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Sick, Sorry, & Sad
Between the porch and the altar
Will they never get tired of picking the
'Platform of Truth' apart? I am sick, sorry and sad that Satan ever attacks truth so
subtly
/no that
is not a good word/ let's say
blatantly
and yet
with out the blinking of an eye on the part of so many members!?!?!
CASE 1: We receive the Journal
of Pacific Union College called "Viewpoint" four times
a year. Thursday the Fall 2007 issue arrived in our mail box.
Not being from PUC, I didn't pay it much
attention, but my wife sat down to scan it through. She was reading
of the address given at the Spring Graduation (2007).
DO THE FOLLOWING WORDS MATTER?
OR SHALL WE JUST SMILE AND GO ON OUR WAY?
CAN WE SEE THE RED FLAG OF REVOLT AND REVOLUTION?
OR SHALL WE JUST SMILE AND GO ON OUR WAY?
Here is what was printed on page 12:
"Whatever our dream might be, it must be a dream
that is bigger than our own selves - to use our gifts and
accomplishments also as a mean of compassion.
I also pray that our young alumni will dream big
toward
transforming Adventism.
(No mention of
following God’s directions as given in Authentic Scripture and
Spirit of Prophecy)
Down the road, they may feel that
they have no
need for the church.
And they may be right.
(What a tragedy that
graduates have been disappointed by the leadership of the church and
feel no need)
But their church desperately needs them - -
just the
way they are.
(No
need for a converted heart or commitment to following Christ in the
straight and narrow way. . .)
We need them to challenge some of the lifeless,
rigid, calcified remains of the past
that they see in our church.
(So now, Christ’s
living, vibrant, church militant is likened unto DEAD! If doctrines
and beliefs of times gone by are ‘lifeless, rigid, calcified’ it is
only in hearts that has chosen to reject The Truth.)
We need them to help us grow into a community
that can be
meaningful, relevant, transformative in the world.
(No mention of
Christ or of His power to transform an individual into the His
likeness)
The Adventism that some of them see and despise
doesn't have to be the Adventism of the future. This is a growing,
changing, expanding, progressive church that is waiting to be shaped
by them."
(The
church needs to be shaped –transformed- by the Heavenly Father in
His way - - not by a group of young graduates with multitudes of
ideas, often in opposition to Council already given)
CASE 2: A slick sided brochure from It
Is Written was inserted into 10-20-2007 Church Bulletin:
MULTITUDES
Inspiration and Education for
Reaching Your City for Christ
Inside the cover Speaker/Director Shawn Boonstra
says "We are excited to introduce you to Joe Cirigliano, It Is
Written’s evangelistic coordinator for North American. . .
At the bottom of the page Joe Cirigliano’s
credentials are paraded thus:
"Joe Cirigliano has conducted dozens of metro
area evangelistic meetings and revivals from coast to coast. In
the last ten years he has served the Seventh Day Adventist Church as
a senior pastor, associate pastor, Bible worker,
and lay pastoral assistant. His humor, enthusiasm, and
conviction have made him a very popular speaker and trainer for camp
meetings, week of prayers and conventions.
(Humor and popularity are not
what God values. Instead does Joe preach Present Truth from
Authentic Scripture which equals "What saith the Lord.?")
Following his completion of the
Billy Graham
School of Evangelism
in his native New York City, Joe’s revival preaching and evangelism
preparation methods were part of a feature in Decision
[A Billy Graham
monthly publication]
magazine. He also received a special invitation to join the
exclusive
Billy
Graham Evangelistic Association’s
Emerging
Evangelist’s Program
of only 22. (Will a person immersed in Billy Graham philosophies and methods be
using God’s tried and true methods found in the book Evangelism
by Ellen G. White?)
A graduate of Andrews University Theological
Seminary he will also be continuing his education through Yale and
Harvard Divinity School.
(Does attendance at these
institutions solidify or weaken faith in Authentic Scripture,
Spirit
of Prophecy, and basic foundational Adventism?)
Near Joe Cirigliano’s picture it indicates that
he has the degree M.Div. (Master of Divinity Degree)
(In all of this wording, have we been pointed to
THE Man, Christ Jesus, or to A man?)
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Joel 2:17 Let the priests, the ministers of
the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say,
Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach,
that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they
say among the people, Where is their God?
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Jeremiah 5:31 The prophets prophesy
falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people
love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
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