The above photo of Dietrich Bonhoeffer is from Voices of Dissidence.
Showing posts with label Abortion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Abortion. Show all posts
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Outside an Abortion Clinic
This is from John Barros' Facebook:
[26 October 2015]
Today was Crazy... It was very busy down here in the morning and then a bunch of checkup in the afternoon. We had two turn aways and then one young lady and her friend came out the front door with a huge smile, clenched her fist and threw it up to the sky, looked at us and yelled, "We have chosen life" It was so Beautiful. They took the info and said they would be going to Choices.... Please pray for these ladies.
Bradley and Tracy came down to serve today. The Lord showed us some amazing things. The Security guard Kerry began escorting people in but instead of humiliating me like usual he would tell the ladies, "If you begin to have second thoughts or choose life come out and speak with John." I am not kidding. We couldn't believe it.
There was one lady live streaming the preaching and conversations from the porch...
Three guys in a truck came down and got in a huge argument with Kerry out back. They pulled up the drive saying so many horrible things about Kerry threatening to do him great bodily harm.
Then one of the workers came out the back door crying very Loudly speaking of all the wrongs that have been done to her at this place. She came up the drive crying and saying how wicked and horrible this place is. She was leaving never to return. She was Thankful and begged me to never leave this place. Begged me to shut it down. Told her I couldn't do that... In God's timing a friend of mine had told me he needed someone for a job. She was able to get one interview in today and is Going for the second interview tomorrow. Please pray she gets the job and that the Lord would bring her to repentance...
Then the Lord brought a Wonderful Surprise. I was sitting on the wall after preaching and behind me I heard a lady said "Hey John shouldn't you get off your Butt and get to preaching?" I turned around to see Amanda DeWitt. I couldn't believe it. Many of you have been praying for her and her baby Chase for a long time. I haven't seen her in so long. She wanted to come by to say Thank you because she chose life here three years ago. They used to have chairs out on the porch for people to come outside and smoke. She sat out in one of those chairs all day on a Wednesday. She was 26 weeks pregnant. The clinic told her they would just do it saying she was 24 weeks. She cursed me all day long only stopping to come up and spit on me. The place was packed and it was miserable. About 4:00 they called her because it was her turn. She went inside, took her clothes off, got on the table and then one of the strangest things I have ever seen happened. She came out the door in tears hugging me, apologizing, and thanking me for putting up with her. She went on to tell me that once she got on the table a heavy darkness filled the room. She said she could only see a small hole of light. Inside that light she saw me preaching. She jumped off the table and ran out much to the complaints of Randall Whitney and the nurses....
Amanda has had a tough life since then but God isn't finished with her yet. Pease pray for her.
The Blindness of people here is Amazing. So many things going on any given day yet you have people out front stuffing pizza down their faces waiting to kill their children screaming don't you have anything better to do? No one is listening or cares....
Open their eyes Lord...
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Today's Baal Worshippers
Today's Baal Worshipers
December 19, 2008
By Matt Barber
-
"What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun." (Ecclesiastes 1:9 NIV)
Modern-day liberals – or "progressives" as they more discreetly prefer – labor under an awkward misconception; namely, that there is anything remotely "progressive" about the fundamental canons of their blind, secular-humanist faith. In fact, today's liberalism is largely a sanitized retread of an antiquated mythology – one that significantly predates the only truly progressive movement: biblical Christianity.
While visiting the Rivermont Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Lynchburg, Va., a few weeks back, I heard a troubling, albeit thought-provoking, sermon. Pastor John Maybray addressed the ancient Canaanite practice of Baal worship and, though he didn't reveal it by name, connected the dots to its present-day progeny: liberalism. Baal, the half-bull, half-man god of fertility, was the focal point of pagan idolatry in Semitic Israel until God revealed His monotheistic nature to Judaism's forebears.
In his sermon, Pastor Maybray illustrated that, although they've now assumed a more contemporary flair, the fundamentals of Baal worship remain alive and well today. The principal pillars of Baalism were child sacrifice, sexual immorality (both heterosexual and homosexual) and pantheism (reverence of creation over the Creator).
Ritualistic Baal worship, in sum, looked a little like this: Adults would gather around the altar of Baal. Infants would then be burned alive as a sacrificial offering to the deity. Amid horrific screams and the stench of charred human flesh, congregants – men and women alike – would engage in bisexual orgies. The ritual of convenience was intended to produce economic prosperity by prompting Baal to bring rain for the fertility of "mother earth."
The natural consequences of such behavior – pregnancy and childbirth – and the associated financial burdens of "unplanned parenthood" were easily offset. One could either choose to engage in homosexual conduct or – with child sacrifice available on demand – could simply take part in another fertility ceremony to "terminate" the unwanted child.
Modern liberalism deviates little from its ancient predecessor. While its macabre rituals have been sanitized with flowery and euphemistic terms of art, its core tenets and practices remain eerily similar. The worship of "fertility" has been replaced with worship of "reproductive freedom" or "choice." Child sacrifice via burnt offering has been updated, ever so slightly, to become child sacrifice by way of abortion. The ritualistic promotion, practice and celebration of both heterosexual and homosexual immorality and promiscuity have been carefully whitewashed – yet wholeheartedly embraced – by the cults of radical feminism, militant "gay rights" and "comprehensive sex education." And, the pantheistic worship of "mother earth" has been substituted – in name only – for radical environmentalism.
But it's not just self-styled "progressives" or secular humanists who have adopted the fundamental pillars of Baalism. In these postmodern times, we've also been graced, regrettably, by the advent of counter-biblical "emergent Christianity" or "quasi-Christianity," as I prefer to call it.
This is merely liberalism all dolled up and gratuitously stamped "Christian." It's a way for left-wing ideologues to have their "religion" cake and eat it too. Under the guise of "social justice," its adherents often support – or at least rationalize – the same pro-homosexual, pro-abortion and radical environmental policies pushed by the modern-day Baal worshiper.
Though the "Christian left" represent what is arguably a negligible minority within larger Christianity, the liberal media have, nonetheless, embraced their cause and seized upon their popularity among elites as evidence that the so-called "Christian right" (read: biblical Christianity) is losing influence – that Christianity is, somehow, "catching up with the times."
Because emergent Christianity fails the authenticity test whenever subjected to even the most perfunctory biblical scrutiny, I suspect it will eventually go – for the most part – the way of the pet rock or the Macarena. But this does not absolve leaders within the evangelical community from a duty to call leaders of this counter-biblical revolution on their heresy. It's not a matter of right versus left; it's a matter of right versus wrong – of biblical versus non-biblical.
Nonetheless, the aforementioned pillars of postmodern Baalism – abortion, sexual relativism and radical environmentalism – will almost certainly make rapid headway over the next four to eight years, with or without help from the Christian left. The gods of liberalism have a new high priest in Barack Obama, and enjoy many devout followers in the Democratic-controlled Congress, liberal media and halls of academia.
Both Obama's social agenda and that of the 111th Congress are rife with unfettered pro-abortion, freedom-chilling, pro-homosexual and power-grabbing environmentalist objectives. The same kind of "hope, action and change," I suppose, that was swallowed up by the Baalist Canaanites of old.
So, today's liberalism is really just a very old book with a shiny new cover. A philosophy rooted in ancient pagan traditions, of which there is naught to be proud.
There's "nothing new under the sun," indeed.
[The preceding article was taken from Sarah Beveridge's blog Believer's Journey.]
Wednesday, July 8, 2015
Jackson Hole Landslide
By Jeremy Aughenbaugh,
28 April 2014
Lately, there have been some very interesting events unfolding in Jackson, Wyoming. As some of you may know, there has been a slow and steady landslide creeping down a butte in downtown Jackson along its busiest street for several weeks. As there is shifting in the ground that results in a landslide, I also believe there has been a spiritual shifting over the past several years that continues to leave this small resort community forever changed.
Before 2011, the town Jackson had been harboring Wyoming’s only abortionist with little to no objection from the community. Local pastors would occasionally visit Dr. Brent Blue to encourage him to stop performing abortions but to no avail. There were the annual pro-life banquets and candlelight vigils in the town square. For the most part, those efforts went unnoticed. Pro-life ministry in Jackson, Wyoming was forever changed with the arrival of Operation Save America (OSA) in May, 2011. Jackson had never before had been confronted with the sin of abortion in such a public and powerful way. This message from gentle Christians laying their lives and reputations down to rescue their unborn neighbors was soundly rejected not only by the majority of Jackson’s citizens and political leaders, but also by the church. I noticed things beginning to shift soon after.
Not long after OSA’s 2011 visit, an electrical transformer spontaneously combusted near the Teton Science School, sending fire racing up a butte just outside town limits. It burned for several hours before firefighters were able to extinguish it. In May 2012, OSA and Missionaries to the Preborn came to plead with the town of Jackson to end the sin of abortion. Again, the message was rejected with even more intensity. Several months later, a major wild fire broke out south of town, this time threatening the town itself. It was caused by a resident burning trash in a backyard barrel before darting up the mountainside in a flash.
The smoke appeared so thick that it looked like a mushroom cloud. The air quality in and around Jackson became poor due to the smoke. For some residents, this caused respiratory issues. Residents in the east side of Jackson were put on high alert for an evacuation notice if the fire came any closer to town. Air tankers, helicopters and over 600 firefighters were brought in to subdue the blaze. The fire would go on to burn nearly five square miles of national forest around Jackson and cost nine million dollars to fight. Though it’s not uncommon for fires to occur in this area, a fire of this magnitude threatening the town of Jackson like this one did is truly historic.
There is now a landslide in the town of Jackson adjacent to Powderhorn Plaza, where Abortionist & family practitioner Dr. Brent Blue currently operates. The slide began rapidly moving at the beginning of April, splitting a house at the top of the hill in two making it national news. This has resulted in an entire neighborhood being evacuated leaving residents displaced. Businesses near the slide have been closed, and there has been the threat of underground water pipes bursting that would rapidly flood the area and leave about a third of the town without water. $750,000.00 has been allocated towards the slide by local officials, straining the town’s budget. The Jackson Town Manager said the budget will be affected by the slide for the next two fiscal years. Though the slide has slowed, it is still moving. No one yet knows when or where it will stop. The Governor of Wyoming is planning on inspecting the damage for himself. Thankfully, no one has been hurt.
The cliff itself has been moving slowly for years due to the increased development of the area. Jackson residents have been trying to find the culprits responsible for triggering the recent slide. Some think it’s the businesses or developers that dug into the hill side, some believe it’s the planning engineers, and some have shifted the blame to town and county officials who have issued permits for development. While earth movement and urban development are the usual suspects here, there is an additional factor that should be considered.
I believe the timing of the hillside breaking apart is significant just as with the timing of the two Jackson area fires mentioned earlier. For the first eleven years that I lived here, these things just didn’t happen in Jackson. Now, it seems disasters like these are becoming more common place. We live in a cause and effect world; not only physically but spiritually. The root of these disasters can be traced to man-made causes but they have all occurred after the rejection of repeated public pleas from Christians to end the practice of child murder in the name of reproductive choice in Jackson. Could this be a coincidence? Is God trying to get our attention? The bible says in Leviticus 18:21 “And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through to the fire of Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord.” It continues in verses 24-25 saying, “Defile not you yourselves in any of these things: for which in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you. And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.” There is a direct connection in Leviticus chapter 18 between the defilement of the land and the abomination of child sacrifice. We have allowed the killing of unborn children in this community for decades. The landslide we’re now seeing is literally pushing people out from across the street where the abortionist’s office is located. I believe we are more vulnerable now than ever before.
As a community, we all share responsibility for this injustice, including me. I knew abortion was taking place in my community for over ten years without making much of a peep. By my silence, I had been an accessory to this injustice. Most of us, if not all of us, know that abortion is taking place right under our noses. None of us can plead ignorance. We will all have to give an account for what we have or haven’t tolerated within our community. Though I believe we are currently on a collision course with God’s judgment, there’s still hope. 2 Chronicles 7:14 states, “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” This is a wonderful promise but it has conditions; we must first repent. Without repentance we cannot be healed. It is my hope and prayer that we repent and turn from the sin of abortion sooner than later. Our future depends on it.
Operation Save America
Stand Up
"In the 11 years I've lived in Jackson, I've never seen this community shaken up so much as when the protesters from Kansas and Operation Save America showed up. I heard a month before that a radical anti-abortion group was planning on coming to protest. I didn't think that was a good idea, because it seemed too controversial.
"I completely forgot about it until the Wednesday morning they arrived on Broadway to deliver their 'shock and awe campaign.' When I saw the graphic pictures of the aborted baby, I was shocked and deeply offended. I wasn't offended that OSA showed the pictures in public, but I was offended that this is happening in our community on Saturday mornings.
"For years, I've driven past Emerg-A-Care, admiring the airplane propellers over the entrance without thinking about what takes place inside. I've since talked with several churchgoers about this. They said they agreed with OSA's pro-life stance but didn't agree with the delivery of the group's message, because it wasn't a loving-enough approach.
"The Bible says an open rebuke is better than hidden love. Isaiah 58: 1 says, 'Show my people their sins.' Abortion is horrific, and showing graphic pictures humanizes it.
"A major turning point in the civil rights battle was the murder and open-casket funeral of 14-year-old Emmett Till. Tens of thousands of people filed past Emmett's body to see the horrors of segregation. As the brutal photos circulated around the country and television coverage of police violence against peaceful protesters in Birmingham made its way into America's living rooms, we decided we weren't going to tolerate it anymore.
"OSA's protesting strategy has led to hundreds of abortion clinics being shut down around the country. They save thousands of unborn children's lives, each year. In Wichita Kan., the hometown of many of the protesters, all three abortion clinics have been shut down. The graphic pictures are effective in changing minds. My family and I stood for several hours with the protesters, and, let me tell you, it was uncomfortable. I haven't been flipped off or threatened like that before, but standing up for those who don't have a voice is worth it.
"To the Christians and churchgoers in this community, don't be afraid to stand up for what you know is right, even if it puts you in an uncomfortable spot among your peers."
Jeremy Aughenbaugh
Jackson [Wyoming]
Jackson [Wyoming]
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)