Brent Bozwell just published an article "Abstainers are Killers?" More and more we see the "push" of not only the media but also the education system and government to force the "premature sexualization" of children onto society and it's most vulnerable and innocent members.

A middle school in Portland Maine has approved the giving out of oral contraception to 11 year olds without their parents knowledge or consent. In California kindergartners must under sex education and diversity indoctrination.

Yet, four year olds are labeled as sex offenders when they hug their teachers aides a little too hard.

Obviously something has to give here, just how mentally conflicted do they want kids to become?

Those who have created and promoted the sexualized image of children and pushed it upon society want no accountability, no restrictions, no responsibility for  it. The latest answer is to give children "better education" and tools to deal with these warped and unnatural perceptions of themselves that are being developed long before hormones every come into play in their "natural sexual development." And of course change the laws, so anything goes without penalty and the idea of any form of moral accountability becomes a byword.

Americans need to see their own future and the society they continue to be let built for their own children.

But how can they see the full picture when most media outlets don't report some of the most sick and depraved trends goings on (the wave of the future?) in European Education, Germany and Norway being prime examples... the focus is on pre-schoolers and the government is pushing the sexualization of children from age 1 and on and having the parents participate, teach and encourage it (I won't have you even try to imagine what that entails) at home and in the preschool and school environments...

We are talking about government promotion of incest & pedophilia to parents and school caregivers of preschoolers as healthy for their child’s sexual development. It is nothing short of depraved. We as a nation are not far off from this future if we continue on this path. Once the devil gets his foot in the door he doesn't stop until he has fully pried it open.

If you have the stomach for it you can read the articles and find out the full truth. Be warned, as what was reported should offend anyone with any true moral sensibilities. Sometimes you have to look evil  right in the face before you can admit it truly exists. You can check out the articles Lifesitenews.com from October 17th (about Oslo Norway schools) & July 30th & 31^st (about the German Ministry of Family Affairs) which finally took "some" action and adjusted their curricula after much public outcry.

Lifesite News 2007 Archive

It's this kind of "thinking" that is pervading every nation, some have just sunk farther than others. In the US, parents can still home school as an option, but in Germany that is illegal. What choice do parents have when your whole nation (not just a city) becomes Sodom or Gomorrah? Where do you run to when the rest of the world is no better?

Parents don't absolve personal responsibility when they go ahead and let a depraved and immoral society and it's government become stewards over their own and other's children. One day every one of us will stand before God and have to give an account.

God gave each of us a voice and we don't have to keep silent. We either put our heads in the sand, walk away or put rose-colored glasses on and accept the word of "man" as to what is really best for our children... or we confront this growing radical evil (face to face) and take a stand against it. 

Paul Edwards article on Joel Olsteen's "light theology" speaks truth.

It's a tragedy that this thinking is no longer unique to just the WOF movement. Many "Evangelical" denom's ministries are also making great strides with replacing genuine evangelism and Biblically sound doctrines with "pop" feel good marketing (they call it discipleship) & corporate business "church building" strategies...
 

Joel Olsteen is not the only "shepherd" contribuing to the falling away of believers in this age, but he sure is one who gets himself a lot of press. He's the Tony Robbins of the WOF. Someone still in the world will have great appeal to the world.

I thought of this analogy...

* Imagine Christian "shephards" and their doctrine as brands of beer.

At the bar a well dressed man appears and asks the bartender what is the most popular light beer they are offering there. The bartender answers, "Our promotion today is Olsteen, it's kind of pricey but it's really been popular around here, people keep coming back for more. I guess  it just doesn't fill you up like "other beer"?"

The customer replies, "I like that brand, I'll have an Olsteen, thanks! It's refreshing but I don't have to worry about gaining anything and it leaves me feeling good about myself."

Another man sitting at the bar, asks? "Why waste your time with that light beer, why not have a real beer, something with a lot of heart and real substance that will stay with you.?"

"No way!" the Olsteen lover replies, I can't stand that strong stuff, it leaves a bad taste in my mouth and I feel ucomfortable after drinking it... what the name for that kind of feeling, anyway.. I wonder?"

The other man replies, "I think they call that feeling spiritual conviction, son."

The first customer replies, "Well, I'll have none of that conviction stuff, no way! Hey bartender, hit me with another one of those Olsteen's, thanks!"  


  

In case you were wondering... No, I didn't mispell that.

Some time after I was saved the Holy Spirit convicted me over what had once been one of my top two favorite holidays... Halloween. 

These days I don't do Halloween. 

Every Christian knows that there are pagan roots to this holiday, most just chose to ignore that even though the Word has plenty to say about following after pagan customs, the occult and witchcraft. If there was ever a holiday where peer pressure was involved, Halloween is it.

Schools still have the decorations, the activities, the parades. Just don't dress up like Jesus, you might get suspended.

Mrs. Fields won't use "Christmas" as a Holiday category, but "Halloween" is still right up top with 6 pages under that "Holiday" category.

PC Christians get their hair raised when anyone thinks to condemn the celebration of this seasonal "event" by Christians as inappropriate.
 
I have learned a few things since I was convicted about this. 

1 - Only God can convict a Christian over Halloween
2 - If the Holy Spirit is not indwelling, it is not likely for Christians to get convicted about Halloween
3 - Scriptural truths will not convict people who don't believe the whole Word is God's inerrent truth.

However, if you are a Christian who is questioning the history of Halloween and whether it fits into the category of acceptable practices for a Christian you can seek out the origins and history of this holiday and it's practices and make your own decisions.

There are a few gruesome things from times past you need to consider about these origins.

Halloween is "rooted in" the following Druid tradition...

Celebrating their New Year on October 31, Black-cloaked Druids would carry torches in the night and go throughout the countryside choosing individuals for their human sacrifice. When a child was taken, a spiritual reminder was then placed on their doorstop. A hallowed out turnip with a face carved in it and lit candle inside.

That's the roots of Jack O' Lanterns.

Adding to the Jack O' Lanterns history a few centuries later the superstitions of the Irish were incorporated and the old Druid truth was replaced by the story of Jack, with the pumpkin representing his damned soul. Jack was an old scrooge who big mistake was playing practical jokes on the devil. His punishment was walking the earth until the time of judgement day. Irish fearing the same end as Jack, carved and lit "Jack O' Lanterns" with intent to scare away evil spirits.

I'm sure the devil still gets a good laugh about this when Halloween celebrating Christians and others not in the know use these "not so cute" symbols as part of their fall festivitities with the kiddies and as home decor.

Yes, I do beleive in the devil. Unlike many PC Christians (a group of which I do not belong), I don't intend to give him a good laugh this Helloween.

To get a full picture of Halloween (Sanhaim) history you might have to visit both Christian and Pagan sites to get a good picture.  These are two sources I used a couple years ago.

Halloween Facts

The History of Halloween

 

- An Observation from The Days of Noah -

You may be wondering, "What on earth do these seemingly "diverse" things have in common?"  

They are all part of today's news and bring up a very important issue about today's culture.... Exactly what is being perceived as "an offense" and how do people respond to others when they actively participate in an act which they perceive to possibly offend another.

I read Mike Adam's latest article Diversity Stories: How to Put a Condom on a Cucumber the same morning I received an alert from the AFA (American Family Association) about how Mrs. Fields has banned any mention of the word "Christmas" from their current "seasonal" holiday offerings for fear the word "might offend someone".

In Mike's article she shared that some time ago at UNC-Wilmington, young women from their Womens Resource Center" were putting on a public demonstration of putting condoms on cucumbers. A group of touring schoolchildren were nearby and observing this foolishness which to them seemed obviously funny.  When the mention that school children were watching this display was mentioned the young women (Quoted from Mike's article) "The ladies responded flippantly saying that the kids had no idea what they were doing at their table and that the kids didn't have to look at the WRC table anyway."
 
The WRC representatives general attitude was... "So what?, they don't understand what we are doing anyway and if it offends someone (else) they can just turn their heads." Why am I getting a Deja Vu of the attitude of those organizing and participating in the recent Folsom Street Fair (perversity event) held in San Francisco? 

This is the same "liberal" attitude "You just look the other way if (what I do) offends you"...but I have the right to "Get up in arms, pass a law against, ban or imprison you" if (what you do) somehow offends me. Definitely not a two-way street you want to be walking on.

Mrs. Fields Cookies apparently is so afraid they might have to walk on that street they decided to ban the word "Christmas" from all their seasonal promotions and offerings because the word "Christmas" might offend someone.

These really are two sides of the same coin...
Bending over backward in the most politically correct posture as possible to not "offend somebody" over anything liberals define as objectionable,
 -or-
Saying, "I don't give a hoot if it offends you, just ignore me and look the other way if you have a problem" over things most morally grounded people consider objectionable.

The results are the same, censor the good.... allow the bad.

Will they be telling us to just "look the other way if we are offended" when spectacles like the Folsom Street Fair become commonplace in everyday America?... because that is the direction this nation is heading in. Mrs. Fields banning the mention of the word "Christmas" from all it's products this season because it might "offend someone"... Yet nobody worries at a liberal college about people taking offense at belated sex-ed training performed on cucumbers in front of school age kids.

* It is unfortunate it is not legal to homeschool kids all the way through graduate school.

I named this blog The Days of Noah, but could have easily called it The Days of Sodom.

I hope more Christians get back to baking their own "Holiday cookies" and they purposely put the word Christmas on all of them. Or better yet a cross. And this winter instead of smiling snowmen, Santa and other things unrelated to the birth of our Saviour Jesus Christ... put up those politically incorrect nativity scenes angels and a great big cross display in your yard.

And somebody notify the VRA (Vegetable Rights Activists)... If animals can have rights and not be made subject to cruelty, then surely vegetables (too) should be spared the humiliation and offense they were subjected to the WRC at UNC-Wilmington.  

Carrying your cross really isn’t an easy thing in Beijing.
 

A Radio Free China report back in August 30th 2007 shared an in-depth explanation of the complicating factors behind the imprisonment and current plight of 77 year old Shuang Shuying, a chinese Christian and mother to house church activist Pastor Hua Huigi. Her courageous life’s story is not for the faint of heart, Shuang is no stranger to tribulations or tests of faith.

She is currently being used as a pawn in attempts by authorities to coerce her son Pastor Hua Huiqi (a prominant house church activist). She has endured  continued and extreme tortures during her imprisonment, and has been denied all medical aid. Her frail life hangs in the balance.

Oct 9th Voice of the Martyr‘s update shared information from a China Aid report that 77 year old Shuang Shuying (already in frail health before her beating and imprisonment) is now dying in prison after continued beatings and being refused medical aid.

Perhaps you wonder, "why should we care?"

She COULD BE your mother, wife, grandmother, friend, or neighbor…

She MAY BE your Sister in Christ.

She IS your fellow human being.

This is what it really means to be a modern day martyr, to take up your cross & follow Jesus, to be persecuted. This is what it means to be the 77 year old mother of a Chinese Church house leader.

* Radio Free China Report

Quoted...

"Shuang Shuying, a 77-year-old Beijing resident, was sentenced to two years in prison this February for defending human rights and insisting on practicing her religion. Already in poor health, Shuang endured severe torture whilst incarcerated, causing her weight to plummet from roughly 110 pounds down to just 73 pounds. Shuang has also lost her vision while serving her sentence, leaving her unable to recognize her visiting son. She was left to rely on her limited hearing to communicate..."

- What does all this have to do with the 2008 Olympic games? -

"Because Shuang’s house was very close to Tiananmen Square, officials viewed at as a politically defiant dwelling. When Beijing authorities won their bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games, they dismantled Shuang’s home claiming that it hurt the “new Beijing, new Olympics”—the slogan chosen for the Games. The family was transferred to another suburb and detained in a facility known as “Guanjiakeng.” The police supervised the family 24 hours a day, and frequently beat them..."

But this was not really about about "cleaning up house", it's about "cleaning out the house"... as a dramatic increase in persecution and imprisonment of house church Christians is now underway in the Chinese governments preparation of creating their propaganda "face to the world" for the upcoming 2008 games in Beijing. This also includes increased efforts at repatriation of North Koreans back over the border to North Korea to face torture and execution, or life imprisonment in one of North Korea's hellish death camps.

VOM is appealing for Christians to pray for Shuang Shuying, as time is of the essense and her very life hangs in the balance.

In a China Aid report from October 3, 2007 her son has requested that Christians worldwide do the following...

* China Aid Update

"Hua today issued a letter entitled as “Pray for the Chinese Police” in which he called upon the international community to pray for the Chinese leadership and police to “soften their hearts and release my ailing mom so that the Gospel can spread in China freely.”...

Or are you still wondering why should we care?

Shuang Shuying would... if this was YOUR story.

* Youtube Video - Release Shuang Shuying

Perhaps Kathleen Parker believes that Christians are a lot like gamblers, most being willing to

take a sure-fire bet (even at the expense of losing their souls) if the pay-out seems to be the most attainable?... She thinks from a Evangelical Christian viewpoint not voting for Mitt Romney on the basis of his beliefs is actually "self-defeating".

I disagree.

Mitt Romney may share some of my values, but his core spiritual beliefs are essentially what the Word defines as "Anti-Christ". The Mormon religion is a cult, according to the definitions of the traditional church.
 
Kathleen would say, “But he’s a great guy who shares my values so just go ahead and compromise my beliefs anyway and choose the lesser of the two most popular evils.”

Well, I can’t and won't make that kind of compromise because the God (in me) just will not buy into that kind of logic. How could I be true to my God (who comes first in my life) and make that voting compromise knowing this man embraces a belief system centered around a false version of Jesus Christ (among other things)?

Mormon beliefs are based on doctrines of spiritually deceived leaders. Jesus Christ in not really the Lord of Mitt Romney’s life. I will not compromise myself and make the unrighteous decision to elect what I know would be a spiritually deceived leader to this nation..

The truly self-defeating thing for a Christian would be not doing the righteous thing, and choosing the lesser of the two most seemingly sure-fire evils instead.  I am hopeful by the time the 2008 elections roll around God will have led me to at least one presidential candidate I can cast my vote for without compromising my principles or my relationship with God.

It appears George Bush doesn't have a true or full understanding of God, as is clear in his recent statements that both Muslims & Christians are worshipping the same God.

Maybe someone will set him straight?

There is one true GOD and then there are… Little "g" gods.

False gods.

Any conception of God that is distorted or untrue is a false picture and a false conception. Anyone worshipping that "conception of a god" is not worshipping the one true God, they are in fact, embracing heresy. According to the Word, they are following after "little g" gods and worshipping idols. There is one God, but most people just don't know Him, and are worshipping gods of their own vain imaginations.

God is "aware" of every prayer of every person because He is aware of all things, but that does not mean He is actively listening, considering and preparing to answer prayers offered up to these falsely conceived gods... If someone is seeking something more (in their heart) knowing that their version of god is somehow not quite sufficient... then He (the one true God) will respond and open the door to truth and lead them out of their spiritual darkness. There is a part of every human soul that has a basic desire to reconnect with their true creator (God), but they can not enter into a relationship with the one true God or have a chance at entering into heaven unless they first come to know Him for who He really is. That includes the full revelation of Him (Father, Son & Holy Spirit) as found in His Word (the Holy Bible). 

The God of Islam & the God of Christianity are not one and the same God. To declare it as truth equates to blasphemy.

May the one true God help this nation and open the eyes of our president.