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 It dawned on me today (with the help of another Christian lady who pointed it out) that Churches in the world and in South Africa honestly believe they are speaking the truth at the highest levels – these being the Doctors, Professors and those who sit on the Board making decisions that will affect everyone at the bottom level – the pastors and then the congregation.
The Church is a business with levels of seniority. The Shareholders instruct the CEOÂ’s the CEOÂ’s instruct Senior Management, Senior Management instructs Middle Management and Middle Management instructs the Supervisors and general staff.
Now if the Shareholders make a very bad decision and this decision is then pushed all the way down to the consumer then what do we do? What can we do? If we try to phone the help desk we get told that there is nothing wrong and that there is no way that we have been lied too. If we ask to speak to someone higher up we are told they canÂ’t transfer us, but they will give us a Reference number.
ItÂ’s all about the company! The staff (middle to general) are gathered together and presented a PowerPoint presentation by the CEO and Senior Management. This presentation details how this new product is going to increase profit margins by 200%. People will flock to buy this product because it will without a doubt help them in their everyday lives.
The product also needs to be marketed well. Consumers need to be offered great promotions on the product that will make them flock in droves to buy it. They place adverts in prime time positions where everyone will see the product. They get specialists to endorse the product on shows, explaining how the product will transform their lives.
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 Freddie honestly believes that born again Christians and the Emergent Christian are the same. Freddie honestly believes therefore that when ‘Christians’ are questioning what they believe and preach are actually attacking them. They cry, “Why do Christians attack other Christians!!”
[The answer - because there are two types of Christians in this world; genuine Christians who follow the true gospel of Jesus Christ, who will never deny, insult or mock Him in any way. And then we have the fake Christians who follow a False Christ and in doing so deny, insult and mock the true Jesus Christ the only Son of God.]
Below is a ‘contemplation’ as Emergies would call it by Freddie, a student from the University of Pretoria. I have added my comments in green.
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Reaching out to others: Deception in the Church?
IÂ’m really typing here without plannig first, so I hope I make sense.
The last few days and weeks there has been lots of accusations against some of the pastors in the churches that I attend, as well as a renewed attack on some of the lecturers at the place I study.
[Why don't you mention WHY you are being questioned? We question your anti-gospel teaching Freddie and that you lead the people who attend your church astray with anti-Christ reaching! How dare you!]
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Thoughts:Â Spend Less?
This is a bit of a catch 22 if you ask me. World is in a ‘fake’ financial crisis – a man made financial crisis. Now we are being told to spend less, to save money. This spending less sounds great but it places big pressure on manufacturing companies because no one is buying that much. Hence people will lose their jobs. And around and around we go until we ourselves bring the current financial crisis into the state it truly needs to be in before the Anti-Christ comes to truly solve all our problems.
What a plan…I never saw this one coming.
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The Analogy of the Blue Sky – by Discerning The World
Manipulators will say: “I disagree with the theology of the blue sky, we will teach it to the church”.
The Emergent will say: “The sky is blue, but in actual fact it can be any colour you want it to be”.
The New Agers will say:Â “Worship the blue sky – It’s God’s Creation and God is in Creation”.
The Wiccan will say:Â “I command that I have a blue sky today”.
The Ascended Masters will say:Â Â “Look out for that spaceship in the blue sky”.
The Roman Catholics will say:Â “The Mithra Sun shines in the Blue Sky”.
The Satanist will say:Â “I curse the blue sky”.
The Environmentalist will say:Â “We’ve gotta save the blue sky”.
Latter Raine-rs will say:Â “Got to bring that blue sky down to earth”.
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[Notes by DTW in green]
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 Anglican church appoints new Archbishop – March 30, 2008, 18:30
The Anglican Church of South Africa has installed a new Archbishop. The new church leader, Reverend Thabo Makgoba, 48, is said to be the youngest person to be elected head of the 160-year-old Anglican Church in South Africa.
After his anointment by fellow bishops, including Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, Makgoba pledged to work for peace, justice and reconciliation in a changing world.
(Interesting, I though the church was there to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ. As we can see Jesus Christ has no part in the Anglican Church because all paths lead to the same god, hence their attention to reconciliation amongst all religions ‘in this changing world’ or should I say, Emerging World.)
President Thabo Mbeki was among the many church and political dignitaries who formally greeted the new Archbishop. Mbeki paid tribute to past Anglican leaders, and the church as whole, for their role in defeating apartheid.
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 Why does Angus Buchan get promoted by God TV so much?
Because Wendy and Rory Alec (founders of God TV) are South African and so is Angus Buchan. (South Africans support one another hole heartedly when it comes to false teaching.)
Rory Alec was born in Rustenburg, Wendy was born in London and moved to South Africa at a very young age. Wendy studied at Rhema Bible College – Ray McCauley.
God TV has guest speakers like:Â Â John Hagee (Latter Rain / Emerging Church), Ron Luce (Latter Rain / Youth Ministries), Rick Joyner (Occultist), Reinhard Bonnke (Word of Faith / Latter Rain) and Kim Clement (Spiritualist) amongst other major false teachers and prophets.
All these speakers and many more New Apostolic Reformationists appear on Trinity Broadcasting Network TBN as well with Paul and Jan Crouch (Word of Faith / Latter Rain / Roman Catholicism / Emergent).
Angus Buchanof course is a New Apostolic Reformationist / WoF-ist / Latter Rainer / Domionionist / Kingdom Now-ist / Transformationist / Hebrew Root-ist / Promise Keeper (Mighty Men) / and an Emergent promoter (trying desperately to stay incognito).
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 And here we have it folks, another bizarre vision this time from JoAnn McFatter of the Elijah List group:Â Â [DTW comments is green]
Vibration of Sounds will be Released – Get Ready for the Frequency of Heaven! - Dec 26, 2007 [1]
JoAnn says:Â Â A couple of years ago, I heard the Lord say He was extending a scepter, so to speak, to any city in which the churches would come together in unity. It was a scepter of promised visitation. When we believe Psalm 133, the blessing is ALWAYS there, but I felt that this was for visitation, specifically. Where I live, in the state of Alabama, I have great anticipation for this to take place–from top to bottom! I imagine it to be true of any state, but I know it to be true of ours.
“Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious oil upon the head, running down on the beard, the beard of Aaron, running down on the edge of his garments. It is like the dew of Hermon, descending upon the mountains of Zion; for there the LORD commanded the blessing–life forevermore.” Psalm 133
Again, it is an invitation for us to come together in the different regions of our states to inquire of the Lord what must be done to see this unity come to pass. What I do know is that we must begin gathering together and release the “sound of supplication” into the atmosphere. Let’s be the sound of many waters as the many voices come together to release the “sound of faith” for our land.
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I have nothing to say about this article written by a post-doctoral student of the University of Pretoria. It’s pretty self explanatory. The absolute hatred for born again Christians is extremely evident. This is what Jesus Christ said would happen in the last days. They will choose a false Christ, doctrines of demons, and wickedness over the Truth.
I will always stand true in my faith for Jesus Christ, Gericke.  There is nothing you can say or other any other for that matter that can change my beliefs and love for Jesus Christ.  Don’t make your insecurities and problems mine because you just don’t get it.
Jesus said in Luke 23:34;  “Father, forgive them, they know not what they do.”
Faculty of Theology should be called the Faculty of Occultism. Their main aim is to study the Bible and then tear it apart.
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 Gericke, JW – University of Pretoria
The ‘died-again Christian’ syndrome1 Its etiology as manifested among fundamentalist students of the Old Testament in South Africa2
Johnny is the chemistÂ’s son but Johnny is no more
What Johnny thought was H2O was H2SO4
(lyrics from: ‘Acid HeadÂ’ by Tourniquet)Â
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ABSTRACT
Many Old Testament students (and subsequent scholars) come to the subject as eager fundamentalist Christians hoping to one day join the ministry. It is therefore not surprising that an exposure to the findings of biblical criticism and its exposure of the all-too-human, pre-Christian and alien nature of the Hebrew Bible has not infrequently contributes to a crisis of belief and, not uncommonly, a complete loss of faith (be it temporary or permanent). The cognitive dissonance involved in the rethinking of one’s childhood faith, the disorientation of having one’s consciousness transformed and the doubting engendered by insights that contradict the dogmas of one’s own Church traditions can be experienced as a shattering of reality – an inversion of the process of being born-again. This paper aims take a closer look at the etiology of the ‘died-again Christian syndrome’ as it is manifested among Old Testament students in the contemporary South African context.
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