A Little Leaven

Did Jesus Fart?

Hey Peter, Come Here and Pull My Finger.

This video was produced by Ekklesia in Westland, Michigan.

Forecast for Santa Cruz: Sunny With a Chance for Demonic Outbreaks

Here is video of a brand new type of 'street evangelism' being engaged in by the tokin' the Holy Ghost types.

Here is more 'street evangelism' by the new mystics. The sign says "free buzz".

Minister Launches "Spiritual But Not Religious" Movement

Those who identify themselves as "spiritual but not religious" have a new home.

SBNR.org was launched this month in Grand Haven, Mich., for the millions of people in the United States who "desire a deep experience of life ... without the limitations and baggage of doctrine and religion," as stated on the website.

A social media company, SBNR.org was founded by Ian Lawton, an Australian minister who describes himself as independent spiritual teacher.

"I'm happy now to number myself amongst the millions of people around the world who describe ourselves as spiritual but not religious," Lawton tells visitors to the website.

Here is "minister" Ian Lawton's welcome to SBNR

Here is a "message" by Ian Lawton telling people to be open minded about Judas.

Muslim hired to run church's youth programs

A non-denominational Mississauga church known for its liberal religious practices has taken the unusual step of hiring an outspoken Muslim woman to run its youth programs.

The Unitarian Congregation announced yesterday it has appointed Farzana Hassan as director of spiritual exploration.

Hassan is a well-known author and poet and an outspoken activist who has butted heads with orthodox imams on issues such as hijab, polygamy and terrorism.

The Mississauga resident is also a past president of the Muslim Canadian Congress.
Hassan will be responsible for introducing and running children and youth programs for the church.

This is not the first controversial move for the congregation. In 1982, it invited an openly-gay member, Mark DeWolfe, to become a minister. (Online Source)

UCC’s health advocates press for increased condom distribution IN CHURCHES

Note: This is NOT an April Fool's Joke.

The United Church of Christ is pressing for a new type of 'sex challenge' for their churches. They want UCC Churches to be condom distribution centers.

Highlighting the need for churches to be places of spiritual and physical wellness, UCAN, Inc. (United Church of Christ HIV and AIDS Network) has issued a statement encouraging condom distribution at places of worship.

The statement, presented to the UCC’s Wider Church Ministries joint board meeting in Cleveland March 19, comes on the heels of a renewed focus on the global HIV/AIDS epidemic."(Online Source)

Wow, we missed that mandate in the scriptures. We had no idea that fulfilling the great commission included handing out condoms so that people can engage in sinful sexual activity without fear of contracting a disease.

Church authorities not to discipline Dutch 'atheist' pastor

Utrecht, Netherlands (ENI). Two regional church authorities in the Netherlands are reported to have decided to take no disciplinary action against a self-proclaimed atheist pastor, Klaas Hendrikse.

The decision of the authorities in the southern Dutch province of Zeeland was published in a letter to their congregations, the Protestant daily newspaper the Nederlands Dagblad reported on 24 March.

The church authorities said disciplinary proceedings against Hendrikse, who is a pastor of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands, would be likely to lead to, 'a protracted discussion about the meanings of words that in the end will produce little clarity'. The letter also noted that people have debated the issue of 'God's existence' throughout time.

Hendrikse gained attention with his book published in November 2007, in which he said that it was not necessary to believe in God's existence in order to believe in 'God'. The Dutch title of the book translates as, 'Believing in a God who does not exist: manifesto of an atheist pastor'.

In his book, Hendrikse recounts how his conviction that God does not exist has become stronger over the years.

'The non-existence of God is for me not an obstacle but a precondition to believing in God. I am an atheist believer,' Hendrikse writes in the book. 'God is for me not a being but a word for what can happen between people. Someone says to you, for example, 'I will not abandon you', and then makes those words come true. It would be perfectly alright to call that [relationship] God.' "

(Via Ecumenical News International.)

New Spring "Church's" Easter Service to Open with AC/DC's Highway to Hell

Can you think of a more appropriate song to open a church service than with AC/DC's "Highway to Hell"? Apparently Pastor Goat-Herder Perry Noble and his gang of hirelings at NewSpring Church Sef-Help Center believe that "Highway to Hell" is the most appropriate praise song that could be sung in celebration of the resurrection of our Great God and Savior Jesus Christ.

Here is a preview of the opening song that will be sung at NewSpring on Easter Sunday.

At least New Spring is being honest in its advertising.

Homosexual "Christian" Dating Service?!?!

Sermon Central Has ZERO Sermons on "The Gospel"

Look Mom, NO GOSPEL!

Yep, that's right. One of largest repositories of sermons on the planet has zip, zero, nada sermons on The Gospel. If you do a search at SermonCentral.com by topic, the core message of the Christian faith, THE GOSPEL, is NOT EVEN a topic that you can do a search on. That's a devastatingly embarassing omission.

Do you think that maybe so-called Christian Pastors now-a-days are too preoccupied on preaching ANYTHING BUT the Gospel??

Note: Before you land bast the Curator and accuse him of being shallow and nit-picky (which would be easy to do IF you think that gospel is a message that is relevant ONLY for salvation) please listen to this audio segment from the Issues, Etc. Radio Program on Preaching Christ. This will help you see a broader view of this issue.

Chrislam

Here is a story of a group in Nigeria that is blending Christianity and Islam. They call it Chrislam. We're sure that Brian McLaren and other emergents would see no problem with this.

Smoking the Cross Pipe

Buddhist Episcopalian Is Nominee for Job of Bishop

An Episcopal priest who has received a Buddhist lay ordination has been nominated for the position of bishop in the Diocese of Northern Michigan. The Rev. Kevin Thew Forrester, who has served in the diocese since 2001, will be the only nominee for the vacant position.

Forrester currently serves as rector of St. Paul's, Marquette, and is the diocese's ministry development coordinator. The bishop's election is scheduled for a special convention to be held February 21 in Escanaba, MI. If elected, Forrester would still have to obtain consents from a majority of dioceses in the Episcopal Church, in what is usually viewed as a rubber-stamp procedure.

Forrester is not the first Episcopal clergyman to hold dual faiths. In 2004, Pennsylvania priest Bill Melnyk was revealed to be a druid; while in 2007 Seattle priest Ann Holmes Redding declared that she was simultaneously an Episcopalian and a Muslim. Both Melnyk and Redding were eventually inhibited from priestly duties. Forrester's background was recently brought to light by the Anglican web site Stand Firm in Faith.(Online Source)

Treating the Sacred in a Profane Manner

This is Pastor Ron McKey’s take on Christian Baptism. He is from Cornerstone Church in Midwest City, Oklahoma.

HT: Slice of Laodicea

Oregon "Church" Refuses To Sign Marriage Certificates For Heterosexual Couples Until Gay People Have Same Marriage Rights

Apparently the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Ashland, Oregon has forgotten that Jesus Christ has commissioned the Church to go and make disciples by teaching people to observe all that He has commanded (Matt 28:18-20). Making disciples includes teaching people about the sin of homosexuality and God's coming wrath and judgement of people who practice homosexuality (1 Cor. 6:9-11).

It has been reported in the Ashland Daily Tidings:

that the First Congregational United Church of Christ’s Rev. Pam Shepherd, seeing the act of signing marriage licenses for heterosexual couples as a form of discrimination against gays and lesbians, decided that in the name of fairness no licenses should be dignified with the signature of the church’s clergy until all families receive equal treatment under the law.

The article quoted Rev. Shepherd as saying, "I’ve been for civil rights for gay and lesbian people for a long, long time, but I never thought, ’I’m helping the discrimination every time I sign a license.’" (Online Source)

More on the Beckham & Posh Spice Nativity

There is much more to this nativity than the Beckhams. Mockery of Christianity has reached new lows.

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David Beckham and Posh Spice Nativity

Sky News is reporting:

A nativity scene featuring David and Victoria Beckham as Joseph and Mary at Madame Tussauds waxwork museum has sparked outrage among some church leaders.

At least there are some church leader left who would think this is blasphemous.

Attack of the Female Priests

Aside from the clear Biblical prohibitions against women pastors, another very good reason to reject female pastors is the fact that they bring false doctrines with them into their pulpits. As you're watching this video which aired on the Today Show on Thanksgiving morning 2008, listen carefully and see if you can spot the clear instances of false doctrine being proclaimed by these women 'priests'.

The Apostolic Birdie!?!

Warning: This video is shocking, sad and EXTREMELY offensive. We are posting this here because it shows the true nature of the people promoting the Tokin' the Ghost heresy. (Remember we post this type of stuff because this is the Museum of Idolatry).

The man in the video is Brandon Barthrop and he has a "ministry" website called Red Letter Ministries that promotes getting high and whacked in the 'Holy Spirit'. Brandon has also made the rounds with John Crowder and Benjamin Dunn promoting the Tokin' heresy in churches.

This video exposes the true satanic nature of this heresy better than anything else we've witnessed.

Do you think Jesus behaved in this manner or taught his disciples to do anything even closely resembling this? Of course not, yet there are people who call themselves Christians and churches that claim to be Christian that listen to and follow this man and his teaching.

"I'm Not a Sinner" - Bill Scheer "Pastor" of Guts Church

Guts Church's "Pastor" Bill Scheer, along with being a "prosperity gospel" heretic, also claims that he is not a sinner.

This is a very serious error because the Bible is perfectly clear that anyone who claims he has no sin deceives himself and makes God out to be a liar.

1 John 1:8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say we have not sinned, we make God a liar, and his word is not in us.

It is clear from Scheer's teaching that he is NOT a Christian pastor but is instead a wolf. This fact calls into question all of the so-called conversions that are supposedly taking place at Guts Church's Nightmare because this man does not actually teach Biblical Christianity.

Guts Church's Nightmare Haunted House "Outreach"

This one speaks for itself.

Female Pastors?

God forbids women from being pastors. The cover of Gospel Today should have read, "Rebellious and Heretical Women".

Details of Paula White's Day of Atonement Blasphemy

Here are the details for Paula White's 2008 Day of Atonement Scam. This year there are 8 instead of 7 promises that her "god" will supposedly give you IF you send her money for the Day of Atonement.

Day of Atonement Blasphemy!

Paula White is rerunning the same Day of Atonement scam that she did last year. She is promising you prosperity and blessings if you send her large sums of money for the Day of Atonement.

The Fighting for the Faith radio program reviewed Paula White's 2007 Day of Atonement scam. You can listen to that episode by clicking here.

Charles Darwin to Receive Apology from the Church of England for Rejecting Evolution

The Church of England will concede in a statement that it was over-defensive and over-emotional in dismissing Darwin's ideas. It will call "anti-evolutionary fervour" an "indictment" on the Church".

The bold move is certain to dismay sections of the Church that believe in creationism and regard Darwin's views as directly opposed to traditional Christian teaching.

The apology, which has been written by the Rev Dr Malcolm Brown, the Church's director of mission and public affairs, says that Christians, in their response to Darwin's theory of natural selection, repeated the mistakes they made in doubting Galileo's astronomy in the 17th century. (Online Source)

Sloshfest 08 Glory Dance Trance

Can you spot the 'golden calf' in this video? This is NOT Christian Worship. This is pagan. Notice that Ben Dunn, of Tokin the Ghost fame is leading this pagan revelry.

Glory Hits Off Baby Jesus

Father and daughter take hits off of Baby Jesus (Ganga Jesus).

This is NOT Christianity. This is demonic!

HT: DefCon

Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter

Jesus Drowning

After swimming for days and days and days, Jesus is finally succumbing to the waves.

Tokin' the Holy Ghost Duuuuuuuude

HT: DefCon

Rock Me Sexy Jesus

UltraChrist?

The never ending pursuit of making Jesus in our own image continues. The "jesus" in this movie isn't much different than the "jesus" that is being pushed by many of today's churches.

This is what happens when Jesus' humanity is re-worked so that it conforms with our sinfulness while Jesus' divinity is ignored or re-tooled according to our idolatrous notions about how we want god to be. What's left is not an 'ultra christ'. What is left is a weak, pathetic, powerless Jesus instead of the perfectly righteous King of Kings and Lord of Lords who died on the cross to propitiate God's wrath and atone for our sins, the Jesus who sits enthroned at the right hand of God the Father and will come again with glory to judge both the living and the dead.

Warning: This trailer is extremely blasphemous, idolatrous and is NOT kid friendly.

Sister Paula the Transgendered Tele-Evangelist

Here is video from Sister Paula's T.V. show. In this episode he/she defends homosexual and transgendered 'christians' against self-righteous Bible bigots. He/She claims that god accepts homosexuals just as they are (repentance apparently isn't necessary). Furthermore, you can be a unrepentant homosexual and have the Holy Ghost.

HT: Defending Contending

Gay & Christian??

Somehow we don't think this shirt is saying that the person wearing it is a "happy" Christian. Nor is it saying that this person is repentant for the sin of homosexuality.

"Christian" Psychic Hotline?

Zoe Ministries, for only $365 will do a psychic reading give you a personalized prophecy about what you can expect for the next 12 months of your life.

Simple Reality Check: Prayer is free and if God needed to tell you about the next twelve months of your life then He knows where you live and work and He has your phone number and email address. In other words, God can easily get a hold of you if He needed to and God doesn't need you to pay Zoe a dime if He wants to tell you something.

Hunky Jesus Competition

Officiated by a gay charity group known as the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, the event features scantily clad men dressed as the religious icon, in the hope of being crowned the hottest.

Church Dating Series Includes Song from Grease that Glorifies Pre-Marital Sex

What could be more relevant than performing a song from Grease that glorifies pre-marital sex?

Here is 'Summer Nights' as performed by Granger Community Church.

"She Was Good. You know What I mean."

What is Granger Church teaching folks with a performance like this?

Apparently Granger forgot a few passages of scripture that are relevant to their use of so-called 'relevance'.

Galatians 6:14 But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

James 4:4 You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

Church Applies for Alcohol License

In the ever increasing quest to be more and more 'relevant' one church, rather than holding their services in a bar decided to get a licese to sell alcohol so that they could become a bar and sell booze at their church.

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False Jesus Arising!

We get the feeling that we will be posting more exhibits like this one in the days ahead.

Jesus warned us...

Matt. 24:23 Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There he is!’ do not believe it. 24 For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect. 25 See, I have told you beforehand. 26 So, if they say to you, ‘Look, he is in the wilderness,’ do not go out. If they say, ‘Look, he is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it

Here is a website that claims to be passing on messages and prophecies from the 'Real Jesus'.

Blood of Jesus Anointing Oil & More

If you live in Tennesee then you may have had the unfortunate experience of viewing the television ministry of Woody Martin. This man is another false prophet and charlatan who specializes in fleecing the sheep through the most ridiculous 'spiritual' items. Here is one of them.

This is a vial vile of the Blood of Jesus Anointing Oil.

False Prophet Woody's website even includes testimony of miracles associated with this anointing oil.

But if you are really in need of spiritual power in your life then be sure to pick up your very own Victory Prayer Shawl. Yes sir, according to Profit Woody this is the ONLY prayer shawl that combines Old Testament and New Testament Scriptures. You can get yours for ONLY $100.

But if you want to know more about Profit Woody's 'god' then all you need to do is look at the photo below. Look closely at the symbol around his neck. That pretty much says it all.

In Oprah We Trust

Miracle Manna

Eat your way to prosperity through the spiritual anointing of this heavenly cake?

Taking Christ Out of Christianity - LITERALLY!

This story comes to us today from a news outlet in Canada. It is about a woman pastor who is on a mission to remove Christ from Christianity. Here is how the story begins:

"That triumphal barnburner of an Easter hymn, Jesus Christ Has Risen Today – Hallelujah, this morning will rock the walls of Toronto's West Hill United Church as it will in most Christian churches across the country.

But at West Hill on the faith's holiest day, it will be done with a huge difference. The words “Jesus Christ” will be excised from what the congregation sings and replaced with “Glorious hope.”

Thus, it will be hope that is declared to be resurrected – an expression of renewal of optimism and the human spirit – but not Jesus, contrary to Christianity's central tenet about the return to life on Easter morning of the crucified divine son of God.

Generally speaking, no divine anybody makes an appearance in West Hill's Sunday service liturgy.

There is no authoritative Big-Godism, as Rev. Gretta Vosper, West Hill's minister for the past 10 years, puts it. No petitionary prayers (“Dear God, step into the world and do good things about global warming and the poor”). No miracles-performing magic Jesus given birth by a virgin and coming back to life. No references to salvation, Christianity's teaching of the final victory over death through belief in Jesus's death as an atonement for sin and the omnipotent love of God. For that matter, no omnipotent God, or god.

Ms. Vosper has written a book, published this week – With or Without God: Why the Way We Live is More Important than What We Believe – in which she argues that the Christian church, in the form in which it exists today, has outlived its viability and either it sheds its no-longer credible myths, doctrines and dogmas, or it's toast.

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Gnostic Mass?

Christianity's arch enemy and arch heresy, Gnosticism, is making a comeback. A reporter from the Sacramento News & Review recently attended a Gnostic Mass and reported on his experience. Said the reporter:

Anyone familiar with the Catholic Mass will notice similarities. The Gnostic symbolism, however, leans more toward taboo than tradition. A deacon opens the ceremony standing between a small altar of incense and a font, proclaims the Law of Thelema, and recites the Gnostic creed, ending with a resounding om. A guy in the audience beats out a primal rhythm on a hand drum as the Priestess and two acolytes, called “children,” enter from a side room and walk a serpentine pattern of figure eights until stopping before a veiled “tomb” situated in the west.

Click Here for the Rest of the Story. (Warning: this story is a bit graphic)

Artwork showing Virgin Mary as Stripper Stirs Up Catholic Campus

The Houston Chronicle is reporting that:

Artwork depicting the Virgin Mary as a stripper stirred trouble while on display at a small Catholic university before the piece was apparently stolen.

The print was part of an exhibit last month at the University of Dallas that featured the work of students at Murray State University in Kentucky. Joanna Gianulis, a senior art major at Murray State, said she was trying to raise questions about perceptions of saints and sinners and didn't intend to be sacrilegious.

"How do we know that an exotic dancer is sinful?" she said. "What if she has the best intentions and strives only to help those in need?

"Many single mothers are in this position and that is another reason why I chose to reference the Virgin Mary, because she was another woman who was in a tough position and probably received much criticism because of it."...

Asked for her description of the piece, Gianulis wrote in an e-mail:

"The work is a black and white woodcut relief print depicting a scantily clad stripper wearing a veil and holding a rosary. Other details in the work are scrolls saying 'Sinner or Saint?' in Spanish and referencing the Virgin (of) Guadalupe, and also a snake, some white lilies, a pair of scales, and also a small image of a bar of soap opposite a bottle marked 'xxx.'"

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Paula White's Outrageous Heresies!

"Pastrix" Paula White is a heretic of the highest magnitude and she is twisting God's word in order to make a buck.

In this video Paula White mangles the Biblical teaching of Christ's Atonment on the cross for our sins and turns it into a teaching about prosperity.

She denies that Jesus is the Only Begotten Son of God

AND tells us NOT to pray to Jesus.

Please compare what you saw and heard on this video to these passages of scripture.

Jesus Christ Is Clearly Called the ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD.

John 1:14   And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.

John 1:18 No man has seen God at any time; the only begotten God, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him.

John 3:16   “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.

John 3:18 “He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

Prayer to Jesus

John 14:14 [Jesus said] If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.

1Cor. 1:2   To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:

Acts 8:22 Repent, therefore, of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, the intent of your heart may be forgiven you.

2 Cor 12:7 So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations,a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited. 8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. 9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”

Acts 7:54   Now when they heard these things they were enraged, and they ground their teeth at him. 55 But he, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. 56 And he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.” 57 But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears and rushed together at him. 58 Then they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59 And as they were stoning Stephen, he called out, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” 60 And falling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

Acts 8:24 And Simon answered, “Pray for me to the Lord, that nothing of what you have said may come upon me.”

Acts 1:24 And they prayed and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all, show which one of these two you have chosen

1 John 5:11 And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. 13   I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life. 14 And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.

Heb. 7:25 Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.

If Christ Has Not Been Raised...

+++We apologize for the length of this exhibit. But, it deals with the Core of the Christian Faith+++

With the celebration of Jesus' death and resurrection rapidly approaching here is something to consider...Scripture is absolutely clear that if Jesus has not been raised from the dead then Christianity is not true and your faith is in vain. Here is what 1 Corinthians 15:12-19 says:

1Cor. 15:12   Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. 14 And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. 15 We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified about God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised. 17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. 18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19 If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied.

God's Word could not be ANY clearer. Now compare this passage of scripture to what so-called Bible scholar John Dominic Crossan said in the documentary, "The Lost Tomb of Jesus" and ask yourself who are you going to believe? Are you going to believe God's Word as penned through the Apostle Paul, who was an eye-witness to Christ's resurrection or will you believe contemporary "scholar' John Dominic Crossan?

There is a word that describes John Dominic Crossan and that word is Heretic.

On a related note: Brian McLaren of the Emergent Church in his latest book Everything Must Change quotes favorably from Crossan's latest book. McLaren and Crossan reinterpret the message of the gospel in such a way as to practically eliminate the doctrine of Christ's Penal Substitutionary Atonement (This is the Biblical teaching that tells us the Jesus was pierced for our transgressions and died as our substitute on the cross in order to propitiate God's wrath against our sins). Brian McLaren doesn't teach that Jesus died as our substitute. Instead, after quoting Crossan on pages 122 and 123 McLaren redefines Jesus' death on the cross by saying "Jesus will use his cross to expose the cruelty and injustice of those in power and instill hope and confidence in the oppressed."

That is not the Biblical gospel! There isn't a single verse in the scriptures that teaches this!

That is a bunch of Emergent goblidy gook!

But here again the scriptures tell us plainly what the gospel is and so we ask who are you going to believe?

Mark 10:45 [Jesus said] "For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

John 10:15 [Jesus said] just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.

Romans 4:22 That is why his [Abraham's] faith was “counted to him as righteousness.” 23 But the words “it was counted to him” were not written for his sake alone, 24 but for ours also. It will be counted to us who believe in him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord, 25 who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.

Romans 5:6 For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— 8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

1 Corinthians 15:1   Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, [the gospel] which you received, [the gospel] in which you stand, 2 and [the gospel] by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. 3   For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, 5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. 6 Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. 7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. 8 Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me.

Galatians 1:3   Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, 4 who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, 5 to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Gal. 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

1 Timothy 2:3 This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, 4 who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all..

Titus 2:13 waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, 14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.

1 Peter 1:17 And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile, 18 knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.

Heb. 2:17 Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

1 John 2:2 Jesus is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.

1 John 4:10 In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

Isaiah 53:4   Surely our griefs He Himself bore, And our sorrows He carried; Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken, Smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, And by His scourging we are healed. 6 All of us like sheep have gone astray, Each of us has turned to his own way; But the LORD has caused the iniquity of us all To fall on Him.

Isaiah 53:7   He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He did not open His mouth; Like a lamb that is led to slaughter, And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers, So He did not open His mouth. 8 By oppression and judgment He was taken away; And as for His generation, who considered That He was cut off out of the land of the living, For the transgression of my people to whom the stroke was due? 9 His grave was assigned with wicked men, Yet He was with a rich man in His death, Because He had done no violence, Nor was there any deceit in His mouth.

Isaiah 53:10   But the LORD was pleased To crush Him, putting Him to grief; If He would render Himself as a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, And the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand. 11 As a result of the anguish of His soul, He will see it and be satisfied; By His knowledge the Righteous One, My Servant, will justify the many, As He will bear their iniquities. 12 Therefore, I will allot Him a portion with the great, And He will divide the booty with the strong; Because He poured out Himself to death, And was numbered with the transgressors; Yet He Himself bore the sin of many, And interceded for the transgressors.

So...are you going to believe the clear Word of God or will you instead believe men like John Dominic Crossan and Brian McLaren?

False Miracles by False Prophets!

For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect. - Matthew 24:24

The so-called ministry Extreme Prophetic is an example of the next generation of false signs and false wonders type "ministries".

The video below clearly shows the absurd and cheap 'magic tricks' these people are engaging in to deceive the gullible and separate them from their money. Patricia King and Joshua Mills are false prophets and we will not retract that statement. It is clear from their teaching and their false signs and false wonders that they are heretics and the spirit by which they operate is NOT the Holy Spirit.

Col. 2:8   See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.

Col. 2:18 Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions,puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind, 19 and not holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God.

You Call This A Sermon?

Racism is alive and well in the American church. This is the Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright, Barak Obama's pastor delivering a racist Christmas sermon.

Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori On Homosexuality

Here are some clear passages of scripture regarding homosexuality. Compare these with what Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori said on the matter in her recent interview on PBS.

1Cor. 6:9   Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, 10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

1Tim. 1:8   Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it lawfully, 9 understanding this, that the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers, 10 the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine, 11 in accordance with the gospel of the glory of the blessed God

The Bible of Money Love

A Bible on Financial Increase...hmmm we thought the scriptures say...

"For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs." - 1 Timothy 6:10