Chosen in Christ: God’s Eternal Plan of Redemption
SOURCE: http://www.ligonier.org/learn/daily-video/
Monday, June 20, 2016
Chosen in Christ: God’s Eternal Plan of Redemption
Chosen in Christ: God’s Eternal Plan of Redemption
SOURCE: http://www.ligonier.org/learn/daily-video/
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Jesuits Created the Illuminati Cult
Historical records prove:
1.Jesuit Adam Weishaupt created the Illuminati cult.
2.The Illuminati cult survives and thrives through Freemason and Rosicrucian Martinists Martinez de Pasqually, Johann Georg Schwarz, and their followers.
According to Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, 1910, page 320, screenshot below, it is an unshakeable fact that the founder of the modern Bavarian Illuminati was a trained Jesuit named Adam Weishaupt from Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany.
Ingolstadt was the centre where the Jesuits were flourishing in 1556. (History of Protestantism by Wylie, Volume 2, p.413)
Adam Weishaupt was born on 6 February 1748 in Ingolstadt in the Electorate of Bavaria to a German family. Weishaupt's father Johann Georg Weishaupt (1717–1753) died when Adam was five years old. After his father's death he came under the tutelage of his godfather Johann Adam Freiherr von Ickstatt who, like his father, was a Jesuit professor of law at the Jesuit University of Ingolstadt.
There are many vicious lies written in books that Adam Weishaupt was a Jew, to blame all evils on the Jews, who brought forth our Saviour Jesus Christ; who gave us the Truth, the Life, and the Way to heaven; who gave us the written Word of God – the Holy Bible, for free!
The Vatican Decree de genere of 1593 forbids any Jew from entering the Jesuit Order: "Either Jewish or Muslim ancestry, no matter how distant, is an insurmountable impediment for admission to the Society of Jesus." This decree was in effect until 1946. There was NO Jewish Jesuit or Muslim Jesuit. Period. - CLICK here and Continue reading...
1.Jesuit Adam Weishaupt created the Illuminati cult.
2.The Illuminati cult survives and thrives through Freemason and Rosicrucian Martinists Martinez de Pasqually, Johann Georg Schwarz, and their followers.
According to Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, 1910, page 320, screenshot below, it is an unshakeable fact that the founder of the modern Bavarian Illuminati was a trained Jesuit named Adam Weishaupt from Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany.
Ingolstadt was the centre where the Jesuits were flourishing in 1556. (History of Protestantism by Wylie, Volume 2, p.413)
Adam Weishaupt was born on 6 February 1748 in Ingolstadt in the Electorate of Bavaria to a German family. Weishaupt's father Johann Georg Weishaupt (1717–1753) died when Adam was five years old. After his father's death he came under the tutelage of his godfather Johann Adam Freiherr von Ickstatt who, like his father, was a Jesuit professor of law at the Jesuit University of Ingolstadt.
There are many vicious lies written in books that Adam Weishaupt was a Jew, to blame all evils on the Jews, who brought forth our Saviour Jesus Christ; who gave us the Truth, the Life, and the Way to heaven; who gave us the written Word of God – the Holy Bible, for free!
The Vatican Decree de genere of 1593 forbids any Jew from entering the Jesuit Order: "Either Jewish or Muslim ancestry, no matter how distant, is an insurmountable impediment for admission to the Society of Jesus." This decree was in effect until 1946. There was NO Jewish Jesuit or Muslim Jesuit. Period. - CLICK here and Continue reading...
Sunday, June 12, 2016
World's Largest Ever Male Choir with Cardiff Arms Park Male Choir (1993)
On 1 September 1966, following Cardiff RFC's 35-0 defeat of Cardiff & District, a group of supporters came up with idea of forming a choir to improve the standard of after-match singing. The Cardiff Athletic Male Voice Choir first met on the following Monday, 5 September, in the old Skittle Alley at the Rugby Club. There were twenty-five members present for the first meeting.[1] The choir changed its name in 2000 to become the Cardiff Arms Park Male Choir, helping to raise the profile of the choir and perpetuate the name of the Arms Park.
The choir made their first TV appearance within weeks of being formed, welcoming the Australian Rugby Team to Wales, and has since appeared on television on numerous occasions, including appearances on BBC, Sky Sports, ITV, Channel 4, New Zealand and Australian TV and MUTV. The choir sang live on Grandstand in 2002 and recorded an advertisement for the BBC's Six Nations rugby coverage alongside Goldie Lookin Chain in 2006.[2] The choir were also filmed for an in-flight advertisement for Qantas airlines. They appeared on the Rogue Trader section of Watchdog, made a very brief appearance on Strictly Come Dancing and supported Ant & Dec in a link for Britain's Got Talent.
The choir has performed alongside numerous stars, including Hayley Westenra, Charlotte Church, Max Boyce, Peter Karrie, Shân Cothi, Goldie Lookin Chain and Foreigner.[3]
The choir has travelled to Scotland (Blairgowrie in 1993, Perth and Crieff in 2009 and 2011), Ireland (Kilkenny in 1998), the Czech Republic (Prague, Plzen and Karlštejn in 2004), France (Pleyben in 2004 Chatte in 2006 and [(Strasbourg)] in 2012), Switzerland (Le Brassus in 2006), Italy (Milan in 2006), Germany (Heilbronn, Satteldorf and Stuttgart in 2007), Poland (Kraków in 2009) and Spain (Santander in 2010). Some of the choir joined as guests of Dowlais Male Choir in their performances at the 2008 Festival Interceltique de Lorient. MORE..
Monday, May 30, 2016
THE SINNER'S PRAYER
"Teach us what we shall say to Him; We cannot arrange our case because of darkness.
"You do not know what you are asking," Jesus replied. "Are you able to drink the cup I am going to drink?" "We are able," the brothers answered.
And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever--
For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, "Abba! Father!"
Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.
Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.
Job 37:19, Matthew 20:22, John 14:16, Romans 8:15, 2 Corinthians 12:8, Ephesians 6:18
infirmities.
Romans 15:1 We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, …
2 Corinthians 12:5-10 Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but …
Hebrews 4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling …
Hebrews 5:2 Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out …
for we.
Matthew 20:22 But Jesus answered and said, You know not what you ask. Are you able …
Luke 11:1 And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, …
James 4:3 You ask, and receive not, because you ask amiss, that you may consume …
but.
Romans 8:15 For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but …
Psalm 10:17 LORD, you have heard the desire of the humble: you will prepare their …
Zechariah 12:10 And I will pour on the house of David, and on the inhabitants of …
Matthew 10:20 For it is not you that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaks in you.
Galatians 4:6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of his Son …
Ephesians 2:18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.
Ephesians 6:18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit…
Jude 1:20,21 But you, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, …
with.
Romans 7:24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
Psalm 6:3,9 My soul is also sore vexed: but you, O LORD, how long…
Psalm 42:1-5 As the hart pants after the water brooks, so pants my soul after you, O God…
Psalm 55:1,2 Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not yourself from my supplication…
Psalm 69:3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: my eyes fail while I …
Psalm 77:1-3 I cried to God with my voice, even to God with my voice; and he gave …
Psalm 88:1-3 O lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you…
Psalm 102:5,20 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones stick to my skin…
Psalm 119:81 My soul faints for your salvation: but I hope in your word.
Psalm 119:82 My eyes fail for your word, saying, When will you comfort me?
Psalm 143:4-7 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate…
Luke 22:44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was …
2 Corinthians 5:2,4 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed on with our …
2 Corinthians 12:8 For this thing I sought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
"Then went king David in, and sat before the Lord, and he said, Who am I, O Lord God? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord God; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord God? And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord God, knowest thy servant. For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them. Wherefore thou art great, O Lord God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?
For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, Lord, art become their God. And now, O Lord God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said. And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The Lord of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee. For thou, O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.
And now, O Lord God, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant: Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord God, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever." - 2 Samuel 7:18-29
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
The English Reformation and the Puritans by Michael Reeves
Their Unlikely Story Is Ours
Friday, May 06, 2016
One danger to young men is PRIDE.
One danger to young men is PRIDE.
"I know well that all souls are in fearful peril. Old or young, it doesn't matter; all have a race to run, a battle to fight, a heart to humble, a world to overcome, a body to keep under control, a devil to resist; and we may very well say, Who is sufficient for these things? But still every age and condition has its own peculiar snares and temptations, and it is well to know them. He that is forewarned is forearmed. If I can only persuade you to be on your guard against the dangers I am going to name, I am sure I shall do your souls an essential service.
Pride is the oldest sin in the world. Indeed, it was before the world. Satan and his angels fell by pride. They were not satisfied with their first situation and status. Thus pride stocked hell with its first inhabitants.
Pride threw Adam out of paradise. He was not content with the place God assigned him. He tried to raise himself, and fell. Thus sin, sorrow, and death entered in by pride.
Pride sits in all our hearts by nature. We are born proud. Pride makes us rest content with ourselves--think we are good enough as we are--keep us from taking advice--refuse the gospel of Christ--turn every one to his own way. But pride never reigns anywhere so powerfully as in the heart of a young man.
How common is it to see young men with big heads, high-minded, and impatient of any counsel! How often they are rude and uncourteous to all around them, thinking they are not valued and honored as they deserve! How often will they not stop to listen to a hint from an older person! They think that they know everything. They are full of conceit of their own wisdom. They think elderly people, and especially their relatives, are stupid, and dull, and slow. They want no teaching or instruction themselves: they understand all things. It almost makes them angry to be spoken to. Like young horses, they cannot bear the least control. They must be independent and have their own way. They seem to think, like those whom Job mentioned, "You are the people, and wisdom will die with you" (Job 12:2). And all this is pride.
Rehoboam was such a person, who despised the counsel of the old experienced men who stood before his father, and listened to the advice of the young men of his own generation. He lived to reap the consequences of his folly. There are many like him.
The prodigal son in the parable was also such a person, who needed to have his share of the inheritance so he could set himself up in the lifestyle that he desired. He could not submit to live quietly under his father's roof, but would go into a far country, and be his own master. Like the little child that will leave its mother's hand and walk alone, he soon feels the sting for his folly. He became wiser when he had to eat husks with the swine. But there are many like him.
Young men, I beseech you earnestly, beware of pride. Two things are said to be very rare sights in the world--one is a young man that is humble, and the other is an old man that is content. I fear that this is only too true.
Do not be proud of your own abilities, your own strength, your own knowledge, your own appearance, your own cleverness. Do not be proud of yourself, and your endowments of any kind. It all comes from not knowing yourself and the world. The older you grow, and the more you see, the less reason you will find for being proud. Ignorance and inexperience are the pedestal of pride; once the pedestal is removed--pride will soon come down.
Remember how often Scripture sets before us the excellence of a humble spirit. How strongly we are warned "Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought" (Romans 12:3). How plainly we are told, "The man who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know!" (1 Corinthians 8:2). How strict is the command, "Clothe yourselves with humility" (Colossians 3:12). And again, "Clothe yourselves with humility" (1 Peter 5:5). This is the garment of which many seem not to have so much as a rag.
Think of the great example our Lord Jesus Christ leaves us in this respect. He washed the feet of His disciples, saying, "You should do as I have done for you" (John 13:15). It is written, "Though he was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor" (2 Corinthians 8:9). And again, "He made Himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled himself" (Philippians 2:7, 8). Surely to be proud is to be more like the devil and fallen Adam, than like Christ.
Think of the wisest man that ever lived--I mean Solomon. See how he speaks of himself as a "little child," as one who "does not know how to carry out his duties" or manage for himself (1 Kings 3:7). That was a very different spirit from his brother Absalom's, who thought himself equal to anything: "If only I were appointed judge in the land! Then everyone who has a complaint or case could come to me and I would see that he gets justice" (2 Samuel 15:4). That was a very different spirit from his brother Adonijah's, who "exalted himself, saying, I will be king" (1 Kings 1:5). Humility was the beginning of Solomon's wisdom. He writes it down as his own experience, "Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him" (Proverbs 26:12).
Young men, take to heart the Scriptures just quoted. Do not be too confident in your own judgment. Stop being so sure that you are always right, and others wrong. Don't trust your own opinion, when you find it contrary to that of older men, and especially to that of your own parents. Age gives experience, and therefore deserves respect. It is a mark of Elihu's wisdom, in the book of Job, that "Elihu had waited before speaking to Job because they were older than he" (Job 32:4). And afterwards he said, "I am young in years, and you are old; that is why I was fearful, not daring to tell you what I know. I thought, 'Age should speak; advanced years should teach wisdom" (Job 32:6-7). Humility and silence are beautiful graces in young people. Never be ashamed of being a learner: Jesus was one at twelve years; when He was found in the temple, He was "sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions" (Luke 2:46). The wisest men would tell you they are always learners, and are humbled to find after all how little they know. The great Sir Isaac Newton used to say that he felt himself no better than a little child, who had picked up a few precious stones on the shore of the sea of knowledge.
Young men, if you would be wise, if you would be happy, remember the warning I give you--Beware of pride." - Extracted from THOUGHTS FOR YOUNG MEN by J. C. Ryle (1816 - 1900) II. DANGERS OF YOUNG MEN. You can read the whole book online by clicking HERE.
"I know well that all souls are in fearful peril. Old or young, it doesn't matter; all have a race to run, a battle to fight, a heart to humble, a world to overcome, a body to keep under control, a devil to resist; and we may very well say, Who is sufficient for these things? But still every age and condition has its own peculiar snares and temptations, and it is well to know them. He that is forewarned is forearmed. If I can only persuade you to be on your guard against the dangers I am going to name, I am sure I shall do your souls an essential service.
Pride is the oldest sin in the world. Indeed, it was before the world. Satan and his angels fell by pride. They were not satisfied with their first situation and status. Thus pride stocked hell with its first inhabitants.
Pride threw Adam out of paradise. He was not content with the place God assigned him. He tried to raise himself, and fell. Thus sin, sorrow, and death entered in by pride.
Pride sits in all our hearts by nature. We are born proud. Pride makes us rest content with ourselves--think we are good enough as we are--keep us from taking advice--refuse the gospel of Christ--turn every one to his own way. But pride never reigns anywhere so powerfully as in the heart of a young man.
How common is it to see young men with big heads, high-minded, and impatient of any counsel! How often they are rude and uncourteous to all around them, thinking they are not valued and honored as they deserve! How often will they not stop to listen to a hint from an older person! They think that they know everything. They are full of conceit of their own wisdom. They think elderly people, and especially their relatives, are stupid, and dull, and slow. They want no teaching or instruction themselves: they understand all things. It almost makes them angry to be spoken to. Like young horses, they cannot bear the least control. They must be independent and have their own way. They seem to think, like those whom Job mentioned, "You are the people, and wisdom will die with you" (Job 12:2). And all this is pride.
Rehoboam was such a person, who despised the counsel of the old experienced men who stood before his father, and listened to the advice of the young men of his own generation. He lived to reap the consequences of his folly. There are many like him.
The prodigal son in the parable was also such a person, who needed to have his share of the inheritance so he could set himself up in the lifestyle that he desired. He could not submit to live quietly under his father's roof, but would go into a far country, and be his own master. Like the little child that will leave its mother's hand and walk alone, he soon feels the sting for his folly. He became wiser when he had to eat husks with the swine. But there are many like him.
Young men, I beseech you earnestly, beware of pride. Two things are said to be very rare sights in the world--one is a young man that is humble, and the other is an old man that is content. I fear that this is only too true.
Do not be proud of your own abilities, your own strength, your own knowledge, your own appearance, your own cleverness. Do not be proud of yourself, and your endowments of any kind. It all comes from not knowing yourself and the world. The older you grow, and the more you see, the less reason you will find for being proud. Ignorance and inexperience are the pedestal of pride; once the pedestal is removed--pride will soon come down.
Remember how often Scripture sets before us the excellence of a humble spirit. How strongly we are warned "Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought" (Romans 12:3). How plainly we are told, "The man who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know!" (1 Corinthians 8:2). How strict is the command, "Clothe yourselves with humility" (Colossians 3:12). And again, "Clothe yourselves with humility" (1 Peter 5:5). This is the garment of which many seem not to have so much as a rag.
Think of the great example our Lord Jesus Christ leaves us in this respect. He washed the feet of His disciples, saying, "You should do as I have done for you" (John 13:15). It is written, "Though he was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor" (2 Corinthians 8:9). And again, "He made Himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled himself" (Philippians 2:7, 8). Surely to be proud is to be more like the devil and fallen Adam, than like Christ.
Think of the wisest man that ever lived--I mean Solomon. See how he speaks of himself as a "little child," as one who "does not know how to carry out his duties" or manage for himself (1 Kings 3:7). That was a very different spirit from his brother Absalom's, who thought himself equal to anything: "If only I were appointed judge in the land! Then everyone who has a complaint or case could come to me and I would see that he gets justice" (2 Samuel 15:4). That was a very different spirit from his brother Adonijah's, who "exalted himself, saying, I will be king" (1 Kings 1:5). Humility was the beginning of Solomon's wisdom. He writes it down as his own experience, "Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him" (Proverbs 26:12).
Young men, take to heart the Scriptures just quoted. Do not be too confident in your own judgment. Stop being so sure that you are always right, and others wrong. Don't trust your own opinion, when you find it contrary to that of older men, and especially to that of your own parents. Age gives experience, and therefore deserves respect. It is a mark of Elihu's wisdom, in the book of Job, that "Elihu had waited before speaking to Job because they were older than he" (Job 32:4). And afterwards he said, "I am young in years, and you are old; that is why I was fearful, not daring to tell you what I know. I thought, 'Age should speak; advanced years should teach wisdom" (Job 32:6-7). Humility and silence are beautiful graces in young people. Never be ashamed of being a learner: Jesus was one at twelve years; when He was found in the temple, He was "sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions" (Luke 2:46). The wisest men would tell you they are always learners, and are humbled to find after all how little they know. The great Sir Isaac Newton used to say that he felt himself no better than a little child, who had picked up a few precious stones on the shore of the sea of knowledge.
Young men, if you would be wise, if you would be happy, remember the warning I give you--Beware of pride." - Extracted from THOUGHTS FOR YOUNG MEN by J. C. Ryle (1816 - 1900) II. DANGERS OF YOUNG MEN. You can read the whole book online by clicking HERE.
Wednesday, May 04, 2016
VOTE FOR JESUS OF NAZARETH ON MONDAY 9 MAY 2016 FOR PRESIDENT.
Many people are misled of wrong theology. They think they are in control of things and they have the power to change things. It is true on man's point of view... But there is a deeper view, and in the Spirit, God is the sovereign controller of all things that the physical realm is following. This coming May 9, 2016 let us put our trust in God and ask Him to bless our land and His people in this Malaya Land. Worship and vote for Jesus this coming 2016 Presedential Election for President. <3
What does the phrase “God is sovereign” really mean?
Chip Ingram, Walk Thru the Bible
If you were to look up the word “sovereign” in the dictionary, you would find words and phrases like “superior,” “greatest,” “supreme in power and authority,” “ruler,” and “independent of all others” in its definition. But the way I like to explain God’s sovereignty best is simply to say, “God is in control.”
There is absolutely nothing that happens in the universe that is outside of God’s influence and authority. As King of kings and Lord of lords, God has no limitations. Consider just a few of the claims the Bible makes about God:
God is above all things and before all things. He is the alpha and the omega, the beginning and the end. He is immortal, and He is present everywhere so that everyone can know Him (Revelation 21:6).
God created all things and holds all things together, both in heaven and on earth, both visible and invisible (Colossians 1:16).
God knows all things past, present, and future. There is no limit to His knowledge, for God knows everything completely before it even happens (Romans 11:33).
God can do all things and accomplish all things. Nothing is too difficult for Him, and He orchestrates and determines everything that is going to happen in your life, in my life, in America, and throughout the world. Whatever He wants to do in the universe, He does, for nothing is impossible with Him (Jeremiah 32:17).
God is in control of all things and rules over all things. He has power and authority over nature, earthly kings, history, angels, and demons. Even Satan himself has to ask God’s permission before he can act (Psalm 103:19).
That’s what being sovereign means. It means being the ultimate source of all power, authority, and everything that exists. Only God can make those claims; therefore, it’s God’s sovereignty that makes Him superior to all other gods and makes Him, and Him alone, worthy of worship.
Just as peasants always bowed before their king for fear of offending the one who had the authority to take their life, God’s sovereignty compels us to bow before Him. But unlike corrupt earthly kings who abuse their authority to terrorize their subjects, God rules in love. He loves you and wants the best for you.
Romans 8:28 promises that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.
That’s an amazing promise not only because it demonstrates that an all-powerful God cares about you and me, but because it cannot be fulfilled unless the One Who gives it is all-knowing, all-wise, all-powerful, and all-loving. The promise itself is a testimony to God’s sovereignty.
But God makes that promise, and millions throughout history have testified to its truth because God has proven His ability to back it up time and time again.
Think about the implications of that promise. Because God is sovereign and He loves you, nothing will ever come into your life that He does not either decree or allow.
Consequently, no matter what you face in life, you can take comfort in the fact that God is sovereign.
Source: Christianity.com
What does the phrase “God is sovereign” really mean?
Chip Ingram, Walk Thru the Bible
If you were to look up the word “sovereign” in the dictionary, you would find words and phrases like “superior,” “greatest,” “supreme in power and authority,” “ruler,” and “independent of all others” in its definition. But the way I like to explain God’s sovereignty best is simply to say, “God is in control.”
There is absolutely nothing that happens in the universe that is outside of God’s influence and authority. As King of kings and Lord of lords, God has no limitations. Consider just a few of the claims the Bible makes about God:
God is above all things and before all things. He is the alpha and the omega, the beginning and the end. He is immortal, and He is present everywhere so that everyone can know Him (Revelation 21:6).
God created all things and holds all things together, both in heaven and on earth, both visible and invisible (Colossians 1:16).
God knows all things past, present, and future. There is no limit to His knowledge, for God knows everything completely before it even happens (Romans 11:33).
God can do all things and accomplish all things. Nothing is too difficult for Him, and He orchestrates and determines everything that is going to happen in your life, in my life, in America, and throughout the world. Whatever He wants to do in the universe, He does, for nothing is impossible with Him (Jeremiah 32:17).
God is in control of all things and rules over all things. He has power and authority over nature, earthly kings, history, angels, and demons. Even Satan himself has to ask God’s permission before he can act (Psalm 103:19).
That’s what being sovereign means. It means being the ultimate source of all power, authority, and everything that exists. Only God can make those claims; therefore, it’s God’s sovereignty that makes Him superior to all other gods and makes Him, and Him alone, worthy of worship.
Just as peasants always bowed before their king for fear of offending the one who had the authority to take their life, God’s sovereignty compels us to bow before Him. But unlike corrupt earthly kings who abuse their authority to terrorize their subjects, God rules in love. He loves you and wants the best for you.
Romans 8:28 promises that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.
That’s an amazing promise not only because it demonstrates that an all-powerful God cares about you and me, but because it cannot be fulfilled unless the One Who gives it is all-knowing, all-wise, all-powerful, and all-loving. The promise itself is a testimony to God’s sovereignty.
But God makes that promise, and millions throughout history have testified to its truth because God has proven His ability to back it up time and time again.
Think about the implications of that promise. Because God is sovereign and He loves you, nothing will ever come into your life that He does not either decree or allow.
Consequently, no matter what you face in life, you can take comfort in the fact that God is sovereign.
Source: Christianity.com
Saturday, April 30, 2016
DUTERTE's FEDERAL SYSTEM
It was a very hot day in midtown Naga City yesterday while the campaign of Davao's Mayor R. Duterte was coming to its peak and was a major highlight in the city's Plaza Centro. Many people were excited and there was a strong support from various background of Naga City's social class, from different religious and non-religious affiliation. To make the whole event fit in one picture I can say it was an "ordinary" election campaign Philippine style. Nothing new I would say, only new bets for Presidency and Vice Presidency. The same nice words said full of promises to lure you to vote for them. I heard those honey coated words before from presidential candidates since childhood. Nothing new under the sun.
I hope you know that Bong Bong Marcos Jr. and Rodrigo "Rody" Roa Duterte also called "Digong" are both advocate of a Philippine style Federal government which is true that "The bureaucracy will expand. The very nature of federalism necessitates more bureaucrats in both the national and regional levels. More bureaucrats mean more bureaucracy. This can lead to inefficiency and corruption." (1)
I believe this Philippine Style Federalism that this presidential candidates would like to put up in Malaya will only add more burden to the people. In the words of Andrew J. Marasigan he said;
"Federalism can be divisive. Federalism promotes regional loyalties more than national allegiances. Hence, the likelihood of certain regions rebelling against the national government is heightened. Quebec in Canada and Cataluña in Spain are prime examples of how regionalism can divide a country.
It promotes uneven distribution of wealth. Since the national government will have no say on how each region develops, they will develop in an uncoordinated fashion and at varying paces. Those lucky enough to have good leaders and those blessed with natural resources will create wealth faster than those without. For federal nations, it is not uncommon to have wealthy communities like Madrid living alongside poorer ones like Extremadura. The same thing can happen to us." (2)
"This only means that in federalism, it may divide the country rather than helping it. The taxes will increase because you will be added more taxes to pay for the state. We are haven’t recovered with the current taxes and there is it will lead to more tax to pay. Federalism is not perfect so it is not necessary." - (3)
Please do not misinterpret me, I am not against these people nor a political writer in favor of some candidates or political party but I am a strong advocate to reform the Spanish-Portuguese Roman Catholic religious conquest in this part of Malay archipelago. So our forefathers wanted a free and reformed country, so do I and I am praying that the new generation will also be enlightened by His Holy Spirit.
The choice and decision is yours if you would like to make this man the head of this nation that is presently under a strong hold of FREEMASONS and Romanist religious people. Corruption in the government is a curse and judgement to its people.
"While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage." - 2 Peter 2:19 KJV
Please think again, will you vote for a head of a state with a bad language? and promised the people if he becomes the president of Philippines he will stop his cursing? The Holy Scriptures has loads of warning against a man with an unruly tongue...
"But the tongue can no man tame; [it is] an unruly evil, full of deadly poison." -
I hope you know that Bong Bong Marcos Jr. and Rodrigo "Rody" Roa Duterte also called "Digong" are both advocate of a Philippine style Federal government which is true that "The bureaucracy will expand. The very nature of federalism necessitates more bureaucrats in both the national and regional levels. More bureaucrats mean more bureaucracy. This can lead to inefficiency and corruption." (1)
I believe this Philippine Style Federalism that this presidential candidates would like to put up in Malaya will only add more burden to the people. In the words of Andrew J. Marasigan he said;
"Federalism can be divisive. Federalism promotes regional loyalties more than national allegiances. Hence, the likelihood of certain regions rebelling against the national government is heightened. Quebec in Canada and Cataluña in Spain are prime examples of how regionalism can divide a country.
It promotes uneven distribution of wealth. Since the national government will have no say on how each region develops, they will develop in an uncoordinated fashion and at varying paces. Those lucky enough to have good leaders and those blessed with natural resources will create wealth faster than those without. For federal nations, it is not uncommon to have wealthy communities like Madrid living alongside poorer ones like Extremadura. The same thing can happen to us." (2)
"This only means that in federalism, it may divide the country rather than helping it. The taxes will increase because you will be added more taxes to pay for the state. We are haven’t recovered with the current taxes and there is it will lead to more tax to pay. Federalism is not perfect so it is not necessary." - (3)
Please do not misinterpret me, I am not against these people nor a political writer in favor of some candidates or political party but I am a strong advocate to reform the Spanish-Portuguese Roman Catholic religious conquest in this part of Malay archipelago. So our forefathers wanted a free and reformed country, so do I and I am praying that the new generation will also be enlightened by His Holy Spirit.
The choice and decision is yours if you would like to make this man the head of this nation that is presently under a strong hold of FREEMASONS and Romanist religious people. Corruption in the government is a curse and judgement to its people.
"While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage." - 2 Peter 2:19 KJV
Please think again, will you vote for a head of a state with a bad language? and promised the people if he becomes the president of Philippines he will stop his cursing? The Holy Scriptures has loads of warning against a man with an unruly tongue...
"But the tongue can no man tame; [it is] an unruly evil, full of deadly poison." -
James 3:8
"A wholesome tongue [is] a tree of life: but perverseness therein [is] a breach in the spirit." - Proverbs 15:4
" The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things." - Proverbs 15:28
"If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion [is] vain." - James 1:26
"Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof." - Proverbs 18:21
"Here is a warning from Paul to not be deceived because we can’t live in sin and not suffer the consequences. I know of a couple of Christian friends of mine who do this and have deceive themselves into thinking that since they’re saved they know that God will forgive them and yes, He will forgive them, but this doesn’t do away with the consequences of their sins. That’s very dangerous ground to stand on because you cannot mock God. I have tried telling them that if they “sow to [their] own flesh [they] will from the flesh reap corruption” but it falls on deaf ears because they’ve deceived themselves into thinking that they’re just fine. That is our nature and the reason that Paul tried to warn the Galatian church."
Galatians 6:6-8 “Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.”
"Here is a warning from Paul to not be deceived because we can’t live in sin and not suffer the consequences. I know of a couple of Christian friends of mine who do this and have deceive themselves into thinking that since they’re saved they know that God will forgive them and yes, He will forgive them, but this doesn’t do away with the consequences of their sins. That’s very dangerous ground to stand on because you cannot mock God. I have tried telling them that if they “sow to [their] own flesh [they] will from the flesh reap corruption” but it falls on deaf ears because they’ve deceived themselves into thinking that they’re just fine. That is our nature and the reason that Paul tried to warn the Galatian church."
Galatians 6:6-8 “Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.”
Let us prayfully ask Him for a leader that will help our land get rid of idols.. and the evil of the Spanish Conquest. Since the time of Spanish Conquest, the friars and their leaders had one thing in common... DECEIVERS and CORRUPT. The people are suffering and now our present culture is nothing but a hybdrid of idol worshippers and corrupt religious leaders.
Would you vote for this man who believes in violence and injustice?
Monday, April 25, 2016
Rockefellers and the Jesuits for One World Order...
The House of Rockefeller is, first and foremost, THE Invisible Government of the United States. Invisible Government is described as "predatory capital controlling the wheels of government behind a smoke screen." (Bealle, The House of Rockefeller, p. 69).
The first U.S. oil discovery was in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, by Colonel Edwin L. Drake in the year 1859. Subsequently, oil was discovered in Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Arkansas, Colorado, Montana, California and the last great find was in Alaska. The industry grew rapidly until by 1900 it was one of the largest in the country. The invention of the automobile with the gasoline engine made oil the one indispensable commodity.
In 1870, the Standard Oil Company was incorporated in Ohio by John D. Rockefeller. It was illegal under Ohio law (and almost every other State) to control a company in another state. Rockefeller managed to secretly buy up and control the independent oil producers and refiners.
In 1883, he moved the seat of empire to the Empire state and set up headquarters in the Metropolis of Mammon at 26 Broadway in New York City. There he set up a TRUST or HOLDING company and began to ruthlessly devour all the independent oil producers and refiners both nationally and internationally:
"At the lower end of the greatest thoroughfare in the greatest city of the New World is a huge structure of plain gray stone. Solid as a prison, towering as a steeple, its cold and forbidding façade seems to rebuke the heedless levity of the passing crowds, and frown on the frivolity of the stray sunbeams which in the late afternoon play around its impressive cornices. Men point to its stern portals, glance quickly up at the rows of unwinking windows, nudge each other, and hurry onward, as the Spaniards used to do when going by the offices of the Inquisition. The building is No. 26 Broadway"(Lawson, Frenzied Finance, p. 5).
When the Jesuits were expelled from every Catholic country in Europe, their only refuge was Russia, Great Britain and the United States. Thousands of them flocked to this country to carry on their war against the Reformation under the banner of U.S. tolerance and freedom of religion for all. Among them were the Morgans, Roosevelts and German Roggenfelders. Roggenfelder was later changed to Rockefeller to make the name sound less German.
By this time the horrible 30 Years' War in Germany was over but the Jesuits were not about to give up. There next attach would be from within and would be aimed at political and financial penetration in order to destroy the Protestant and freedom-loving nations who had escaped Rome's grasp. The Rothschild Bank (founded 1742), which worked so closely with the Rockefellers in later years, was part of this conspiracy.
Rockefeller was 22 and already wealthy when the Civil War began. He refused to enlist when President Lincoln asked for 75,000 volunteers. Like J. P. Morgan and the father of Teddy Roosevelt, he paid for a substitute to fight for him. He even refused his younger brother the measly sum of $75.00 to meet enlistment expenses. The Rothschild controlled National City Bank of Cleveland gave him his first loan.
Rockefeller billions began with BOOZE!!
Rockefeller had a partner by the name of William M. Flagler. Flagler married the niece of a man named Stephen V. Harkness. Harkness owned a WHISKEY DISTILLERY. Rockefeller made a fortune by selling WHISKEY to the Union army:
"Rockefeller had been watching Flagler, his neighbor in the Case Block. He had shrewdly appraised the talents of that gentleman. But he had also perceived something else. Flagler had married the niece of a man who had lately made a great fortune. This man was Stephen V. Harkness. Harkness owned a distillery near Monroeville, Ohio. Toward the end of the war when the government was raking the land with a fine-tooth comb for values to tax, it fell naturally upon whiskey. John Sherman knew the government was going to put a heavy excise upon whiskey and he mentioned the fact to his friend, S. V. Harkness. Harkness needed nothing more than this tip. He proceeded to buy up with all the funds he could collect every barrel of whiskey he could lay hold of. When the tax was levied, Harkness found himself with an enormous amount of untaxed whiskeys which he could sell at the high prices exacted because of the tax. He promptly turned his investment into cash. This provided him with one of the amplest fortunes in Cleveland. Rockefeller knew of this adventure. And here was Flagler, Harkness' nephew by marriage, at Rockefeller's very door. Here was an entree to Harkness' treasure chest" (God's Gold, p, 134).
Rockefellers control U.S. oil industry
The first giant trusts or monopolies were formed by the Morgans and Rockefellers. The Rockefellers set about to created a huge oil monopoly which would completely dominate the industry. The invention of the automobile and the gasoline engine gave them a virtual stranglehold on the country. Instead of conserving oil and finding an alternative to the wasteful gasoline engine they encouraged waste and consumption of a non-renewable resource.
"As a member of the board of directors of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, William Rockefeller had long ago struck up a warm friendship with James Stillman, the president of the National City Bank. The latter, stirred at all he learned of the efficiency of the Standard Oil management, and of its hierarchic and centralized government, so much like that of the Roman Catholic Church, modeled his own bank after it. He bought Standard Oil stock and became one of the family. Sphinx like, autocratic, silent, he came closer always to the Rockefellers whom he so much resembled" (The Robber Barons, p. 399).
Rockefellers issue "U.S." Money!!
The U.S. government does NOT issue the U.S. "paper" money. The Federal Reserve Notes are issued by the Rockefeller founded and controlled Federal Reserve Bank. It is a PRIVATE Bank and is not part of the U.S. government. The Federal Reserve Bank has the power to create money out of nothing and with access to unlimited credit has financed ALL the wars of the 20th century and will finance the coming aggression against Iraq. - Click HERE to continue reading..
The first U.S. oil discovery was in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, by Colonel Edwin L. Drake in the year 1859. Subsequently, oil was discovered in Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Arkansas, Colorado, Montana, California and the last great find was in Alaska. The industry grew rapidly until by 1900 it was one of the largest in the country. The invention of the automobile with the gasoline engine made oil the one indispensable commodity.
In 1870, the Standard Oil Company was incorporated in Ohio by John D. Rockefeller. It was illegal under Ohio law (and almost every other State) to control a company in another state. Rockefeller managed to secretly buy up and control the independent oil producers and refiners.
In 1883, he moved the seat of empire to the Empire state and set up headquarters in the Metropolis of Mammon at 26 Broadway in New York City. There he set up a TRUST or HOLDING company and began to ruthlessly devour all the independent oil producers and refiners both nationally and internationally:
"At the lower end of the greatest thoroughfare in the greatest city of the New World is a huge structure of plain gray stone. Solid as a prison, towering as a steeple, its cold and forbidding façade seems to rebuke the heedless levity of the passing crowds, and frown on the frivolity of the stray sunbeams which in the late afternoon play around its impressive cornices. Men point to its stern portals, glance quickly up at the rows of unwinking windows, nudge each other, and hurry onward, as the Spaniards used to do when going by the offices of the Inquisition. The building is No. 26 Broadway"(Lawson, Frenzied Finance, p. 5).
When the Jesuits were expelled from every Catholic country in Europe, their only refuge was Russia, Great Britain and the United States. Thousands of them flocked to this country to carry on their war against the Reformation under the banner of U.S. tolerance and freedom of religion for all. Among them were the Morgans, Roosevelts and German Roggenfelders. Roggenfelder was later changed to Rockefeller to make the name sound less German.
By this time the horrible 30 Years' War in Germany was over but the Jesuits were not about to give up. There next attach would be from within and would be aimed at political and financial penetration in order to destroy the Protestant and freedom-loving nations who had escaped Rome's grasp. The Rothschild Bank (founded 1742), which worked so closely with the Rockefellers in later years, was part of this conspiracy.
Rockefeller was 22 and already wealthy when the Civil War began. He refused to enlist when President Lincoln asked for 75,000 volunteers. Like J. P. Morgan and the father of Teddy Roosevelt, he paid for a substitute to fight for him. He even refused his younger brother the measly sum of $75.00 to meet enlistment expenses. The Rothschild controlled National City Bank of Cleveland gave him his first loan.
Rockefeller billions began with BOOZE!!
Rockefeller had a partner by the name of William M. Flagler. Flagler married the niece of a man named Stephen V. Harkness. Harkness owned a WHISKEY DISTILLERY. Rockefeller made a fortune by selling WHISKEY to the Union army:
"Rockefeller had been watching Flagler, his neighbor in the Case Block. He had shrewdly appraised the talents of that gentleman. But he had also perceived something else. Flagler had married the niece of a man who had lately made a great fortune. This man was Stephen V. Harkness. Harkness owned a distillery near Monroeville, Ohio. Toward the end of the war when the government was raking the land with a fine-tooth comb for values to tax, it fell naturally upon whiskey. John Sherman knew the government was going to put a heavy excise upon whiskey and he mentioned the fact to his friend, S. V. Harkness. Harkness needed nothing more than this tip. He proceeded to buy up with all the funds he could collect every barrel of whiskey he could lay hold of. When the tax was levied, Harkness found himself with an enormous amount of untaxed whiskeys which he could sell at the high prices exacted because of the tax. He promptly turned his investment into cash. This provided him with one of the amplest fortunes in Cleveland. Rockefeller knew of this adventure. And here was Flagler, Harkness' nephew by marriage, at Rockefeller's very door. Here was an entree to Harkness' treasure chest" (God's Gold, p, 134).
Rockefellers control U.S. oil industry
The first giant trusts or monopolies were formed by the Morgans and Rockefellers. The Rockefellers set about to created a huge oil monopoly which would completely dominate the industry. The invention of the automobile and the gasoline engine gave them a virtual stranglehold on the country. Instead of conserving oil and finding an alternative to the wasteful gasoline engine they encouraged waste and consumption of a non-renewable resource.
"As a member of the board of directors of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, William Rockefeller had long ago struck up a warm friendship with James Stillman, the president of the National City Bank. The latter, stirred at all he learned of the efficiency of the Standard Oil management, and of its hierarchic and centralized government, so much like that of the Roman Catholic Church, modeled his own bank after it. He bought Standard Oil stock and became one of the family. Sphinx like, autocratic, silent, he came closer always to the Rockefellers whom he so much resembled" (The Robber Barons, p. 399).
Rockefellers issue "U.S." Money!!
The U.S. government does NOT issue the U.S. "paper" money. The Federal Reserve Notes are issued by the Rockefeller founded and controlled Federal Reserve Bank. It is a PRIVATE Bank and is not part of the U.S. government. The Federal Reserve Bank has the power to create money out of nothing and with access to unlimited credit has financed ALL the wars of the 20th century and will finance the coming aggression against Iraq. - Click HERE to continue reading..
Sunday, April 24, 2016
One World Order is TRUE - David Rockefellar
100-year-old David Rockefeller says ‘One World Order’ conspiracy true - By Shepard Ambellas
"If that’s the charge, I stand guilty, and I’m proud of it"
It’s no surprise that the Rockefeller Family has been wrapped up in world banking operations and geopolitics for a long while and even stated organizations such as the Trilateral Commission and the Bilderberg Group, as reported in the documentary film SHADE.
Shockingly though, according to Your News Wire, David Rockefeller is “proud” that he is “guilty” of setting up the foundations for a world government.
David Rockefeller said:
“Some even believe [the Rockefellers] are part of a secret cabal working against the best interests of the United States, characterizing my family and me as ‘internationalists’ conspiring with others around the world to build a more integrated global political and economic structure — one world, if you will. If that’s the charge, I stand guilty, and I’m proud of it.”
Shepard Ambellas is a journalist, filmmaker, film producer, radio talk show host and the founder and editor-in-chief of Intellihub News & Politics. Established in 2013,Intellihub.com is ranked in the upper 1% traffic tier on the World Wide Web. Read more from Shep’s World.
Source: www.intellihub.com
"If that’s the charge, I stand guilty, and I’m proud of it"
It’s no surprise that the Rockefeller Family has been wrapped up in world banking operations and geopolitics for a long while and even stated organizations such as the Trilateral Commission and the Bilderberg Group, as reported in the documentary film SHADE.
Shockingly though, according to Your News Wire, David Rockefeller is “proud” that he is “guilty” of setting up the foundations for a world government.
David Rockefeller said:
“Some even believe [the Rockefellers] are part of a secret cabal working against the best interests of the United States, characterizing my family and me as ‘internationalists’ conspiring with others around the world to build a more integrated global political and economic structure — one world, if you will. If that’s the charge, I stand guilty, and I’m proud of it.”
Shepard Ambellas is a journalist, filmmaker, film producer, radio talk show host and the founder and editor-in-chief of Intellihub News & Politics. Established in 2013,Intellihub.com is ranked in the upper 1% traffic tier on the World Wide Web. Read more from Shep’s World.
Source: www.intellihub.com
Saturday, April 16, 2016
THE LUTHERAN INSULTER RAP
All insults and citations come courtesy of the Lutheran Insulter.
1) “You are the worst rascal of all the rascals on earth!”
From Against the Roman Papacy, an Institution of the Devil, pg. 341 of Luther’s Works, Vol. 41
2) “In lying fashion you ignore what even children know.”
From Against Latomus, pg. 145 of Luther’s Works, Vol. 32
3) “I would not smell the foul odor of your name.”
From Concerning the Ministry, pg. 17 of Luther’s Works, Vol. 40
4) “You people are more stupid than a block of wood.”
From Against Latomus, pg. 242 of Luther’s Works, Vol. 32
5) “Your writings and head are disordered and mixed up, so that it is exceedingly annoying to read and difficult to remember what you write.”
From Against the Heavenly Prophets, pg. 146 of Luther’s Works, Vol. 40
6) “What pig sties could compare in goings-on with you?”
From Infiltrating and Clandestine Preachers, pg. 388 of Luther’s Works, Vol. 40
7) “May God punish you, I say, you shameless, barefaced liar, devil’s mouthpiece, who dares to spit out, before God, before all the angels, before the dear sun, before all the world, your devil’s filth.”
From Against the Roman Papacy, an Institution of the Devil, pg. 349 of Luther’s Works, Vol. 41
From Against Latomus, pg. 143 of Luther’s Works, Vol. 32
9) “Take care, you evil and wrathful spirits. God may ordain that in swallowing you may choke to death.”
From Against the Heavenly Prophets, pg. 111 of Luther’s Works, Vol. 40
10) “You seem to me to be a real masterpiece of the devil’s art.”
From A Sermon on Keeping Children in School, pg. 217 of Luther’s Works, Vol. 46
11) “For you are an excellent person, as skillful, clever, and versed in Holy Scripture as a cow in a walnut tree or a sow on a harp.”
From Against Hanswurst, pg. 219 of Luther’s Works, Vol. 41
12) “I am tired of the pestilent voice of your sirens.”
From Explanations of the Ninety-Five Theses, pg. 204 of Luther’s Works, Vol. 31
13) “Dear God, what an utterly shameless, blasphemous lying-mouth you are!”
From Against the Roman Papacy, an Institution of the Devil, pg. 300 of Luther’s Works, Vol. 41
14) “As for the signs of your peculiar priesthood, we are willing to let you boast of these mean things, for we know it would be quite easy to shave, anoint, and clothe in a long robe even a pig or a block of wood.”
From Concerning the Ministry, pg. 34 of Luther’s Works, Vol. 40
15) “A natural donkey, which carries sacks to the mill and eats thistles, can judge you – indeed, all creatures can! For a donkey knows it is a donkey and not a cow. A stone knows it is a stone; water is water, and so on through all the creatures. But you mad asses do not know you are asses.”
From Against the Roman Papacy, an Institution of the Devil, pg. 360 of Luther’s Works, Vol. 41
16) “You vulgar boor, blockhead, and lout, you ass to cap all asses, screaming your heehaws.”
From Against Hanswurst, pg. 212 of Luther’s Works, Vol. 41
17) “You are a crude ass, and an ass you will remain!”
From Against the Roman Papacy, an Institution of the Devil, pg. 281 of Luther’s Works, Vol. 41
18) “Blind moles!”
From Against Latomus, pg. 176 of Luther’s Works, Vol. 32
19) “Even if the Antichrist appears, what greater evil can he do than what you have done and do daily?”
From Why the Books of Pope Were Burned, pg. 393 of Luther’s Works, Vol. 31
20) “You sophistic worms, grasshoppers, locusts, frogs and lice!”
From Against Latomus, pg. 150 of Luther’s Works, Vol. 32
21) “You are a brothel-keeper and the devil’s daughter in hell.”
From On the Councils and the Church, pg. 160 of Luther’s Works, Vol. 41
22) “You are desperate, thorough arch-rascals, murderers, traitors, liars, the very scum of all the most evil people on earth. You are full of all the worst devils in hell – full, full, and so full that you can do nothing but vomit, throw, and blow out devils!”
From Against the Roman Papacy, an Institution of the Devil, pg. 277 of Luther’s Works, Vol. 41
23) “You say, “What comes out of our mouth must be kept!” I hear it – which mouth do you mean? The one from which the farts come? (You can keep that yourself!)”
From Against the Roman Papacy, an Institution of the Devil, pg. 281 of Luther’s Works, Vol. 41
24) “You are like a magician who conjures gulden into the mouths of silly people, but when they open their mouths they have horse dirt in them.”
From Against the Roman Papacy, an Institution of the Devil, pg. 264 of Luther’s Works, Vol. 41
25) “The reward of such flattery is what your crass stupidity deserves. Therefore, we shall turn from you, a sevenfold stupid and blasphemous wise person.”
From Against Latomus, pg. 145 of Luther’s Works, Vol. 32
26) “I had not supposed or expected your arrogant spirit to seek such a ridiculous and childish reason for lying; you should have better reasons.”
From Against Hanswurst, pg. 186 of Luther’s Works, Vol. 41
27) “Everyone can see that such a sentence must have been blown into you by all the existing devils with one breath.”
From Against the Roman Papacy, an Institution of the Devil, pg. 285 of Luther’s Works, Vol. 41
28) “The devil rides you.”
From Against the Heavenly Prophets, pg. 157 of Luther’s Works, Vol. 40
29) “You have set out to rub your scabby, scurvy head against honor.”
From Against Hanswurst, pg. 185 of Luther’s Works, Vol. 41
Tuesday, April 05, 2016
SPOTLIGHT - DARK PEDO-PRIESTS WORLDWIDE
A new Catholic clergy sex-abuse scandal comes into the spotlight.- By Mary Kane
Mary Kane is a freelance reporter who lives in Arlington.
Like many longtime reporters, I celebrated the Oscar victory for “Spotlight” and the fearless journalism that exposed the Catholic Church’s clergy sex abuse scandal.
I would soon see the story, and the scandal, from a very different perspective.
Two days after the Oscar ceremony, news broke about another widespread church coverup. I found myself poring over a grand jury report outlining in sickening detail the abuse of hundreds of children by at least 50 priests and religious leaders in western Pennsylvania’s Altoona-Johnstown Diocese — in my hometown.
I moved away long ago, but I still have family there. I visit regularly, and my mom was a devoted parish volunteer during her lifetime. I figured I might recognize a few of the accused or some of the churches. I quickly realized things stretched far beyond that.
The names of priests and parishes from my childhood appeared, one after another, all familiar. My grade school priest. Not one but two pastors from my neighborhood parish, a half block from my childhood home. The principal, vice principal and music director from my high school. A priest I once met with to consider officiating my wedding. The priest at the church my four nieces and nephews attended. The chaplain of the nearby Catholic hospital, where my mom volunteered.
I couldn’t believe what I was reading. Two of the priests, leaders at Bishop McCort High School, where my parents sent me and my three brothers in the 1970s to receive a quality religious education, were “sexual partner[s]” who worked together to molest a 13-year-old boy, the report said. They coordinated visits to his house. Once one priest had “satisfied himself,” the report said, the other “took advantage of a victim he believed to be compliant.”
One had been my religion teacher.
First, I called my brothers, to vent. Then I tried comprehending the scale of the abuses. The Spotlight team identified about 80 predatory priests in an archdiocese of 1.8 million Catholics. The grand jury report found at least 50 priests and religious leaders in a diocese of fewer than 100,000. That was stunning enough. But there was more.
“Spotlight” depicted the Catholic clubbiness of Boston that allowed for abuse. In small-town Pennsylvania, corruption extended into all corners of the community. The church exercised “overwhelming access and influence,” even handpicking community leaders, including the police and fire chiefs. “The mayor would have them come to me, and I would interview them and I would tell him which I would pick,” a top bishop’s aide testified.
I appreciated how “Spotlight” highlighted the crucial role that journalism plays in challenging the powerful. In my home town, however, I saw how it sometimes falls short. George Foster, manager of an outdoor billboard advertising company and a former high school classmate of mine, emerges as the hero — not an investigative reporting team.
Foster’s brother was a priest; the two heard rumors of abuses and began looking into them. In 2002, Foster wrote an op-ed for the local paper, calling on the church to clean up its house.
Immediately, he was inundated with tips and evidence from victims, attorneys and even the police. He also did something no journalist had: He went through the files at the Blair County Courthouse from the 1994 civil trial of the Rev. Francis Luddy, a priest accused of molesting boys. The lawsuit against Luddy was filed in 1987, but records were sealed at the church’s request. They became public during the trial.
Foster found in the files documents showing church officials knew of credible allegations against many additional priests but kept them secret. He confronted then-Bishop Joseph Adamec. If this were a movie, outraged authorities would have taken action. But that didn’t happen. Adamec rebuffed him.
Finally, in 2014, state investigators in a different child abuse case contacted Foster, and he provided his files. The report cited them extensively and called Foster’s actions “nothing short of heroic.”
I wondered where the journalists had been. Local media covered the Luddy trial, and the Johnstown paper, tipped off by Foster, wrote about the Luddy files in 2002. But none of it drew national attention. I called Richard Serbin, the attorney in the Luddy case, who regularly represents clergy sex-abuse victims. There wasn’t a paper with the prestige of the Boston Globe to make an impact, Serbin said. It happened in a small community in decline, and few noticed or cared. “The facts were all there, back in 1994,” Serbin said. “And no one bothered to look at them.”
“Spotlight” ends with a lengthy list of investigations of church abuses worldwide. In Pennsylvania, the grand jury report offers prayers that the current bishop makes the right choices going forward. I hope that works. I’m not exactly in the mood for prayer.
SOURCE: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-new-sex-abuse-scandal-in-the-spotlight/2016/04/01/4a1747fa-f76e-11e5-8b23-538270a1ca31_story.html
Mary Kane is a freelance reporter who lives in Arlington.
Like many longtime reporters, I celebrated the Oscar victory for “Spotlight” and the fearless journalism that exposed the Catholic Church’s clergy sex abuse scandal.
I would soon see the story, and the scandal, from a very different perspective.
Two days after the Oscar ceremony, news broke about another widespread church coverup. I found myself poring over a grand jury report outlining in sickening detail the abuse of hundreds of children by at least 50 priests and religious leaders in western Pennsylvania’s Altoona-Johnstown Diocese — in my hometown.
I moved away long ago, but I still have family there. I visit regularly, and my mom was a devoted parish volunteer during her lifetime. I figured I might recognize a few of the accused or some of the churches. I quickly realized things stretched far beyond that.
The names of priests and parishes from my childhood appeared, one after another, all familiar. My grade school priest. Not one but two pastors from my neighborhood parish, a half block from my childhood home. The principal, vice principal and music director from my high school. A priest I once met with to consider officiating my wedding. The priest at the church my four nieces and nephews attended. The chaplain of the nearby Catholic hospital, where my mom volunteered.
I couldn’t believe what I was reading. Two of the priests, leaders at Bishop McCort High School, where my parents sent me and my three brothers in the 1970s to receive a quality religious education, were “sexual partner[s]” who worked together to molest a 13-year-old boy, the report said. They coordinated visits to his house. Once one priest had “satisfied himself,” the report said, the other “took advantage of a victim he believed to be compliant.”
One had been my religion teacher.
First, I called my brothers, to vent. Then I tried comprehending the scale of the abuses. The Spotlight team identified about 80 predatory priests in an archdiocese of 1.8 million Catholics. The grand jury report found at least 50 priests and religious leaders in a diocese of fewer than 100,000. That was stunning enough. But there was more.
“Spotlight” depicted the Catholic clubbiness of Boston that allowed for abuse. In small-town Pennsylvania, corruption extended into all corners of the community. The church exercised “overwhelming access and influence,” even handpicking community leaders, including the police and fire chiefs. “The mayor would have them come to me, and I would interview them and I would tell him which I would pick,” a top bishop’s aide testified.
I appreciated how “Spotlight” highlighted the crucial role that journalism plays in challenging the powerful. In my home town, however, I saw how it sometimes falls short. George Foster, manager of an outdoor billboard advertising company and a former high school classmate of mine, emerges as the hero — not an investigative reporting team.
Foster’s brother was a priest; the two heard rumors of abuses and began looking into them. In 2002, Foster wrote an op-ed for the local paper, calling on the church to clean up its house.
Immediately, he was inundated with tips and evidence from victims, attorneys and even the police. He also did something no journalist had: He went through the files at the Blair County Courthouse from the 1994 civil trial of the Rev. Francis Luddy, a priest accused of molesting boys. The lawsuit against Luddy was filed in 1987, but records were sealed at the church’s request. They became public during the trial.
Foster found in the files documents showing church officials knew of credible allegations against many additional priests but kept them secret. He confronted then-Bishop Joseph Adamec. If this were a movie, outraged authorities would have taken action. But that didn’t happen. Adamec rebuffed him.
Finally, in 2014, state investigators in a different child abuse case contacted Foster, and he provided his files. The report cited them extensively and called Foster’s actions “nothing short of heroic.”
I wondered where the journalists had been. Local media covered the Luddy trial, and the Johnstown paper, tipped off by Foster, wrote about the Luddy files in 2002. But none of it drew national attention. I called Richard Serbin, the attorney in the Luddy case, who regularly represents clergy sex-abuse victims. There wasn’t a paper with the prestige of the Boston Globe to make an impact, Serbin said. It happened in a small community in decline, and few noticed or cared. “The facts were all there, back in 1994,” Serbin said. “And no one bothered to look at them.”
“Spotlight” ends with a lengthy list of investigations of church abuses worldwide. In Pennsylvania, the grand jury report offers prayers that the current bishop makes the right choices going forward. I hope that works. I’m not exactly in the mood for prayer.
SOURCE: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-new-sex-abuse-scandal-in-the-spotlight/2016/04/01/4a1747fa-f76e-11e5-8b23-538270a1ca31_story.html
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