A Colorado Judge Can Censor the Bible

Colorado Governor Bill Ritter has signed an anti-Christian censorship law SB
200, that leaders representing many organizations will announce plans to
oppose at a press conference today, July 1 at 10:15 a.m. in the Primrose Room
at the Denver Tech Center Marriott, 4900 S. Syracuse.

Colorado State Rep. Kevin Lundberg confirms the fear of many Christians that,
“Section 8 of Senate Bill 200 is a wide open door for any judge to censor
anything that condemns homosexuality, including Scripture.” The title of
Section 8 reads: “Publishing of discriminative matter forbidden.”

“I do believe that the Bible is banned, under the plain language of this new
statute,” said Steve Crampton, general counsel of Liberty Counsel, a national
pro-family litigation organization.
Section 8 of the new law reads: “Publishing of discriminative matter
forbidden. No person, being the owner… agent, or employee of any place of
public accommodation… shall publish… distribute, give away… except as
provided in this section, any communication… book, pamphlet, writing… or
advertisement of any kind… intended or calculated to discriminate…
against… SEXUAL ORIENTATION, marital status… [which] is unwelcome…”

“American RTL Action is a political 527 group headquartered a half-block from
the Colorado capitol, and we’re not going to hire someone cohabitating outside
of marriage…” said Steve Curtis, the group’s president. “We will also
violate SB200’s prohibition on publishing certain biblical teachings on
homosexuality cohabitation.”

The media is invited to this press conference to be held in the Primrose Room
DTC Marriott at 4900 S. Syracuse St. at 10:15 a.m. today, July 1, 2008. (This
press conference is not an official function of, but is being held
concurrently with, the Colorado Renewal Project pastor’s policy briefing whose
speakers include former Governor Mike Huckabee.)

CONTACT: Donna Ballentine of American Right to Life, +1-888-888-ARTL (2785),

Emergency: +1-303-881-0376, office@AmericanRTL.org

For more info click these links

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=66829

http://www.slantright.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1230

Jesus Leads, He Doesn’t Drive

Many of you have been in a church where the Purpose Driven Life was presented to you, and the 40 Days of Purpose program set into action. If you thought something was wrong you were right. John MacArthur takes aim at this apostate teaching and its teacher as does the following commentary.

A Biblically based commentary on current issues that impact you

The Gospel: A Method or a Message?
How the Purpose Driven Life Obscures the Gospel

by Bob DeWaay
 For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, God was well-pleased through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.” (1Corinthians 1:21)A few months ago a friend phoned to ask if I had ever heard of Rick Warren. “Yes” I replied. “Why are you asking”? He said, “I just got kicked out of a Bible Study for bringing my Bible to it.” That is how the idea for this article came to me.The Bible study my friend attended was really a Purpose Driven Life study group.   The Purpose Driven Life book they were studying referenced Bible passages that sounded off base. He was told that if he was going to attend the study, he would have to leave his Bible at home, because the issues he brought up were disruptive to the group. He chose to quit instead.My first reaction was that the study group was just poorly led.  A few days later my friend gave me the book to read for myself. In the first three pages I saw why bringing a real Bible would disrupt a group studying Rick Warren. First, Warren cited many questionable Bible translations, often without verse reference. Apart from that, one had to locate the reference (information buried in the back of the book), find the reference in a real Bible, go back to the place where Warren used the passage to see if the quoted “translation” had any resemblance to the passage from an acceptable text, and then make a decision about whether the verse in question supported Warren’s claim.  Of course, that would disrupt a Bible study. Forty days of purpose would soon be forty months!

Rick Warren’s eleven million copy bestseller has replaced Bible preaching in thousands of pulpits and has replaced the Bible in many thousands of Bible study groups. His website claims he is starting a new Reformation. His claim is that rather than reform what the church teaches like Luther did, Warren is going to reform what the church does. He is well on his way. Warren has turned the Gospel of Jesus Christ into a method. The method is to invite people on a forty day journey to discover the meaning of life.1  Warren’s students are asked to take an oath before a witness (which Jesus forbids) to turn forty days of their life over to Rick Warren and his method.  And there is more.

In this article I will show that Warren’s book teaches an approach to the gospel that is not Biblical. His teaching is in keeping with popular, American, evangelical pietism so it is no wonder most evangelicals cannot see what is wrong with it. It comes from a stream of theology that can be traced back to Charles Finney who popularized a methodological “how to” approach to the gospel that puts spiritual revival in the hands of man to work at will. In doing so neither the message nor the method of Jesus Christ and His apostles is followed. To help show the difference between Warren’s method and the gospel message I will cite John MacArthur’s book Hard to Believe which explains the unadulterated gospel better than any book I have recently read.2 There is a chasm between the teachings of Warren and those of MacArthur. They cannot both be right. Let’s begin.

This is Not about YOU, or is it?

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Test All Things

There is a man claiming the anointing of God, performing wonders and signs in the name of BAM! Yes, BAM! He is blessing people in the name of the Father, the Son and , BAM sheka boom boom. His name is Todd Bentley and he is not of God. There is much hype about the false teacher and prophet, most coming from God.TV and TBN. Do not beleive it, do not trust it. Go to google.com and look for yourself. Go to youtube.com and look at the videos yourself and see this mans assualt on Jesus and His saints. In this video, he claims that God told him to kick a women in the face to heal her. Click here to see and hear Todd Bentley describe this event.  We here at GLM will be tracking this dangerous movement and others in the days to come. Be warned that if you get an email about TheCall, it is lead by Mike Bickel, a friend and comrade of Todd Bentley and is another apostate from the IHOP movement in Kansas City. This entire group was started and still mentored by Bob Jones. They are false teachers and false prophets and will lead all who follow them to hell.

Remember what Jesus said;  “I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own. and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd..” John 9:39-41


Bill Brown Update - June 20th

Hello again, dear relatives and friends.

I apologize for the delay in sending this update to you. Over the last few days I had some trouble accessing Dad’s e-mail account to get this out to you. Blessings continue. The surgeon believed he was able to remove the entire tumor. Read more…

June Update Letter

“When I am raised to life again, you will know that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.” John 14:20

Dear Partners; June 2008

May has been so exciting with those who have come to Christ, special held prayer meetings, the ministry of the Prayer Tent at the Maui Swap Meet and the wonderful experience of touring the international headquarters of Samaritans Purse, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and the Billy Graham Library.

I had been invited to fly from Maui to Charlotte NC to speak to the hundreds of BGEA staff members. As most of you know I have had the privilege of appearing in many of Billy Graham’s early motion pictures. They were shown not only in churches but in theaters throughout the U.S. and many countries around the world. With a few of the films, I made personal appearances in theaters, TV and radio interviews and had press conferences in which I was able to share the Gospel. Read more…

Bill Brown Update - Praise God!

This email was just received a few hours ago.. it comes from Bill Browns son and family.

Georgia Lee, Bill Brown, Joni Eareckson Tada

Good news! Dad came through today’s surgery with flying colors. He was “under the knife” for about two hours, and the doctors were very pleased with the results. The surgeon removed a tumor the size of a large walnut from his colon, and he believes he got all the cancer out. He sent tissue samples from adjacent areas and the lymph nodes for biopsy and evaluation, but we won’t know the results on those until Monday. Dad’s resting comfortably in ICU right now, but he was cheerful and able to engage in conversation with us about 1 1/2 hours after surgery.

Thank you all so much for your prayers and overwhelming support. Dad received dozens and dozens of messages literally from around the world - Canada, Australia, England, Kenya, Bangladesh, the Philippines, and throughout the USA. The messages were so uplifting to him…and to Mom and all the rest of us as well. I have printed them out and put them in a binder for him, so please feel free to relay any other messages you wish. Read more…

A word from the road, part 1

My Dear Ones;

As I told you in my last letter these days would be busy and have they. I had been invited by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association to fly back to Charlotte North Carolina. My flight from Hawaii to the BGEA headquarters may have been uneventful had it not been for my stop in San Francisco.There my 4oz bottle of bath gel caused me to miss my flight and I had to wait hours for another one. It would have been a little easier if Bill Brown and his wife Joan were with me as originally planned, but due to Bill being hospitalized days before our flight, I was traveling alone.

Let me stop at this point and ask you who know Bill to pray for him and for his wife as they go through this. For those who do not know him click here to get a little more information about this man and woman who have worked behind the scenes and in front of the public for years to bring the message of Christ to the masses. Scroll down to “Page 199″ when you get there…

Well, its off to an eye exam.. more when I return.

Saturdays on Maui

Just when you thought that Jesus was only to be found on Sunday morning in a church
building, think again. Every Saturday Georgia Lee and a group goes to the local swap meet to share the love of God and the message of Jesus to those who would never think of going to church.

Can You Hear Me Now?

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