Tue, Oct 26th - 10:55AM
"NO GUTS - NO GLORY"
WARNING: Read ALL of this - or don't read this at ALL!
I am fully aware that some - or all - of what I am about to say is not very popular and certainly not "politically correct", but then again, I have never been accused of trying to win any popularity contest. I am just a simple, plain, down-to-earth, brass tacks, rubber-meets-the-road, and common-sense kind of guy. Now, I didn't say uneducated, for I do at least, have a Bachelors Degree, however, there is just some wisdom and knowledge that you can attain without having to be a rocket scientist or having more degrees than a thermometer. Whatever happened to what some of the older folks called, "plain old common horse-sense"? Or, to put it like my old high school football coach used to put it, you only need "one eye and half a brain" to plainly see and understand particular situations and circumstances. I know that I, just like other individuals and ministries, am going to be accused of hate speech, of being judgmental and unloving, and homophobic, and all of the other insults that are hurled at common-sense people from bleeding heart sinners..., uh, er I mean liberals, although nothing could be farther from the truth. And truth, my friend, is something most people these days, including church people, draw up at when it runs diametrically opposed to how they want to live. You may have guessed by now that I am addressing the sin of homosexuality. No, I didn't say "issue", I said "S-I-N", because that's what God calls it. As a matter-of-fact, God refers to it as an "abomination". There are several Hebrew words for "abomination", basically carrying the same connotations, however the one used in the Old Testament, when referring to men lying with men is the word, "tow`ebah", which is a feminine active participle meaning: properly something disgusting (moral), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concrete) an idol :- abominable (custom, thing), abomination. I referenced Leviticus 20:13 in at least ten different translations and they all say the same thing, just as plain as the nose planted on your face, as to what God's attitude is toward homosexuality. I'll just give you a few examples from a few of those translations that I found: "And if a man has sex relations with a man, the two of them have done a disgusting thing: let them be put to death; their blood will be on them." - Lev 20:13 (Bible In Basic English translation) "When a man has sexual intercourse with another man as with a woman, both men are doing something disgusting and must be put to death. They deserve to die." - Lev 20:13(God's Word translation)"If a man practices homosexuality, having sex with another man as with a woman, both men have committed a detestable act. They must both be put to death, for they are guilty of a capital offense." Lev 20:13 (New Living Translation) "It's disgusting for men to have sex with one another, and those who do will be put to death, just as they deserve." (Contemporary English Version) And thou doest not hath to be well enabled to speakest thou "Old English" to understand plainly even the King James Version: "If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them." (Leviticus 20:13) Now, before someone runs off on a tangent (like I warned above, " Read ALL of this - or don't read this at ALL!"), I am certainly not advocating that homosexuals be put to death. We are now in the age of grace, even though, some of that will be dealt with by the law of sowing and reaping that God has eternally established. I am simply starting off by showing you what God's attitude is toward something that some of these so-called "gay ministers" and others are purporting to be okay. It simply is not okay and again, anyone with common sense knows so. God's attitude about homosexuality is that It is a serious perversion. However, under the New Covenant economy, established by Christ, there is mercy for all sinners, including homosexuals. But we must remember that though He offers grace to the homosexual offender, He rejects his conduct. God does not condone sin because He loves the sinner. Now, someone may be saying, "oh, that's just some outdated, Old Testament jargon." Okay, let's look at some New Testament jargon and again, from several different translations. I'll start with the KJV: Romans 1:24-32 - "Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves: [25] Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshiped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. [26] For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: [27] And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet. [28] And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; [29] Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, [30] Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, [31] Without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: [32] Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them." Again, no rocket-science mentality needed here to understand exactly what the Apostle Paul is addressing in part of this passage. However, just to be clear, lets see what a few other translations say. "26 That is why God has given them up to vile passions; their women have exchanged the natural function of sex for what is unnatural, 27 and in the same way the males have abandoned the natural use of women and flamed out in lust for one another, men perpetrating shameless acts with their own sex and getting in their own persons the due recompense of their perversity." - Romans 1:26-27 (MOFFATT'S Translation) "26 That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other.27 And the men, instead of having normal sexual relations with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men, and as a result of this sin, they suffered within themselves the penalty they deserved.Romans 1:26-27 (New Living Translation) So, it is plain to any common-sense, thinking person that homosexuality is just plain wrong. Even if I had never seen a Bible or never heard a preacher or anyone else address it, I have common-sense enough to know that it just ain't right! I mean, anyone who has properly functioning gray matter between their ears can tell that the anatomy of a male was not designed to fit with another male, nor the anatomy of a female was not made to fit with any other female. There is a reason why we are different, folks. Neither can two men reproduce or two females reproduce. It does take two, but it takes two of the opposite sex to accomplish that. Again, common intelligence dictates that the homosexual lifestyle is a lifestyle of choice. It has nothing to do with any "gay gene", like what some so-called scientists are so desperately trying to find to justify the lifestyle. They are chasing after a chemical U.F.O. or Bigfoot, and you will probably find one or both of them quicker. You had no choice in what color your skin was when you were born, so to try to gain "civil rights" for the homosexual "life style" is a huge insult and slap in the face to the work of Dr. Martin Luther King and the entire civil rights movement. Do not misunderstand me. I, and the church I pastor, have great love, compassion and concern for anyone who comes through our church door that needs deliverance and relief from the bondage of sin - any sin. We want to see folks delivered from sin and set free to live a normal, productive, positive life. However, we cannot condone sin simply because we love people who commit sin. I have family and friends who are or have been in that lifestyle (and by-the-way, many of them are now dead because of contracting disease through that lifestyle), who I dearly love, but I do not have to condone their way of life to love them. And if any of them needed any kind of help that I could provide, as long as it was right, I would happily provide it to them in spite of their choice to be "gay". If you are a wife-beater we want you to get delivered and get help for your problem, but we are not going to say we condone spousal abuse. What kind of sense would that make? For two years, I was a spirituality counselor at a facility for mothers who were trying to recover from substance abuse. I loved these individuals and many of them allowed God to transform their lives while they were in treatment there. I never once condoned the sin and sickness of their substance abuse, and they didn't expect me to, but that did not prevent me from loving and helping them, nor did it prevent them from getting the help they sought after. They know that kind of life style is not okay without someone hammering them about it. Please also understand that if anyone from the gay lifestyle were to come to our church and someone were to say anything inappropriate, out of the way, or insulting to them, I would be the first one to their defense. Just because I would defend them from being openly ridiculed or mistreated does not mean that I would be defending their lifestyle. Neither would I change my message for that particular service and attack someone on a personal level if I knew that they were practicing that lifestyle. However, I would not shirk my responsibility as a Pastor and water-down the message of the Word of God to accommodate them, and they certainly would not serve in leadership in any capacity if I knew they were a practicing homosexual. Why is it so important to homosexuals to have their lifestyle accepted by all of society, when others who have various problems, issues and sins aren't seeking for acceptance, but are seeking for help? Generally, I tend to think it is because they basically know that the lifestyle is perverted, but are trying to get away from their God-given conscience. This argument is not for the sake of trying to change someone's mind, because I understand that there has to be a change of heart to change the mind. Is There A Fear-Factor? Why are more Christians and indeed, you would think all of those in ministry, not speaking out against this heinously deplorable sin, that has undeniably taken so many lives in and of itself? We have all heard the cliche', "no guts - no glory". Many who claim to be followers of the Lord Jesus Christ, unfortunately, just have no "guts", or inward fortitude to take the heat for standing up for what is right, in the right way, of course. It may not be the popular thing to do, but we cannot afford to let the "Fear-Factor" of criticism or even physical threat prevent us from standing for what is just plain, common-sense right! If we as God's people want to partake of the glory of Christ, we had better start growing a spine and developing some "guts" for Christ. I thank God for the many individuals and organizations that are standing up for the cause of Christ in the proper way. I applaud their efforts and try to get involved with and/or support some of them or as many as possible. Many of them have demonstrated great courage and resilience in continuing in the "good fight of faith". We cannot just roll over and pretend that it's all okay simply because Hollywood or some big name companies say that it's okay. I just got an email the other day saying that Face Book is now on the "gay" wagon. The email, which came from Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council, an organization which maintains strong integrity and is a very reliable source for information and truth, right out of Washington, D.C., stated, "Last week, the social media giant [Face Book] officially friend-ed the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) to 'end hate speech and anti-gay bullying' on the Internet. The new partnership, which made a splash in the mainstream news, is significant because it puts Facebook on the media's growing path toward censorship. Apparently, anything they construed to be anti-homosexual will be stripped from the site. Where does that leave Americans who morally oppose the lifestyle and want to help people find freedom from it?" Right now I, personally, am looking into alternatives to internet media and forums that offers practically everything that Face Book does, but has a Christian world view. The point I am trying to get across is that we as Christians, must stand for what is right and seek other alternatives when companies and or individuals that we deal with promote or are involved in things that are in direct transgression and contradiction of the Word of God, regardless of the cost, and that may even mean severing some relationships. Again, I am totally against anyone bullying someone else and causing physical, emotional or psychological harm to them, regardless of who they are, but our right to free speech does afford to us the privilege and responsibility of not only voicing our opinions, but certainly speaking forth the truth. We also have the choice as to whether we want to read or hear and listen to the truth, or not. It is a tragic thing when someone takes their own life for whatever reason. That is indeed sad, and I certainly sympathize with friends and loved ones over those grievous circumstances. And again, what some of these bullies did, as in one case that was recently in the news, is not okay and they should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. However, and I know this will go over like a lead balloon with a great number of folks, but just think for a moment. Even though that one act of bullying may (or may not) have been what pushed one young individual over the brink to commit the act of suicide, what were some of the other factors prior to this that could have contributed to the culmination of that final act? Obviously, this person was already very torn emotionally or by the conscience that this lifestyle was not okay. I propose that it is not decent, loving and sound Christian friends, preachers, counselors, philosophy or doctrine that drives people to confusion and chaos, but rather, it is a society that is trying to make something okay that is clearly condemned by God, by conscience and by general common-sense. There is also a Word from God on this and it says in Isaiah 5:20, "Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!" I also propose and challenge you with this: If you have enlisted in the Army of the Lord, i.e., if you have committed your life to Christ, but are not involved to some degree or measure, or on some level, in the spiritual battle that is being waged, that you get off your duff, grow a backbone, and do what God has commissioned you to do, which is what the apostle Paul advocated in 2 Tim 2:3 (MOFF) "Join the ranks of those who bear suffering, like a loyal soldier of Christ Jesus." "Endure suffering along with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus." - 2 Tim 2:3 (NLT) Or as this translation puts it: "As a good soldier of Christ Jesus accept your share of suffering." - 2 Tim 2:3 (WEY) According to the Word, God never excuses sin because of love. Bottom line: Is homosexuality sin? No question about it. Is there forgiveness and restoration from the sin of homosexuality? Thank God, there is! Does God hate the sin of homosexuality? No doubt. Does God love the sinner who in this case is a homosexual? Praise the Lamb forevermore! I can exuberantly rejoice in the fact that He indeed does! To coin a phrase from a recently developed campaign, "it gets better", but it only gets better in Christ. Regardless of what public opinion may be, we cannot remain silent any longer and sit on the sideline while people are just going to "hell in a hand basket". It must be love, God's love, that compels us to both warn them of the kingdom of darkness, and at the same time love them into the Kingdom of God! Michael Parnell, B.Th.
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Fri, Oct 8th - 1:36PM
CTLSOM Recieves Certificate From CLEN
CTLSOM Recieves Certificate from CLEN Call To Life School of Ministry has proudly received the 2010 MEMBER IN GOOD STANDING certification from CHRISTIAN LIFE EDUCATORS NETWORK! This certification indicates that the independent instituion of CTLSOM has provided assurance that it complies with the operational practices standardized by CLEN for the conduct of courses in local schools throughout the world. Furthermore, this membership assures that the leadership of this location concurs with the belief statments pertaining to the docrine, philosophy, morality and financial stability as set forth in the membership documents of Christian Life Educators Network.
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Fri, Oct 8th - 12:11PM
The Arrow Of The Lord
"Become A Sharp Arrow In God's Hands!" CTLSOM is a member school and learning center of Christian Life Educators Network (CLEN), a network of independent Bible schools, faculty, and students partnering together to share the Word of God, offering courses provided by Christian Life School of Theology (CLST), one of the foremost Christian colleges in the world today.
CTLSOM is self-directed, yet our membership in CLEN entitles us to offer the best theological education available today. Degrees offered are: - Diploma in Theology
- Associate of Theology
- Bachelor of Theology
- Master of Theology
- Master of Sacred Studies
- Doctor of Sacred Studies
- Doctor of Theology
There is also a certificate program offered, as well as a program for those who don't particularly need or want the CEU credits, we offer an observers program.
Call To Life School Of Ministry is focused on providing high-quality Biblical training and education in the Lamar area and surrounding towns and communities such as Florence, Timmonsville, Darlington, Hartsville, Oates, Bishopville, Lynchburg, Sumter and other nearby counties. We will do everything we can to meet your expectations.
Sunday Adelaya, founder and senior pastor of the Embassy of God in Kyiv, Ukraine, stated in his book entitled Church Shift, "Make yourself a lifelong learner so you can be a sharp arrow in God's hands." Isaiah 49:2 says, "He [God] made my mouth like a sharpened sword, in the shadow of His hand He hid me; He made me into a polished arrow and concealed me in His quiver."
With a variety of offerings to choose from, we're sure you'll be happy working with us as you become that "polished arrow" in God's hands.
Yours for Happy Lifelong Learning,
Michael Parnell, A.Th.
Chancellor, Call To Life School Of Ministry
"The Arrow of the Lord's Deliverance"Greetings Mighty Men and Women of God! We are excited to bring to you our first newsletter from Call To Life School Of Ministry! This article is also featured on our blog post.
God's people, genuine believers and followers of the Lord Jesus Christ, are in a war! Not a war engaging physical people or natural weaponry, but a spiritual war with both our modern culture and eternity at stake.
The apostle Paul said in Ephes. 6:12: "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." We are in a war for our own minds personally, for our families, and for the soul or our nation. We live in a society that has become perverse in almost every aspect. The underlying root of the problem is first that we live in a fallen world where selfish mankind wants what it wants regardless of the cost, and of course there is a real, literal evil that goes by many names, but we generally know him as satan (lower case intentional) or the devil.
Sadly, the Church has allowed much of this worldly mindset to permeate our thinking. Again, Paul said in Romans 12:2 (Amp.): "Do not be conformed to this world (this age), [fashioned after and adapted to its external, superficial customs], but be transformed (changed) by the [entire] renewal of your mind [by its new ideals and its new attitude], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what is the good and acceptable and perfect, will of God, even the thing which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His sight for you]."
God also declares that His "people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" (Hosea 4:6). I believe that the battle cry is going forth for God's people like never before, to educate and train themselves in the Word of God so that we may become better equipped to engage in this spiritual war! That's one reason for Call To Life School Of Ministry. Yes we are here for those in five-fold ministry, but we are also here for the body of Christ. All of God's people need God's knowledg and wisdom.
2 Kings 13:17 says, "And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the Lord's deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them." This was the ancient method of declaring war—often referred to in ancient and classical writings. Coming to the edge of the enemy's territory, a herald would shout, "I wage war against you!" He would then state his reasons and shoot an arrow or throw a spear into the country to be invaded. This was considered sufficient warning. Thirty days were allowed after that to settle differences peacefully, but if no settlement could be reached, hostilities began.
The Church must pray, but it cannot just sit back and pray. We must take a proactive stance and launch an offensive on the gates of Hell. We can't just sufficienly "warn" the devil, we have given him way more than thirty days, and we will never settle differences peacefully with him. There will always be hostilities between him (not people) and the Church. However, I have read the back of the Book and the great news is, we win! But until then, if you are a Christian, you have enlisted with an army that has been commissioned by God, not to sit back and hope things will get better, but to get engaged to help make things better by advancing the Kingdom of God and shoot God's arrows of deliverance toward the enemy's camp; indeed to become those arrows of deliverance!
Michael Parnell, A.Th.
October's Course - "BIHT530: OUR FULL GOSPEL HERITAGE" - Instructor: Dr. Jefferson ThompsonMy how the year has flown! Here it is already October! The course for October may sound like another one of those boring history lessons, but I promise you that it will be anything but boring!
This course will provide a general overview of the history of the Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements, focusing on major events and issues within the movements and on the lives of certain influential people, such as Charles Parham, William Seymour, Smith Wigglesworth, C. H. Mason, William Branham, Oral Roberts and A. A. Allen are studied. Dr. Thompson will also be covering other controversial areas such as snake handling, "personality cults" to the gifts of the Spirit and preparing for the next wave of a genuine move of God. It promises to be a very educational and powerful class this month.
We still have a couple of days left for you to register and enroll if you haven't done so, but hurry; we already see how fast the months pass, so a couple of days will zip right by and we don't want you to miss out.
Contact us today so that you can become that "sharp arrow in God's hands!"
Michael Parnell, A.Th., Chancellor
Let Us Hear From You!If you are a student at CTLSOM learning center and would like to share what the Lord is doing in your life through the courses of CLST, or if you have an article that you would like to submit, please email it to us. Or even if you are taking or have taken classes through another learning center, email us and share what the Lord has done for you through the courses from the Christian Life School of Theology. We will post them in upcoming newsletters. Let us hear from you!
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Fri, Oct 1st - 3:16PM
Please Boycott The Home Depot
Please join Call To Life Family Worship in signing the boycott petition and take action against The Home Depot for its pro-homosexual support and position. See all the details from the AFA below.
Thank, Pastor Mike
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The Home Depot's own website shows it embraces the spread of homosexuality, including gay marriage. On its website, The Home Depot states it "is honored to say we support the following diversity-oriented organizations:" It goes on to list at least three groups which radically support the homosexual marriage agenda in America - The Human Rights Campaign, Out and Equal Workplace Advocates and Diversity Best Practices.  That's not all!The Home Depot sanctions its very own homosexual employee group, which receives financial backing by the company, The Home Depot Pride (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender) employee group. The Home Depot marches in numerous gay pride parades and sets up Kids Workshops at gay pride festival events each year ( more photos and list of events are available at www.boycottthehomedepot.com). And there is more...  The Home Depot responded to an annual survey by the Human Rights Campaign. Here's what the company offers: - Full health insurance benefits to homosexual employees and "partners." The Home Depot recognizes two homosexual men who sleep together as "married."
- Insurance for complete sex-change operations.
- Requires some employees to attend diversity (homosexual acceptance) training. TAKE ACTION
1. If you have not done so, sign the Boycott Pledge at BoycottTheHomeDepot.com.
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What An Oxymoron: A Christian Who Is Pro-Abortion
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Obama's Abortion Record: a Slap in the Faith Since President Obama's earliest days on the campaign trail, questions about religion have dogged him. Just last Monday, a woman at an Albuquerque townhall asked President Obama about his faith. He responded, "I am a Christian by choice." The man we know as President may be a Christian by choice--but he's far better known as the leader of a movement about "choice." And while his salvation may be deeply private, his agenda to advance abortion has been anything but. He told the crowd in New Mexico that his "public service" is an "effort to express his Christian faith." If so, then he has a vastly different understanding of biblical truth than I do. Funneling billions of American dollars to the killers of innocent unborn life--life created by God and in His image--is not an "expression" of the Christian faith, or most other faiths for that matter. It's a horrifying government-funded massacre. Yet when he was asked about his opinion on abortion, the President tried to soften what has become the unofficial motto of his presidency: abortion of the people, by the people, and for the people. To the question of late-term abortion, he talked about restraint, "There are laws, both federal and constitutional, that are in place." What the President didn't mention is that he's spent his entire career--as a state legislator, U.S. Senator, and now President--fighting to overturn any law that limits abortion, even one that protect babies who survive abortion. Ever playing the moderate, he even harkened back to President Clinton, saying, "This is where Bill Clinton had the right formulation a couple of decades ago, that abortion should be safe, legal and rare." But under this administration, abortion hasn't been safe--and it certainly hasn't been rare! On the contrary, Barack Obama has presided over the biggest expansion of taxpayer-funded abortion in the history of the United States. "All of us should recognize," he said solemnly, "... what a difficult and oftentimes tragic situation that families are wrestling with [on abortion]. Families and women involved should make the decisions, not the government." If he truly believed that, why is his administration making the decision to pay for it with our tax dollars? After 21 months of this rhetoric, the President still thinks he can get away with the contradictions between his public persona and his personal agenda. Adult Stem Cells Hammer the Sickle  September is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month. And most people don't realize that one in every 500 African-Americans has the disease. Sickle cell anemia is a serious, life-threatening blood disease that causes pain, chronic anemia and tiredness, and can lead to organ failure, stroke and death. Adult stem cells are considered the only curative treatment, according to medical authorities. A couple of years ago, FRC had the privilege of meeting Joseph Davis Jr. He was born with severe sickle cell disease, and his parents were told that he probably wouldn't live to be a teenager. But after receiving adult stem cells from his brother Isaac's umbilical cord blood, Joe Jr. is now just a normal boy. On FRC's Stem Cell Research Facts site, you can read how adult stem cells are saving the lives of sickle cell anemia patients. While you're there, don't miss hearing Joe Jr.'s miraculous story of how "My Brother Saved My Life."
But despite all these success stories, there's no shortage of scientists who are clinging to the dead-end research of embryonic stem cells. Yesterday, a U.S. Court of Appeals made its latest move in an ongoing legal chess match over the taxpayer-funding of embryonic stem cell research. As part of the decision, judges granted a stay of the temporary injunction that had stopped federal funding of the life-destroying research. The Appeals Court will still have to rule on whether to completely overrule the injunction or allow it go into force while the main question of federal funding is being decided at the District Court level. The bottom line is that the National Institutes for Health (NIH) can keep rushing money out the door for embryonic stem cell research while the courts weigh the issue. In the meantime, both sides have asked Judge Lamberth to move ahead at the District Court level with a ruling on whether the Dickey-Wicker amendment passed by Congress prohibits federal taxpayer-funding of any human embryonic stem cell research. The Senate recently held a hearing on stem cell research, but it's unclear whether Congress will make any legislative moves before the elections or in a lame-duck session. After all they do have a few things left on their plate--like passing a budget to fund the government! |
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