ISLAMOPHOBIA – An Irrational Fear?

The term has been around now for a some decades; it's meant to describe anyone who has an irrational, unwarranted fear of the religion of Islam and of its adherents, the Muslim people of the world.

Do we need to fear the global Caliphate? Do we need to fear Sharia Law? Do we need to fear having our Constitutional Rights stripped from us Americans and be penalized for refusing to submit to Allah? Yes, yes and yes.

Now, certainly as Christians we are not to live a life of fear, but a life that is sound of mind, flowing with love and endowed with power (2 TIM. 1:7), and we are to have a deep and abiding fear of the LORD if we ever hope to express wisdom in our lives (PSALM 111:10).

We are not to fear persecution or tribulation (2 TIM. 3:12; REV. 2:10) from hostile forces be they human or demonic, but acknowledge them as a result of living “godly in Christ Jesus” and therefore ordained of God, for His holy purposes and part of His sovereign plan in our lives (ROM. 5:3; 2 THESS. 1:4).

So why then do we want to even address this subject?

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Reviewing ALIEN INTRUSION: non-fiction book by Gary Bates - PARTS ONE & TWO

Reviewing ALIEN INTRUSION: non-fiction book by Gary Bates - part 1

I recently finished reading this book by Gary Bates, and the following is a review of his work.

NOTE: I neither endorse nor deny the veracity of testimony given or websites that make assertions regarding "aliens from another world". Personally I do believe (as does Dr. Jacque Valle) that these are beings more spiritual and interdimensional rather than Extraterrestrial Biological Entities (EBE's) from another planet.

I found Mr. Bate's book, ALIEN INTRUSION to be very well written, and engaging; his information is carefully researched and I believe he gives a very responsible perspective on a subject that is highly conjectural and given to speculation yet passionately believed by countless numbers the world over.

Mr. Bates not only gives a reasonable response to so-called 'alien visitors from another planet' he also confronts the theory of evolution. If aliens who are several thousand or perhaps hundreds of thousands of years more advanced than us, then evolution must be factual in order to establish credibility to this other-worldly phenomena.

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WHY ARE OUR WATCHMEN WAVERING? PART One and PART Two

PART ONE ~ ~ ~

It’s been a theme echoed time and time again in this website The TRUTH Under FIRE that Anne Kisly and I have written about, since the beginning:

We must stand for Truth, and against deception! We must disallow erroneous beliefs about the Bible and not tolerate the seduction of the church by the world, as well as by seducing spirits, and the doctrines of demons (1 TIM. 4:1).

Did you ever consider that Satan is consistent with his doctrine? That's because in order to oppose the Word of God, which is a constant for and of Truth, he must perpetuate the same lies over and over again, repackaged and redesigned, in his vain attempt to overthrow it.

There really aren't any 'new' lies being created by the devil; just the old lies in new terminology. For example, what used to be called the occult became the New Age Movement, which is now called the New Spirituality (something that Brian McLaren, an Emergent author and leader, says is something that the church needs today: "a new spirituality" (?!).

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Ch. 4 in JOSHUA: CONQUERING The ENEMY, INHERITING The LAND

INTRODUCTION: Now the actual crossing of the Jordan has taken place, and Israel is expected to make good on their commitment to the LORD GOD Who has proven faithful time and time again – but will Israel?

Just as Israel faced challenges in Canaan, obstacles to overcome, enemies to vanquish, lands to conquer - we as the church also face obstacles, enemies, and conquer those things that would hold us back from spiritual advancement. Remember, what was written before in the Old Testament was recorded for our example, to learn from Israel’s successes as well as their failures (ROM 15:4)

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WALKING IN WISDOM - PROVERBS 27:1-13 PREPARING For The FUTURE KINGDOM

PROVERBS 27:1-13 PREPARING For The FUTURE KINGDOM

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PROVERBS 27:1
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.

Almost everyone knows their birth date. But what about the day of your death? You know you’re going to have one. Research still shows that 10 out of every 10 people die!

“Two things are certain in life: death and taxes – but you can cheat at taxes!” No one cheats death. On average most people in America will live well into their 70’s, or 80’s, some even 90’s, some exceptional people make it to 100. I had a Great Aunt Bernice that lived a few months shy of her 103 birthday.

In the obituaries I’m sure most of those people had no idea that their picture would be there in the few days ahead! We don’t know what the future holds, but we know the One Who holds our future – in His loving, nail-scarred hands! And we can trust Him with our lives, both here and now, and There and Then!

So, no fear, only faith!

This is why we should value our time – you really can’t buy more time. We have just so much time and once it’s gone, it’s gone! No do-overs! No one is guaranteed tomorrow - we can't make any assumptions that next year will be like last year, or month, or week or even day.

Some people are very good at managing their finances – but how many of us are good at managing our time?

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The MARVELOUS MESSIANIC MIRACLES OF JESUS!

We see all kinds of miracles in the Bible, both Old Testament and New, particularly when GOD brings revelation through Moses, restoration through Elijah, and the LORD Jesus and His apostles as a way of validating the true GOD, His Word and His power. But before we do a deep dive into these three Messianic miracles, let’s pause for just a moment and ask the question: “What IS a miracle?”

A miracle is the suspension of natural and physical law with the insertion of the supernatural that affects the natural world.

GOD being the Creator finds no difficulty in inserting the supernatural into the natural. GOD at times uses His providential power (that directly affects the natural world by GOD using natural means) to accomplish His will. He used natural means to bring about the Flood. But His parting of the Red Sea was indeed miraculous. His feeding of Israel with manna and quail was providential. The LORD Jesus feeding the 5,000 with a few loaves of bread and some fish was miraculous.

“… the ancient rabbis separated miracles into two categories. First, miracles performed by anyone that… was empowered by the Spirit of God. The second category were called ‘messianic miracles’, miracles only the Messiah would perform. Yeshua did miracles in both categories. When He performed a messianic miracle it created a different reaction than when He performed other types of miracles.” Arnold Fructenbaum

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