“During the writing of the New Testament, the word ‘church’ did not exist [until the 4th century],”
according to Joe Nicola.
“Any casual observer of Christianity will immediately recognize the disparity between what Jesus said He would build and the modern church.
“‘Apostle’ is originally a Greek word, the first use of this term was given to a naval commander - one who was in charge of a fleet of ships that were sent out to establish a colony. [We’ve] moved from apostolic leadership to pastoral leadership. We went from developing an army of leaders to merely feeding flocks of sheep.
“Unfortunately, we have lost sight of Jesus’ original aims. Our Bible translation was corrupted by the mistranslation of a single word - church - representing an intentional power grab by hell intent on controlling the Christian religious structure as the serpent did in the garden: by deception.”
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In this context, secularism has degraded today’s education to such an extent that politically correct classrooms are obsessed
“with individual feelings and subjective perceptions of personal well-being and happiness, accompanied by demands that environmental, historical, or social impediments to both be corrected or eliminated with rational techniques developed by the ‘human sciences’ like psychology, sociology, economics, and especially political science.”
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No longer just biological, a person’s sex is now a matter of preference and sentiment. In a sane world, such “
tuition
” would constitute parental and pedagogical malfeasance - where
“politically favored minorities”
must never be offended, where
“political correctness”
is running rampant, and where
“using the wrong personal pronoun for a transgendered person has become a grievous offense in need of punishment and a reeducation program.
”
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Taken to the extreme,
“Public monuments to Civil War generals or slave-owners are [now] pulled down, and murals depicting now proscribed historical figures like Christopher Columbus and George Washington are veiled or painted over. A theater named for silent-movie star Lillian Gish must change its name because she acted in D.W. Griffith’s 1915 racist epic Birth of a Nation. The NBA will no longer call its executives ‘owners’ because that implies players are slaves. Yankee Stadium banished Kate Smith’s version of ‘God Bless America’ from the seventh-inning stretch because in 1931 she recorded the satirical song ‘That’s Why Darkies Are Born’, even though the black communist singer Paul Robeson recorded it too. And sneaker company Nike withdraws a new model with the Betsy Ross flag on the heel because it evokes the era of slavery.”
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Where will it end?
America needs a turning point, of equal impact as the fall of the Berlin Wall initiated the return of Christianity in Eastern Europe.
Thankfully, Gideons and Rahabs are beginning to stand.
David Lane
American Renewal Project
1. www.charismamag.com/blogs/the-strang-report
2. Matthew Poole’s Commentary.
3. William Gurnall, The Christian in Complete Armour.
4. Ed Silvoso, Ekklesia: Rediscovering God’s Instrument for Global Transformation.
5. Joe Nicola, Ekklesia: The Government of the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth.
6-8. www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/274199/pandemic-false-knowledge-bruce-thornton