MODERATE MUSLIM – – – AND – – – LUKEWARM CHRISTIAN

November 19, 2024 By Leave a Comment

If allah was a real god, what would he have to say about modern, moderate muslims ?

If Mohammed was a real prophet of islam, a real prophet of a real god, what would he have to say about modern, moderate muslims ?

Considering the clear teachings of islam in the quran, the true followers of islam are not moderate—they are radical.
So, the ‘message’ from allah, from Mohammed, to modern, moderate muslims would be the same message that Jesus gave (and gives today) to anyone who claims Christianity but is not “hot”—passionate about obeying Jesus’ teachings.

“I will spew you out of my mouth (vomit).”

So much for lukewarm Christians—living comfortably in America, not making waves or enemies (dictionary synonym for lukewarm: moderate)—making Jesus sick to His stomach—compatible with the culture, until . . .
Until the lines are drawn to be “cold or hot”—deny you follow Jesus to save your skin—or—boldly say you follow Jesus to save your soul, with persecution and death, even at the hands of muslims that were peaceful, moderate.

So much for peaceful, moderate muslims—peaceful for now, compatible with living comfortably in America, “not hurting anyone”, until . . .
Until real muslims, radicals, that actually follow the quran, immediately require all muslims (including peaceful, moderate muslims in America) to follow their religion that says “kill the infidels”—use deadly force to get rid of non-muslims.

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Authentic, obedient, passionate Christian—radical.
Authentic, obedient, passionate muslim—radical.

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Now, let’s get some historical, spiritual facts straight.
+ God is God, and none other.
+ God is not created—He always was, He always will be.
+ God created everything.
+ God wrote down everything we need to know about Him in the Bible.
+ God created the angels, including lucifer, and gave them free will.
+ lucifer rebelled against God, and led a revolt in heaven.
+ A third of the angels followed lucifer.
+ God is HOLY, and He could not tolerate this, and it made Him angry.
+ God kicked them out of heaven, and He created the fire of hell for them.
+ lucifer (satan, the devil, beelzebub, angel of light, the dragon) and his angels became demons.
+ God canceled free will for His angels (they can’t revolt) and free will for the demons (they can’t repent).
+ God created people, very much like Himself, and gave them free will.
+ God’s created people disobeyed God’s very clear command.
+ God is HOLY, and He could not tolerate this, and it made Him angry.
+ God kicked them out of Paradise, the perfect garden He made for them on earth.
+ People suffer, and die, and disobey, and rebel against God, and deserve hell just like the demons.
+ BUT GOD gave a promise to people, so they don’t have to end up with the demons in hell.
+ God is God, and He made good on His promise to people.
+ He arranged for His Son, Jesus, to become one of His people and pay the full suffering of hell, in our place.
+ AND, God gave people a choice that He did not give the demons.
+ All people, we can accept His offer, believe that Jesus paid for the hell we deserve, and have life with Him in heaven FOREVER—paradise restored, and then some.
+ That is God’s Story, HIS-Story, the Bible Story—the First Word, the Last Word.

X Now, about islam.
X The devil hasn’t given up, for six thousand years of history.
X The devil knows his end—the lake of fire, forever.
X The devil loses every time he fights God—the garden of eden, Job, Pharoah, Jesus.
X The devil tried again six hundred years after he lost the big, repeated showdowns with Jesus.
X The devil, disguised (his specialty) as the angel Michael, gave Muhammed a ‘vision’ and words to write down—the quaran.
X The devil tricked people, lots of people, to follow his new religion.
X The devil knew islam would not start, survive, and grow on its own merits, so he infused violence in the teaching, in the practice, and in the minds of the followers, muslims—from the beginning in 610 A.D. until now—with no change, no reformation.
X The devil made a priority to enlist a major people group to follow islam—the descendants of Ishmael, the arch-rival of Isaac and his descendant that God promised would bless all nations, Jesus.
X The devil is behind the three thousand year conflict, hatred between Arabs and Jews, muslims and Jews, muslims and Christians (the Bible is one story of the Jews and Christians).

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“Choose you this day whom you will serve.
As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

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WHY TESTING ?

November 14, 2024 By Leave a Comment

“God tests a person before He uses him significantly.”
—–Ray Pritchard (today, on afr.net)

“It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until he has hurt him deeply.”
—–A W Tozer

God has boot camp for every soldier in His army.

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SENIOR MOMENT/OXYMORONS (6)

November 13, 2024 By Leave a Comment

There is an observation in fact, that as you get older, peer pressure becomes less of an issue—because you have fewer peers.
Please don’t let that become a reason to excuse yourself from relationships and interaction with the peers you have left.

Peer pressure becomes less important.
Peer encouragement becomes more important—in both directions.

You can do it.
And you can receive it.

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SENIOR MOMENT/OXYMORONS (5)

November 13, 2024 By Leave a Comment

Seems that more and more, your ideas and contributions get overruled.
You can get in trouble, easily get depressed, if you let that get to you.
Phase out the relationships with people that negate what you say, that negate what you have to offer, that negate who you are, intentionally or not.
Make a goal to find people, young and old, who respect you and what you have to say—who appreciate your wisdom.
Remember that the tsunami of stuff coming at us faster and faster—information, entertainment, animation, sales, invitations, instant gratification, high pressure presentations, hidden agendas, dangerous ploys, traps, . . .—is not what counts, really—and you have what does count—what you learned slowly over a lifetime.
That gives you sanity as well as sadness when you see others settling for less, for nothing but sensory overload—so they can’t even live.
Others need to see you content, not competing with “stuff”.
And when you do have a chance, share your wisdom.

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NOSTALGIA

November 12, 2024 By Leave a Comment

“Nostalgia is not all it used to be.”
—–Peter Rosenberger (Hope For The Caregiver, afr.net)

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DO POLITICS AND RELIGION MIX ?

November 12, 2024 By Leave a Comment

DO politics and religion mix ?
CAN politics and religion mix ?

Yes, politics and religion can mix !
Yes, politics and religion do mix !

Politics influences religion.
Religion influences politics.

Facts of history show both,
unmistakably, for good, for bad (evil).

Say whatever you want about avoiding religion and politics,
not mixing politics and religion.
It is a different story—to observe, talk, apply Christianity and politics.

Christians are called, commissioned to “go into all the world with influence, with the gospel.”
“Light not hidden” is not, cannot be, selective in its involvement, its reach, its impact.
Salt as well—presence is felt wherever it is (except inside the salt shaker).

The Christian church, from its beginning, influenced politics, locally and worldwide.
The people of the city (Thessalonica, in Greece) were extremely concerned that “these who have turned the world upside down have come here.”

In a few centuries, when the momentum, the pendulum, of politics swung with the growing church—in favor of the church—the church had the support of the government—with amazing developments.
Politics and religion not only mixed, they merged.
And that was good.
And that was bad.
And that was ugly.

Good—more people heard the gospel, the good news about Jesus, and joined the church.

Bad—the church grew, and grew powerful, and church leaders gained power, and wanted more power.

Ugly—the church, the church leaders with this power got control, absolute control of the people.

“Power corrupts—absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
The church leaders used their power to do anything they wanted to anyone who disagreed with them—ugly—deadly.

The worst, the ugliest, part of this:
This absolute power, this absolute control over the people, included absolute power and control of their spiritual lives.
X – The church prevented the people from reading the Bible in their own language, by limiting it to Latin only, in the church building only.
X – The church made up their own rules about sin and salvation, adding to the Bible, changing the Bible, against the teaching of the Bible.
X – The church made the people poor—deceiving, manipulating, blackmailing them with selling forgiveness for money—and this made the church rich, and the leaders very rich.
X – The church teachings and practices endangered more people’s souls than they saved.

Martin Luther became restless in his soul over the misguided teachings in the church—teachings from the devil, because he could not find peace, until he re-discovered grace alone through faith alone from the Bible alone.
The church does not save anyone.
The church does not set the rules to save anyone.
The church tells what the Bible says to get saved.
The church tells the people to read, study, obey what the Bible says.

Sad to say, much of the dangerous, misguided control over people by the church still runs rampant today.
Teaching and style and ritual and show and emotion and volume and belonging to something big, promise people they are okay with God—outright or implied.

Some churches get it right—they use the Bible for every teaching, every service, every message to their people, in every home, and to the community.
Many churches compromise the Bible—they do not clearly base everything on the Bible, and entertain a little of cultural ideas, and then a little more, until they fit in with the world around them.

So—Politics and Christianity ?

For Christians there is plenty in the Bible to convict us of our sin, for repentance from our sin, to power over our sin, to judging sin around us, to bringing others to Jesus, to “striving against sin” wherever we are, even “resisting to the point of shedding blood.”

“The Christian is to show the prince how to bear the sword.”—–Luther

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UNAMERICAN ALIENS

November 12, 2024 By Leave a Comment

Democrats – – – Alien to America.

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SERIOUS TURBULENCE AHEAD

November 6, 2024 By Leave a Comment

Another ‘day after election reflection’.
I wrote most of this a few days ago, and thought it would be outdated after the election results from yesterday.
Then, we must remember the sobering, or scary, reality that the present government ‘leadership’ is still in power another two and a half months.
And, that gives all our enemies a window for the perfect storm—I cannot imagine they will all pass up the opportunity.

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AMERICA—VERY SERIOUS TURBULENCE STRAIGHT AHEAD—GRAB YOUR OXYGEN MASKS ! ! !

Actually, there is a better warning, that will do more good, make more difference.

AMERICANS—VERY SERIOUS TURBULENCE STRAIGHT AHEAD—GRAB YOUR OXYGEN MASKS ! ! !

Actually, there is an even better warning, that will do more good, make more difference.

AMERICAN CHRISTIANS—VERY SERIOUS TURBULENCE STRAIGHT AHEAD—GRAB YOUR OXYGEN MASKS* ! ! !
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The first warning above might not make any difference.
America and its leadership probably wouldn’t recognize the oxygen masks, even if they dangled in their face.

Americans—some Americans who still believe in America might remember the oxygen masks in previous encounters with serious turbulence, when they seriously depended on the oxygen masks, temporarily, until we got past the turbulence.

Hmmm.

Most turbulence catches everyone by surprise.
If the pilots and weathermen are alert, they may be able to give a short notice warning.

What if the warning above is based on special inside information—like weather intelligence—and the turbulence is the worst ever—and survival is marginal ?
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What’s with the third warning above ?

The country is about to encounter the worst turbulence ever experienced.
The pilots are sleeping or laughing with the crew.
The emergency safety measures on the plane designed to deal with turbulence are not turned on—haven’t been for some time, for many flights.
The oxygen masks have not been activated for years.
And, the warning alarm for the message about serious turbulence has not been sounded.

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Okay, the truth is, America as a country, and all Americans, are about to encounter serious trouble from terrorists and from our enemies and from our government—all working together to take down the United States.

It could likely start with an EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse bomb) and/or a surprise terrorist attack in a hundred places simultaneously.
The present government will be unable or unwilling to deal with it.
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It remains a reality, and a cause for elevated anxiety for many Americans.
You could see it on the faces of nearly everyone before the election.
The relief, and promise of reprieve, is enormous—and we are very thankful.
But it may also explain why the enemies have waited to do the unthinkable.

The United States government is now in lame-duck session, with unknown options for nefarious action without accountability.
The United States citizens are now in sitting-duck session, with our own government AWOL for defending against all enemies, foreign and domestic.

Seems very much like we’re in deep trouble—worried sick about what is about to happen.

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*Except for one thing—grab our oxygen masks now—OUR BIBLES.
How do we operate them—OPEN AND READ AS LONG AS NEEDED.
And how long might that be—ALWAYS, THROUGH TURBULENCE AND AFTER.

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ELECTION RESULTS – – – THE TRUTH

November 6, 2024 By Leave a Comment

MAGA victory – – – “. . . the goodness of God leads you to repentance.”

The Trump victory in 2016 and the turnaround of the next four years was a reprieve from the dangerous, downward spiral of America into evil socialism and government control and loss of freedom.
We thank God for the prayers answered and the mercy shown to this God-inspired and God-blessed country.
But the rebuilding that made America great again was not complete, and it was dismantled again in the following four years, which have not yet ended.

We desperately needed the election results of yesterday, and we thank God for the miracle, that many Americans are now awake and aware of the dangers, the evils, that we face.

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ELECTION RESULTS 2024 – – – THE TRUTH
The election results do not equal or include repentance.

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The 2024 election campaign was the wildest, the most expensive, the most vigorous, the most divisive, the most decisive for this country.
The results are the most amazing, miraculous, providential relief imaginable.

The easiest mistake Americans can make now is to relax in the election victory, enjoy the restoration of hope for normalcy, and return to our everyday lives the way they were – – – – – without addressing the wrongs that only Christians can right, with God.

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Restoring truth was not complete in 2017-2021.
Making America Great Again did not include a call to national repentance before God and national revival then.
It did not include a call from leadership to national prayer and fasting—an example set by past leaders of this country in times of serious need for God’s help—which God honored !

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The 2024 election results do not equal or include repentance.
This may be the most elusive campaign in American history, to enlist and engage national leaders and pastors and committed Christians in prayer and fasting over our sins, for which God will carry out His judgment without our repentance.

This morning on American Family Radio (afr.net “Real Truth for Today”), Jeff Shreve’s guest focused directly on the verse below, and I will passionately reinforce this truth.

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And now the complete Bible verse we must take to heart and not forget:
“Do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?”

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SURPRISE – – – OR – – – NO EXCUSE

November 4, 2024 By Leave a Comment

If Israel had known about the October 7 attack before it happened, they would certainly not have been taken by surprise.

America knows about the coming terrorist attack, The Big One—and yet, we will be taken by surprise—a hundred times worse than October 7.

Israel had leadership and defense willing and ready and able to respond as needed—and it is working.

America has no such leadership and no resolve to deal with what’s coming.
In reality, the terrorists are welcomed by the administration with open doors* and red carpet*—they can have it their way, whatever they want.

America’s leadership is sold out to the terrorists and the regimes behind them.
The bad guys will do everything terrorists do, largely unopposed by our government.
Why ?
Partly because we can’t.
Largely because we won’t.

Afghanistan—here.

What we have seen in bits and pieces of the evil in our government—will suddenly be widespread, universally all across the country.
We will wake up to the brutal reality that America is over—freedom is replaced with tyranny—and leaders on the left will launch the dictatorship they have been planning for decades.

*open doors—open borders
*red carpet—all the perks and resources, stolen from Americans

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