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OUR NEED TO COUNTER THE ATHEIST-HOMOSEXUAL TAKEOVER OF OUR NATION

6/29/2016

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There is an uncanny similarity between the manner in which atheists have infiltrated and taken over our public education, higher education systems, government and media, and the manner in which Homosexual activists have shifted the public perspective on homosexuality from a mental disorder to a practice to be not only accepted, but celebrated. Both groups have quietly crept in and taken over our mass media and education from which positions they have built a political following strong enough to take over our national and local governments.

While many in the Christian church have been sleeping on the issue of evolution and poorly dealing with the issue of homosexuality, (giving homosexual activists plenty of ammunition to shoot at the church with), these two groups, Atheist/Liberals and Homosexual activists, (though often one and the same) have been cunningly taking power from the once politically mighty Christian community. (My, how carnality destroys credibility).

Dr. Jerry Bergman has done us an amazing and valuable service by documenting the intellectual and educational fascism that is clearly evident in our country. His books “The Slaughter of the Dissidents” and Vol II, “Silencing the Darwin Skeptics” painstakingly document beyond a doubt just how militantly atheist evolutionists control opposition to Darwinism and any attempt at scrutinizing the problems of evolution as taught is schools and universities. My question is, why? And what is the church doing about it?

The answer is sadly clear for the most part, far to many are doing NOTHING!

Sure there are a relatively few creationist scientists and organizations[1] that are on the front line of the battle, doing and amazing job exposing both the lie of evolution and the unfair, and even evil attacks we are suffering at the hands of atheists who are now in charge of our education systems.

But the saddest part of all of this is that many churches have been so blinded by their dependence on the secular system that they have themselves become agents of spreading Anti-creationism while claiming to be creationists. Their utter dependence on secular academics and atheist books, documentaries and literature, coupled with their daily diet of secular TV programming, has left them blind to their own brainwashing.

I have encountered far too many otherwise dedicated Christians who were so thoroughly indoctrinated with secularism, and who were clearly unaware that they had been making use of the wrong source material, that as a result, it has affected their “willingness” to look at the issues of evolution from a truly creationists perspective. Such encounters had the quality of the same type of intellectual debate that I have had with die-hard evolutionist atheists. The cause is clearly their constant exposure to evolution and the lack of intelligent counter material being provided by the churches. And this is tragic.

With all of the amazingly intelligent creation science material being provided by dedicated creationist scientists, with all of the many great debates available between creationist and evolutionists that were clearly won by the creationists, why are Christians and society so thoroughly convinced that Darwinian/Neo-Darwinian evolution is true?

The answer is clear to me, it is the same reason that the homosexual activist’s illogical arguments about homosexuality and transgenderism has been more and more accepted by the general public. And why they have dominated our politics and political offices. They like the atheists and liberals have focused their resources on getting control of areas that have the most mass influence power.

They already had us at a disadvantage because they can pretend to be “straight” or hide their atheist ideology while pretending to be religious, (when being religious was popular), get into office and then do all they can to serve the homosexual/atheist agendas and most of us seem to be either to carnal too discern their true character or too afraid to expose them to everyone to prevent them from getting into office. (We seem to have been tricked by the ultra love doctrine that forbids open rebuke and exposure).

So more and more homosexuals, liberal so called Christians and atheists are getting elected and they are running our local politics, which they use to make sure that our tax money and their office power is used to push their anti-Christian agenda and at the same time make themselves and their friends rich. And part of that money they make is then put back into their political machine to keep them in power. 

All the while, we true Christians seem to be playing ultra-nice, loving, trusting citizen. Too busy or too afraid to take the kind of political, social and biblical stand and actions required to get back our equal share of the power to govern. It seems that mainly only the liberal or carnal Christians are political animals, but their character and lack biblical commitment serves the atheists and homosexuals rather than us.

There is no question in my mind that to a great extent, our problem is quality Christianity. The standards of Christianity has been so lowered by many of our churches for the sake of making people feel good enough to give money, that they have forfeited the level of quality required to produce principled Christians who are more dedicated to Jesus Christ than to their feelings
(Matt. 16:14).  As a result, Christians today are rarely aware of or concerned about "by whom" or "how" our local governments are run, or how they are supposed to run, and therefore cannot tell when corruption has set in or when people with warped world views are in office, until they pass laws to alienate Christians, or a news report publicizes the latest corruption. We know little to nothing about our Constitution and other national documents, and as a result, atheists and liberals have reinterpreted them for their own devious purposes.

One organization that has tried to get the church to become more Constitutional and American History knowledgeable is the “The Wall Builders”. They own over one hundred thousand documents from the founding era and are trying to get that information to a church that has been blinded by atheist spins of our history, and dominated by an atheist controlled school and higher education system.

Please help me, if you know of any Christian Church that is truly holistically active in all of the key area that I mentioned in my previous article, please send me that information. If not, then please join me in the effort to encourage our pastors to include a more strategic approach to ministry so that the church can truly become powerful spiritual force for change in our communities.

Our young people are being captivated by the savvy programming and manipulation tactics of those non-believers unbelievers who are hostile to Christian faith, the Bible and Jesus. It is our obligation to do our very best to reach the lost and deceived with the gospel and instill within them a biblical world view that will help them to honor Jesus Christ.
 


[1] Creation Ministries International, Answers In Genesis, Institute for Creation Research, Creation Today etc.
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My comments on Dr. Michael Brown's article, sorry, but we won't rewrite the bible for gays and lesbians

6/28/2016

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I read an article one of my heroes, Dr. Michael Brown that a friend of mind posted a link to on face book. While I agreed with most of the article there are a few things that I don’t quite see as Dr. Brown. No disrespect to him and knowing him, he would not take my comments as such. I highly recommend the article for the many great points it make. Below is my brief comments on the article.
 
In the article, referring to someone who replied to his open letter, Dr. Brown said their misstatement was “based on serious misunderstandings”

This is one of my very few disagreements with Dr. Brown whom I highly respect. He is just a little too nice to these people. He does indeed go out of his way not to offend them and at some points a little too far out of the way. He has far too much knowledge of their manipulative tactics to think that they are simply “misunderstanding”. The truth is that they make clear quality decisions to accept the lies of the LGBTQ activists because those lies make them more comfortable and compatible with their homosexual family members.

It really is not difficult to see the falsehood of the LGBTQ activist argument, and so “misunderstanding” even if some really don’t understand how they are being tricked, is unacceptable. Just a little research of the Conservative Christian material that is freely available on line and from many front line Christian ministries would make clear why they are “lying”, (another word that Christians seem to be unwilling to apply to homosexual activists).

Dr. Brown states:

“Richard is one of many who are telling serious Bible believers that, "Only honest reconsideration of your theology will bring healing."

This is a tactic not an intelligent argument against the biblical prohibition against homosexuality. And it is only effective against people who have not been sufficiently taught the Bible. And unfortunately that is a very large number among Christian.

Churches have and are failing to sufficiently teach their member what the Bible means by what it teaches on the homosexuality issue, and how to effectively refute homosexual activist scripture twisting. Most pastors see no need for such training and so many of their members either leaves the church or live double lives while remaining members because there is not enough knowledge to generate conviction for doing so.

Dr. Brown is absolutely correct when he states:

“As I explained in my book Can You Be Gay and Christian?, "no new textual, archeological, sociological, anthropological, or philological discoveries have been made in the last fifty years that would cause us to read any of these biblical texts differently. Put another way, it is not that we have gained some new insights into what the biblical text means based on the study of the Hebrew and Greek texts. Instead, people's interaction with the LGBT community has caused them to understand the biblical text differently."

And the fault for the most part lies at the churches feet. That can be proven by simply asking the pastor, what training programs have they provided for their members to understand the homosexual activists tactics and counter them. Just look at their preaching library and see if you can find any detailed message on the topic of homosexuality that their members can access and be equipped by. Chances are that you will not find that information in the vast majority of churches you review.

Dr. Brown makes another very important statement in the article:

“Simply stated, if not for the sexual revolution, no one would be reexamining what the Scriptures state about God's intention for His creation.”

His important point here must not be missed; it is because people want to have forbidden sex without condemnation so they welcome any excuse not to condemn others for their sinful sex. And they want to make their loved one happy and comfortable and retain their love more than they fear God or love God, and so taking sides with their homosexual children and other family members is easier than standing for God.

But as Dr. Brown noted, Matthew 10:37 puts anyone who does this, outside of God’s grace and salvation. Many in the church are reluctant to mention this kind of biblical truth because they are ultra love agents and over step the Biblical boundary to make sinners feel good. But there is no need, God’s established love is sufficient and no amount of human attempts to whitewash God’s clearly stated condemnation of rebellion will save the rejecter of God’s truth.

Another point I part agreement with Dr. Brown is when he makes this point after telling the story about a Christian who left his church to support  his homosexual son, saying there were other churches he could go to but he had only one son. Dr. Brown then states:

“I could only wince when I heard his words, so loving in one way but so destructive in another”.

I have a problem with using the word love so loosely without defining it. That fathers “love” was selfishness, and forbidden by scripture. It was a rebellious carnal love that placed sin and personal “love” for family before God. But to do that is an act for anti-love since it contribute to the divine condemnation of the individual that you claims to love so much.

A father who truly loved their homosexual son would do all he could to help his son to see the truth about homosexuality. This does not require rejection or verbal abuse. And a truly saved father would have the love to convince his son that he loved him without having to compromise biblical truth. Dr. Brown indirectly acknowledges this when he later states: “But we will not and cannot affirm and bless what the Lord Himself opposes. To do so is to do a disservice to those in the LGBT community.”

If that is true of a Christian who supports homosexuality, it is also true of a father who does so.

So there you have it, my take on Dr Michael Brown's "Sorry, But We Won't Rewrite the Bible for Gays and Lesbians".

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HAVE YOU LISTENED? By Danzil Monk

6/27/2016

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In the words of the Psalmist- “..I am fearfully and wonderfully made..” (Ps.139:14).
 
Of all of God’s great creation humanity seems to be clearly set forth as his most cherished possession. It is this fact that prompted David to say:
 
“When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; what is man that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visitest him? (Ps. 8:3-4).
 
The answer to this question is easily found in Genesis 1:27.
“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them”.
 
As such, God placed man over the earth that He created and gave him dominion over all it’s inhabitants, His divine plan being to create a race of people after His likeness, holy and without blame before Him in love, that they should be to the praise of His glory.
(Eph. 1:4,12).
 
This He purposed in Himself, “before the foundation of the world”. (Eph. 1:9,4).
 
For, “Known unto God are all His works from the beginning of the world”. (Acts 15:18).
 
However, some time after the creation the first humans, after God had blessed them and established them in the earth, they rebelled against God and in doing so gave Satan dominion in the earth.
Sin and death entered the world and humanity’s problems began to over take them.
Sin became a part of their very nature. No longer were they the innocent creatures that they were when they came from the hands of their creator. No longer could they enjoy the peace and tranquility they once enjoyed when they walked in harmony with their God. Now they have been changed and their authority has been transferred to the one who masterminded there down fall.
 
SATAN
Satan, who was once named Lucifer (Latin), rebelled against God some time before the creation of man. (Isaiah 14, Ezekiel 28).
And he now uses the authority he gained from Adam to exploit humanity in his fiendish plot to deify himself in the eyes of humanity and reign on earth as our king.
(Isaiah 14:13-14, Daniel 11:36).
 
HIS SUCCESS 
In the process he has warped the minds and hearts of the people so that some will not discern between good and evil, while others choose to live by humanistic ethics that are far from godliness. He has laid complex traps for us that bind us in mental and emotional confusion to keep us from finding the way of peace. 2 Corinthians 4:3-4, Rom.3:17).  He has fed our minds with perverted concepts and morals to steer us away from truth and righteousness. Through his deception he has blinded the masses of humanity, and lead us in the path of covetousness and immorality. (Romans 1:29-31).
 
THE FOREKNOWLEDGE OF GOD 
Fortunately God is omniscient and knows all things, neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all thins are naked and open unto the eyes of Him with whom we have to do. (Isaiah 46:10, Heb. 4:13). Therefore, knowing that humanity would sin against Him and be over taken by sin, God had already provided the mean for our redemption through Jesus Christ. We are told in Revelation 13:8 that Jesus was the lamb that was slain from the foundation of the world and that His blood was shed before the foundation of the world. In gospel of John 1:29 we are told that He was the lamb that takes away the sins of the world.
 
THE BIBLE 
How God would accomplish the redemption of humanity and deliver us from the bondage of sin and the influence of Satan, and indeed how He has accomplished the redemption for us through the shed blood of Jesus Christ, is recorded in detail in the pages of God’s word the bible. It is the book of the generations of Adam (Genesis.4:1).
It is the book of the generations of the heavens and the earth.(Genesis 2:4).
It is the truth and it is the light. (St. John 17:17, Psalm 119:105). And through it God reveals to us the cause of our turmoil’s and their solution.
 
THE IMPORTANCE OF HEARING THE WORD 
The bible is indeed the word of God, and although there have been countless attempts to disprove its validity and destroy its influence; it still remains authoritative and reliable.
Millions today still testify of its life-changing message.
There are however millions more who have never taken the time to hear it’s message.
 
God has tried in vain to persuade them to listen to His offer of salvation. Because He has chosen not to violate there will in this matter they have exercised their right not to listen, and in doing so robbed themselves of the opportunity to be saved.
 
Faith can only come by hearing (or reading) the word of God. (Romans 1:17). Believing in Jesus is essential for salvation, and you cannot believe in Him if you have not heard of Him. (Romans 10:14).
 
God has commissioned His Spirit filled, blood washed servants to preach the gospel of salvation throughout the whole world to every creature, and this work is being carried out today. (Mark 16:15).  The question is, are you listening?  Are you going to the place where God’s word can be heard?  If so, are you listening carefully in order to understand so that you might become a partaker of God’s gift of salvation?
Jesus said in Mark 4:24 “Take heed what you hear…unto you that hear, shall more be given”.  Hebrews 2:1 tell us that we “ought to give the more earnest heed to the things that we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip”.
 
Jesus also exposed Satan’s desire to keep us from hearing and obeying God’s word. (Luke 8: 2).
 
The book of Acts reveals to us that Satan uses people who follow him to hinder the preaching of the gospel. (Acts 13:6-12, 14:1-7).
 
Therefore the choice is yours. You can neglect to hear God’s word and reject it’s message excepting the consequences that will be the result, (Acts 13:45-46, 14:1-7, St. John 8:24, Rev.20:11-15), or you can find a church where God’s word is being preached and taught, where you can learn the truth that can set you free. (St. John 8:31-32).
 
If you have searched but you can not find a church that teaches the whole gospel, where you can worship God and learn of Him, (Matthews 11:29), We invite you to (as Joshua said),
“Come hither, and hear the word of the lord your God”.  (Joshua 3:9).
 
If you are interested in escaping the soon coming wrath that will be unleashed on this sin infested world, (2 Peter 3:3-12), please contact us , and we will tell you words whereby you and your family can be saved. (Acts 11:13-14).
 
Please don’t delay. Tomorrow is not promised to you. (Proverbs 27:1).
Today if you hear His voice, harden not your heart. (Hebrews 4:7).
Seek ye the Lord while He may be found, (Isaiah 55:6).
 
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"THE DARWIN EFFECT" another major contribution

6/24/2016

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Note: This review of Dr. Jerry Bergman's book, " The Darwin Effect" was originally published on line December 15, 2014.

​Once again Former atheist, Dr. Jerry Bergman goes where few authors seem to be willing to go. Into the deep areas of the negative effects that the late Mr. Charles Darwin and his erroneous and even blasphemous ideas has had on society via the minds and actions of far too many of the white, so called elite of Europe and elsewhere.

It opens with this introduction:

"This book documents how often-and how easily- Darwinism has been exploited for sinister political ends by a wide assortment of persons and movements...Since the turn of the last century, a large number if professors and scientists became Darwinists, and as a result, had an enormous influence and effect on society."

The introduction later states:

"The author has endeavored not to misrepresent Darwinism, but also felt compelled to cover details that are often sorely neglected in much of the evolution literature. The picture documented in this work is not pretty- but both sad and tragic. The words of leading Darwinian scientists, such as Charles Darwin and Ernst Haeckel, whose racist ideas were crystal clear in their writings, were often allowed to speak for themselves."

Digging deep in his dedication to expose what many atheists, evolutionists, liberals, Satanists, and countless other anti-God and pseudo-Christian groups would rather keep hidden about the far reaching harmful effects Darwinian Evolution has had on society, Dr. Bergman has once again done us a great service by placing the particulars of those horrible effects at our fingertips.

This new book, "The Darwin Effect: It's influence on Nazism, Eugenics, Racism, Communism, Capitalism & Sexism", is the third of an ongoing series of books on Charles Darwin and his influence, in which Bergman takes us deeper into the pit of Darwin's negative world influence. It was precede by the authors two previous works, "The Dark Side of Charles Darwin", and "Hitler and the Nazis Darwinian worldview: How the Nazis Eugenic Crusade for a Superior Race Caused the Greatest Holocaust in World History", both of which have likewise provided us with invaluable documentation and insight into the real Charles Darwin and his reckless propagation of false ideas and their overall effects on society.

In 17 brief chapters, Dr. Bergman masterfully packs a wealth of details about the origin of biological racism and some of the key people and methods by which that racism morphed into the many atrocities that we have witnessed in our society over the last several decades.

From Darwin, Alfred Russel Wallace, Darwin's cousin Sir Francis Galton, historian Edward Larson, Robert Chambers, Thomas H. Huxley, H.G. Wells, The heart gripping Tasmanian Genocide, The eugenics movement in America, The Ku Klux Klan, Darwin's critical influence on ruthless capitalism, the communist holocausts, and the Darwinian criminality theory, to the 20th-century totalitarianism holocaust, Dr. Bergman seems to leave no stone unturned in his effort to set the record straight in this book, and in doing so he lays at Darwin's feet, many of the evils that Darwinists have desperately striven to disassociate themselves and their beloved Charles Darwin from.

With this kind of candid efforts being made by some educators determined to honestly put Charles Darwin and his relevance in proper perspective up against the common whitewash that his legacy has received for far too long, many who have been mesmerized by the Darwin hype may just find their way to reality concerning his true legacy. This book should be in every Library, every school library and in every American home.
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tHE DARK SIDE OF CHARLES DARWIN: Another rare and bold exposé of the real Charles Darwin

6/24/2016

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Note: This review of Dr. Jerry Bergman's book "The Dark Side of Charles Darwin" was originally published on line back July 25, 2011.

He is perhaps one of the best science educators around with an impressive nine academic degrees, an amazing history of having over 800 publications in 12 languages and 30 monographs and books including "slaughter of the dissidents" and "Persuaded by the Evidence".

In just 14 short chapters author Dr. Jerry Bergman manages to capture the essence of one of, if not the most taboo, aspects of science history.

Effectively peeling away the myths that surround and protect the legacy of the single most iconic character in science, Bergman reintroduces us to the man few of us really knew. But in order to accomplish this Bergman has to focus on a side of his subject that few evolutionists, if any, are eager to be exposed to.

With over a thousand references to execute his reintroduction of the man so many thought they knew, Dr. Jerry Bergman has done a great service to science and history by publishing his latest book, "The Dark Side of Charles Darwin".

The importance of another such book is made apparent early on in the introduction:

"Darwin was an icon of science during his own lifetime, and his icon status has grown enormously since then. This book provides some needed balance by looking at his dark side, however briefly, and is one of a handful of new books now beginning to reevaluate Darwin's legacy.

Criticism of Darwin is rare because it goes "against the grain of conformist academic praise for Charles Darwin" that is all too common in academia, the media, and our public school classrooms.

It also goes against the common perception among scientists and academics that Darwin, "one of the greatest of our [science] figures should not be dissected."


This is indeed a good explanation as to why this book is needed. Considering the wide spread adoration that is commonly directed towards Charles Darwin today, Dr. Bergman wisely assesses the need for a more honest and balanced perspective concerning the man who is considered by many to be the single greatest influence of modern science. Again within the introduction Bergman states:

"More than 100 biographies of Darwin have been published in English alone since 1885, all of them favorable, and many very favorable. To understand Darwin and his work, though, the whole story must be told, especially since many people today view him almost as a god.
This work attempts to understand Darwin the man and the impact that his work has had on society for good and evil. As he documents, "Darwin was himself in error about lots of things. Actually, in "his seriously flawed book" the Origin of Species, he was in error about many of his ideas, including the means of genetic inheritance and the source of phenotypic variety."


The book is divided into four parts, -Darwin and Christianity-Darwin and Mental Health- Darwin and His Theory - and -Darwin, Racism, and Sexism.

Within each of the four divisions are chapters that explode with information about Charles Darwin that has for far too long been ignored by the media and academia.

The opening chapter appropriately addresses the condition that existed and the cunning methods that Charles Darwin and his friends used in his day to dethrone creationism and replace it with evolutionary naturalism.

Other chapters address the connection between Darwinism and atheism, Darwin's religious views, his often overlooked mental health issues, his faulty scholarship and his long disproven scientific views, his undeniable connection to racism and eugenics, his little addressed unfavorable view of women and his well established guilt of plagiarism.

The Book appropriately concludes with an examination of the subject that made Darwin famous, Natural Selection, effectively showing why it was wrong, then and now, to claim it as the mechanism of evolution.

The worst nightmare of an activist evolutionist is a highly educated and well informed creationist who has dedicated his life to the defense and propagation of true science, and exposing the false.

Jerry Bergman is such a man, and I consider him a gift to the science community and to the church.
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​SOME BLAME LIES AT THE FOOT OF THE INEFFECTIVE CHRISTIAN CHURCH

6/16/2016

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Disclaimer: Before reading this message, please note the following; I am not attempting to condemn the universal Christian church which I believe to be still subject to the will of God, dedicated and determined to obey God’s word and unwilling to follow the world. This universal Church is the true church of believers on every continent of this planet who are striving to be sold out to God and are not tempted by the allure of worldly possessions, worldly favor, position, popularity, celebrity or perks. Such believers cannot be brought with money and they are not controlled by their sexual nature. Their primary goal is to understand and fulfill God’s will in this earth until He returns. But they are not perfect people without any kind of faults, nor are they glorified. Any attempt to use this message to condemn the universal Church would be a monumental waste of time. It is the local visible church of every denomination and kind that is my target.

Our nation and the world are clearly in a spiritually deprived state. Some nations that once had a dominate Christian presence has now become predominately atheist. We have lost most of our young generation to a mindset of ideologies that are foreign to biblical standards and commitment.  And it is becoming more and more difficult to even find people who claim to be Christians who are actually dedicated to the rightly divided Word of God and Biblical Christianity. Indeed we are living in the last days. (2 Tim. 3:1-5)

The truth of the matter is that the universal Christian church has for a long time been much smaller than it was made to appear to be by referencing Christian organizations, personalities and denominations.

While it may be true that during our founding era, the majority of our American citizens were properly referred to as Christian, (though even then many were not as dedicated to the rightly divided word as they should have been), at some point that status quickly faded as more and more fake moralist Christians slid into positions of leadership in media, government and education and began bringing in their people of like mind to stack the deck as it were against those who did not share their liberal viewpoints.

Eventually, there were more liberals in positions of power in media, government and education than there were true conservative Bible believing Christians, and that became true of the major newspapers as well. And so the plot to move the American people away from Christianity and towards a more liberal, free thinking form of “Christianity” (which in fact was not Christianity), that did not carry the weight, integrity and accountability of the more biblically sound version of Christianity, was realized, and we have now the result of all that hard work, a nation of mostly non-Christian, “Christians”, and outright anti-Christians. And for the most part, they are the people who seem to be running our nation via media, schools and local governments.

But the question is, where does the blame lie? Who is most responsible for the deterioration of faithful and true Christianity in America? That answers can be clearly and easily laid at the feet of the Christian Churches. Why, because it was they whom God charged with the responsibility to spread the message of the Gospel and to stand against all corruption and evil in the world.
(Mark 16:15-16), But not only that, they were also charged with the responsibility of keeping the church pure from infiltration by agents of deception and morally deprives individuals whose agenda was to destroy the integrity of the Christian Church in the eyes of the masses,
(Galatians 2:4-5, Jude 3-4) on both counts, the local church as failed miserably. And we were warned about this taking place. (2 Peter2:1-3)

How did the church fail? By allowing the wrong people to rise to positions of leadership. By placing spiritually unfit family and friends relationships ahead of God and His clear instructions for who should run the local churches, by allowing unqualified people to rise to the top leadership positions and change the message and commitment from God and His word to the world. By failing to take a real stand against clearly false doctrine and false prophets, opting rather to pursue financial gain, popularity, marketability and safety from personal scrutiny.

The church has also failed by its unwillingness to maintain a safe guard of their access to secular media and its place in the leadership of our government and public education. They have basically allowed themselves to be kicked out or they ran out, no longer having a backbone for conflict or spiritual combat.

Of the few that are still fighting, some are not doing a sufficient job of training their youth to fight and be able to maintain their stability and dedication to biblical truth in all of the areas of mass influence such as media, social media, the press, government, education, Hollywood and even in public forums.

Many of those who are still in those places are more concerned about making money than staying faithful to God.

In the churches, the key problem was and still is their failure to produce truly saved, stable, intelligent, dedicated, well informed and determined replacements for leadership in the church. Therefore when the biblically committed powerhouses left and now leave off the scene, they are often replaced by lukewarm or pretentious “believers” who have no intention of holding up the biblical standards or fulfilling God’s mandates in the world. Their personal agendas and doing what will make their job as easy and as financially profitable as possible is their primary focus and they are not the least bit concerned about standing before God to give an account for their failures. They are living for today not eternity. That is why it is easy for them to compromise with the ungodly. Their liberal-leftist viewing diet of night time dramas, secular news, talk shows, documentaries and sitcoms serve to keep them sedated to true Christianity and most of the important biblical truths that we should be following.
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Now you understand and see why there are so few pastors and ministers who use their positions to aggressively and consistently meet all of the above criteria in our society.

O yes many will give a sound bite here and there and when a big opportunity comes, grand stand for their fifteen minutes of fame, but how many pastors do you know who have dedicated their church to staying connected to all major branched of mass influence and whose primary goal is evangelism, educating the members and defending the truth? How many can you name who in addition to the above have all of the following auxiliaries regularly operating in their church:

Political committee responsible for keeping the church informed about whom their local and national political leaders are, who are running for election, and their history and character, what laws are being voted on and when, what policies they are trying to pass that directly and negatively affect the people of the city for better or worse, and what their view of the Bible is etc.

Education Committee responsible for keeping the church informed about all matters of the local school system, including details about any curriculum that is anti-Christian or otherwise harmful to our children.

Media and Hollywood Committee  responsible for monitoring the networks for anti-Christian programming and galvanizing movements to challenge those networks who disrespect or ignore us, (like the homosexuals do, and you wonder why they now control the media). Since our people are greatly influenced by the TV, it is a no brainer that we should maintain a constant watch and counter-active and proactive program concerning it. In fact, we should also have a presence there even in prime time. The question is, why don’t we? Why is it that the only glimmer of any kind of “Christianity” on secular TV is the embarrassing Tyler Perry material that plays right into that hand of anti-Christianism. Why are there no truly Christian quality dramas, sitcoms, talk shows or News programs on major network secular TV? Because Christians do not have the unity, boldness and the determination to stand for the God they claim to serve. They put their money and their efforts where they are not likely to have to fight. And they are out smarted by homosexuals, atheists and other liberals who have taken over the most powerful media of influence. (Luke 16:8)

Homosexual counter force responsible for keep an eye on their agendas and progress and reporting on their tactics and movements in all key areas that give them power to harm us that they should not have. And not only countering their strategies but proactively preventing them from coming to fruition. Since it is clear that they are a present threat to our spiritual and natural wellbeing as a nation, it is our obligation to stand against their agendas while we stand for their protection from violence and “true” injustice.

Atheist counter Force This group is another that has been allowed to weave their web of control over our nation and an anti-Christianity sentiment that threatens us all. Just look at how they have been allowed to take over our institutions of lower and higher education, especially in the field of science. This auxiliary would be responsible for not only keeping the church informed about what is being done by them to destroy the Judeo-Christian status of our country, but also supporting and keeping connected with organizations that are on the front lines battling the atheist agendas in all areas and providing the church with material to train us to refute their teachings and expose their agendas. This would include keeping up on CREATION SCIENCE defenses against the lie of EVOLUTION.

Biblical Apologetics department Whose primary job is to stay up on the best scholarship defending the integrity of the Bible and supply the church with material to counter attacks on the Bible.

I could go on, but I think you get my point. Such is not the case in the vast majority of modern churches (actually I don’t know of even one), not even among the church organizations that are over them, who have a vastly greater budget and people power to accomplish the above and much more.

This lack of attention to and commitment to such details and issues has helped to produce watered down Christian leaders and followers who are not able to effectively defend their faith or resist basic temptations.

You wonder why the Christian church is not well respected these days when so many are steeped in scandal of one kind or other both publically exposed and not publicized.
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When a leader commits a horrendous transgression, and then lies about it until they are exposed, there are few who will stand to publically chastise them in a loving manner (there are many unloving attacks), that will demand stepping down and repentance and doing their first works over.

There is however, no shortage of support from other leaders almost to the point of no fault. Not even a demand for a clear public statement fully confessing the wrong and exonerating Christianity, God and the Bible from connection to their committed sin. 

But what about mercy you say? What about their guilt that drives them to want to commit suicide? That is what other Christian leaders are for, and if they were doing their job efficiently, it may not come to that, and it certainly should not in most cases if the leaders are on their job, but there are other situations where such tragedies will be inevitable.

In the first place, the tragic sin could have been prevented in most cases if the proper checks and balances were in place. But if a slick minister gets past those checks and balances and finally gets caught and then due to the embarrassment and rejection he has to endure, decides to take his own life, we deal with that without falsely blaming ourselves for not being able to stop them because we were not “loving and forgiving enough”.

 And for those of you who are tempted to place me in the category of an unloving, selfish Christian, who hasn’t got a clue about what true Christian Love is, please tell me where the Bible verse is that any of the other disciples wrote a heart worming letter about Judas Iscariot who killed himself. Matthew 27:5 and how they should have comforted him and because they did not, they are responsible for his death.

You see, the Church has allowed false ideas about Christian love to come in and dominate our theology and it has opened the door to all kinds of sins that are not being correctly dealt with, Including FORNICATION AND ADULTRY.

Now I know that we are probably at the point of no return in the world, these are the last days. But I see nowhere in the great word of God where we as the church are given the permission to let down the standards just because the end is near. I do see the need to be even more dedicated to the revealed word of God a we see the day approaching. (Rom.13:11)

This message will no doubt alienate me from many Christians especially leaders who until now loved me and appreciated my ministry, but I am willing to suffer that rejection and still maintain my love for them because I understand that not everyone professing to be a Christian are indeed Christians, and that not even true Christians are all dedicated enough spiritually to handle such a message. You have my prayers.

I know that one day we will all stand before God to give an account of every deed done in our bodies, (Rom 14:10, Rom. 2:1-13 2 Corin. 5:10) and I am not willing to be rejected by Him just to keep your love and friendship.

In closing, let me state for the record again that I am not indicting the entire spectrum of Christian churches and certainly not the universal church which consists of all true dedicated believers, who are indeed doing the will of God. Detractors within the church always tend to focus on trying to defend bad behavior which is not biblically defendable, and rarely will they even bother to acknowledge the clear facts of history or the current carnality and compromise that are so evident in the visible churches.

My point is that the vast majority of the local churches fail terribly in fulfilling what the Bible clearly teaches as its obligation to not be dedicated to worldliness (1 John 2:15), and it is that failure that has allowed the unrighteous and wicked to gain and maintain the kind of control they have today. (Proverbs 29:2)

Again, I also understand that these things must happen for the Word of God to be fulfilled,
(2 Tim. 3:1-5), but that does not mean that we as Christians should go along with the evil just because it was inevitable and predicted in the Word of God. We are instructed to stand for that which is right and to resist the devil, (Eph. 6:11 Jam. 4:7) we are told that if we are not with Jesus, we are against Him. (Matt.12:20). We are to have NO FELLOWSHIP with the unfruitful works of darkness. (Eph.5:11)

All this and much more is in the great Word of God, but many professing believers in God are more willing to be at odds with God and friends with the world, (James 4:4) than to be faithful to God. That is a dangerous game to play.
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I can play and act the fool with the best of them, and I enjoy laughter and being silly with friends, but when it comes to standing for what is Biblically right, I must do my best to stand with God. May God through the church raise many more to stand with an unyielding commitment to God and His Word who can be seen by the world. There are so many poor examples of Christians; thank God there are still a few who are letting their lights shine.
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

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MY DIALOGUE WITH A PRO-HOMOSEXUAL ATHEIST

6/3/2016

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 Back in January of this year (2016) I posted an article that challenged all Christians to love homosexuals, but to love them with the truth and not lies or worthless compromise that does not benefit them. The article was my honest attempt to reach out to my Christian brothers and sisters and encourage them to be the kind of example that God called us to be as laid out for us in His word.

Tough I did receive positive emails; I also received one negative comment from someone who described himself as an atheist. And his comments I felt should be shared along with my replied.
Your comments are welcome.

His opening comment was:
“Since the previous commenter has seen fit to discuss the content, rather than the mechanics of this article in the main, I happily find myself feeling empowered to do the same.

I should begin by stating my position as an atheist - that no empiracle (sic) evidence exists to prove the existence of god. With this starting point in mind, I find it amazing that you first link righteousness to godliness and then suggest that a non-believer's objection to the christian denouncement of homosexuality may be the result of their perceived unrighteousness and an inability to hold a morally sound position.” 

[Note, I did not suggest their inability to hold a moral position, atheist have a habit of misrepresenting Christians and falsely accusing them of things. It is a tactic that is very effective in wasting time and avoiding the issue being discussed]
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Since I was not clear on what point he was making, I replied:
"I am not sure of your reference point in my article, it would help if you quote a section of the area you are referring to so that I can more accurately reply."
 
He responded:
“You refer to the ‘unrighteous’ in your article, and since I think it’s reasonable to assume that you are not referring to those who do follow christian doctrine, you are surely referring to those who do not; thus there is an implied link between righteousness and godliness in this article.
[That is correct]
Having reread your article, I find no direct link between this and the morality of a non-believer, however I think it is reasonable to assume that by ‘unrighteous’ you do not mean ‘those of good morals’. In any case, since you have later questioned where my morals could come from if not god, I think I am justified in making the original assumption despite its absence from the article itself.”

[In other words he did not see any connection between my view of Christian righteousness and holiness and the morality of atheists. Meaning my view does not affect the reality their true morality. Naturally I disagreed since I argued that his world view has no place for morality of any kind].

I replied:
"Why would you when your standards are based on atheism? But your inability to find a link does not mandate an absence of a link. That is unless you are omniscient of course."

[My point was that his inability to see was due to his ignorance and not my error. Since Morality does not come in a Variety of concepts and cannot be molded and shaped into any form humans want to present it in, his point was moot. I knew that he could well see but claimed not to see to avoid the accountability of his false perspective on morality]. He did not respond to this comment.
 
He then stated:
“As an atheist, I find no need for scripture to inform my morals; I find myself perfectly capable of taking a moral stance without it. Within this umbrella lies the ability to judge - whatever that judgement may conclude - the extent to which homosexuality may, in my opinion, be considered 'right'.”

I replied with a statement and a question:
"As one who spends much of my time in dialogue with atheists, I have come to expect your kind of reply, I understand your argument and I will try to get you to explain its logic. As an atheist, please tell me what your foundation for morality is? You seem to be a self assured atheist who has no doubt that there is no God and that therefore the Bible and Christianity are false, so perhaps you will be able to enlighten me as to what you base your morality on?"

He replied:
“I  base my morality on the ‘independent spectator’ that we all have, and maintain that there is no reason to suggest that this independent moral judgement (sic) comes from god. I say this for two reasons. 

1. Different cultures have different opinions on what can be considered to be morally sound. Morals are therefore clearly a product, in part, of where you live and the moral judgements (sic) that you have seen around you.

2. There seems to be good evidence to suggest that social cohesion is of evolutionary benefit to a species in many cases – the pooling of resources, safety in numbers & an increase in opportunities to procreate are just three such examples. This requires basic morality as a means of determining what is right or wrong for that group, and is therefore likely to be an innate genetic trait as well as a social construct.

I replied:
"I am not clear on what you are referring to here. If you are referring to our ability as humans to perceive morality and form some form of moral code within a community, that is hardly a foundation upon which to base your morality since as you have pointed out below, such a morality differs from culture to culture and thus provides no reliable standard upon which to live by.

It appears that you are grasping at straws here since your example supports my argument rather than yours. The fact that “Different cultures have different opinions on what can be considered to be morally sound” is evidence that the type of moral standard you are referring to is insufficient. I am writing about a higher standard of morality that transcends human origin, not the cultural tendencies to pick and choose or create their own brand of morality. While your world view requires that you attribute the concept of morality to human invention, you have no logical bases for doing so, if we are only evolved animals as your world view must demand; then there is no real moral law or requirement to follow the variety made up by human collaboration. In your world view, anything can be established as a moral code."

He continued:
“2. There seems to be good evidence to suggest that social cohesion is of evolutionary benefit to a species in many cases – the pooling of resources, safety in numbers & an increase in opportunities to procreate are just three such examples. This requires basic morality as a means of determining what is right or wrong for that group, and is therefore likely to be an innate genetic trait as well as a social construct.”

I replied:
"It seems that you are willing to settle for an illogical explanation for the existence of morality in order to avoid the necessity of God.
Acknowledging that society requires morality to be sustained and then attributing that morality to genetics with no scientific evidence of a moral gene, is not being logical. In fact, you have to borrow from the Judeo-Christian world view to sustain your concept of morality since atheism really has no use for or real explanation for morality.

Without a universal code of morality and accountability, and an authority to enforce that accountability, you are left with the obvious problem of “whose morality gets to be THE morality”, and for how long, since it can change depending on who is in charge.

Granted, the so called “Christianity” that seems to come in hundreds of flavors, can be a formidable obstacle to overcome on the way to getting at the truth, but there is sufficient information available to help any serious person get past the noise to the truth. And that truth does indeed stand out from all other world religions, and contains both a logical explanation for the origin of moral law as well as an accountability system to enforce it, and one’s personal belief does not change it."

He continued:
“I need no divine supervision to act within this moral framework. Without god, there are still consequences to behaving immorally – social exclusion & retribution for example. This sets moral behaviour (sic) as a direct evolutionary benefit – mystery explained, I think.”

I replied:
"You seem to be too intelligent to really think that having consequences for violating a fabricated system of morality, establishes that morality as true morality. But it seems that you must to avoid the God factor. You still are stuck with an internal moral system with no true origin or logical bases. Morality, like love, thought, and life itself make no since without God. I think you know this but you must deny it to protect you atheist worldview. You know that science is not the answer and evolution is extremely limited and cannot account for life. So while you are well within your rights to deny and reject God and Christianity, and protest my article, you really have no intelligent or moral ground to do so."

He had also said:
“In case you are interested, I take the stance that since homosexuality can be observed throughout the animal kingdom from chimps to dolphins, it's probably not going to result in the downfall of human society.” 

To which I replied:
"I take it that you are suggesting that we as humans should get our morals from the animal kingdom? Many eat their young and kill for food, take what they want as the stronger, are you suggesting that we take our instructions from other animals?"

And he responded:
“Of course not. Morality is one evolutionary trait amongst many. Dolphins have evolved to live in water and attack sharks by butting tem with their noses – I wouldn’t recommend taking that as good advice on how to behave. What I meant by my comparison was that homosexual practices do not seem to have resulted in the demise of social groups anywhere – humans included. 
To address your counter-argument – are you under the impression that humans do not rape or commit infanticide? History begs to differ. I think you will find well documented evidence that humans – including those claiming to hold some of the highest orders of ‘godliness’ have been found to commit rape. As for infanticide, I really hope that it is not necessary for me to point out the proliferation of this, both historically and presently, amongst those that consider that they have god’s permission (and indeed, indictment) to do so. Just open a newspaper or switch on the news. Happily, most humans seem to have evolved the sound moral judgement (sic) to avoid such things, many without the help of any deity.
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I replied:
"But that is an assumption based on a false idea that humans evolved from lower animals. While it is a popular idea propped up by savvy tactics, it has no historical or scientific evidence to substantiate it."

He continued:
“What I meant by my comparison was that homosexual practices do not seem to have resulted in the demise of social groups anywhere – humans included.”

I replied:
"But you are smart enough to understand that homosexual relationships do not naturally result in procreation and is thus contrary to the perpetuation of human civilization. It requires social confusion to operate and is an established medical hazard both physically and psychologically. And it is a sin because it is against the natural function of the sexes as defined by our creator. As an atheist, none of this concerns you because it is to your advantage to undermine any such thing that supports the existence of God."

He continued: 
“To address your counter-argument – are you under the impression that humans do not rape or commit infanticide? History begs to differ...”

I replied:
"My argument is for Godliness, righteousness etc. I have not argued for false representations of Christianity and human depravity so I see no reason for your point."

He Continued:
“..Happily, most humans seem to have evolved the sound moral judgement to avoid such things, many without the help of any deity.”

I replied:
"But how do you know they did not borrow their morality from those who did follow a deity? I am amazed at how much faith atheists have in assumptions, often more than we Christians have in God."

He had also stated:
“Furthermore, the vile dogma preached for years surrounding this has led to innocent people being lynched, beaten and kicked to death by it's believers.”

To which I replied:
"By this, you are suggesting that anyone openly objecting to an idea is at once responsible for any other person’s use of that objection to do physical harm to others. Is that logical?"

He responded:
“Again, of course I’m not, but then you’re not simply expressing your opinion; you are encouraging an action too.”
 
I then asked:
 
"What action am I encouraging other than getting the truth to homosexuals and others about their sexual practices and activist agenda of misinformation and the divine and natural consequences?
None of which encourage any hostile activity against homosexuals. If you view such exposure as encouraging hostility, or hate, then you are not thinking logically. That view would also apply to you and your objections to my message. Is there a double standard?"
 
He continued:
"Preachment of this sort has been proven historically to be very dangerous if you happen to be gay. There may well be few people nowadays that will commit violence as a result of this preachment, however there are far more that will happily shun or verbally abuse others in the name of it." 
 
To which I replied:
"You are still arguing illogically, telling someone that they are doing something wrong and harmful or exposing their deceptive agenda does not force anyone to do them harm. Nor does it force someone who is psychologically stable to harm themselves. People have a right to shun that which they have good reason to object to and to state their reasons and concerns is not verbal abuse. Additionally, because there are people who are unstable enough to be abusive about their objection to homosexuality, does not make their objections wrong."

He also asked:
“Why preach this to others knowing that in some cases it may lead to violence, emotional hurt against; or indeed the patronisation (sic) of, an innocent person
 
 
And I replied:
"Again, you are attempting to blame me for the foolish actions of others supposedly based on what I say. That is a crafty tactic; albeit illogical, that has long been used to silence my kind of message and it is intellectually dishonest. Are you aware that you kind of accusations have lead to homosexuals committing hostile acts against non-homosexuals? Are you to blame for their unstable conduct?"

[This kind of logical questioning disturbs them because they know that it addresses the illogic of their argument and exposes their game].
 
He continued:
"particularly since one individual’s sexuality is none of your business, or that of your church?”
 
I replied:
"It is my business when they flaunt their homosexuality in my face in public and on TV and force it into my children’s school curriculum, and when they use craft and deceptions to get laws passed to force acceptance of their sexual “orientation”. Enough has been published to fully expose what is going on, so I cannot accept that you are ignorant of the issues unless you have intentionally avoided such material. But then, as an atheist, addressing that fairly would not necessarily be of interest to you."
 
He said:
“My defence (sic) of homosexuality is based on a number of principles – the law made through debate and the combined moral judgement (sic) of humans; the lack of empirical evidence to suggest that it is wrong, much less dangerous; and my own morality.” 
 
I replied:
"A law cannot be passed legally to require acceptance of homosexuality. That is not the governments function, nor is it constitutional. 
Humans cannot make an immoral act moral, only through ignorance and clever manipulation of easily influenced people via media and schools can such twisted idea be made to seem good and right.
You have clearly not bothered to research this matter carefully, there are many evidences not only proving the wrongness and danger of homosexuality, but also documented evidence as to how they forced the APA and other manor psychological organizations to take them off the disorder lists not by scientific investigation but by hostile actions. Homosexuals themselves have boasted about this.
Your morality is not the standard for humanity and thus is not of much help in determining which of us is right in this matter. 
Your defense of homosexuality neglects a wealth of details that incriminates it while your indictment of Christianity by use of presumably what “so called Christians” do in violation of the rightly divided Biblical mandate requires, is interesting."
 
He continued:
"For this; the religious should, in my opinion, be offering far more by way of apology, rather than seeking to resurrect such a divisive and frankly dangerous doctrine”
 
I replied:
"You will first have to explain the logic of your argument before suggesting our apology.

To which he shot back:
“Not ‘our’ apology, rather, ‘your’ apology; for the reasons stated above. If your unnecessary preachment as outlined in this article leads to such persecution”
           
To which I shot back:
"Again, your reasoning is illogical; persecution has its own definition and does not need to be redefined. Objecting to someone’s flaunting of their sexual preference can hardly be called leading to persecution. Neither can exposing crafty tactics, deceptions, depravity and dishonesty be called leading to persecution. I am amazed at how many words you all have simply redefined and twisted to suit your purpose. To say that it leads to persecution is a tactic and not intelligent argument, especially since it would just as easily apply to your comments."
 
He continued:
“(by the way, lovingly urging someone to stop being gay is persecution of the most patronizing order), you should absolutely apologise (sic) for it, as should those whose preachments have led to this in the past.”

And I replied:
"Since my deep faith conviction as a Christian requires me to inform homosexuals to stop being homosexual, would your insistence that by doing so I am causing others to harm homosexuals and should apologize, be properly considered persecution? Is it persecution when homosexuals picket business owners for choosing not to make homosexual supporting items? Or is it persecution when homosexuals post the personal information of those who do not support their “orientation” online and harasses them with obscene phone calls and emails etc.?" 
 
He concluded by saying:
"Thank you Danzil. It is exactly this type of respectful public discourse that allows people of all faiths and none to express their reasoned arguments without fear of being labelled (sic) as bigoted or (insert ideology)phobic. I fully trust that anyone reading our exchange is presented with a clear understanding of each point of view and the tools necessary to make a fully informed judgement (sic). Thanks again."
 
 
I replied:
"You are welcome Adrian, thanks again for commenting. I will be reading your material as well. Have a great New Year."
 
As you can see he communicated typical atheists/pro homosexual arguments and sentiments even though he was a lot more polite than the average atheist.
I hope this brief dialogue will be useful to you, or at least edifying. Join me in prayer for him that God will save him.
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Does God Exist debate: why Christians are losing more than they should be

6/3/2016

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Anyone who has watched any number of debates on the existence of God, particularly those involving the so called four horsemen of atheism, Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens, but also any of the many others, (Note: I do not recommend that Christians go looking for this kind of material), should have noticed a common tendency of them all to major in rhetoric, straw man attacks and character assignation far more than they do actually defending their world view of atheism.

The problem is that while much has been written by competent Christian thinker to effectively refute all of their relevant attacks against the Judeo-Christian God, little of that material seems to be reaching the local churches, Mega or small.

That alone is a tragedy that is in my opinion, unacceptable. And one that must be laid at the feet to the pastors of those churches that are deficient in any meaningful ability to stand up to atheists intellectual assaults, either due to the use of faulty Christian material such as theistic Neo-Darwinian evolution arguments instead of non Darwinian-creation science material such as provided by Creation Ministries International, Institute for Creation Research, Answers In Genesis, Creation Today and others, or by failing to provide any ministry at all that answers and challenges the major attacks.

But what is just as unacceptable is the far too often weak representation that the Christian community has representing them in their defense in such debates. A weakness demonstrated by either a lack of sufficient preparation for the atheist opponents that they are debating, like the embarrassing job done by Actor Kirk Cameron and Ray comfort the Televised ABC News Nightline Face-off,[1]  (I believe they have improved since then), or by the melancholy, timid or overt effort to be friendly, that comes across as weak, allowing the atheist to steamroll over them.

Some Christian debaters, while fairly well prepared for defending the Christian position, fail to control their atheist opponent and allow them to not only deviate from the debate topic, wasting valuable time, but often follow them off topic. Additionally they allow the atheist to waste time with unreasonably long answers during the cross examinations to (I believe, intentionally) use up time.
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And perhaps what gets to me most is the Christian debater’s failure to point out to the atheist when they have knowingly told a bold face lie, or knowingly misrepresented the Christian view or scientific truth, having had it clearly explained in previous debates with other Christian debaters.

I am also disappointed in how some Christian debaters accept debates with scientists who specialize in fields that they themselves are not proficient in and come off looking bad by not being able to refute “scientific sounding arguments” that have been well refuted by other competent Creationist Scientists. And what about those “WHY DIDN’T, WHY DON’T GOD” questions? How often have we heard such question go either unanswered by the Christian debater or answered incorrectly?

I am not here attempting to trash my Christian brothers and sisters who are courageously on the front line of this intellectual war, indeed, I highly commend them for even taking the time to study so that they can feel comfortable enough to stand before a crowd and be pilfered with questions about God, the Bible and Christianity. My concern is that most of them seem to have forgotten that atheists should not be allowed to control the conversation with deck-stacking questions, or false representations of God. And they should not be so “Kind” that they can’t challenge an atheist’s arrogance, misrepresentations or rudeness.

In addition to all this, we allow them to stack the deck in their favor by their carefully controlled, selected Christian debater and non Christian host, who are careful not to invite the wrong Christian apologists/scientists that might destroy their atheism defender in the public arena, this too has resulted in the public being doped into thinking that Christianity as a worldview is a dying idea.

It is indeed a masterful move on the part of the enemy to gain as much of a monopoly that he can on the media, and present controlled programming that makes Christianity look stupid, dumb, timid, ignorant and ineffective.

I am currently putting together a report on the many TV dramas, talk shows and sitcoms that have taken undue pot shots and God, Christianity and the Bible with little or no rebuttals or protest from the Christian community or its leaders.

This would not be so effective if Christians who have a large viewing audience were efficient not only in their defense of the Bible and Christianity, but prudent and proactive in their programming to the extent that they pulled the rug out from under the deceptions by directly addressing all of the major atheist/evolutionists/homosexual etc. attacks against God, His word and Christianity.

Any conversation with a young college or high school student about why they do not believe in God or the Bible will yield a wealth of information about whom and what is influencing their worldviews. And poor Christian examples are not the only thing that is driving people away from the church. A lack of intelligent, sound answers to their questions is a major turn off. I know, I talk with these young people and I have seen the transformation that they go through when I confront them with intelligent, sound answers to their Bible-God-Christianity questions.

The massive amount of anti-Bible/Christian rhetoric that floods the internet, TV, cable, movies and education, demands that the church rises to the occasion using the abundance of powerful, intelligent and extremely effective Christian arguments to counter the enemies bid for the souls that we as a church have been commissioned to reach with the ministry of reconciliation.
(2 Cor. 5:18)

While there are some in the body of Christ who are taking this obligation to heart and are indeed rising to the occasion to meet the challenge of the savvy modern day deceivers, (2 John7, Phil. 1:17), there are not enough, there are far more who are making shipwreck with their errors and misrepresentation of the God they claim to be serving. (1 Tim. 1:19).

Therefore, many more in our ranks must determine to be a voice crying in the wilderness, that takes the power of the truth to the intellectual deceiver that are preying on the public and to the public who are eagerly listening for an answer of the reason of the hope that lies within us. (1 Peter 3:15)

We must do all we can to assist the hungry soul to find their way to the truth.
As brother “Jude” said….

“And of some having compassion, making a difference: and others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by their flesh” (Jude 2:22-23).

​But this can only be done efficiently if we apply the Apostle Paul’s instructions to Timothy. “Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” (2 Timothy 2:15)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


[1]Does God Exist? The Nightline Face Off-ABC News
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPJ6ece-rII
 

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