of all, or not Lord at all.
He that has ears to hear, let him hear
He that has ears to hear, let him hear what is happening with regards to Election 2008, America's Christian Heritage vs. "The Wall of Separation of Church and State," Violating "the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God" in public and "higher" education, same-sex, Transgenders, pedophilia, pornography, abortion, cloning, embryonic stem cells, the "Mainstream" Media (Biased News and Entertainment), Immigration & English, America's sovereignty, The War on Terror (caliphate), Constitutional violations (beginning with undermining the First and Second Amendments), ignorance and apathy towards our Republic, Electoral college, etc. All promoting a cradle-to-grave-nanny-state of socialism with freedom restrictions mandated by a "politically correct" government replacing the liberty that comes from God. Learn how understanding the Kingdom of God, discovering the "joy that no man can take away" can reverse the trend help restore moral virtue.
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