Crocs

Real men wouldn't think of wearing crocs.

Islamic Translation

For years, the Islamic peoples who are for Jihad have been very open about their intentions towards Jews and Americans. Foolishly we have not taken the time to listen and take them seriously.

Here is a great website for it is dedicated to translating into English the words broadcast in Islamic videos. Check it often.

How About this One?

young leaders? What is their place?

Thoughts on This?

your thoughts?

The Difficult (and Really Inconvenient) Truth

The Modern Western Mindset is not prepared to RECOGNIZE or see the threat of Islamo-Fascism. One of our highest values is called "pluralism." We are not to say that any one's religious expression is "wrong." Because of this, the reaction to discussions of Islamic influenced violence is to say, "That isn't their religion, just some radicals." This response makes us unprepared to see what should be plain. Most every nation with a large population of Muslims is rife with Islamic violence. The Violent aggressors say that they kill for their faith.

We need to believe them. We need to be sophisticated enough to see that although there are some Muslims who believe their faith does not call for domination of the governments of the world, there is a large percentage who either actively or passively is working for that end or cheering on those who are. The Nigerian boys who have been burned, their sisters kidnapped and raped, their parents killed, all because they were Christians and not Muslims would tell you that there is a faith issue involved here. The people who flew the planes into the World Trade Center Towers did so with the words, "Allah Akbar!" on their lips (that means, Allah is Great!). The issue for them is faith.

The troubles in the Sudan, in Indonesia, the Philippines, Egypt, Pakistan, etc are caused primarily by people who say that for their faith they must kill the infidels. We must recognize this. Instead of seeing this, the Western mind looks for equivalents in Christianity. This is foolish. We say things like, 'Well, what about the Spanish Inquisition, or the Crusades? What's the difference between faith of Christians causing killing and Muslims?" Why is this foolish. Many reasons (one being a history of the Crusades that makes the Christians the only ones fighting for religious reasons is slanted, but that is for another day), but the main reason should be obvious: Regardless of what happened in the middle ages in some isolated places in the world, in today's world, no Christians, anywhere, are calling for a militaristic destruction of other faiths. But many, not a few, Muslims, claim that Islam does call for this.

If we do talk about history with honesty, we would see that many in Islam always have spoke of military conquest of the infidels, beginning with Mohammed. But we don't even look at history honestly because we don't want to offend the pluralism that we live --and die by.

Can You See Him?

This picture has been floating around Italy recently. Some in the Vatican claim it is Pope John Paul II making a visitation to earth. Do you think it is?

(if so, I'd hope fire isn't his eternal state! :)

He's Back

WABC radio, out of New York, the most listened to talk station in the nation, is hiring Don Imus to do their morning drive time. When MSNBC and CBS decided to fire him last year (or was it earlier this year?) I said that it was not censorship and completely within their rights as a private company to fire their employee if they thought him bad for business. Now that WABC is hiring him, I say the same. There will be some who say, "He should not be allowed to be on the radio." But why not? If WABC thinks he will gain them listeners, then it is their right. He broke no laws.

Here's a strange irony. WABC is the number one talk station in the nation and is flag ship to the number 1 and 2 radio hosts in the country (Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity). Their line up also features conservatives Mark Levin, Laura Ingram, John Gambling, etc. Don Imus, an unabashed political liberal will have their number one time, morning drive.

Update --Still Nauseated

Mindy sent me this photo. This stuff is beyond wrong. This is blasphemous. The atoning blood of Christ is beyond all the holiness we can imagine. It is holy, holy, holy. It was that atoning blood witch buys us from our vileness and sins. The Jewish Day of Atonement is to point to the cross of Jesus.

To take this day and use it as an opportunity to raise money for yourself is Satanism and Idolatry. 23,000 people attend this woman's church. Think about that number. 23,000 people. Then there are the conferences all around the country. Then there are the books and tapes and cd's. Those who follow her will be held accountable, but she will doubly so.

Have you ever wondered who it will be who says to the Lord on the last day, "Lord, did we not cast out demons in your name?" and to whom the Lord says, "Get away from Me, I never knew you," ? This is the kind of person the Lord was talking about. "You will know them by their fruit."

This Person Makes Me Sick

I am sickened by Paula White. I do not normally say such things, especially in writing, about other people, even people who are guilty of very bad behavior. But I am literally sick in my stomach reading about this false teacher who is bilking God's people and leading them astray. She is a wolf in sheep's clothing, and anyone who buys her materials or goes to her conferences will be consumed (and is being foolish).

I printed the article below in full. It can be found at this site: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/religion/stories/MYSA082407.01B.paulawhite.347acf0.html

or click here.

(I also wouldn't trust Rick Hawkins as far as I could throw him . . . avoid these deceivers)

Here's the article:

Evangelist power couple is splitting up

Web Posted: 08/25/2007 11:54 PM CDT

Abe Levy
Express-News TV evangelist Paula White, who is a frequent speaker at a San Antonio church where she recently formed a ministry partnership, and her husband, Randy, announced Thursday night that they plan to divorce after a nearly 18-year marriage.

The split was made public during a Thursday evening service for their Tampa, Fla., congregation, Without Walls International Church, which they founded in 1991 and which became one of the nation's largest and fastest-growing churches.

What her forthcoming divorce will mean for Family Praise Center in Northwest San Antonio remains unclear. White plans to keep Tampa as her base and continue preaching there, but she's putting down some roots here. She bought a nearly $700,000 home outside Boerne earlier this month, about the same time she was giving a five-week sermon series at Family Praise Center, founded by Bishop Rick Hawkins.Increasingly, White, Hawkins, his son and the San Antonio church have developed closer links.

White is a rising TV evangelist who has widespread appeal among evangelical Christians, particularly women. Her "Paula White Today" show is broadcast nationally on major networks such as CMT and BET and her Life By Design empowerment conferences, based in New York City, are spreading to cities nationwide.

The Whites told the Tampa Tribune no infidelity was involved in their breakup, which they described as "amicable."

"This has been an ongoing process and journey," said Paula White, standing on stage with her husband. "But God is always faithful. God always carries you through the dark places of life."

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Randy White told the audience Paula White would continue preaching all over the world and on television. "I'm going to pastor this church and focus on being a great dad," he said.

Paula White first came to Family Praise Center in November 2005 to speak at a church-sponsored conference. She began to speak more regularly here and in recent months has led Sunday morning and Wednesday night services, recorded shows for syndication and led a fundraiser for a teen-pregnancy center.

Will Norris, staff pastor and communications director for Family Praise Center, told the San Antonio Express-News two weeks ago that the church and White have a ministry partnership that includes joining forces on community outreach and receiving advice from her on how the church could grow.

Norris did not return numerous phone calls seeking details about the partnership. Reached after the church's Wednesday service, he repeatedly declined to comment, referring all questions to White's spokeswoman Sheila Withum of WDC Media. The California-based public relations firm also has done work for Family Praise Center.

Withum told the Express-News two weeks ago that San Antonio was a likely site for Paula White to establish a Life By Design center, a place where monthly conferences would be offered. The first center was established in New York City, where White has held two conferences in recent months and where she owns a Trump Tower condo.

Phone calls and e-mails to Withum the past couple of weeks were not returned.

Family Praise Center was founded by Hawkins in 1993 and his son Dustin Hawkins is pastor. Both men got divorced in February.

Norris said neither Dustin nor Rick Hawkins was available for comment. Calls this week to Rick Hawkins' home were not returned.

During the Wednesday night service, Dustin Hawkins gave the main message, noting that he and his father attended Paula White's Life By Design conference Sunday in New York City.

Paula White told the Tampa Tribune that her involvement with Family Praise Center as a ministry partner was minimal but did say she is serving as the "spiritual overseer" for Dustin Hawkins. Meanwhile, Rick Hawkins is a board member for White's newly formed PWM Life Center Inc., a tax-exempt, nonprofit agency created in February, according to documents filed with the Florida Department of State's Division of Corporations.

Rick Hawkins is known in San Antonio for founding the School of Excellence in Education in 1998, the city's largest charter school district that caters to so-called at-risk students and includes a high school named after him.

Paula White is scheduled to speak at Family Praise Center on Sept. 9 and at Cornerstone Church on the North Side on Sept. 23.

Her background — growing up poor in Mississippi and overcoming a troubled upbringing — resonates with her audiences, especially African Americans, who make up the majority at her Tampa church.

Family Praise Center counts among its members a high number of African American and Hispanic people. White and Hawkins are Anglo and have been active in inner-city outreach.

White's lavish lifestyle, which includes a private jet, a Mercedes and a $2.1 million home in an elite neighborhood in Tampa, has generated criticism. Such amenities, she says, reflect God's blessing and notes her frequent donations to worldwide humanitarian causes.

White bought a 3,300-square-foot home just east of Boerne near the Kendall-Comal county line this month. The property, appraised at $681,570, is on 3.7 acres and includes a pool, guesthouse and three-car garage.

During a speaking engagement Aug. 12 at Family Praise Center, White arrived on stage from a side entrance and took a seat at the front next to Rick and Dustin Hawkins. Several security guards stood watch nearby.

After the service, she exited into a private room. Her message that morning touched on common motivational themes she's stated in speeches and books about overcoming obstacles through faith.

"We are in the last days of the greatest outpouring of God's spirit and even though we ugly, come on, some of us have a mess," she said. "We don't look like ministry material. We don't act like ministry material. But we are fruitful because we have a heart towards God that is pure and hands that are clean."

Often, her sermon brought standing ovations.

Lucia Perez, a Family Praise Center member, said some people there were wondering why Paula White has been frequenting the church in recent months, but ultimately the only issue affecting them was how to deal with the abnormally large audiences she generated.

"At first, people questioned it. It was like, 'Wow, she's been here a lot,'" Perez said. "But the only thing different (for church members) was that the church was packed."

Great Story from Iraq

Check out this story. I'm glad to see the success. As Americans play politics with war, our papers and news outlets don't seem to like to remind people that American Soldiers are doing a great job, having liberated a country, and that it affects real people. I'm so glad our soldiers are there. I can't think of another country I'd trust with such a mission. Only Americans are willing to pay the price to insure the freedom of others. Saddam is gone. As are his nutty sons. As are the mass graves, and torture, and rape rooms, and oppression of women. There are those in America who, for domestic political reasons, are saying this is a civil war. Not so. 80% of all insurgents are foreigners. The tide is turning. Support the troops, support their mission. Ignore the media.