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John R. Houk

© May 15, 2008

A Commenter that calls him/her/both self “Gay Pride” said this to a June 4, 2007 post on Gay Pride parades in Jerusalem:

i say go ahead and show your pride people GAY PRIDE RULES AND NOTHING ANY BIGOT CAN SAY WILL STOP ME FROM SHOWING MY PRIDE

I am never in the mood for homosexuals to validate their lifestyle with displays of so-called “pride” and then have the audacity to proclaim the Biblical view of homosexuality as bigoted and thus by extension asserting that I am a bigot.

I merely write the Truth that the darkness of deaf ears and blind eyes cannot see due to the delusion of worshipping the creation more than the Creator. If anyone is bigoted here it is the homosexual who rejects Christ’s Grace or humanistically cherry picks Holy Scripture to validate deviancy as defined Biblically (not by the human AMA or its psychiatric twin).

The Epistle of Romans in the New Testament is the classic measuring stick of the sinfulness of the practice of homosexuality:

18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, 19 because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. 20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, 21 because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23 and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.

 
24 Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves, 25 who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.

 
26 For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. 27 Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.

 
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality,[c] wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers, 30 backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving,[d] unmerciful; 32 who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them. [Romans 1: 18 – 32 NKJV. Emphasis Mine]

Here is where a homosexual will do one of two things (sometimes both):

1.     They will find some deviant scholar that will say some hogwash that the Scripture is not talking about homosexuality; or

2.     Notice the passage “deserving of death” and rant on that Western Culture has moved on from such medieval practices.

In addressing number one only a moron would interpret phrases like “women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature” or “Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful” as not addressing homosexuality.

In addressing number two the phrase “deserving of death” is for different than the Old Testament judgment of “death.”

“You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination” (Lev. 18: 22 NKJV).

“If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them.” (Lev. 20: 13 NKJV)

I am not Jewish thus I cannot attest to the modern interpretation of these Scriptures in Judaism; however in a Christian perspective these Scriptures are part of the Law. Christ came not to abolish the Law but to fulfill it (Matt. 5: 17 – 20) and in fulfilling it those who believe in the risen Lord are no longer under the penalty of the Law but are under Grace (Rom. 10: 4; Gal. 3: 23 – 29; Eph. 2: 11 - 22).

On the other hand Grace is not a license to sin (which includes more than just a homosexual lifestyle but all lifestyles contrary to the Word of God).

Romans 6: 12 – 23 nails it as far as homosexuality or any lifestyle that sets out to contradict a Christian Biblical lifestyle.

12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. 13 And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. 14 For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.

15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not! 16 Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness? 17 But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered. 18 And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness. 19 I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves of uncleanness, and of lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves of righteousness for holiness.

 
20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 21 What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. 22 But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life. 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (NKJV)

Grace covers the penalty of death in this life but does not absolve the consequences of the Law if a sin lifestyle separates one from God thus reawakening the curse of the Law. The curse of the Law has “reaping and sowing” consequences either in this life or in the life after death at the Last Judgment.

In ending my response to “Gay Pride’s” Comment, homosexuals walk a dangerous line in this Life because Grace and Forgiveness is always available if one calls on the Name of Christ as Lord even to one’s last breath. As to bigotry, homosexuals and the supporters of a homosexual lifestyle are the true bigots because in flouting the Grace and Holiness of God they are in essence acting in prejudice against Christians.

JRH

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CodePinkMothersDay (Witches)

Is this crazy or what? Code Pink brought witches to place spells and curses on a Marine recruiting center in Berkeley (Breitbart.tv feed – unsure how long it will be up). I mean is this evil or what? Witchcraft is definitely a form of anti-Christianity and then (whether you believe in this hoodoo or not) with evil intent wish evil upon a United States Marine Corps recruiting station and I am guessing all that are associated with it.

How nuts is that?

How un-American is that?

How anti-Christian is that?

JRH

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Dr. Michael Nazir-Ali, Bishop of Rochester

There are two Archbishops in Britain duking it out verbally in public over the affect of Mohammedanism in Britain.

Ironically Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams appears to be the appeasement minded head of the Anglican Church that is calling for a multiculturalism that accepts Mohammedan Sharia Law to compete or override the British rule of law as it applies to enforcement in Britain.

The Archbishop of Rochester Michael Nazir-Ali by name is of Pakistani descent. Archbishop Nazir-Ali has been writing about how Mohammedanism is fracturing British society establishing in there are actually “no-go areas” for Brits in which the harshness of Sharia Law is exercised contrary to British Law.

Does America have this moronic appeasement to look forward to as Secular Humanists attempt to eradicate the influence of Christianity and accommodate the religion of Mohammedanism?

JRH 5/12/08

Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury

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American Hater - Wright_edited

Have you noticed that the Mainstream Media (MSM), Democrats and Republicans are predicting Jeremiah Wright’s racism against Whites, friendship with anti-Semitic Farrakhan and the promotion of the Black Liberation Theology will have little effect on Barack Hussein Obama’s Campaign if he should win the Democratic Nomination for President?

It must be a Politically Correct think for those three groups to agree on the effect of Wright.

I am here to tell you that Black Liberation Theology (BLT) alone not just Wright’s deviant Black Supremacist/Victimhood stance should affect how Americans vote if Obama should win the Democratic nomination.

Proponents of BLT have said the theology stems from the concern Jesus Christ had for the poor and downtrodden. Critics have viewed BLT as Black Supremacism disguised with the word “Christianity”. BLT is more akin to Marxism and the Black Power movements (such as the Black Panthers or Nation of Islam). BLT criticizes the White Man for all the ills the Black Man’s past history and present circumstances, utilizing facts to distort the impact on Blacks is a huge exaggeration of BLT.

Rev. Rob Schenck was on Hannity’s America show discussing Jeremiah Wright’s embracing of BLT. Schenck made it clear that BLT is very close to the Liberation Theology of Latin America which was overtly pro-Marxist (supporting Latin American Communists), Anti-Catholic and Anti-American.

JRH (Hat tip ChristianNewsWire.com)

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Black Liberation Theology

If you are a Republican you have to love the self-destruction that occurring in the Democratic Party.

In case you have not been reading or watching the news, Jeremiah – Whitey oppresses Blackie – Wright has been in the news mouthing off racism against White people and further embarrassing his prodigy Barack Hussein Obama in the process.

So what is about Jeremiah Wright that works his point of view of society in America? It is the ideology of Black Liberation Theology.

What is “Black Liberation Theology?”

Liberation Theology is an attempt to interpret Scripture through the plight of the poor. It is largely a humanistic doctrine. It started in South America in the turbulent 1950's when Marxism was making great gains among the poor because of its emphasis on the redistribution of wealth, allowing poor peasants to share in the wealth of the colonial elite and thus upgrade their economic status in life.

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Liberation Theology has moved from the poor peasants in South America to the poor blacks in America. We now have Black Liberation Theology being preached in the black community. It is the same Marxist, revolutionary, humanistic philosophy found in South American Liberation Theology and has no more claim for a scriptural basis than the South American model has. False doctrine is still false, no matter how it is dressed up or what fancy name is attached to it. In the same way that revolutionary fervor was stirred up in South America, Liberation Theology is now trying to stir up revolutionary fervor among Blacks in America. If the church in America recognizes the falseness of Black Liberation Theology as the Catholic Church did in the South American model, Black Liberation Theology will suffer the same fate that the South America Liberation Theology did, namely it will be seen to be the false doctrine of a humanist viewpoint dressed up in theological terms. (Excerpts from GotQuestions.org)

This is the definition I favor; however I am a Caucasian so let’s look at a pro-Black Liberation Theology definition.

The Rev. James Cone is the founder of black liberation theology. In an interview with Terry Gross, Cone explains the movement, which has roots in 1960s civil-rights activism and draws inspiration from both the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X, as "mainly a theology that sees God as concerned with the poor and the weak."

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Cone explains that at the core of black liberation theology is an effort — in a white-dominated society, in which black has been defined as evil — to make the gospel relevant to the life and struggles of American blacks, and to help black people learn to love themselves. It's an attempt, he says "to teach people how to be both unapologetically black and Christian at the same time." (Excerpts from NPR March 31, 2008)

Note the pro-Black Liberation Theology definition leaves out any references to humanism or Marxism in any form of specificity. Nonetheless look at words that should send up red flags in your brain: Inspired by a combination of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X; concern for the poor and weak; white-dominated society; help Black people to “love themselves.”

The pro definition has all the words that are endearing to Secular Humanists, Communists and Black Power (racist revolutionists) disguised in the wrapping paper of Christianity. In other words Black Liberation Theology is a bill of goods being sold to African-Americans should be stamped Buyer Beware.

Ed Decker’s Saints Alive website has an April E-newsletter of which one article deals with Black Liberation Theology by Anthony B. Bradley. It is a good read.

JRH

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Net Neutrality

Erick Erickson of Redstate.com has sent an e-list email encouraging his readers to protest to Congress about Larry Lessig of Google and Barack Obama.

His complaint is threefold.

1.     Larry Lessig is pro-Net Neutrality.

2.     Larry Lessig is virulently anti-Christian and moves Google in that direction.

3.     Lessig is a huge political supporter of Obama; thus Obama has another guilt by association by allowing Lessig’s support of his campaign.

I am not sure if I understand Erickson’s anger about Lessig being for Net Neutrality. Net Neutrality is like the sun, it shines its light on the good and evil at the same time. Net Neutrality certainly allows the evil in this world to exploit a form of communication; however Net Neutrality offers the same exact ability for good to be on the Internet.

I am guessing Erickson’s ire is because Google under Lessig’s direction may be guilty of not allowing pro-Christian websites to be accessed via the Google search engine. If the allegation is true (and I don’t doubt that it is), then Lessig’s defense of Net Neutrality is Leftist hypocrisy. In essence Lessig is promoting Leftwing pro-Mohammedan websites and ridiculing Christ and Christian websites as well as definitely NOT providing neutrality for all users of the Google search engine.

This is a revelation that saddens me. I like using the Google search engine. Unfortunately I am finding out when I place a search for some Christian specific information, Google may be biased as a guide.

Then there is Barack Obama. Obama openly receives support from anti-Christian Lessig. Could this further expose light on Obama’s other associations with Nation of Islam racist Louis Farrakhan and Black Supremacist Christian Jeremiah Wright?

Couple this with Obama’s recent denigration of Pennsylvania rural dwellers (ergo all rural dwellers) as ignorant gun-toting individuals that rely on religion for solace on and comfort and what do you have a picture of?

It is a picture of an anti-Christian candidate running for the Democratic nomination for President.

JRH

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Obama Adviser Denigrates Jesus. Don't let him get away with it.

Redstate.com Email Alert

Erick Erickson

April 21, 2008 7:04:14 AM

ACTION ITEM: Call the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee at 202-224-5115 and protest Larry Lessig and Google denigrating Christ while Google censors Christians online.  Details below.

A friend and adviser to Barack Obama, Larry Lessig, is going to testify before Congress on Tuesday to advocate for "net neutrality," a position strongly supported by Google,Inc.

Google, recently allowed Larry Lessig to talk to Google employees.  During his talk, Lessig showed a video of Jesus, depicted as gay and wearing a diaper singing the song "I Will Survivor" until Christ is run over by a bus.  You can see for yourself here.

Lessig told Google's employees, "This is a little bit touchy to some people. I don't get it, so just chill."

Google and Lessig believe that intellectual property rights should be curtailed and internet providers should be forced to allow anyone and everyone to use their networks.

While Google is pushing net neutrality and blaspheming Christ, Google is also censoring Christians online.  As I document here, Google has censored a pro-life group online.  Google has also been sued for anti-Christian discrimination in the United Kingdom.

Of course, while Google is happy to censor Christians while denigrating Christ, Google has gone out of its way to censor content that might offend muslims.

Google should have no right to demand open access to your internet while censoring and denigrating Christians on its network.  And the Senate should not give Larry Lessig a platform to advocate Google's position while Google behaves in that manner.

Call the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee and tell them you find it disgraceful that Google could advocate an open internet while censoring Christians and laughing while Larry Lessig denigrates Christ.  The number is 202-224-5115.

Also, please forward this to your friends.  Have your friends join this list.  We should not let the left get away with denigrating Christ and sending those who do to Congress to advocate for companies that routinely censor Christians.

Together, we can stop this.

All the best,

Erick Erickson
Editor, RedState.com

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Sally Kern

Congresswoman Sally Kern continues to be maligned with impunity for her stand for Christian Values and Morality by homosexual activists that are now taking steps to propagandize the citizens of Oklahoma with cherry picked sound bytes that portray her as a hating bigot.

The fact of the matter Congresswoman Kern is a loving Christian that is an example of sharing the Good News with homosexuals to minister a better way of life.

Read this update from Thinking Through … by Stephen Black:

JRH

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Crusader sm

Okay let us try to at least pretend to be observant.

Secular Humanism under the guise of moral relativist organizations have been warring against Christianity, against Christian morality and the Christian inspiration for the rule of law in America for over half a century. Some of my fellow zealots may even place this Leftist war on Christianity at an even greater length of time, but I personally don’t have the time to do the research to pin point Secular Humanistic slow erosive acts against Christianity in America. Let us just say that legal actions that would have been unthinkable fifty years ago are becoming common in this early part of the 21^st century.

Just a few days ago I posted about a Christian business was fined over six-thousand dollars for refusing to do a photo op for a same sex union ceremony in New Mexico. Evidently the State of New Mexico has made State level anti-discriminatory laws which unconstitutionally override the Federal Law in the First Amendment in which is stated specifically that Congress shall make no law prohibiting the free exercise of religion (thereof).

Let’s see if I can find some anti-Christian legal battles either instituted by the Government, the ACLU or the various deviant homosexual rights organizations (not necessarily in order).

Navy Lt Gordon James Klingenschmitt was court-martialed and booted out of the Navy for praying in the NAME OF JESUS.

Tyler Chase Harper in 2003 chose to wear tee shirts that said “I will not accept what God has condemned” and “Be ashamed, our school has embraced what God has condemned.” The Poway Unified School District chose to punish Harper for expressing Constitutional First Amendment Right to freely exercise his religious beliefs.

Mohammedans are provided special rooms and/or occasions to pray in Public and Collegiate level schools; however Brittany McComb was prevented from giving her Valedictorian speech in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2006 because it was known she was going to express her faith in Jesus Christ.

In 2007 the American Family Association sends out an Action Alert about the Senate and the House of Representatives working on legislation that would Pastoral or Ministerial sermons on the sinfulness of homosexuality a hate crime.

Here we are AGAIN with the Day of Silence garbage in 2008 in which many Public Schools across the nation will force student to learn that homosexuality and transgender lifestyles are not deviant. This is happening with impunity knowing the big money for litigation is with the homosexuals via homosexual organizations and especially the ACLU (the King pen of anti-Christianity).

I could on and on; nonetheless I have to mention Secular Humanist war against one of the most Holy Days of Christianity – Christmas. Way too many corporate store chains are falling into the same pit the Left has forced the government into, viz. censoring Christmas because it is Christian. The big Capitalists (and I not against Capitalism) want to be Leftie Politically Correct and make their Christmas dough at the same time. Every Christmas comes a controversy: no Santas; no Salvation Army bell ringers, the replacement of “Merry Christmas” with “Merry X-mas” or “Happy Holidays” and so on.

Is there a war on Christianity in America? You’re darn toot’in!

The latest stupidity in battling Christianity is an ACLU legal win in banning a quarter century school tradition of praying before Football Games at East Brunswick High School located in New Jersey. The Coach even tried to accommodate the ACLU by refraining from verbal prayer but having a student lead in a moment of silent prayer. The Court said NO!

JRH

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Criminalizing Christianity

Here is a classic example of the homosexual agenda exploiting the belief that homosexuality is an immoral practice by using anti-discrimination or hate crimes laws to PUNISH a business that declined to do a photo opt for a same-sex marriage. The State Government is using anti-discrimination laws to prevent the free exercise of religion as protected under the First Amendment to protect the practice of a horrible disgusting lifestyle in which the Bible believing Christians find sinful.

Disgusting!

JRH 4/14/08

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Magdi Allam (Christian Convert)

Magdi Allam is was a prominent Egyptian Muslim writer living in Italy. He has made his dutiful Mohammedan journey to Mecca as is required once in a lifetime (I think) for all Mohammedans.

Here is the thing, Allam has been extremely critical of Islamism and the inherent nature of violence in Islam itself. Allam is even pro-Israel due to the brutality of homicidal suicide bombing Arabs that call themselves Palestinians.

O yes, did I mention this prominent writer living in Italy converted to Christianity this Easter season and was baptized by Pope Benedict XVI himself.

WOW! Apparently more and more Mohammedans are leaving the so-called religion of peace every year.

Here is a little side bar that really has nothing to do with Magdi Allam’s illumination of the true God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

I was listening to Fox News briefly last night (it may have been the day before; I am fuzzy on the exact time frame). While I was half listening all of sudden a statistic brought me to alertness. Twenty-thousand Mohammedans have converted to Christianity in the last year. Seventy-thousand Mohammedans have converted since the Iraq invasion.

What is different since the Iraq invasion and before?

Well duh! There is a bit more Freedom of Choice in Iraq (In my search for statistics; this is the closest I could find for verification. There are time constraints you know.).

Mohammedans are persecuting native born Iraqi Christians (for years actually). In this Eastern season about a week ago Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho was murdered. Just after performing a Mass, he was kidnapped from his Church and shortly there after was found dead in a shallow grave. The Archbishop is representative of 600,000 Chaldean Catholic Christians that are native born Iraqis that have a history in the area since before the forced conversions of Mohammed. (End of side bar)

JRH