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There's an easier way to settle the issue. By Gregory KouklThe phrase "Founding Fathers" refers to a Stand To Reason Ministriesspecific group of men, the 55 delegates to www.str.orgthe Constitutional Convention. There were other important players not in
There's been a lot of debate about the attendance, like Jefferson, whose
faith of the Founding Fathers and the thinking deeply influenced the shaping of
status of the United States as a "Christian our nation. These 55 Founding Fathers,
nation." Home schooling texts abound though, made up the core.
with references to our religious heritage, The denominational affiliations of
and entire organizations are dedicated to these men were a matter of public record.
returning America to its spiritual roots. Among the delegates were 28
On the other side, secularists cry "foul" Episcopalians, 8 Presbyterians, 7
and parade their own list of notables Congregationalists, 2 Lutherans, 2 Dutch
among our country's patriarchs. They Reformed, 2 Methodists, 2 Roman
rally around the cry of "separation of Catholics, 1 unknown, and only 3 deists--
church and state." Which side is right? Williamson, Wilson, and Franklin--this
Oddly both.at a time when church membership
Who Were the Founding Fathers? entailed a sworn public confession of
Historical proof-texts can be raised biblical faith. This is a revealing tally. It
on both sides. Certainly, there were shows that the members of the
godless men among the early leadership Constitutional Convention, the most
of our nation, though some of those cited influential group of men shaping the
as examples of Founding Fathers turn out political foundations of our nation, were
to be insignificant players. For example, almost all Christians, 51 of 55--a full
Thomas Paine and Ethan Allen may have Benjamin Franklin been hostile to evangelical Christianity, Even Franklin the deist is equivocal. but they were firebrands of the He was raised in a Puritan family and Revolution, not intellectual architects of later adopted then abandoned deism. the Constitution. Paine didn't arrive in Though not an orthodox Christian, it was this country until 1774 and only stayed a 81-year-old Franklin's emotional call to short time. humble prayer on June 28, 1787, that was
As for others--George Washington, the turning point for a hopelessly stalled Samuel Adams, James Madison, John Convention. Franklin's appeal contained Witherspoon, Alexander Hamilton, John no less than four direct references to Jay, John Adams, Patrick Henry, and even Scripture. Thomas Jefferson--their personal Three of the four cornerstones of the correspondence, biographies, and public Constitution--Franklin, Washington, and statements are replete with quotations Madison--were firmly rooted in showing that these thinkers had political Christianity. But what about Thomas philosophies deeply influenced by Jefferson? His signature cannot be found Christianity. at the end of the Constitution, but his
The Constitutional Convention voice permeates the entire document. It's not necessary to dig through the
diaries, however, to determine which continued on pg. 5 - NATIONfaith was the Founder's guiding light.
93%.
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Since our acts of righteousness fall Odor Elimination short, God offers, by His mercy a thorough "washing of regeneration and By Paula McBride - Yuba Citya renewing of the Holy Spirit (Titus 3:5). David knew this when he cried How much money have you spent out, "Purge me with hyssop, and I shall on products to eliminate odors in your be clean. Wash me; and I shall be home or workplace? Do you like whiter than snow. Create in me a clean candles, gels, aerosols, or those little heart O God, and renew a steadfast plug-ins that greet you as you walk by? spirit within me (Psa. 51:7, 10). All we What's your brand preference: Glade, need to do is ask for that same Arm & Hammer, Lysol, or Renuzit? cleansing, and we'll be made brand-Have you tried Febreze's home new.decorator package or their X-Sweat
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I was working the registration the directions of those signs, I soon
desk at our RV park some years ago become lost. God has promised to when a young couple approached to direct my way: “And now I show you register. One of them said, “You are the most exce l len t way” (1 hard to find!” Our park was located on Corinthians12:31 NIV).the west side of an Interstate, laying The signs God brings to us along between it and a paved county road. our way are often not obvious to us. As cars traveled south they passed the Sometimes they are partially hidden park and were directed by signs to the by some bush or tree—just like entrance. I replied, “Did you miss the highway signs. Unless we are aware signs? There was one at every turn.” of God’s traveling with us, we can Their reply, which amazes me to this overlook them or not recognize them day, was, “Oh, we saw the signs, but as God’s direction of our way.we couldn’t see the park.” I h a v e f o u n d t h a t t h e
This brought to mind my circumstances in life are often God’s experience in planning our trip to direction signs, as He seeks to direct Alaska in our RV. I studied the map our ways. We need to be fully aware and planned all 44 days of our trip well that He is traveling with us and pause in advance of our departure. I knew to ask Him to teach us the meaning of where we would stay each night and those circumstances. Because how far we would drive each day. But circumstances are, as the dictionary when we pulled the truck with the says, one of the facts that must be travel trailer onto the road I, like the considered in determining our course young couple, could not see the park of action.we were going to stay in later that day. Like the young couple who could
Unlike the young couple who not see our park the entire way into it, appeared to have been unsure if they we cannot see our final destination at could trust the signs, I had faith in the the end of our road of life. However, if map that I had used to plan the trip. we use His Word to plan our journey of
I have chosen the Bible as my life, then by faith in Christ as our map for this trip called life and as the constant Guide we travel toward our way to arrive at the right destination. destination, carefully watching our Since my return to my faith, I am circumstances, we shall successfully constantly amazed at how it prepares reach our glorious and beautiful me for each day of my life’s journey. destination, where He will meet us
However, just as planning any with those marvelous words: “Well trip by vehicle, after studying the map, done, good and faithful servant!” I must exercise faith in the road signs I Matthew 25:23 (NIV). see along my route. If I fail to follow
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about what the dominant convictions NATION were that dictated the structure of this cont. from cover nation.
Even today there are legions of born-Thomas Jeffersonagain Christians who have absolutely no Though deeply committed to a belief skill at integrating their beliefs about in natural rights, including the self-Christ with the details of their daily life, evident truth that all men are created especially their views of government. equal, Jefferson was individualistic when They may be "saved," but they are it came to religion; he sifted through the completely ineffectual as salt and light. New Testament to find the facts that
By contrast, some of the Fathers may pleased him. Sometimes he sounded like not have been believers in the narrowest a staunch churchman. The Declaration of sense of the term, yet in the broader Independence contains at least four sense--the sense that influences culture--references to God. In his Second their thinking was thoroughly Christian. Inaugural Address he asked for prayers to Unlike many evangelicals who live lives Israel's God on his behalf. Other times of practical atheism, these men had Jefferson seemed to go out of his way to political ideals that were deeply informed be irreverent and disrespectful of by a robust Christian world view. They organized Christianity, especially didn't always believe biblically, having a Calvinism. faith leading to salvation, but almost all It's clear that Thomas Jefferson was thought biblically, resulting in a no evangelical, but neither was he an particular type of government.Enlightenment deist. He was more
Thomas Jefferson was this kind of Unitarian than either deist or Christian. man. In Defending the Declaration, legal This analysis, though, misses the point. historian Gary Amos observes, The most important factor regarding the "Jefferson is a notable example of how a faith of Thomas Jefferson--or any of our man can be influenced by biblical ideas Founding Fathers--isn't whether or not he and Christian principles even though he had a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. never confessed Jesus Christ as Lord in The debate over the religious heritage of the evangelical sense."[4]this country is not about who is
cont. on pg. 6 - NATIONultimately going to heaven, but rather
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Consider the following passages: a cross. These three corners can be 1 Corinthians 6:15- Do you not know seen as a triad, or triangle. A triad is that your bodies are members of Christ stable and difficult to push over. Our himself? temple’s three sides are composed of
1 Corinthians 6:19-20- Do you not the mind, body and spirit. We must know that your body is a temple of the keep our minds clean and spirit strong Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you with the word of God and fellowship have received from God? You are not with other Christians. How do we keep your own; you were bought at a price. our body strong?Therefore honor God with your body. In the months to come, I hope to
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justified. Virtually every one of the NATION Founders saw a vital link between civil religion and civil government.cont. from pg. 5
Second, the Founders stopped short of giving their Christian religion a What Did the Founding Fathers position of legal privilege. In the tradition Believe and Value? of the early church, believers were to be When you study the documents of salt and light. The First Amendment the Revolutionary period, a precise insured the l iberty needed for picture comes into focus. Here it is:Christianity to be a preserving influence * Virtually all those involved in and a moral beacon, but it also insured
the founding enterprise were God-Christianity would never be the law of the
fearing men in the Christian sense.land.
* The Founders were deeply This ought to call into serious influenced by a biblical view of man and question a common tactic of the so-called government. With a sober understanding Religious Right. "We were here first," of the fallenness of man, they devised a their apologists proclaim. "Our country system of limited authority and checks was stolen from us, and we demand it and balances. back." Author John Seel calls this * The Founders understood that "priority as entitlement.”
fear of God, moral leadership, and a The sad fact of the matter is that righteous citizenry were necessary for cultural authority was not stolen from us; their great experiment to succeed. we surrendered it through neglect. Os
Guinness pointed out that Christians * Therefore, they structured a have not been out-thought. Rather, they political climate that was encouraging to have not been around when the thinking Christianity and accommodating to was being done.religion, rather than hostile to it.
Choosing cultural monasticism However...rather than hard-thinking advocacy, * The Fathers sought to set up a Christians abandoned the public square just society, not a Christian theocracy.to the secularists. When the disciples of * They specifically prohibited the Jesus Christ retreated, the disciples of
establishment of Christianity--or any Dewey, Marx, Darwin, Freud, Nietzsche,
other faith--as the religion of our nation.Skinner, and a host of others replaced
A Two-Sided Coin them.
We can safely draw two conclusions The faith of our Founding Fathers
from these facts, which serve to inform was Christianity, not deism. In this
our understanding of the relationship regard, many secularists--and even some
between religion and government in the Christians--have been wrong in their
United States.assessment of our history. On the other
First, Christianity was the prevailing hand, many Christians have also been
moral and intellectual influence shaping mistaken in their application of the past to
the nation from its outset. The Christian the present.
influence pervaded all aspects of life, Christians have no special privileges
from education to politics. Therefore, the simply because Christianity was
present concept of a rigid wall of America's first faith. "If America ever
separation hardly seems historically was or ever will be a 'Christian nation,'" Seel observes, "it is not by conscious design or written law, but by free conviction.”
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Have you ever noticed that words we use for stress are heavy, crowding words? We say we are burdened, pressured, depressed, heavy-hearted, overwhelmed
“He brought me out into a spacious place; and weighed down. Our schedules are
he rescued me because he delighted in tight, packed, and pressing in on us. On
me.” Our God rescues. Isn’t that what the other hand, compare words we use for
your heart craves—space from your feeling relaxed. We are lighthearted,
crowded, busy life for just a few carefree; we unwind, have room to
moments? My heart craves it, too.breathe with schedules that are wide
We can love our families, our jobs, open, cleared, and free and easy. Feeling
and our lives yet still long for space. If at peace involves spaciousness.
you have young ones at home, space can I experienced the roominess of
be rare, but don’t let that stop you from relaxing once last week. After days of
asking God for it. Remember, he rescues rain, the sky cleared one afternoon, so I
you because he delights in you. Ask, took my basset hound to the park behind
“Lord, will you give me a merchab the Sutter County Museum. We criss-
today?” Then be watchful. Don’t crossed the brown winter grass without
squander an opportunity when the baby is another soul in sight. Just before leading
napping so that you can “get some more my dog back to the car, I lingered.
done.”Next I did something I haven’t done
My fifteen minutes of merchab were in years. I lay down on the bare grass. I
so refreshing, the peace lingered the rest watched the bright blue sky, saw a
of the day. When my husband came home hummingbird darting above and higher
from work, he could tell I was different, still, a soaring hawk. God was putting on
not only from the brown grass clinging to a nature show just for me. His presence
the back of my sweater, but from the was as real as the sun warming my face.
contented smile on my face. For those minutes, God brought me to a
May God lead you to your own spacious place.
spacious place today. And may you be The Bible has a Hebrew word that
blessed with the peace that comes with means spacious place—merchab (mer
grass on your sweater. khawb). David used it in Psalm 18:19.
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St. Patrick's Day ServiceSat, March 6th - Preconcert at 6:30pmDivorce CareCelebrate Recovery (NEW) Riverbend Elementary SchoolWhile some of the Nelons' songs and Church of Glad TidingsYuba City Nazarene Church, YC arrangements may be decidedly modern-day, the March 14, 10amEvery Wed. 7pm - 8:30pmWed’s, 6:30pm second act of a Nelons concert takes a page from There will be a church service in the Auditorium at A weekly seminar/support group for those the very beginnings of gospel music itself. The Join us for this Christ-centered recovery group that 10am and the potluck will follow in the Multi-separated or divorced. A place where people people love to hear the old songs and the old provides a safe place for you with people who will purpose room.understand your experience. Learn how to deal hymns. Call the church office for more info: 751-love you through your pain, and celebrate with you with the pain of the past and look forward to Living Last Supper9168during your victories. The group meets weekly, so rebuilding your life. Reg./Info: 671-6069 First United Methodist Church – Yuba Cityvisit us any time. Contact Sean Blount at 329-3485 [email protected] The Kingsmen (FREE Concert)for more info. Apr 6th starting at 6 pm
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Sat, March 6th 5:30 pm - 6:30 pmWeekly Recovery Groups Join us for this unique opportunity to be part of a and Sun, March 7th after both morning services. live recording. Doors open at 6:30pm and close at Crossroads Community ChurchCome enjoy a Mexican Dinner for a free will 7pm Late admittance will not be allowed due to Sundays 7-8pm and at Noon on Thursdays.offering that will support the Mexico Missions Team recording. Event is FREE. Childcare available for We also offer a Grief Recovery Group on made up of youth and adults who will be serving in 5 & under, no children under 5 allowed in the show. Wednesday Evenings from 7 to 8 p.m. For more Men's March Advance Mexico during Spring Break 2010. A free will offering will be taken. Contact the church information, please call Joyce Jordan at: 674- Theme: Call Upon The Lord office at 671-1130 for more details. 3441. Mexico Missions Yard SaleFri, March 5th 7p.m. andLoma Rica Community Church - Loma Rica Creative Light Theater- “Beauty for Ashes" Celebrate Recovery Sat, March 6th - 9a.m. - 1p.m.
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Call the church office for more info: 751-9168Celebrate Recovery raising funds for Feather River Men's Center. Spring Break helping out in Mexico with Azusa Tickets are $22 each, table of 10/$200. Come Pacific University with building projects and Loma Rica Community Church - Moy Hall. The Nelons (FREE Concert)enjoy Dinner and a great show, while helping a Vacation Bible School. Fri., 7pm. Crossroads Community Church, Yuba Cityworthy ministry!
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On March 20th , thousands of dozen people). The National Day of Yuba - Sutter residents, as well as Prayer is one of the only Christian thousands of out of town visitors will events where we can lay down our flock to downtown Marysville to denominations to gather publicly to celebrate the annual Bok Kai festival. call on Jesus on behalf of our “Bok Eye is considered the god of the community. The huge attendance at the North and is said to be the Chinese god Bok Kai festival is an indication that of water whose powers have attendees are making the event a successfully prevented Marysville priority. Let’s make this year’s from being flooded when all National Day of Prayer a major priority surrounding communities have too. Mark your calendar for Thursday, sustained near-ruinous flooding as May 6th. The day will start with a recently as 1997.” (*information from prayer breakfast at 7:00 a.m. (location official Bok Kai festival website). For and further details to be announced). those who are followers of Jesus Christ There will be noon events in both we believe that God controls all things Marysville and Yuba City. The April and not a Chinese water god. edition of the Ambassador will have Remember the second commandment; complete details.you shall not make for yourself an idol. Also, please consider attending
I bring this to your attention for the Christian Business Alliance lunch this reason. Why is it that the Bok Kai meetings which are held every festival can draw thousands and the Tuesday at noon at various locations. National Day of Prayer events are To be included in the weekly email poorly attended? Granted, the National reminders, email Seth Halpern at Day of Prayer breakfast has had solid [email protected]. attendance but the prayer gatherings at For more information about the the Yuba County courthouse and City Christian Business Alliance contact Hall in Yuba City have had pathetically David Kugelman at 632-9292.poor attendance. (Generally just a few
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Recently, I opened my talk before a When choosing medicine you must group in Southern California with an choose what's true.observation: There's a difference There is significant confusion on this between ice cream and insulin. point. Americans think of God, religion, When choosing ice cream, you can and morals like ice cream and not like choose what you like. insulin. They choose religious views
according to tastes, according to what When choosing medicine, you must they prefer rather than according to choose what heals.what's true.
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A former member of the Palestine (CAIR), that he is an upstanding citizen. Liberation Organization who has Since when was the head of CAIR an converted to Christianity says a Saudi upstanding citizen?" he wonders.prince is now the second-largest The former terrorist adds that shareholder in Rupert Murdoch's News viewers will no longer be seeing any so-Corporation, the parent company of the called "Islamophobes" on Fox.Fox News Channel. "Today, I'm not invited at Fox News.
For years the Fox News Channel has Neither is Robert Spencer or Brigitte described itself as "fair and balanced," Gabriel," he laments. "But Ibrahim free from what some consider the "Kool- Hooper is invited to speak at Fox News. It Aid" of liberalism and political used to be that experts on terrorism who correctness of other national news are critical of the Islamic views [were] agencies. But Walid Shoebat, former able to get a voice on Fox News. Those Palestinian terrorist who is now a days are gone.”Christian, says ever since Saudi Prince Shoebat concludes that instead of Alwaleed bin Talal became a major airing those critical views of Islam, Fox stockholder in Fox's parent company, he News now legitimizes Hooper, the has been able to influence its news spokesman for CAIR, a group which he content. maintains is a front for the terrorist group
"He himself said, 'I just had to make Hamas.a phone call to [tell them to] stop using In recent years, Alwaleed bin Talal, the word Muslim' regarding the rioting in 54, has been among Forbe's list of the France," Shoebad notes. "Bill O'Reilly world's richest people. He is #22 on the says to Ibrahim Hooper, the head of the 2009 list. Council on American-Islamic Relations
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'Islamophobes' unwelcome at Fox NewsChad Groening - OneNewsNow
More controversy surrounds the overturns Prop. 8, he would benefit by federal judge presiding over the legal granting himself the right to marry a man. challenge to California's Proposition 8. Given that effect, Barber decides that
Prop. 8 was approved by California hardly represents impartiality.voters in November 2008 to overturn an He goes on to report that Judge earlier state Supreme Court ruling that Walker has been silent since the legalized homosexual "marriage," but a newspaper claim was published. "Well, San Francisco newspaper recently the judge has said, 'No comment' when "outed" Judge Vaughn Walker as a asked about his sexual lifestyle," explains homosexual. Matt Barber, attorney and the Liberty Counsel attorney. "I think he director of cultural affairs at Liberty needs to comment. If in fact he is engaged Counsel, believes Walker ought to resign in the homosexual lifestyle, there is a from the case if the allegation is true. clear conflict of interest here under
The Liberty Counsel attorney cites federal law.”from federal law that "a judge shall Barber notes a number of rulings in disqualify himself when he knows that he the trial that favored homosexual has a financial or any other interest that activists and diminished efforts of could be substantially affected by the Proposition 8 supporters to present their outcome of the proceeding," and he case. argues that if Walker is a homosexual and
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While the star-studded cast of greater good of those in Haiti,” he added.“Valentine’s Day” was helping the For the project, Belmont University romance flick snag the box office’s No. 1 opened the doors of its Ocean Way spot with its $52.4 million debut, another Studios to the artists and the musicians star-studded crew released its highly donated their time with the intent to have anticipated project over the same all proceeds from the song to go to weekend but with a different aim. designated charity/relief work through
Two weeks after Christian music star The American Red Cross and Samaritan's Michael W. Smith gathered a who's-who Purse.list from the Christian and Country music In addition to lending their voices in communities to record "Come Together song, several artists also recorded PSA's Now," the song was released on iTunes for The American Red Cross and and Amazon for purchase along with the Samaritan's Purse for use in upcoming mission to support quake-devastated months.Haiti by having all proceeds from the “It's incredible to be part of song's sales benefit relief efforts there. something that is going to help so many
In total, over 100 artists were people," commented Smith.brought on board for the project, In the days leading to the song's including Aaron Shust, Brandon Heath, r e l e a s e , a w e b s i t e Chris Sligh, Everlife, Francesca (cometogethernowhaiti.com) was Battistelli, The Katinas, Mandisa, Mark created, as well as a Facebook page and Hall, Matthew West, Melinda Doolittle, Twitter account.Natalie Grant, Nicole C. Mullen, Phil Through these and other media, the Stacey, Point of Grace, PureNRG, artists behind “Come Together Now” are Rachael Lampa, Steven Curtis Chapman, encouraging their fans to help spread and TobyMac. word of the project and to also call their
The song – penned by Smith, David local radio stations to request for the song Mullen and Cindy Morgan – was written to be played.to remind people of the need to help those The cost to purchase the song on in Haiti following last month’s 7.0- iTunes and Amazon.com is $1.29. The magnitude earthquake. project’s website also provides a way for
"The crisis in Haiti has left us all supporters to make direct donations to trying to figure out how we can help," Samaritan’s Purse and The American Red said Smith as he assembled the award- Cross.winning group artists. The full title of the 4:15 song is
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A Peek At My BookshelfRecommended Reading by Deena Peterson, Olivehurst
"Forgotten God"by Francis Chan
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While it isn't as great and mind-blowing as "Crazy Love", Francis Chan's new book is definitely worth the read. He examines the Biblical passages dealing with the Holy Spirit and adds dimension to an often forgotten person of the Trinity.
"Forgotten God" discusses how the church has neglected the teachings on the Holy Spirit and is lacking in the power she could be walking in. Francis backs up his writings with Scripture, and gives a lot of food for thought.
Some of the points he makes are ones I've thought of before, but he also gives new ideas to roll around. For instance, we are often guilty of referring to the Holy Spirit as 'it' rather than 'Him'. And we forget that we can grieve Him, that the
the book up with!Holy Spirit has emotions.My thanks to my friends at David C. Many of his analogies hit home.
Cook for my copy, and for publishing Would you ever buy a treadmill, hoping such great books! to lose weight, and not even take it out of
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often claims to be walking in the Spirit, but we won't let Him out of the box!
And the reasons for that are multiple: something Francis also talks about. Fear, l a c k o f k n o w l e d g e , a n d misunderstanding are just a few excuses we use to limit the power of the Holy Spirit in our lives.
But most powerful, to me, are the real-life testimonies Francis shares about people who genuinely walk in the Spirit. Many of them moved me to tears, and all of them inspired me to want more of the Holy Spirit in my life.
Then again, Francis challenged me to ask myself "Why?" Why do I want Him in my life--for selfish reasons, or to better build up the Body of Christ? Even that can be tricky to discern, but Francis helps us to uncover our motives for doing what we do--or NOT doing it!
In all, this is an engaging book that is well worth reading, and will most definitely spark some good and healthy conversation within the church. I recommend adding this one to your "keep and read often" shelf.
So, I'm giving "Forgotten God" five out of five bookmarks, with a high-lighter as a charm. You really can't read a book like this without something to mark
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Jesus knew Peter would turn away He sends His call.]" (Romans 11:29 believers awaiting the promise Jesus from, then turn back to faith in Him. "But Amp). gave after His resurrection. After the
A leader among the disciples I have prayed especially for you [Peter]; Father sends His promised Holy Spirit to throughout Jesus' three years of earthly and when you yourself have turned again, those awaiting Him, they "began to speak ministry, the disciples respected Peter strengthen and establish your brethren" with other tongues, as the Spirit gave and often times communicated with the (Luke 22:31-32, Amp) In fact, Jesus them utterance" astonishing the Jews Lord through him. However, God's foretold the time all his disciples would who’d come to Jerusalem from 14 giftings require the empowerment of the leave Him (John 16:32). However, it was regions to celebrate Passover. Astonished Holy Spirit to be effective and useful for t o Pe t e r t ha t J e sus exp re s s ly because these (simple) Galileans were Kingdom purposes. "No one discerns instructed 'strengthen and establish' the speaking in each of the visiting Jews' own (comes to know and comprehend) the other disciples after he himself re- language. The newly spirit-filled thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. established his own faith. believers were then accused of being
Peter was gifted to be a leader even We have received the [Holy] Spirit Who drunk! This accusation excited Peter who though his betrayal of Jesus appeared to is of God, [given to us] that we might immediately addressed those making disqualify him from continuing to be a realize and comprehend and appreciate accusations against the believers. "Listen disciple. The angel who appeared at the the gifts bestowed on us by God to me!" Peter said as he addressed empty tomb of our Lord instructed Mary (Amplified)" 1 Corinthians 2:9-12. "The the men of Judea and all those living in "tell the disciples AND Peter... (Mark Holy Spirit will teach you all things..." Jerusalem (Acts 2:14).16:7) - distinguishing Peter from the John 14:26. The Holy Spirit will "endue" To be continued in the April Issue of disciples. Thankfully, God gives us gifts or clothe you "with power" Luke 24:49. The Ambassador
The transformation of Peter's life is Peter the Leader: Pre and Post Holy in spite of who we are and what we are astounding after he was filled with the Ghost is a book that details the capable of doing! "For God's gifts and from ordinary to extraordinary: From Holy Spirit at the day of Pentecost! In the inspirational life of the Apostle Peter as His call are irrevocable. [He never hysterical to heretical, Peter goes on to Gospels, we last see him denying he even recorded within seven New Testament withdraws them once they are given, and become "hero"ical and lives out the knew Jesus, denying he was one of the books. The book begins with the He does not change His mind about those remainder of his life honorably. disciples. In Acts, chapter 1, Peter shows historical record of the Apostle Peter, to whom He gives His grace or to whom leadership among the disciples and other followed by four phases of his journey
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The first thing you will notice when meeting Tom Harris is why his tree service is named Big T’s. That’s “Big T” for Tom. As he towers over me (I know, most people do!), I was struck by the gentleness of his manner. Tom has known trouble. He grew up in a family that did not lead him to God but according to Tom, was “pretty normal”. Born in the found new hope and new grace and Bay Area, Tom moved to Hawaii at the people saw that he was more excited and age of ten with his mother recently upbeat than he was before entering jail. divorced from Tom’s father. They moved When he finished serving his time, back to the “mainland” settling in Yuba he continued his journey by participating City at the home of his grandfather. in a transitional program outside the area
Attending Yuba City High School, sponsored by the Salvation Army. Tom saw himself being unproductive and Through their discipleship, Tom’s faith mostly getting into trouble. After deepened. Then he came back to Yuba graduating, he continued a downward City where he continued his “new” life at spiral that led him into trouble with the Buddy’s House Sober Living Facility. law. Tom found himself in Sutter County Through wonderful mentoring and Jail and within weeks he knew that he friendship, Tom had truly seen what life needed to make a change. He saw that his change can bring. He met and married
talking with Tom is that although his “friends” were nowhere to be found, but Amy and together they have a 17-month-stature and heart are big, his “ego” is not. his family, whom he was estranged from, old son.Tom displays the kind of humility and were there to visit and support him. As his Tom learned how to cut, trim and do non-religious honesty that is refreshing. I head “started to become clear” Tom says, everything else with trees from his father, love to meet with someone who is not just he saw that he needed help. A fellow for whom he worked on and off since he excited about what God can do, but is inmate recommended that he start was young. In 2006, he started Big T’s excited simply to know him. Big T’s Tree reading the Bible, so he began reading in Tree Service. He has three employees and Service is a Ministry Partner with The Matthew. As he read, Tom’s soul today he encourages them to show the Ambassador and Tom feels that his resonated with the words of Jesus. He love of Christ to those they serve. Tom investment in The Ambassador is of began spending more time in reading and may be big in stature, but he is also big in greater value (eternally) than other prayer. According to Tom, “plenty of heart. He wants to “do right” by people. advertising venues he’s been participated guys reading the Bible, but it seems that He shares that it’s not about just securing in. most of them go back to their old friends the bid through the lowest price, but
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Lessons From A Friend - A Tribute To Peter HegartyBy Seth Halpern
I’ve recently had the “unfortunate readily admit). That aside, Peter was a privilege” to speak on behalf of a good man of conviction and worship. His friend. Peter was just that to me: A God (thankfully, my God as well) is one Friend. But I’m not talking about worth knowing and worthy of our “Facebook-type” friends here or any worship, regardless of what He gives to other acquaintance-type friendship. us or takes from us. Peter and I would I’m talking about the rare relationship spend hours at a time pondering the where two people not only care for each “mysteries” of this incredible God we other, but are “cut from the same cloth”. serve. One of his favorite verses It’s easy to find a “friend” who has “Though He slay me, yet will I trust similar interests or the same favorite him”(Job 13:15) kept him going TV shows. I’m talking about the through the trials of and victory over relationship where you understand the alcohol as well as the nearly constant predicaments, the trials and the physical ailments in his “beat-up” triumphs, of another human being; body, and finally, total blindness along Those things that are too deep to with a colostomy. I can’t see how I articulate, yet resonate inwardly in a would be as faithful a servant of God as sort of “spooky” likeness. A true Peter was while enduring that misery. kinship. Such was my friendship with Yet, one thing I know: Peter saw Peter. When I found myself “busy” MORE Blind than most of us do with with the things of life and apologized to our full vision. I learned another lesson Peter for the delay in responding to his through Peter, if not by him. That is that voice mail message, his response was we are too busy with life. I told Peter simply “I love you and if I don’t hear that I would take him to Christian from you until a year from now, I’ll still Business Alliance meetings, but I was love you” Remember, we’re not talking too busy. I told him that I wanted to about spouses or even biological interview him on my radio show, but I family. This is “friendship” This is never got around to it. I can’t go back in what Proverbs means when it says time, but I can go forward with “There is a friend that sticks closer than different priorities. Well, finally, Peter a brother”(Prov 18:24) We don’t get too was given his pass, his diploma, his many of these in our lives. Peter retirement watch from this life, so to showed me what it means to be a friend. speak, so that he could be with his To exhort gently, to receive humbly, to Daddy in Heaven, in an unhindered, forgive completely. My friend Peter undistracted time of fellowship. I’m fought a lot of “demons”. Some of these thankful for Peter that he’s enjoying the may have been spiritual enemies of his streets of gold and I know that his “Irish soul and others quite possibly were his Eyes are Smiling”own bad choices (which he would
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By now, most of our New Year’s satisfied with simply attending church, Resolutions have found their way to the while others go to church, attend Sunday scrap heap of good intensions. I no school, read the Bible and work in church longer bother with resolutions because I ministries. Some may even venture into have realized that my will cannot stand the mission fields. These are all good up to that of an apple fritter. things that good Christians do.
In our old house there was a wall But herein lies the rub; no matter upon which we had recorded the growth where we may be spiritually, we should of our two sons. That growth record has never feel spiritually satisfied. Oswald been covered over by numerous coats of Chambers wrote; “It is not a good thing to paint of many colors, but is indelibly be spiritually satisfied.” Why? Because marked on my memory. being a Christian is an ongoing process,
I tell you this because in lieu of and being spiritually satisfied would be resolutions, I have decided to use New an indication that we have stopped Years to mark my spiritual growth. You growing.know, evaluate where I am this year, Spiritual satisfaction should be Although salvation does bring a sense of into spiritual overdrive, get on the compare it to where I was last year and perpetually just beyond our reach so that contentment, we shouldn’t confuse that Sanctification highway and head for plan for where I want to be next year. God can continually draws us out of our contentment with satisfaction… Why, God’s Kingdom. There are no mileage After a few years I can connect the dots to comfort zone and into His service… It’s because we haven’t reached our markers, and we know not the time of our form a mental graph that plots my kind of like dangling a fritter just beyond destination yet. arrival.spiritual growth. Kind of like a graph my reach. I’d be off in a heartbeat, and God gives each of us spiritual gifts to But, on “That Day,” I pray my p l o t t i n g t h e r e t u r n o n m y you’d better not get in my way. help us fulfill His purpose for our life. spiritual growth chart will reflect a rate of investments…but prayerfully, one that We all travel different roads to And trust me, he expects a return on His return worthy of my Lord saying,charts a more positive gain. salvation. But arriving at salvation investment. Your rate of return is very “Well done good and faithful
Spiritual growth is hard to measure doesn’t mean we simply shift ourselves important because, that is what you will servant… Be Glorified! because it is subjective and at the mercy into park and wait to be glorified. be judged on, on “That Day.”of our perception. Some folks are There’s a little more to it than that. So, load up your spiritual gifts, shift
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Spitzer, Ted Stevens, John Edwards, Tiger’s Tale Mark Sanford, Rod Blagojevich… the list is too long to put here. These men
Will someone explain to me why need to answer to us. Tiger Woods needs Tiger Woods owes you or me an apology? to answer to his family and to God. What he did was wrong- inexcusable, Worse, what about Church and religious unjustifiable. He knows that. We know leaders like Ted Haggard, Jimmy that. He owes his wife and children an Swaggart or the countless other fallen apology. He might even owe his friends leaders of our Christian faith. They truly or business associates an apology. For owe an apology to those who have trusted that matter, anyone he had any in them to lead them to God. Until Woods relationship with to whom he broke trust. takes Brit Hume’s advice, repents before But me and (dare I say) you? I don’t really God and seeks His forgiveness, he will understand a culture that requires an suffer the consequences of even the most apology from an athlete for sinning “moral” unbelievers. It is our celebrity-against his family. Now if we are talking addicted culture that has created “moral about an elected official, that is a or spiritual role models’ of people who completely different story. We were have athletic or artistic talent. The media rightfully outraged at the behavior and has made Tiger larger than life. He, like cover-up of former President Bill Brittany Spears and others, cannot stand Clinton. Now, here was someone who up to the scrutiny that comes as a result of was given the public trust, to the point of undue adoration. Tiger Woods is a great voting him as our leader! Isn’t he some golfer. He is not and should not be sort of ambassador or diplomat now? considered anything more. Funny how we forget. Or how about Eliot
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“You will never learn faith in comfortable surroundings.”~A.B. Simpson
“Faith is saying “Amen” to God.”~Merv Rosell
“A simple childlike faith..solves all the problems that come to us.”~Hellen Keller
“The only way to learn strong faith is to endure strong trials.”~George Mueller
“Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.”~Elton Trueblood
“Faith never knows where it is being ledbut it loves and knows the one who is leading.”
~Oswald Chambers
“Faith is knowing there is an ocean because you have seen a brook.”~William Ward
“Faith is to believe what you cannot yet see; the reward for this faithis to see what you believe.”
~Saint Augustine
“Faith is the highest passion in a human being.”~Soren Kierkegaard
“What is faith?It is the confident assurance that what we hope for is going to happen.
It is the evidence of things we cannot yet see.”~The Holy Bible (Heb 11:1 NLT)