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Give up your iPod for lent bishops urge

Regarding the above article...

Praise the Lord Saints,

All glory and honour to Him Who sits on the throne! He is worthy of praise all the time for He is our Bread of Heaven, He is our Strong Deliverer, He is our Song of Praise. Amen and Amen.
I greet you all in Jesus name. The name above all names and the only name given to men whereby we must be saved. Amen. I came across this article on Lent. Indeed as the Word tells us vain are the traditions of men. The Holy Scriptures command that we give all to God as the body of sin has been destroyed and we are crucified with Christ. Peter says they had given all to follow Him. Paul said he counted all things dung that He may win Christ. Jesus said you must deny yourself to be worthy to follow Him. We are to put down and keep down all imaginations and lusts of the flesh at all times and hate the garment spotted with the flesh....yet traditions of men talk of giving up something for a man made holiday for 40 days etc.....giving up things such as an ipod or flushing the toilet less to be easier on the environment. Lord have mercy.
The Catholic Church is much to blame. Is there a more wicked institution? Her daughters have and will continue to follow suit. But God commands Come out of HER my people. May those trapped in these dead wicked religions that do love the Lord Hear His calling out. Amen and Amen. As scripture says, let him who is wicked, be wicked still and let him who is righteous be righteous still. Amen.
I thank God for the truth brethren. Let us always put it in our hearts that we sin not against Him. Nothing defiled will make it into heaven. Amen.
I love you and Maranatha!
Love in Christ the King,

Bro. Jim
Elect and defender of the Most Holy Faith

The Emerging Church: Revival or Return to Darkness

Regarding article above...

The article above is a good description of the so called "Emerging Church" (not the Emergent
Church of Emergent Church Village of the UK...which is different).

Rick Warren, Purpose Driven Church says in this article that this is
what Purpose Driven will turn into...Emerging Church.

As you read the definition of "Emerging Church" notice the final
paragraph or two about "Ancient-Future" and a return to Catholic
things....interesting. This ties in with what I saw on A Little Leaven
about churches today going to Monastic chants....it's these Emerging
Churches doing so....

Brother Jim

John Paul II Used Belt to Whip Himself

Praise the Lord Saints,

Our Lord is the Almighty God, the good shepherd, our Rock and Shield, and he holds the keys. He is the one who is able to open the book of Life and we thank God for his goodness and his love and mercy towards us. Truly is grace and mercy are wonderful, the same as his name.

To the saints abroad:

I found this article on the internet today and wanted to pass it along to you to remind us all that life on earth without the Holy Spirit is vanity. As a brother recently passed along an article of a Holy Man from India suggested, Men can do all manner of things to try and keep their bodies under submission but they will fail all of the time. That would be 100% of the time.

Its not by might
Its not by Power
but by my Spirit Says the Lord

Praise the Lord! There will be many people who read this article that come away saying that indeed, he was a Holy Man for who would do such a thing? and, "who have we heard of that has such devotion to their God as this Man?" Saints its not by a belt accompanied by whippings that we conquer the flesh, it is not by sleeping on the cold floor, and it is not denying our flesh food during lent. These things are worldly and are how the natural man deals with a guilty conscience. It is only by the blood of Jesus and the power of his spirit that we can put down the flesh. It is only by the Power of God that we can be sons of God. It is only because of Jesus that we can deny ourselves and live a life to God. Amen.

I also want you to notice that the article makes a point to say that the pope is on the fast track to become a saint as if it is some promotion that men on earth can give to those who have passed to the next life. This is pure folly and I am thankful that all who truly believe on his name are saints of the most high God. We do not have to play politics to men on earth.

All we need is the blood of Jesus and the power of his spirit.

I can do all things through Christ... not a belt
I can do all things through Christ...not sleeping on the floor
I can do all things through Christ... not keeping lent.

Praise the Lord for the word of God which is a light unto our Path. Praise the Lord.

Amen. My love to you all. Maranatha
Brother Brad

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Praise the Lord Brethren! I greet you in the name of Jesus Christ and thank him for his mercy to us. We had a truly blessed time in Cincinnati and thank God for his traveling mercies. I found this article this morning on the BBC and wanted to pass it on to you. I think it strange how this war for Christmas is centered on the Christian faith when it is clear even by this article that a tree has nothing to do with Christianity. Brothers and Sisters, we know that if the world were to stop celebrating Christmas, that the "Religious Right" would be very up set and be calling for a return to our Christian Roots. This is a sure word. They would be on all news programs etc. demanding that the world celebrate the day. This is a proof of where their roots lie - they do not understand the gospel of Jesus Christ and the separation that must be had because of it. The word of God says that we must come out of her and be ye separate. If this is the case, then a Christian should know, or have some understanding, on who the her is, else how can they come out of her if they know not who she is? Holy brethren, the "religious right" does not understand this one thing, the world hates Christ and if the world were to stop celebrating the Christ - Mass it would actually add some validity to the so called Holy Day. Let us, as the brother has admonished us, Move forward, without fear and without the sin that so easily besets us so that we might move forward with agility and quickness towards the prize our heavenly father has set before us that we might finish the race!

Calvary Blessings to you all and my love,


Brother Brad

"It is the season for the annual battles that have been dubbed "the Christmas wars".

They are usually associated with America, which has a constitutional separation of Church and state - and a constant negotiation over what that separation means.

And, right on cue, from city halls to malls to school classrooms, there are disputes over the public display of symbols linked to the Christian festival.

This year, the talk shows seized upon a decision by the airport authorities in Seattle to remove all Christmas trees because a Jewish rabbi threatened to sue them if they did not also display a Menorah - a candelabra associated with the Jewish festival of Hannukah that coincides with the Christmas season.

There was an outcry, the rabbi insisted he never wanted the trees removed, and they were replaced when the lawsuit threat was withdrawn.

Ironically, the Christmas tree, which comes from pre-Christian Pagan tradition, has nothing to do with the Nativity story of the birth of Christ.

But such facts do not get in the way of a heated battle over the soul of the nation. [brethren is this not proof enough of the spirit that has confused the body?]

One side argues that this is about religious liberty in a Christian country, the other that the Founding Fathers were careful to enshrine the separation of Church and state to prevent sectarian strife and to ensure that no religion should have special privilege.

Pope speaks out

Yet while the most heated debates take place in the US, Americans do not have a monopoly on the Christmas wars.

They are also becoming common in Europe, where in places like Britain, there have been mounting concerns about an "attack" on Christmas.

There are more stories than ever this year about local councils "banning" Christmas, schools refusing to put on Nativity plays, and complaints that Christmas cards are now devoid of any religious content.

And clergy continue to express anxiety about the rampant consumerism at this time, with hordes taking to the shops on London's Oxford Street to spend, spend, spend.

Now Pope Benedict has added his voice to the disquiet, telling pilgrims and tourists at his last weekly audience before Christmas that they must defend its true spirit.

He warned them that "false prophets continue to offer cheap salvation which ends in deep delusions".

The Pope's main concern is that secularisation is emptying Europe of its soul, that a Christian continent is losing ground to a wishy-washy "anything goes" morality or, in the Pope's famous words on the eve of his election last year, a "dictatorship of relativism".

The battle over Christmas is in fact connected to others over religious symbols which have become so prevalent - and so loaded - over the past year: from an employee's fight with British Airways which banned her from wearing a cross around her neck, to wider campaigns over a Muslim woman's right to wear a headscarf or full face covering.

Essentially, it is all part of a complicated negotiation over the meaning of a secular public square and an attempt to come to grips with a changing, more pluralistic society.

But the danger is that secular authorities, out of a fear of offending one group, end up offending almost everyone. They may regulate so much that all that is left is a grey mushy square so inoffensive and so utterly expressionless.

Christmas returns to US

Perhaps there is a dawning realisation of that in the United States, the very place that invented political correctness.

In recent years, public companies have preferred to play it safe and to wish their employees and customers an inoffensive "happy holidays".

But this year, Christmas has made something of a comeback.

It may well be due to a feeling that religion - in this case Christianity - got too squeezed out of the public realm.

Or perhaps it is because the society is now more secure in its pluralism - it feels more confident in allowing space for a diversity of religious expression.

Whatever the reason, shoppers are being wished a "merry Christmas", the stores apparently confident that such greetings will not drive them out of the door empty-handed.

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