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Bible Believers' Newsletter 693
"We focus on the present Truth – what Jesus is doing now. . ."
Christian greetings in the precious Name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Your brother-in-Christ, Anthony Grigor-Scott
We appreciate your fellowship around God's unchanging Word and thank those who have emailed or written to the Iranian government in behalf of Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, and those who have written words of encouragement to Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani (Lakan Prison, Rasht, Islamic Republic of Iran). Please continue to pray for Brother Youcef and other Christian Brethren incarcerated in Iran for the faith of Jesus Christ.
This Newsletter serves those of like precious faith. Whoever will receive the truth is welcome to feed their soul from the waters of the River of Life. Everything here presented should be confirmed personally in your own Bible.
Your brother-in-Christ, Anthony Grigor-Scott
Environment Regulators aware of Understated Seismic Risks to Nuclear Plants
March 18, 2011 Nearly six years before an earthquake ravaged Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, US regulators came to a sobering realization: seismic risks to nuclear plants in the eastern two-thirds of the country were greater than had been suspected, and engineers might have to rethink reactor designs. What are the risks of an earthquake beneath a reactor near you? This image combines a 2006 map by the United States Geological Survey showing varying seismic hazards across the US with locations of nuclear reactors. Reactors in black are active; reactors in blue are proposed sites for the new model known as the AP1000. Probability of strong shaking increases from very low (white), to moderate (blue, green, and yellow), to high (orange, pink, and red).
Thus began a little-noticed risk assessment process with far-reaching implications despite its innocuous-sounding name: Generic Issue 199. The process, which was supposed to have been finished nearly a year ago, is still under way. It is unclear when it will be completed. GI-199, as it is known, was triggered by new geophysical data and computer models showing that, as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission put it in an August 2010 summary document, "estimates of the potential for earthquake hazards for some nuclear power plants in the Central and Eastern United States may be larger than previous estimates" . . . Full story: iwatchnews.org
The New Era of 'All Natural' False Flag Disasters
June 30, 2011 On 9/11 the premise for explaining the dramatic ritual that unfolded before the world was that steel structures can collapse into dust from jet fuel fires. Never before has a steel structure collapsed from any kind of fire nor has one since, yet that day 3 huge buildings dropped like rocks into their own footprintsone, Building 7 that didn't come down till the afternoon, did so even without jet fuel. . .
Nuclear reactors have never before been destroyed (or triggered) into a mega crisis by floods. Now we have several incidents under way in Japan, with a threat to two more in Nebraska right on their heels. . . .
BTW, you say the tsunami was an exception? Why was their back up generator put in the basement? Why are there so many questions surrounding faulty construction, strange equipment malfunctions and explosions at the reactors? . .
Yet the world believes it was "all natural". . . despite the strangeness, non sequiturs and news blackout.
Now go on to explain why the US Army Corps of Engineers with all their resources deliberately flood massive areas near these Nebraska nuclear facilities, but don't have enough foresight to protect one simple compound housing a massive nuclear arsenal? . . . never mind the problems incurred at the Cooper reactor downriver in Iowa? Oh, they put up a rubber berm balloon, but oops, there was an "accident".
Now let's go to Los Alamos. The area has been hit by wildfires before, yet they've kept the largest stockpile of nukes in the country sitting next to the rest of their nuclear research facilities. And in . . . canvas buildings!
Put reactors in the way of hazards, irradiate people for "safety", produce junk food, bad drugs, GMO crops and poison the air and water. . . and what do you know? Sick and dying people. "Guess this crippled country will be ready to join the new world order after all, eh Mr. Rothschild?" . . . Full story: beforeitsnews.com
Mormon Leaders accused of Billion Dollar Gold Theft
June 22, 2011 It seems that Robert Vincent de Oliverri, the Rothschild-Mormon convert, wanted to transfer 1,000 metric tons of gold from Geneva Switzerland to Iron Mountain in New York. . . the Granite Mountain Vaults owned by the Mormon Church. Thousands of metric tons of gold, sitting in the vaults of the Mormon Church . . .
Full story: moneyteachers.org
Vaccines as 'Cluster Bombs'
June 28, 2011 Vaccines are not and never have been effective at preventing disease, instead they cause diseasealways have. . . Sometimes slow and sometimes faster (subject to differences of individual's systems), but they do no good to anyone, except the pharmaceuticals ($$$$) and those with a devilish plan to harm and destroy humanity!
Full story: coto2.wordpress.com
Instability in Israel sparks Growing Exodus from Promised Land
June 25, 2011 Every year more Jews leave Israel for Europe and the United States than the other way around. One in five Soviet Jews has already returned home. . . due to security fears, growing numbers of Israelis want to leave, opting for EU or American citizenship to meet their expectations of a promised land. . . In the last decade, some 50,000 Israelis have applied for EU citizenship. A quarter of a million already have a second passport. It is unlikely that any other country in the world has such a large percentage of new immigrants preparing to leave. . . Full story: salem-news.com
Comment: There will be an exodus of self-styled Jews FROM Israel at the end of the Gentile dispensation, and an influx of genuine blood Israelites returning for their redemption.
Draft Law requiring Palestinians to Pay for Their Own Home Demolitions
June 29, 2011 A Committee of the Israeli Knesset (Parliament) passed a first draft of a law that will require that Palestinians whose homes are destroyed by Israeli forces pay the Israeli government for the demolition costs. . . Since 1967, Israeli forces have demolished 24,813 Palestinian homes. 90% of these homes were destroyed for 'administrative' reasonsbecause they either lacked a permit or were in an area designated for expansion by the Israeli military. No permits have been issued by Israeli authorities for Palestinian construction in the Occupied Territories since 1967. The remaining 10% of the demolitions have been 'punitive' demolitions of the homes of Palestinians accused of attacking Israel, or of their families' homes.
In the first five months of 2011, Israeli forces demolished more Palestinian homes than in the entire year of 2010, rendering homeless 706 Palestinians, including 341 minors. . . Full story: imemc.org
Making the World Safe for Hypocrisy
June 30, 2011 The history of the United States has been one of territorial and economic expansionism, with the benefits going mostly to the US business class in the form of growing investments and markets, access to rich natural resources and cheap labor, and the accumulation of enormous profits. [Like British subjects] The American people have had to pay the costs of empire, supporting a huge military establishment with their taxes, while suffering the loss of jobs, the neglect of domestic services, and the loss of tens of thousands of American lives in overseas military ventures.
The greatest costs, of course, have been borne by the peoples of the Third World who have endured poverty, pillage, disease, dispossession, exploitation, illiteracy, and the widespread destruction of their lands, cultures, and lives.
As a relative latecomer to the practice of colonialism, the US could not match the older European powers in the acquisition of overseas territories. But the United States was the earliest and most consummate practitioner of neoimperialism or neocolonialism, the process of dominating the politico-economic life of a nation without benefit of direct possession.
Almost half a century before the British thought to give a colonized land its nominal independence, as in Indiawhile continuing to exploit its labor and resources, and dominate its markets and tradethe United States had perfected this practice in Cuba and elsewhere. In places like the Philippines, Haiti, and Nicaragua, and when dealing with Native American nations, US imperialism proved itself as brutal as the French in Indochina, the Belgians in the Congo, the Spaniards in South America, the Portuguese in Angola, the Italians in Libya, the Germans in Southwest Africa, and the British almost everywhere else. Not long ago, US military forces delivered a destruction upon Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia that surpassed anything perpetuated by the older colonizers. And today, the US counterinsurgency apparatus and surrogate security forces in Latin America and elsewhere sustain a system of political assassination, torture, and repression unequaled in technological sophistication and ruthlessness.
All this is common knowledge to progressive critics of US policy, but most Americans would be astonished to hear of it. They have been taught that, unlike other nations, their country has escaped the sins of empire and has been a champion of peace and justice among nations. This enormous gap between what the United States does in the world and what Americans think their nation is doing is one of the great propaganda accomplishments of the dominant political mythology.
It should be noted, though, that despite the endless propaganda barrage emanating from official sources and the corporate-owned major media, large sectors of the public have throughout US history displayed an anti-interventionist sentiment, an unwillingness to commit US troops to overseas actionsa sentiment facilely labeled "isolationism" by the interventionists. . . Full story: globalresearch.ca
Comment: The US is merely a tool in the hands of the international banksters of the City of London.
Punishing Pakistan and Challenging China
June 30, 2011 It would seem, then, that the true cause of chaos, destabilization, and war in Pakistan is not the Orientalist perspective of Pakistanis being the 'Other': barbaric, backwards, violent and self-destructive, in need of 'intervention' to right their own wrongs. Following along the same lines as the dismantling of Yugoslavia in the 1990s, the destabilization of Pakistan is aimed at wider strategic objectives for the Western imperial powers: namely, the isolation of China. While Pakistan has long been a staunch US puppet regime, in the wider geopolitical context of a global rivalry between the United States and China for control of the world's resources and strategic positions, Pakistan may be sacrificed upon the altar of empire. The potential result of this strategy, in a country exceeding 180 million people, armed with nuclear weapons, and in the center of one of the most tumultuous regions in the world, may be cataclysmic, perhaps even resulting in a war between the 'great powers.' The only way to help prevent such a potential scenario would be to analyze the strategy further, and expose it to a much wider audience, thus initiating a wider public discussion on the issue. As long as the public discourse on Pakistan is framed as an issue of "terrorism" and the "War on Terror" alone, this strategic nightmare will continue forward.
As the saying goes, "In war, truth is the first casualty."
But so too then, can war be the casualty of Truth. Full story: globalresearch.ca
Corinthians, Book of Correction
I Corinthians 13:8-10, "Charity never fails. As for prophesyings, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will lose its meaning. For our knowledge is fragmentary, and so is our prophesying. But when that which is perfect and complete has come, that which is imperfect will be done away".
The church in Laodicea at the end of the Gentile dispensation is like the Church in Corinth at the beginning of the Gentile dispensationsensual and sensational"for the time has come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but gather teachers who will tickle their ears [thus they are] ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth." The ten senses of our perishing flesh and mortal spiritsee, hear, taste, touch and small, and conscience, reasoning, memory, imagination and affectionhave been given to enable us to contact this material world, but there is another sense in our soul that governs the worldly senses and determines our eternal destiny, and that is faith, or doubt. Today as in Corinth, we find the gifts of the Spirit in common operation are out of order and contrary to God's Word because they are without the Spirit. And in the circle of this Message we find ministers and Brethren following a man by the Supernatural manifestation of his historic ministry and the letter of his Message, memorizing and reciting quotations without the Spirit to generate faith by understanding what it means.
Paul's objective was to encourage the believers to establish themselves in Christ by a clear understanding of the shadows and types embedded in the written Word of the Old Testament so that they could recognize the Scriptures that were already fulfilled and the promises God would fulfill in their day to ensure that they would not be deluded into impersonating the Word for a day gone by, but recognize their day and its Message, and see that part of the Word living through them. The purpose of Brother Branham's Message likewise is to open our understanding of the Holy Bible and acquaint us with the One He introduced: Jesus Christ the perfect and complete Word, that we might identify our place in the Body, which is the intelligence, and not impersonate the arms, legs or even the tongue of a bygone Age. Since the fullness of the Word is present now, "the mystery of God is finished" and the temporal gifts that were sent to encourage and edify the Church Age saints whilst the Book was sealed are largely "done away." Now we can be taught understanding in our own tongue and communicate our faith in the vernacular, "If a trumpet gives an uncertain sound, who will prepare himself for the battle" (I Corinthians 14:8)?
Like Paul, Brother Branham was a seer and as the angel to the seventh Church Age, the "shout" of his Message caught us up into heaven in the Spirit, to "see things that must take place hereafter" (Revelation 4:1). His Message lifted us above the emotion of denominational worship, beyond the rhythm of the music, clapping of hands and Pentecostal joy, into the rapture. Yet our feet are planted firmly on terra firma; it's a mystery denominational teaching cannot fathom.
The exercise of the gifts of the Spirit have diminished since the Coming of the fullness of the Word terminated Christ's mediation for ignorance, and Brother Branham said: "So all these little things of jumping up-and-down like a kid, trying to talk in tongues, and all these other things, "when that which is perfect. . ." And we do have today, by God's help, the perfect interpretation of the Word with Divine vindication. "Then that which is in part is done away with. When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child; but when I become a man, I put away childish things." Amen" (COD, p. 1005:57).
None of those gifts was an evidence people were even "saved," let alone born-again. Satan can impersonate all of the gifts of the Spirit, but he can't match the Word. Paul said a man can have all of the gifts without the Spirit, and be lost. The evidence of the new birth is righteousness: the Token of the Life of Christ on display that "all men may recognize the present Truth so obviously written in you, not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of your heart" (Romans 4:5-7; II Corinthians 3:2-3).
Chastisement is for correction, not punishment, "For the Lord disciplines those He loves and chastises every son He receives. You must endure for the sake of correction; God is treating you as a Son. For what son is he whom his father does not discipline? If you are left without discipline, such as all sons share, then are you bastards, and not sons. . . Of course no discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful: nevertheless afterwards it yields a quiet growth in grace and character, the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who are trained therein" (Hebrews 12:6-9, 11).
No true believer is any stronger and spiritually healthy and alive than his knowledge of and adherence to the pure Word of God, as seen by multitudes of examples in the Old Testament. God spoke through the prophet Hosea: "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge [which is ignorance]: because you have rejected understanding, I will also reject you." A clear understanding of our day and its Message is the faith by which Christians live (Matthew 4:4; John 6:31-51).
Life-giving faith is our certainty; having seen the unseen "things that are to be" brings the conviction that gives us confidence to walk by faith rather than sight . . . if we receive correction.
In I Corinthians 10 Paul reminds us that of the two million souls who followed Moses in the first exodus, only two of the adults, Joshua and Caleb, lived to enter the Promised Land, "yet all were baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; and all ate the same spiritual meat, and drank the same spiritual drink of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ." Only one in a million professed believers among the adult men were genuine believers; the rest were idolaters, and many were fornicators. These transgressions were exposed in the Church at Corinth and abound in our wicked and adulterous generation. Paul said, "These things happened to them as a lesson for us, but they were recorded for our instruction since we are the generation of the second exodus out of bondage under the Law to liberty in the Promise of Christ. Therefore let this be a warning to anyone who is confident that he stands firm, lest he too fall into sin. But remember this; no temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and He will not allow you to be tempted beyond your strength, but at the time of the temptation He will provide a way of escape, so that you may be able to endure it".
We are in the third exodus, called out of the world church system of Rome and her harlot (once) Protestant daughter churches; unlike the Israelites who had Moses and their high priest as the Church Age saints Christ in the office of Son of God, we have no mediator for ignorance. We can be baptized in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, attend Church, never miss a service and tithe, yet be worshiping in vain, and lost. What matters is who is in the inside of the inside of the person represented in the above diagram; is it Jesus Christ, or the spirit of this world that is in control? "For God makes His sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust" (Matthew 5:45). Wheat and tares have been planted in same country, town and street; they live by the same sun and rain, grow together in the same school, join the same Boy Scout troop and attend Sunday school togetherso alike they would almost deceive the elect, if that were possibleindistinguishable until they mature and bear the fruit of the seed planted in their soul.
We live in the harvest time wherein both the wheat and tares are ripening under the Sun, waiting for the latter or harvest rain of the Spirit of God to sweep the world and bring them to manifestation. So you see the Israelites who followed Moses out of Egypt in the first exodus were a shadow and type of the wise and foolish virgin called out of the world church system by Brother Branham's Message. Like Israel most are perishing in the desert of the "letter" he spoke without the rain or genuine baptism of the Holy Spirit to quicken their understanding to what he meant. The Lord said, "Let both grow together until the harvest; and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into My barn" (Matthew 13:30).
Today the Holy Spirit is "poured out upon all flesh" (Joel 2:28) binding the tares together in the World Council of Churches ready for burning by speaking with other tongues without the Spirit in oxy-moronic ecumenical inter-faith movements; by miscegenation sponsored by multiculturalism which is accursed of God from Genesis to Revelation, and homosexuality, the other great sin prophesied for this day (Matthew 24:37; Genesis 6:1-4). While within the circle of this Message there are believers, make-believers, and unbelievers. There is the wise virgin, God's elect who are baptized into Christ, and there is the foolish virgin who are justified and sanctified and will be martyred during the tribulation by the false church then granted into eternal Life at the White Throne Judgment, then there is the Judas crowd.
Following Bible types there must be a trusted man, a Judas, in the circle of this Message. Moses had his Dathan and Korah, and Jesus his man of Iscariot. Just thinkall of your good works printing and distributing the Message, crossing sea and land like the scribes and Pharisees to make one proselyte, and when he is made, you make him twofold more the child of hell than yourself, parroting vain repetitions of what "the Prophet said," not understanding what he meant (II Timothy 3:7). I have seen this wasted expenditure of energy and the often sacrificial gifts of well-intentioned people who love the Lord within denominational and Message circles. Cradle to grave religious organizations compass sea and land making proselytes to genuine moves of the Spirit that were fulfilled centuries ago, and they know it not. But as Brother Branham would say, "the pot can't call the kettle black" because within the circle of this Message we find Satan shrewdly raising up self-perpetuating organizations to build and bind followers to the "letter" the Prophet's sayings and to the phenomena of his first and second 'pulls,' squandering the gifts of believers to harvest tares and convert the physical Serpent's seed, yet shunning to introduce Christ's second or 'parousia' Coming, they themselves reject.
A prophet is a sign of impending judgment upon sin (Amos 3:6-8). Before God can do anything of great moment He always shows a sign in the heavens and sends a prophet with warning and a way of escape (Amos 3:7; Psalm 19). Yet a prophet cannot introduce himself as such, for God is His witness and his Words are the Voice of God Who vindicates His Word and the prophet's office by signs that will be recognized by believers. And if he is a covenant prophet like Moses, Jeremiah, John the Baptist, Jesus Christ or William Branham, his life and work will confirm those promises (John 5:39).
God does everything in threes and He never changes His ways. He has revealed Himself to His children in three major offices or dispensation claims. As the Father He was above His people, as the Son He was with His people, and today as the Holy Spirit He is in His people. There are three Comings of Christ. His first Coming was to redeem His Bride on Calvary, His second Coming is to unite with and receive His Bride in the rapture, His third Coming will be to reign on Earth with His Bride for a thousand years of peace. There are three exoduses. In the first exodus God called Israel out of Egypt, in the second Exodus He called the Church out of Israel, now in the third exodus he is calling a Bride out of the Church.
There were three witnesses to your natural birth. First the water breaks, second the blood, and third you draw breath to receive a spirit of mortal life and become a living soul. There are also three witnesses to your Spiritual birthjustification by grace through faith and baptism in water as a public testimony confirming that faith is real, sanctification by the Blood, and the baptism with the Holy Spirit (I John 5:1-8). All three stages are essential for a live birth.
Every true sign of God is followed by the Voice of God. You must prove by the written Word that it is His Voice promised for this day, and not the Word for a day gone by. If a sign declares the same old theology to which you've been accustomed over the years, or if a message in tongues with interpretation says for instance, "God so loved the world, that He gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting Life," you know that sign or message was not from God. As it is already written in the common tongue, why then would He anoint somebody to declare it in an unknown tongue? God's signs are to edify His people and point them to something new and unknown like a further unfolding of His Word, or to warn them of danger.
The Lord gave Moses three signs. Exodus 4:2-9, "The Lord said to Moses, What is that in your hand? And he said a rod. God said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a snake; and Moses fled from before it. And the Lord said to Moses, Put forth your hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand: that they may believe that the Lord God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you. Again the Lord said put your hand into your bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom; and when he took it out, his hand was leprous as white as snow. Then God said, Put your hand back into your bosom; and when he took it out, behold, it was restored like the rest of his flesh. The Lord said it shall come to pass, if they will not believe you, nor mind the voice of the first sign, they will believe the voice of the latter sign. However, should they not believe these two signs or heed your voice, you shall take some of the river water, and pour it onto dry land; and the water which you take from the river shall become blood upon the dry ground".
God's judgment was in the stretching forth of the rod, but before that rod could be handled in judgment Moses had to have conviction and confidence in God's spoken Word, and his heart cleansed from unbelief. His conviction was confirmed by his obedience in casting down his rod then picking it up by the tail after it had become a snake; the conviction of his faith transformed it back into a rod, which gave him confidence.
When Moses placed his hand in his bosom over his heart and removed it in a leprous state that indicated he was a sinner by nature like you and I and every man born of woman through human conception. On account of the original sin we are all born in sin, conceived in iniquity, and come into the world speaking lies. Then when he returned his hand into his bosom and withdrew it again, it was restored whole as his other flesh, showing God had cleansed his heart from sin. He had to have a holy heart and holy hands before he could wave the rod in judgment before the Israelites and pharaoh. And before a man stands behind the pulpit to deliver the Word of God he must be born-again, yet few are.
Moses did these signs in the sight of Israel, and they believed. However when he demonstrated his first sign to pharaoh, his magicians impersonated it as today the make-believer and unbeliever impersonate church membership and the Spiritual gifts of the genuine believer.
God told Moses to present himself before pharaoh again the following morning when he bathes in the river, and tell him, "The Lord God of the Hebrews has sent me, saying, Let My people go, that they may serve Me in the wilderness: but you would not hear. Thus saith the Lord in this you will know that I am the Lord: I will smite the waters of the river with the rod that is in my hand, and they shall be turned to blood. And the fish in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink of the water of the river. And the Lord said to Moses, Tell Aaron, Take my rod, and stretch out your hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, their rivers, and their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone. And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters in the river were turned to blood. And the fish in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt. And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, neither did he hearken to them; as the Lord had foretold".
The voice of this third sign signified death, and the military might of the Egyptian superpower would drown in the Red Sea. Brother Branham has shown that as God gave Moses three signs, all great ministries have three 'pulls.' Jesus told Peter and his brother Andrew, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men." Thus in an analogy of fly fishing God explained to Brother Branham how his ministry would consist of three 'pulls.' His First Pull would attract the attention of the little fish but he would keep the lure just beyond their reach so their activity would attract the attention of the larger fish. His Second Pull would keep the lure just beyond their reach, and they would attract the attention of a very special fish. His Third Pull would catch this "rainbow trout," or elect of God. Jesus confirmed this objective in His parables.
Luke 14:16-24, "A certain man gave a great supper, and bade many, sending his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready. And they all with one accord began to make excuse. The first said to him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must go and see it: I ask you to have me excused."
"Another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to test them: I ask you to have me excused. And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come."
God's First Pull was calling Israel to receive Messiah. It was their invitation to the Wedding Supper of the Lamb.
"So that servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind."
"And the servant said, Lord, it is done as you have commanded, and still there is room."
His Second Pull was to the poor, the maimed, the halt and the blind, represented in the healing ministry of our Lord Jesus.
"Then the lord said to the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. For I say unto you, that none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper".
God's Third Pull was Jesus' condemnation of the Judahites which spelled Jerusalem's doom (Matthew 23:37-39; 24:15-22), then His Voice called to "compel whomsoever will, be they Hebrew or Gentile, bond or free, male or femaleAll things are ready. Come to the Feast." So today this parable applies to the whole of Adam's race, and the church which has been invited to the Spiritual Pentecostal feast of firstfruits is so involved with worldly affairs it is declining the invitation and will enter the tribulation.
In the days of John Hyrcanus the Hebrews were taken over by non-Semitic, anti-Semitic Edomite self-styled Jews. When the Judahites rejected Messiah they betrayed Jerusalem into the hands of Titus (Genesis 27:39-41) for judgment follows when God's mercy is spurned. Since then the Gospel has traveled from Palestine to Europe and Germany; from Germany to England and finally to America. When Germany rejected grace through faith for intellectual reasoning, the so-called "higher criticism" of Marrano Jewish-German professors, they began to question every statement in the Bible and to destroy its authority. Soon they too were taken over by Jews. John Wesley's revival preserved England for two hundred and fifty years. But when she rejected holiness, the Jews (who conquered England in 1688) began to exercise overt power, as now they rule over the United States, and England was forced to provoke and fight their wars for world hegemony.
In his Epilogue to the 1905 Edition of the Protocols, Professor Nilus shows the course of the Symbolic Snake of Judaism. Its first stage in Europe was in 429BC in Greece, where, about the time of Percales, the Snake first started eating into the power of that country. The second stage was in Rome in the time of Augustus, about 69BC. The third in Madrid in the time of Charles V, in AD1552. The fourth in Paris about 1790, in the time of Louis XVI. The fifth in London from 1814 onwards (after the downfall of Napoleon). The sixth in Berlin in 1871 after the Franco-Prussian War (when the military blueprint for World Wars I, II, and III was adopted). The seventh in St. Petersburg, over which is drawn the head of the Snake under the date of 1881. This "Snake" is now being drawn through the Americas; in the United States of America it has been identified as the Council on Foreign Relations and the Trilateral Commission.
Had Russia accepted the Pentecostal blessing when the Holy Ghost fell in Siberia 100 years ago they would not have been conquered by Judaeo-Communism and doomed to judgment and the tyranny of Gog and Magog. Then the United States crossed the line between mercy and judgment in 1956/7, the jubilee year of the Pentecostal Revival in Azusa Street, Los Angeles. Los Angeles is doomed to be sunk by earthquake at the close of the Gentile dispensation, and the United States is bound to the ignoble role of fulfilling the blasphemous blood curdling prophecies of Revelation 13 by uniting church and state to form an image to the beast of the Judaeo-Roman Catholic church which Jesus called a Synagogue of Satan. Now Jewry rule the United States as Israeli Prime Minister and war criminal Ariel Sharon boasted (William Branham, Is Your Life Worthy of the Gospel, p. 7:31-53).
Matthew 22:1-14 recounts and enlarges the prophecy of the parable of Luke 14:16-24, foretelling the razing of Jerusalem by Titus, and the soon-coming martyrdom of the foolish virgin. They believe the Message, but without a wedding garment of the baptism with the Holy Ghost they are not Bride but Pentecostal souls in prison mistaken for Old Testament saints who are the "guests," or friends of the bridegroom and evicted at God's 'third pull' (Matthew 25:10).
Jesus' Ministry had three pulls. His First Pull was healing the sick, which made Him a popular Man. All the synagogues wanted Him to preach and everyone seemed to believe. His Second Pull was prophesying for He was the Word foretold by the prophet Moses; He discerned the thoughts and intents of the heart, revealing the sins of the people, their priesthood and their nation, which made Him very unpopular.
These two Pulls repeated in Brother Branham's ministry to reveal Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever. This was the last sign Jesus promised before the end of our dispensation (Luke 17:28-30). So long as the sick were being healed every denomination wanted Brother Branham, but when God began to discern the thoughts and intents of people's hearts, exposing personal sin and condemning organized religion he was as unwelcome as Jesus when He cried, "You Pharisees are a generation of vipers. How can you escape the damnation of hell?"
After they killed Jesus God turned to we Gentiles (Genesis 9:27; Isaiah 49:6; Zechariah 9:10; Malachi 1:11; Acts 13:46-48; Romans 11:7-25). And after Brother Branham fell asleep God turned from the church to awaken the Bride. Through our ministry Brother Branham is "riding this trail once more" as foretold (Revelation 10:8-11). After our Homegoing the Bride goes Home God will return to Israel by the Voice of two Hebrew prophets (Zechariah 4; 13:7c; Romans 11:26-31; Revelation 11:3-12).
Jesus' ministry continued after the crucifixion. His Third Pull was preaching to the lost. Having refused mercy they were eternally separated from the Presence of God who made them witnesses to the vindication of His Word when He raised the saints who had been captives of death, and made them captives of eternal Life (Ephesians 4:8; I Peter 3:18-20).
Jesus said, "As the Father sent Me, so send I you. The works that I do shall you do also." As His Third Pull was preaching to the lost, our Third Pull is preaching to souls imprisoned now in creeds and man-made interpretations, and know it not. Titus 3:10-11, "A man that is a heretic after the first and second admonition reject . . . is subverted, and sins, being condemned of himself".
Noah's ministry had three Pulls. First he preached salvation with warning and a way of escape, next God selected and supernaturally inspired particular animals to enter the ark shut and sealed the door. Nothing and no one could enter or depart for seven days, so Noah's Third Pull was preaching to the lost.
In the days of Lot there were three Pulls. In His First Pull God sent two messengers like Billy Graham and Oral Roberts to preach to the people in Sodom "and delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: for that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, daily vexed his righteous soul with their unlawful deeds." His Second Pull was Prophecy: discerning the thoughts and intents of Abraham and Sarah's hearts (Genesis 18:9-15).
Abraham interceded for those in Sodom and the Lord agreed to spare the five Gentile cities if He could find five righteous. Presumably Abraham had in mind Lot, his wife and daughters and their husbands, but they laughed in the face of God's messengers. In our generation the two witnesses to Sodom sought five righteous among Anglicans, Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians, Pentecostals and the other denominations in Sodom.
After the prophetic ministry of His Second Pull, God went down to Sodom and found the church women still cut their hair, wore clothes that pertain to a man, painted their faces and competed with men in the workplace. And although they had heard a denominational social gospel, the men remained sodomites. God's mercy was His Message of warning, but having rejected the Holy Spirit they no longer cared for righteousness. God could not find five righteous so His Third Pull was to the lost. There being no further mercy after the Third Pull, they were all doomed (I Timothy 5:6; II Peter 3:1-12).
Jesus prophesied the conditions of the days of Lot and Noah would repeat "in the day when the Son of man is revealed." That day is upon us. "As it was in the days of Lot" the world is in a Sodom condition, and "as it was in the days of Noah" they are eating, drinking, marrying and taking to themselves in free love any woman they choose.
Brother Branham's First Pull was a sign in his hand. On taking hold of a sick person's hand the pressure of the demon power in the disease pushing back at him caused his hand to swell to almost twice its size, making it numb. "White things ran over the top of it" by which He would discern and expose the disease and God would heal those with faith to believe. But before long impersonators rose up like Jannes and Jambres; one had a sensation in his ear, another in his nose. With no revelation of the Message they thought "let us make us a name." Brother Branham said "God won't let me tell you at this time what was really the truth, but one day you're going to find out. That was just to make their folly manifested. That wasn't right at the beginning. I'll tell you one day if the Lord permits" (Anointed Ones at the End Time, p. 32:147).
God promised Brother Branham that if he would be faithful with the First Pull, it would come to pass that he would be able to discern the thoughts and intents of people's hearts and reveal what they had done wrong in their life. That was his Second Pullthe same sign that identified the Word veiled behind the created Man in the days of Lot and the virgin-born Man of the Gospels. This discernment was unfailingly accurate, vindicating Brother Branham as a true prophet. To reject his Message is to refuse the Holy Spirit (I Corinthians 14:37).
Under the anointing one could not stand in his presence without him knowing their ailment and the sins that empowered Satan to oppress them. That Second Pull was a gift of God in his possession. However, were he to pray for you all night long, it could have no effect until you believed that God has heard his prayer; Jesus Christ has already accomplished your healing on Calvary but you can only appropriate it by God's gift of faith in your possession.
Brother Branham's Third Pull revealed the Seven Seals which introduced Jesus Christ the fullness of the Word; ended His Mediation for ignorance, and "proclaimed the day of vengeance of our God" (Isaiah 61:2). "Noah shut up, was a testimony. God shut the door after his Third Pull. After the Third Pull at Sodom, the doors were shut. There was no more mercy. Five could not be found. And the Gospel preached to the lost but they could not be saved . . . every age rejects the Message before judgment. Have they done it again? Is that the appearing of that Pillar of Fire down yonder on the river? Is that appearing alone in the Message of cutting the women, and throwing the places where it should be, and rebuking those ministers who side with the denomination instead of staying on the Word, when God's thoroughly vindicated that it's Him and not some poor ignorant unlearned thing like a man. It's God. And have we now come to the spot that the Third Pull would return again to [preach to] the eternally lost?" (Souls that are in Prison Now, p. 42:300-301).
God's prophets are a sign of impending judgment as Ezekiel represented in his own person what was to befall the people of Jerusalem and Judah. Ezekiel 24:24, "Thus Ezekiel is a sign to you; according to all that he has done you shall do: and when this comes to pass, you shall know that I am the Lord God".
Throughout Scripture God has used prophets for signs, but they are always overlooked and mocked by all but His elect (Matthew 23:33-35; Acts 7:52). Sometimes they have to endure torture. For three years Isaiah walked barefoot clad only in his underwear as a sign that a three years' calamity would befall Egypt and Ethiopia (Isaiah 20:3). Ezekiel had to lie on his left side for three hundred and ninety days and on his right side forty days, each day representing one year of the captivity of Israel and Judah respectively in punishment for their iniquity (Ezekiel 4).
When the Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus tempting Him to show them a sign from heaven, He answered, you already have a sign from heaven. "When it is evening, you look up and say, it will be fair weather: for the sky is red. And in the morning you look up and declare it will be foul weather today: for the sky is red and lowering. You hypocrites can discern the face of the sky; but you cannot discern the signs of the times. A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign. I am God's heavenly sign, the embodiment of prophecy being fulfilled in your sight yet you cannot see it. Therefore no sign shall be given but the sign of the prophet Jonah. And He walked away from them" (Matthew 16:1-4).
Ours is the wicked and adulterous generation that has seen Israel restored to the Promised Land (Matthew 24:34). As it was in the days of Noah, the wrath of God has accumulated in heaven. When the seventh angel's vial is poured into the air there will be another cleansing of the heavenly sanctuary for the homecoming of the Bride (Revelation 16:17-18; 18:21-24). Brother Branham said in prayer, "it's most any time that there could be something happen to this nation that's forsaken Thee, that there would be one great explosion that would take the nation completely off of the map of the worldwith threats behind it of an ungodly country that's anxious to do so. And knowing thatinstead of drawing nigh unto God, they seem to get further away. Knowing that the Book of the Revelation and all down through the Scriptures has predicted this day. . ." (A True Sign That's Overlooked, p. 6:27).
God's elect have seen the sign of the prophet Jonah again. The last sign Jesus promised before the close of our dispensation was the resurrected God-Prophet veiled behind the flesh of a sinner saved by grace, discerning the thoughts and intents of the heart "as it was in the days of Lot" (Luke 17:28-30; Genesis 18; Hebrews 4:12; 13:8). That was Brother Branham's Second Pull.
His First and Second Pulls were manifest in meetings across America and around the world, sometimes before hundreds of thousands. And although these signs of Christ's Coming were published in newspapers and magazines they are ignored or criticized and ridiculed to those who are ignorant by people who should know better. "Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled."
God does not tarry where the Spirit is unwelcome. When His people recognize their need and begin to pray for Him to fulfill His promised Word for a deliverer like Moses or the messenger of Malachi 4:5-6 and Revelation 10:7, God sent His prophet.
A prophet is the sign of national demise. Moses' ministry spelled the destruction of Egypt's greatness. Joshua signaled the end of Jericho. Isaiah prophesied the destruction of Israel and the defeat of the Babylonian Empire by King Cyrus. Jeremiah prophesied the end of the kingdom of Judah and the commencement of the times of the Gentiles (Jeremiah 27:6-7). Jesus Christ prophesied the destruction of Jerusalem by Titus and Judah's dispersal (Matthew 24), and Brother Branham prophesied the destruction of the USA (Revelation 19:21-24).
None of these nations recognized their day and its Message and the United States will follow her unbelieving predecessors to destruction when her bought-and-paid-for friends turn against her. Foreign aid is Communist doctrine promoted by the Judaeo-Masonic United Nations in order to destroy Christian civilization. It has succeeded. The Western nations are taxing citizens in order to finance Communism in the Third World and arming nations that will become Communist once their industries are established and the US can no longer afford to buy their loyalty.
Consider Israel. Jesus said the Jews will unite with Communist Russia which will bomb Vatican City State and the United States off the map (Revelation 17-18). The plague of the Sixth Vial is Judaeo-Communism and the Judaeo-Masonic United Nations. The Prophet said, "They're coming to the battle of Armageddon; exactly what they will do. And they're uniting for that right now. That's why we have the UN and everything we have. The Western World's uniting against the Eastern World, Communism and so forth; it's all uniting together. The churches are uniting together. Everything seems to be uniting. Uniting, uniting themselves together, we see that" (The Uniting Time and Sign p. 13:56-59, 89, 96-97; Revelation 16:12-15).
God has united His Word that has been scattered since the First Nicaea Council to restore "the faith once delivered to the saints" and call believers of every race, color and creed out from man-made teachings, and bring them to maturity in the unity of the faith for the manifestation of the Sons of God and the translation (Jude 3; Ephesians 1:10; 4:13).
We live in nations gentrified by Christian ideals, not born of the Spirit of God. We confuse religion and good works with Christianity. But Christianity is not foreign aid, feeding the poor, educating their young and developing Third World economies. That is religion. Christianity is a personal experience and the revelation of the Pillar of Fire. Christianity is not for nations, but for the "one in a million" individual who is God's elect. Nations do not have souls, and all nations are destined for destruction along with their material works.
Misguided government decisions stem from religious make-believers without Spiritual discernment who confuse good will and social action with Christianity and new birth, and from treacherous politicians who serve the "Hidden Hand," not the true interest of their electors and their nation.
There are hundreds of religions, each without salvation. On Mount Carmel, Elijah had a showdown between faith and religion; a showdown between THUS SAITH THE LORD and brainwashed psychology. Famine was in the land because Elijah told Ahab, "Thus saith the Lord, there shall not be dew or rain these years, but according to my word" (I Kings 17:1).
"And the Word of the Lord came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, show yourself to Ahab; and I will send rain" (I Kings 18:1). So Elijah told Ahab, summons "all Israel to Mount Carmel, and the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal who eat at Jezebel's table."
"And he came to all the people, and said, How long will you falter between two opinions? if the Lord is God, follow Him: but if Baal, follow him. And the people answered him not a word."
"Then Elijah said to the people, I alone am a prophet of the Lord; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men. Therefore let them give us two bulls; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under it: and I will prepare the other bull, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under it. Then you call on the name of your gods, and I will call on the Name of the Lord; and the God that answers by fire, He is God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken" (I Kings 18:21-24).
They prepared their altar and the sacrifice, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, but Baal was silent so they shouted all the louder and Elijah mocked them. I Kings 18:29-31, "Midday passed, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, but there was neither voice nor any answer. And Elijah said to all the people, come near to me. And all the people came near to him. And he repaired the altar of the Lord that was broken down. And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the Word of the Lord had come, saying, Israel shall be your name".
God sent Fire from heaven and consumed the evening sacrifice, the water with which it had been drenched, and the wood and the stones and the dust.
I Kings 18:39-41, "Now when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and said, The Lord, He is God; the Lord, He is God. And Elijah said to them, seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there. And Elijah said to Ahab, Go up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of an abundance of rain".
A showdown between denominational religion and God's unchanging Word will take place in the time of the "squeeze" following the Seventh Trump. The former or "teaching" rain of Brother Branham's ministry has restored the apostolic faith and finished the mystery of God to unite our hearts with the Word by faith in his Message (Malachi 4:5-6; Revelation 10:7-11). For the "evening sacrifice" or revelation is the morning sacrifice or apostolic faith restored (Romans 2:16; Ephesians 2:20). The four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal in one accord against Elijah's THUS SAITH THE LORD type the apostate Christian denominations now uniting together under Rome for the second crucifixion of Christ the Word introduced by Brother Branham, the Elijah of Malachi 4:5-6.
At that time another Elijah and a Moses will "roll twelve stones together" or unite 12,000 elect Israelites from each tribe. As Jesus said, "God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham." This will be the time of our latter rain and Israel's former rain in the month Nisan (Zechariah 14:8; Joel 2:23; Zechariah 14:8; Matthew 27:50-54). Outside the circle of this Message there has been a famine for hearing the Word of God since the end of Laodicea, because the Holy Spirit can only give the new birth by the waters of the present Truth (Amos 8:11; I John 1:7).
One night as he was seeking the Lord, the Holy Spirit told Brother Branham to pick up his pen and write. This, in part, is what he wrote: "God has promised that at the end time Malachi 4 is going to be fulfilled. It has to be for it is the Spirit-quickened Word of God spoken by the prophet Malachi. Jesus referred to it. It is just before Christ comes the second time. By the time Jesus comes all Scripture must be fulfilled. The Gentile dispensation will be in its last Church Age when that messenger of Malachi comes. He will be right with the Word. He will take the whole Bible from Genesis to Revelation. He will start at the serpent's seed and carry on to the Messenger in the latter rain. But he will be rejected by the denominations."
"He has to be for that is history repeating itself from the time of Ahab. Israel's history under Ahab is happening right here in America where the prophet of Malachi appears. As Israel left Egypt to worship in freedom, pushed out the natives, raised up a nation with great leaders like David etc., and then put an Ahab on the throne with a Jezebel behind him to direct, so have we done the very same in America. Our forefathers left for this land to worship and live in freedom. They pushed back the natives and took over the land. Mighty men like Washington and Lincoln were raised up but after awhile other men of such poor caliber succeeded these worthy men that soon an Ahab was set in the presidential chair with a Jezebel [the Judaeo-Roman Catholic church] behind him to direct him. It is at such a time as this that the messenger of Malachi must come. Then in the latter rain will come a Mount Carmel showdown. Watch this carefully now to see it in the Word. John was the forerunner of Malachi 3. He planted the former rain and was rejected by the organizations of his day. Jesus came and had a Mount Transfiguration show down. The second forerunner of Christ will sow for the latter rain. Jesus will be the showdown between the denominations and creeds, for He will come to back up His Word and take His Bride in the rapture. The first showdown was Mount Carmel; the second was the Mount Transfiguration, and the third will be Mount Zion."
"The strange behavior of Moses, Elijah, and John withdrawing from the people into seclusion left many confused. They did not realize that it was because their messages had been rejected. But the seed had been sown, the planting was over. Judgment was next. They had served their purpose as a sign to the people, so judgment was next."
"I believe according to Revelation 13:16 that the Bride will have to stop preaching for the beast is demanding the mark in the hand or forehead if permission to preach be granted. Denominations will take the mark, or be forced to quit preaching. Then the Lamb will come for His Bride and judge the great harlot" (An Exposition of the Seven Church Ages, p. 174:1 - 175:2).
A prophet is a forgotten sign of judgment. But remember, Christian, you are a sign of grace "known and read of all men." When Moses struck the rock it brought forth sufficient water to preserve the natural lives of two million Israelites, their flocks and herds. At Meribah the Lord told Moses to speak to the rock that it brings forth water. Numbers 20:10-12, "And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said, Hear now, you rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock? And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also. And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, Because you have not firmly trusted Me, to vindicate My holiness in the eyes of the children of Israel, you shall not lead this assembly into the land I have given them".
That Rock was Christ and "this Man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins, forever sat down at the right hand of God. . . for by one offering He has perfected forever those who are sanctified" (Hebrews 10:13-15). Moses' impassioned action spoke of the insufficiency of the Word, as if something more than Calvary, a novena, extreme unction or prayers to Mary were needed. This presaged the second crucifixion of the Son of God, not the Son of man (Hebrews 9:27), whereby Rome and her (once) Protestant daughter churches "crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh" (Hebrews 6:6). This is blasphemy, for His grace is boundless. Ephesians 3:20, "He is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us." Hence the Lord is calling, "Come out of Babylon that you do not partake of her sins and receive of her plagues" (Revelation 18:4), which is the Message of the third angel of Revelation 14:9-11, who was Brother Branham.
Let us humble ourselves before the Lord and take Him at His Word by conviction that His manifest faithfulness may instill us with confidence for the greater works in the manifestation of the sons of God. Give Christ first place in your heart and forfeit everything of the world. It is your Christian virtue He respects . . . Christ in you is the hope of glory.
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Obama's take on law breaking.July 3, 2009 at 10:15 pm | Posted in Illegal Aliens, National Politics | Leave a comment
Obama goes after Wall Street and investment bankers on the grounds they are greedy and not willing to "share" in the sacrifice for the common good. He supports laws that will increase oversight of Wall Street. There are very few examples where people on Wall Street broke the law. Yet, obama is going after Wall Street as if every single investment banker, broker, etc, is a criminal.
Now, lets see how he views people who have broken the law, illegal aliens. He sees nothing wrong with their actions, sees no greed in their law breaking, not paying taxes, not paying into Social Security, not playing by any rule whatsoever. Yet, obama wants to reward these people for breaking the law. I guess one must have a liberal "brain" to come to that type of conclusion.
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Drawing on established literature this chapter illuminates the increasing need and want for diversity in adult education and an opportunity to rethink the notion of the adult health education concept. As the chapter highlights there are various underlying tensions in attempting to arrive at a 'best practice', which is not a fixed process but one that is about continuity or change. There are some ways in which the health education for seniors has fundamentally missed the challenges of an ageing society. First, by concentrating on old age in isolation, have we segmentalized a phenomena which should be treated as integrated wholes? (Phillips et al., 1986). Secondly, in an ageing society characterized by rapid cultural and technological change do adult educational providers need to create a paradigm shift from the traditional mindset of lifelong learning to a more innovative approach of life courses as described by Phillipson et al. (1986).
While Hopkins et al. (2006) research has investigated how the retirement experience is cultivated via a reflective post-retirement pattern, this specific chapter posits that educational resource availability, especially health education, are important determinants of a retirees' self-efficacy. For example, the shift from independence to interdependence does not mean a loss of effectiveness but a gain in knowing how to ensure a healthy attitude and an awareness of health resources within the community. The design and delivery of the timely and applicable health education may buffer against stressful changes thus sustaining a healthy senior adult in a healthy community.
In discussions of aging and the changes it brings, the notion of transition between stages or phases arises. Although it is difficult to pinpoint a specific event that marked the 'transition' as a central sociological concept, the turn towards this perspective seems to have been established by a historical perspective; many scholars whom worked from this perspective later coined the term to be "life course perspectives' (Elder, 1975 as cited in Grenier, 2012). Grenier supports Elder's statement as he goes onto to say:
Academic developments lead to an important distinction of life course as a process, which focuses primarily on an understanding of how social changes affect individual level health and wellbeing (2012, p. 45).
Schumacher and Meleis (1994, as cited in Mitchell, 2010) identify a healthy progression into the senior phase as: 1) self-management, 2) wellbeing of self, and 3) wellbeing of social interaction. Gadamer (1967 as cited in Mitchell, 2010) described this healthy move as the restoration of equilibrium and balance. Health education, in Gadamer's view brings the return to the balance as a re-establishment of health.
An opposite view is stated by Motenko and Greenberg (1995) in their belief that successful aging is based on accepting dependence in late life and that such acceptance facilitates an older person's ability to exercise autonomy and to maintain his or her competence and self-esteem. If adult educators accept this view by Motekno and Greenberg, how does that shift or extend the ideas about health education? Research by Grenier (2012) supports this same line of thinking when he stated, " One of the key challenges in this line of thinking, life course is the structured aspects of ageing outlined by scholars, and the intersections between structures and experiences are not always taken into account in defining alterations into late life" (p. 45).


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10 Mar - 6 Apr : Swami Nirviseshananda Tirtha will conduct annual Sādhanā śibiram in CIRD Delhi. Program details:
6th Ātma-tattva-sameekshā will be held at Sreemoolasthanam of Vadakkunnathan Temple, Thrissur, from January 20 to 27, 2019. The talks will be in Malayalam, based on Aṣṭāvakra Saṃhitā.
13 Feb - 02 Mar 2019 : Poojya Swamiji and Mā will reach Jamshedpur on 11 Feb 2019 to conduct the annual program.
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Question: In Vicharasetu, you have advised a seeker to focus attention on the 'thinker'. How to accomplish this? I have been doing mantra meditation, and after initial progress, the method seems to have no effect on me. Kindly advise me. Swamiji:Meditation is a very subtle psycho-intellectual process. Unfortunately people dabble with the mind and intelligence, and also meditation without...
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Devotees hold periodic meetings at their own locations wherein the teachings and messages of Swamiji are heard, read and discussed with a view to comprehend and arrive at their essence and make it a functional note in their life. This section provides resources to facilitate the proceedings at such gatherings. Read More ....
When the heart is sincerely yearning for liberation, a fortunate soul reaches the feet of a Sadguru. A Sadguru is one who is capable of giving relief to this seeker seeking liberation from the worldly miseries. He is the one who can show the way to go across the worldly ocean remaining afloat in the midst of vicissitudes. The Guru is the one who bestows fearlessness.
The ultimate aim is to realize the Truth, the Brahman. Remaining in the active world, the mind naturally starts dwelling on the variety of the world and fails to remain focussed on the contemplation of the One Absolute Brahman. That is why association with a Knower, a Sadguru, has been advised. In the association of a Sadguru, the seeker will get an opportunity to listen to the Truth again and again.
First, food has to be considered as medicine in order to have a healthy body, to be taken in measured quantities alone. Second, one should not go behind tasty food. Even if the food is not tasty or delicious, but is nutritious and good for health, one should happily take it as a medicinal tonic for the body. Third, one should be absolutely contented with whatever one gets by Chance. Here comes the fourth important point. Food has to be considered as bhiksha that one gets from God.


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The Executive Mayor of Kimberley, Mangaliso Matika, opened the revamped landfill complex of about R28 million yesterday.
The upgrade aims to improve security, curb criminal activity and allow community members to process recyclable materials.
The site has been upgraded with an access control point, weighbridge, toilets & showers, several high mast lights, security fencing, a garden refuse drop op point and 24 hour onsite security.
The municipality expects the upgrades and increased security will help curb the widespread problem of illegal dumping in Kimberley.
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I have a new bow in my traveling quiver, discovered via D.I.Y. Kids: customized word searches.
You supply the word list and the program generates the puzzle.
For free.
So puzzles can be designed to reflect your children's passions, recent events or outings.
Or, better yet, you can get the kids to generate their own.
The test-drive puzzle I made for WB is unabashedly militaristic, featuring words such as "mission", "aircraft carrier", "gunner" and "pilot".
Just one more entry to file under "Things I Never Believed I Would Do Prior To Having Children".
He'll love it. I'll console myself with the thought that at least it's educational.
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Computed Tomography in Patients With Stage I Seminoma of the Testicle
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00589537
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified July 2009 by National Cancer Institute (NCI).
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
First Posted : January 9, 2008
Last Update Posted : August 7, 2013
|Tracking Information
|First Submitted Date ICMJE
|December 25, 2007
|First Posted Date ICMJE
|January 9, 2008
|Last Update Posted Date
|August 7, 2013
|Study Start Date ICMJE
|March 2008
|Estimated Primary Completion Date
|December 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Current Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Proportion of patients relapsing with Royal Marsden Hospital stage IIC or greater disease
|Original Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Same as current
|Change History
|Complete list of historical versions of study NCT00589537 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site
|Current Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Original Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Same as current
|Current Other Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Original Other Outcome Measures ICMJE
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|Descriptive Information
|Brief Title ICMJE
|Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Computed Tomography in Patients With Stage I Seminoma of the Testicle
|Official Title ICMJE
|Trial of Imaging and Schedule in Seminoma Testis
|Brief Summary
RATIONALE: Imaging procedures, such as MRI and CT scan, may find recurrent cancer. It is not yet known which MRI or CT scan schedule is more effective in finding recurrent cancer.
PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is comparing four different MRI and CT scan schedules in patients with stage I seminoma of the testicle.
|Detailed Description
OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients are randomized to 1 of 4 surveillance arms.
NOTE: *Patients with a history of ipsilateral inguino-scrotal surgery also undergo imaging of the pelvis.
Patients complete questionnaires at baseline and periodically during study to assess health-related quality of life; utilization and cost of healthcare services (including the cost of CT- or MRI-based surveillance and the management of any recurrence); and acceptability of allocated scanning schedule.
Patients are followed every 3 months for 2 years, every 4 months for 1 year, and then every 6 months for 3 years.
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|Study Phase
|Phase 3
|Study Design ICMJE
|Allocation: Randomized
Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
|Condition ICMJE
|Testicular Germ Cell Tumor
|Intervention ICMJE
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|Unknown status
|Estimated Enrollment ICMJE
|Original Enrollment ICMJE
|Same as current
|Study Completion Date
|Not Provided
|Estimated Primary Completion Date
|December 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Eligibility Criteria ICMJE
|16 Years and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers
|Contacts ICMJE
|Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects
|Listed Location Countries ICMJE
|United Kingdom
|Removed Location Countries
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CDR0000574037 ( Registry Identifier: PDQ (Physician Data Query) )
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|Medical Research Council
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|PRS Account
|National Cancer Institute (NCI)
|Verification Date
|July 2009
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Rediscover the Four Ancient Methods of Bible study...
Did you realize that Jesus' style of teaching was fundamentally different from contemporary Christian Bible study? Yet, the means by which Jesus understood and unpacked the scriptures are completely relevant today. More than that, His rabbinical style of communication, comprised of four levels, is essential for engaging believers and non-believers alike.
By transferring the four lost methods of study into a modern format, Pais Global Director Paul Gibbs developed what has become known as Haverim DevotionsTM. This fresh approach to the ancient way is now occurring in small groups around the world, connecting people to God through His Word...and helping them connect others.
Delving into the why, what, and how of each level, this book equips you to launch your own group study using Haverim DevotionsTM. This is not a list of steps to execute, but an invitation to come and experience. This is not a presentation tool, but a participation tool. This is not about providing the right answers, but provoking the right questions. This is not about consuming knowledge, but connecting with others to share it.
It is, as the ancient Hebrews once referred to it...Haverim.


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Well, the meeting of the Baltimore Presbytery was yesterday, January 25. I would be lying if I told you that there was not a lot at that meeting that had me close to tears. But I am trying to focus on the positive. After all, the Baltimore Presbytery has long been one marked by divisive debates and liberal theology. In November a resolution in favor of active lobbying for homosexual marriage in Maryland failed (although a substitute motion did pass that I still was not crazy about). The failure of the homosexual marriage resolution marked a move in the right direction (see the article on homosexual marriage under the philosophy section of the Ten Minas site if you want a detailed explanation of my stance on this issue).
Yesterday, the Baltimore Presbytery UNANIMOUSLY passed the following resolution:
RESOLVED that the Presbytery of Baltimore continues to affirm the central Christian declaration of the full humanity and full divinity of Jesus Christ, in whom we find our unity."
If you could "read between the lines" and realize why specific words in this resolution were chosen, you may also be close to tears. I was distraught enough when I came home that I deliberately waited 24 hours before writing this post so that I would have time for prayerful reflection. And after allowing time and God to move my heart, I am able to see the positive. Regardless of the differences we had, every single person in that meeting agreed that Christ is fully human and fully divine. Again, it was a step in the right direction. Victories are being won in the Baltimore Presbytery that may not have been possible a short time ago. There is still a lot of work to be done in the hearts of the people who are leading God's flock in this area. They still need to stop trying to redefine God in man's image instead of vice versa. But God's hand could be seen in what happened here yesterday. Thanks be to God.


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Business Now Features
Edinburgh Top Chef Coming to Aberdeen
Daniel Ashmore to join Ross Spence and Paul Whitecross for foodie feast
Two of Aberdeen's finest chefs will be joined by a renowned Edinburgh culinary expert to create a food sensation at a distinctive gastronomic event.
Daniel Ashmore (pictured), head chef at the Pompadour by Galvin restaurant at the Waldorf Astoria Edinburgh, will join the Marcliffe Hotel & Spa's Ross Spence and Paul Whitecross from Trump International, with each to present a unique course aimed at delighting the senses.
The trio is working together to present Savour 2018, a culinary feast, which will take place on Saturday, 24 March, 2018 at the Marcliffe Hotel & Spa.
The event is being hosted in aid of North East Sensory Services (NESS), a charity that supports people of all ages – from babies to grandparents, who were born deaf or blind, and those who have sight or hearing loss.
The chefs will each create a course for the gastronomic adventure, focusing on the senses of taste, smell and sight, which coincides with the charity's work with people with sensory issues.
Daniel Ashmore said: "I am looking forward to working with Ross Spence and Paul Whitecross, as I know they share my passion about good food and creativity. This will be my first time cooking for a big audience in Aberdeen, and I am very excited about bringing my dishes to Granite City food lovers."
Ross Spence said: "We have a close association with NESS, which does very important work for those with hearing or sight loss in the North East, and everyone at the Marcliffe Hotel & Spa is looking forward to another great evening at Savour. I am particularly excited about sharing my kitchen with Daniel and Paul, who both create impeccable dishes."
Paul Whitecross added: "Savour 2017 was great fun and together we produced a superb dinner which really tantalised the taste buds. Trump International is a keen supporter of local charities and we are confident this event will raise a lot of money for NESS, and produce an unforgettable evening for every one of our diners."
NESS CEO Graham Findlay commented: "Once again we have three tremendous chefs who are all giving their valuable time to help support NESS. I am sure it will be a fantastic evening with a menu never seen before in Aberdeen."
Savour 2018 follows the success of the inaugural Savour event that was held in 2017, and saw Mr Spence and Mr Whitecross collaborate with Nick Nairn and Tony Singh to produce a sense-enhancing evening, which raised over £20,000 for the charity.
Savour 2018 will take place on Saturday, 24 March, 2018, at the Marcliffe Hotel & Spa. Tables are priced at £900, with individual tickets available at £95, and can be purchased from email@example.com or by calling 0345 271 2345.


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Ever wanted to explore your creativity? Ever wanted to write a Poem – a Spoken Word Poem even? Ever wanted to collaborate with a professional dancer or musician or play with a camera creatively?
Here's your chance with a FREE workshop series every week throughout November presented by Petra Szabo in partnership with Spoken Word SA & The Adelaide City Council Library.
Each workshop series is slightly different – either tying poetry with movement, music or digital media – each session should be taken as a creative process and by no means is there any pressure to be a perfect artist.
Click on the sessions to see more info…
Wednesday, 2 November, 3pm – 6pm: Linking Spoken Word Poetry & Music
Tuesday, 8 November, 3pm – 6pm: Linking Spoken Word Poetry & Movement
Friday, 18 November, 2pm – 5pm: Linking Spoken Word Poetry & Digital Media
Wednesday, 30 November, 3pm – 6pm: Final workshop, performance and presentation
Meet Petra on YouTube as she explains her project.


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In the phase-retrieval problem, there are many objective functions one can write down for the problem, and many optimizers one can use, and many initializations, and many schedules for switching among objectives and optimizers. I spent my research time today playing in this playground. I got nothing awesome—everything gets stuck in local optima (not surprisingly).
One of the optimization methods I figured out turns the problem into a quadratic program with quadratic constraints (QCQP). This is convex if the constraints themselves are properly signed. They aren't! When they aren't, QCQP is apparently NP-Hard. So either this is going to be a tough optimization or else I am going to solve P = NP! Have I mentioned that I hate optimization?


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Mmmm…brilliant. I've found myself feeling my age. I'm 29 years old, making the home stretch to my thirties. I've found myself on the harder side of getting older, the one where you can only relate so much to those that are younger. Ideas are different, priorities pretty much polarizing and my thoughts nowhere near their own. I'm at the age (there's a cliche right there) where I don't need to be entertained, and I've always been very much a homebody. That really isn't great for those that are more extroverted than I am.
You have to realize that not everyone's going to like you. It now has to be about realizing where I was and who I was when I was younger and not just assuming bad things about the other person. Getting older means getting a bit worldlier, even if it's not so obvious to everyone else. There's a lot of introspective thinking and personal realizations involved. And you have to do the work. And also, not everyone wants to hear it. Think about how much you need to say to yourself, and how much you want to to hear it before you share it for others. Don't forget that not everyone's on the same page as you, and not everyone cares.
I think because I don't have children yet I have the time I need to mentally get to where I need to be. I've wanted that time. I haven't been at the place where I wanted to consider parenthood. I still think I need a bit more time- depending on the day, at least. Being self-involved can only go on for so long, so I might as well enjoy it while it lasts. I often worry that everything I write comes across as self-involved and very selfish and maybe even precocious. Everything's all "me, me, me"….but wouldn't it be? I don't have children, and this blog is meant to be personal, if not too personal. I could write about anything I want, right? Maybe my second guessing on how much what I write should be about myself is itself a sign of my growing up. We'll see. First off is finding a nice way to sync my adulthood with still being and feeling young and having fun while taking on more adult-type aspects and responsibilities.I mean, where's the fun in getting older if I don't enjoy it, right?


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I'm just a girl, standing in front of an audience, asking you to have patience while I teach myself the "joys" of cooking. Join me on my journey - maybe you'll learn something, too!
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Hot Caprese Dip
The problem? Tomatoes are so juicy and it's just not a terribly pretty dish. Also? It's so cheesy (not necessarily always a bad thing) that it's difficult to serve without making a mess.
It is still super flavorful, though, and it's a nice change. I might still prefer doing the skewers, though, just because it serves up more neatly.
10 oz fresh mozzarella, chopped into cubes
2 Roma tomatoes, seeded and juiced
3 T freshly chopped basil, plus more for garnish
1. Preheat over tne 375
2. Combine all ingredients into your dish
3. Bake for 14 minutes, then broil for 3 to make a nice bubbly golden top.
4. Serve immediately with crostini or toast
Posted by Jes Giesel at 5:00 AM
Labels: basil, caprese, dip, easy appetizer, mozzarella, Roma tomatoes
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Our hearts are broken yet again by the senseless mass killings in community after community by dangerous people with access to dangerous weapons designed to kill as many people as quickly as possible. At this writing, 58 concert goers dead in Las Vegas. Over 500 wounded. Several educators are among the victims.
And millions terrified and in trauma that it could happen again.
There's much to do, but the first thing is to comfort those who lost their friends and family members. So many want to help, and there is an immediate need of donations of dollars, blood and hugs.
Here's what you can do:
- Donate blood. Now. Call your nearest hospital or Red Cross. Now.
- Donate dollars. Our colleagues at the Nevada State Education Association are recommending a GoFundMe set up by Steve Sisolak, Clark County Commission Chair from Las Vegas. You can donate here:
- Another trusted option is the National Compassion Fund, which distributes donations directly to victims of mass crimes, and has started a campaign specifically for the Las Vegas shooting.
- If you work with students or have children at home, read this important information about how to talk with kids; limiting exposure to media right now; watch for changes in their behavior which might be signs of stress or trauma.
- Learn more about the trauma damage that can happen to any of us – adults or children – when exposed to this type of tragedy and what we can do to protect our own mental health:
- NEA Healthy Futures School Crisis Guide
Knowing what to do in a crisis can be the difference between stability and upheaval. This step-by-step resource created by educators for educators can make it easier for union leaders, school district administrators, and principals to keep schools safe — before, during, and after a crisis.
- National Child Traumatic Stress Network
NCTSN has several pdfs and other resources for helping parents and children deal with catastrophic mass violence events, including parent tips for helping school-age children after disasters, which lists children's reactions with examples of how parents should respond and what they should say.
- Talking to Children About Tragedies and Other News Events
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) encourages parents, teachers, child care providers, and others who work closely with children to filter information about the crisis and present it in a way that their child can accommodate, adjust to, and cope with.
- How to Help Kids Feel Safe After Tragedy
It's normal for both adults and kids to feel anxious after such a publicly devastating event, but there are things you can do to minimize the stress and maintain a sense of normalcy.
- Incidents of Mass Violence
Learn about who is most at risk for emotional distress from incidents of mass violence and where to find disaster-related resources.
Our hearts are broken, but we live on dedicated to doing what we can to protect our children and our families and our communities. For now, we send to the victims our prayers and our love.


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This is the second article in a tutorial series covering const correctness. In this article, Jun Nakamura discusses some problems concerned with bitwise copy construction and bitwise constness, how to make your interface conceptually const, and how to make changes to an object that are not visible to the user.
The bitwise copy construction problem falls outside the const topic, but since it is conceptually related to bitwise constness, I dont want to keep it from you. Whenever you write or see a class that has a pointer as a data member, I want you to think of these (possible) bitwise problems and check that they have been solved for that particular class.
Take a look at the following test code:
MyClass *label1=new MyClass(value1);
(void)printf(Label1: %sn, label1->GetLabel());
MyClass *label2=new MyClass(value2);
(void)printf(Label2: %sn, label2->GetLabel());
When you compile and run this code you will get the output you are expecting:
Label1: value1
Label2: value2
Label2: value1
Did you think twice, however, when you saw the statement label2=label1;? Who created the assignment operator? (And yes, there is also a copy constructor available - where did that come from?)
The C++ compiler will supply you with a copy constructor and an assignment operator, unless you specify them yourself. The copy construction and assignment are done in a bitwise manner, meaning that they will copy the value of the data members from the original class to the data members of the other class bit by bit.
For MyClass this means that *m_pLabel will be copied bit by bit from label1 to label2: so afterwards label1.m_pLabel and label2.m_pLabel are both pointing to the same memory location!
To prove my point:
This will provide us with the following output:
Label1: value2
The most obvious solution in this case would be to implement our own copy constructor and assignment operator. In one of my previous articles about pointers, I demonstrated how you can prevent your class from being copyable by declaring the copy constructor and assignment operator private.
The interface for MyClass would look like this:
class MyClass {
MyClass(char const *label);
char* GetLabel() const;
void SetLabel(char const *label);
MyClass(MyClass const&);
MyClass& operator=(MyClass const&);
static int const MAX_LABEL_LEN;
char *m_pLabel;


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Benjamin Yount, Metro Networks
White County, IL-(Effingham Radio)- All three inmates who escaped from the White County Jail three-weeks ago are back behind bars.
Officials say the remaining escapee was taken into custody late Saturday night.
The men used a pipe to break through a wall of the jail on June 16th.
Their escape went unnoticed for more than two-hours.


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I tried to get Let's Encrypt certificates for both my www and non-www domain names, then redirect all the requests to https://www.afa-advisory.com/.
I installed certbot on my OVH VPS, then I tried many attempts to get both certificates:
1) I tried an all-in-one command:
certbot --apache -d afa-advisory.com -d www.afa-advisory.com
2) I tried the domain names separately in two commands:
certbot --apache -d afa-advisory.com
certbot --apache -d www.afa-advisory.com
3) I tried expanding the first SSL certificate.
The problem is that I always get an invalid certificate for my root domain:
Invalid Common Name: Default Company Ltd


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LJ-SEC: (ORIGINALLY POSTED BY dagoski) I was out for the big brouhaha over swisscelt's earlier post. As for myself, I'm not entirely sure where I stand on the whole issue. I tend to be very bigoted towards Christians, unfortunately, with very good reason. The church I was dragged to a a kid would change the denomination listed on its sign every six months or so presumably as they received cease and desist orders from the leadership of those denominations. And no one seemed to notice. What I remember of the theology was very twisted including a lot stuff about race that just didn't fit with what I saw outside. The experience was not pleasant nor have my other experiences with Christianity been positive. I wish I knew more about what was going on, but the Church pretended to be quite normal. Only as time wore on did its craziness become more and more evident. In a way, I think this is a metaphor for what's happening to Christianity in this generation. Based on conversations I've had with some of the better religious people I've known over the years, the brand of religiosity we now know as Dominionism started in the South as a reaction to the victories of the Civil Rights Movement. From there it's spread. I'd appreciate reading dogemperor's thoughts on this. I'm guessing that not only did they found weird stealth churches like the one I went to, but they were invading other congregations even in the 1970s. And that brings me to the actual point of this post. On commenter in swisscelt's post mentioned a book with an interesting title: Antagonists in the Church. I went looking on Amazon to see what this is all about and turned up a second book along the same lines Clergy Killers: Guidance for Pastors and Congregations Under Attack . The first one was written in 1988 and the later in 1997. Both books talk about the attackers in terms of mental illness. Neither mentions anything about organized efforts, but the awareness of disruptive elements in the midst of more mainstream congregations goes back quite sometime. Steeplejacking seems like a new term that's come up only in the past few years, but these books both make it very clear to me that an organized effort to take churches over has been underway for a very long time now. Read the reviews of these books and note their dates. What we're seeing in terms of Dominionism might not necessarily be rooted in the scripture, but rather rooted in a fundamentally political movement that seeks to develop power for its own sake. What do people know about the history of steeplejacking? Do we know how long it's been going on? Have any of you in the community been through it? If so, please share your experiences.
Eye on Steeplejacking


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The Idaho blaze known as the Trinity Ridge Fire is "slowing, cooling and diminishing in intensity," according to Boise National Forest officials.
This morning, the fire reached 56 percent containment, having scorched 145,787 acres since the human-caused fire began. "Overall, the southern and eastern flanks of the fire are looking increasingly secure," according to officials.
A front that could have roused the fire moved through the area Tuesday, with much calmer winds expected throughout today.
To date, the blaze has cost $34.6 million, destroyed four structures and eight outbuildings, and injured 12. More than 1,180 personnel have been called in to help fight the fire, as well as 12 helicopters, 41 engines and two dozers.
Crews continue to prepare the Middle Fork Road for the fire's approach on the western flank. Helicopters slow the fire's movement toward the Middle Fork of the Boise River.
The Boise National Forest, effective Thursday, Sept. 6, will reduce the size of the closure area around the fire. Some hunters have expressed concern the blaze might limit this year's seasons. More information on current closures can be found on Inciweb.org.