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Title: Onward Christian Pansies
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URL Source: http://townhall.com/columnists/mike ... &utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=
Published: Jul 8, 2016
Author: Mike Adams Mike Adams | Posted: Jul 08,
Post Date: 2016-07-08 10:22:12 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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Views: 1565
Comments: 13

Town Hall
Mike Adams
Posted: Jul 08, 2016 12:01 AM

Last week, a young Christian male asked me a pretty direct question. He wanted to know whether I ever worried that my blunt commentary on social media was “turning people away from Christianity.” I thought it was an honest question. So I gave him an honest answer. I told him that I believe the problem is just the opposite of what he considers it to be. In other words, it isn’t occasional blunt commentary that turns people away from Christianity. It is the constant displays of Christian cowardice that make people both reticent to join and quick to attack us.

During the year 2000, when I was in the process of my conversion, there was only one prominent pastor I would even listen to on television. His name is Greg Laurie. He was bold without being rude. He was physical fit, casually but sharply dressed, and, to top it all off, he rode a motorcycle. And he could deliver the Gospel in a way that made even gang bangers weep and respond to an altar call in front of thousands at his Harvest Crusades in Anaheim Stadium.

In the fall of 2000, after I actually converted and joined a church I started to notice something unusual about my pastor. He was a lifelong Republican leading a liberal denomination. But the only time he ever talked about politics or social issues was when he quoted people like Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson. The blanket statement that always followed those quotes was that he wasn’t “that kind of Republican.” In fact, he was so afraid of his mostly-liberal congregation that he never told them what he actually believed. He only told them that he did not believe what all the other “mean Republicans” like Falwell and Robertson believed. It got old pretty fast. So I left his church and found another.

I wish I could say my next pastor was different. But he was not. He was privately appalled by the concept of same-sex marriage. But every time he broached the subject you could see him shaking from the pulpit. His voice would tremble as he tried to express his views in coded phrases. Unfortunately, the congregation was too obtuse to know what he was saying. When push came to shove, he failed to take a firm stand on Amendment One, which was North Carolina’s traditional marriage amendment. Clearly, he cowered out of fear of offending the droves of Obama supporters that helped pay his massive mortgage. I could no longer stomach his cowardice. So I left his church in frustration.

A personally anti-abortion pastor led another church I attended briefly. The problem was that his personal anti-abortion stance remained private and did not make its way into his sermons. In fact, he would not allow any discussion of the topic in his church for fear that someone in the congregation might have had an abortion. So he tossed any chance of redemption out the window for the post-abortive congregant. To make matters worse, he adamantly opposed pro-lifers showing pictures of aborted children in the public square. In other words, he was “pro life” so long as no one ever talked about it inside or outside the church. To make matters even worse, two of the members of his congregation later castigated pro-lifers for showing pictures of abortion on the UNC-Wilmington campus (where I teach). There is an obvious lesson here: If the pastor is a coward, it will always spread through the congregation.

It has taken several tries but I am happy that I have finally found a pastor and a church that is solidly pro-life and pro-family and not afraid to say it. I’m just sad that in the last sixteen years, I have learned that at least three quarters of the pastors who actually know what is right still lack the intestinal fortitude to take a stand for what they believe.

Many Christians are fed up with the capitulation of the church and respond in a way that is different from my chosen response. Rather than continuing to try and find a courageous pastor, they simply stop going to church. So this raises an interesting question: If Christians actually stop going to church because they are tired of pastors refusing to take a stand is it possible that some people never seriously consider Christianity in the first place for the same reasons?

I think I got the answer to that question nearly five years ago when I received an email from a troubled reader. Some of my regular readers may remember the story as I have written about it before. The man had lost his home and job and family and was about to commit suicide. Before he did, someone forwarded one of my columns to him. The column was one of those typical “blunt commentaries” where I was tearing into a corrupt administrator who was intentionally violating the rights of college students. The suicidal reader was captivated by the tone and content of the article and decided to start reading other columns from my archive.

After reading several hundred of my “blunt commentaries” he came across one talking about the New Testament and how to approach reading it. So he sat down and read the New Testament. Instead of killing himself, he converted to Christianity.

I had the pleasure of meeting this fine young man two years ago when I was speaking in Ohio. He is now very happy and living a productive life working in the conservative movement. I’ll never forget his explanation for previously refusing to consider Christianity. It is a paraphrase but he basically told me the following: “For a long time I would never consider converting because I thought you had to be weak and passive in order to be a Christian.”

Let that sink in for a minute. The next time you self-censor you may be hurting Christianity, not helping it. We need brave young warriors not spineless “evangelists” who are more concerned about being liked than influencing the culture.

In a nutshell, Jesus was not Mr. Rogers. He had little tolerance for the smug moral superiority of those who grasp the truth but lack the faith and courage necessary to defend it.

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#1. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#0)

Great stuff! Is this Mike Adams the Health Ranger?? Surprising that he likes Laure so much -- HIS wimpishness and apoliticality is one of the things that drove me away from "Christian radio". (It was the decadence of NYC classical radio that had driven me to it.)

Maybe he just found Laurie ossome as a man -- 2nd paragraff :-3 If anybody can shoot me a Laurie sermon that takes on the issues like a man, though, I'll eat fried chicken on the roof.

I didn't even know Adams was a believer. Mr. Rogers is and has always been a SICKENING excuse for a man. OK as a babysitter for pre-Ks, that's about it.

THANKS.

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NeoconsNailed  posted on  2016-07-08   10:37:42 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: NeoconsNailed (#1)

U R WELCOME.

U.S. Constitution - Article IV, Section 4: NO BORDERS + NO LAWS = NO COUNTRY

HAPPY2BME-4UM  posted on  2016-07-08   10:43:07 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: NeoconsNailed (#1)

Maybe he just found Laurie ossome as a man -- 2nd paragraff :-3 If anybody can shoot me a Laurie sermon that takes on the issues like a man, though, I'll eat fried chicken on the roof.

What the hell are you trying to talk about or say? thanks for much clarification on your post.

“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken

Lod  posted on  2016-07-08   15:39:29 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: Lod (#3)

That I Greg Laurie many times on radio and found HIM a pietistic pansy regardless of how many quadrillion fans he can attract to an arena. Like all the stars of the 15- or 30-minute weekday radio sermon, it's only feelgood stuff all about how loved you are and how saved you are by God -- you'd never get a clue from any of 'em that communist Jew swine are burning up Christianity, America, freedom and the white race as we speak. It's just a tranquilizer pill, like most church services.

Ergo I'm mystified that Adams would find him such a fire breather in terms of issues of the day.... not that the subject merits even these 7 more lines. Like I said, it's great news if Adams is a believer looking for real Jeremiah and Isaiah preaching as antidote to the national dementia, even though I'm kind of not anymore.

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NeoconsNailed  posted on  2016-07-08   17:31:37 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: NeoconsNailed (#4)

Thanks, I don't know Greg Laurie from Adam, and it seems that I'm not missing much.

There are many charlatans and deceivers out there.

“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken

Lod  posted on  2016-07-08   18:12:23 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#0)

Greg Laurie is not a true Christian. He is associated with the New Apostolic Reformation. I used to watch him on vid from his site. Began to notice that he was avoiding certain issues and doing a bit of propagandizing. So I researched his background and activities. New Apostolic Reformation.

bush_is_a_moonie  posted on  2016-07-08   19:40:27 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: bush_is_a_moonie (#6)

What on earth issues is he covering -- abortion, crushing taxes, the invasion, the wars, the environment, the corporatocracy, fag supremacism?

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NeoconsNailed  posted on  2016-07-08   21:15:58 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: bush_is_a_moonie, neoconsnailed (#6)

So I researched his background and activities. New Apostolic Reformation.

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Ok, thanks.

But, IMO, he is correct on this one subject that Christians have completely abandoned courage that comes from knowing God personally to weak testimonies of some indistinguishable man-made doctrine.

Thus is this lukewarm church.

Thank God, I am not God.

;>)

U.S. Constitution - Article IV, Section 4: NO BORDERS + NO LAWS = NO COUNTRY

HAPPY2BME-4UM  posted on  2016-07-08   21:48:39 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#9. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#8)

Christians have completely abandoned courage that comes from knowing God personally to weak testimonies of some indistinguishable man-made doctrine.

“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken

Lod  posted on  2016-07-08   21:56:35 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#10. To: bush_is_a_moonie, neoconsnailed (#6) (Edited)

NAR is not a cult

Trying to explain their faith.

Here is the acid test my friends: "By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another."

Notice the word the Lord chose - > > TO.

Meaning action. Meaning compassion, movement, life, and all that Christ represents, and empowers those who call Him Lord to overcome this world.

I see precious little of any of this in this 'NAR' or the disciples of this modern church.

I am not the Judge. Ye shall know them by their fruits.

U.S. Constitution - Article IV, Section 4: NO BORDERS + NO LAWS = NO COUNTRY

HAPPY2BME-4UM  posted on  2016-07-08   21:57:25 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#11. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#10)

A new one on me. " It will surprise some to know that the NAR embraces the largest non-Catholic segment of world Christianity"--???

I've been thru or witnessed so many new "magic bullet" movements in conservative Christianity I've lost track. All I can tell you is whatever good points they've got, they AIN'T preaching or teaching in any way that will endanger their 501c3 deal. This is one thing they all have in common -- the Church o' Gawd, Pennycostals (both are named in wikid's page in NAR), the Reformed, the Calvinist, the less liberal Lutherans, you can count on them not to condemn the Clintoons, Obongos, Booshes and alphabet-soup agencies as is so desperately needed.

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NeoconsNailed  posted on  2016-07-09   1:04:29 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#12. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#8)

Thank God, I am not God.

"Thank God! My Savior Was Not A Jew!"

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NeoconsNailed  posted on  2016-07-09   1:05:59 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#13. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#10)

Jesus said that we should be able to do the works that He does and even greater works. How could this be possible? This brief video will give you the clues that you need. Peter Wagner NAR

http://www.globalspheres.org/training.asp?vkey=NyWHc5_TGMQ&title=Doing%20the%20Works%20of%20Jesus

Everyone hates a mosquito. There is just something infuriating about this little insect. In the natural, not one of us would stand and watch a mosquito draw our blood without swatting it away: in the spiritual, we the church are doing just that. There is a growing force now sucking the life Blood out of today’s church, and we are welcoming them in and making them at home. However, these parasites are lethal. They are the reformers of the church, the new crusaders if you will, the gathers of the global church. They are the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR), and they are coming for your church. deceptionbytes.com/a-strong-delusion-the-new-apostolic-reformation/ Beware: An NAR apostle has come out with his own NAR translation of the Bible, called “The Passion Translation.” Apostle Brian Simmons, of Stairway Ministries, is the lone translator of this “groundbreaking” project. To date, he has released four installments of his new translation: pjmiller.wordpress.com/20...-now-has-their-own-bible/ In the past decade, a heretical movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) has arisen among Pentecostal and charismatic churches. The primary belief that separates the NAR from orthodox Christianity is its claim that the offices of apostle and prophet have been restored to the modern church after being lost for centuries. Also known as the Third Wave of the Holy Spirit, the NAR has its roots in latter rain theology—the false teaching that miraculous signs and wonders such as healings, prophecy, and tongues are restored to the church in the present "end times" as a modern-day counterpart to Pentecost. www.proveritate.org/blog/nar-beliefs-and-teachings My name is Tim Hanline, and until 2003, I was a priest in the New Apostolic Church. Having grown up in the New Apostolic Church, attending Sunday school, religious instructions classes, confirmation classes, countless local and district ministers' meetings, I was thoroughly taught the church's doctrine. I was a youth leader, a Sunday school teacher, a religious instruction teacher, a confirmation teacher, a choir director, a district choir director, a deacon, and eventually a priest in this church. My family's heritage in this church goes back four generations. However, I was compelled to resign from the New Apostolic Church after studying the Scriptures independently. Through this study, the Holy Spirit revealed the evil and rebellion that exists in the New Apostolic Church. This web site is intended to relay Scriptural knowledge to the members of the New Apostolic Church so that they too can be saved from this destructive cult. As with any cult, one must obey the leadership in "childlike obedience of faith." Members and especially ministers in the New Apostolic Church who defy or in any way show disloyalty to the church's leadership are generally maligned and vilified. As with virtually all cults, the New Apostolic Church teaches that the highest virtue on can have is unconditional obedience and loyalty to the apostles, the leaders of the church. lifelinetonac.com/ "What is the New Apostolic Church, and what do they believe?" Answer: The New Apostolic Church (NAC) is a religious group that perverts Christian doctrine, teaches the existence of modern-day apostles and prophets, and promotes a works-based salvation. Like Mormonism, the New Apostolic Church was founded in the 19th century with the claim that all other Christian denominations were in error. Also like the Mormons, the New Apostolic Church claims to base its doctrines on Scripture, but twists it to suit their own heresies. They actually have some very good teaching on church history, the trinity, and other mainstream Christian doctrines—mixing truth and error is a Satanic tactic that makes error harder to spot (see Matthew 4:5–6). www.gotquestions.org/New-Apostolic-Church.html The New Apostolic Reformation is a cult that emerged from the New Order of the Latter Rain revival in 1948, spearheaded by a number of individuals, specifically William Marrion Branham. For the last few decades it has been recognized as being led by by Charles Peter Wagner. itvideo.me/page/new-apostolic-church-cult

bush_is_a_moonie  posted on  2016-07-09   2:23:30 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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