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No More Big Mac's for me We need to stand together. Pastor Elam
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| | McDonald's chooses to support homosexual agenda Refuses request to be neutral in culture war July 3, 2008 Dear Vincent, McDonald's has refused a request to remain neutral in the culture war, choosing to continue support of the homosexual agenda. AFA wrote McDonald's asking the company do two things: - Remove McDonald's name and logo from the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) Web site listing McDonald's as a "Corporate Partner and Organization Ally" of NGLCC.
- Remove the endorsement of NGLCC by Richard Ellis, Vice President of Communications for McDonald's USA, from the NGLCC Web site.
McDonald's refused both requests. McDonald's donated $20,000 to NGLCC in exchange for membership in the NGLCC and a seat on the group's board of directors. The NGLCC lobbies Congress on a wide range of issues including the promotion of homosexual marriage. This boycott is not about hiring homosexuals, or homosexuals eating at McDonald's, or how homosexual employees are treated. It is about McDonald's, as a corporation, choosing to put the full weight of their corporation behind promoting the homosexual agenda, including homosexual marriage. Pat Harris, Global Chief Diversity Officer, Vice President, Inclusion & Diversity at McDonald's, responded: "I would like to take this opportunity to reaffirm our position on diversity." Notice that Ms. Harris said "reaffirm." Translated: McDonald's will not change their policy of supporting the NGLCC and their promotion of homosexual marriage. Richard Ellis, who is openly homosexual, was given a seat on the NGLCC Board of Directors. He was quoted as saying: "I'm thrilled to join the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce and ready to go to work. I share the NGLCC's passion for business growth and development within the LGBT community, and I look forward to playing a role in moving these important initiatives forward." Addressing McDonald's promotion of social issues, McDonald's CEO Jim Skinner said earlier the company will aggressively promote the issues they approve. In remarks on its Web site, Skinner said: "Being a socially responsible organization is a fundamental part of who we are. We have an obligation to use our size and resources to make a difference in the world ... and we do."
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As we celebrate this Independence Day, just remember if we keep silent one day soon you as a Christian may not be able to worship as freely as you do today. Don't wait until it is a done deal before you contact a Congressman or Senator to voice you're concerns.
The true plan of this bill is to silence those who oppose Sin in any form and are willing to speak against it.
Enjoy you're Independence Day it could be you're last. Pray For The USA.
God bless Pastor Elam.
'Hate crimes' bill: Prescription for tyranny
Like a bad penny, the proposed federal "hate crimes" law just keeps coming back. It doesn't matter that there is no evidence that crimes against homosexuals are prosecuted any less vigorously than crimes against other victims. It doesn't matter that actual crimes against homosexuals have declined in recent years. Liberal GOP Sens. Orrin Hatch, Utah, and Gordon Smith, Ore., are planning to bring up a new version of the Kennedy-Smith federal "hate crimes" law, which has been filed as an amendment to the defense authorization bill. Proponents of the Hatch-Smith bill insist that their version seeks to empower state officials to better handle "hate crimes" and that it mitigates the more radical aspects of the Kennedy-Smith bill. But it still endorses the concept of "hate crimes," greatly expands federal power and will lead inevitably to "thought crimes." Let's agree that we're all against hate and abuse of anybody. Nobody in America should live in fear. That is what the criminal law is for, and there is no evidence that it is not working. But "hate crime" laws are fraught with the possibilities of abuse. Such laws create a multi-tiered system of justice, in which some crime victims' cases are taken more seriously than others, thus violating the constitutional guarantee of equal protection. Seeking federal dollars, police and prosecutors will define more and more cases as "hate crimes." Expect such crimes to soar. After California enacted a "hate crimes" law, incidents went from 75 to 2,052 in four years. In a media- and dollar-driven situation, your grandmother's mugging will not receive as much attention as the "hate crime" committed against a homosexual. Both victims deserve the full protection of the law, but the one that snags the headlines will get more of it. All citizens who treasure freedom and the fundamental protections afforded by our legal system should see the latest drive for a federal "hate crimes" law for what it is: a sop to the homosexual lobby, fresh from its victory in Massachusetts, where weddings no longer require a bride. But the real danger of "hate crime" laws is that they criminalize thoughts and beliefs. The law should concern itself only with actions. Prosecutors must prove intent, but examining underlying beliefs goes far beyond that. Let's go to the bottom line: The federal "hate crimes" bill lays the groundwork for persecution of Christians in this country. Homosexual activists have redefined any opposition to homosexuality as "hate speech." Laws already criminalize speech that incites violence. It's easy to imagine a scenario in which any incident involving a homosexual can be blamed on people who have publicly opposed homosexual activism. Imagine what the activists could have done with a "hate crimes" law in 1998, when Matthew Shepard was beaten to death by two bar-hopping thugs in Wyoming. Everybody from Katie Couric to the San Francisco city supervisors blamed the killing on a "climate of hate" fomented by conservative Christians. Their evidence was newspaper ads from the "Truth in Love" campaign, in which former homosexuals told their stories of hope and redemption. Pure hate, according to the liberal chattering classes. Now they want to put teeth behind their charges. Because of the publicity surrounding Mathew Shepherd's death, the state spent a small fortune prosecuting the case and handling media. By contrast, the rape and murder of 8-year-old Kristin Lamb, whose body was found in a landfill that same year, did not burden the state in the same way. Should Mr. Shepherd's killers receive justice? Absolutely. And they did. But Kristin's case should be at least as important and disturbing. "Hate crime" tabulation can be quite misleading. Even though crimes based on religion constitute the second-highest category, according to the FBI, many such crimes go unreported. Some property crimes against churches are listed merely as "vandalism," not as "hate crimes." In Tulsa, for instance, someone wrote the words "kill" and "death" on the walls of a Catholic elementary school. According to civil-rights attorney Leah Farish, the perpetrator also wrote "messages referring to devils and to sex with Christian girls. Pentagrams and the number 666 appeared as well. But the police said, 'It is not a hate crime per se. In order for it to be a hate crime, it has to be an act of malicious intimidation.'" In Cleveland, Farish notes, shots were fired at a synagogue, "but these were not reported as hate crimes either." Can you feel the love yet? A "hate crimes" law can lead to "thought crime" as is found in totalitarian countries and increasingly in Western nations that have fallen into the trap. In Canada and Sweden, it is now a "hate crime" to criticize homosexuality in any fashion. Canadian broadcasters are forbidden to air any critical discussion of homosexuality. Private citizens and public officials have been hauled before "human rights" commissions and threatened with fines and jail time. In Sweden, a pastor was arrested at his church after he read Bible verses about homosexuality. The "gay" lobby is frank about its desire to persecute Christians in America in just the same way, and this "hate crimes" bill is a key step in that strategy. During the Supreme Court hearings in 2000 on the Boy Scout case, pro-life Rev. Rob Schenk was sitting in the audience next to the White House liaison for "gay" issues. Thinking the pastor was a fellow liberal, the woman whispered, "We're not going to win this case, but that's OK. Once we get 'hate crime' laws on the books, we're going to go after the Scouts and all the other bigots." This isn't a slippery slope; it's a luge ride toward totalitarianism. If you value the freedom to speak our minds, you might want to let public officials know in no uncertain terms how you feel about politicians who aid and abet the effort to create "thought crimes."
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Then the Lord spoke to Jonah a second time:2 “Get up and go to the great city of Nineveh, and deliver the message I have given you.”3 This time Jonah obeyed the Lord’s command and went to Nineveh, a city so large that it took three days to see it all. 4 On the day Jonah entered the city, he shouted to the crowds: “Forty days from now Nineveh will be destroyed!”5 The people of Nineveh believed God’s message, and from the greatest to the least, they declared a fast and put on burlap to show their sorrow.6 When the king of Nineveh heard what Jonah was saying, he stepped down from his throne and took off his royal robes. He dressed himself in burlap and sat on a heap of ashes.7 Then the king and his nobles sent this decree throughout the city: “No one, not even the animals from your herds and flocks, may eat or drink anything at all.8 People and animals alike must wear garments of mourning, and everyone must pray earnestly to God. They must turn from their evil ways and stop all their violence.9 Who can tell? Perhaps even yet God will change his mind and hold back his fierce anger from destroying us.” 10 When God saw what they had done and how they had put a stop to their evil ways, he changed his mind and did not carry out the destruction he had threatened. Jonah 3:1-10 (NLT)
38 One day some teachers of religious law and Pharisees came to Jesus and said, “Teacher, we want you to show us a miraculous sign to prove your authority.”39 But Jesus replied, “Only an evil, adulterous generation would demand a miraculous sign; but the only sign I will give them is the sign of the prophet Jonah.40 For as Jonah was in the belly of the great fish for three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.41 “The people of Nineveh will stand up against this generation on judgment day and condemn it, for they repented of their sins at the preaching of Jonah. Now someone greater than Jonah is here—but you refuse to repent. Matt 12:38-41 (NLT) Believe it or not Judgement is in our land right now. many won't see it that way because Satan the god of this world has blinded their minds. .
We are no longer One Nation under God The true and living one anyway but one nation under gods. The gods of self, greed, lust, power, and violence.
There is spiritual light and spiritual darkness, there is A God and a Satan, there is a Heaven and there is a hell. If we reject God and His Kingdom then the only other choice is Satan and the Kingdom of Darkness.
The United States as a Nation is currently making some wrong choices in the area of Sin and it will have a profound affect on everyone in America, That includes Born Again Believers.
Many people say God is loving and does not send disaster, war, or hurricanes as part of His Judgements. But the Bible says in Isaiah 45:7 "I form the light and create darkness, I make peace and create calamity; I,the Lord, do all these things" (NKJV)
We have teenagers shooting at their school, Hundreds were killed in the Oklahoma city bombing September 11 2001 shook America. Hurricane Katrina one of our cities and I am still angry about the way that was handled by our Government. Since 1973 more than 47 million have been Killed I know that is a harsh word and it makes me far from politically correct but that is a true fact. What does the bible say about abortion. (This is my opinion)
" There are six things which the Lord hates, seven which are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hand that shed INNOCENT BLOOD"
Even when God says it is wrong we as Christians no longer seem to believe because our lives are now dictated by society and not the word of God.
Gay men and Gay women are marching in the 38 th annual Gay Pride Parade. To men were in the middle of the street french kissing and yet on this very site that is a Christian Social Network There are Christians who say you are being judgemental if you call that an Abomination.
God sent warning after warning to Israel but they would not listen to the Prophets and because they would not listen Judgement came and it lead to the almost total demise of that nation. Why because her sin was a national sin so God judged the whole nation.
Body of Christ we need to stop everything and go down on our knees and weep for this Nation America as a Nation is in trouble we The Body of Christ hold the keys to Revival in America
11 So Solomon finished the Temple of the Lord, as well as the royal palace. He completed everything he had planned to do in the construction of the Temple and the palace.12 Then one night the Lord appeared to Solomon and said, “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this Temple as the place for making sacrifices.13 At times I might shut up the heavens so that no rain falls, or command grasshoppers to devour your crops, or send plagues among you.14 Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land.15 My eyes will be open and my ears attentive to every prayer made in this place.16 For I have chosen this Temple and set it apart to be holy—a place where my name will be honored forever. I will always watch over it, for it is dear to my heart.17 “As for you, if you faithfully follow me as David your father did, obeying all my commands, decrees, and regulations,18 then I will establish the throne of your dynasty. For I made this covenant with your father, David, when I said, ‘One of your descendants will always rule over Israel.’19 “But if you or your descendants abandon me and disobey the decrees and commands I have given you, and if you serve and worship other gods,20 then I will uproot the people from this land that I have given them. I will reject this Temple that I have made holy to honor my name. I will make it an object of mockery and ridicule among the nations.21 And though this Temple is impressive now, all who pass by will be appalled. They will ask, ‘Why did the Lord do such terrible things to this land and to this Temple?’22 “And the answer will be, ‘Because his people abandoned the Lord, the God of their ancestors, who brought them out of Egypt, and they worshiped other gods instead and bowed down to them. That is why he has brought all these disasters on them.’” 2 Chron 7:11-22 (NLT) I will leave you with the images of judgement. Pray for me and pray for this Nation This is just the beginning of sorrow. Jesus is still the answer for America and the world Be Blessed Pastor Elam.
Grocer Kroger Recalls Ground BeefCINCINNATI (June 26) - Grocer Kroger Co. said Thursday it is voluntarily recalling all ground beef products sold between May 21 and June 8 at its stores in Michigan and in central and northern Ohio.
Major Product RecallsGrocery chain Kroger recalled ground beef products sold between May 21 and June 8 at its Michigan and central and northern Ohio stores after health authorities linked the products to E. coli illnesses. Kroger said it has been notified by state and federal health authorities that E. coli illnesses reported in Michigan and in the Columbus and Toledo areas in Ohio have been linked to ground beef products sold in some Kroger stores in those areas. Kroger said customers can return any ground beef with sell-by dates of May 21 to June 8 to stores for a full refund or replacement. The company said none of the ground beef is currently available for purchase. Kroger said it is working to identify the supplier of the specific ground beef that could have caused the illnesses. The company added its stores in those areas have placed signs in the meat department to notify customers. MEXICO CITY: Mexico is banning poultry imports from Arkansas because of a bird flu outbreak in the U.S. state. The Agricultural Department says poultry meat, fertilized eggs, song birds and messenger pigeons are banned indefinitely. Avian influenza cases led to the destruction of 15,000 hens in western Arkansas earlier this month. The virus strain was not harmful to humans. Mexico is a major market for U.S. chicken. The U.S. Agriculture Department says Mexico imported some 221,000 tons (200,500 metric tons) of chicken products in 2007
More Bad News on our Plates: Tainted Tomatoes- By Steve Berg
Minnesota Post, June 11, 2008
Until recent years, the subject of food was pretty much restricted to the recipe columns or the restaurant reviews toward the back of the papers, but now food news - usually bad news - is showing up on the front page.
Two years ago it was contaminated spinach; now it's tainted tomatoes, probably from Mexico. So far, 167 people have fallen ill because of a salmonella outbreak in a current crop of red plum, red round and red Roma tomatoes. Growers in Florida, the largest producing state, were relieved on Tuesday when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared much of the state from culpability, although losses could total as much as $40 million because picking and packing were halted on Saturday, dooming much of the crop. As a precaution food markets in a score of states, from California to Virginia, pulled some tomatoes from their bins, and major restaurant chains, including McDonald's, Taco Bell and Burger King said they are leaving tomatoes off of their sandwiches and salad bars. The tomatoes in question are dangerous only if eaten raw. Cherry, grape and on-vine tomatoes are not directly affected. Still, as with the e coli spinach problem of 2006, some consumers may choose to avoid all raw tomatoes for a period of time. "The reality is that the entire tomato industry is being impacted," said Ed Beckman, president of the California Tomato Farmers...
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It takes faith in this day and age to believe that the Bible. Ephesians 4:4-6 "There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope at your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and father of all,who is above all and through all and in all. AMEN!!!!
Many other religious groups have a passion for what they believe. For instance the passion Muslims have for Islam will make them board a plane and die for the God they believe in. There young people understand and can defend what they believe. Do we have that same Passion for Christianity? Did you know that Islam is the fastest growing religion today? Did you know that America is becoming a post Christian Nation? Do you believe that the only way to eternal life is through Jesus? Did you know that some Christians believe that there are other ways to eternal life? We are seeing the decline of truth and one day soon you may have to defend your faith with your life. Will you?
Finally there are so many denominations and so many different ways in which the christian believes it leaves the convert confused. One group say it's the trinity, another says oneness,one says we should sprinkle when we baptize, another says pour,others say you must be submerged totally in water. There is also a group that says you don't need baptism at all. This leads to confusion of which God is not the author. It is no wonder an article like this can be written. This proves what I have been saying. We are seeing the invasion of other gods. I know God is not pleased. let us begin to follow what 2 Chronicles 7 :14 says or we might end up bowing to other gods. Be Blessed ,Pastor Elam
Americans Tolerant of Religions, Poll Says(June 23) - America remains a nation of believers, but a new survey finds most Americans don't feel their religion is the only way to eternal life — even if their faith tradition teaches otherwise.
The findings, revealed Monday in a survey of 35,000 adults, can either be taken as a positive sign of growing religious tolerance, or disturbing evidence that Americans dismiss or don't know fundamental teachings of their own faiths.
Religious Traditions in the US Christian - 78.4% Protestant - 51.3%, Catholic - 23.9%, Mormon - 1.7%, Jehovah's Witness - 0.7%, Orthodox - 0.6%, Other Christian - 0.3% Among the more startling numbers in the survey, conducted last year by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life: 57 percent of evangelical church attenders said they believe many religions can lead to eternal life, in conflict with traditional evangelical teaching.
In all, 70 percent of Americans with a religious affiliation shared that view, and 68 percent said there is more than one true way to interpret the teachings of their own religion.
"The survey shows religion in America is, indeed, 3,000 miles wide and only three inches deep," said D. Michael Lindsay, a Rice University sociologist of religion.
"There's a growing pluralistic impulse toward tolerance and that is having theological consequences," he said.
Earlier data from the Pew Forum's U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, released in February, highlighted how often Americans switch religious affiliation. The newly released material looks at religious belief and practice as well as the impact of religion on society, including how faith shapes political views.
The report argues that while relatively few people — 14 percent — cite religious beliefs as the main influence on their political thinking, religion still plays a powerful indirect role.
The study confirmed some well-known political dynamics, including stark divisions over abortion and gay marriage, with the more religiously committed taking conservative views on the issues.
But it also showed support across religious lines for greater governmental aid for the poor, even if it means more debt and stricter environmental laws and regulations.
By many measures, Americans are strongly religious: 92 percent believe in God, 74 percent believe in life after death and 63 percent say their respective scriptures are the word of God.
But deeper investigation found that more than one in four Roman Catholics, mainline Protestants and Orthodox Christians expressed some doubts about God's existence, as did six in ten Jews.
Another finding almost defies explanation: 21 percent of self-identified atheists said they believe in God or a universal spirit, with 8 percent "absolutely certain" of it.
"Look, this shows the limits of a survey approach to religion," said Peter Berger, a theology and sociology professor at Boston University. "What do people really mean when they say that many religions lead to eternal life? It might mean they don't believe their particular truth at all. Others might be saying, 'We believe a truth but respect other people, and they are not necessarily going to hell.'"
Luis Lugo, director of the Pew Forum, said that more research is planned to answer those kinds of questions, but that earlier, smaller surveys found similar results.
Nearly across the board, the majority of religious Americans believe many religions can lead to eternal life: mainline Protestants (83 percent), members of historic black Protestant churches (59 percent), Roman Catholics (79 percent), Jews (82 percent) and Muslims (56 percent).
By similar margins, people in those faith groups believe in multiple interpretations of their own traditions' teachings. Yet 44 percent of the religiously affiliated also said their religion should preserve its traditional beliefs and practices.
"What most people are saying is, 'Hey, we don't have a hammer-lock on God or salvation, and God's bigger than us and we should respect that and respect other people,'" said the Rev. Tom Reese, a senior fellow at the Woodstock Theological Center at Georgetown University.
"Some people are like butterflies that go from flower to flower, going from religion to religion — and frankly they don't get that deep into any of them," he said.
Beliefs about eternal life vary greatly, even within a religious tradition.
Some Christians hold strongly to Jesus' words as described in John 14:6: "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." Others emphasize the wideness of God's grace.
The Catholic church teaches that the "one church of Christ ... subsists in the Catholic Church" alone and that Protestant churches, while defective, can be "instruments of salvation."
Roger Oldham, a vice president with the executive committee of the Southern Baptist Convention, bristled at using the word "tolerance" in the analysis.
"If by tolerance we mean we're willing to engage or embrace a multitude of ways to salvation, that's no longer evangelical belief," he said. "The word 'evangelical' has been stretched so broadly, it's almost an elastic term."
Others welcomed the findings.
"It shows increased religious security. People are comfortable with other traditions even if they're different," said the Rev. C. Welton Gaddy, president of the Interfaith Alliance. "It indicates a level of humility about religion that would be of great benefit to everyone."
More than most groups, Catholics break with their church, and not just on issues like abortion and homosexuality. Only six in 10 Catholics described God as "a person with whom people can have a relationship" — which the church teaches — while three in 10 described God as an "impersonal force."
"The statistics show, more than anything else, that many who describe themselves as Catholics do not know or understand the teachings of their church," said Denver Roman Catholic Archbishop Charles Chaput. "Being Catholic means believing what the Catholic church teaches. It is a communion of faith, not simply of ancestry and family tradition. It also means that the church ought to work harder at evangelizing its own members."
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| Help Save Marriage, Matching Grant! June 18, 2008 | Refer a Friend I'm writing to ask you to give a generous donation to Family Research Council's MARRIAGE CAMPAIGN.
Your donation and others will be doubled by a Matching Grant up to $250,000! Traditional marriage is now in grave peril across the nation due to the outrageous decisions by activist judges and radical legislators in Massachusetts, California, Vermont, Connecticut, New Jersey, New Hampshire and Oregon. With reckless disregard for logic and law, these threats open the door to: - Counterfeit marriage being imposed on states with marriage amendments
- Erosion of traditional morality as homosexuality is normalized
- Schools teaching that homosexual behavior and homosexual "marriage" are social goods
- Restriction of religious freedom and free speech
In response to the marriage crisis, FRC has launched our Marriage Campaign. Our initial goal: raise $2 million immediately to educate the nation on the centrality of marriage, respond to threats and lies across the country, educate leaders and pastors, and register voters. The crisis is so great that FRC has been given a $250,000 Matching Grant to help fight this battle and others. Every gift you give will be doubled by the Grant. You see, if we fail, counterfeit marriage will spread quickly and liberal judges and radical bureaucrats will impose it across America. Same-sex pairs from other states are traveling to states that will "marry" them and/or provide benefits, then those couples are returning home to demand recognition of their "marriage" contract or civil union benefits! - New York 's pro-homosexual governor, David Paterson (D), has already instructed state agencies to recognize counterfeit marriages performed in California.
- With shocking arrogance, San Francisco's mayor, Gavin Newsom (D), boasted America will have homosexual "marriage" "whether you like it or not!"
If citizens don't speak out, judges--not free people--will decide what marriage is . . . what our kids will be taught about marriage and sex . . what our churches can do . . . and perhaps whether we have the freedom to express our views publicly. This is why we and our allies must work together to STOP homosexual "marriage." While millions of citizens want to protect marriage, homosexual groups are pouring millions of dollars into massive campaigns to confuse and deceive. We need your help to counter their propaganda and to register citizens to vote their values. Your gift will help FRC's Marriage Campaign counter this and other attacks by the homosexual special interests. You will help FRC in our nationwide efforts to: - Educate the grassroots and government leaders
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But this emergency was unforeseen and unbudgeted. So FRC asks everyone who cares about marriage to send a generous contribution--to be doubled by the matching grant. After you have supported your family and church, may I hear from you? But remember, it's not just about any single state. Marriage . . . our values . . . what our children learn . . . and our freedom of expression are at risk across America. Will judges and radicals dictate our future and destroy our democracy? Or will the people prevail? Please pray and give today to have your gift doubled. May God bless you!
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