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One Third is Missing

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:00:00 GMT

If you were born in, or after 1973 look around you. On January 22, 1973 the U. S. Supreme court actually broadened legalized abortion. Before that, abortion laws were made by state government. The impact of Roe Vs. Wade is astounding. To date, there have been nearly fifty million abortions. So if you fall into that age group of about 36 years to age 0, one in three of your peers was aborted before he or she was born.

The point is, there is a war against the unborn. It is Gen-X and Gen-Y and, (are we up to Gen-Z?), who are under attack. They call it Choice. The only problem is that those who are the casualties never had a voice. I believe that they would have chosen to live if anyone was paying attention.

For those women who believe that abortion is a woman's right, let's get one thing straight. There is a man who has been denied his right to be a father. I knew a man whose wife had an abortion. I still feel sorry for him. He really wanted that baby. There are two sets of grandparents who will never meet their grandchild. There are siblings, aunts and uncles who will never meet this baby either.

In time, the women who had abortions will be scarred, too. Some physically, others emotionally and spiritually. Something dies inside a woman who has an abortion. www.hopeafterabortion.com
There is always hope and help for women who have had abortions.

Pray to End FOCA (Freedom of Choice Act)

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:33:08 GMT

Barack Obama has promised to sign this piece of legislation as soon as he is sworn into office. What it will mean if it passes:

1)All hospitals, even Catholic ones, will be required to perform abortions. Roughly one-third of all hospitals are run by the Catholic Church. Rather than go against Church teaching, these hospitals would be shut down by the Catholic Church.

2) Partial-birth abortions would once again be legal and have no limitations.

3) All U. S. taxpayers will be forced to be complicit in the funding of abortions.

4) Parental notification will no longer be required when a minor daughter seeks an abortion.

Pray for a defeat of FOCA. You may consider saying a novena--series of prayers over 9 days along with at least 2 days or more of fasting. It starts today, January 11.

Trinitarians Vs. Oneness (Sabellians), A Comparison

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:10:13 GMT

It seems these Oneness (Sabellian) Christians misunderstand what Trinitarian Christians believe. I do not know if this is deliberate. I suspect it is. A Trinitarian is anyone who believes in One God, but Three Persons. As I understand the Bible, the Holy Spirit is mentioned in the Old Testament, as well. Jesus tells us in the New Testament that he has a Heavenly Father, and a Holy Spirit.

What the Oneness Christians seem to not grasp is the fact that any one of the Persons of the Holy Trinity is 100 percent God. They seem to think that Trinitarians see God divided up into thirds. They see a god behind the God ever changing his costume. One second He is Father, the next He is Son, lastly, He is the Holy Spirit.

This Oneness does not jibe well with the New Testament. For one thing, Jesus says, "Go forth baptizing in the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit". He says, "If you have seen me you have seen the Father". Jesus also told us to call God, "Father" or "Daddy". At the end of His earthly life He says that He must go home to send the Holy Spirit. Clearly they aren't taking these parts of the Gospel literally or even in context.

Oneness Churches seem to preach that anyone who was baptized as an infant by the pouring form and the Trinitarian formula will not ever go to Heaven. They also teach that those who were baptized by full immersion, using the, "I baptism you in Jesus' name" will go to heaven unless, of course, they ever leave their Oneness Church. I find this presumptuous and abusive on their part.

Some regard Oneness Churches as heretical at best, cultic at worst. They tend to fall within the Pentecostal framework. The CFCMI cult uses the false doctrines of Oneness and rebaptism in Jesus' name as a way to scare people, mainly young sailors, into joining and to scare them into staying. Staying means servitude, extreme poverty and abuse. Leaving means certain damnation. That is what is taught. For the record more have left there than the number who have stayed.

Trinitarians who are most of us, believe in One God, NOT THREE. We believe that God is love. With that goes the power to be comprised of Three Persons. The Father and Son always were. The Holy Spirit proceeds from the other two because God IS LOVE. We should not try to limit God. We can never understand God. We aren't nearly that intelligent.

As far as baptism by immersion goes, no Christian is opposed to this. Most modern Churches no longer have baptism pools. It has to do with logistics, mainly. Some Churches still do baptize by immersion.

First Week of Advent

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:44:13 GMT

A lot of my friends on Xanga write posts about the spiritual side of Advent. I think that they have that part well covered with devotionals, prayer etc. This part is what is most important and most forgotten. Not to diminish any of that, I prefer to go in another direction.

Advent and Christmas are also a good time to remember those less fortunate than ourselves. It is a good time to visit nursing homes, filling community food shelves, hanging mittens on Mitten Trees, giving to Toys for Tots etc.

We should also remember to keep our family and friends who are far away in our prayers. I like to send them a Christmas Cards to let them know I am still thinking about them.

Sometimes I get really sick at Christmas and don't send any cards until January. This has gone on several years in a row. I now see it as a cross Christ gives me to bear and feel honored when it happens.

Above all, remember to keep Christ in Christmas. (Someone should put that on a button or bumper sticker)

Getting Started

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:16:24 GMT

Hello one and all! I never thought I would get into this blogging thing. Over the past several months I just sort of eased into it. I think that I should have a public page or it would make more sense to blog in a notebook. I have been racking my brains on what to post. It is not that I have nothing to say, rather I have too much to say and don't know where to begin. I have many, many interests, but don't think that they fit nicely into my profile.

I have had a few friends over the years who joined cults. I've rubbed elbows with a few myself. Last fall, I set out to learn as much as I could about them. Reading up on cults is the event that brought me to blogging.

Advice I would give to my friends:

Learn your faith and the Bible well or you get sucked into cults. Those who do get sucked in haven't bothered to learn their faith, in many cases. Those who believe in nothing will fall for everything.
Leaving a cult is not the same as leaving God. Those who walk out aren't Hell bound. Rather, they may have an even greater place in Heaven.
Take time for God and for yourself. It is when our bodies and minds are quiet that we can hear Him.
Take time for fun. Even God takes a day off.
Remember you can't work your way to Heaven.
Work hard weeding or those baobab trees will overtake everything.
Call your parents; they still love you.
Call your friends; they also love you.
Get plenty of rest. Well rested people get along with others better.
Eat a healthy, balanced diet. It helps you think clearer.

In the long run God and love are what matter most. God is Love.

Friday, August 08, 2008

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:39:20 GMT

Hi everyone! I'm just getting started on Xanga... Drop me a comment if you've got some ideas on what to do first - or just to say, "Hi!" :-)