Jesus Camp: Bewitching Our Children With False Doctrines

When I first started this website, I enthusiastically endorsed Jesus camps, thinking that they were an excellent way to turn children into spiritual warriors - as it WAS initially a charismatic spiritual warfare site - from an early age. Well … WOW WAS I WRONG! Jesus camps use the evil combination of spiritually seductive charismatic slain in the spirit frenzy and dominion theology politics. Instead of teaching children to pray for their enemies, to show kindness to the poor and elderly people, to interpret the Bible and discern doctrines, to worship and praise the Lord in a dignified manner becoming His glory, and to exhibit the fruits of the Holy Spirit, these folks are feeding these children false Christian doctrines and fascist notions of merging church, state, culture, etc. that will makes any of them that internalize this spiritual evil easy pickings for the anti - Christ and moreover very willing workers in the plot to create the climate where the man of sin will take power. The more things like this come out, as well as things with the Jesus Seminar, Mike Huckabee, Jeremiah Wright … Bible believing Christians have to start speaking out. There is something seriously wrong with both the religious right and the religious left, and we have to start boldly opposing it with the Word of God.

Watch this video below and pray for these children … and for their parents. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7157148037183248346

Roman Catholic Leaders Complicit In Rwanda Massacre? Why Weren’t We Told This Before?

Genocide term for Rwanda priest - Africa - msnbc.com

ARUSHA, Tanzania - A Rwandan priest has been jailed for life after a U.N. tribunal extended his sentence for ordering militiamen to burn and bulldoze a church with 1,500 people inside. The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda’s ruling came after Roman
Catholic priest Athanase Seromba appealed his 2006 conviction, a statement posted on the body’s Web site late Wednesday said. He was originally sentenced to 15 years in prison.

The tribunal is trying the alleged masterminds of the 1994 Rwandan genocide in which more than 500,000 minority Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed by Hutu extremists over a 100-day period. The tribunal said it convicted Seromba for “his role in the destruction of the church in Nyange Parish, and the consequent death of approximately 1,500 Tutsi refugees sheltering inside.”

Seromba was convicted of leading a militia that attacked the people and poured fuel through the roof of the church, while police threw grenades inside. After failing to kill everybody inside the church, Seromba ordered it to be demolished, the tribunal found.

Thousands of Rwandans have turned away from Catholicism, angered and saddened by the complicity of church officials in the genocide. Priests, nuns and followers were implicated in the killings and some churches were sites of notorious massacres.

The Rwanda war crimes tribunal has delivered 32 judgments, including five acquittals, since the U.N. Security Council established it in November 1994. There are 27 trials under way.

Roman Catholic Church Supported Eliot Spitzer’s School Voucher Plan!

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Vatican, Muslims, to establish permanent dialogue !

Vatican, Muslims, to establish permanent dialogue

The Vatican and Muslim leaders agreed on Wednesday to establish a permanent official dialogue to improve often difficult relations and heal wounds still open from a controversial papal speech in 2006.A joint statement said the first meeting of “The Catholic-Muslim Forum” will take place on November 4-6 in Rome with 24 religious leaders and scholars from each side.

Pope Benedict will address the group, the statement said.

The announcement came after a two-day meeting at the Vatican with five representatives of Muslims who had signed an unprecedented appeal to the Pope to begin a dialogue.

“We emerged with a permanent structure that will ensure that the Catholic-Muslim engagement and dialogue continues into the future,” said Professor Aref Ali Nayed, director of the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center in Amman, Jordan.

He told a news conference the forum would be able “to work out issues and an exchange of opinions about important matters”.

Catholic-Muslim relations nosedived in 2006 after Pope Benedict delivered a lecture in Regensburg, Germany, that was taken by Muslims to imply that Islam was violent and irrational.

Muslims around the world protested and the Pope sought to make amends when he visited Turkey’s Blue Mosque and prayed towards Mecca with its Imam.

“For some Muslims the wounds of the (Pope’s) German lecture are not completely healed and there are some Muslims who are boycotting the Vatican … and still feel offended by that quite deeply,” Nayed said in answer to a question.

PAPAL SPEECH STILL HURTS

“Just because we are part of this initiative does not mean that we are not hurt by this, however we must not only dwell on the negative but also dwell on the positive. There have been some recent positive moves by the Vatican,” he said.

After the fallout from the Regensburg speech, 138 Muslim scholars and leaders wrote to the German-born Pope and other Christian leaders last year, saying “the very survival of the world itself” may depend on dialogue between the two faiths.

“Muslims and Christians make up about 55 per cent of the world and there will be no peace in the world unless there is peace between these two communities,” Ibrahim Kalin of the Seta Foundation in Turkey told the news conference.

The signatories of the Muslim appeal for dialogue, called the “Common Word”, has grown to nearly 240 since.

“This whole initiative is about healing, it is about healing the wounds of a very pained and in many ways destroyed world. We have cruelty all over the place, we have wars, we have famines we have massacres, we have terrorist acts, we have torture, we have people who are kidnapped,” Nayed said.

Although Pope Benedict repeatedly expressed regret for the reaction to his speech in Regensburg, he stopped short of a clear apology sought by Muslims.

The Muslim delegation said the forum would meet every two years and alternate between Rome and a Muslim country but would establish structures for regular contacts and links to deal with one member called “an emergency situation”.

The Importance of Regular Communion (And Transubstitution Is False Doctrine!)

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(1 Corinthians 11:23-34)

Communion.  The other night on my TV program, I dealt with the whole issue
of communion.   Communion is that wonderful act of remembering the sacrifice
Jesus made as He literally gave His life for the sins of all mankind.  I was
actually shocked in looking through my Devotional archives to realize in
nearly 9 years, this was one issue I had never centered a Devotional around.
I have talked about communion many times over the years, but never did a
complete Devotional just on communion.  Shame on me!  Especially with all
the confusion and poor teaching about this wonderful time when a follower of
Jesus Christ fulfills the command the Lord gave to His followers to remember
Him by partaking of the bread and wine, re-enacting that moment He shared
with His disciples in the Upper Room during the Last Supper.

When we’re dealing with anything, our final authority in all matters is the
Bible.  The primary scripture that deals with communion is found in Paul’s
first letter to the Church of Corinth, in the 11th chapter.  This passage
refers back to the words of Jesus on the night of the Last Supper with His
disciples.  On that night, our Lord broke the bread and said, “This is my
body which is broken for you. This do in remembrance of Me.”  After dinner
was over, Jesus took the cup and told His disciples, ” This cup is the new
covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.”
You see, Jesus knew what was about to happen.  Jesus knew that in just a few
hours He would be going to the cross to shed His precious blood and give His
life as the one-time, perfect sacrifice for the sins of the world.

What Jesus did that night was give all of those who would follow Him a way
of remembering His finished work on the cross. You know we’re coming upon
the Easter season. It’s that time of year Believers worldwide will reflect
on the great sacrifice Christ made for us. We remember the Last Supper.  We
remember that time in the Garden of Gethsemane  where he would be betrayed
by Judas. We remember his trial before Pontius Pilate.  We remember how our
Lord was beaten, scourged, mocked, spat upon, and eventually nailed to the
cross where He hung and died.  The fact is, we need to remember Christ’s
sacrifice for us more than just at Easter.  That is the wonderful thing
about communion.  It allows us to take time and reflect, to remember the
price Jesus paid for our salvation.

One of the controversies regarding communion is how often a Believer should
participate in this act of remembrance.  Jesus simply said to do it in
remembrance of me, and even used the word “often.”   The Bible doesn’t give
us a specific time period, once a day, once a week, or once a month.  It
really becomes an issue each Believer needs to pray about and let the Holy
Spirit guide you.  Most churches have communion once a month.  I know of
some churches who observe communion every week. The Roman Catholic church
celebrates communion at every mass. Again, there is no Biblical mandate how
often to take communion.   My personal belief is that every Believer should
take communion at least once a month to never go too many days without
remembering the price Christ paid for our salvation.

Another controversial issue surrounding communion is who is supposed to take
communion. In most churches, everyone present is invited to take communion.
That is WRONG!  The Bible is very clear regarding who should and should not
take communion.  Communion is an act of remembrance for those who placed
their faith in Jesus Christ.  Communion is not something a nonbeliever
should participate in.  A nonbeliever has no relationship with Christ, so
the observance of communion is a meaningless exercise to that person.  The
bread and wine that represent the body and blood of Christ have no special
significance to a person who has not given their heart and life to the Lord.

I’ve had the honor of preaching many times over the years when communion was
being served.  I make it clear that communion is a time for those who have
placed their faith in Jesus Christ to examine themselves, repent of their
sins and ask God to forgive them of their sins before they partake of the
bread and wine.  One of the reasons I love communion is that it is the
perfect opportunity to allow people who aren’t Believers in Christ to accept
the Lord as their Savior by faith.  There’s no better time to give people an
invitation to know Jesus than at the time of communion.  After making the
decision to accept the Lord, they can then partake of the bread and wine and
understand the incredible sacrifice Jesus made for them when He shed His
blood and gave His life for their sins, so that they might be able to
receive God’s gift of everlasting life.

Let me share this with you.  You don’t have to be in church to take
communion.  I’ve taken communion dozen of times in my office.  I get a cup
with some grape juice to represent Christ’s blood.  I’ll take some bread to
represent His body.  I sit down with my Bible and read some of those great
passages in the Gospels about Christ’s crucifixion, and I take communion.
Listen, you don’t need a pastor or priest to give you Communion.  Communion
is an act of remembrance for Believers in Jesus Christ.  You don’t need a
pastor or priest to stick a wafer or piece of bread in your mouth. You don’t
need a pastor or priest to give you a cup of wine or grape juice.  You can
take communion at home, in your office, anywhere.  It’s an act of
remembrance each follower of Christ was asked by our Lord to do to remember
Him!

It is a time for those followers of Jesus Christ to remember the price He
paid for our salvation, why we are able to be the recipients of God’s gift
of everlasting life. Yes, it’s a great experience when you are with a body
of Believers in a church and you walk up and the pastor gives you the bread
and the cup. Yes, it’s wonderful to be able to share that experience in a
corporate setting with other Believers.  But you can take communion
anywhere, and you don’t need a pastor or priest since this is a time for
personal reflection.  It’s a time of remembrance.  That is why you shouldn’t
go more than 30 days without taking communion since it a reminder of what
our faith is all about.  Jesus Christ went to the cross, gave His body as a
one-time sacrifice and shed His blood for the remission of sins. That is
something every Believer should never forget and taking communion often is
important.

Now, let me share one last issue that pretty much is only an issue in the
Roman Catholic Church. It’s the man made tradition of transubstitution where
that church erroneously believes that at the time of communion, the wafer is
transformed into the literal Body of Christ and the cup of wine is
transformed literally into His blood. So when a Catholic goes to the altar
to take communion from the Priest, they believe they are literally partaking
of the body and blood of Christ. Again, it is a man made tradition without
any Biblical support. The bread or wafer, the wine or juice, are simply
SYMBOLS of the body and blood of Christ, not the literal body and blood of
Christ!

*Note:  To all my Roman Catholic friends.  I am VERY aware of the attempts
to use certain passages of the Bible to support this man made tradition of
the RC Church.  So please, don’t send me links and cut&paste postings on why
this belief is supported by Scripture, since it is not.

I love you and care about you so much.   Communion is an act of remembrance
every Believer should do on a regular basis. It is an act only Believers are
to participate in. Not children. Not the unsaved person you brought to
church.  Believers!   Communion is an act of remembrance. How can a
nonbeliever remember something he or she doesn’t believe in?  Unfortunately
most pastors absolutely miss this great opportunity to invite people to come
to know Jesus before offering communion.  There is no better opportunity in
the world to invite someone to know Christ than at the time you are
extending an invitation to communion. It gives you the perfect opportunity
to explain WHY a person needs Jesus.

I pray today that you will not ever let more than 30 days pass without
taking communion.  I believe it is a very important part of our faith and
spiritual journey.  It is the foundation of what our faith is all about.  I
don’t care if you have been saved 10 minutes or 80 years, all followers of
Christ need to reflect and remember what our Lord did for us.  Even more
important, Christ TOLD US to do this “oft” in remembrance of Him.  For the
Christian, communion is a very holy, somber, special time of reflection both
on our life and the sacrifice our Lord made for us.  May you be strengthened
and challenged each time you partake of the bread and wine, remembering that
Jesus gave His very life for us, so how can we do anything less for Him?

In His love and service,
Your friend and brother in Christ,
Bill Keller bkeller@liveprayer.com

John McCain Accepts The Endorsement Of Heretic John Hagee!

First Huckabee, then McCain, who was on record in 1999 as stating that he did not want to overturn Roe v. Wade. McCain also has a long record of opposing many of the things on Hagee’s political and religious agendas. This just proves that the guy who denies the Messiahship of Jesus Christ, claims that Jesus Christ was killed by Rome for His political beliefs,prophesied that the United States would attack Iran in 2007 (and is still demanding that we attack Iran!) and preaches dual covenant theology is simply in it for the power and money.

On The Potential Reunification Of The Russian Orthodox Church And The Roman Catholic Church

Russia Patriarch sees no imminent ties with Rome

The leader of Russia’s powerful Orthodox Church played down hopes of an imminent reconciliation with Rome in an interview on Monday, saying Catholic missionary activity in Russia prevented the churches from restoring ties.Speculation has flourished about a possible historic meeting between Russia’s Patriarch Alexiy II and Pope Benedict XVI after both sides indicated they were open in principle to healing a centuries-old rift between Western and Russian Christianity.

Russia is by far the biggest Orthodox Christian church and has undergone a big religious revival since the demise of the atheist Soviet Union. President Vladimir Putin, once a KGB spy, is now open about his Orthodox faith.