Hillary Asks: How Could This Happen?

My blogging friend Steve over at Cry and Howl has a post up that is entitled, “How could this happen in a country we helped liberate, in a city we helped save from destruction?” That is what Hillary Clinton said during one of her public speaking events on television after the utterly tragic killings by Islamic jihad terrorists on the 11th anniversary of 9/11/01.

Excerpt:

Here we go again. Four more senseless deaths. Team Obama had warnings of the attack far ahead of time and did nothing. Not a word of it on any main news outlets. The media focuses on Romney’s just criticism of Barack Obama’s lame a$$ response. Liberals don’t have a word to say about it except I did read where one liberal said something like the United States received a “bloody nose” as a result of another humanitarian effort in Libya, then goes back to how great the massive, bankrupted social programs are. Four deaths … a “bloody nose”. My post the other day, Mitt Romney: “If you can’t beat Barack Obama with this record, then shut down the party”, drew out of the woodwork some liberals defending Obama, and their defense consisted only and solely of calling me and some of my regular readers ‘racists’. If you get the chance click on the link and check out the comments section.

After the murder of the four Americans can’t figure out whether Egypt is an ally. But he knows for sure Egypt is not an enemy, in spite of the murders. All we have from Obama is denial and speeches. Hillary Clinton is supposed to be in charge of the security for government officials serving abroad, feigned astonishment asking, “How could this happen in a country we helped liberate, in a city we helped save from destruction?”

Go over to Cry and Howl and read it all!

My comment there (may still be in moderation):

Your analysis is well stated, Steve.  When Hillary came out and gave what I thought was a "heartfelt" speech regarding the terribly sad deaths of Ambassador Christopher Stevens and four of his staff, I thought that she was honestly grieving over this latest terrorist attack.  She even stated something like, "no movie could ever justify" such an attack. But later, she was filmed condemning the movie and blaming it for the attacks.  What's wrong with this picture??

Her so-called bewilderment about “How could this happen in a country we helped liberate, in a city we helped save from destruction?” speaks volumes about the crazy minds of liberals who refuse to see Islam for what it is - an evil, conquering POLITICAL "faith" that hates Israel and America, and Christians and Jews across the globe.  Their goal is total dominance so they can impose Sharia law across the world as they bow to their crescent moon god Allah and their pedophile, woman-beating/hating "prophet" Muhammad.
 
Now, a liberal may come along here and read your post and my comment; objecting profusely about the content.  TOO BAD!  I'm NOT standing down on this!

When I first saw that photo of the Islamic man holding that sign amidst an anti-Israel protest in San Francisco, it really puzzled me. I thought, why would anyone "give away" their true intentions with such a blatant and bizarre sign? It took a while for me to understand it.

When I learned of the Al Taquiya technique of feigning "friendship" to non-Muslims in order to gain their trust so that they could eventually destroy us, my opinion of the "moderate" Muslim ceased to exist.

There is a great blog called Answering Muslims that is the "everything you ever wanted to know about Islam, but were afraid to ask" type of blog. It has posts and videos that explain exactly why Islam is a dangerous, vile, hateful, murdering, political movement disguised as a faith in order to achieve dominance over Christians and Jews around the world. They would use ANYTHING to achieve their goals and cannot be trusted!

Liberals refuse to smell the violent Islamic jihad - even when it is right before their eyes!

Obambi's Muslim world apology tour, foreign policy of appeasement, and using excuses (like blaming Romney's much more presidential response!!) for the horrible results of the Arab Spring uprisings shows just how dangerous it is to have a pResident who sympathizes with Muslim terrorists and puts the lives of Americans here and abroad in grave danger each and every day.

Hat Tips:
Cry and Howl
Answering Muslims
Daniel Pipes

Why National Geographic Shouldn't do Videos About Jesus

The main reason is because much of what they spew IS WRONG! I made the mistake of watching the video Jesus' Arrest on T.V. the other day, and was completely disappointed in what was presented, how it was presented, the lies that were included, and what was purposely left out of the biblical account.

You can go to the link and see for yourself. Compare what is presented in the video against the truth found in the biblical account within the Scriptures, and you will see the clear discrepancies in the video. Oops...sorry. Upon revisiting that link I discovered that there is only a 3 minute excerpt being shown at the site. Perhaps the entire video is available elsewhere on the site.

For the sake of argument, I will point out some of the lies, the incomplete segments, and a few other discrepancies that are evident in the video presentation.


First, when Jesus turned over the tables of the moneychangers, he DID NOT push any of the people involved in the temple corruption. The video incorrectly shows Jesus pushing people and being "violent." Plus, the Nat Geo film neglected to report that Jesus' anger was directed at the moneychangers because "God's House was to be a place of prayer. His anger was justified.

They also got it wrong that Jesus would have objected to the animal sacrifice in the temple. The entire purpose of the Old Testament sacrifices was for the temporary forgiveness of sins given to the person who brought the sacrificial animal as a ransom for the confession of sin. The concept that something unblemished needed to die for the remission of sins was to show how the Messiah, in whom the Jews were looking to appear as promised by God the Father, would be the final perfect (sinless) sacrifice for the sins of the world. Jesus fulfilled all the prophecies that were foretold in the Old Testament (with a few still to be fulfilled at his second coming), and his final sacrifice meant that "it was finished." There was no need for animal sacrifice in the Temple anymore.

Why were there all of these discrepancies? Because they had an agenda, that's why! And it wasn't an agenda that agrees with the true biblical account of the arrest of Jesus.

Another lie is when one man in the video claims that this was Jesus' "first time" at the temple. Recall that Jesus was found by his parents at the temple when he was 12 years old. Plus, Jesus was at the temple numerous times; even if they weren't all recorded in the Scriptures.

Another point, and it's a HUGE ONE, is the fact that Jesus WILLINGLY WENT TO THE CROSS [Jhn 18:11 Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?] for the sake of mankind so that all who believe in him would not perish but have eternal life! They made the same mistake that most unregenerate people make - blaming Christ's death on the Jews and/or the Roman empire, the soldiers, the people in the crowds etc. The truth is, ALL OF MANKIND was the reason Christ WILLINGLY went to the cross at Calvary! This basic concept of Christianity is, unfortunately, missing from the minds of the video creators.

Such errors often happen when secular entities try to analyze and report on spiritual, biblical matters which they obviously are unable to comprehend.

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Update 12/30/11

As I was reading Simon Greenleaf's essay Testimony of the Evangelicals tonight, I was reminded of the fact that the gospel of Luke revealed that Jesus healed the ear of Malchus when the soldiers came to arrest Jesus and Peter used his sword to slash off Malchus' ear:

Luk 22:50 And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear.


Luk 22:51 And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed him.

This information was omitted from the Nat Geo video.

That Whitey Obama!

Well...according to his heredity, he has more white ancestry in him than black! Am I in trouble now? Did that title anger anyone? Did that title offend anyone? Am I a racist for labeling Obama a "whitey"? Why did I write this? Why the sudden outburst?

As the cartoon character named Charlie Brown (Note: not being racist...that was his last name!) regularly stated when he was completely exasperated:

AAARRGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!

My mind just cannot take the race baiting crap being bantered about in the media anymore!!! I've had it!!

I don't hate Obama.

I hate his POLICIES!

Hating a person's terrible policies have nothing to do with the race of the man!

But progressive lefties have to fall back on something to hurt the TEA Party movement because they cannot win the arguments against their dangerous policial agenda that MOST AMERICANS DO NOT WANT!!

Thus, the false, made-up and stupid calls of "racism" apparently work better for the lousy Congresspeople and their lapdog media creeps (paging Keith Olberdummy???) than for them to actually have to face the TRUTH OF THE MATTER! These people will fall back on their own swords of idiotic, dangerous, expensive, life-denying, evil, hate-mongering policies that goes on in their lunatic anti-Christian, anti-Capitalist, anti-Republic, anti-U. S. Constititution, anti-business, and anti-conservative minds!! Liberalism is a mental disorder and progressivism is head-exploding worse!

The destructive goals of these people will irreparably harm America if we don't counter their sick and twisted efforts towards Marxism!!! Americans are tired of the lies, cheating, scandals, corruption, bribing, illegal activity and most of all - seeing these criminals getting away with it!!

Don't fall for their propaganda.

Common sense will win the day in the end.

These progressive Communists will undo themselves!! They have been found out!

And the first wave of undoing will happen in November, 2010 when the worst Congress in American history is booted out on their arses!!!

Ahhh... I feel better now. Just had to get out some frustration this morning. Will now return to your regularly scheduled Talk Wisdom blog posts.

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Also see:

The Steady Drip: Media Maligns TEA Party Movement - Study by Media Research Center

Newsmax: Study: Networks Snub, Malign Tea Party Movement

I Took The Red Pill (and escaped the Matrix): Blacks At TEA Parties

Lloyd Marcus: Black Dem Race Exploiters Trash Tea Party

Caos Blog: beware the marxist infiltraters at the tea party protests

More GMPilot Rationalizing - I see....

Before my blogging days, I posted quite regularly at my Talk Wisdom message board. There was a small group of regulars who posted articles, links and comments in the various categories included at the forum. Once I began blogging on a regular basis, I didn't really keep up with the forum. In fact, the spam registrations over there were so annoying (and time consuming to remove), that I shut down the open registration. Those who wish to join the board now sign up via the "Contact Us" icon at the bottom of the page. Some spammers have wasted my time emailing their dumb links through the contact method! They don't seem to want to give up! Their links are immediately deleted, so why do they waste time with it?

Anyway, with that brief explanation as to why I don't write at that board much anymore, I wanted to share a recent post written by GMPilot:

Happy Anniversary!

Well, whaddaya know!
Has it really been five years since I read that polemic of yours and decided to confront you on it?

Has it really been five years that you and I have comported on God, the Bible, communism, Andrea Yates, George Bush, Barack Obama, the ACLU, the ADF, homosexuality, the Pope, Mexicans, Nazis, Nancy Pelosi, Rush Limbaugh, the USAAF, the USS Intrepid, Iraq, Afghanistan, New Jersey, the 2004 tsunami, the 2008 elections, Ted Haggard, Alan Sears, computer glitches, and a hundred other things I’ve left out?

Have I really faced down the likes of HAMMER, Wizard, Saltnlight444, Christian Brother, Sothenes, and Mr. Baker—not to mention Admin—and lived to tell about it?

Has the past lustrum been just packed with fun and interesting topics?
Yep!

Happy anniversary, hostess! Here’s to us, and the legion of readers we’ve entertained/informed.* Remember that whenever your bullshit gets too deep on this site (your other site is almost hopeless), I’ll be here to clean it up. Someone has to.

I remain your ‘favorite nemesis’,
GMpilot

*6400 hits and counting on that ‘God’s latest felony’ thread! Not bad for something neither of us has contributed to for nearly a year, eh?
"Religion is fundamentally opposed to everything I hold in veneration--courage, clear thinking, honesty, fairness, and above all, love of the truth." --H L Mencken

"The next time someone asks you if you're a god, say yes." --"Ghostbusters"

In case you might be interested in the thread he is talking about, go to "Rationalizing God's Latest Felony" Yes. That thread holds the record for hits - 6,411 and counting. The post with the second greatest number of hits is The Times of the Signs: The Days of Lot. That thread has 4,752 views. I have neglected to reply to GM's latest post over there. Need to get busy on that.

For now, I will share my reply to GM's comment above:

More GM Rationalizing - I see....


You neglected to quote the correct title - it's "RATIONALIZING God's Latest Felony."

You claim that my other forum is "almost hopeless." Yet, you still read there. So, one must conclude that you like to rationalize what you personally deem as "almost hopeless." Hmmmm...I find it interesting that you don't find what I write and/or share as totally hopeless. That is how most atheists/skeptics/anti-Christian minds often think. They find their "hope" in the "things of this world" - including the current bogus POTUS.

But still, some atheists/skeptics/anti-Christian minds have been turned towards God's Truth. Some eventually figure out that the things of this world are useless to them after they die. They figure out that all that they strive for on this earth provides only temporary fulfillment - if any - at all. Graveyards are filled with formerly rich people (and/or famous) who some would have said, "had it all." However, many of them lived miserable lives while rejecting the only true Hope in the universe - Jesus Christ.

It's funny. On the one hand you wish me a "happy anniversary" regarding this site. Then, you proceed to mock the beliefs that I and other commenters share here and at the blog. Well... it's not surprising. Jesus himself told us that our faith in him would be cause for ridicule. He also stated that the real reason for the mocking is because [they] "hated him first." There is a poignant message in his words. Not only do the unsaved disbelieve that Jesus is who he said he is - the Son of God, Savior, King and Lord - but they also hate him without a cause. But you go even further - don't you GM? Yes. You do. You personally hate him because of your twisted notion of God having committed a "felony" against man because of a tsunami. Why not blame global warming like most clueless liberals do? You would make Al Gore proud if you did!

I don't know whether or not you read a recent post that I wrote on the blog last Sunday. Within the post, I mentioned this:

I was reading in Max Lucado's book - "Traveling Light" - that even when the time for our physical death on this earth arrives, it pales in comparison to what Christ endured for us on the cross.

Lucado explained via a story. He mentioned that in Psalm 23, David wrote, "Yea though I walk through the shadow of the valley of death, I will fear no evil; for Thou art with me."

Then, he asked a child who was fearful of the concept of death (something that we are all destined to do) if he would rather be run over by a bus or by the shadow of a bus. The child answered - "the shadow of the bus." Lucado continued to explain that the child answered correctly. And, it is because Jesus took the sins of the world upon himself and that Christ experienced the "run over by a bus" kind of death, that we wouldn't ever have to experience such a death. Instead, we will pass through "the valley of the shadow of death." This is another way to say that we do not die spiritually because of what Christ has done for us! What a marvelous Savior we worship and belong to!!

I thought that was a great analogy to put forth the point that Christ's sacrifice for our sakes was the greatest event in human history! And, his subsequent resurrection from the dead shows us that his word is absolutely true! We can confidently trust him with our very lives!


No other spiritual leader ever claimed to die for the sins of mankind. No other savior could prove exactly who he was by rising from the grave. Jesus was the only one who accomplished that!! Therefore, we can trust him wholeheartedly with our lives! We can trust in his promises! Like this one:



Jhn 14:2
In my Father's house are many mansions: if [it were] not [so], I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
Jhn 14:3
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, [there] ye may be also.
The book of Ephesians, Chapter 5 discusses the fruit of the Spirit. Verse 8 informs us that were all "sometimes[in] darkness. But now, as born again Christians we are now "light in the Lord." The light [meaning holiness, righteousness] shines from Jesus Christ! To walk as children of light, we are to be reflectors of HIS LIGHT [righteousness, holiness]! This is why no one can brag about anything within ourselves. All glory, honor, thanksgiving, and worship belongs to Christ alone!

Here's a verse that humbles each and every believer:


Isa 64:6 But we are all as an unclean [thing], and all our righteousnesses [are] as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
But we are brought back from our uncleanness through the Lord:


Eph 5:8 ¶ For ye were sometimes darkness, but now [are ye] light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
Eph 5:9 (For the fruit of the Spirit [is] in all goodness and righteousness and truth
Eph 5:10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.

So, as I had stated previously within the "Rationalizing God's Latest Felony" thread, you are sorely misunderstanding the point of life on this earth. And, since you are missing that, you are also misunderstanding the reason for physical death.

Whether it's being "run over by a bus" or "dying by tsunami," the fact is that because of what Jesus Christ did for us at the Cross on Calvary, we only experience "the shadow of the valley of death." That is, if God is with you through the Person of Jesus Christ.

"Yea though I walk through the shadow of the valley of death, I will fear no evil; for Thou art with me."
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See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ. Colossians 2:8

The eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth to show Himself strong to those whose hearts are fully committed to Him. 2 Chronicles 16:9

Crescent of Betrayal Controversy

Some people have a mindset that is likened to the depiction of three monkeys of "see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil" fame.

Sometimes there is a fourth one that is missing, so the first three state (scroll down a bit at the link):

"We have a fourth brother, admit no evil, but he left the group for a career in politics!"

The radical left liberals typically tend to "admit no evil," yet, they often do not hesitate to speak evil against those with whom they disagree.

Case in point.

It appears that Mike Rucker disagrees with my post yesterday regarding the Flight 93 Memorial petition. Of course, it is his right to do so. However, when someone utilizes that liberal bastion of "political correctness" (a.k.a. the New York Times) to make one's point, be ready to receive much more accurate counterpoints.

Here's Mike's comment:

mike rucker said...

a different perspective here.

an excerpt:

Sandra Felt, whose husband, Edward, died on Flight 93, said she could not fathom why people continued to see Islamic symbolism in the design.

“The land speaks for itself,” she said. “It’s in the shape of an embrace.”

After initial complaints, the original design title, “Crescent of Embrace,” was changed to “Circle of Embrace.”

Trees were also added to the plans to encircle the site and not leave a gap that created a crescent.

s. Felt told board members on Saturday that she strongly disagreed with the sentiment of the design critics.

“Wow. Such hate. I’m shocked,” she said, her voice choked with emotion. “When you insult the place and inflame events, I want you to know you hurt us, too.”

this might say something as well:

Memorial officials say that Mr. Burnett, and his wife, Beverly, are the only family members of victims who have spoken out against the design.

unless someone investigates the memorial's designer, Murdoch, and finds that he's closet al-Qaeda, i think those of us not directly tied to the ones who died should do a little less judging and allow those closest to the catastrophe to lead the way. to think that they, among all people, would approve something that smacks of Islamic influence is naive at best, but more likely just plain cruel and self-serving.

mike rucker
fairburn, georgia, usa
mikerucker.wordpress.com

Why is it that liberals don't like to capitalize the first letter of the first word of a sentence?

I've got my own theory on that - but let's go back to the subject at hand.

Notice how the one woman describes Mr. Burnett's viewpoint as "hate," and she claims that she's "shocked." One can't miss the black-tar-bitter icing on her radical liberal cake when she states:

“When you insult the place and inflame events, I want you to know you hurt us, too.”

Lady...LOOK IN THE MIRROR...PLEASE!


It appears that Mike agrees with the woman because he states:

i think those of us not directly tied to the ones who died should do a little less judging and allow those closest to the catastrophe to lead the way. to think that they, among all people, would approve something that smacks of Islamic influence is naive at best, but more likely just plain cruel and self-serving.

So. Mike thinks that Mr. Burnett - whose son perished in the tragedy - should not express his judgment against the design? He wasn't "close enough to the tragedy" like Ms. Felt was? His views are "naive at best?" His views (as well as mine and the thousands who are signing the petition) are "just plain cruel and self-serving?"


Here is my response to Mike:

Of course there are differing opinions, Mike. No one is saying otherwise.

However, Mr. Burnett (and the thousands who are against the design and have signed the petition) have the right to be heard and to share their grievances.

The Islamic symbolism may not mean much to many non-religious Americans. After all, many people wear crosses as jewelry - without adhering to the true significance of the cross of Christ.

I ask you. If the memorial was in the shape of a cross, do you think that there might be objections from non-Christians?

People would be furious! Even though many Christians onboard that flight were responsible for preventing the plane from reaching the intended target (either the White House or U.S. Capitol.)

Also, it is a fact that symbolism is VERY important in the Islamic world. That one fact alone should make the designers change it from the current crescent shape.

And Mike, did you go to the links and read about the other objections to what is being planned for the memorial site?

If not, go here and discover that there is much more than just the crescent shape of the memorial.

What do you think of including 44 glass blocks along the memorial - one for each person who died - including the four terrorists?

Excerpt:

...a new book from World Ahead Publishing, Crescent of Betrayal, describes the many Islamic and terrorist memorializing elements in the winning Crescent of Embrace design for the Flight 93 Memorial. Most importantly, a person facing directly into the half mile wide central crescent (still present in the superficially altered Bowl of Embrace redesign) is facing almost exactly at Mecca. A crescent that Muslims face into to face Mecca is called a mihrab and is the central feature around which every mosque is built.

Author Alec Rawls started investigating the crescent site-plans after the winning design was unveiled in September 2005, and spent much of 2006 trying to get the Memorial Project to come to grip with his findings. Every element of the entire crescent design turns out to be a typical mosque feature, realized on the same epic scale as the half-mile wide central crescent. The minaret-like Tower of Voices part of the memorial turns out to be a gigantic Islamic prayer-time sundial. There are 44 memorial glass blocks emplaced along the flight path, exceeding the number of our murdered heroes by the number of their murderers. And on it goes, for over a hundred pages of Mr. Rawls’ 300 page exposé.

Obama's Preacher's Hate Speech

The following two links each contain actual recordings of Obama's "preacher" spewing some awful, anti-American hate speech. He certainly doesn't sound like any genuine Christian pastor that I have ever known or heard!

Jeremiah Wright's Hate Speech (part 1)

Those audio clips are bad enough, but the next four are far worse! In fact, he takes the name of God in vain in one clip!!!

Jeremiah Wright's Hate Speech (part 2)

That place is no true Christian church. It's an ugly, demonic, hateful, anti-American political forum for a ranting maniac who tries to pass himself off as a "pastor."

Awful!!!

HT: Michael Savage.com

What others have written (including a video at Hot Air!):

1. Michele Malkin - Now we know where Michelle Obamas' resentment of America comes from.

2. Hot Air - Video: Obama's pastor takes highly nuanced approach to racial divisiveness.

Guilty of Christofascism?

In the comment section at this post, I was given a challenge by "Liberator Rev" to explain why the God of the Bible is so "evil" (in his eyes...mind you) and how could I (or anyone else) worship such a horrible "Being."

I recognized a lot of the items he listed as being typical of those who adhere to the "Skeptics Annotated Bible" (SAB). If you read the comments there, you will see that I was correct in my assumption.

I referred him to the Tektonics website so that he could find the answers to his objections and skewed theology. That site is an invaluable resource. It also has a huge online Apologetics encyclopedia. I think that every Christian should bookmark these two pages.

After my last comment to the Rev, I have noticed that he hasn't been back to comment. However, getting into the SAB discussion with him jogged my memory about a fabulous essay written by a guy with the screen name "Utopian Indigent." Here is a link. It is a profound essay entitled, A Right-Brained Case for Jesus.

I "met" Utopian (UT) via the Skeptics Annotated Bible Discussion Board back in 2004. After discovering the blogosphere, I gave up most of my discussion board posting (there, as well as at other message boards).

I have to admit, conversing with many people over there was often quite challenging. I would do my own research in the Scriptures to counter their skewed theology. But when I discovered "The Skeptics Annotated Bible Refuted" through the Tektonics site, I realized that perhaps my time spent there wasn't really productive anymore.

After reading UT's essay again, I decided to see if he was still posting over at the SAB board. I made a general post and found out that he still visits there. I invited him to come on over here and comment. We will see if he takes me up on the invitation.

Meanwhile, I met a member there named NannyG123 who replied to my post. She sounded really nice and said that she will come visit this blog. Then, another commenter came along (who, apparently came over and read a few posts here). This is what he (she?) had to say after his (her?) visit:

Wow! Is there some way to rename your site because it needs a major name change.

Maybe you should try some of these suggestions:
Talk uniformed and not so knowledgeble
Talk lies and misdirection
Talk right wing
Talk Christofascism.

The last one says it best...

Now...I have been called many disparaging names before. People have written unflattering comments about my Biblical Christian faith and what I share here. But as far as I can recall, this is the first time that my blog has been labeled as "Christofascism."

Tsk tsk...

BTW, when I posted a link here, I warned the crowd over there that they (most of them, anyway) would probably hate my blog.

Why such vitriole from someone I don't know...and who obviously knows nothing about me either? It amazes me sometimes. It shouldn't...but it does.

What Counts as "Righteous Anger?"

I wasn't going to post this. I thought about it for several days and still felt like I probably shouldn't post it.

Then, at church yesterday the topic was about the fact that as sinners we all possess a blurred image and how important it is to take steps (as born-again believers) to remove the blur in order to reach our true potential for God.

[Added on 9/18/07:

Despite all the evil that is going on around us, God has a plan for each of our lives. We have work to do for the kingdom every moment we are on this earth.

If someone doesn't know Christ and doesn't give their life to Him for His purposes, then they would only see, and remain, in the darkness.

Even as believers, we are still sinners. The difference is that we are no longer under condemnation for our sins. As repentant sinners saved by the forgiveness of our sins by way of Christ's cross, the grace and mercy of God has been bestowed upon us. However, we still have a "blur" regarding how to live in the image of our Lord. This is a lifetime challenge for us. It is known as "sanctification." ]

Pastor Miles McPherson's outline told us:

As sinners we only have a Blurred Image of our supernatural responsibilities and potential. If we do not take the steps necessary to remove the blur, we will never clearly see, understand or reach the true potential of our God IMAGE.

I. Individual Personality

A Blurred Image creates an 'I AM' imposter.
(See Genesis 3:5; Exodus 3:13; John 8:58)

M. Moral Mirror

A Blurred Image becomes a self-appointed morality maker.
(See Genesis 3:5; Proverbs 14:12)

A. Authority to Rule

A Blurred Image leads to a diminished level of authority.
(See Genesis 3:20-24; Isaiah 14:12-15; 1 Timothy 6:6)

G. God's Friend

A Blurred Image will destroy your God relationship.
(See Genesis 3:8-10; James 4:4-5)

E. Eternal Spirit

A Blurred Image can lead to eternal separation from God.
(See Genesis 3:2-3, 16-17, 21-24; Matthew 25:30)

Homework: Bringing it home: Name one change in your attitude and the resulting behavior that you need to make in order to remove a little of the blur in your life.

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You can go to The Rock Church website and download an MP3 broadcast of the previous 3 messages. The new one (this week's "A Blurred Image") should be up on the site later this week.

Now, with the information and Bible verses from the "A Blurred Image" outline, I am willing to put myself out there (for criticism, advice, condemnation...whatever) as an example in asking the question, "what counts as "righteous anger"? Is it O.K. with God? Or, because I am a sinner, is such anger due to a "blurred image" instead?

Go ahead and let me have it. Warts and all!! I really want any feedback you wish to give and/or your opinions on how I could have responded better in the following exchange that was posted at another blog:

[Note: Some words posted by commenters there have been "cleaned up" for posting here.]

Wednesday, September 05, 2007


TWO ISSUES STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF TELEVANGELIST D. JAMES KENNEDY



'Kennedy Caused A Great Deal Of Pain For Gay Americans,' Said Truth Wins Out's Executive Director Wayne Besen

MIAMI BEACH - Televangelist Rev. D. James Kennedy of Coral Ridge Presbyterian was a radical fundamentalist cleric who demonized gay Americans, pioneered fraudulent 'ex-gay' ministries and fought to end the separation of church and state. Truth Wins Out's Executive Director Wayne Besen issued the following statement on Kennedy's passing:

"Truth Wins Out offers its condolences to the Kennedy family in this time of mourning. It is never easy to lose a loved one and those who took comfort in Kennedy's sermons will surely miss him.

However, we must also recognize that Kennedy was a great source of pain for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans. In 1998, Coral Ridge spearheaded a national advertising campaign that featured so-called 'ex-gay' ministries. The campaign ended in shame, after Kennedy's HIV+ ex-gay poster boy, Michael Johnston, resigned after allegedly having unsafe sex with men he met on the Internet. Kennedy never apologized for the suffering this deceptive campaign caused for Johnston's victims or the thousands of people duped by the false hope peddled by Coral Ridge.

Kennedy's theocratic vision of America was divisive, exclusionary, sectarian and dangerous. His aim was "reclaiming America for Christ," at the expense of personal freedom and religious liberty. We respect his commitment to his sincerely held beliefs, but are grateful that his radical plan for America never reached fruition.

We believe that a person should be remembered for the totality of his or her achievements and sins. Kennedy undoubtedly helped many people and inspired them to become better human beings. Unfortunately, he also leaves an ignoble legacy of intolerance that divided South Florida, destroyed families in the name of family values and relentlessly assaulted the U.S. Constitution."

Truth Wins OUT is a non-profit organization that counters right wing propaganda, exposes the "ex-gay" myth and educates America about gay life. For more information, visit TruthWinsOut. (live link deleted)

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7 Comments:

Thank you to Wayne for a fair and accurate eulogy. D James Kennedy was a monster in his physical life and he built his career off bashing gays.

The Obit in one newspaper mentions that "he dropped out of college to become an Arthur Murray Dance Instructor..." Hmmmmmm... Sounds kinda like a Senator Craig kinda guy to me.

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posted by Anonymous,

at 9/05/2007 8:36 PM

Good riddance to white trash, may he rot in whatever place is called hell if it exists. He can keep that fat ugly f--k Fallwell company.
posted by Robert, NYC.,

at 9/06/2007 8:54 AM

Right on Robert! With that hair and makeup, he looked as plastic on the outside as he was on the inside; and I agree with the first poster, he was probably Gary (NJ)
posted by Anonymous,

at 9/06/2007 9:28 AM

An uncanny resemblance to our dearly beloved Liberace! Except Lee would hate me for saying that.
posted by richard schillen,

at 9/06/2007 11:11 AM

I just read that this f***wad was a co-writer of a letter to bush in 2002 encouraging him to attack Iraq!!! Under what possible definition of Christianity did this miserable bag of venom consider himself a vicar of Christ. He died peacefully in bed with his wife and daughter at his side--unlike the soldiers and civilians and children in Iraq, alone and mangled, broken, burned, bloody and dismembered! If there is a hell, I hope it does look like a Hieronymus Bosch painting and he and falwell are right in the middle of it!
Red V
posted by Anonymous,

at 9/06/2007 1:39 PM

Gary, the more I look at his face, methinks this sad ass was indeed another Larry Craig in the making. I've said it a hundred times or more, that those who protest too much about our sexuality are the most suspect of all. Everyone of them who has been outed all have that in common, even the socalled straight ones. They are more transparent than they could ever imagine and they are overwhelmingly right wing conservatives,ooops, the new word folks is "civil libertarians".
posted by Robert, NYC.,

at 9/06/2007 2:29 PM

You people are the hateful ones. To deny the right of homosexuals who are unhappy with their behavior and orientation the right to change is despicable and intolerant of you!

Your horrible treatment (and denial that they happily exist) of ex-gay identified people who have found freedom from the sin of homosexuality is evidence of your hypocritical "tolerance" nonsense.

You can't stand the fact that they have been saved through repentance by the power, mercy, love and forgiveness of Christ Jesus, our Lord.

The fact that Dr. Kennedy adhered to uncompromising, biblical Christian faith is to his credit; despite the hateful rhetoric that you and your ilk spew upon him just after his death.

You are all a bunch of hypocrites!

Wayne, your patronizing drivel that you send "condolences to his family and those who loved him" is so transparently contrived it is almost laughable. You don't care a bit about them. Don't pretend that you do.

All of your hateful attitudes here had been prophecied about in the Bible.

How ironic is that. Hateful comments abound here from people who clamor every day for tolerance. What a joke you all are!!

The fact that many here express glee for his death and spew hatred towards someone who did much for the Lord while he lived on this earth is proof of your rebellious, reprobate position towards Holy and Righteous God.

Jesus Christ said that the world would reject His followers because such "worldly people" hate that their evil deeds are exposed through His Word. He also said that they (you!) will hate us (Christians) because you hated Him (Christ) first.

Your stupid book, "Anything but straight" is evidence of your rejection of God and His Word. That will be to your detriment in eternity. So be it.

For me, I'd rather be anything but reprobate towards God like you are.
posted by Christinewjc,
at 9/13/2007 4:24 PM