| Thursday,
June 4I
would highly recommend the newest book from David Alan Black "The
Jesus Paradigm." Brother David does a great job in pinpointing the
problems of today's churches and Christians and providing Biblical solutions to those
problems in a practical way. The book is just the right length, and very easy to read and
understand for the average person. The book deals with problems of cultural Christianity
and the danger of mixing Christianity and politics for the purpose of creating a supposed
"utopian America." It cries out for the believer to get back to Kingdom living
instead of living for self.

Thursday, June 4
The
Consent of the Governed?
"Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just
powers from the consent of the governed." (Declaration of Independence)
And
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are
created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights that
among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these
rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent
of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of
these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new
Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such
form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."
(Declaration of Independence)
Notice that when a government, "
becomes destructive
of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute
new Government" the people are to return it to the proper place and function.
However, what happens when that "consent of the people"
is in error, against God's word, against God's laws, is evil, wicked, and utterly
depraved? In which the majority of people in America are. How many people could we walk up
to and ask "give me your testimony" and that testimony is dead on in line with
the true gospel of Jesus Christ and the Bible?
Getting back to the government issue, what happens when that
consent of the people is ignorant, evil, depraved, and twisted? Well, then that twisted
consent sets up a wicked and depraved government that abuses its people, creates laws in
the land that are odious, and utterly wrong morally, economically, and socially it becomes
totally wrong. And such is the case of our current government, the consensus of the
consent of the people was wrong in voting for the current usurpers, socialists,
communists, and frauds. I look at the current government and say you people voted for
that? You actually voted for Obama?
So what do we do?
In order for change first of course we trust Christ and rely on
Him completely we ought not to worry about all these things either He is in control or
He's not and to me He is. As far as government is concern, it requires
education--education of individuals and our children and education of people speaking to
people about the issues. When I speak of education of our children I mean our Christian
children they are to be taught God, the gospel, and His word then our traditions and
freedoms. There will always be children not taught these things. I am absolutely disgusted
and marvel at so-called "Christian" parents that put their children in public
schools! I am more in shock and marvel at so-called "Christian" parents in
California that still have their children in public schools even after the latest report
coming out of the California public school system.
"A group of
parents in a California school district say they are being bullied by school
administrators into accepting a new curriculum that addresses bullying, respect and
acceptance -- and that includes compulsory lessons about the lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender community that will be taught to children as young as 5 years old."
(Fox News)
Wake up Christians! Wake
up America! Wake up!
Brother Mark :)
Sunday, May 31
It has been three years in the
desert waiting on God "My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation
is from Him." (Psalm 62:5) My soul will wait my Lord my heart is open and
ready, but not my will but thine be done.
Thursday, May 21
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Brother Mark :)
Wednesday, May 20
The God haters are at it
again. Now they claim to have found a "missing link" a supposed transitional
fossil of a so-called monkey that bridges the "gap." Nonsense coat it in blue,
white, pink, sugar, or chocolate it still comes out as nothing. God is the creator and we
get our life from Him don't believe the junk science or nonsense. Here is the link.
Sunday, May 17
It is amazing how
man has degenerated to new levels. It's shocking to see how people believe, practice,
love, cuddle, promote and fight for the strangest of things. We have had tree huggers in
the past, but what is accepted today is outrageous. Perhaps the ongoing fascination with
nature, pets having rights, human sexual perversion, and the basest of abnormal causes
people hold to might just prove the insanity of evolution after all. If one looks around
and sees all that is created from the complex eye to the mighty oceans and is still stupid
enough to think we evolved while rejecting the creator God then we are in serious peril.
How people can believe such stolid absurdities is beyond me. "Help, LORD; for
the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the
children of men." (Psalm 12:1)
Amen?
Brother Mark :)
Saturday, May 16
Thank God maybe many more with the
twisted and insane position of pro-abortion will change their mind and see the truth--that
abortion is murder. Below is the new poll that shows maybe we are making headway in this
battle! Amen?
Saturday, May 2
This is a good reminder for
today's plastic Christians. "Material gain is not success Suppose you
do die penniless. What will it matter at all? But suppose you die graceless! Heaven and
heavenly things are the kind that cannot be recompensed by anything else. Do not let satan
distract you with baubles and toys
it is more necessary to be saved, then to be;
better not to be, than to have a being in hell." William Gurnall from The
Christian in Complete Armour
Brother Mark :)
Tuesday, April 14
All to often I wonder why I
attempt to keep up with current events in the churches. It just gets to the point of
frustration and disbelief at what I read or hear about the ongoing ignorance and
stupidity, and the outright heresy. Now just when I thought it couldn't get anymore
unBiblical or heretical it does! Go here
and read the outrageous level of unBiblical thinking of these people, and understand with
beliefs like this they are in no way Christians!
Brother Mark :)
Sunday, April 12
Easter? Don't be fooled http://www.kingshouse.org/easter.htm
No one can know the exact day Jesus rose because it is not ment to be known, but that He
did raise from the dead! Amen? :)
Saturday, April 4
We have just finished uploading our Sabbath teaching. If you
get a chance go by and check it out.
God bless!
Brother Mark :)
Thursday, March 12
A Decline in Christians?
In a recent
article titled, "Are you a Schizophrenic Christian?" author Gary DeMar uses a
nice thesis statement in the form of a question that sums up Christians and Christianity
today. He asks, after laying out several oppositional questions and answers of what has
changed, "What
has changed? The beliefs, attitudes, and actions of todays Christians."
This one sentence is right on the mark to sum up the whole problem.
One cant
help but think that this cant be true? However, in a recent survey that shocked many
it was discovered that the number of people in America claiming no religion grew.
"The percentage of
Americans claiming no religion, which jumped from 8.2 in 1990 to 14.2 in 2001, has now
increased to 15 percent." (http://www.americanreligionsurvey-aris.org/)
And it also
found, "The percentage of Christians in America, which declined in the 1990s from
86.2 percent to 76.7 percent, has now edged down to 76 percent. Ninety percent of the
decline comes from the non-Catholic segment of the Christian population, largely from the
mainline denominations, including Methodists, Lutherans, Presbyterians,
Episcopalians/Anglicans, and the United Church of Christ. These groups, whose proportion
of the American population shrank from 18.7 percent in 1990 to 17.2 percent in 2001, all
experienced sharp numerical declines this decade and now constitute just 12.9
percent." (http://www.americanreligionsurvey-aris.org/)
What the liberal
news media and others did not mention was that in the survey they also found a decline in
Eastern Religions and Judaism. But growth in Baptists, Mormons, Muslims, Atheists and New
Religions such as Wiccans and self-described pagans. America is turning away from her
Christian foundation and becoming the religious "melting-pot" as it did with
immigrants.
But hold on a
minute! Let's think about this. Can it be said that true Christians are forsaking God and
becoming something else? The survey does not say that only that the number of people
saying they have no religion has jumped. While it is true that it appears
"Christians" are decreasing in number, we have to ask which Christians? Some
points to remember:
1. America is not a Christian nation.
2. America is not governed by a
Christian government.
3. A person is a Christian because God
has called a saved them; not because Mom or Dad, Grandma, or uncle Bob was one.
Pay attention to
another important quote from the survey, "Most of the growth in the Christian
population occurred among those who would identify only as "Christian,"
"Evangelical/Born Again," or "non-denominational Christian." The last
of these, associated with the growth of megachurches, has increased from less than 200,000
in 1990 to 2.5 million in 2001 to over 8 million today. These groups grew from 5 percent
of the population in 1990 to 8.5 percent in 2001 to 11.8 percent in 2008. Significantly,
38.6 percent of mainline Protestants now also identify themselves as evangelical or born
again." (http://www.americanreligionsurvey-aris.org/)
What is the
point? Well, the true number of "real Christians" probably can not be
determined. But it really does not matter because God cares little for growth in numbers.
We must get back to what the Bible declares a Christian to be. The numbers coming in for
"megachurches" is huge because many in those places know not God or our Lord
Jesus Christ at all. The trend today is to make me feel good, make me money, and make me
happy. So denominations and megachurches cater to that. We must judge any profession of
faith on what the Bible declares it to bebeing born again, regenerated by the Holy
Spirit, and walking in faith. God has and will call those that He will; He has His true
Church the remnant. The name Christian is devoid of substance if one is not able to
profess from the heart the kind of salvation the Bible declares it to be. People believe
wrong, are taught wrong, and act wrong totally divorced from the teaching of God's word
the Bible.
Many name
Christian but lack the substance and Spirit because, as Brother Gary wrote, "What
has changed? The beliefs, attitudes, and actions of todays Christians."
God bless!
Brother Mark
Friday, March 6
True Religion
Lord God Almighty, I ask not to be enrolled
amongst the earthly great and rich, but to be numbered with the spiritually blessed.
Make it my present, supreme,
persevering concern to obtain
those blessings which are spiritual in
their nature, eternal in their
continuance, satisfying in
their possession.
Preserve me from a false
estimate of the whole or a part of my character; May I pay regard to my
principles as well as my conduct, my motives as well as my
actions.
Help me never to mistake the
excitement of my passions for the
renewing of the Holy Spirit,
never
to judge my religion by occasional impressions and impulses, but by my constant and
prevailing disposition.
May my heart be right with
thee, and my life as becometh the gospel. May I maintain a supreme regard to another and
better world, and feel and confess myself a stranger and a pilgrim here.
Afford me all the direction,
defence, support, and consolation my journey hence requires, and grant me a mind stayed
upon thee.
Give me large abundance of
the supply of the Spirit of Jesus, that I may be prepared for every duty, love thee in all
my mercies, submit to thee
in every trial, trust thee when
walking in darkness, have peace in
thee amidst lifes changes.
Lord, I believe, help thou my
unbelief and uncertainties..
From the Valley of Vision.

Thanks to www.graceandlaw.com for the above image.
Thursday, March 5

Tuesday, March 3
God bless America and the world?
God bless
America and the world? The Scriptures say,
The earth is the LORDS, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they
that dwell therein. God blessed it all during the six days of creation, and he
made man and
God blessed them (Genesis 1:28) but evil came in because of disobedience.
Its very simple and it worked this way, you had man subservient and lower than God
created by God. Man is created by God and is under His authority. Man is to be under
Gods authority because God has the right to be in authority over us. He is the
supreme creator, judge, ruler, king of the universe, He is God Almighty!
God stated a
command and a rule of obedience. The all-wise, all knowing, master is suited for supreme
authority over His creation in which he laid the first rule. He begins with a positive thou mayest thus stating what we
could doAnd the LORD God commanded
the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat. BUT He says,
of
the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that
thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. Thus follows the negative thou shalt not why? Because man would
die that everlasting spiritual death; separated from the God that formed him.
The command is
the simplest of childhood education Do not do it. The great blessings of God
was displayed in the garden shown by the plentifulness of life-giving trees, but to know
of the faithfulness one tree of hundreds was forbidden. And thus by the subtly of satan
the woman was deceived but Adam sinned and in Adam all men died. That it is disobedience
to a simple command that you must be under the authority of God. The evil of the public
school system is the foisting off of humanism; teaching children there is no God and the
old lie is retold that we can be as gods. And since then people have been, and continue
to, rebel against God because its in our nature and that's why Christ comes and
gives us a new nature.
Why should God
bless America? America is wicked and has done wicked things. Now there are good Godly
Christian people in America, just like England for example its wicked but there are
good Godly people there as well. If we look at America today no one, no one, in their
right mind could vote for the impostor BHO (Barack Hussian Obama) because of this that
means all these people are not in their right mind or thinking correctly. There is nothing
good about BHO evil, disgust, disgrace, blood shedder, death, socialism, communism is his
agenda. These are facts and we need not belabor the point.
However, as
Christians living in America what is our right what can we do? First, our
chief and utmost goal as I have stated over and over again is the declaration of the
Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Second,
we are to be about living our lives as good Christians as we can we must rely on the Holy
Spirit to fill us to the degree that our lives are exemplary as Christians. Putting forth
the example of Jesus Christ; living with the power of Christ in us in the world so others
may see. Mens hearts will change, and their thinking and attitudes about things in
the world, political, social, and economic matters will change when their heart is changed
by the gospel, and the love of God and the truth of Christ comes into their lives they
will then express that in their lives. Death, murder, profane, lies, idolatry,
covetousness, drunkenness, lust, and the like is from a blackened heart, and you cannot be
a person like BHO and claim to be a Christian there is no possible way.
Third,
what then? Here we are Christians living in the Republic of America. What do we do? First,
understand the United States is run by godless heathen people we have to get this in to
our minds and thinking. Do not believe that this country of ours is run by Godly Christian
people it is not! Our mayors are corrupt, our governors are corrupt, our courts are
corrupt, our supreme court is corrupt, banks, corporations, schools, colleges, and our
federal government is corrupt. Everything is corrupt. Second, we live our life in this
corrupted world bearing and declaring the truth of the Gospel. That is what changes men,
people, and governments either the gospel is efficacious or its not. We bring to
bear our convictions of the truth of the Bible in our everyday living we must do this; we
must let our Christian worldview permeate our lives and extend it out wherever we can. We
have the right because we are citizens of the Republic of America, which was built on
Christian principles which is a fact you can research it for your self, to be involved in
the social, political, and economic processes. That means using your Christian worldview
wisely when voting; be it for mayor, governor, senator, president, or matters that involve
our social structure. We have to bring the Bible and our Christian worldview to bear on
those subjects. And when we do that with the power of God helping us mens lives will
change.
God bless!
Brother Mark :)
Monday, March 2

Mark and
Rebekah March 2nd 1994 - 15 Years!
Wednesday, Febuary 25
I often think
much on matters that are of concern to many. One is that I fear our country has taken an
extreme, unimaginable, and horrific turn for the worse. Daily it is clear that the Constitution is being
phased out and overridden. There are many that would love to see it thrown out or changed
altogether. The reason they give is to make it updated to conform to the new
social norm. There can be no doubt that the election of the impostor that now
illegally resides as president is a usurper brought profound and horrendous change.
Evidences abound to this new administrations inability to keep our country intact,
and in fact, welcome the slow painful and forceful transition into socialism and
communism.
What is to
become of our country?
No one can
predict the future. We can only look to God and the problems of the day and attempt to
plan for the future. It is not difficult to run America. Our founders did the work for us
by the rule of the Constitution, its that simple. We must get back to the Bible and
the Constitution if we are to recapture the America that was and the America that can be.
It is only those, which have now been exposed, that seek to turn America away from its
roots, and replace it with a deformed, perverted, socialistic, humanistic statism.
So, what can you
do?
1. Educate
yourself and your children on the roots of our country and learn the founding documents
that were left us as a rule and guide.
2. Speak up and
out about open and secret abuses that is encroaching upon us.
3. Most
importantly trust God and lean on Him for faith and direction.
4. We must look
to God in Jesus Christ, be faithful, and trust in His grace and mercy in our lives.
God Bless!
Brother Mark
Thursday, January 29

Jeremy
Urias (January 29, 1985)
Wednesday,
January 28

General
George E. Pickett (January 28, 1825 July 30, 1875)
Monday, January 26
Get informed about this threat of the new
Constitutional Convention being proposed. Read
this now. Say no to this Con Con!
Wednesday, January 21

General
Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson
January 21, 1824(1824-01-21) May 10, 1863
Tuesday, January 20
6:20pm
Look up you Saints!
Today is truly a
very sad day, a "Black" day, and one of extreme saddness. But by the grace of
our Lord God I hope to encourage you in this short comment.
Our Master Jesus
says,
"
then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth
nigh." (Luke 21:28)
Look to Christ and not man. Do not be fearful or afraid. Let not
your heart be troubled for your citizenship is in heaven, and you are to mind the things
of heaven not of earth. Set your heart and mind on things above where Christ dwells look
to Him and trust in His grace. We are already victors through Him that loved us, and have
overcome by faith. Christ is King and Judge He is the same yesterday, today, and forever
and will never change in power or revelation.
Heaven is our permanent kingdom not a kingdom on earth. Invest
yourselves in the Kingdom of Heaven where Christ is King, Ruler, Judge, and the righteous
Lord of all. Our freedom comes from Him not a wicked nation on earth.
All praise and glory to Him! Amen!
Tuesday, January 20 6:00am

Brethern, this is the darkest day
in American history. It is truly the end of our great nation. Pray for God to save us and
return us back to Him in a powerful way.
Monday, January 19

General
Robert E. Lee (January 19, 1807 - October 12th 1870)
Monday, January 12
It's almost that time when all the
compromisers and diluted souls began their false mantra of unity of support for the
"new president." These deceived supporters and enraptured optimists of Barack
Hussein Obama say, "Obama is now the President and we should support him." I
agree with Devvy Kidd in her January 12, 2009 column titled "To Hell with
Bipartisanship" when she said,
"
Support a Marxist? Support an impostor who is constitutionally
ineligible to serve as president? I don't think so. You see, for me the U.S. Constitution
matters
."
I would add to that support an open abortionist murderer of
the most awful kind? One who would have no problem giving his blessing for his daughters
to kill his grandchild? I cannot and will not! He is a Marxist, socialist, communist,
deceiver, infiltrator, impostor period! We can see right before our eyes the destruction
of our Republic and Constitution. The Republic of the United States is crumbling and on
January 20th a huge piece will fall. Pray to God, beg Him for is eternal
mercies to visit once again, for it may be too late.
In another column this morning by Patrick Johnson titled "Should
America Be a Theocracy" published January 2007. He says,
"Whenever I have brought the Holy Bible to
bear upon the duty and role of government, inevitably the criticism arises,
"America's not a theocracy!" As if that were a coup de' grace of some sort
that proved that we should be a godless nation."
What Mr. Johnson fails to realize is that America is already a
godless nation. He goes on to say,
"There is only one God, and the Holy Bible is
His revelation to mankind. It is to Him we owe supreme allegiance, both as
individuals and as a nation."
Very true but nations will not submit to Him without the power of
the Holy Spirit.
Again, he says. "The United States must repent, and serve the
Creator." And again it won't unless the body of Christ wakes up in power of the
Holy Spirit. He than closes with "America, choose you this day whom you will
serve." Well, I think that was made very clear on November 4th 2008.
You will see my reasoning in a moment.
There is countless evidence that
America was founded on Christian principles, established on the true Biblical pattern,
sustaineduntil recentlyupon the worship of the one true God. We are not called
to change nations of the world or governmentswe are called to change hearts with the
truth of the gospel. Cry and mutter all you want, but that will not change America. Men's
hearts must change before a nation can.
We must be careful not to "use"
the government as a strong-arm to make America into a Theocracy, for that is not trusting
in God. We get into danger when we believe government can somehow change hearts and not
God, and perform the duties of the Holy Spirit, which is simply a cloak for our (the True
Church) failings in declaring the power of the gospel.
If we look around at the mess we're in we
can only blame the Church not God. We have compromised, rebelled, forsaken, abandoned,
despised, and cheapened His good grace. We traded the power of the gospel for political
promises of future "conservative laws." We are attempting to manufacture a
Christian utopiaa false theocracy. We're using the secular government to enforce
so-called Christian laws instead of trusting in the power of God through the Holy Spirit.
Did Jesus, Peter, John, or Paul use their "secular governments" to advance the
gospel? The answer is No. Would I like to see a theocracy? Yes, of course but I will when
in God's time He comes and makes it so, not one that we manufacture. Can America be a
theocracy? It never was and never will be. Show me one nation on the earth in all history
that was? Israel could no more be we can. Jesus said, "My kingdom is not of this
world." He would not vest His kingdom in a nation of the world. There is only one
theocracy and that is God's. He will not divide or cleave asunder for any reason we will
have a theocracy soon enough. Matthew 25; Revelation 21; 22.
We must understand the once lovely godly
country we love is almost gone we have been overrun and are under judgment of almighty
God. Those that are still loyal to God and desire that goodness from Him, and all that can
be for our country must stand and proclaim the truth until our last breath. The Godly
dream for this nation is invested with us, our children, and grandchildren. We must
be the light barriers and the truth carriers passing on that Godly torch to our posterity
for future generations so the light and freedom does not die out.
Blessings,
Brother Mark :)
Saturday, January 10
Well it's been
an interesting week for the New Year. I've compiled a list of the books I have on hand to
read this first quarter or next. God has been directing me into the Puritans
once again, and of such we can learn a lot. You may find these books online. Give them a
read I know you'll be blessed! Later I may post on the things learned from those books.
Of course #1 The Bible.
"Christianity
and War" Laurence M. Vance (Great work on the error of War and killing)
"The
Mischief of Sin" Thomas Watson
"The Christian in Complete Armour: Daily Readings
in Spiritual Warfare" William Gurnall
"A Sure Guide to Heaven" Joseph
Alleine
"The Mortification of Sin" John Owen
"The Almost Christian Discovered"
Matthew Mead
"Precious Remedies against satan's Devices"
Thomas Brooks
"The Spirit and the Church" John Owen
"The Character of the Upright Man"
Richard Steele
"The
Valley of Vision: Puritan Prayers"
"A Body of Divinity" Thomas Watson
"A Treatise of Earthly-Mindedness"
Jeremiah Burroughs
"Practical Godliness" Vincent Alsop
"Overcoming
Sin and Temptation" John Owen
"The
Bible and the closet" Thomas Watson and Samuel Lee
"The
Great Gain of Godliness" Thomas Watson
"The
Art of Prophesying" William Perkins
Blessings,
Brother Mark
Thursday, January 8

General James
Longstreet (January 8, 1821 January 2, 1904)
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Blessed
New Year!
Father, may you pour out your grace and salvation
to many. May this be truely a harvest year of souls that you would bring in. May you be
glorified and exalted among your saints and feared among the heathen. Let the grace of our
Lord Jesus Christ be shed abroad to many.
A Prayer
in Anticipation of the New Year
O Love beyond Compare,
Thou art good when thou givest,
when thou takest away,
when the sun shines upon me,
when night gathers over me.
Thou hast loved me before the foundation of the world,
and in love didst redeem my soul;
Thou dost love me still,
in spite of my hard heart, ingratitude, distrust.
Thy goodness has been with me another year,
leading me through a twisting wilderness,
in retreat helping me to advance,
when beaten back making sure headway.
Thy goodness will be with me in the year ahead;
I hoist sail and draw up anchor,
With thee as the blessed pilot of my future as of my
past.
I bless thee that thou hast veiled my eyes to the
waters ahead.
If thou hast appointed storms of tribulation,
thou wilt be with me in them;
If I have to pass through tempests of persecution and
temptation,
I shall not drown;
If I am to die,
I shall see thy face the sooner;
If a painful end is to be my lot,
grant me grace that my faith fail not;
If I am to be cast aside from the service I love,
I can make no stipulation;
Only glorify thyself in me whether in comfort or
trial,
as a chosen vessel meet always for thy use.
From the Valley of
Vision (Puritan Prayers)
God Bless!
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