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Solid teaching on issues ranging from revival to rap music, science to sex. "Christianity is the story of how the rightful King has landed, you might say in disguise, and is calling us all to take part in His great campaign of sabotage” - C.S. Lewis
http://crownrights.org/support Babies Are Murdered Here, is the new controversial pro-life documentary that examines the truth about abortion and the single biggest failure of the pro-life movement, not calling abortion what it really is ... Murder.
Fundy atheists love to argue that Hitler was a Christian. Some Christians responded that Hitler was an atheist or a pagan. These two extremes are both wrong, as serious historical scholarship shows. In reality, what Hitler believed reflected heretical views long ago condemned by the church - and would be regarded as an aberrant cultic view if it emerged today. http://tektonics.org
http://abortionmatrix.com While there are over 6 billion people on planet earth right now, there’s a sense – from what theologians call a “federal” perspective – that there really are only two people: the first and then the second or last Adam. All of us are born into this world in the likeness and through the lineage of the first Adam. Fallen, locked in our ego-boxes, “My will be done” forms the bars in our prison of original sin. But, by the amazing grace of God, we can be born again after the likeness of the new and last Adam, the LORD Jesus Christ where “Thy will be done” becomes the cry of our hearts.
http://abortionmatrix.com In one of the few instances where they agree, both Ms. Magazine and the Bible label the various permutations of spirituality that support the feminists and abortion movements as “witchcraft.” And biblically, witchcraft is linked to rebellion – specifically, rebellion against God’s authority.
http://abortionmatrix.com Of course, while witchcraft, goddess worship and other forms of pagan spirituality serve to under-gird and empower the abortion industry, the vast majority of its supporters have no conscious interest in – and may well even condemn – such forms of occult spirituality. No matter. As long as they sacrifice or support the sacrifice of children to the idols of convenience – they are, whether they realize it or not, ensnared “by the devil, having been captured by him to do his will” (2 Timothy 2:26).
As Jesus said to people who were even convinced that they were on God’s side:
“You are of your father the devil … and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning …” (John 8:44).
But there’s another spiritual dynamic feeding into the abortion industry that we should also consider.
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw a growing interest in eastern mysticism, pagan spirituality and even occultism, particularly among the liberal elite in the West. Enlightenment humanism and higher criticism – the field of textual analysis that increasingly questioned the inspiration and inerrancy of the Bible – created a spiritual vacuum into which flowed all manner of alternative and esoteric beliefs – many of a sexual nature.
For example, renowned explorer Sir Richard Francis Burton found the exotic sexual practices of the orient fascinating and looked for ways to bring them back to the UK in order to challenge the prevailing Victorian morality. In 1883, he published the Kama Sutra, at the time barely known even in India, and turned it into the urtext of supposed sexual enlightenment. Ananga-Ranga (1885), The Perfumed Garden (1886) and essays sympathetic to homosexuality accomplished their purpose: semi-legitimizing perversion and launching a vigorous public debate about purity and pornography, desire and deviance, state regulation and personal freedom.
This, along with other subversive efforts, prepared the way for a rash of academics and clinicians who pioneered the so-called science of sexology. Far too often, this new “science” sought to normalize an ever-increasing variety of sexual behaviors while ignoring or even attacking God’s standards on the subject.
Mention “Christianity versus witchcraft” and negative images of “the burning times,” the Salem witch trials and outbreaks of religious hysteria among superstitious people come to many people’s minds. http://abortionmatrix.com
It is here where we need to dispel the Hollywood image of the old crone of fairy tales such as Snow White or the Wizard of Oz. There is no doubt that many of those executed for witchcraft in the Middle Ages were innocent victims of gross superstition. Such terrible measures are to be condemned as being in complete opposition to the Spirit of Christ and the clear teaching of scripture. With that said, however, it is wrong to dismiss the genuine instances of demonically inspired activity history records.
20th Century Wicca
Dr. Gerald Gardner, an anthropologist, spent the early part of the 19th century studying groups that practiced magic around the world. At the time he believed that witchcraft as it had been practiced by pagan Europeans had been extinct for centuries. But in the 1930’s Gardner discovered a group in Great Britain that was still practicing the “craft.” Fascinated, Gardner was initiated into the coven, studied its rituals, and eventually became one of the foremost experts and advocates for the ancient religion.
At the time of Gardner’s discovery, witchcraft was, in fact, on the edge of extinction. There were no known covens in the United States and some countries such as England had laws on the books outlawing witchcraft. On the publication of his book, Witchcraft Today, Gardner began to hear from other covens throughout Europe which had also survived. He spent the rest of his life writing on Wicca and promoting witchcraft throughout the world. Today, Gardner is regarded as the grandfather of modern Wicca and the primarily force behind its revival in the latter part of the 20th century.
One of Gardner’s followers, Raymond Buckler, was initiated into the craft one year before Gardner’s death in 1964. He introduced Wicca into the United States during the cultural sea change that was the 1960s. Buckler, like Gardner before him, believed that in modern-day Wicca, the rituals of the ancient earth religion had survived.
What exactly then, is modern Wicca?
Wiccans today draw their religious ideology from the Mother Earth cults of the Celtic and Nordic peoples of pre-Christian Europe.
The word “Wiccan” first appears in an early manuscript of an Anglo-Saxon scribe in the alliterative phrase: wyccan and waelcyrian, “witches and valkyries.” The word in Old English denotes both men and women using magic arts. Modern Wiccans claim that their name means “wise one” and was the name of a matriarchal leader of a tribe skilled in healing, herbal lore and magic arts.
Although Wiccans deny using animal and human sacrifices in their rituals they do admit that they “pour out libations … Some female Witches use their own menstrual blood in spells; other witches may prick themselves … and offer a drop or two of their own blood. But the only blood a Witch has the right to offer is her/his own.”
Do modern Wiccans view abortion as child sacrifice? To be fair, we must say that in our research we’ve received literally hundreds of letters and electronic communications from Wiccans around the world. The vast majority of Wiccans and Pagans deny that they have anything to do with human or animal sacrifice. They also deny that Wicca has anything to do with the abortion industry, nor do they view abortion as the sacrifice of the unborn in their rituals.
But all modern day Wiccans freely admit that the modern religion is traced to ancient Celtic and Northern German people, the very people who practiced human sacrifice.
Although the vast majority deny that they have anything to do with the practice of child sacrifice, Wiccans are hard pressed to explain a growing number of witches who argue that abortion is a witch’s prerogative.
Entering the modern era, in 15th century Italy, Pope Innocent VIII was so concerned about the rise of witchcraft that he commissioned Kraemer and Sprenger’s famous Malleus Maleficarum, a treatise on Witchcraft. http://abortionmatrix.com
Commissioned in 1484, the treatise repeatedly links witchcraft to abortion and child sacrifice: “Witches who are midwives in various ways kill the child conceived in the womb and procure an abortion.”
During the reign of Louis XIV, for example, there was a network of occult activity involving abortion and infanticide that reached even into the King’s courts. Investigating a series of suspicious deaths, the Lieutenant General of the police in Versailles was led to Madame de Montespan, Louis’ favorite lover, and then to “La Voisin”, a practicing witch and abortionist who had provided the poisons used in the murders. Upon further investigation, he learned that the abortion services connected with satanic rituals were also being performed – primarily for female members of the aristocracy. The following is the testimony of la Voisin’s daughter at the subsequent trial:
“At one of Madame de Montespan’s masses, I saw my mother bring an infant, obviously premature, and place it over a basin over which its throat was slit, and its blood drained into the chalice.”
Note that the child was premature, likely the victim of one of the many abortions la Voisin had performed.
“Then the cup filled with the baby’s blood was lifted up to heaven and this invocation was given: ‘Hail Ashteroth and Asmodeus, Princes of friendship, I conjure you to accept the sacrifice of this child in return for the favors asked of you.’”
Ashteroth was the goddess wife of Moloch. Asmodeus is a transliteration of the Hebrew name for a demon that is normally associated with lust. Aborted children, as well as infants purchased from the prostitutes and the destitute were being sacrificed in a satanic ritual designed to grant spiritual power to the practitioners.
“At her trial la Voisin confessed that no less than 2,500 babies had been disposed of in this manner….”
Historians debate whether these tales of Satanic Black Masses and rumors of ritual infant sacrifices are in fact reliable. Were they coaxed out of frightened witnesses by Gabriel De La Reynie, the Lieutenant General of Police in Versaille, who used torture as part of his interrogation techniques? Or were these simply folk rituals combined with elements of the Catholic mass that served to assuage the conscience of La Voisin as she came to terms with the moral implications of the many abortions she performed?
In the book, Affair of the Poisons, Murder, Infanticide, and Satanism in the Court of Louis XIV, author Anne Somerset offers this explanation:
“La Voisin appears genuinely to have believe in the power of magic but she combined this with an outward profession of piety. As the circumstances of her arrest suggested, she was a regular churchgoer, and her answers to her interrogators would abound with devout sentiments and respectful invocations of the ‘Good Lord.’ When she finally began to make significant revelations she would claim that she was doing so ‘for the glory of the Lord,’ who had commanded her to heed His will as she knelt in prayer. Earlier in her career her readiness to imply that she was in tune with the workings of providence had stood her in good stead, for clients were comforted by her apparent belief that her personal activities were compatible with Christianity. It may be that La Voisin herself was scarcely aware of any contradiction. Once, having assisted at an abortion, she was said to have wept tears of joy when the midwife in attendance baptized the fetus. Far from being troubled at having terminated the unborn child’s existence, she exulted in having been instrumental in securing its salvation.”
Witchcraft? Black masses? Infant blood sacrifice? It does seem far-fetched. It’s no wonder that some historians are skeptical. But when we consider the culture of the time, the picture comes into sharper focus.
The French Renaissance saw the revival of interest in the Greek and Roman gods. King Louis XIV himself loved paintings with mythological themes and had a particular fascination with the sun god, Apollo. In paintings of that era, Louis is portrayed as the “sun king.” La Voisin, no doubt, shared Louis’ fascination with pagan gods and goddesses. She mixed this with a kind of folk witchcraft, herbalism, astrology, and the concoction of love potions and various poisons, including potions used to induce abortion. La Voisin’s vocation as a poisoner is, in fact, the most documented element of the affair. The 1997 film, Marquise, depicts the story of a young actress, played by Sophie Marceau, who purchases poison from La Voisin in order to murder her husband so she might be free to marry her lover.
Likely in the minds La Voisin and others who practiced
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In this relativistic/universalistic era, the concept of absolute truth has fallen on hard times. And along with it? The idea that Jesus is the only way to truth and life.
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Man was created in God’s own image, and it is precisely for this reason that killing of innocent human life is an abomination and a capital offense in the eyes of God. http://abortionmatrix.com
So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. – Genesis 1:27
“Whoever sheds man’s blood, By man his blood shall be shed; For in the image of God He made man.” – Genesis 9:6
As horrific and hard to comprehend as it may be, one of the most widespread forms of worship among ancient peoples involved human sacrifice. Not only in Canaan, but also in northern Africa, India, Europe, and the Americas, the ancients believed that the blood of the sacrifice is what appeased the gods.
The pagan practice of blood sacrifice is actually a perversion of the rites given by God to His people, Israel.
To its priests He declared:
“For the life of the creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul” (Leviticus 17:11).
Sacrifice to any other god was condemned as idolatry:
“They shall no more offer their sacrifices to demons, after whom they have played the harlot. This shall be as statute forever for them throughout their generations” (Leviticus 17:7).
As we look at the practice of human sacrifice in ancient times, keep in mind that, according to God’s perspective, these sacrifices were made to demons – the false gods of the pagan nations.
Carthage
The ancient city of Carthage was the capital of the Phoenician empire, one of the most advanced civilizations of their time. But recent archaeological expeditions have revealed another notable feature – the incredibly high incidence of child sacrifice. Altars on which children were sacrificed and stone markers, which marked the burial place of their remains, have been uncovered – along with the stone carvings on the markers that depict the children who were sacrificed. Clay jars were used to hold the remains. Burial grounds full of thousands of these ritually sacrificed children have been unearthed.
The Carthaginians were descendants of the ancient Canaanites and worshipped the same god, Baal or Moloch. Archaeologists have established that the primary deity that they children were sacrificed to was the goddess Tanet, the name being a regional representation of the more universal Ashteroth. Written accounts tell us that the priests of Baal would beat drums during the ritual sacrifice in order to drown out the cries of the grieving mothers.
As barbaric as all this may sound, we must remember that we are do much the same thing through abortion… with one obvious exception. Today we don’t commemorate or bury the children we sacrifice.
It would be easy to attribute these ancient sacrificial rites to primitive superstition and believe that science and intellectual advancement would eventually cause this type of brutality to lessen and finally cease. But archaeologists have also discovered that over Carthage’s history, the incident of child sacrifice, even in the face of considerable intellectual advances, actually increased… until it suddenly stopped.
And how did it end? When God judged Carthage. Roman armies invaded and destroyed the entire civilization, going so far as to cover the ground with vast amounts of salt so that the land could no longer be cultivated. The reason for this magnitude of destruction? The Romans, pagan though they were, were horrified by the degree of cruelty and evil that gave rise to these sacrifices and wanted to make sure that their civilization was completely obliterated.
To this day, the stark ruins of Carthage stand as a testimony that God is not mocked. This should also prompt us to ask ourselves a critically important question: How far are we from facing a similar judgment for our own commitment to rampant child sacrifice?
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In confronting the sin of abortion, we must begin by focusing on it from a spiritual perspective. For as the Bible reminds us: “Our battle is not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in the heavenly places” (Ephesians 6:12). http://abortionmatrix.com
Our primary enemy in fighting abortion is not the abortionist, the courts, or those who advocate for abortion-on-demand. Our enemy is the one who was a murderer from the beginning – Satan and the spiritual forces under his command.
Throughout history, these spiritual forces have operated primarily amid pagan cultures, inspiring people to sacrifice human infants to their deities as part of a complex ritual to gain favors from them.
And while few involved in abortion today are consciously engaging in child sacrifice, we need to understand that in the end that is precisely what abortion is: the sacrifice of a human life for the convenience or needs of others. In this respect, it is no less barbaric than the human sacrifice practiced to ensure, for example, a successful harvest. But beyond this, there is a spiritual, satanically inspired dimension that gives frightening realism to abortion’s identification with literal child sacrifice.
The Bible supports this idea as often we see a particular action viewed by God as a manifestation of another, more fundamental sin – and sometimes one with a root in the occult. For example, Rebellion is called witchcraft (1 Samuel 15:23). Greed is likened to idolatry (Col. 3:5). Both lustful looks and desiring first the things of this world are equated with adultery (Matthew 5:28, James 4:4). Simply hating ones brother is akin to murder (1 John 3:15). And in the same way, abortion is simply a form of child sacrifice.
Lot and His Daughters
The biblical origins of child sacrifice can be found in the account of Lot and his daughters:
“And Lot went up from Zoar and stayed in the mountains with his two daughters…Then the first born said to the younger, ‘Our father is old and there is not a man on earth to come into us after the manner of the earth’” (Genesis 19: 30, 31).
Now it so happens that there actually were men available not too far away geographically. But Lot’s daughters had something different in mind. The “earth” throughout scripture is a symbol of the fallen, unregenerate realm, the arena over which Satan exerts his authority. James tells us, for example that there’s a wisdom from above that is “pure and peaceable,” but there’s also a wisdom from below which is “earthly, natural and demonic” (James 3:15,17).
In the same way that many modern feminists want men purely on their own terms – for example merely as sperm donors – Lot’s daughters wanted a man in this “manner of the earth.”
“So they made their father drink wine that night and laid with him” (Genesis 19:29-38).
Through this gross act of rebellion – against both their father and God – both women became pregnant; the oldest with a son she named Moab. His descendents, the Moabites, ultimately became an idolatrous nation and one of the primary enemies of God’s people – Israel.
The youngest daughter’s son – Ben Ammi – became the father of the sons of Ammon. In the Book of Kings we learn that Moloch was “… the detestable idol of the Ammonites” (1 Kings 11:7). The name Moloch in Hebrew means: “to ascend the throne” – to, in other words, usurp God’s rightful authority. Leviticus tells us that Moloch worship involved “giving one’s children to him” – an idiom meaning to offer them as a sacrifice.
“Any one of the people of Israel or of the strangers who sojourn in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech shall surely be put to death” (Leviticus 20:2).
While the Ammonites primarily practiced infanticide – sacrificing post-natal children – it’s no coincidence that it was the Ammonites that God condemned in the book of Amos for a particular form of blood-thirstiness:
“For three transgressions of the sons of Ammon, and for four, will I not revoke its punishment, because they have ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their borders” (Amos 1:13).
More than just expanding the boundaries of one’s lands, “enlarging their borders” can also suggest pushing the envelope as far as what is considered acceptable human conduct. How common this still is today as what was once considered a crime against humanity is now accepted by our courts as a so-called right; as people insist that abortion is just a “choice” and pro-lifers are to keep religion – meaning God – out of sight and mind.
Baal and Moloch Worship
“And they built the high places of Baal that are in the valley of Ben-Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire to Moloch” (Jeremiah 32:35).
“They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons
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An engaging debate on an ultimate issue: Just how does a person become “born again?” Scholars include: Dr. Bruce Ware, Dr. Joe Dongell, Dr. Thomas R. Schreiner, Dr. Jerry Walls.
The great father of the early Church, Aurelius Augustine, famously called wrote: “The Lord’s cross was the devil’s mousetrap: the bait which caught him was the death of the Lord.” http://abortionmatrix.com
(St. Augustine, Sermons, 261, trans. by Henry Bettenson, ed., The Later Christian Fathers: A Selection From the Writings of the Fathers from St. Cyril of Jerusalem to St. Leo the Great. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1970, 1977. p. 222.)
Augustine understood well what Paul had written to the church at Corinth:
“None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory” (1 Corinthians 2:8).
By inspiring the Jews and Romans to crucify Jesus, Satan cut his own throat. The “law of unintended consequences” went nuclear.
Through the cross the once and for all sacrifice for sins was accomplished, setting God’s people free from the condemnation and ultimate power of sin and its wages, death.
As a perfect keeper of God’s law, Jesus didn’t deserve death and so was soon vindicated by the Holy Spirit by way of the resurrection. This brought Him forth as the first-born from the dead and enabled us to follow wreaking all manner of disastrous consequences on the kingdom of darkness.
It put Jesus as a glorified man on the throne of heaven and earth and granted us sanctuary access – again with all manner of awesome benefits in our battle against the world, the flesh and the devil.
We could go on and on …
But God’s plays fair; His blessings are always mirrored by corresponding curses. If the one who was a murderer from the beginning can, for example, get us to commit murder, then all Satan has to do is get out of the way and watch as God’s holiness – and corresponding wrath – begins to burn.
Make no mistake about it: the Lord’s anger burns against the hands that shed innocent blood.
“… the Lord hates … the hands that shed innocent blood” (Proverbs 6:16,17).
“When you spread out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood” (Isaiah 1:15).
“And they have built the high places … to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire … Therefore … the dead bodies of this people will be food for the birds of the air and for the beasts of the earth” (Jeremiah 7:31-33).
Throughout the rest of his book, Jeremiah issues dreadful warnings about the judgments God was bringing against Israel for its sins – most notably the polluting of the land with innocent blood.
“… because they have filled this place with the blood of innocents” (Jeremiah 19:4; see also 7:6; 22:3,17; 26:15).
These judgments were fulfilled in 587 BC when the Babylonians sacked and destroyed Jerusalem, taking the wretched people who survived the holocaust into captivity.
On September 11th, 2001 AD, America froze in shock and disbelief as two planes took out the World Trade Center and 3000 people died. Cries of anger and vengeance arose that propelled America into wars that continue to this day.
Now, how do you think God feels when even more people die every day in America through abortion? And these deaths are not random acts of terror but are instead calmly sanctioned by our courts, protected by our laws and, for the most part, ignored by the church that God has commissioned to be salt and light.
How much longer do you think before the devil’s mousetrap is fully sprung?
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From genetics to ultrasound, fetoscopy to fetal surgery, modern science has granted us an unprecedented look into the development of a pre-born child. http://abortionmatrix.com For example, only eight weeks after conception – around the time many women find out they’re pregnant – the baby’s heart – which has already been beating for two weeks – now has two chambers. Though less than an inch in length, she has started practicing movements, her face has begun to take shape, teeth have begun to develop, along with the legs, arms, feet, hands and eyes. It’s obvious that the developing fetus is no mere “blob of tissue,” as the abortion industry would like us to believe, but rather a remarkably well-developed baby boy or girl.
It’s no wonder that on the basis of the scientific evidence alone, many experts in the field will echo the opinion of renowned geneticist Dr. Jerome LeJeune:
“Life has a long history but each individual has a very neat beginning: the moment of its conception.”
But while genetic and other medical evidence certainly support the idea that human life begins at conception, the Bible, the very word of God – and not science – is our ultimate source for Truth. And the scriptures make it very, very clear that human life begins – and is sacred – from the very moment of conception.
In fact, it’s a fascinating though little known fact that one of the very names of God points to the sanctity of life from the time it begins in the womb.
In the 34th chapter of Exodus Moses appears before the LORD and intercedes on behalf of His people, asking God to reveal “His glory.” Part of the LORD’s response was to reveal to Moses the divine Name as well as key aspect of His nature:
The Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord….“The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious.” Exodus 34: 5
George Grant: “The Hebrew word that we translate here as “merciful” – rachuwm – has as its root racham – meaning to love or have compassion. That word also serves as the root for rechem – the word that is used in the Hebrew Scriptures for womb – for example in the famous passage describing God’s foreknowledge of Jeremiah and the manner in which he was lovingly knit together inside his mother:
Before I formed you in the womb (in the rechem) I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you. Jeremiah 1:5
The womb then, in its original Hebrew context, was not only the matrix, the sacred place where a new human, an image-bearer of God was conceived, formed, nurtured and then born, it also was – and should be treated – as a place of mercy.
Jesus declared in Matthew 5:7, “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.” But the converse must also be true. When people, for their own convenience, send their swords into that place of life and mercy, defiling the sanctuary of the rechem – the womb – they would do well to consider Christ’s sober warning concerning the wages earned by those who use violence to accomplish their own ends:
“Those who live by the sword, shall die by the sword.” Matthew 26:52
Among the most profound, world-changing truths we can ever contemplate is that Jesus, the promised Savior of the world, God Incarnate, was: “conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary” (Apostle’s Creed).
When Gabriel announced to Mary that she was to conceive and give birth to the Messiah, she naturally asked how this could be — seeing that she was yet a virgin. The angel replied:
“The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God.” (Luke 1:35)
Gabriel graciously went even further, citing the incredible pregnancy of her cousin Elizabeth as proof that supernatural pregnancies are no problem for God.
The once barren and old beyond-her-child bearing years woman was at this point six-months pregnant with her son John – who would later be known as the Baptist. Mary responded with perhaps the purest expression of faith to be found anywhere in Scripture:
Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word. (Luke 1:38)
But it is what happened next that provides us with the most powerful and irrefutable argument for the personhood and sanctity of pre-born life.
In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a town in Judah, and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, and she exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this granted to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. (Luke 1: 39-44)
Is there a connection between pagan religion and the abortion industry? This powerful presentation traces the biblical roots of child sacrifice and then delves into the social, political and cultural fall-out that this sin against God and crime against humanity has produced in our beleaguered society. http://www.abortionmatrix.com
Conceived as a sequel to the 1988 classic, The Massacre of Innocence, the new title, The Abortion Matrix, is entirely fitting. It not only references abortion’s specific target – the sacred matrix where human beings are formed in the womb in the very image of God, but it also implies the existence of a conspiracy, a matrix of seemingly disparate forces that are driving this holocaust.
The occult activity surrounding the abortion industry is exposed with numerous examples. But are these just aberrations, bizarre yet anomalous examples of abortionists who just happen to have ties to modern day witchcraft? Or is this representative of something deeper, more sinister and even endemic to the entire abortion movement?
As the allusion to the film of over a decade ago suggests, the viewer may learn that things are not always as they appear to be. The Abortion Matrix reveals the reality of child-killing and strikes the proper moral chord to move hearts to fulfill the biblical responsibility to rescue those unjustly sentenced to death and to speak for those who cannot speak for themselves (Proverbs 24:11,12; 31:8,9).
Was man supernaturally created and fashioned in the image of his Creator? Or did he evolve from an ape-like creature? David Aikman - renowned journalist and best-selling author - talks to a number of scientists who present compelling new scientific evidence supporting the Biblical account of man's creation.
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As the baby boom generation ages, technology advances and pressures continue to build on the health care system, this fascinating film on euthanasia raises a number of profound issues that are becoming more relevant by the day.
Session 1 from the acclaimed "Clouds Without Water" series: A Biblical Critique of the Word of Faith Movement
This powerful exposé on the true horrors of abortion is narrated by the late Dr. Bernard M. Nathanson, who earlier in his career ran the world’s largest abortion clinic. Convinced by science of the humanity of the pre-born, Dr. Nathanson became ardently pro-life and dedicated the remainder of his life to exposing the truth about “abortion on demand”. This classic film is considered by many to be the launching point of the modern pro-life movement.
One of the first videos to tackle the abortion issue. Featuring Chuck Colson and C. Everett Coop, this film examines abortion from a number of perspectives - including that of a doctor's. You'll view an ultrasound image of a fetus being aborted. And you'll also learn how to help stop the slaughter of unborn.
Concerned about the moral trajectory of America and the West, in 1990 Intercessors for America produced a short dramatic vignette designed to call the church to intercessory prayer. Featuring and sponsored by some of the top Christian leaders of the time, this 18 minute video is a call to pray.
Documents police brutality and the abrogation of constitutional rights against the largest civil disobedience movement in American history. Watch actual footage of pro-life arrests and decide for yourself who is "violent". If pro-lifers' civil rights to non-violent protests are being trampled, how safe are the beliefs of the rest of us? 28 min.
Towards the end of the 20th Century, the largest movement committed to using civil disobedience in order to defend the Constitutional right to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" was born. Ten of thousands of people, almost all middle-class Christians with no prior arrest records, were willing to non-violently violate trespassing laws in order to protect the right to life for the most vulnerable among us: children yet in the womb. Thousands were arrested and many taken to jail. This classic documentary tells that story.
Journalist Ann Sommers investigates all sides of the abortion issue and comes to the core of the "choice" by viewing an actual suction abortion and then a live birth. As you watch her investigate, you will learn all basics surrounding abortion. 28 min.
Dr. Kenneth L. Gentry’s one-hour teaching on the book of Revelation from the 1999 Ligonier conference in Orlando, Florida.
Who is the dreaded beast of Revelation? The introduction touches on the confusion and controversy surrounding this question and also why it may well be one of the most significant issues facing the Church today.
Part 10: What can Christians begin to do practically to rebuild our nation according to the standard of the Law-Word of God? What would a Christian America look like?
Part 9: Freedom and the Christian Republic - Would a Christian Republic which upholds God’s Law become oppressive to non-Christians? Or would there be greater freedom for all?
Part 8: Non-Christians and the Law of God - In a Christian republic based on biblical law, would non-Christian religions be banned? Or would non-Christians have the same freedom of worship?
Part 7: What about the idea that the civil government should remain neutral and recognize that we live in a democratic, pluralistic society?
Part 6 - What about the separation of Church and state? Does the U.S. Constitution forbid the display of religion in the civil sphere?
Part 5: Were the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution drafted to uphold the moral laws of God—or were they Deistic humanist documents? If these were Christian documents and America was founded as a Christian nation, where have we gone so far off track?
Part 3: Can we legislate morality? - The non-Christian doesn’t even believe in the Bible, so how can we talk about building a society based on the Law of God?
Part 2: The "New Testament" Church - Was the New Testament Church really a “New Testament” Church as we think of it today?
Part 1: Grace and the Law - What does the Bible mean when it says that we are no longer under law but under grace? What is the use of the Law of God under the New Covenant?
Part 4: Christian Foundations of Government - Is it possible to build a Christian nation? Did a Christian philosophy influence our form of civil government?
Section 3: Evangelism - Many of the great preachers and evangelists throughout history have been Calvinists. This portion includes careful instruction and explains the role of God’s law in evangelism.
Section 2: The Testimony of Scripture - The Five Points of Calvinism are explained. Supporting texts are given, and the questions raised in opposition by Arminians are answered in their contextual setting. Applications of Calvinism are compared with the Arminian view of man’s free will.
Section 1: The History of the Debate - Beginning with Augustine, Pelagian doctrine is clearly explained, as are Augustine’s refutations. Attention next shifts to Luther’s answers to Erasmus’ emphasis on free will, then to the Synod of Dordt’s reply to Arminius.
"Here I stand ... I can do no other!" With these immortal words, an unknown Geman monk sparked a revolution that changed the world. This 1953 classic film of Martin Luther's life was released in theaters worldwide and was nominated for two Oscars. Niall MacGinnis gives a magnificent depiction of Luther and the forces at work that resulted in the Protestant Reformation.
Using music as a diagnostic tool, Hell's Bells 2 - The Power and Spirit of Popular Music examines the modern world, dusting it for the fingerprints of the men and ideas that have sought to dethrone God and set man up in His place. Ideal for Bible study, family discussion, discipling young people (and older folks, too!), Sunday school class and cell groups, this is one video series that is guaranteed to provoke discussion, reflection, and, by God's grace, changed lives.
The Hell's Bells series weaves together science, satire, testimonies, parables, interviews, expansive research, and a vibrant Christian perspective to create a video series that is as fascinating as it is educational and evangelistic. Far more than just a commentary on the dangers of popular music, this eight-part, six-hour, up-to-the-minute documentary uncovers the "war of the worldviews" - the epic struggle between good and evil, sin and redemption for the souls of men and the destiny of our culture.
Great not only for evangelizing the lost and challenging Christians to greater holiness and service, it also serves as an outstanding primer on worldviews. Among other things, it features a fascinating history of the occult revivals that took place in the late 19th century (and that would later have such a profound impact in the 60s), an analysis of "chaos versus creation," nihilism, what it means to be truly "satanic" and much, much more.
This six-hour documentary series is broken into eight parts:
Part 1: Introduction - Foundations for Cultural Analysis; 19 minutes Part 2: Sound & Fury - An Examination of the Power of Music; 50 minutes Part 3: Heartbeats - Music's Spiritual Connection; 30 minutes Part 4: Notes from the Underg round - The Occult History of Rock; 70 minutes Part 5: Hearts of Darkness - Rebellion, Nihilism and Death; 48 minutes Part 6: Mojo Rising - Satanic Sex and Rock 'n' Roll; 60 minutes Part 7: Antichrist Superstars - Rock's Ultimate Rebellion; 43 minutes Part 8: Knockin' on Heaven's Door; 48 minutes
- See more at: http://theapologeticsgroup.com/product/hells-bells-2-the-power-and-spirit-of-popular-music/#sthash.lKzlExao.dpuf
Using music as a diagnostic tool, Hell's Bells 2 - The Power and Spirit of Popular Music examines the modern world, dusting it for the fingerprints of the men and ideas that have sought to dethrone God and set man up in His place. Ideal for Bible study, family discussion, discipling young people (and older folks, too!), Sunday school class and cell groups, this is one video series that is guaranteed to provoke discussion, reflection, and, by God's grace, changed lives.
The Hell's Bells series weaves together science, satire, testimonies, parables, interviews, expansive research, and a vibrant Christian perspective to create a video series that is as fascinating as it is educational and evangelistic. Far more than just a commentary on the dangers of popular music, this eight-part, six-hour, up-to-the-minute documentary uncovers the "war of the worldviews" - the epic struggle between good and evil, sin and redemption for the souls of men and the destiny of our culture.
Great not only for evangelizing the lost and challenging Christians to greater holiness and service, it also serves as an outstanding primer on worldviews. Among other things, it features a fascinating history of the occult revivals that took place in the late 19th century (and that would later have such a profound impact in the 60s), an analysis of "chaos versus creation," nihilism, what it means to be truly "satanic" and much, much more.
This six-hour documentary series is broken into eight parts:
Part 1: Introduction - Foundations for Cultural Analysis; 19 minutes Part 2: Sound & Fury - An Examination of the Power of Music; 50 minutes Part 3: Heartbeats - Music's Spiritual Connection; 30 minutes Part 4: Notes from the Underg round - The Occult History of Rock; 70 minutes Part 5: Hearts of Darkness - Rebellion, Nihilism and Death; 48 minutes Part 6: Mojo Rising - Satanic Sex and Rock 'n' Roll; 60 minutes Part 7: Antichrist Superstars - Rock's Ultimate Rebellion; 43 minutes Part 8: Knockin' on Heaven's Door; 48 minutes
- See more at: http://theapologeticsgroup.com/product/hells-bells-2-the-power-and-spirit-of-popular-music/#sthash.lKzlExao.dpuf
Dan Becker is leading the pro-life movement toward a new paradigm of pro-life activism. The time has come to call the question. What does it mean to be pro-life in the 21st century? Are we “Standard-bearers,” or are we “King-makers”? Are we the bearer of truth concerning the image of God in man, or are we panderers to political pragmatism? Are we God’s servants for those who have no voice, or are we hirelings who serve the needs of the GOP?
Leclerc Brothers Moving Pictures came to Orlando to help share the story of what God is doing at the Orlando Women’s Center abortion mill through John Barros and the many other Christians who minister there. By His grace many babies have been saved and many lives have been changed by His Spirit. www.leclercbrothers.com -
Watch and share this short video and consider what the Lord may be calling you to do to join the fight around the country and around the world to offer hope and help to perishing children, their mothers and families.
John Barros stands by Orlando Women's Center every day to preach the law and gospel of Christ and offer resources and support to abortion-bound mothers and their unborn babies. He has a vision to see men rise up and "adopt" a local abortion clinic to share the gospel and plead for the lives of unborn babies being led to slaughter.
Be a voice for the voiceless, In the cause of all who are appointed to die. Open your mouth, judge righteously, And plead the cause of the poor and needy. Proverbs 31:8-9
Eric Holmberg examines the forces driving a major shift in cultural attitudes toward homosexuality.
http://theapologeticsgroup.com - Join host Eric Holmberg as he takes you on a journey into the heart of Biblical revelation and the constant struggle of truth against lies, the apostolic faith against the “doctrines of demons.” Just why are Baptists considered Christians, but Mormons are not? Or why is it that Jehovah's Witnesses are classified as an anti-Christian cult, while Presbyterians, Wesleyans and Pentecostals are seen as denominations within the Christian faith? With the explosion of different sects that claim to be the true followers of Jesus, how does a person differentiate between true and Biblical Christianity and some off-the-wall religious movement? What marks make a group a "cult"?
To order the DVD: http://theapologeticsgroup.com - You may be what you eat as far your body is concerned. But as for the deeper issues of mind and heart, this presentation makes a compelling argument that you are what you listen to. Ignore it at your own or your children's peril.
“Give me liberty or give me death!” Patrick Henry’s famous declaration not only helped launch the War for Independence, it also perfectly summarized the mindset that gave birth to, and sustained, the unprecedented experiment in Christian liberty that was America. The freedom our Founders envisioned was not freedom from suffering, want, or hard work. Nor was it freedom to indulge every appetite or whim without restraint—that would merely be servitude to a different master. No, the Founders’ passion was to live free before God, unfettered by the chains of autocracy, shackles that slowly but inexorably bind men when the governments they fashion fail to recognize and uphold freedom’s singular, foundational truth: that all men are created in the image of God, and are thereby co-equally endowed with the right to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
This presentation is a similar call, not to one but many. By reintroducing the principles of freedom that gave birth to America, it is our prayer that Jesus, the true and only ruler over the nations, will once again be our acknowledged Sovereign, that we may again know and exult in the great truth that “where the Spirit of the LORD is, there is liberty” (2 Cor. 3:17).
Welcome to the Second American Revolution!
To order the DVD: http:/therealjesus.com - Ever since the dawn of modern rationalism, skeptics have sought to use textual criticism, archeology and historical reconstructions to uncover the historical Jesus — a wise teacher who said many wonderful things, but fulfilled no prophecies, performed no miracles and certainly did not rise from the dead in triumph over sin.
Over the past 100 years, however, startling discoveries in biblical archeology and scholarship have all but vanquished the faulty assumptions of these doubting modernists. Regrettably, these discoveries have often been ignored by the skeptics as well as by the popular media. As a result, the liberal view still holds sway in universities and impacts the culture and even much of the church.
The Real Jesus explodes the myths of these critics and the movies, books and television programs that have popularized their views. Presented in ten parts — perfect for individual, family and classroom study — viewers will be challenged to go deeper in their knowledge of Christ in order to be able to defend their faith and present the truth to a skeptical modern world that the Jesus of the Gospels is the Jesus of history — the same yesterday, today and forever (Hebrews 13:8). He is the real Jesus.
Speakers include: George Grant, Ted Baehr, Stephen Mansfield, Raymond Ortlund, Phil Kayser, David Lutzweiler, Jay Grimstead, J.P. Holding, and Eric Holmberg.
http://puritanstormrising.com In response to Knox's imprecatory prayers, Mary Queen of Scots is reputed to have said: "I fear the prayers of John Knox more than all the assembled armies of Europe." Mary fled Scotland and was later put to death by a court of English who had accused her of plotting to assassinate Elizabeth I.
Lou Engle comapres the abortion holocaust to the judgment of God on our nation due to the sin of slavery.
Christian Youth International led the largest evangelical Christian conference in the history of the Soviet Uninion in 1991.
Using music as a diagnostic tool, Hell's Bells 2 - The Power and Spirit of Popular Music examines the modern world, dusting it for the fingerprints of the men and ideas that have sought to dethrone God and set man up in His place. Ideal for Bible study, family discussion, discipling young people (and older folks, too!), Sunday school class and cell groups, this is one video series that is guaranteed to provoke discussion, reflection, and, by God's grace, changed lives.
The Hell's Bells series weaves together science, satire, testimonies, parables, interviews, expansive research, and a vibrant Christian perspective to create a video series that is as fascinating as it is educational and evangelistic. Far more than just a commentary on the dangers of popular music, this eight-part, six-hour, up-to-the-minute documentary uncovers the "war of the worldviews" - the epic struggle between good and evil, sin and redemption for the souls of men and the destiny of our culture.
Great not only for evangelizing the lost and challenging Christians to greater holiness and service, it also serves as an outstanding primer on worldviews. Among other things, it features a fascinating history of the occult revivals that took place in the late 19th century (and that would later have such a profound impact in the 60s), an analysis of "chaos versus creation," nihilism, what it means to be truly "satanic" and much, much more.
This six-hour documentary series is broken into eight parts:
Part 1: Introduction - Foundations for Cultural Analysis; 19 minutes Part 2: Sound & Fury - An Examination of the Power of Music; 50 minutes Part 3: Heartbeats - Music's Spiritual Connection; 30 minutes Part 4: Notes from the Underg round - The Occult History of Rock; 70 minutes Part 5: Hearts of Darkness - Rebellion, Nihilism and Death; 48 minutes Part 6: Mojo Rising - Satanic Sex and Rock 'n' Roll; 60 minutes Part 7: Antichrist Superstars - Rock's Ultimate Rebellion; 43 minutes Part 8: Knockin' on Heaven's Door; 48 minutes
- See more at: http://theapologeticsgroup.com/product/hells-bells-2-the-power-and-spirit-of-popular-music/#sthash.lKzlExao.dpuf
Using music as a diagnostic tool, Hell's Bells 2 - The Power and Spirit of Popular Music examines the modern world, dusting it for the fingerprints of the men and ideas that have sought to dethrone God and set man up in His place. Ideal for Bible study, family discussion, discipling young people (and older folks, too!), Sunday school class and cell groups, this is one video series that is guaranteed to provoke discussion, reflection, and, by God's grace, changed lives.
The Hell's Bells series weaves together science, satire, testimonies, parables, interviews, expansive research, and a vibrant Christian perspective to create a video series that is as fascinating as it is educational and evangelistic. Far more than just a commentary on the dangers of popular music, this eight-part, six-hour, up-to-the-minute documentary uncovers the "war of the worldviews" - the epic struggle between good and evil, sin and redemption for the souls of men and the destiny of our culture.
Great not only for evangelizing the lost and challenging Christians to greater holiness and service, it also serves as an outstanding primer on worldviews. Among other things, it features a fascinating history of the occult revivals that took place in the late 19th century (and that would later have such a profound impact in the 60s), an analysis of "chaos versus creation," nihilism, what it means to be truly "satanic" and much, much more.
This six-hour documentary series is broken into eight parts:
Part 1: Introduction - Foundations for Cultural Analysis; 19 minutes Part 2: Sound & Fury - An Examination of the Power of Music; 50 minutes Part 3: Heartbeats - Music's Spiritual Connection; 30 minutes Part 4: Notes from the Underg round - The Occult History of Rock; 70 minutes Part 5: Hearts of Darkness - Rebellion, Nihilism and Death; 48 minutes Part 6: Mojo Rising - Satanic Sex and Rock 'n' Roll; 60 minutes Part 7: Antichrist Superstars - Rock's Ultimate Rebellion; 43 minutes Part 8: Knockin' on Heaven's Door; 48 minutes
- See more at: http://theapologeticsgroup.com/product/hells-bells-2-the-power-and-spirit-of-popular-music/#sthash.lKzlExao.dpuf
Using music as a diagnostic tool, Hell's Bells 2 - The Power and Spirit of Popular Music examines the modern world, dusting it for the fingerprints of the men and ideas that have sought to dethrone God and set man up in His place. Ideal for Bible study, family discussion, discipling young people (and older folks, too!), Sunday school class and cell groups, this is one video series that is guaranteed to provoke discussion, reflection, and, by God's grace, changed lives.
The Hell's Bells series weaves together science, satire, testimonies, parables, interviews, expansive research, and a vibrant Christian perspective to create a video series that is as fascinating as it is educational and evangelistic. Far more than just a commentary on the dangers of popular music, this eight-part, six-hour, up-to-the-minute documentary uncovers the "war of the worldviews" - the epic struggle between good and evil, sin and redemption for the souls of men and the destiny of our culture.
Great not only for evangelizing the lost and challenging Christians to greater holiness and service, it also serves as an outstanding primer on worldviews. Among other things, it features a fascinating history of the occult revivals that took place in the late 19th century (and that would later have such a profound impact in the 60s), an analysis of "chaos versus creation," nihilism, what it means to be truly "satanic" and much, much more.
This six-hour documentary series is broken into eight parts:
Part 1: Introduction - Foundations for Cultural Analysis; 19 minutes Part 2: Sound & Fury - An Examination of the Power of Music; 50 minutes Part 3: Heartbeats - Music's Spiritual Connection; 30 minutes Part 4: Notes from the Underg round - The Occult History of Rock; 70 minutes Part 5: Hearts of Darkness - Rebellion, Nihilism and Death; 48 minutes Part 6: Mojo Rising - Satanic Sex and Rock 'n' Roll; 60 minutes Part 7: Antichrist Superstars - Rock's Ultimate Rebellion; 43 minutes Part 8: Knockin' on Heaven's Door; 48 minutes
- See more at: http://theapologeticsgroup.com/product/hells-bells-2-the-power-and-spirit-of-popular-music/#sthash.lKzlExao.dpuf
Using music as a diagnostic tool, Hell's Bells 2 - The Power and Spirit of Popular Music examines the modern world, dusting it for the fingerprints of the men and ideas that have sought to dethrone God and set man up in His place. Ideal for Bible study, family discussion, discipling young people (and older folks, too!), Sunday school class and cell groups, this is one video series that is guaranteed to provoke discussion, reflection, and, by God's grace, changed lives.
The Hell's Bells series weaves together science, satire, testimonies, parables, interviews, expansive research, and a vibrant Christian perspective to create a video series that is as fascinating as it is educational and evangelistic. Far more than just a commentary on the dangers of popular music, this eight-part, six-hour, up-to-the-minute documentary uncovers the "war of the worldviews" - the epic struggle between good and evil, sin and redemption for the souls of men and the destiny of our culture.
Great not only for evangelizing the lost and challenging Christians to greater holiness and service, it also serves as an outstanding primer on worldviews. Among other things, it features a fascinating history of the occult revivals that took place in the late 19th century (and that would later have such a profound impact in the 60s), an analysis of "chaos versus creation," nihilism, what it means to be truly "satanic" and much, much more.
This six-hour documentary series is broken into eight parts:
Part 1: Introduction - Foundations for Cultural Analysis; 19 minutes Part 2: Sound & Fury - An Examination of the Power of Music; 50 minutes Part 3: Heartbeats - Music's Spiritual Connection; 30 minutes Part 4: Notes from the Underg round - The Occult History of Rock; 70 minutes Part 5: Hearts of Darkness - Rebellion, Nihilism and Death; 48 minutes Part 6: Mojo Rising - Satanic Sex and Rock 'n' Roll; 60 minutes Part 7: Antichrist Superstars - Rock's Ultimate Rebellion; 43 minutes Part 8: Knockin' on Heaven's Door; 48 minutes
- See more at: http://theapologeticsgroup.com/product/hells-bells-2-the-power-and-spirit-of-popular-music/#sthash.lKzlExao.dpuf
Using music as a diagnostic tool, Hell's Bells 2 - The Power and Spirit of Popular Music examines the modern world, dusting it for the fingerprints of the men and ideas that have sought to dethrone God and set man up in His place. Ideal for Bible study, family discussion, discipling young people (and older folks, too!), Sunday school class and cell groups, this is one video series that is guaranteed to provoke discussion, reflection, and, by God's grace, changed lives.
The Hell's Bells series weaves together science, satire, testimonies, parables, interviews, expansive research, and a vibrant Christian perspective to create a video series that is as fascinating as it is educational and evangelistic. Far more than just a commentary on the dangers of popular music, this eight-part, six-hour, up-to-the-minute documentary uncovers the "war of the worldviews" - the epic struggle between good and evil, sin and redemption for the souls of men and the destiny of our culture.
Great not only for evangelizing the lost and challenging Christians to greater holiness and service, it also serves as an outstanding primer on worldviews. Among other things, it features a fascinating history of the occult revivals that took place in the late 19th century (and that would later have such a profound impact in the 60s), an analysis of "chaos versus creation," nihilism, what it means to be truly "satanic" and much, much more.
This six-hour documentary series is broken into eight parts:
Part 1: Introduction - Foundations for Cultural Analysis; 19 minutes Part 2: Sound & Fury - An Examination of the Power of Music; 50 minutes Part 3: Heartbeats - Music's Spiritual Connection; 30 minutes Part 4: Notes from the Underg round - The Occult History of Rock; 70 minutes Part 5: Hearts of Darkness - Rebellion, Nihilism and Death; 48 minutes Part 6: Mojo Rising - Satanic Sex and Rock 'n' Roll; 60 minutes Part 7: Antichrist Superstars - Rock's Ultimate Rebellion; 43 minutes Part 8: Knockin' on Heaven's Door; 48 minutes
- See more at: http://theapologeticsgroup.com/product/hells-bells-2-the-power-and-spirit-of-popular-music/#sthash.lKzlExao.dpuf
Josiah says it like it is. The value of Josiah's life from the moment of biological beginning until he takes his last breath is the same. Life is precious both inside and outside the womb.
Supreme Court Justice acknowledges the impact that the established Personhood of a preborn baby would have on abortion in America.