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Simon Peter versus Simon the Sorcerer
Post Date: 2008-10-31 15:21:19 by richard9151
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Simon Peter versus Simon the Sorcerer or St. Peter Meets the Competition!! I would urge you to read this carefully, if you wish to truly understand the real problems within the Christian churches today, and, the true meaning of traditions and dogma. Richard www.reformation.org/simon...r_versus_simon_magus.html This is a great expose by the late Dr. E.L. Martin. It documents the true history of the Samaritans, the meaning of the word "peter" in the ancient world and the "church" that was established at Rome by Simon the Sorcerer. "But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving ...
bloodguilt
Post Date: 2008-10-31 11:44:59 by richard9151
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Firmly Resolved About Life And Blood ‘JUDGE Authorizes Transfusions of Blood,’ declared a recent newspaper headline in Virginia, U.S.A. The article began: “A federal judge Thursday morning authorized the Portsmouth Naval Hospital to administer blood transfusions to a critically ill woman who had refused them for four days, allegedly at the risk of her life, . . . ” 2 Reports of this sort occasionally appear and focus much attention on the value of both life and blood. Before we find out what resulted in the above case, we might think about some fundamental questions: What profound beliefs lead persons such as this one to refuse blood transfusions? Does ...
The Tutor -- What is it in the Bible?
Post Date: 2008-10-31 11:16:29 by richard9151
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TUTOR The tutor of Bible times was generally, not the actual teacher, but the one who accompanied the child to and from school and possibly in other activities as well. He would turn the child over to the instructor. This continued from childhood to perhaps puberty or longer. He was to keep the child from physical or moral harm. (So, too, the old French tuteur and Latin tutor mean, literally, “a protector or guardian.”) However, the duties of the tutor also involved the matter of discipline, and he might be charged with instructing the child in matters of conduct. The tutors’ discipline could be severe, whether they were slaves or were paid tutors. Therefore, Galatians ...
The Levites and the Law
Post Date: 2008-10-31 02:48:42 by bluegrass
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Here's the link I mentioned earlier. The entire book is this: The Controversy of Zion. It changed my perceptions of history. It especially changed my perceptions when I learned what happened to Douglas Reed's career after he began to publish on these matters in the 1940's and 50's. The Levites and the Law "...Deuteronomy is to formal Judaism and Zionism what the Communist Manifesto was to the destructive revolution of our century. It is the basis of the Torah ("the Law") contained in the Pentateuch, which itself forms the raw material of the Talmud, which again gave birth to those "commentaries" and commentaries-on-commentaries which together ...
Vatican issues screening guidelines for priests [screening for evidence of homosexuality]
Post Date: 2008-10-30 20:28:03 by scrapper2
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VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Vatican issued new psychological screening guidelines for seminarians Thursday - the latest effort by the Roman Catholic Church to be more selective about its priesthood candidates following a series of sex abuse scandals. The church said it issued the new guidelines to help church leaders weed out candidates with "psychopathic disturbances." The scandals have rocked the church in recent years, triggering lawsuits that have cost hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements. "(The guidelines) became ever more urgent because of the sexual scandals," Monsignor Jean-Louis Brugues told reporters. He stressed, however, that psychological testing ...
BAA, BAA BLACK SHEEP
Post Date: 2008-10-30 13:33:50 by X-15
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Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool? Yes, sir, yes, sir, Three bags full: One for the master and one for the dame, And none for the little boy who lives down the lane. Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Matt 7:15 America is about to be fleeced. The sheep are being prepared for a shearing. A wolf is at the door and the hirelings have sold out the flock. Barack Obama could not be elected without the church…especially the black church. The “ministers” in those black congregations are complicit in the destruction of this nation. They have trained their sheep to grovel at the teat of government. ...
Radiohead - Creep
Post Date: 2008-10-30 08:56:42 by wudidiz
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Radiohead - Creep
The Lord’s Prayer
Post Date: 2008-10-29 13:10:39 by wudidiz
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The Lord’s Prayer Explained by Emmet Fox (1886–1951) The Lord’s Prayer is the most important of all the Christian documents. It was carefully constructed by Jesus with certain very clear ends in view. That is why, of all his teachings, it is by far the best known, and the most often quoted. It is, indeed, the one common denominator of all the Christian churches. Every one of them, without exception, uses the Lord’s Prayer; it is perhaps the only ground upon which they all meet. Every Christian child is taught the Lord’s Prayer, and any Christian who prays at all says it almost every day. Its actual use probably exceeds that of all other prayers put together. ...
The Lord's Prayer
Post Date: 2008-10-29 01:46:28 by wudidiz
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The Lord's Prayer Explained by Emmet Fox (1886-1951) The Lord's Prayer is the most important of al the Christian documents. It was carefully constructed by Jesus with certain very clear ends in view. That is why, of all his teachings, it is by far the best known, and the most often quoted. It is, indeed, the one common denominator of all the Christian churches. Every one of them, without exception, uses the Lord's Prayer; it is perhaps the only ground upon which they all meet. Every Christian child is taught the Lord's Prayer, and any Christian who prays at all says it almost every day. Its actual use probably exceeds that of all other prayers put together. Undoubtedly ...
Judgment Day — A Time of Hope!
Post Date: 2008-10-28 13:16:16 by richard9151
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Judgment Day—A Time of Hope! IF THE idea of judgment day frightens you, why not examine what the Bible says about it? For example, is it true that when God executes judgment on sinners, they are cast into hellfire? Well, the first recorded instance of divine judgment was right at the beginning of human history. Adam and Eve had the opportunity of living forever on a paradise earth. (Genesis 1:26-28; 2:7-9, 15-25) They sinned, however, and came under God’s adverse judgment. The result? God withdrew the gift of life. In other words, they died. God told them: “In the sweat of your face you will eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For dust ...
DEATH
Post Date: 2008-10-28 13:08:37 by richard9151
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DEATH The cessation of all functions of life, hence, the opposite of life. (De 30:15, 19) In the Bible the same original-language words for “death” or “dying” are applied to humans, animals, and plants. (Ec 3:19; 9:5; Joh 12:24; Jude 12; Re 16:3) However, for humans and animals the Bible shows the vital function of the blood in maintaining life, stating that “the soul of the flesh is in the blood.” (Le 17:11, 14; Ge 4:8-11; 9:3, 4) Both humans and animals are spoken of as ‘expiring,’ that is, ‘breathing out’ the breath of life (Heb., nish·math82; chai·yim82;). (Ge 7:21, 22; compare Ge 2:7.) And the ...
A SYMBOL -- the “lake of fire”
Post Date: 2008-10-28 12:23:02 by richard9151
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A SYMBOL In examining these texts we readily see that the “lake of fire” is not a literal pool of flame. The “wild beast” is symbolic, as earlier shown in Revelation chapter 13, the “image” of it being described in chapter 17, where we are told that the seven heads of the “beast” represent seven ‘mountainlike’ kingdoms. These are understood by Bible commentators to be the seven world powers of Bible history. The five that had “fallen” were Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Medo-Persia and Greece. The one that “was” at the time the apostle John wrote was Rome. The seventh has proved, from historical events, to be the ...
Armageddon—A Happy Beginning
Post Date: 2008-10-28 12:06:48 by richard9151
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Armageddon—A Happy Beginning THE word “Armageddon” has its origin in the Hebrew expression “Har–Magedon,” or “Mountain of Megiddo.” It is found at Revelation 16:16, which states: “They gathered them together to the place that is called in Hebrew Har–Magedon.” Who are assembled to Armageddon, and why? Just two verses earlier, at Revelation 16:14, we read: “The kings of the entire inhabited earth” are gathered together “to the war of the great day of God the Almighty.” Naturally, those statements raise additional intriguing questions. Where do these “kings” fight? Over what issue do they battle, and with ...
Armageddon—When?
Post Date: 2008-10-28 12:05:07 by richard9151
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Armageddon—When? “WE STAND at Armageddon and we battle for the Lord.” With those words, former U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt applied the term “Armageddon” to a political battle in which he was involved. So, should we search for Armageddon in the political arena? A few years ago, the Canadian magazine Business Life carried an article entitled “Economic Armageddon.” A subtitle asked: “Could Third World default on debt trigger our economic collapse?” But should we think of Armageddon as a financial disaster? According to the journal Newsweek, the world’s end became a campaign issue during a 1984 presidential debate. On that occasion, ...
“Peace Among Men of Good Will” or Armageddon—Which?
Post Date: 2008-10-28 12:01:56 by richard9151
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“Peace Among Men of Good Will” or Armageddon—Which? “Glory in the highest unto God! And on earth peace, among men of good-will.”—Luke 2:14, Ro. ARE you a man or woman of goodwill? If you are, then you are one of those about whom an army of heavenly angels spoke in unison, almost two thousand years ago. Why did those angels appear and speak? Because an event had occurred that will yet result in eternal peace to you right here on this earth that is now menaced with a third world war. 2 The event was the birth of a baby boy in the Middle East. What happened on that occasion is no fairy tale, fable or myth, but it was witnessed by a number of hardworking men in ...
When Tradition Conflicts With Truth
Post Date: 2008-10-27 14:17:42 by richard9151
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When Tradition Conflicts With Truth DANGER—WATER NOT FOR DRINKING. We may be used to seeing such warnings. In many areas people are careful about what they drink because they know that some water supplies are being poisoned by what has been labeled “a witch’s brew” of toxic contamination. As a result of this pollution, says one study, instead of being a “sustainer and protector of life,” water can become “a transmitter of disease organisms and . . . chemical contaminants.”—Water Pollution. Polluting the Waters of Truth Traditions that conflict with truth are like polluted water supplies. We might innocently hold fast to ...
St. Peter’s the Site of Peter’s Tomb?
Post Date: 2008-10-27 14:15:12 by richard9151
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St. Peter’s the Site of Peter’s Tomb? WAS Peter ever physically present in Rome? While there has been much tradition to that effect, some of it going back to the second century A.D., actual proof has been wanting. According to tradition Peter was martyred at the site of the ancient Circus of Nero, where it is claimed he was also buried. It is said that the site of his tomb was revered since the second century and that on it Constantine built the first St. Peter’s basilica begun A.D. 323 but not completed until after his death. In c.1503 the present basilica of St. Peter was begun, and completed after 127 years, in c.1630, at a cost of $48 million. ...
TRADITION
Post Date: 2008-10-27 14:13:19 by richard9151
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TRADITION Information, doctrines, or practices that have been handed down from parents to children or that have become the established way of thinking or acting. The Greek word pa·ra82;do·sis means, literally, “a thing given beside” and hence “that which is transmitted by word of mouth or in writing.” (1Co 11:2, Int) The word as used in the Christian Greek Scriptures is applied to traditions that were proper or acceptable aspects of true worship, as well as to those that were in error or were followed or viewed in a way that made them harmful and objectionable. Over the centuries the Jews acquired many traditions. These included ways of dress and handling ...
The Bible or Tradition—Which Is Man’s Guide?
Post Date: 2008-10-27 14:05:09 by richard9151
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The Bible or Tradition—Which Is Man’s Guide? Long ago a man of understanding said that when there is no vision the people perish. To avoid the dire results of lacking spiritual vision man needs a sure guide. This article will help you choose the right guide—the guide your life depends on. “THY word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” Those words are found in the Bible, a Book that not only contains God’s Word but is God’s Word. That Word is an inspired lamp. It lights our paths.—Ps. 119:105, RS. But some say that tradition is a lamp that provides equal light, if not greater light than God’s written Word. Especially true is this of ...
The General Priesthood—Christendom’s Forgotten Doctrine
Post Date: 2008-10-24 15:33:16 by richard9151
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The General Priesthood — Christendom’s Forgotten Doctrine “You are ‘ . . . a royal priesthood, a holy nation.’”—1 Pet. 2:9. THE Christian doctrine of the “general priesthood” is probably not one of those you learned about in school or Sunday school. In fact, to a great many this will be the first time they ever heard about it. It has, for good reasons, been Christendom’s forgotten and neglected doctrine. For centuries it was hardly mentioned from the pulpits, the young people did not learn about it during their preparations for confirmation, the students of theology found only a page or two about it in their voluminous ...
A Biblical Prophecy for today
Post Date: 2008-10-24 12:40:36 by richard9151
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A Biblical Prophecy for today The Bible is a fascinating book. Once you begin to understand it, through study, it does remove all fear because you finally can see who is responsible for all of the troubles on the earth, and, what the solution to these problems are. And, there is only one solution, as more and more should be understanding now. That solution is Jehovah God, and His Son, Jesus Christ. John 17:3; This means everlasting life, their taking in knowledge of you, the only true God, and of the one whom you sent forth, Jesus Christ. And how do we learn about them, that we may gain salvation? In the Bible, because the Bible is the only reliable source of information that we have ...
The Origin of Hell
Post Date: 2008-10-23 16:14:53 by richard9151
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The Origin of Hell “HELL,” explains the New Catholic Encyclopedia, is the word “used to signify the place of the damned.” A Protestant encyclopedia defines hell as “the place of future punishment for the wicked.” But belief in such a place of punishment after death is not limited to the main churches of Christendom. It originated many centuries before Christendom came into existence. The Mesopotamian Hell About 2,000 years before the birth of Jesus, the Sumerians and the Babylonians believed in an underworld that they called the Land of No Return. This ancient belief is reflected in the Sumerian and the Akkadian poems known as “The Epic of ...
The Last Judgment
Post Date: 2008-10-23 16:05:48 by richard9151
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The Last Judgment “WHEN thou diest thy soul will be tormented alone; that will be a hell for it: but at the day of judgment thy body will join thy soul, and then thou wilt have twin-hells, thy soul sweating drops of blood, and thy body suffused with agony.” THIS is how the 19th-century preacher C. H. Spurgeon described the clergy view of judgment day and the sufferings of the damned. The Italian artist Michelangelo had a similarly terrifying belief, as is seen in his painting “The Last Judgment” on the wall of the Sistine chapel in Rome. The New Encyclopædia Britannica says of this painting: “The Christ in Judgment is a thundering god rather than a ...
How Strong Is Your Belief in the Resurrection?
Post Date: 2008-10-23 15:21:37 by richard9151
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“I am the resurrection and the life. He that exercises faith in me, even though he dies, will come to life.”—JOHN 11:25. HOW strong is your hope in the resurrection? Does it fortify you against the fear of dying and comfort you when you lose loved ones in death? (Matthew 10:28; 1 Thessalonians 4:13) Are you like many of God’s servants of old, who endured scourgings, mockery, torture, and prison bonds, strengthened by belief in the resurrection?—Hebrews 11:35-38. 2 Yes, a sincere worshiper of Jehovah should have no doubts at all that there will be a resurrection, and his confidence should affect the way he lives his life. It is wonderful to reflect on the fact ...
Christians and the Pro Life Ploy
Post Date: 2008-10-23 06:07:25 by Ada
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Leaders in the Catholic and other conservative pro-life churches are almost making it mandatory this presidential election that the faithful vote for McCain or, more to the point, vote against the pro-abortion Obama. But is this single-issue pro-life exhortation really in harmony with authentic Christian tradition? Are these leaders really showing that they are of the mettle of their predecessors, from the Apostles to St. Thomas Beckett to Cardinal Mindszenty? Or instead are these Christian leaders more aligned with those predecessors who all too often compromised the faith and kowtowed to political power, the world, the flesh, and the devil? This essay advances that it is the latter. The ...
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