august 2011 newsletter

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IN ALLAH THEY TRUST “The people who know their god shall be strong, and carry out great exploits.” Daniel 11:32 FREEd M the Voice of We are living in days where we must stay tucked into the Word and into the truth of the grace that is only found in Jesus Christ! Psalms 91:1-8 (MSSG) says, “You who sit down in the High God's presence, spend the night in Shaddai's shadow, say this: "God, you're my refuge. I trust in you and I'm safe!" That's right—He rescues you from hidden traps, shields you from deadly hazards. His huge outstretched arms protect you—under them you're perfectly safe; His arms fend off all harm. Fear nothing—not wild wolves in the night, not flying arrows in the day, not disease that prowls through the darkness, not disaster that erupts at high noon. Even though others succumb all around, drop like flies right and left, no harm will even graze you. You'll stand untouched, watch it all from a distance, watch the wicked turn into corpses.” Equipping nationals Reshaping Cultures Establishing freedom Vol. 12 / Issue 8 by KAMRAN KARIMI We pray you are blessed and trying to stay cool in these record-breaking summer temperatures! As I write this article, we have just returned from a month long trip of ministry and we came home to burnt grass and burnt trees everywhere! As we have been traveling and ministering in churches, all the while keeping our finger on the pulse of our nation, one thing is for sure: it is not only the natural climate that is heating up! Everything from the political climate to the spiritual climate in America is heating up and only those who are fully persuaded of God’s love and His covenant are remaining solid and unscorched!

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Page 1: August 2011 Newsletter

IN ALLAH THEY TRUST

“ T h e p e o p l e w h o k n ow t h e i r g o d s h a l l b e s t ro n g , a n d c a r ry o u t g r e at e x p lo i t s . ” Da n i e l 1 1 : 3 2

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We are living in days where we must stay tucked into the Word and into the truth of the grace that is only found in Jesus Christ!

Psalms 91:1-8 (MSSG) says, “You who sit down in the High God's presence, spend the night in Shaddai's shadow, say this: "God, you're my refuge. I trust in you and I'm safe!" That's right—He rescues you from hidden traps, shields you from deadly hazards. His huge outstretched arms protect you—under them you're perfectly safe; His arms fend off all harm. Fear nothing—not wild wolves in the night, not flying arrows in the day, not disease that prowls through the darkness, not disaster that erupts at high noon. Even though others succumb all around, drop like flies right and left, no harm will even graze you. You'll stand untouched, watch it all from a distance, watch the wicked turn into corpses.”

E q u i p p i n g n a t i o n a l s R e s h a p i n g C u l t u r e s E s t a b l i s h i n g f r e e d o m

Vol. 12 / Issue 8

by KAMRAN KARIMI

We pray you are blessed and trying to stay cool in these record-breaking summer temperatures! As I write this article, we have just returned from a month long trip of ministry and we came home to burnt grass and burnt trees everywhere! As we have been traveling and ministering in churches, all the while keeping our finger on the pulse of our nation, one thing is for sure: it is not only the natural climate that is heating up! Everything from the political climate to the spiritual climate in America is heating up and only those who are fully persuaded of God’s love and His covenant are remaining solid and unscorched!

Page 2: August 2011 Newsletter

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In John 14:6, Jesus declares, “…’I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.’”

Knowing this, I want to draw your attention to something that has alarmed me and that I have been interceding for on behalf of the Church. It is something called CHRISLAM!

Before we get into what it is exactly, I want to remind you of the words of Jesus found in Matthew 24:4-5: “Take heed that no one deceives you. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.” He goes on to say in verses 23-24,“Then if anyone tells you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah,’ or ‘There he is,’ don’t believe it. For false messiahs and false prophets will rise up and perform great signs and wonders so as to deceive, if possible, even God’s chosen ones.”

Can I tell you that this deception that Jesus warned of is already happening! I was in a meeting several years back and there was a prophetic word given that there was coming a movement in America that would be all about God or the divine one and nothing about Jesus. The word continued by saying that people would fill churches but they would deny the name of Jesus and the salvation found ONLY in Him!

We are now witnessing that movement and the fulfill-ment of that prophetic word take place in churches across the nation. There is a movement entitled the Emerging Church that is encouraging pastors to embrace an ecumenical concept of combining Christi-anity and Islam, actually partnering with Islam, to launch a new religion called…Chrislam! So far, they have managed to gather 130 Christian leaders who collectively state that Muslims and Christians worship the same God. NO WE DO NOT! Allah was the Arabic name for a higher power, or a god. Mohammed ‘s god was Allilah, the moon god that conveniently became the generic name for a god, Allah. The root of Allah is grounded in Baal and Asherah worship. This is why a crescent moon and star is on the flag of Islam and mosques. Let this be clear.

Apostle Paul clearly said in Galatians 1:6-9 (MSSG), “I can't believe your fickleness—how easily you have turned traitor to him who called you by the grace of Christ by embracing a variant message! It is not a minor variation, you know; it is completely other, an alien message, a no-message, a lie about God. Those who are provoking this agitation among you are turning the Message of Christ on its head. Let me be blunt: If one of us—even if an angel from heaven!—were to preach something other than what we preached originally, let him be cursed. I said it once; I'll say it again: If anyone, regardless of reputation or credentials, preaches something other than what you received originally, let him be cursed.”

In a disturbing account of this new movement, Debra Rae in her column on News With Views, titled “The Lost Art Of Critical Thinking,” writes; “Recently, the Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church, Houston, joined Christian communities in Atlanta, Seattle, and Detroit to encour-age “ecumenical reconciliation” between Christianity and Islam. Theirs was a celebration of a sort of world-view potpourri, mixing together elements of Christianity and Islam. Predictably called Chrislam, this brand of ecumenicalism qualifies both the Bible and the Koran as holy texts. Hence, in a show of equal authenticity, Qurans were positioned in pews next to Bibles.” How crazy is that? What’s next? Are we going to place the Satanic Canon next to it? This is no different!

Ms. Rae goes on to say; “Some argue that if American “tolerance”—i.e., as in the form of Chrislam—were rejected, then the ongoing conflict between East and West would escalate beyond repair. This slippery-slope fallacy presumes a sort of chain reaction, destined to end with dire consequences that otherwise might have been averted.” One leader of the Emerging Church

“There is a movement entitled the Emerging Church that is encouraging pastors to embrace an ecumenical concept of combining Christianity and Islam, actually partnering with Islam, to launch a new religion called…Chrislam!”

Movement wrote on his blog why Christians should join with Muslims in the Ramadan fast. Another leader in the Emerging Church movement says he is not convinced that Jesus lives only in Christians. In his distorted view, an Islamic “brother” who has fed the hungry and clothed the naked clearly has a personal relationship with Christ only he doesn’t know it. How’s that again?

These preachers who have jumped on the bandwagon have the misguided notion that the Church must adapt to a changing society. THIS IS FALSE. The Church was never called to adapt to society but to lead the society to adapt to the teachings of Jesus Christ. The problem in all of this lies in those who presumed themselves to be spiritual leaders and chose the ministry as a career rather than being CALLED to the ministry!

In my upcoming book “In Allah They Trust”, I have addressed why some career preachers are catering to Islam in the form of Chrislam. Here is an excerpt:

“The spirit of fear in Islam not only attempts to paralyze the Church, but it has it’s own followers in it’s chains too. While we should care for and respect the Muslims as people that Jesus died for, we should never bow down and reverence or fear the principality and the personal-ity of Islam. Having lost the light of God’s Word and the fire of the Holy Spirit, many churches have fallen prey to fearing the god of Islam. Now, instead of leaning on and cooperating with the Holy Spirit, churches are attempt-ing to evangelize Muslims by ideas such as Chrislam. This is nothing more than confidence in their own thoughts and not in the mind of Christ. Not giving room to the reality of the Holy Spirit in their churches, they are joining themselves to the anti-Christ spirit of Islam. They do this, not realizing that they are trying to do what only the Holy Spirit can do through a people who have learned to yield to Him and who will interceded on behalf of Muslims accurately.” I want to encourage each of you who are reading this, especially if you are a leader in the Body of Christ, to be on watch for this kind of deception in the body! Pray and intercede against this deception and for the eyes and ears of believers to be tuned into Jesus! We are living in an hour where we must preach the Gospel boldly. Paul exhorted Timothy about such matters. He told him that people would become fickle about the

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teaching they would listen to and that they wouldn’t endure sound doctrine. However, he did not tell Timo-thy to change the Word of God to fit the culture! This is the message of the Emerging Church movement and that is to mold and change the Gospel so that it fits the culture and does not offend the culture. I am telling you that while Jesus may commission new wine skins to carry His anointing to the world, He does not change the message! 2 Timothy 4:1-5 (MSG) says, “I can't impress this on you too strongly. God is looking over your shoulder. Christ himself is the Judge, with the final say on everyone, living and dead. He is about to break into the open with his rule, so proclaim the Message with intensity; keep on your watch. Challenge, warn, and urge your people. Don't ever quit. Just keep it simple. You're going to find that there will be times when people will have no stomach for solid teaching, but will fill up on spiritual junk food-catchy opinions that tickle their fancy. They'll turn their backs on truth and chase mirages. But you-keep your eye on what you're doing; accept the hard times along with the good; keep the Message alive; do a thorough job as God's servant.”

Let’s heed Paul’s message here and continue to love on people all around the world! Let’s give them the truth of God’s Word! Let’s give them the firm foundation of the Rock of Jesus Christ so that they can stand in the stormy days ahead! We love you and hope that you hear our hearts! We want to love people (you included and Muslims included) and help them stand firm. Be blessed and please share this truth with people you know!

His Best Blessings,

Kamran Karimi

P.S. If you would like to read more about this, we are now taking pre-orders for my new book entitled “In Allah They Trust.” It is being released in November! Pre-Order your copy today and we will e-mail you the digital

first chapter! Thank you!

Page 3: August 2011 Newsletter

In John 14:6, Jesus declares, “…’I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.’”

Knowing this, I want to draw your attention to something that has alarmed me and that I have been interceding for on behalf of the Church. It is something called CHRISLAM!

Before we get into what it is exactly, I want to remind you of the words of Jesus found in Matthew 24:4-5: “Take heed that no one deceives you. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.” He goes on to say in verses 23-24,“Then if anyone tells you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah,’ or ‘There he is,’ don’t believe it. For false messiahs and false prophets will rise up and perform great signs and wonders so as to deceive, if possible, even God’s chosen ones.”

Can I tell you that this deception that Jesus warned of is already happening! I was in a meeting several years back and there was a prophetic word given that there was coming a movement in America that would be all about God or the divine one and nothing about Jesus. The word continued by saying that people would fill churches but they would deny the name of Jesus and the salvation found ONLY in Him!

We are now witnessing that movement and the fulfill-ment of that prophetic word take place in churches across the nation. There is a movement entitled the Emerging Church that is encouraging pastors to embrace an ecumenical concept of combining Christi-anity and Islam, actually partnering with Islam, to launch a new religion called…Chrislam! So far, they have managed to gather 130 Christian leaders who collectively state that Muslims and Christians worship the same God. NO WE DO NOT! Allah was the Arabic name for a higher power, or a god. Mohammed ‘s god was Allilah, the moon god that conveniently became the generic name for a god, Allah. The root of Allah is grounded in Baal and Asherah worship. This is why a crescent moon and star is on the flag of Islam and mosques. Let this be clear.

Apostle Paul clearly said in Galatians 1:6-9 (MSSG), “I can't believe your fickleness—how easily you have turned traitor to him who called you by the grace of Christ by embracing a variant message! It is not a minor variation, you know; it is completely other, an alien message, a no-message, a lie about God. Those who are provoking this agitation among you are turning the Message of Christ on its head. Let me be blunt: If one of us—even if an angel from heaven!—were to preach something other than what we preached originally, let him be cursed. I said it once; I'll say it again: If anyone, regardless of reputation or credentials, preaches something other than what you received originally, let him be cursed.”

In a disturbing account of this new movement, Debra Rae in her column on News With Views, titled “The Lost Art Of Critical Thinking,” writes; “Recently, the Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church, Houston, joined Christian communities in Atlanta, Seattle, and Detroit to encour-age “ecumenical reconciliation” between Christianity and Islam. Theirs was a celebration of a sort of world-view potpourri, mixing together elements of Christianity and Islam. Predictably called Chrislam, this brand of ecumenicalism qualifies both the Bible and the Koran as holy texts. Hence, in a show of equal authenticity, Qurans were positioned in pews next to Bibles.” How crazy is that? What’s next? Are we going to place the Satanic Canon next to it? This is no different!

Ms. Rae goes on to say; “Some argue that if American “tolerance”—i.e., as in the form of Chrislam—were rejected, then the ongoing conflict between East and West would escalate beyond repair. This slippery-slope fallacy presumes a sort of chain reaction, destined to end with dire consequences that otherwise might have been averted.” One leader of the Emerging Church

“The Church was never called to adapt to society but to lead the society to adapt to the teachings of Jesus Christ.”

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Movement wrote on his blog why Christians should join with Muslims in the Ramadan fast. Another leader in the Emerging Church movement says he is not convinced that Jesus lives only in Christians. In his distorted view, an Islamic “brother” who has fed the hungry and clothed the naked clearly has a personal relationship with Christ only he doesn’t know it. How’s that again?

These preachers who have jumped on the bandwagon have the misguided notion that the Church must adapt to a changing society. THIS IS FALSE. The Church was never called to adapt to society but to lead the society to adapt to the teachings of Jesus Christ. The problem in all of this lies in those who presumed themselves to be spiritual leaders and chose the ministry as a career rather than being CALLED to the ministry!

In my upcoming book “In Allah They Trust”, I have addressed why some career preachers are catering to Islam in the form of Chrislam. Here is an excerpt:

“The spirit of fear in Islam not only attempts to paralyze the Church, but it has it’s own followers in it’s chains too. While we should care for and respect the Muslims as people that Jesus died for, we should never bow down and reverence or fear the principality and the personal-ity of Islam. Having lost the light of God’s Word and the fire of the Holy Spirit, many churches have fallen prey to fearing the god of Islam. Now, instead of leaning on and cooperating with the Holy Spirit, churches are attempt-ing to evangelize Muslims by ideas such as Chrislam. This is nothing more than confidence in their own thoughts and not in the mind of Christ. Not giving room to the reality of the Holy Spirit in their churches, they are joining themselves to the anti-Christ spirit of Islam. They do this, not realizing that they are trying to do what only the Holy Spirit can do through a people who have learned to yield to Him and who will interceded on behalf of Muslims accurately.” I want to encourage each of you who are reading this, especially if you are a leader in the Body of Christ, to be on watch for this kind of deception in the body! Pray and intercede against this deception and for the eyes and ears of believers to be tuned into Jesus! We are living in an hour where we must preach the Gospel boldly. Paul exhorted Timothy about such matters. He told him that people would become fickle about the

teaching they would listen to and that they wouldn’t endure sound doctrine. However, he did not tell Timo-thy to change the Word of God to fit the culture! This is the message of the Emerging Church movement and that is to mold and change the Gospel so that it fits the culture and does not offend the culture. I am telling you that while Jesus may commission new wine skins to carry His anointing to the world, He does not change the message! 2 Timothy 4:1-5 (MSG) says, “I can't impress this on you too strongly. God is looking over your shoulder. Christ himself is the Judge, with the final say on everyone, living and dead. He is about to break into the open with his rule, so proclaim the Message with intensity; keep on your watch. Challenge, warn, and urge your people. Don't ever quit. Just keep it simple. You're going to find that there will be times when people will have no stomach for solid teaching, but will fill up on spiritual junk food-catchy opinions that tickle their fancy. They'll turn their backs on truth and chase mirages. But you-keep your eye on what you're doing; accept the hard times along with the good; keep the Message alive; do a thorough job as God's servant.”

Let’s heed Paul’s message here and continue to love on people all around the world! Let’s give them the truth of God’s Word! Let’s give them the firm foundation of the Rock of Jesus Christ so that they can stand in the stormy days ahead! We love you and hope that you hear our hearts! We want to love people (you included and Muslims included) and help them stand firm. Be blessed and please share this truth with people you know!

His Best Blessings,

Kamran Karimi

P.S. If you would like to read more about this, we are now taking pre-orders for my new book entitled “In Allah They Trust.” It is being released in November! Pre-Order your copy today and we will e-mail you the digital

first chapter! Thank you!

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