Scratching Those Itchy Ears

Post Scripts, Chico Enterprise Record ^ | 5/10/09 | OneVike

[Freepmanchew]

Whenever I grab a book to read and sit on the couch, I can always count on my dog to come over and jump up and settle next to me. Just about the time I kick back to relax she lays her head on my lap and gives me that look. Oh how good she is at letting me know what she wants. It is something that will inevitably lull her into a calm relaxed state of mind until I think she has fallen asleep, that is, until I stop pampering her and pick my book to start reading. That's when she pushes her head towards me as she attempts to take my mind off my reading again. Oh, I'll usually indulge her for a bit longer, but if I really want to read my book, I just have to ignore her until she gets bored. Eventually she gets the message and gets down off the couch to go find someone else to scratch those itchy ears.

Now this article is not really about dogs, and it is not about the dermatological problems with their ears. What it is about, is the way humans, like dogs, are always looking for someone to satisfy their needs.

[Freepmanchew]

Many people are fooled into thinking that just because a guy stands in front of a bunch of people with a bible in his hands, he must know what he's talking about. The Bible is very specific on what is and is not of God, and these charlatans are not of God.

[Arthur McGowan]

I learned all I needed to know about Tony Campolo when I saw him spewing profanities (according to a lip reader hired by Rush Limbaugh) with Bill Clinton after the Ron Brown funeral.

Also, in one of his books, which I checked out at Barnes and Noble, Campolo asks When does a baby become a “person.”

His answer: Genesis says that God breathed “the breath of life” into Adam. Therefore, a baby isn’t alive until it draws its first breath.

I have known ever since reading that bit of sophistical Scripture-rape that Tony Campolo is a minister of Satan, not God.

[OneVike]

Christian apologetic article on False teachers.

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[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[thecodont]

Christian apologetic article on False teachers.

OneVike, thanks for the ping.

There are a number of people who are caught up in the "gospel of prosperity" which from my readings seems to have its origins and largest number of adherents in the American West and Southwest.

Some years ago I knew someone who was a devout follower of Osteen, Hagin, and Copeland. Her emphasis was on "confession" of "prosperity" -- that is, speaking what she wanted into being; she believed that God had empowered her to create her own world with her words. A mother of three, with an estranged husband whom she had put through medical school while neglecting her own career and education, she ended up divorced. I do not know what became of her.

There was a book published around that time called "The Wall Street Gospel" which warned about the "prosperity" preachers. I believe it is out of print. I saw a title by that name (author is Joe Magliato, published 1981, this is the right time frame) on Amazon.com.

[OneVike]

There was a book published around that time called "The Wall Street Gospel" which warned about the "prosperity" preachers. I believe it is out of print. I saw a title by that name (author is Joe Magliato, published 1981, this is the right time frame) on Amazon.com.

Thanks, I'll keep an eye out for it. We need to do all we can to expose the heretics, and help those trapped in their ministries to get free.,

[thecodont]

OneVike,

Yes, that's the book.

For an interesting discussion (I saw the book mentioned in a bibliography at this link), see

What are your opinions of the Word of movement? - Yahoo! Answers

[thecodont]

Ack, pressed "Post" too soon.

What are your opinions of the Word of Faith movement? - Yahoo! Answers

[OneVike]

Thanks I will look into it later.
Right now I need to head out and give a message at a retirement center I pastor at.

God bless you and yours.

[fabian]

there are so many false , watered down christian churches teaching affirmative action salvation, it’s not even funny.

[goat granny]

I have emailed you twice, once on May 3 and again on May 5th to take me off your ping list and you replied to me both times that you removed me....It s May 11 and you have pinged me twice since the last time you lied about removing me...I just checked your ping list and you still have me listed..I am sorry this has to be public but you did not tell me the truth via email.. I don't find most things you post to be of interest to me...I wondered why you even put me on your list as I did not request it...When I went back through my posts, I found that you and I had not a discussion but an argument and you ended up calling me a name...That was in the beginning of April and the subject was “Delusions of Evolution”. If I get any more pings from you after going public I will report any sent to me as abuse. I do not like your religious posts and am not interested in reading them....REMOVE ME

[OneVike]

I sent you a private freepmail on this.

I agree this must be a pain to you, however It really has been by error, and I pray it will not happen again. I also wondered why you would be on my list since we hardly agree on anything when it comes you religion. You are still in my prayers though.

[goat granny]

You can pray for me all you want...but prayer will not get me off your list..I don't need the aggravation of having your posts in my account...This is the 3rd time you have told me that I have been removed...Hope your telling me the truth this time....Its not too Christian to lie.