Anglican Priest Encourages Stealing.

From Christian News Wire: An Anglican priest in the northern English city of York told his parishioners that poor people struggling to survive should steal food and other essentials from shops, rather than raise money through prostitution, burglary or mugging.

Best-selling author and evangelist, Ray Comfort, said, "What may sound like compassion is actually pulpit betrayal. Rather than a sermon telling his hearers to steal from businesses, he should be telling them to take what they need from his own church's collection plate. If he didn't do that because his church is feeling the economic pinch, that brings into question his motive. If his parishioners take his advice and his weekly collection increases, he is benefiting from the crime he instigated and therefore complicit to it. The question also arises as to whether or not the priest personally practices what he preaches. Does he himself shoplift? If he doesn't, he's a hypocrite. If he does, then he's a criminal. If he says that he doesn't need to shoplift because he is financially sound, then he should be giving to his poor folks, rather than making them into thieves."

Britain's Daily Mail reported, "He told parishioners it would not break the eighth commandment 'thou shalt not steal' because it 'is permissible for those who are in desperate situations to take food that they might not starve.' The Yorkshire Evening Post reported that he said, "'My advice, as a Christian priest, is to shoplift,' he told his stunned congregation at St Lawrence and St Hilda in York."

Comfort said, "The twisted advice of the Reverend is nothing new. The religious leaders at the time of Christ also perverted the Ten Commandments. In Matthew 15 they changed the Fifth so that they didn't have to honor their father and mother, and they even tried to soften the Seventh. But in the Sermon on the Mount Jesus warned that God considers lust to be adultery of the heart.

"This all comes from something called 'idolatry,' which is the sin of making a god in your own image. Once you do that, anything goes. The Bible says that if you steal, even in the case of dire need, you pay back seven-fold. Sex becomes okay "if you love someone." Lying becomes morally okay if they are lies that don't "hurt" anyone. Adultery becomes acceptable if the marriage is boring, and the murder of children in the womb is permitted if a pregnancy is an inconvenience. But the Bible is clear that all liars, adulterers, murderers and thieves will end up in Hell."

The Rev. Jones added, "I do not offer such advice because I think that stealing is a good thing, or because I think it is harmless, for it is neither." He said that people shouldn't steal from small, family businesses, but from large national businesses.

Comfort, who spent a lot of his time feeding the homeless in Los Angeles' infamous McArthur Park, said, "This is what happens when unconverted men go into the ministry. Many of today's preachers should have been plumbers, motivational speakers or bankers, rather than what the Bible calls 'preachers of righteousness.' The moral Law is meant to show us that we are sinners and that we need a Savior. The Ten Commandments don't need changing. We do. We may change them to suit ourselves, but they will still be the standard of judgment on Judgment Day. God wrote them in stone for a reason."

A Call for Discernment - Exposing the False Teachers of the Word of Faith Movement

Below will be a video of Justin Peters. You could call it a preview of " A Call for Discernment - Exposing the False Teachers of the Word of Faith Movement." It is a DVD that will give you a pretty good idea about why discernment is so important, and of the dangers of false teachers. Justin did his thesis for his masters degree on this very subject. To learn more check out Justin Peters.org


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New Links on Abortion.

Just updating the blog a bit, by putting some new links on here. One, is Pro Life Training.com. Scott Klusendorf is one of the main persons featured on that site. He gives presentations on abortion for the pro-life argument, and also does debates, where he always wins. I recently saw being interviewed by Todd Friel on Wretched Interviews. In the interview he lays out a simple plan so that you too can win the the abortion argument, in support of pro-life of course. Check out his site, you will learn a lot.

The other site is Abort73.com. This is actually a ministry based in the Rockford IL area, in case anyone was interested with the area that I live. I believe it is lead by a Masters Seminary alumni, I may be mistaken on that though, if I am, I'm sorry, let me know and I'll correct my info. Regardless, it is a fantastic site, with lots of information and resources that you can use. I highly recommend their site, and find out how you can get involved.

Here is a video I got from Abort73. WARNING, it does contain graphic images, so if you got a weak stomach or kids in the room, you might not wanna watch it.

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The Driving Power of the Gospel.

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God [has] appointed a day in which He will judge the world, and we sigh and cry until it shall end the reign of wickedness, and give rest to the oppressed. Brethren, we must preach the coming of the Lord, and preach it somewhat more than we have done, because it is the driving power of the gospel. Too many have kept back these truths, and thus the bone has been taken out of the arm of the gospel. Its point has been broken; its edge has been blunted. The doctrine of judgment to come is the power by which men are to be aroused. There is another life; the Lord will come a second time; judgment will arrive; the wrath of God will be revealed. where this is not preached, I am bold to say the gospel is not preached. It is absolutely necessary to the preaching of the gospel of Christ that men be warned as to what will happen if they continue in their sins. Ho, ho, sir surgeon, you are too delicate to tell the man that he is ill! You hope to heal the sick without their knowing it. You therefore flatter them, and what happens? They laugh at you; they dance upon their own graves. At last they die! Your delicacy is cruelty; your flatteries are poisons; you are a murderer. Shall we keep men in a fool's paradise? Shall we lull them into soft slumbers from which they will awake in Hell? Are we to become helpers of their damnation by our smooth speeches? In the name of God, we will not.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-92)

This is why I believe that the preaching of a Joel Olsteen is dangerous.

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Paul Washer on False Teachers.

I realize I might not make any friends with this clip, but I like it, I agree with what he says. He only mentions Joel Olsteen and Benny Hinn, but there are a ton of other false teachers that can be lined up with him. I hope you enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWMrKcFKqzk

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Project Ezra.

Yesterday, I just started to do what is known as Project Ezra. What is it, is we read the Bible, out loud in the open air, or in public, and then follow it up with a gospel presentation. Now, let me tell ya, I've done open air preaching a couple times, but doing Project Ezra makes it a lot easier. Definitely a lot easier to go from reading the Bible into presenting the Gospel, rather than trying to attract a crowd and then present the Gospel.

For those of you who have never done open air preaching before, might I suggest that you start with this. Its easy, all ya gotta do is read the Bible. You are using God's Word, not your words, and God's Word does not return void. Once you do that a couple of times, you'll soon build up enough confidence to do some open air preaching.

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Know Your Weapon.

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In the military, we are introduced to our rifles. We train with them and become proficient with them. We get an intimate knowledge of this weapon, because in combat, it will save our lives. Without it, we are useless in combat. We get to know the weapon inside and out, and we a trained to be proficient using it. Their are even some people I know that can take their rifle apart and put it back together blindfolded.

For us Christians God has given us a mighty weapon. It is the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God(Eph. 6: 17). In Hebrews 4:12 it is described being "sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart." Just like a soldier and his weapon, we should also have an intimate knowledge of our weapon, because we are in a spiritual battle with the spiritual forces of wickedness (Eph. 6:12).

Hopefully you have all picked up on the fact that this weapon, the "Word of God", is indeed our Bibles. It is very important that we learn how to use it right. Just like a military weapon, if someone uses it not knowing what they are doing, they could harm or even kill a person, spiritually. If we learn to use it rightly, it has the power to fight off wickedness, and lead people to Christ.

So I urge you, pick up your weapons, and learn to use it well. It should be as another part of you, and come naturally to you. Commit verses to memory so that you will always have your weapon with you, and never be caught unarmed. Above all, learn to use it right.

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