The Quick 10: 10 Famous Homeschooled People by Stacy Conradt - November 17, 2008 - 3:59 PM
1. Agatha Christie. Agatha was a painfully shy girl, so her mom homeschooled her even though her two older siblings attended private school. 2. Pearl S. Buck was born in West Virginia, but her family moved to China when she was just three months old. She was homeschooled by a Confucian scholar and learned English as a second language from her mom. 3. Alexander Graham Bell was homeschooled by his mother until he was about 10. It was at this point that she started to go deaf and didn’t feel she could properly educate him any more. Her deafness inspired Bell to study acoustics and sound later in life. 4. If Thomas Edison was around today, he would probably be diagnosed with ADD – he left public school after only three months because his mind wouldn’t stop wandering. His mom homeschooled him after that, and he credited her with the success of his education: “My mother was the making of me. She was so true, so sure of me; and I felt I had something to live for, someone I must not disappoint.” 5. Ansel Adams was homeschooled at the age of 12 after his “wild laughter and undisguised contempt for the inept ramblings of his teachers” disrupted the classroom. His father took on his education from that point forward. 6. Robert Frost hated school so much he would get physically ill at the thought of going. He was homeschooled until his high school years. 7. Woodrow Wilson studied under his dad, one of the founders of the Southern Presbyterian Church in the United States (PCUS). He didn’t learn to read until he was about 12. He took a few classes at a school in Augusta, Georgia, to supplement his father’s teachings, and ended up spending a year at Davidson College before transferring to Princeton. 8. Mozart was educated by his dad as the Mozart family toured Europe from 1763-1766. 9. Laura Ingalls Wilder was homeschooled until her parents finally settled in De Smet in what was then Dakota Territory. She started teaching school herself when she was only 15 years old. 10. Louisa May Alcott studied mostly with her dad, but had a few lessons from family friends Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Can you imagine?
Saturday, November 15, 2008
If the Antichrist was to manifest himself in our country or somewhere in the world, would you recognize him as the Antichrist?
For this reason, I believe that most of the church population would know as much about his characteristics as average "Joe" knows the highest form of mathematics called "Vector Calculus". Do you know?
Let me help you by telling you the characteristics within the Bible:
His popularity soars world-wide and he will understand law so well he would be versed in the law as much as or more so than a United States Senator. II Thes 2:8-9
He will lie about his religion and the scriptures says he "regards not the God of his own father." Dan 11:37
He will have very fierce facial features and a very powerful countenance? Daniel 8:23
He keeps company with sinister type of people? Dan 8:23
He will speak with power and eloquence. Daniel 8:24
He will deceive many. Dan 8:25
He will be passionate about tolerance to Homosexuals. Daniel 11:37
He will serve 3 and 1/2 years as a world leader solving the world's worst economic troubles that Europe idolizes him and embraces him and wants him to form a world-wide government. He continues serving 3 and 1/2 more years. Rev 11:8, and Chapter 13, II Thes 2:4
He will not have humility as a characteristic but will be proud and boastful. He will magnified himself above all others. He shall magnify himself above all Dan 11:37
He will demonstrate himself to be an awesome visionary. Daniel 7:8, and 7:20
He will be extreme for change talking a great talk using lots of flattery. Dan 11:34, He will be a "Great Talker" Daniel 7:11, 25
He will head up his own organization. Non-profit or profit we do not know. Daniel 9:24-27.
He will stirs up his power and his courage against the leadership of the south. Dan 11:25
Takes over Jerusalem and there are so many homosexuals within Jerusalem, the Holy City of our Lord and Savior becomes known as Sodom. Rev 11:8
He will eventually become a persecutor to Christians. Daniel 7:21, 25.
Now the Antichrist will rise to power on a wave of world euphoria, as he temporarily tries to save the world from its desperate economic, military & political problems with a brilliant 7-year plan for world peace, economic stability & religious freedom.
Now, I know, before you think I have flipped and fallen off the deep end. Yahoo! is reporting more searches for both the terms "Antichrist" and "Obama". It is setting record numbers of searches world-wide. Also, you should know the Jews right now believe the end of the world is coming in 2012. No man knows the day or the hour but we can know the seasons.
People have believed Nixon, Kissinger and Bill Gates to be the Antichrist and they have been wrong. However, from my point of education I just had to run the list and it could match up real close. If the person you see publicly seems to match up to the above list, don't get carried away just yet. One more thing happens that will for sure tell if this person on your mental list is really the Antichrist. What is that you say? He has a head wound that is fatal but then miraculously rises from the dead. The true believers in Christ will already be raptured or "caught away to be with the Lord" just as the previous raptures occurred. Which ones where those? Enoch and Jesus. Both were protected and taken out before judgment fell upon the people. Noah was also protected before judgment fell.
No one asked me to run for Public Office within the United States. My heritage is over 400 years in the United States going far enough back to 1775 when my fore-fathers, came over on the Mayflower AND fought alongside Gen George Washington himself. I have the right to run and I have finally reached the age to run.
However! In my opinion, the call of God upon your life is so much higher and important than the call to serve a Nation.
BUT, if I were elected to be President, here is what I think would work well to FIX the country. Our country does not need "change", it needs fixed.
At home within the United States I would gradually decrease Federal Income Taxes by a small percentage each year. I would reduce Federal Government Departments in size and help those who held jobs get new ones by educating government workers on "how NOT to become dependant but rather INDEPENDENT. It would be celebrated every INDEPENDENCE DAY. There would be an elimination of all public assistance for able-bodied recipients. Cut off all public assistance for illegal immigrants for five years. I would lose my popularity if I had any by now by immediately imposing taxes or tariffs on cars and trucks owned by foreign entities, even if they’re manufactured in America. I would build a technologically smart wall between the United States and Mexico. Active duty combat troops would be paid better and any adulterous military person who becomes pregnant while on active duty would receive a dishonorable discharge.
All homosexuals who choose the freedom to live together as same sex couples would be taxed 70% as a de-generate fee to our American Society. Anyone who refuses would be considered a 'dead-beat degenerate' and go to jail. Encourage child bearing among tax paying citizens. Create a marriage incentive, through lower taxes for married heterosexual couples. And a government subsidy for each child conceived and carried to birth. Increase the subsidies for each year the couple remains married. All persons committing murder upon the unborn would receive the death penalty. Abortion would be illegal, except when the physical survival of the mother is threatened, to be determined by three medical doctors.
Close all houses of sex and give more funding to increase the DEA.
Empty our jails and deport all mass murders to North Korea, Iran or Cuba.
Illegal immigrants caught working in the US would pay double taxes until they become Legal Citizens and impose stiff fines on employers of illegal immigrants.
Some have said, "Can a woman take care of her children and help run the most powerful nation on earth?" I recall a powerful woman evangelist Kathryn Kuhlman who was once asked, "Why do you suppose that God called you, a woman, and not a man to do this healing ministry"? When Kathryn Kuhlman prayed, she felt impressed by the Lord that God had asked four men already and they had turned HIM down so God went to a Woman?
Weather or not that is true, there are many women who throughout the Bible and throughout history shook both Heaven AND Earth.
Please take a moment a look at the following video my Mother just sent me.
As with every problem in life there are those who try and cash in on the problem by offering solutions. From Scientists to Politicians, we see so many folks trying to lobby governments, hold conferences and meetings world-wide to try and deal with a problem that is, what I believe, to be already addressed in scripture.
Hell hath enlarged itself. The scriptures say so. Hell is in the center of the earth and is a REAL place. Moulting Lava flows from the depths of volcanoes within the Asian Pacific Rim so it should not be hard for you or I to imagine that hell is there and it is a real place. It was not, however, created for human spirits. It was created for demon spirits. Human being spirits are not supposed to go there. It was not designed for Human Being Spirits, it was designed for the rebellious and fallen angels and demon spirits.
In the last days, God has promised to destroy earth with fire. He promised after Noah's flood to never again destroy the earth with water, thus placing his covenant rainbow in the sky everytime it rains.
The earth will burn up, everything within the earth will burn up and the only hope that a human being spirit has is THE RAPTURE. It is the great catching away of the Saints and is what Holy Scripture calls; the believers hope.
God delivered the righteous out of the Flood. Noah and his family were the only righteous ones upon the earth but God was faithful to keep them safe. Are you going in the rapture? There already has been several raptures in the New Testament. Jesus was raptured up into heaven. The Old Testament patriarchs were raptured up into heaven after Jesus resurrection. What about Enoch. He walked with God and was no more. He was raptured. Rapture is not a NEW thing like so many people suppose. I am glad it is coming quickly and as I looked at an ice berg in Anchorage at a recent revival meeting, the Pastor showed me a before photo and I was stunned to see how small it has become in such a short time.
There is nothing human science, politicians or religious leaders can do. It is in the scheme of God's plan to 1. Rapture out all the believing righteous saints who are righteous because of their belief in the Blood of Jesus making them righteous. 2. The World is going to burn. Everything in it, on it or about it. It will burn. 3 Jesus will come back and the Father will create a new heaven, a new earth and a new Holy City built foursquare. Hallelujah. Do you believe? I am excited. Let it melt. Although I recycle. Although I drive a Hybrid. Although I use paper not plastic. It is in vain to try and SAVE THE EARTH. The earth is going to be destroyed in fire and I am excited that I have a heavenly hope called...THE RAPTURE!
Mat 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot, serve8 God and mammon.
If you allow the government to pick up your children. The public school spends years training and teaching your precious ones to serve the public system as their master. Is it any wonder that when they graduate they hate the other? Now this is not always the rule, and I am sure there are exceptions. I am sorry to say that this is more the case than not.
Although many values-minded parents ultimately choose to send their children to public schools, it’s occasionally worth a side-by-side comparison between public and Christian schooling just so you know what you’re getting for your educational dollar. Discover Christian Schools (the public-relations arm of the Mid-Atlantic Christian Schools Association) recently released such a comparison.
The contrast is presents as follows…
Purpose
Public Schools: To prepare citizens for a humanistic society that tolerates all lifestyle.
Christian Schools: To prepare citizens for the Kingdom of God who are equipped to spread the Gospel.
Content of Education Public Schools: Humanism – no values are absolute and no truth is final.
Christian Schools: All of life is studied in submission to the Word of God and its precepts.
Control of Education Public Schools: The State determines the content and methods of education.
Christian Schools: The schools functions in loco parentis, reinforcing and supporting parental values.
Science Public Schools: Naturalism - everything comes from matter, time, and chance.
Christian Schools: God is the Creator and Sustainer of all things; science involves knowing God through knowing His world.
History Public Schools: Controlled either by autonomous man or by an impersonal process.
Christian Schools: Controlled by an omnipotent God who knows the end from the beginning.
Math Public Schools: A tool that is useful because it seems to work in manipulating the natural world.
Christian Schools: A reflection of the mind of an orderly God who has made us in His image to understand His world.
English Public Schools: Literature must be representative of all cultures, which are seen as having equal value, and has no inherent meaning.
Christian Schools: Students are exposed to a variety of quality literature, which is appreciated as a demonstration of common grace and interpreted in the light of God’s Word.
Teachers Public Schools: Varied backgrounds - Christianity or some other religion, humanism, atheism; may be straight or gay.
Christian Schools: Born-again, committed believers seeking to model Christ before their students.
Rules Public Schools: Determined by state and federal laws and guidelines.
Christian Schools: Determined by God’s Word and its moral standards.
Peers Public Schools: Varied religious backgrounds, often receiving little moral instruction or values at home or church.
Christian Schools: Students from Christian homes who are there because their parents support Christian values.
While this comparison may be helpful, there are many other factors that go into parents’ decision making, such as the availability of local Christian schooling. Furthermore, not all Christian schools should be considered quality just because there’s a cross and steeple on the roof. Some parents, such as ourselves, even choose to home school. My home state Senator and friend, Senator Star recently said regardng the Portland Public School system that parents should "run and not walk" away from the public school system to private and homeschooling. He came under fire for saying this but many know how disfunctional the schooling system has become.
Research your educational options. It’s the child’s parents who know what’s best for the child — not politicians, bureaucrats, teacher labor unions, corporations or even supposedly wise college professors.
To be deceived, means you don't know you are being deceived. Wake up! I doubt seriously that you are really a truly born again Christian if you stand for this guy. In other words, in all sincerity, I truly doubt your being "born again".
Just because someone or something is popular; do you have to be a part of it?
Have you really educated yourself, or are you tossed and driven with every wind? Your fruit bears your Christianity NOT your church. Just because you say you are a part of a church, does not make you a CHRISTIAN. A Christian, does not kill babies, fetus or human eggs. A Christian cannot stand for the abomination of a man laying with a man or a woman laying with a woman. This is an abomination to GOD. The word abomination means detestable. Something that makes you want to vomit.
Our nation to repent and look closely inside. If my people who are called by my name, will humble themselves and seek my face, then I will heal their land and hear from heaven. The United States Crisis will continue to grow worse if people do not repent of their evil thoughts and actions, turn from their wicked ways and seek HIM first. America, come back to the God of our forefathers.
I will never forget the time. It was spring break of 1987. I had never been to the southern part of the United States before. Many things were new to me then. Growing up in the Pacific Northwest with a mom and dad who defended the rights of all races of people, they would never tolerate sin. What a shocker it was to see so many things in the south. That day I left New Orleans and begin to cross Lake Pontchartrain bridge which is miles long over the gulf coast. Being from Oregon I was acquainted with heavy rain, but brother, nothing like this. O my, what a torrential downpour. I was real nervous as me and and another preacher friend were making or way to his house in Pascagoula, Mississippi to pray for his ailing grandfather. My friend pushed a cassette tape into the deck in his big huge Oldsmobile. As the winds blew a comfort swept over me as I heard preaching like I have never ever heard. Who was this man aflame with a message? When every word came out of the speakers it felt as if God himself was burning out dross from my spirit man. Peace was surrounding his voice. So much was happening so fast that the storm became the least of my concerns. The preacher? Dr Ray H Hughes.
I was only 17 years old fresh in Bible School and I had already travelled with some pretty "tall cotton" ministers of my time. I had smuggled Bibles to the under ground church. I had seen miracles and healings in abundance. I had ministered in song before a stadium of more than 50,000 at age 12. So much I had done for Jesus with my siblings and my mother. But I had never heard preaching quite like this.
Want to sample a bit of what I heard?
It was truly PENTECOSTAL FIRE. Oh, I wanted that in my life. I was so hungry and so desperate for something real. Years later a pentecostal pastor had me for revival near Ridgcrest, California. He told me before he went to heaven, "David, if you just burn with the fire of the Holy Ghost, people who are dry, will come from nearly everywhere to watch you burn."
I understood what he said. More than anything I ever needed in my ministry was pentecostal fire. Many people have felt what I felt but never had the wonderful experience stay with them. Why? Because prayer is what brings the fiery edge to your life. Sin makes one so dull. Sin ruins and destroys. My life had been so stained by the guilt and the shame, the fear and inferiority as a result of sin. But O the Glory of God. O the fire of the Holy Ghost. O, His Divine presence.
There are so many television preachers today that so many people are watching. These so called preachers are what my granny called "pulpiteers". These so called preachers today are simply put, "motivational gurus". They don't speak of sin. They never call down the fire of the Holy Ghost. They never tell their huge audiences that without accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and savior that Hell is hot. They never speak of the rapturous time of the catching away of the saints. As a result, the devil has become more embolden. Adultury is rampont on almost every tv channel. Homosexuality is patted on the head and tolerated. Lies flow freely from our halls of congress. You can't but help but feel depressed after 20 minutes watchiing the news. THE DAY WE LIVE IN IS WICKED AND THE PEOPLE ARE COVERED IN GROSS DARKNESS.
But wait a minute. While the preachers write their New York Times best sellers, and ignore their Bible, there is is remnant. While the pulpiteers sell their wares of green hankies and oil and water, and cannot understand the Bible therefore watering it down with modernization, there is a remnant.
While the crowds never take the time to stop and look for a presidential candidate who lifts up the name of Jesus, there is a remnant. This remnant looks small and it looks torn. This remnant looks like it might fall apart and has been used up. But just one moment. This remnant is the church of the Lord Jesus, strong in battle, built by the Lord Jesus himself. Built to withstand the gates of hell. Built to stand against the witches and new age philosophy. Built to stand against all the powers of hell itself.
There are intercessor throughout the earth who now their God and who know how to pray in the Holy Ghost. God is raising me up for this wicked and perverse generation. God is raising others up who will move in the power of the gospel, demonstrating the power of God with signs wonders and miracles following. O Hallelujah!
The dividing line is being drawn. Which side will you be on? The side of weak knee ed, soft, saints? Will you be on the side of the powerhouse ministry? Will you keep the faith and stand strong against the compromise of the Gospel. Choose you this day who you will serve. Stand up strong against the power of the age. Don't go with the flow, stand against the powerful tide and current of universalism and atheism which is in the land today. Make a stand and pray. Make a stand and preach the uncompromising Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. I guess you could say, "I'M ON FIRE"!
Two score and 10 years ago, I began as a young boy to learn about two of the greatest men in all history, American Presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. I learned and memorized the dates of their birth — Feb. 22 and Feb. 12.
These were two honorable men whose boyhood characters were taught as examples for all young American boys and girls to remember and emulate. Their life stories were learned as part and parcel of the character development of several generations of young Americans. That has all changed now — and not for the better. Our nation is losing its American heritage because we have not been good stewards of it. It’s time for us to reclaim our heritage and rebuild important traditions like these.
Back then, since I lived in Alexandria, Va., my parents and teachers took me to visit the magnificent memorials to Washington and Lincoln on The Mall in Washington. They taught me about the honesty of young George. As I remember it, they taught me how George answered his father when asked, “Who cut down the cherry tree?” with “Father, I cannot tell a lie. I cut down the cherry tree.”
They told me the story of young “honest Abe” — one day young Abraham walked several miles to purchase some goods from a merchant. Abe discovered, after he returned home, that the merchant had given him a very small amount of incorrect change. So Abe trudged back that same day that long distance to return the change and then trudged back home again — his conscience clear.
Back then, every year during February, American schools focused on teaching about Washington and Lincoln and their times, about their upright characters and how their faith helped them in their struggles through major hardships. And we learned about their leadership in those times of great national crisis. We learned why George Washington is called “The Father of His Country.” We learned why Abraham Lincoln is considered the savior of the nation. Washington’s birthday was then honored as a national holiday regardless of the day of the week on which it fell.
It is vital to our American nation that we the people cherish and maintain those common characteristics that cement our national identity. America is only a true nation as long as the vast majority of our people identify themselves with a common knowledge, understanding, belief and following of truth; and for Americans to be a true nation, a vast majority should also claim a common heritage, language, culture, morality and vision for what we should be as a nation.
Our American traditions are one way that we maintain those commonalities and sustain our nation. Once lost, a tradition is very hard to rebuild, and that part of our identity which it helped sustain is in danger of dying.
Those contemplating change in tradition are well advised to tread carefully. In 1968, Congress decided, in large part for economic reasons, to change Washington’s birthday holiday to the third Monday in February. During the debate beforehand, one representative, Dan Heflin Kuykendall, R-Tenn., warned, “If we do this, 10 years from now our schoolchildren will not know or care when George Washington was born. They will know that in the middle of February they will have a three-day weekend for some reason. This will come.”
And so it has come. Our American children not only don’t know George Washington’s birthday, they also don’t know what they should know about George Washington and our nation’s birth. Nor do they know what they should know about Abraham Lincoln and how he gave the nation a new birth.
How many of our schoolchildren know who said and why he said, “It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion, that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people by the people for the people shall not perish from the earth.”
Do you know? Do your children?
Walton H. Walker II is a consultant for Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., a retired Special Forces officer, a former strategic planner for Army Special Forces, and a former member of the Observer’s Community Advisory Board. He lives in Fayetteville.
You have legal rights to obtain your inheritance with God. Place these scripture premises into your mouth and into you heart and see the goodness of God come to pass. We have had many testimonies on people doing this. Please make sure you email me when your breakthrough comes!
1. Supernatural increase and promotion (Gen 39:21) 2. Restoration of all the enemy has stolen (Ex 3:21) 3. Honor in the midst of adversaries (Ex 11:3) 4. Increased assests especially real estate (Deut. 33:23) 5. Greater victories in the midst of great odds or impossibilities (Josh 11:20) 6. Recognition even if I seem to be the least likely to receive it (I Samuel 16:22) 7. Prominence and preferential treatement (Esther 2:17) 8. Petitions granted even by ungodly civil authorities (Esther 5:8) 9. Policies, rules, laws and regulations changed to my advantage (Esther 8:5) 10. Battles I won't have to fight because God fights for me! -- (Psalms 44:3)
The world and especially the United States has drifted to depravity and apostasy. It is now time to make men realize that something must be done. Truly it is time that the obvious spiritual debilitation and decline should cause us great alarm!
Everywhere I travel, so many Christians are more dead than alive. It is so sad to see the Great Church triumphant more dead than alive. Not to be cynical or negative here but for the most part, the church is sterile instead of virile.
I have said so many times from the pulpits of America, "Don't look at me, look at Jesus". Too long men in the pulpit emphasized their question marks rather than their exclamation points. Too many theologians have been trying to prove Jesus instead of preach Jesus. Too much stress is given upon Christian evidence and not on the Christian Life.
I prayed today, "O God give us more spiritual prophets rather than smart pulpiteers and Christian Marketers. Give us more humble men and women who emphasis brokenness more than braininess. It is so easy to let clever quips cloud our Christ emphasis.
We need more of the demonstrations of the Spirit and of power than the enticing words of man's wisdom. (I Cor 2:2-5). Christianity has failed to become a powerful sect instead it has become a heresy. Acts 28:22
God's approval is far more important that man's acclaim. God give us preaches who give more Bible dogmatism than modern dialogue. Give us more who enforce the defeat of Satan. God deliver unto our ears, more of those who are red hot from the pulpit, pulling people out of the pit to the altar. Give us more preachers who give more emphasis (not less) on the authority of the Name of Jesus Christ and His infallible Word.
The Bible upsets sin. It has become more and more unsuited for our society. The Holy Ghost is needed to read through the Bible with UNDERSTANDING. Without the power of the Holy Ghost, more and more funny translations will spring up. We need Christians who love by the Holy Ghost, who read the Word by the Holy Ghost.
The Bible is never behind the times but instead it is ahead of the times. You just need the Holy Ghost power inside you to bring understanding of what you read and what is being preached to you.
Ask the Holy Spirit to fill you right now. Ask Jesus to forgive your sins. Ask Him to come live in your heart and forgive you of all sin. He is faithful to forgive those who ask HIM.
The following was adopted as our official statement regarding Physician Assisted Suicide 2004.
Physician Assisted Suicide is one of the profound ethical issues conronting America today. With moral relativism directing a quality of life ethics, physician-assisted suicide is being advocated as a "light." And it is even being suggested that the lives of some people are not worth living, and accordingly they should be encouraged, for the sake of the themselves, family or society, to end their lives.
The primary legal issue is whether the so-called "right to die" should be considered a liberty interest protected under Section 1 of the 14th Amendment; subsidiary legal arguments supporting physician-assisted suicide revolve around alleviating severe pain and exerccising personal autonomy. But the underlying moral issue is far more profound. This matter of life and death involves our relationship with one another on the human level, and the relationship of each of us with God.
We believe that life is a gift from God, and that human life has absolute, not relative, physical value. Death is a significant transition that all human bodies come to. The physical and emotional suffering that may precede physical death can be very grievous, but it may also spiritually enrich us, and afford a last opportunity for reconciliation with freinds, famiy, and us, and afford a last opportunity for reconciliation with friends, family, and God. While we firmly believe in mercy and compassion, that belief does not give anyone license to play God. We believe there is a profound moral distiction between allowing a person to die, on the one hand, and killing on the other (Deut 5:17). We affirm the ethic "always to care, never to kill."
We pray earnestly that the Supreme Court will not attempt to interpret the constitution as giving a right to physician-assisted suicide. We also pray that the Court will not leave this matter to the States, which would mean each State woiuld be free to pass legislation permitting doctors to end the lives of their patients under cerain circumstances. As evangelicals we deny that there are any circumstances, which justify euthanasia, with or without consent. Therefore, the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE), expresses its firm opposition to State legistlation, which would legalize physician-assisted suicide. And NAE and Word for the World Family Church would support federal legislation to ensure that federal tax dollars will never be used to pay for or promote physician-assisted suicide.
We recognize the pressing need to alleviate the sever pain, which may precede death. Medical experts say that ninety-nine percent of such pain can be adequately managed, yet twenty-five percent of those with pain do not benefit from medical treatment, which would statisfactorily alleviate the pain.
We appeal to the medical profession to do all in it's power to close the gap between the knowledge of how to cope with pain therapeutically and the application of that knowldege to anyone needlessly suffering pain.
While for the believing Christian - to die is gain, it is wrong to intrude upon God's prerogative by advancing that day. Rather we look to our Lord Jesus Christ to sustain us.
Copied from a Resolution Adopted by the 55th Annual Meeting of the National Association of Evangelicals.
When a person gives his or her life to Christ. No longer do they really have a choice to die. They are CHRIST'S. The believers hope is Heaven in HIS timing not in ours. Giving a person an overdoes to end his life is biblically called murder. Life starts at conception but does not end at death. Death is an entry to Everlasting Habitations. If you are a believer, your Everlasting Habitation will be a place called, "Heaven". If you are a non-believer, your Everlasting Habitation will be a place full of eternal sorrow, pain, grief, darkness and fire and brimestone. That Everlasting Habitation is called, "Hell". To end human life as we know it on earth is to open a doorway for a place in eternity.
Unity is powerful The Lord said, ‘If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.” (Tower of Babel – Genesis 11:6). Though one maybe overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken” (Ecclesiastes 4:12). Now when the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.” (Acts 2:1). The power of the Holy Spirit filled each and every one.
Unity is blessed and to be desired. How good and how pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity…For there the Lord bestows his blessing…” (Psalm 133). “…that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you…so that the world may believe that you sent me.” (John 17:21). “…a spirit of unity…one heart and mouth…accept one another…” (Rom 15:5-7). Also Ephesians 2:14, 4:1-7
What is Unity? Predominately, Christian unity is mutual identity in Christ (Galatians 3:26-29), shared spiritual life, focus and direction, which transcends difference and diversity. Our fellowship is with the Father and with this Son, Jesus Christ. (I John 1:3). Unity is rooted in our common love for Christ, his Word and his mission. It manifests itself in atmosphere, attitude and actions.
How do unity and diversity interrelate? Unity is not sameness. The church is comprised of individuals distinctly different as to sex, age, race, background, temperament, preferences… (The body – 1 Corinthians 12:27). It is our common focus, not our alikeness or our perpetual agreement, which unites us. Uniformity is unrealistic, even undesirable. Unity of the Spirit is our goal. Unity of the faith will not be achieved fully until HE comes (Ephesians 4:3). We strive to be in unity and at peace with all men.
How is unity developed? Relationship with Jesus commitment to Scripture and fullness of the Holy Spirit, with fruit (Galatians 5:22, James 3:17), provide the ingredients for unity. “Those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.” (Romans 8:5) Unity is of the Holy Spirit. Disunity is of the flesh. “Walk in the Spirit and you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh.” (Galatians 5:26).
Practical steps to unity 1 Cultivate personal growth in the Holy Spirit (unity is of the Spirit) 2 Pray for others by name 3 Respect and appreciate the uniqueness of others who are not like you. 4 Commit yourself to the well being of others. 5 Speak well of others to others. 6 Keep no record of wrongs (1 Corinthians 13) 7 Hold each other accountable to the above.
How is unity maintained? Christian love (unselfish commitment to each other’s well being), with genuine respect and appreciation for each other; preserves unity. The application of grace, as the inseparable partner of peace, is essential (Romans 1:7 and every Pauline epistle) the inseparable partner of peace, is essential (Romans 1:7 and every Pauline epistle). Humility is another inseparable element, without which unity will not continue. “Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves.” (Romans 12:10). “Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.” (Ephesians 4:2) Forgiveness is a key component. The greatest threats to unity are those subtle invasions of ego, pride, selfishness, wanting one’s own way. “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interest, but also to the interests of others.” (Philipians 2:3-4). The loving practice of biblical discipline (Matthew 18, I Timothy 5…) fosters unity. “Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace” (Ephesians 4:3). Christian unity is essential to God’s fullest blessing. The rewards are worth the effort it takes to develop and preserve unity. May unity flourish among believers at Word for the World Family Church.
Adopted by the Executive Board of Directors in 2004, the acceptable year of our Lord.
Among the foremost problems of our time are substance abuse problems surrounding the use of drugs and alcohol. A 1986 survey shows that 70 million Americans have at some time engaged in the illicit use of a drug. Thirty-seven million said they had used illegal drugs in the previous year, and 23 million in the month prior to the survey. Sixty-five percent of 18-25 year olds have experience with illicit drugs. The survey also established a correlation between drug and alcohol use. Eighteen percent of our population will exhibit dependency problems with alcohol or other drugs during their lifetime. Traffic and safety authorities estimate that alcohol is involved in 50 percent of all fatal automobile accidents in the United States. The trend to use cocaine, heroin, marijuana, PCP, alcohol, prescription drugs and other mind altering drugs as entertainment or as an escape mechanism not only speaks of the pressures under which we live, but also indicates something of the moral and spiritual conditions of our time. Equally serious is the idea that so-called “mind expanding drugs,” such as PCP and marijuana, should be legalized for medicinal use. Above all, those engaged in the production and distribution of alchoholic beverages continues their massive and largely successful promotional efforts to make Americans a drinking people. Word for the World Family Church believes the evidence is clear that the use of drugs has become a leading factor in the soaring crime rate, and that such use increasingly results in the loss of lives and the destruction of property. The total costs to our society are astronomical ($160 billion annually) Forty percent of hospital admissions involve drug or alcohol related diseases. We deplore the evidence that at high levels and from many quarters immense pressure is exerted to encourage more people to drink, and at an earlier age. Sixty-six percent of high school seniors consume alcoholic beverages. By age 13, thirty percent of boys drink on a regular basis. Thirty percent of ten-year olds experience pressure to drink alcohol. We hereby record our firm condemnation of efforts aimed at abrogating the laws restricting the possession and use of narcotics, hallucinogens, amphetamines, barbiturates and alcohol. We commend those who continue to consider it their duty to prosecute violators of existing laws, whether it is in regard to sale, possession or use of such drugs. Specifically, we encourage the framing and passage of new laws that will make it easier to enforcement agencies to apprehend and convict drinking drivers who are the primary cause of highway fatalities. It is our understanding that among such desirable laws are the “implied consent” laws, which facilitate the detection and identification of drinking and drunken drivers through various tests conducted by arresting officers. We also urge our church, other churches, including our own, to take seriously the problem of the use of alcohol and other drugs, educating their members to the dangers of such use and encouraging them to make abstinence a part of their personal Christian testimony. As evangelicals we affirm that even such extreme problems as those represented here are subject to the power of the Holy Spirit, and the solution through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
The executive board for Word for the World Church adopted the following statement on Leadership Authority.
Organization, leadership and authority are common threads woven throughout God's creation -- the animal kingdom, the human kingdom and the spiritual kingdom -- whether it be the human body, the nuclear fmaily, the local church, civil government or God's eternal Kingdom. Leadership authority is necessary to good order, smooth function and accomplishment. The alternative is disorder, chaos, and anarchy.
All authority begins with God. Leadership, with delegated authority, is God ordained. "Let...man...rule over the fish...the birds...the livestock, over all the earth and over all the creatures..." (Genesis 1:26). This Godly order is evident in earthly relationship: husband/wife, parent/child, leader/community, leader/church, employer/employee.
Leadership authority, especially within the church, falls, into two primary categories-positional authority and spiritual authority.
Positional Authority:
There is a parental authority within the family, which God expects children to recognize on the basis of position. "Honor your fatehr and your mother..."(Exodus 20:12). "Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor your father and mother..." (Ephesians 6:1-2). While there is a qualification with the word obey, there is not qualification with the word honor. You honor your parents because they are your parents -- not because they are Christians, wise or good. Full respect for your parents is a sperate consideration and one, which must be earned. HOWEVER, the latter does not negate the former.
The same is true of government position. "Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is not autority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Consequently, he who rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgement on themselves" (Romans 13:1-2). We are also instructed to pray for leaders (1 Timothy 2:2).
Similarly in the church: "Obey your leaders and submit to their authority. They keep watch over you as men who must give an account" (Hebrews 13:17).
There is an authority, although limited, which goes with leadership position. Voluntary submission to this authority "as unto the Lord" brings blessing (Colossians 3:8-15; Ephesians 6:2). Disrepect of it brings judgement (Leveticus 20:9; 1 Samuel 24:6; Numbers 12, 14, 16; Romans 13:2; 1 Samuel 15:23). Submission to God-ordained leadership honors God. Of course, there is a place for the exercise of conscience and conviction (Daniel 3, 6; Acts 5:29), but not to be used as a loophole.
Spiritual Authority:
In addition to positional authority, there is a spiritual leadership authority based upon one's spiritual gift, one's walk with God, one's anointing, integrity, faith, obedience, servant attitude. This leader has a following built upon trust, consistency, competence and results. Followers recognize the gifts of God in the servant of God and voluntarily respond. This spiritual authority is not in conflict with positional authority. Ideally, they complement each other.
Important to the progress of Word for the World Family Church is an understanding and application of the biblical principle of authority. May our response enhance God's blessing upon our movement.
Friday, January 18, 2008
This, in my opinion, is as close as it comes to a GREAT MAN! I am ever so impressed with Governor Huckabee. Homosexuality does not make sense, scientifically, morally, or any other way. In the days that the Constitution was written, there was no thought that a human being or a human government could be so vial and decrepit. Nowhere in their minds did they ever think that any think of this perverse nature could ever be even discussed openly like today.
John McCain has openly said that he, "does not believe that homosexuality is a sin". He believes in abortion or the legal killing of innocent lives.
Mittens Romney, (Pat Boone, gave money to his campaign) flip-flops on abortion and gay marriage. Yes, no, no, yes, uh, I don't know, uh, what do the polls say? He is rarely ever asked about his former position as a Bishop in the Mormon Church, but that is all they see about Huckabee; his position in the Baptist Church before he retired from that.
If you think Hillary is liberal, you should look close to Barrack HUSSEIN Obama!!! His voting record as a short term president is shot through with holes of liberalism and out right socialism.
This election has showed me what the very rich and famous, outspoken people REALLY believe.
Christians, WAKE UP! If anything less than a CHRISTIAN gets in office, we will never be able to properly deal with the war on terror. If Huckabee looses, it will show the moral rottenness and ethical DECAY that our society has become. God please help us as a nation.
Although most Americans would be offended to hear a man say the following, I was rather impressed with a REALL MAN. Someone who is not afraid to stand in the face of modern day Sodom and Gomorrah and speak the truth. This man has guts! That's the sort of MAN I believe we need in office. Look at this article and say it ain't so. What a true MAN, you don't find people who speak the truth like this anymore. I don't even think places like TBN or Joel Osteen would even have the guts to talk like this. I salute this serious patriot and true man who is tough as steel.
Huckabee links gay sex to bestiality, abortion to slavery
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Republican presidential hopeful and former Baptist pastor Mike Huckabee linked gay sex to bestiality and abortion to slavery in an interview Thursday, explaining why, if elected, he would try to amend the constitution.
"Marriage has ... as long as there's been human history, meant a man and a woman in a relationship for life. Once we change that definition, then where does it go from there?" he asked in an interview with online "Beliefnet" magazine.
"Well, I don't think that's a radical view, to say we're going to affirm marriage. I think the radical view is to say that we're going to change the definition of marriage so that it can mean two men, two women, a man and three women, a man and a child, a man and animal," he added.
"The Bible was not written to be amended. The Constitution was," he said, announcing his intention to amend the document if he were to be elected president in November to ban abortion and establish that life begins at the moment of conception.
Leaving it up to individual states to outlaw abortion within their own borders is not enough, he said.
"That's again the logic of the Civil War -- that slavery could be okay in Georgia but not okay in Massachusetts. Obviously we'd today say, 'Well, that's nonsense. Slavery is wrong, period. It can't be right somewhere and wrong somewhere else.' Same with abortion," Huckabee said.
Huckabee won the Iowa Republican caucuses earlier this month, the first contest in the race for each party's nomination to run for the White House. He is in second place behind Arizona Senator John McCain in opinion polls for Saturday's primaries in South Carolina.
The following statment is the official statement adopted in 2004 by the executive board of directors:
Whereas one of the by-products of the increasing mood of permissiveness in our society is a growing awareness of a community not previously recognized, namely, the practicing homosexuals in our midst, and
Whether the result of moral looseness, social instability or physiological change, the number of homosexuals seems to be increasing.
The Bible speaks out strongly in condemnation of sin and unrighteousness in all forms. The Scriptures explicitly pronounced judgement on sexual deviance. Old Testament law condemns a man lying with a man as a woman. It also condemns a woman lying with a woman as a man. The first chapter of Romans refers to the guilt of mankind expressed in shameful worship, perverted passions and corrupted minds.
Nevertheless, we must remember that all men regardless of their offenses need God's love as manifest in Jesus Christ. All too often we have both overtly and covertly rejected the person of the sexual deviant. All people, regardless of their sexual orientation are welcome to attend worship services. Church membership will be denied if you are currently practicing any sexual deviant behaviors outside of marriage. We define marriage as being a hold union between one man and one woman.
Therefore, we resolve as Word for the World Family Church
1) to stand firm in the belief that the Holy Scriptures condemn practicing homosexuality and give no basis for approving this as an acceptable lifestyle, and 2) to extend the healing ministry of the entire Christian community to individuals who seek forgiveness and deliverance from the sin of homosexuality.
CBN news has listed an article here that lists scriptures that deal directly with the sin of homosexuality.
It will highly amaze you when you read the following article put out by American Family Association which gives facts regaring how the United States Supreme Court has overturned sodemy laws. It will show you how morally broke our country has become.
The following statement is the official statement adopted in 2004 by the executive board of directors for Word for the World Church.
Gambling is a parasite feeding on both the individual and society. Unhealthy behavior patterns are developed by the person who gambles. The "thrill" element in gambling produces as unrealistic view of life and a distorted concept of personal responsibilities. Gambling has a destructive effect upon the moral fabric of society because of it's "something for nothing: philosophy.
The ruse of promoting gambling and lotteries for the purpose of subsidizing education is an attempt to gain respectability and acceptance as an honorable and productive business. However, this has by actual experience proven costly to the public. The contribution to the purported cause has been minimal in proportion to the cost of promotion and administration of the enterprise. In addition, the fringe dangers of graft, subterfuge, and infiltration by the criminal element, make such a program suspect.
Word for the World endorsed the principle that public programs and projects should be publicly supported and opposes legalized lotteries. We oppose the weakening of laws to permit state-sponsored gambling.
Word for the World encourages a program of education regarding the evils of gambling by both the church and other community agencies. We also encourage our law enforcement agencies on local, state and national levels in the carrying out of their responsibilities regarding the control of gambling.
This is powerful and could not be said any better. Also you may wish to look at the following link: The Morality of Gambling
Gambling Defined
Gambling is defined as taking an artificial, unnatural, unnecessary risk in hopes of excessive gain far above what an investment would pay. Gambling is taking a risk purely for the purpose of taking a risk, which will give gain at someone else’s expense.
Many seek to justify gambling by calling almost everything gambling. I have heard people say, "There is nothing wrong with gambling. After all, gambling is just taking a chance - all of life is a gamble."
There is a difference between taking an unnecessary risk (gambling) and operating with skill in the unknown. For example: the farmer is not gambling when he plants a crop. The wise investor is not gambling when he invests in the stock market. The driver is not gambling when he drives down the highway. Buying insurance is not gambling, as there is no opportunity of excessive gain. The insurance company is not gambling, but engaging in a business risk, as the farmer engages in a business risk when he plants his crop.
Casting Lots
The Bible mentions "casting lots", but this is not gambling. The casting of lots was used in certain instances to determine the will of God.
In Leviticus 16:8-10, Aaron cast lots to determine which of the two goats would be used for the sin offering, and which would become the scapegoat.
Joshua 18:1-6 records that lots were cast to determine the distribution of land between the twelve tribes of Israel.
In Jonah 1:7, the sailors cast lots to determine the course of action concerning Jonah.
The casting of lots in Acts 1:21-26 to replace Judas with Matthias was simply the casting of votes, not throwing dice
The casting of lots is not gambling because there is nothing wagered, therefore nothing is lost.
The Right/Wrong of Gambling
Gambling, now called by the politically correct term "gaming", to make it more palatable to our consciences, has overtaken our nation. Almost everybody wants something for nothing, and it is believed gambling is the way to get something for nothing. Almost everybody buys lottery tickets, in the hope of getting something at the expense of someone else.
Headlines often tell of a person winning a large sum of money in the lottery. What the headline should tell is that millions failed to win. Some have gambled and won, that is true. But has winning helped spiritually? Have families been strengthened? Has the moral fiber of our nation increased as a result of gambling?
The real issue of gambling is not about winning, or casinos making a lot of money; or people losing a lot of money; or jobs; or the supposed lowering of taxes. The issue is righteousness and trust.
The issue is righteousness because:
Proverbs 14:34, "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people."
Acts 10:35, "But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him."
The issue is trust because that nation, that people who fail to trust God cannot be a Christian nation, or a Christian people.
The Bible and Gambling - Contentment
I Timothy 6:6-11 - But godliness with contentment is great gain. {7} For we brought nothing into [this] world, [and it is] certain we can carry nothing out. {8} And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. {9} But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and [into] many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. {10} For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. {11} But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
Proverbs 15:16 - Better is a little with the fear of the LORD, than great treasure with trouble.
Proverbs 15:27 - He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
These verses speak of the grief caused by greed, by putting too much thought into this world, which will soon pass away, and too little thought into the world to come, which shall never pass away.
As God’s children, we lose contentment when we seek what this world provides instead of trusting God. We are not going to take houses, land, and bank accounts to heaven. In the parable of the sower, Matthew 13:22, Jesus explains, "He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful." Here is a child of God who becomes entangled with the riches of this life and loses eternal wealth.
God’s people are supposed to trust God (not winning the lottery) for their daily provision. Matthew 6:31-33 states, "Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? Or, What shall we drink? Or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 34 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. 35 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you."
It is likely every person reading this article has dreamed of being rich, of having all the money they will ever need or want. It is not wrong to be rich, but it is wrong to trust your riches or your station in life. Some of God’s most faithful servants were rich, but they did not trust their wealth. They trusted God – everyday and every way.
God’s children are rich – even though they may not have a large bank account. We have the promise of God that he will provide what we need, when we need it. All we have to do is believe. When we believe Matthew 6:31-33, we will seek, ask and knock. Then, and only then, will we receive from God those things necessary for everyday living.
The Bible and Gambling – Working
Genesis 3:17-19 reveals a part of the curse upon man involves earning a living by the sweat of the brow. When people gamble, they are refusing to submit to the curse by attempting to gain money they have not worked for. This is a sin in the sight of God. II Thessalonians 3:10 commands, "For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat."
The Bible and Gambling – Selfishness
Matthew 22:34-40 records the answer of Christ to the question, "…which is the greatest commandment in the law?" Christ replied, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment." But Christ did not stop there. He continued with an explanation of the second greatest commandment, which is to love thy neighbor as thyself.
Gambling not only breaks the first commandment, gambling breaks the second commandment as well.
The gambler desires to gain, without working, that which another must lose. The gambler is not thinking of the welfare of the other person, but only his own selfish interest. I Corinthians 13:5 states true love, "…seeketh not her own…" The gambler is showing no love for the other person as Christ declared in the second greatest commandment.
The Bible and Gambling – Secular
Not only is God against gambling, but also the secular magazine, U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT, dated March 14, 1994, carried the cover story, "How Casinos Empty Your Wallet". The magazine covered the subject from a "human viewpoint" and reports on the economic disasters that have been documented in communities that have legalized casinos. The article states that the casinos at first contribute money to the budgets of the towns but in time all other businesses in town (restaurants, clothing stores, grocery stores, drug stores, etc.) suffer loss of sales and lay off employees.
The article referred to the owner of a pawnshop in Tunica County, Mississippi (in the Memphis area), who stated, "gamblers frequently go bust and trade rings and jackets for gas money home".
A Police Chief declared, "The number of people failing to pay their rent and bills had doubled".
A county justice clerk stated, "Arrests for drunken driving has increased 500%".
The report concluded by stating the dollars that come into the community level off and the cost of police, fire protection, government, etc., increase.
Conclusion
The gambler is saying, What God has provided for me is not enough. I need more than God can provide. It is like saying being poor is bad and being rich is good. God does not need our gambling windfall for the furtherance of his kingdom. Everything is his.
Many churches are accepting offerings that come from gambling. Independence Baptist Church will not knowingly accept any funds that comes from gambling or "gaming".
The following statement was adopted in 2004 by the Word for the World Family Church board as our official statement regarding the family.
Due to the present day attack upon the family in many various forms, the acceptance of greatly loosened moral standards, the subsequent breakdown of the home in the overwhelming ration of divorce and its resulting hazards upon children and society in general, and due to the recent White House Conference on the Family where the participants could not define the modern family according to biblical standards, We the members of Word for the World Family Church hereby declare our position on the family.
Whereas "the biblical family" is defined as a male (husband) and a female (wife)coming together in legal fashion and becoming one, both spiritually and physically (Gen 2:24) and the resulting children that come from that union either biologically or by legal adoption becoming part of the family.
We, therefore, wish to reaffirm our belief that the "family" according to this definition is God-ordained God sanctioned and God blessed.
We wish to state that any other union of a couple or group does not constitute a "biblical family" (Rom 1:26-27).
Furthermore, we recommend that the pastors and church leaders of Word for the World Family Church continue to speak out very strongly in favor of the biblical standard for the family and oppose just as fervently those voices that would do violence or weaken God's plan for the Biblical Model Family.
The following statement was the official adopted statement of the board of directors for Word for the World Family Church in 2004. It is still among 14 official statements.
Whereas evolution is a theory based upon a great deal of speculation, and Whereas creationism based on scientific concepts offers a viable alternative about the subject of origins, and Whereas public education is designed to present available information and stimulate inquiry, and Whereas there are numerous resource materials (books, films, tapes and the Internet) available on the scientific concepts of "The Creation Model," Be it resolved that Word for the World Family Church goes on record this seventh day of December, 2004, to strongly support and urge local school districts to provide material based on the scientific concepts of creationism in their resource libraries and that these concepts be taught n the classroom.
The United States is not a Christian Nation. Now, you may be shocked to hear a Pastor say that. However, it is a secular nation, built upon Christian principles. The public schools should teach creation by design and not a theory of Darwinism by default.
The following statement, is the official 2004 statement, adopted by the executive board of directors for Word for the World Church in Portland, Oregon.
This historic position of Word for the World Family Church concerning the use of alcohol and tobacco has been one of abstinence. We hereby publicly reaffirm that position with regard to all Christian believers in the United States of America.
Reasons:
The National Studies on drug abuse conclude that alcohol and tobacco are the two greatest drug abuse problems in the United States.
The potential social and health hazards of each are commonly accepted among the American public. Both are generally perceived as associated with a permissive life-style not becoming for a Christian. According to the first book of Thessalonians, a Godly appearance is to be a great consideration in the life of every believer. Our Godly example must be sensitively set by us, as believers according to Romans chapter 14.
There are strong scriptural injunctions against the use of alcoholic beverage and marijuana (Proverbs 22:31-32; 20:1; 31:4-5). These passages weigh heavily against biblical teachings on moderation according to Philippians chapter 4, verse 5, or alcohol for medicinal use (I Timothy 5:23, which also implies that Timothy had conscientiously chosen the position of abstinence). Also to be considered are the options available to us as compared to our biblical counterparts.
II Corinthians 7:1 is certainly applicable to tobacco or marijuana.
Habits or practices that have the potential to dominate and control are best to be avoided (II Corinthians 6:12).
Habits or practices that have the potential to dominate and control are best to be avoided (II Corinthians 6:12).
The biblical instructions to "do all to the glory of God" (I Cor 10:31) speaks loudly to us in light of the serious problems we are having with alcohol, substance abuse including tobacco in America.
We believe our Christian testimony is best served by a position of abstinence regarding the use of alcohol and tobacco and all other forms of substance abuse.
As far as I know, there is no other person who has returned their medical marijuana card to the state of Oregon on their own volition. A man came to our service for prayer. He had a chronic back pain that would torment him. After prayer, he was so surprised to see that the pain was not only gone, but that it would not come back. Hallelujah. Later that month, he made an appointment to come see me at my office in Portland. I had never heard a question posed to me like that which I was about to hear. "Pastor, what do I do with my medical marijuana card, now that I'm healed?" I froze, not ready for the question and frankly, not having a clear answer that would suffice the State of Oregon. I told him I would call around and find out. We did and here is what we did. We explained the healing from the Lord Jesus, mailed the card back to the state of Oregon and sent it certified mail.
It is very possible to claim not only your healing but also your dependence from any chemical. Praise God. A great alcohol treatment program that we as a church refer people to is found at this link www.yourliferecovery.com.
What is listed below is the official statement regarding the AIDS virus today. This was adopted into our church as of 2004
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is the most serious public health problem in the world. In this decade, tens of thousands of Americans have contracted AIDS and more than a million Americans are carriers of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). For those who have contracted AIDS, currently there is no known medical cure, and thus the results are fatal. The evidence is not clear concerning the long-term results for those who are carriers of HIV. The surgeon General of the United States has called AIDS the most serious matter any health official of any nation has ever faced.
Although there is the urgent need for education regarding AIDS, education without reference to values ignores the moral dimensions of the problem. Therefore, government or private sector programs that deny the moral element of the problem are inadequate remedies. While there are innocent sufferers of the disease, the fact remains that the two primary groups of individuals infected with HIV are practicing homosexual men and drug addicts who share needles, The link between immoral behavior and the spread of AIDS is self-evident.
Furthermore, AIDS is first and foremost a public health concern, not a civil rights issue. Hence, any proposed legislation that would confer special "civil rights" on persons infected with HIV is totally unacceptable. We believe appropriate legislation regarding this epidemic would require testing as requirement for marriage licenses [between a man and a woman only], testing of high risk groups, reporting of those with the disease to public health officials on the same basis of other sexually-transmitted diseases, and closing facilities that encourage promiscuous sexual activity.
But legislation and the best efforts of public health officials have their limits. Our Christian faith offers hope for virus infected victims. Also, our faith offers a realistic way of life, which will curb the tragic spread of the virus in that our faith calls for chastity before marriage and fidelity in marriage. For this reason, Word for the World Family Church calls upon it's church members to proclaim the hope that God has provided in Jesus Christ and to promote the practice of biblical sexual morality. We consider HIV screening and to share the results with each other before marriage. We further urge that with Christian compassion, we offer the hope of Christ's redemption, grace and healing power to victims of AIDS. We cannot permit fear or apathy to keep us from bringing the life-changing resources of our Christian faith and love to those who suffer from this dreaded disease.
Although this video may be intense in nature, because we have nearly a quarter of a million visitors, world-wide to our site, we felt it important to include the great myths regarding HIV/AIDS. We believe in the power of prayer but we also believe in Medical Science and the wisdom that God imparts to mankind. We continue to ask God to give us a key in fining a cure for this tragic disease that has taken the lives of children and adults the world over.
Adopted by the executive board of directors in the year 2004, was the official statement regarding ABORTION.
I will post 14 of our official statements which have been officially adopted by our ministry. With each posting I will include a video from Utube that best describes the issue.
We affirm, as Word for the World Family Church, our position that the moral issue of abortion is more than a question of the freedom of a woman to control the reproductive functions of her own body. It is rather a question of those circumstances under which a human being may be permitted to take the life of another. We believe that all life is a gift of God, so that neither the life of the unborn child nor the mother may be taken lightly. We believe that God Himself, in Scripture, has told us what our attitude should be towards the unborn. Several times it is specifically stated that He conferred divine blessing upon unborn infants. (Psalms 139:13,16; Luke 1:31-33, 41). He also provided penalties for actions, which result in the death of the unborn.
Therefore, we deplore in the strongest possible terms the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court, which has made it legal to terminate a pregnancy.
We believe that the cause of morality is not furthered if men attempt to undermine God's authority by speculating with their own finite minds as to what circumstances might justify the killing of an unborn child.
In the extreme case where the life of the unborn child threatens the life of the mother, we affirm that the doctor has two patients and should try to save both lives if at all possible.
This ends the official statement officially adopted by our board of directors in 2004.
I would like to say that there is plenty of medical study and research which would indicate that abortion is extremely dangerous to the health of a woman.
I have embedded an informative video to look at here that offers more on this health dangers of having an abortion.
If you have had an abortion. Repent now. Ask the Lord Jesus to have mercy on you and know that he is faith and just to forgive you of your sin.
If you are considering an abortion, I pray that God will enlighten the eyes of your understanding that you may know what the hope of His calling, the riches of His glory and the greatness of His power is towards this child of yours.
Abortion is not a new medical technology. It is a spirit of murder that has been in the earth for many years. You may recall that Herod ordered all first born infants to be slaughtered in the New Testament. There are also Old Testament accounts of government officials slaughtering newborn children.
I have covered this from a moral point of view. Let's look at it from a fiscal and social point of view.
What future tax paying boy or girl was aborted? Who's father or mother was stopped? What generation came to a DEAD END street? This would make a person a "degenerate". To de-generation a people.
O' Mighty God, have mercy upon our land. Forgive those who have trespassed against us! God bring justice to our politicians and our supreme court who have brought death and human carnage to our nation.
7. Woodrow Wilson studied under his dad, one of the founders of the Southern Presbyterian Church in the United States (PCUS). He didn’t learn to read until he was about 12. He took a few classes at a school in Augusta, Georgia, to supplement his father’s teachings, and ended up spending a year at Davidson College before transferring to Princeton.
