Lots of good stuff on how the ‘global warming’ crowd has manipulated the “facts” and politicized the “science”

 

By James Delingpole from the Telegraph UK 

click here: Climate-gate

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This story ought to be huge.

Hacking someone, or an organization, is wrong.  But what was discovered is even worse. Much worse.  We are deliberately being lied to by the “Global Warmers” and it is all being done to control us and carry out a political agenda.

 

 

Pastor’s class

Here is a class/bible study that I’ve edited (just to shorten it a bit) , but still left the gist of the class in tact.

It’s about 40 minutes, but is long enough to ruffle a few feathers and maybe open some eyes.

No doubt there will be detractors…and that is quite alright.

Listen in to Pastor Mark Anderson as he starts us off with some general descriptions of the sacramental view, the symbolic view, and the Lutheran view of baptism, along with a critique of ‘free will’ theology.

  click on baptism, ‘free will’, and other good stuff 

   If you enjoy it…pass it along. Thanks!

(this is a re-post from last year)

 

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When it comes to believing in God, who’s will is determinant ?

 

Does God exercise His will in Baptism, or did He order us to perform an empty religious ritual?

 

 

There’s something wrong with you

That is a fact.

There IS something wrong with you.

Whether it is homosexuality, greed, arrogance, secret sexual fantasies, outright adulterous thought, indifference to the plight of the homeless and poor, idolatry of family or anything else, being lazy, being a poor steward of what God has given you, hating your brother, not loving your enemy, telling lies and half truths, hoarding money and material goods for yourself, etc., etc., etc..

There’s something wrong with me, too.

We are in bondage to sin and cannot free ourselves. I repeat… we are in bondage to sin and cannot free ourselves.

Can we overcome a particular sin here and there?  Sure, it happens all the time. God does change people’s lives. But the truth of the matter is that we like sinning.

If you really didn’t want to sin, then you would refrain from it.

 

So then, what is God after?

How about a little honesty? How about owning up to what you know you really are? How about a little humility? How about a little more of the publican and a little less of the Pharisee?

After all, God knows all about you anyway. He knows who and what you really are. And He loves you anyway. He loves you so much that He was willing to be staked to two pieces of rough timber for you and prayed for forgiveness for you for your part in putting Him up there.

God, in Christ Jesus, loves sinners. He loves full blown sinners. He doesn’t love the fact that you are a sinner, but He does love you. He does forgive you.

If we won’t own up to who and what we really are, then the cross just goes away and the upward and onward project that characterizes the Pharisee begins. And then it’s all about us. The gospel moves over to the sidelines while we perform at midfield, making ourselves into little gods who are at the center of it all.

The Law and the Gospel place God and His forgiveness of sins, His life, and His salvation for us, at the center.

So be thankful, and proclaim this great gift of love for sinners to all who will listen.

Every now and then someone does hear it..and the angels in Heaven rejoice!

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Are you making good progress in your battle against sins?

 

 

“In this world you will have trouble”

 

“But be of good cheer, for I have overcome the world.”

                                                                                                      – Jesus

 

Hang in there my friends.

 

 

Sorry…I couldn’t resist

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Got cooling techniques?

 

Thanks to our friends at Climate-Depot

 

 

Luther on ‘Prayer’ by David P. Scaer

 

 Luther’s view of prayer.

 

 Luther-on-Prayer by David P. Scaer          

 Concordia-Theological-Seminary

I am finding this very helpful as it explains Luther’s view of prayer, in light of Holy Scripture, and the theology of the cross.

I hope you too will find something in it that is helpful to you in your prayer life.

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Anfechtungen, or ‘the dark night of the soul’, is constantly referred to in the piece.

Anyone have some other ways to describe ‘Anfechtungen’?

 

Speaking of ‘Anti-Christic’ religions…

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Know any Mormons? 

Do you ever try and share the gospel with them?

How do you go about it?

 

 

Islamophobia?

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Hardly.

 

Don’t-read-this-from-that-ultra-right-wing-news-organization-ABC

Moral relativism and self-loathing may, in the end, get us all killed.

We’d better wake-up and stop listening to the Leftists.

We have got a real big problem on our hands.

 

No?

 

Robert Spencer speaks about the Ft. Hood murders

I’m not a Michael Savage fan. I agree with much of what he has to say but I do not like his delivery.

I am a big Robert Spencer fan.  Mr. Spencer is an outspoken and brave (he constantly recieves death threats) critic of radical Islam. He has a great web site that is dedicated to informing people about radical Islam and it’s fellow travelers. Please check out Jihad-Watch .

In this interview with Michael Savage, Mr. Spencer will tell us what the hyper-sensitive, moral relativistic, and fearful (of Islam) media will not tell us.

 

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There were many bits of pertinent information in that interview that I thought you had a right to be aware of.

Please feel free to comment, pro or con.

 

“For You”

This is key.                     

 

The gospel is not ‘because of you’, or ‘if you’, or ‘why don’t you?’, or ‘will you?’

The gospel is… FOR YOU!

It is a free gift of God’s grace and mercy. It is His desire to give to you that which you need… authentic life, the forgiveness of your sins, and salvation.

Not because of anything that you ‘do’ or ‘don’t do’.

It is absolutely free to all real sinners who are in need of the Lord Jesus.

It’s a promise from God, and it is FOR YOU!

You are loved! You are forgiven! There is a place for you in God’s house!

 

That’s the gospel.

 

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Do you have a ‘yeah but’? 

If so… you should get rid of it.