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“So, I want you to know this morning: Just do good for your own self. Do good because God wants you to be happy,” Osteen continues. “When you come to church, when you worship Him, you’re not doing it for God really. You’re doing it for yourself, because that’s what makes God happy. Amen?”
An Unrepentant Victoria Osteen Says
“I Stand By My Remarks”
“I Stand By My Remarks”
Prevailing Personal Traits In The Last Days...
“For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,...Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.” » 2 Timothy 3:2, 5 (Read full passage in context.)
Victoria Osteen Rolls The Dice And Doubles Down On Her Remarks
NTEB News Desk, September 6, 2014 — (HOUSTON, TEXAS) Victoria Osteen, wife of megachurch speaker and author Joel Osteen, is standing by her controversial remarks that called upon congregants at Lakewood Church to “do good for your own self” because obedience, the church and worship are not for God as much as for self-happiness.In light of the controversy, Osteen issued a statement to reporters this week, outlining that while she could have selected her words more carefully, she would not recant the core of her message, which was that Christians can find personal benefit in worshiping God.
“While I admit that I could have been more articulate in my remarks, I stand by my point that when we worship God and are obedient to Him we will be better for it,” she stated. “I did not mean to imply that we don’t worship God; that’s ridiculous, and only the critics and cynics are interpreting my remarks that way.”
Victoria Osteen ‘Do Good For Your Own Self,’ Not For God
“Every Lakewood member knows what I was talking about because they have experienced first hand the joy and victory of a Lakewood Church worship service, and the honor, reverence and gratitude we show God,” Osteen added.
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1 Corinthians 10:31
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Iranian Pastor Facing Death Penalty For
‘Spreading Corruption On Earth’ With Christianity
By Heather Clark, Christian News Network —‘Spreading Corruption On Earth’ With Christianity
A Christian pastor in Iran who is already serving six years behind bars is facing the death penalty for ‘spreading corruption on Earth’ through his Christian witness and activities. Behnam Irani, who leads the 300-member Church of Iran in Karaj, was initially detained in 2006 while holding a Bible study and sentenced to prison five years later for “action against the state.”...Concern About Threat Of Terrorism Justified,
But Our Nation’s Only Hope Is A Movement Of God
By Shane Idleman, Christian Post —But Our Nation’s Only Hope Is A Movement Of God
While we are concerned with terrorism, and rightly so, there is a greater threat from within. We are witnessing the rapid deterioration of a nation before our eyes. We have become one nation "above" God, rather under God."While truth and law were founded on the God of all creation, man now, through law, denies the truth and calls it 'separation'. No longer does man see a need for God when he's in full control, for the only truth self-evident is in the latest poll. But with man as his own master we fail to count the cost, our precious freedoms vanish and our liberty is lost. Children are told they can't pray in school and they teach them evolution, when will they see the fear of God is the only true solution?" - Roy Moore, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama...
John Kerry’s A Peon To The Religion of Peace
By Joseph Klein, Frontpage Mag —
Secretary of State John Kerry should have extended his Nantucket vacation. That would have spared him and the nation from his embarrassing remarks praising Islam as a “peaceful religion based on the dignity of all human beings,” which he delivered just a day after ISIS released a video showing American journalist Steven Sotloff being beheaded...America Has An Unannounced ISIS Strategy, And It Involves Iran
By Jacob Siegel, The Daily Beast —
The President hasn’t announced his strategy for dealing with ISIS yet, but there is a clear military approach taking shape in Iraq. On an operational level, the military intervention has shown some early success in using U.S. airpower to support local ground forces and halt ISIS’s advances. But the tension between tactics and strategy, methods and goals, is already starting to show...Is ISIS’ Caliphate A Harbinger Of The Antichrist?
By Joel Richardson, WND —Exclusive: Joel Richardson lists theologians who agree ‘little horn’ will arise from same area
Seven years ago, Al Gore was warning us that all of the polar ice caps would be completely gone by now. I was warning of a caliphate. For the past 10 years, I’ve diligently sought to awaken the Church to the fact that the Hebrew prophets point to a Middle Eastern Antichrist who will emerge from the region of Turkey, Syria or Iraq. Some have examined the evidence and recognized...U.S. Unveils New Coalition - Pounds Islamic State From Air
The Clarion Project —
The U.S. launched fresh airstrikes against Islamic State (ISIS) positions in support of the Iraqi and Kurdish Peshmerga forces who are fighting the group. United States aircraft have today (Sunday) been bombing targets near the strategic Haditha Dam, the second largest in the country, at the request of the Iraqi government. These airstrikes are hoped to provide enough support to...Boehner, Republicans Slam Obama’s Immigration Delay:
‘Smacks of Raw Politics’
By Todd Beamon, Newsmax —‘Smacks of Raw Politics’
Republicans on Saturday slammed President Barack Obama's delay of executive action on immigration until after the November congressional elections, with House Speaker John Boehner charging that the about-face "smacks of raw politics." "There is a never a 'right' time for the president to declare amnesty by executive action," Boehner said. He said that Obama...Where Is America In End Times Prophecy?
By Greg Laurie, WND —Exclusive: Greg Laurie believes U.S. has just 2 possible paths in last days
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BBC —
Somalia's Islamist group al-Shabab has named Ahmad Umar as successor to former leader Ahmed Abdi Godane, who was killed in a US air strike. The group announced the move in an online statement, vowing to take revenge for Godane's death. Somalia's authorities earlier put the country on alert for possible retaliatory attacks by al-Shabab. The alert came as the US...Germany Now Has “Sharia Police,”
Who Patrol The Streets Enforcing Islamic Law
By Theodore Shoebat, Shoebat Foundation —Who Patrol The Streets Enforcing Islamic Law
In a city of Germany, there is a “Sharia police” who patrol the streets enforcing Islamic law. According to a report: Police in the German city of Wuppertal are investigating a case of several young men who announced themselves to be ‘Sharia police’. The group was ‘patrolling’ the streets, urging people to refrain from various sorts of activities and entertainment. The young men wearing...One Of The Worst Abuses Of Power In History?
“In a free society we are supposed to be able to elect representatives of the people for the people.
In a totalitarian society the leaders are of themselves and for themselves and they abuse their power and use and exploit and strip away rights from any people group for their own selfish ends whenever they want.
Unfortunately, U.S. Attorney Holder just committed an act of what may be one of the biggest abuses of power in U.S. history.”...
In a totalitarian society the leaders are of themselves and for themselves and they abuse their power and use and exploit and strip away rights from any people group for their own selfish ends whenever they want.
Unfortunately, U.S. Attorney Holder just committed an act of what may be one of the biggest abuses of power in U.S. history.”...
ISIS Gates Of Hell
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Jesus Privately Briefing His Inner Circle of Disciples
Regarding The Last Days
Regarding The Last Days
“And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.” ~ Matthew 24:3-14