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John Piper's Desiring God National Conference 2013 will exalt C.S. Lewis with the title of this year's conference being: 'The Romantic Rationalist: God, Life, and Imagination in the Work of C.S. Lewis'. Is this more of the same from John Piper, as he has in recent years invited people like Rick Warren and Mark Driscoll; but does this represent something even worse? Paul discusses this and looks at the teaching and theology of C.S. Lewis. Was the theology of C.S. Lewis orthodox or heretical and outside of the faith once delivered? If his views were heretical, why are so many evangelicals worshipping this golden calf in the modern church?

Paul will be discussing if Christians should ever use any representation or similitude of the Godhead? Why can such a practice, which is commonplace today, be such a danger to true worship? Why has it become popular? Are there double-standards within the church as we condemn Roman Catholic idolatry but freely practice it in the Evangelical Church? Paul will discuss these and other related issues.
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"And the Lord spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice. And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone. And the Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it. Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female"
--Deuteronomy 4:12-16

"For in him [Christ] dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily."
--Colossians 2:9

"In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature"
--Colossians 1:14-15

"All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him." --Luke 10:22

"To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt, Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands. Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven" --Acts 7:39-42

Paul discusses the latest news about how France has become the 14th country to legalise Gay 'marriage' and the serious consequences on nation states who adopt these policies. How does God judge nations who call evil good and good evil? What should the Christian church do? What is the proper Biblical role of government? Who was Alfred Kinsey and how does his 'research' connect to the modern push for same-sex 'marriage'? Paul discusses these issues and other related topics.
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"Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. 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: 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 recompence of their error which was meet." --Romans 1:24-27

"Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him." --Psalm 2:10-12
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For further research:
'The Kinsey Syndrome' By Chris Pinto (Film)
'Kinsey: Crimes and Consequences' By Judith A. Reisman (Book)

Paul looks at the adulation heaped upon the latest leader at the First Baptist Church of Hammond, Indiana. Was there any reproof for the disgraced institution that is a blight to Christ's church? Will any in this 'old boys club' have the moral fortitude to turn their backs on the god of numbers and peer adulation, as yet another abuse case is linked to the institution.

"Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness."
-Jeremiah 12:10

"No church did more to turn God’s houses across the land into cheap, carnal circuses than First Baptist Church of Hammond through the influence of its books, college, and annual Pastors Schools."
-David Cloud (Way of Life)

Paul discusses many of the weeds in the gospel presentation of today and looks at many of the thorns that choke the Word of God in the modern church.

"And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit...And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful."
--Mark 4:7,18,19

Paul discusses early church history and asks from the pages of history, and those of the Bible, who really was the first pope? Can a pope be found in the Bible? The answers to these questions may surprise you.

Paul discusses the homosexual scandals that have surrounded the Vatican as of late, and also the election of the first Jesuit as pope in history.

"The General of the Jesuits, the 'Black Pope', is the real and only Pope. The one who bears the title is but a figurehead. It is the Jesuits' policy he pursues, their voice that speaks through him, their hand that guides him."
--Alexander Robertson: The Roman Catholic Church in Italy(1903), p. 51

"And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon The Great, The Mother Of Harlots And Abominations Of The Earth. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration."
--Revelation 17:1-6

Paul discusses the support given for the so-called "prophecies" of Malachy, the book of Enoch, 2012 theories, and other spurious works, among many professing Christians. He also looks at the Biblical reasons for, and the appropriate responses that any believer should give to, anything that diminishes from God's Glory.

"I am God, and there is none like me"
--Isaiah 46:9

Paul discusses the latest news permeating from Rome, declaring that Benedict XVI is resigning (the first Roman pontiff in 600 years to do so), as the media from all over the world flock to the woman on seven hills. Why should believers in Sola Scriptura be concerned with the treatment of the so-called prophecy of Roman Catholic “saint” Malachy, dealing with the last pope? What damage can be done, intentionally or unintentionally, to the faith once delivered unto the saints by giving it any credibility? Paul looks at these issues, and others, as many in modern Protestantism leave the door open to spurious prophecy of an unknown origin.

Paul discusses the new movie in the works for Megiddo Films, which will be a sequel to "Of Chaos and Confusion: The Modern Church" and will deal with the corruption of gospel preaching in modern times. Also discussed here is how the narrow way described by Matthew 7:14, has been largely abandoned by most churches, and how it has left the wide road to destruction for many professors of the Christian faith.
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"Never was there a period when so many means were employed for the salvation of souls, and if you entirely neglect them, you will eternally curse the day of your birth. Now, undoubtedly it is, as it was in the days of John the Baptist, the axe is laid at the root of the trees, and every tree which brings not forth good fruit, may be hewn down, and cast into the fire. Therefore, let every one that is out of Christ, now awake and flee from the wrath to come. The wrath of Almighty God is now undoubtedly hanging over every unregenerate sinner."
--Jonathan Edwards

"I want you to know, my friends, salvation is by faith alone. It is a work of God. It is a grace upon grace upon grace. But the evidence of conversion is not just your examination of your sincerity at the moment of your conversion. It is the ongoing fruit in your life."
--Paul Washer

Are there parallels between what is called the "church" today and the New Age Movement? Do claims made by the Charismatic movement come from the New Age Movement and the occult? Why do the claims made by modern Christians sound like claims made by occultists such as Alice Ann Bailey? How does the church depart from the man-centred gospel of today and return to the God-centred gospel preached by men of faith throughout history?
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"The church is in trouble—that's what they say anyways. The problem is most of what they call the church is not the church, and the church is not quite as in trouble as everybody thinks. As a matter of fact, the church today is absolutely beautiful—she's glorious, she's humble, she's broken, and she's confessing her sin. The problem is what everybody's calling the church today isn't the church. Basically, by and large, what's called the church today is nothing more than a bunch of unconverted church people with unconverted pastors."
~Paul Washer
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"[I]n the new world order, spirituality will supersede theology; living experience will take the place of theological acceptances ... they will recognise the onward march of revelation and the new emerging truths."
--Alice Bailey, The Externalisation of the Hierarchy, Pg. 202
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Related:
The Dangers of Experience-Based Religion: Alice Ann Bailey and The One World Religion
http://megiddofilms.podomatic.com/entry/2011-10-28T13_49_30-07_00

Is there a Catholic influence in the latest Sherwood Pictures film? And if so, what does this mean for the future of this film ministry? Paul discusses these and other issues as he reviews the film 'Courageous'.

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National Catholic Register:
“We were able to have the confidence, before production began, that there would be nothing in the script that Catholics would have to worry about from a sacramental or doctrinal point of view,” explained Lisa Wheeler, executive vice president and co-founder of Maximus. “It’s made by Protestants, so it’s not told through a Catholic lens, but there’s nothing in it that we would object to.”

Read more: http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/courageous-movie-partners-with-catholics/#ixzz2HnPNwDKg
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Related Shows:
Sherwood Pictures: Evangelicals and Catholics Together
http://megiddofilms.podomatic.com/entry/2012-02-18T07_06_35-08_00
'Courageous' Movie Partners With Catholics
http://megiddofilms.podomatic.com/entry/2012-02-22T12_51_17-08_00
Beware of the Ecumenism of 'October Baby' and the Pro-Life Movement
http://megiddofilms.podomatic.com/entry/2012-03-20T15_45_50-07_00
October Baby, ECT and The Sacrifice of the Gospel
http://megiddofilms.podomatic.com/entry/2012-03-24T09_34_43-07_00

Paul discusses how that the old paths of the Word of God will never be passed on effectively, generation to generation, if the Church does not enable and empower, by sound teaching, that great seminary of the minds of the future, the home or the family. It is also discussed how the role of the family has been diminished by the church and state alike.

"We must give up the vain idea of trying to please everybody. That is impossible, and the attempt is a mere waste of time. We must be content to walk in Christ's steps, and let the world say what it likes."
--J.C. Ryle

"In many areas of theology, there has been a stirring in the hearts of men to subject their beliefs and practices to the tenant of sola scriptura. However, the question still remains as to whether or not we will subject our view of the church and the family to this same principle. Any hope for a genuine reformation in our time will die in its infancy if we do not allow the Scriptures to permeate and govern every aspect of our lives."
--Paul Washer

"A family is the seminary of Church and State; and if children be not well principled there, all miscarrieth: a fault in the first concoction is not mended in the second; if youth be bred ill in the family, they prove ill in Church and Commonwealth; there is the first making or marring, and the presage of their future lives to be thence taken, Prov. 20:11. By family discipline, officers are trained up for the Church, 1 Tim. 3:4, One that ruleth well his own house, etc.; and there are men bred up in subjection and obedience. It is noted, Acts 21:5, that the disciples brought Paul on his way with their wives and children; their children probably are mentioned, to intimate, that their parents would, by their own example and affectionate farewell to Paul, breed them up in a way of reverence and respect to the pastors of the Church."
--Thomas Manton

"The head of the family is to take care that none of the family withdraw himself from any part of family-worship: and, seeing the ordinary performance of all the parts of family-worship belongs properly to the head of the family, the minister is to stir up such as are lazy, and train up such as are weak, to a fitness to these exercises..."
--"The Directory for Family Worship" [IV], bound with the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland's edition of the Westminster Confession of Faith [1647], reprinted 1994

Divided the Movie (Full Movie)
http://dividedthemovie.com/

Paul details why he believes the Jesuits are at the apex of most of the so-called “New World Order” activity of today and he details why Rome’s Counter-Reformation never ended. He also looks at the Bavarian Order of the Illuminati, which began life in 1776. This Order or shadowy group, according to some researchers, began a conspiracy against the Catholic Church. Are these researchers correct? And if they are how does this affect modern research?

“Jesuitism has poisoned the wellsprings of truth in the whole world.” --Thomas Carlyle, British historian (1795-1881)

"The Jesuits, who arrogated to themselves the title of "Companions of Jesus," and whose watchword was saintliness, were branded by their co-religionists as perjurers and murderers, and driven forth as unfit for civilised society. By their passion for domination and their moral laxity and double dealing, the Jesuits had incurred the wrath of Roman Catholics as well as Protestants; but one element which specially marked them out for the enmity, alike of monarchs and people, was their contempt for the principle of nationality. Of patriotism the Jesuits knew nothing, and national sentiment they despised, and this to at a time when in Europe, as the result of the break up of the holy Roman Empire, nation-making had made rapid progress."
--Hector MacPherson

"I feel more and more every day that it is not against the Americans of the South, alone, I am fighting, it is more against the pope of Rome, his perfidious Jesuits and their blind and bloodthirsty slaves. As long as they hope to conquer the North, they will spare me; but the day we route their armies, take their cities and force them to submit, then, it is my impression that the Jesuits, who are the principal rulers of the South, will do what they have almost invariably done in the past. The dagger or the pistol will do what the strong hands of the warriors could not achieve. This civil war seems to be nothing but a political affair to those who do not see, as I do, the secret springs of that terrible drama. But it is more a religious than a civil war. It is Rome who wants to rule and degrade the North, as she has ruled and degraded the South, from the very day of its discovery. There are only very few of the Southern leaders who are not more or less under the influence of the Jesuits through their wives, family relations, and their friends."
--President Abraham Lincoln [to Charles Chiniquy]

"Romanism is beginning to uncover its hand in America. It begins to be fearless, now that it is becoming natural. It is attempting to do here what it has achieved in Europe, to awe the state, control the people, and banish liberty."
--Juston D. Fulton (1888)

Ref.:
http://www.noiseofthunder.com/articles/2011/5/3/the-jesuits-voltaire-the-founding-fathers.html

"Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation is just like the Jesuits, he told a mostly-full Gaston Hall yesterday, “except we don’t insist on vows of poverty or chastity.”"
Source: Georgetown Voice (April, 2008)

Paul discusses Fox News and its owner, the papal puppet, Rupert Murdoch.

Note: An error has come to my attention from this show. 2011 was not the first visit to the UK made by this current pope and there have been previous visits made by the papacy that date back to 1982. Apologies for any confusion caused.

Show Notes:
http://georgetownvoice.com/2008/04/03/murdoch-defends-news-corp/
http://articles.latimes.com/1998/jan/03/local/me-4508
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2011/jul/15/catholicism-pope-benedict-xvi?fb=native
http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/commentandblogs/2011/07/08/debate-should-rupert-murdochs-papal-knighthood-be-rescinded/

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