INDULGENCES AND LAST RITES – – – WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE ?

January 25, 2023 By Leave a Comment

Over 500 years ago the Catholic Church pressured the common people to buy pieces of paper that ‘guaranteed’ forgiveness for their dead relatives and deliverance from purgatory (hell).

The church (the pope) utilized this scheme to fund another cathedral.

Thank God for Martin Luther, a Catholic priest, for exposing this evil, and it stopped.

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Or did it ?

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The Catholic Church changed only just enough to avoid total, widespread revolution.

Their fundamental teachings and practices remain intact, even today.

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Faithful Catholics go to mass blindly with mostly meaningless rituals, give lots of money to fund and maintain the elaborate superstructure, and receive the church’s word that they are right with God, from the cradle to the grave, literally.

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Indulgences—from day one, continued today, without the piece of paper—called last rites.

Forgiveness for the dead, pronounced by authority of the Catholic Church, unbiblical, unabated.

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What about the other churches of today?

How many churches give people false hope, false assurance of heaven, by the words spoken to them from the leader, and by words spoken over them from their first days in the cradle, to their last day, in the casket.

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Every baby celebration in the church and every funeral in the church must be an opportunity to tell everyone present of their need for forgiveness from Jesus—the only way for assurance of heaven.

Filed Under: Educational, Faith Based, Inspirational, Political---Cultural

TEMPLE CITY COUNCIL.

January 21, 2023 By Leave a Comment

Comments before the Temple, Texas City Council, posted on this site. Type each title in the search bar.

Current as of this date—more added later.

LGBT LIBRARY DISPLAY

DIVERSITY

POLITICIAN vs STATESMAN

PRAY and VOTE

MIDDLE GROUND—CONSEQUENCES

TRUTH ON THE SCAFFOLD

NO BETTER

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MORE TERRIFYING THAN . . . A LIFE-THREATENING STORM

January 21, 2023 By Leave a Comment

Jesus’ disciples lost all faith in survival and thought they were going to drown in a sudden storm on the Sea of Gallilee.

Waves were getting in the boat.

Seasoned fishermen can die just like anyone else, and they were scared to death.

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Oh, but Jesus was with them, so they should not have been afraid.

Yes, just like us—we know Jesus is with us, but we still lose it when the waves come overboard.

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But Jesus was asleep, and waking Him meant admitting they were at their wits end, embarrassing.

And, just like us—sometimes it feels like Jesus may as well be sleeping in our storm-tossed boat, and in our attempted self-sufficiency we delay calling out to Him.

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Did Jesus save the disciples?

Yes, that day he saved their lives.

He had a mission for them.

That mission included opposition that threatened their very lives—not by a storm on water, but at the hands of men who hated their message that Jesus is the way, the only way.

And Jesus did not save them then.

They gave their lives, and Jesus gave them perfect LIFE in heaven—the ultimate “Peace be still, and the waves and wind died down, and suddenly there was a great calm.”

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When we “Call on Him in the day of our trouble”—whether right away or delayed—“He will deliver us, and we will glorify Him.”

Sometimes (but not always) we get to glorify Him for deliverance here.

Always, forever, we get to glorify Him in heaven, in the presence of Jesus (and those same disciples that were so scared, more than once).

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Oh, the title above—

What really terrified the disciples more than the storm was the realization when Jesus instantly made the wind and waves obey.

WHO IS THIS REALLY, IN OUR BOAT, that we are following?

We left everything.

Where is He taking us?

Little did they know, yet, but it was starting to sink in.

May it be so for you and me today.

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You fearful saints, fresh courage take;

The storms you so much dread

Are filled with mercy and shall break

In blessings on your head.

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TRUTH ON THE SCAFFOLD

January 20, 2023 By 2 Comments

(Comments addressed to Temple, Texas City Council meeting 1-19-23)

“Truth forever on the scaffold—–Wrong forever on the throne.

Yet that scaffold sways the future,—–And behind the dim unknown

Standeth God within the shadow,—–Keeping watch above His own.”

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Truth was on the scaffold during covid.—–Truth is coming out now, all over.

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Masking was wrong.

+Masking devastated education.

+Smiles were banned by masking.

+Communication was curtailed.

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‘Social’ Distancing was a misnomer—–What should have been called medical distancing, social distancing separated people’s relationships, to create suspicion and distrust—–Division, the hallmark of marxism.

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The forced ‘vaccine’ (so called) was illegal, harmful—– now, truth, and the mandate is banned.

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Hydroxychloroquin and Ivermectin were effective, and banned.

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The covid shutdown closed churches, and churches complied, and didn’t recover.

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Truth may be on the scaffold during the current pandemic of dei—–Yet that scaffold sways the future.

You do not need to wait for the future to know the truth about dei with its dire consequences, just as sure as the irrecoverable damage done to all of us from the covid shutdown.

You realize the current inflation came from the government shutdown for covid and the stimulus checks of manufactured money to cover their disaster—with natural consequences.

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The covid shutdown, lgbt, dei ‘enlightenment’, crt, socialism, marxism—they are all simply a war against truth, against God, and against God’s people.

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Catering just a little to dei means bowing down to dei and to the forces that are using dei to destroy America.

How do you destroy America?—–Destroy the American church.

How do you destroy America?—–Weaken city councils to not stand against dei and drag queen shows and whatever they come up with next.

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TEN WAYS TO LOSE THE WAR ON TERROR

January 7, 2023 By

ONE—–Negotiate

TWO—–“Investigate”

THREE—–Delay

FOUR—–Divert

FIVE—–Downsize

SIX—–Apologize

SEVEN—–Patronize

EIGHT—–Legitimize

NINE—–Compromise

TEN—–Deny the Obvious

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ONE—–Negotiate—sounds like a way to avoid war—never works for winning.

TWO—–“Investigate”—a way to buy time for p/r and the enemy—never works for winning.

THREE—–Delay—gives the illusion of patience and gives the enemy time to refuel—never works for winning.

FOUR—–Divert—make something else the issue, other than the enemy’s stated goal—never works for winning.

FIVE—–Downsize—reduce the military, to be less threatening to the enemy—never works for winning.

SIX—–Apologize—be sorry for strength that offends and makes a target—never works for winning.

SEVEN—–Patronize—appease, be nice, so they will be nice in return—never works for winning.

EIGHT—–Legitimize—sympathize with false reasons for their dissatisfaction—never works for winning.

NINE—–Compromise—not confrontation, make a deal to make them happy—never works for winning.

TEN—–Deny the Obvious—repeat of history does not apply, the world is better now, we don’t have enemies dedicated to killing us, we must avoid war, high-tech will save us—never works for winning.

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PIONEERS AND US (10)

January 7, 2023 By Leave a Comment

Did the pioneers have something inside, that we don’t have today?

Yes, several things—one at a time here.

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Pioneers had a consistent set of values and beliefs that they were bound and determined to pass on to the next generation, intact.

It was a package—with God, family, work, the 3R’s, right and wrong, Bible, morality—known and universally sanctioned in the home and in the community.

It is referred to as ‘the old school.’

Today we scarcely even know what that package is, to pass on, much less how to pass it on.

Question before us, not faced by pioneers:

What will happen when the few people who can remember the old school are gone?

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PIONEERS AND US (9)

January 7, 2023 By Leave a Comment

Did the pioneers have something inside, that we don’t have today?

Yes, several things—one at a time here.

Pioneers accepted hard times, and welcomed hard work, as part of life.

They did not spend so much (time, effort, money) seeking or expecting life to be easier—like we do.

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LESSER OF TWO EVILS – – – OR THREE ?

January 7, 2023 By Leave a Comment

In America, with our freedom to vote, we may have to choose between “the lesser of two evils” sometimes.

That phrase is often used to just complain that there is not a perfect, or ideal, candidate to vote for.

But there is a third evil in every election—usually greater that the greater of the two evils on the ballot.

The third evil, the greater evil than the other two, is not voting.

Relinquishing the right to vote gives up any legitimate right to complain, to constitutionally “redress grievances.”

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WHAT DO WE KNOW NOW – – – REALLY ?

January 4, 2023 By Leave a Comment

I can’t say I know it all or get excited about The Renaissance or The Enlightenment, that supposedly freed us from The (Dark) Middle Ages.

Man is always driven by the urge to do better than the past, to think we have arrived—and then, we do what we do best—we repeat history, especially the parts that produce tyranny, slavery, suffering, and massive murders.

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Philosophers influence educators and aspiring political leaders, and ideologues capitalize on the perfect moment to change the world.

And, except for the unique record of The United States of America, nearly all world-changers driven by the newest ideas, create repeated disasters instead of promised utopia.

“From each according to his ability—to each according to his needs.” Never works.

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+Communism worldwide—110 million murdered, particularly in Russia, China, Cambodia.

+Emperor worship in Japan—6 million killed.

+Dictatorship in North Korea—zero freedom, no light at night (satellite picture).

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“Eliminate imperfect people to maintain a perfect race.” Always reveals demonic evil.

+Nazism—20 million murdered.

+Eugenics eliminate inferior or unwanted, especially unborn—60 million murdered in America so far—70 million murdered in the world every year.

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It is no wonder the increased horrors of the last century, and those continuing today, and the new horrors on the horizon—it is no wonder this matches what the Bible says will happen without God in our knowledge.

Type in the search bar on the internet “in the last days” and find an abundance of passages that read like a current newspaper.

Let it sober you, to call on God, for these times.

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Beware of promises that hide the cost.

Promised utopia—at the cost of freedom, always !

And the people end up with neither utopia nor freedom, always !

And millions end up without life itself, always !

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SUCCESSFUL SALESMANSHIP

December 31, 2022 By Leave a Comment

+ ONE—Some products are successful simply because they are so good that they sell, regardless of the salesman or salesmanship.

+ TWO—Some products are successful because the salesmanship is just too good to pass it up.

+ THREE—Some products are successful because the salesmanship is just so relentlessly repetitive, that people believe it and repeat it and buy into it whether it’s true or not.

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Successful salesmanship apples to marketing physical products.

Successful salesmanship applies to marketing ideas and cultural values as well.

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++ ONE—‘The Old School’ was a package of information, values, skills, and beliefs that families and communities accepted as a given and committed to passing on intact to the next generation. Whether they had the best techniques or not (salesmanship), everyone involved would do their part to make sure children behaved and believed and grew up to maintain what mattered.

++ TWO—Cool and clever commercials work because they catch us and we remember them. People buy the products whether they live up to the commercials or not. Campaign slogans use tried and true phrases that win elections whether the truth was told or not. Some televangelists and prosperity preachers perfect the presentation of cool, and right or wrong, the money pours in.

++ THREE—The power of evil government officials and the ‘fourth branch of the government’, the media, combine to prove once again that if you tell a lie enough times, people believe it.

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