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Some blogging & server changes...

Israel Anderson — 2009-08-28T01:53:55-06:00

Well, it’s been a quite eventful last few weeks for me, and I’ll share a bit in the next post, but first, just wanted to let you know that I am changing to a new webserver as we need more bandwidth for God’s iPod and some other projects I am working on with Ministry of Helps, so over the next couple of days, things are going to be a bit crazy, and you might end up receiving a few weird emails if you’re on my subscription list. Please forgive me, all will never return to normal shortly ;)

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Forthcoming Book - I Want To Be Holy

Israel Anderson — 2009-07-13T22:34:23-06:00

Hey friends, welcome.

This new website is the place to learn all about my forthcoming book. The second part of the name of the book is: I Want To Be Holy. The first part will remain under wraps a little while longer. So what’s this book all about? Firstly, it’s not being written by anyone with any claim of having it “all together”. I am writing this book out of my own struggles to learn what it means to be holy in a modern world. More importantly, I am writing this book after God gave me the topic in a phrase, that is the full title of the book, back in March 2009.

I feel very unequipped and seriously unqualified to be writing this book, but it’s just one of those things where a person really believes he just has to do it. And so I am. Build it and they will come? I hope to have the book published in March 2010. This website will become an integral part of the book, and certain sections of the website will be exclusively available to owners of the book. So hey, bookmark my page now, check back soon, and may we help each other on this exciting and often challenging journey.

Israel Anderson

Here’s the site: IWantToBeHoly.com

The Man Speaks for Himself

Israel Anderson — 2009-07-05T12:04:23-06:00

I woke this morning and spent my time scouring the news sites as usual. I found a most amazing new video. An interview with Michael Jackson. It appears to be a police interview with his attorney present. What I found amazing about this video, is that he is candidly talking about the same things I spoke to in my blog post below. It is my opinion that the reaction he’s having to being asked about the sexual abuse allegations are clearly representative of an innocent man. I find it really sad that some people still believe this man could do anything like he was alleged after watching this video.

But then it gets great, terrific even... Because for the first time I think anyone has ever heard, he relates his child-likeness to Yeshua and what He said and did. This part just makes me so happy, not because I hit the jackpot with being spot on in correctly discerning Michael Jackson’s motivation for his behaviors, but because MJ just lays it down so sweetly, so purely, that surely only the depraved mind could look at his answer, the way his answer is so unrehearsed and just flows, his facial expressions, everything, and still believe evil things about this man.

"Jesus said to love the children and be like the children-to be youthful and innocent, and be pure and honourable. He always surrounded himself with children. That's how I was raised-to believe, and to be like that, and to imitate that."

Indeed, he makes me wonder how Yeshua would have been treated by the people of today. Probably much the same he was.

The video can’t be embedded, so here’s the link, watch it for yourself...
http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/video/?vxSiteId=6d2e103b-e170-4f86-9c51-6eac37f8a93e&vxChannel=News&vxClipId=2160_390945&vxBitrate=300

It’s time we give this man the benefit of the doubt and just love on him...

Independence Day

Israel Anderson — 2009-07-03T19:18:57-06:00

Today is July 4 and a very important day to Americans. Or at least it used to be, but sadly now it’s more about beer and hotdogs than remembering the breaking free of tyranny in 1776.

Just remember today, what this mighty nation broke free from. Tyranny. If you’re back in tyranny, you have nothing to celebrate today. Indeed it should be a day of mourning instead.

Here’s a few choice words from my friends…

"If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen." -- Samuel Adams

"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it." -- Thomas Paine

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin

"Freedom is never an achieved state; like electricity, we've got to keep generating it or the lights go out." -- Wayne LaPierre

"No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation." -- General Douglas MacArthur

"History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid." -- Dwight D. Eisenhower

"Patrick Henry did not say, 'Give me absolute safety or give me death.' " -- John Stossel

"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free ... it expects what never was and never will be." -- Thomas Jefferson

Declaration of Independence

The Unanimous Declaration
of the Thirteen United States of America

When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

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 to 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. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security. --Such has been the patient sufferance of these colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former systems of government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world.

He has refused his assent to laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

He has forbidden his governors to pass laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.

He has refused to pass other laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of representation in the legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.

He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.

He has dissolved representative houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.

He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large for their exercise; the state remaining in the meantime exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.

He has endeavored to prevent the population of these states; for that purpose obstructing the laws for naturalization of foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migration hither, and raising the conditions of new appropriations of lands.

He has obstructed the administration of justice, by refusing his assent to laws for establishing judiciary powers.

He has made judges dependent on his will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.

He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance.

He has kept among us, in times of peace, standing armies without the consent of our legislature.

He has affected to render the military independent of and superior to civil power.

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his assent to their acts of pretended legislation:

For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:

For protecting them, by mock trial, from punishment for any murders which they should commit on the inhabitants of these states:

For cutting off our trade with all parts of the world:

For imposing taxes on us without our consent:

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury:

For transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offenses:

For abolishing the free system of English laws in a neighboring province, establishing therein an arbitrary government, and enlarging its boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule in these colonies:

For taking away our charters, abolishing our most valuable laws, and altering fundamentally the forms of our governments:

For suspending our own legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.

He has abdicated government here, by declaring us out of his protection and waging war against us.

He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burned our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.

He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation.

He has constrained our fellow citizens taken captive on the high seas to bear arms against their country, to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands.

He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavored to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian savages, whose known rule of warfare, is undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.

In every stage of these oppressions we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms: our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.

Nor have we been wanting in attention to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends.

We, therefore, the representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the name, and by the authority of the good people of these colonies, solemnly publish and declare, that these united colonies are, and of right ought to be free and independent states; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as free and independent states, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and to do all other acts and things which independent states may of right do. And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.

New Hampshire: Josiah Bartlett, William Whipple, Matthew Thornton

Massachusetts: John Hancock, Samual Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry

Rhode Island: Stephen Hopkins, William Ellery

Connecticut: Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, William Williams, Oliver Wolcott

New York: William Floyd, Philip Livingston, Francis Lewis, Lewis Morris

New Jersey: Richard Stockton, John Witherspoon, Francis Hopkinson, John Hart, Abraham Clark

Pennsylvania: Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benjamin Franklin, John Morton, George Clymer, James Smith, George Taylor, James Wilson, George Ross

Delaware: Caesar Rodney, George Read, Thomas McKean

Maryland: Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll of Carrollton

Virginia: George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr., Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton

North Carolina: William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn

South Carolina: Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward, Jr., Thomas Lynch, Jr., Arthur Middleton

Georgia: Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton

Source: The Pennsylvania Packet, July 8, 1776

The Inflation Dilemma

Israel Anderson — 2009-06-29T20:45:58-06:00

I wish I had more time to talk about more things. I have been wanting to talk more about Inflation and will be, but for now, I urge everyone to sit back for the next 30 minutes and watch this 30min documentary.

Looking Out for the Poor?

Israel Anderson — 2009-06-28T19:34:09-06:00

Masked by the death of Michael Jackson, the USA’s largest tax, EVER, was passed in the House of Reps Friday. The so-called cap and trade bill, designed to stop non-existent global warming was steamrolled through the house with a 300 page amendment just hours before they voted on it. Obama promised the people during his campaign that every bill would be available to the public online at least 48 hours before it was voted on. This has not happened to one single bill since his Presidency. Obama promised a new era of transparency. So far all we have received is the opposite. He also said lobbyist would never be allowed to be part of his administration, oh wait, except these ones... *sigh* But don’t worry about any of this, because the Democrats are in power, and they care about the poor. Right? Right??

The Cap and Trade law will have a devastating effect on the poor and the middle class. According to Obama’s own admission, electricity prices will, and I quote, “necessarily skyrocket”, end-quote. See the first video below to see it from the horse’s mouth. The days of living in a daydream, believing that the democrats care about the poor, are over. The average family can expect to see their yearly energy costs rise by $1500, in many cases that will mean slightly more than a doubling of what you’re paying right now. For the rich, this is not too big of a problem, but for the poor, it will be crippling. And all in the name of an environmental hoax, heck even Greenpeace is against this bill, because even they admit, this bill will do nothing to prevent global warming. But that’s not the only area we’ll see massive price increases. Consider, that all energy prices will rise because of this bill. How many products or service have an energy-cost component built into them? Hmm... That would be 100% of them. Most products have 30% of their cost covering energy used in their production and/or transportation. Now double that 30%. Getting the picture yet?

If there was ever a bill that was going to wreck havoc on a strong economy, it is this Cap & Trade bill. But wait, we don’t have a strong economy, we have an economy that is faltering day by day. Many predict the dollar is on its last legs and is soon to crash. Production is at all time lows. Unemployment is approaching all time highs. The economy is in disastrously bad shape, and this bill will be the final knock-out punch.

But there is something you can do. The bill has passed the House, but it still needs to pass the Senate. Really, it’s likely to pass the Senate anyway, but, but, there’s something you can do to try at least, to stop this attack against the poor, and reality.

There is a FREE Fax service that converts a specific email address to a fax, then sent as a fax to the specific Congressman.

http://www.congressfax.com/

You cannot "group" the email address and send out one message - the email addresses must be sent individually. All the Congressperson's district office email addresses are listed here (24 in all). You only need to send it to their DC (202 area code) office, but if you have the time, do them all!

1. Write something in Word, Notepad, etc
2. Copy and paste the email addresses into a new/forwarded email.
3. Send away!

I don’t like the chances of being able to stop this bill, but, we should try, for the sake of all of us.

Watch....

Unless you change and become like little children...

Israel Anderson — 2009-06-26T15:13:25-06:00

Thursday, the world lost one of the greatest musical and dance artists to have ever lived. Michael Jackson was a living legend, hounded and sued by everyone, endured the most horrific false allegations that took advantage of his child-like innocence. Oh boy, he had a tough life.

The JWs thought he was the arch-Angel Michael, which is kind of ironic considering their serious racial shortcomings that included segregated congregations. The proven-false claims of child molestation must have really broken his heart, especially as so many chose to be cynical and believe he still did those evil things instead of believing in the forensic evidence that so utterly cleared his name. Or should have at least. Having the DA go on a very public witch-hunt determined to bring him down, shocked the world, and rightly so.

It’s sad that we have people trapped in poverty, but its sadder still when they live up to the stereotypes and lie and do anything to get a few dollars in their pockets, even at the expense of another’s reputation, or indeed, life. I know this as much as I know anything, Michael was innocent of those allegations. I have a theory about people that believe he did molest kids, I believe their minds are so depraved, that they could see themselves doing it. Hence, the majority that believe he was guilty, are not women with an over-protective primal mothering instinct, it’s men. We in the Church always talk about being child-like, but when one man “gets it”, we crush him as a freak. I don’t believe Michael was any kind of a freak except for his silly fascination with plastic surgery. And really, I think he did ruin his skin. But that’s his perogative. Marilyn Manson beats MJ in that department anyway.

Michael Jackson exemplifies what happens when a man is falsely accused of such a horrendous crime. It kills you, literally. All the stress and the strain he carried simply could not be hidden under the blankets of makeup he wore. The autopsy results show that he was an incredibly fit man for his age, very healthy, but being falsely accused affects a man to his bones. It seems that Michael was likely addicted to pain killers and the Dimerol shot his personal Doctor gave him likely killed him. People don’t just use pain killers to numb physical pain, but mental and even spiritual anguish. Which raises the obvious question doesn’t it - who is really responsible for his death? Death and life are in the power of the tongue, said Solomon. Isaiah said, “The Lord God has given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him who is weary”. Oh if the Church would grasp ahold of this and run with it. David in his Psalm wrote, “Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips”.

Of course we can expect the self-righteous to simply use all of this as further cause to call him a freak. I have already seen the likes of Pastor Rick Moore publicly slam Michael Jackson as a pedophile freak and claiming the streets are now safe for 10 year olds. Moore expressed glee that his own son and wife also expressed contempt for Michael. With “Christians” like this, indeed, a “Pastor” who is supposed be one gifted with the love of the Father’s heart, is it ANY wonder at all why the Church is so despised by the common man, while Yeshua was so loved and embraced by the common man. It is true, the Church is the biggest stumbling block to men coming to know God. As the Church, we need to be the first to extend grace and forgiveness, and believe in the best. But we don’t, do we. The Church is always the first to judge, and to condemn. Pastor Rick Moore should be stripped of his position for such an anti-Christ reaction to this situation. We just don’t need ambassadors, like this. Or as the saying goes, with friend like this... who needs enemies.

Michael Jackson revealed some of his pain in his music.

Beat me, hate me
You can never break me
Will me, thrill me
You can never kill me
Do me, sue me
Everybody do me
Kick me, strike me
Dont you black or white me

Tell me what has become of my life
I have a wife and two children who love me
I am the victim of police brutality, now
Im tired of bein the victim of hate
Youre rapin me of my pride
Oh, for gods sake
I look to heaven to fulfill its prophecy...
Set me free

Sadly, they did eventually kill him.

I don’t know if Michael was a follower of Christ or not. It would be incredibly hard for anyone to turn to Christ when so many that call themselves by His name so openly persecuted you. Yet Kingdom principles return in his lyrics with regularity. There’s often more Bible truth in one 3 minute Michael Jackson song than in an hour long sermon.

Michael Jackson expressed a child-like innocence that I wish I had. He shared his life with children because, well, why don’t I let MJ himself explain...

Have you seen my Childhood?
I'm searching for the world that I come from
'Cause I've been looking around
In the lost and found of my heart...
No one understands me
They view it as such strange eccentricities...
'Cause I keep kidding around
Like a child, but pardon me...

People say I'm not okay
'Cause I love such elementary things...
It's been my fate to compensate,
for the Childhood
I've never known...

Have you seen my Childhood?
I'm searching for that wonder in my youth
Like pirates in adventurous dreams,
Of conquest and kings on the throne...

Before you judge me, try hard to love me,
Look within your heart then ask,
Have you seen my Childhood?

People say I'm strange that way
'Cause I love such elementary things,
It's been my fate to compensate,
for the Childhood I've never known...

Have you seen my Childhood?
I'm searching for that wonder in my youth
Like fantastical stories to share
The dreams I would dare, watch me fly...

Before you judge me, try hard to love me.
The painful youth I've had

Have you seen my Childhood....

I feel for this man. I hope beyond all hope that the Father accepts Christ’s sacrifice as sufficient for this man. I pray the Lord will have mercy on his soul. Something inside of me tells me that I will see MJ again one day, along with many other broken kids that many in the Church condemned to an eternity without Christ.

Perhaps I can relate to Michael Jackson better than most, because like him, I too had my childhood stolen. I deeply understand the desire to compensate for a lost childhood. Today I am not ashamed to say that I wish I had the child-likeness of a Michael Jackson. I think if we all did, the world could only be a better place.

I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven -Yeshua (Matthew 18:3)

The Ark of the Covenant about to be displayed?

Israel Anderson — 2009-06-26T14:26:44-06:00

I have been following Bob Cornuke’s real-life Indiana Jones treasure hunting for a decade or so. He has found the real Mount Sinai, and he claims to have found the Ark of the Covenant, though he was not allowed to view it. Now, the very people that Cornuke claimed, many years ago, had the Ark, have come forward and said they are about to reveal it to the world. I remain skeptical, not that it’s the real deal, but that they plan to reveal it. I doubt it very much. As I write this, the time they promised to reveal it has well passed.

If it is the Ark, how with this affect you? If you don’t believe in the God of the Bible, would this change anything?

I Never Have Let Schooling Interfere with my Education

Israel Anderson — 2009-06-23T17:51:28-06:00

My time in school was unusual. I excelled at school, particularly in the sciences. I won 2nd prize in the Auckland Science Expo at 12, and won my high-school’s Senior Science Trophy as a Junior. I was moved up a year at one point which did not help, because I was already one of the youngest in my class. I was a smart kid, not gloating, just saying how it is. But then, because of the drama that unfolded, and is documented in my story, I dropped out of school. I was just 13. Best thing that could have ever happened to me! Ever since I have devoured knowledge. I have asked the Lord for Wisdom, Knowledge and understanding, and He gave. I thank God I dropped out of school.

In years gone by though, I have seen the result of public education on the minds of my peers. In today’s world, no one can think anymore. People believe the most ridiculous things and accept whatever anyone in authority tells them. It’s really sad. Years ago I came to the decision that I am not ever going to send my kids to school, they will be home-schooled. They will be raised, not to remember facts and recite them for tests, instead, they will be trained how to think, how to deduce, how to trouble-shoot, how to invent, how to sing and play instruments, how to cook, grow food, how to philosophize. Most of all, they’ll be taught how to break free of the education daddy gave them, and think for themselves. This is one of the biggest hurdles in finding a mate - that being, few girls are prepared to help me home school. *sigh*

This blog post was inspired by one of the “Ron Paul Twins” when she posted a bunch of quotes , seen below, on her FaceBook. She and her sister were home-schooled. Enjoy...

"It is absurd and anti-life to be a part of a system that compels you to listen to a stranger reading poetry when you want to learn to construct buildings, or to sit with a stranger discussing the construction of buildings when you want to read poetry."
-John Taylor Gatto

"I never have let schooling interfere with my education."
Mark Twain

"The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education."
Albert Einstein

"My schooling not only failed to teach me what it professed to be teaching, but prevented me from being educated to an extent which infuriates me when I think of all I might have learned at home by myself."
George Bernard Shaw

"School days, I believe, are the unhappiest in the whole span of human existence. They are full of dull, unintelligible tasks, new and unpleasant ordinances, and brutal violations of common sense and common decency."
H.L. Mencken

"It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education."
Albert Einstein

"What does education often do? It makes a straight-cut ditch of a free, meandering brook."
Henry David Thoreau

"How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it."
Alexandre Dumas

"We are students of words; we are shut up in schools, and colleges, and recitation rooms, for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last with a bag of wind, a memory of words, and do not know a thing."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The founding fathers in their wisdom decided that children were an unnatural strain on parents. So they provided jails called schools, equipped with tortures called education. School is where you go between when your parents can't take you and industry can't take you."
John Updike

"I do not believe much in education. Each man ought to be his own model, however frightful that may be."
Albert Einstein

"My grandmother wanted me to have an education, so she kept me out of school."
Margaret Mead

"I loathed every day and regret every day I spent in school. I like to be taught to read and write and add and then be left alone."
Woody Allen

"Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught."
Oscar Wilde

"When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school, it's a wonder I can think at all."
Paul Simon

"School is the advertising agency which makes you believe that you need the society as it is."
Ivan Illich in his book Deschooling Society

"Schools are designed on the assumption that there is a secret to everything in life; that the quality of life depends upon knowing that secret; that secrets can only be known in orderly successions; and that only teachers can properly reveal these secrets. An individual with a schooled mind concieves of the world as a pyramid of classified packages accessable only to those who carry the proper tags."
Ivan Illich

"Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not know, about something you do not want to know."
G K Chesterton

"I hated school so intensely. It interfered with my freedom"
Sigrid Undset (Nobel Prize winner)

"The only time my education was interrupted was when I was in school." George Bernard Shaw

"There is nothing on earth intended for innocent people so horrible as a school"
George Bernard Shaw (Nobel Prize winner)

"Nothing enrages me more than when people criticize my criticism of school by telling me that schools are not just places to learn maths and spelling, they are places where children learn a vaguely defined thing called socialization. I know. I think schools generally do an effective and terribly damaging job of teaching children to be infantile, dependent, intellectually dishonest, passive and disrespectful to their own developmental capacities."
Seymour Papert

"It is much easier to condemn a child than to understand a child."
Jiddu Krishnamurti

"One who uses coercion is guilty of deliberate violence. Coercion is inhuman." Gandhi

"I have not the least doubt that school developed in me nothing but what was evil and left the good untouched."
Edvard Grieg

"Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense."
Gertrude Stein

"Our aim in education is to give a full life. We owe it to them to initiate an immense number of interests. Life should be all living, and not merely a tedious passing of time; not all doing or all feeling or all thinking - the strain would be too great - but, all living; that is to say, we should be in touch wherever we go, whatever we hear, whatever we see, with some manner of vital interest."
Charlotte Mason

"In the end, the secret to learning is so simple: Think only about whatever you love. Follow it, do it, dream about it...and it will hit you: learning was there all the time, happening by itself."
Grace Llewellyn

"Drop out of school before your mind rots from exposure to our mundane educational system. Forget about the Senior Prom, go to the library and educate yourself if you've got any guts." - Frank Zappa

"the whole educational and professional training system is a very elaborate filter, which just weeds out people who are too independent, and who think for themselves, and who don't know how to be submissive, and so on -- because they're dysfunctional to the institutions."
- Noam Chomsky

Let God be True

Israel Anderson — 2009-06-23T14:18:28-06:00

Has God told you to do something, but then YOU think better of it? I have seen people so believing that God has spoken to them, told them to do this, support this person, do things this particular way, don’t do that. They get excited, make promises, invest energy into something, and then... They decide that they know better than God. Sometimes we meet someone and God tells us right away to do something for that person or to invite them over and befriend them. Then, we learn more about them, and we back off, because, well, God must not have known about this person before asking me to do XYZ.

When God tells us something, and let’s be honest, we have no doubt it was God, we need to be obedient to Him no matter what. Even when all the world says that we made a mistake, God hasn’t. The Scriptures have something to say about this when they say, “let God be true, but every man a liar.” There’s times when we realize it was just our own passions that lead us to make a decision, and then there’s times where God so revealed His hand in your decision, that you know you’re simply being disobedient of direct direction from God if you change your mind.

If you’re in this position, where you’re wavering in your commitment, or you’re just flat out walking contrary to God’s direction, take a few moments to still your heart, connect with God, and reestablish that beautiful trust relationship with Him again, make amends if need be, and continue to walk out the journey that he has set before you, no matter what you think of the situation. Then, and only then, can God reveal the bigger plan and picture. And think of this... if someone is not taking advantage of you, perhaps you’re not being enough like Christ!

Wow...

Israel Anderson — 2009-06-21T18:37:44-06:00

Wow. Sometimes in life, hmm.. I guess it should be all times, but let’s be real, it isn’t, you want to just stop, and consider your life and say, wow. I guess it’s one of those times. Oh, now let’s be real, my life is far from perfect. But who’s is? When I look around though, and I see how blessed my life is in so many ways, it’s hard not just to be full of thanks.

I actually had a car accident a few days ago. I was stationary at a red light and some guy hit me at 45MPH. Hit me so hard my seat crumbled. I am dealing with some major back pain right now. I am hoping it’s just temporary, and would appreciate your prayers, of course, not that I need to ask. In fact just sitting here I am in a lot of pain, and I loathe any form of pharmaceutical, so not taking pain killers. But, “in the midst of the storm”, right!? The insurance company is so far being nice and taking care of everything. I thank God for that.

It’s crazy when I look at the stats of this blog how many people follow my life. Who ARE you people? Is my life really that fascinating :)

Yes, it’s random today hu!

The Lord recently blessed me with the new 13” MacBook Pro. It’s tiny, light, and has a 7 hour battery. I don’t blog a lot, because it’s hard to get creative in my ministry office. So now I can sit in a cafe, like right now, and be productive, update God’s iPod and have fun. Is that allowed? Fun? :) The problem is, now I’ll probably fill my blog with mindless nothings and my readership will likely decrease. Probably a good thing :)

Fuel prices are going to go through the roof. Have you considered buying a scooter? I did. 88MPG. And the girls love it :) Yes that is it above. Took the photo right now.

OK, so hopefully this post, bar the first paragraph, was so boring that you’ll never want to come back and read this blog ever again.

Wow...

The Cooling of Global Warming

Israel Anderson — 2009-06-15T13:33:40-06:00

All my life I have been on a quest for truth. People of the world all the way from world leaders to old house wives tell tales that people believe, and are simply not true. For a great many years I have wanted to compile a book of Bible myths. Things like three wise men, or Paul being knocked off his horse. And no, neither of those things are true. So I get really excited when I see truth winning out over silly old wives tales, and I get almost fanatical when it’s something more sinister like a lie with a serious agenda.

So when, last month, Global Warming was empirically falsified by the rather serious cooling of the oceans as measured by several pro-Global Warming teams, leaving them scrambling to try and deny their own findings, I almost wanted to throw a party. Now I have posted a few blogs before about how Global Warming is over, indeed, but this is the mother-lode! The people trying to prove Global Warming, have in their own research, not funded by big oil, but by Al Gore and his cronies, proven that the world is cooling. And it’s cooling fast.

Let me link to this white paper here, and you can read it for yourself. http://friendsofscience.org/index.php?id=429

Though scientific, it is written in a way that the layman should be able to grasp without too much effort.

And then there’s more...

We are constantly told that Anthropogenic (man-made) Global Warming has reached consensus point and no credible scientists dispute that the earth is warming as a result of human introduced CO2. This too has been crushed by evidence. The Global Warming Petition Project http://www.petitionproject.org/ has collected 31,478 signatures from American scientists, including 9,029 with PhDs. Below is what they signed - so much for consensus.

It reads:
“We urge the United States government to reject the global warming agreement that was written in Kyoto, Japan in December, 1997, and any other similar proposals. The proposed limits on greenhouse gases would harm the environment, hinder the advance of science and technology, and damage the health and welfare of mankind.

There is no convincing scientific evidence that human release of carbon dioxide, methane, or other greenhouse gases is causing or will, in the foreseeable future, cause catastrophic heating of the Earth's atmosphere and disruption of the Earth's climate. Moreover, there is substantial scientific evidence that increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide produce many beneficial effects upon the natural plant and animal environments of the Earth.”

They have released their own white paper http://www.petitionproject.org/gw_article/GWReview_OISM150.pdf that will require a fundamental understanding of the sciences and climatology to fully grasp, but just hammers reality home.

For the last few years I have been warning my readers that the earth is about to enter a period of cooling. I was correct, and this cooling is now picking up pace. Over the next several years you can expect longer, colder, dryer winters, with springs bringing heavier than usual rainfall. The growing seasons all around the earth will be reduced and some crops are going to stop yielding suitable harvests to make them economically viable, resulting in food shortages and severe commodity price rises. Take advantage of the sales and stock up NOW on long life-foods that can withstand several years of dry-storage. It’s just good common sense. Remember Joseph!! There’s no need for fear, unless you’re not prepared. Remember this too, that saying you’re just going to trust in God, when God has given you advanced notice, is not faith, it’s testing God! Don’t do it!

Global Warming is a lie with a serious agenda - to usher in a New World Order. It’s one of many cogs in the machine to do that, but far from the only one. but thankfully this one, is about to disappear.

OK, well maybe I’ll start writing more on my blog more often, though I doubt it if my track record is anything to go by :)

Chen & shalom.
ia.

Ron Paul on the Swine Flu

Israel Anderson — 2009-04-27T18:06:47-06:00

Socialism Is Not The Answer

Israel Anderson — 2009-03-06T11:24:16-07:00

An update to my story...

Israel Anderson — 2009-02-22T16:15:20-07:00

To read what I have written so far, click here...

I was told to just put my stuff in the corner of the living room. There was no bed setup for me, nor a space in any of the 3 bedrooms, so the couch became my bed. There was now 7 of us in that house; my mother, her boyfriend, 2 of my brothers, and my twin sisters. It didn't take long for my mother to be introducing me to drugs. I have a photo of me from this time, sitting on the couch holding a bong (a water pipe for smoking pot) in my hand. My mother talked about me going to school, but it wasn't to last. The emotional and physical abuse began immediately and within 3 days she locked me out of the house and told me to f*** off and don't come back. I saw her on occasion over the next 2 and half years. Once I had a job for a few weeks at a donut shop at the Charlestown Mall while I was staying at a homeless refuge in Redhead, Newcastle. My mother was shopping and saw me there, but never bothered to come and say hello.

I spent a few weeks at Redhead Refuge, but then ended up on the streets. For the next 2-3 years I travelled around the state of New South Wales, jumping trains and hanging out in the cities, but mostly hung out in Newcastle, a pretty tough industrial city. I ended up with a group of guys and earned the name "Kiwi" thanks to my New Zealand accent. Together we supported each other and caused mischief. Surviving on the streets wasn't hard. It was a fun lifestyle most of the time. No responsibility, free food at the Salvation Army, getting drunk every night. We would beg for money, and people were usually generous. I could make $20 in an hour easy, and back then that bought a lot more than today.

I became an expert at stealing. Shoplifting was my speciality and I was never caught. I could walk into a department store and just walk out with large items, and do it in such a way that no would ask questions. Sometime I would ask the security person at the door to give me some help with my "purchase". Once I "purchased" a keyboard that was nearly as big as I was. We'd then sell these to pawn shops who knew exactly that they were getting "hot" property. And then there was the alcohol. I could suck my stomach in so far that I could conceal 3-4 bottles of hard liquor, and to erase suspicion I'd always buy something and chat it up with the clerk. No one cared about asking for ID back then, and I looked older than I was, and of course the legal drinking age was only 18, not 21 as in the USA. And so off we went to a squat or a park and got smashed pretty much every day.

Having a mother who was well-known for dealing drugs was a blessing and a curse. It gave me protection at times, but at other times it made me some stranger's instant enemy. Having people come up and king hit me for no reason was no fun and it happened from time to time. Other times I was invited onto ships docked in the harbor from overseas where I was treated to some of the best marijuana in the world.

to be continued...

Neglect :)

Israel Anderson — 2009-01-29T20:49:42-07:00

OK, so I am neglecting my own blog. Sorry. I am working on God’s iPod about 12 hours a day. Yeah, I WISH I was kidding. :) And our giving this month is only at 14%... I wish I was kidding about that too.

I had to come and post though, because I saw 2 really great global warming articles today that I wanted to post on my blog.

The first is about the back-story of how Al Gore came to create the Internet, oops, wrong story, I mean to say, how he invented Global Warming. Actually, he didn’t of course, but like Apple did with portable music players, he just popularized it. Wait a minute, Al Gore sits on the board of Apple! Connection? Anyway, I digress. Correlation is not causation...!!

Ok, so here’s the basic story if you can’t be bothered clicking the link to read the story. Some scientist wanted funding, as they do, and invented, yes invented, a link between CO2 and temperature. He creates the IPCC *groan* and ends up being a professor. He teaches this young impressionable student about this terrible global warming problem. The student buys it hook line and sinker and thinks his professors is amazing and decides he must take this info to the world. This student then becomes Vice-President. You guessed it, the student is none other than Al Gore. Well, time has passed, and new models and a cooling climate turn the professor into an adamant global warming skeptic. He recently passed away, and Al Gore, well, he’s sadly going to be around for a long time to come. Oh that’s a nasty thing to say I know, but he is the one using global warming to introduce a one world government, so... Read all about this here: The Amazing Story Behind the Global Warming Scam

OK, the second article is great too... I am not going to write as much, my fingers are hurting... So bottom line, the ex-NASA climate boss who used to be ardent supporter of global warming and actually embarrassed NASA in the ’80s for saying global warming was real has now recanted and calls the entire thing a hoax. Yep, for real!! I'm a sceptic now, says ex-NASA climate boss.

Ok, cya sometime... Keep the planet green, but don’t buy the lie...

ia.

Dust - Was Jesus a Socialist?

Israel Anderson — 2009-01-24T12:20:42-07:00

Well my “devotional” turned to dust. You can find the Dust here. I am probably going to cross-post a bit. That means I will post most of them here as well as God’s iPod. And wow, have you seen the new God’s iPod? It looks pretty spiffy if I do say so myself. Lots more news stuff coming.

OK, so here is a recent post on Dust...

Click to play the audio and listen as you read along...

A popular Christian author wrote recently about Yeshua being a Socialist. At one point in his book, he says he is often a labeled a Communist, and kinda laughs it off, but doesn't reject the label.

If you have read my story on my personal website, IsraelAnderson.com, you would know that I grew up in abject poverty. I lived on the streets for 2 and half years from 14 to 17. I know what it is like to be very needy. So I have a perspective the comfortable Church kids writing best sellers do not. I didn't choose to go sleep in slums with the homeless to open my eyes to another world, that was simply my life.

So it may surprise you, that I see Socialism as wrong and totally contrary to Yeshua's Kingdom. Those who claim Yeshua was a Socialist, fail to understand the voluntary nature of charity. What our Lord wants is free and liberal giving of our prosperity, our time, our love. Charity, not Socialism is what Yeshua advocates. When men are reliant upon a ruling authority, they become slaves to that authority. But Yeshua came to set us free. Freedom, liberty, these are ideas Yeshua espoused to His followers. And Yeshua talks all the time about a monetary system that is nothing other than a free market.

But Socialism frees no one, it destroys a person's spirit. It traps them in a system that is near-impossible to escape from. It destroys the courage and strength of the man who would otherwise be forced to rise out of their poverty, by seeking work and making something of himself. It was the free enterprise system that empowered me to change, not Socialism, in fact it was government hand-outs that kept me on the streets for so long. Change, does not come from politicians. If we have not even learnt that much already, then God help us.

Socialism purports to support the poor, say that 3 times really fast, but does so at their expense, and the expense of those being forced through the threat of violence and further loss of their freedoms and property. Socialism takes the property of another person and redistributes it as "they" see fit. When this is done by individuals, we call this larceny, theft. When Government does it, we call it taxation, either through a direct tax or an inflation tax caused by the printing of money that is backed by nothing. But the size or the scale or the word we use does not change what it is, it is still theft. The result of Socialism is an irresponsible society crippled by a sense of entitlement. So it's ironic, that when we steal we're called a thief and sent to jail, but when a man in a suit and big smile steals, he's called a politician and sent to the seat of government.

As believers in Yeshua, let's give deep critical thought to this important issue as we consider the direction we may be heading as a people right now. It is a voluntary virtue to provide charity to another, stealing is never the answer. And when God said, thou shalt not steal, He meant it. If Charity is not voluntary, it is thievery, it is moral hypocrisy. The responsibility for my neighbor, is mine, not the governments. It's time for us, the Body of Yeshua, to take back the reigns of charity, and that means we need to see the world differently. We need to be people of action, care and concern for each other. If we don't, God will give us the government we deserve, and as history has well shown, Socialism will destroy us.

My Scriptures for today.

Matthew 25:34-36 “Then the king will say to those on his right, ‘Come, my Father has blessed you! Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world. for I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me something to drink. I was a stranger, and you took me into your home. 36 I needed clothes, and you gave me something to wear. I was sick, and you took care of me. I was in prison, and you visited me.’
and
Exodus 20:15 & 17 Thou shalt not steal. and Thou shalt not covet thy neighbors possessions.

God Bless you, and may you be covered in the dust of your rabbi.

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I'm going to try and write a daily devotional

Israel Anderson — 2009-01-11T01:18:59-07:00

OK, it seems a little arrogant to think that I could be writing my own daily devotional. Yet, I feel inspired and compelled to do so. So forgive me if you think that. I kinda do too, but the compulsion is to strong to ignore. I just wrote the first one, and you can find it here: http://godsipod.com/christian_blogs/israel_anderson/

Send me your comments, and go ahead and subscribe to them and it will email each one to you.

The all NEW God's iPod! Christian Podcast Site

Israel Anderson — 2009-01-02T18:53:29-07:00

Yesterday, Jan 1st 2009, I released the all new God’s iPod. http://GodsiPod.com

This is a ministry I started about 4 years ago that podcasts “following Jesus” content to all that want to hear. It has been a paradox for me, first it’s a real blessing to be so honored to be able to do it, but it’s also cost me so much in the ay of time, and real money. I have asked for donations, and I get more people telling me off for daring to ask than any donations I have gotten. I guess people are just used to some big ministry supporting things like this.

So the new God’s iPod is quite revolutionary. You can now get your podcasts 3 different ways, versus the old single method using iTunes software. Now you can subscribe to anything via your email. This is quite amazing. A podcast in your email! This effectively take us from the teens that know how to use iTunes, to EVERYONE. Even Linux users :) And it gets better. Every email has a button that can be clicked to email that podcast to a friend. So if you think someone you know would really enjoy or benefit from that day’s podcast, click the button, enter their email, and they’ve got it too. I am terribly excited about this. You just could not do any of this with the former God’s iPod. And the 3rd way, btw, is that you can now view the podcasts on the website! Yes, all very very cool. If I do say so myself.

Years ago, God called me to use my talents to build and strengthen the Kingdom through the digital realm. And so that’s what I have been doing for nearly 4 years now. Many Christian Podcast sites have come and gone during that time, but God’s iPod keeps on keeping on thanks to you, our listener and ministry partners.

If you are not familiar with God’s iPod, go and take a look and subscribe to something!!

ia. Global Warming. Global Cooling. What's the Truth?

Israel Anderson — 2008-12-31T17:46:17-07:00

ia. - Jerusalem, oh Jerusalem. Israeli/Hamas conflict. Prayer for peace.

Israel Anderson — 2008-12-29T19:32:13-07:00

ia. - Christmas Day - Yeshua wants us to be His brothers and sisters

Israel Anderson — 2008-12-25T13:32:58-07:00

ia. - Let's Go

Israel Anderson — 2008-12-24T17:55:13-07:00

A New Addition to My Story

Israel Anderson — 2008-11-08T18:51:37-07:00

It’s been a long time, over a year, since adding anything to my testimony. Well, I am going to start working on it again...

Go to the My Story page for context...

Things were about to get from bad to worse. My grandmother who had no desire to be looking after me, received notification from the Department of Social Welfare, that I was being returned to my guardians care. Now, my legal guardian of course was my grandmother, but since she had no desire to be looking after a 14-year-old teenager, she deflected all responsibility to my mother instead, and informed me that I would soon be on a plane to Australia to live with my mother. Of course this is not what I wanted. My mother was abusive, a drug addict and dealer, and had gone on to have several more children to yet another father. I knew full-well that I was not going to be welcomed by my mother with open arms and a loving smile.

I was bawling my eyes out as I sat on the plane on my way to Sydney Australia. All that was going through my mind was that God had forsaken me. Just six months previous I had surrendered my all to him. And yet here I was sitting on a plane having been sent from one that did not love me to yet another. I could only imagine what would be waiting for me. Rejection hurts.

I walked out into the passenger arrivals area and looked out for my mother. I remember raising my head and seeing her. But the moment she saw me and recognize that I had recognized her, she turned on her heel and started walking out of the airport. Her boyfriend Dale, introduced himself to me and helped me with my bags. We walked out towards an old green HQ Holden car. Dale was trying to make conversation with me, all the while my mother remained absolutely silent.

It's a three hour drive from Sydney Mascot airport to the suburbs of Newcastle. We stopped on the way at KFC, and had lunch. Even at lunch as I asked my mother a question she refused to respond and Dale responded for her.

We finally got to the house. It was a housing commission house, built by the Australian government for low income or unemployed families. Every other house in the street looked quite nice except for ours which was surrounded by dead cars and assorted rubbish. This was the wrong side of the tracks. It was a far cry from spectacular Auckland, New Zealand where I had harbor views just walking to school.

to be cont....

Vote third party this year - Vote Chuck Baldwin!

Israel Anderson — 2008-09-29T12:27:43-06:00

Vote third party this year - Vote Chuck Baldwin!

Something Beautiful

Israel Anderson — 2008-09-27T23:01:19-06:00

OK, for some of my new pre-believing friends :) Allow me to indulge in some beautiful faith and the power of that faith in Jesus to heal.

Today was my birthday. Thank you :)

Almost 2 years ago I was "sold a bill of goods", and for all intents and purposes, left standing at the altar by a girl that had set off so many red flags, those closest to me had warned me not to ‘go there’. I didn't listen, and I paid a heart-breaking price.

At the time it happened, a rock group I liked, Newsboys, had released a new single called Something Beautiful. The lyrics which I’ll paste below ripped me apart and made me a limp mess every time I heard them on the radio or on my iPod as I had just bought their latest CD. You can see why:

NEWSBOYS - Something Beautiful

I wanna start it over
I wanna start again
I wanna new beginning
One without an end

I feel it inside
Calling out to me

It's a voice that whispers my name
It's a kiss without any shame
Something beautiful
Like a song that stirs in my head
Singing love will take us where
Something's beautiful

I've heard it in the silence
Seen it on a face
I've felt it in a long hour
Like a sweet embrace
I know this is true
It's calling out to me

It's a voice that whispers my name
It's a kiss without any shame
Something beautiful
Like a song that stirs in my head
Singing love will take us where
Something's beautiful

It's the child on her wedding day
It's the daddy that gives her away
Something beautiful
When we laugh so hard we cry
all the love between you and I
Something beautiful

It's a voice that whispers my name
It's a kiss without any shame
Something beautiful
Like a song that stirs in my head
Singing love will take us where
Something's beautiful

It's the child on her wedding day
It's the daddy that gives her away
Something beautiful
When we laugh so hard we cry
It's the love between you and I
Something beautiful

Something beautiful

Today while listening to iTunes on random play, it played. This time I had a different reaction. I turned it up. Loud. Really loud. AND THEN I PLAYED IT AGAIN. It's playing right now.

There’s a passage in the Bible that talks about God turning around what our enemies meant for evil, and making something beautiful of it. I can say 21 months later, God HAS made something beautiful out of something just plain bad. I get this weird compliment/insult fairly often. Someone will ask, Israel, how can someone so smart believe in a loving God? Today the Lord gave me a birthday present I never asked for, but so badly needed. And that is why, I believe in a real and loving God. He’s something beautiful.

Preview or buy the song on iTunes here.

A Letter from Congressman Dr. Ron Paul

Israel Anderson — 2008-09-24T10:55:02-06:00

Dear Friends,

Whenever a Great Bipartisan Consensus is announced, and a compliant media assures everyone that the wondrous actions of our wise leaders are being taken for our own good, you can know with absolute certainty that disaster is about to strike.

The events of the past week are no exception.

The bailout package that is about to be rammed down Congress’ throat is not just economically foolish. It is downright sinister. It makes a mockery of our Constitution, which our leaders should never again bother pretending is still in effect. It promises the American people a never-ending nightmare of ever-greater debt liabilities they will have to shoulder. Two weeks ago, financial analyst Jim Rogers said the bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac made America more communist than China! “This is welfare for the rich,” he said. “This is socialism for the rich. It’s bailing out the financiers, the banks, the Wall Streeters.”

That describes the current bailout package to a T. And we’re being told it’s unavoidable.

The claim that the market caused all this is so staggeringly foolish that only politicians and the media could pretend to believe it. But that has become the conventional wisdom, with the desired result that those responsible for the credit bubble and its predictable consequences - predictable, that is, to those who understand sound, Austrian economics - are being let off the hook. The Federal Reserve System is actually positioning itself as the savior, rather than the culprit, in this mess!

• The Treasury Secretary is authorized to purchase up to $700 billion in mortgage-related assets at any one time. That means $700 billion is only the very beginning of what will hit us.

• Financial institutions are “designated as financial agents of the Government.” This is the New Deal to end all New Deals.

• Then there’s this: “Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency.“ Translation: the Secretary can buy up whatever junk debt he wants to, burden the American people with it, and be subject to no one in the process.

There goes your country.

Even some so-called free-market economists are calling all this “sadly necessary.” Sad, yes. Necessary? Don’t make me laugh.

Our one-party system is complicit in yet another crime against the American people. The two major party candidates for president themselves initially indicated their strong support for bailouts of this kind - another example of the big choice we’re supposedly presented with this November: yes or yes. Now, with a backlash brewing, they’re not quite sure what their views are. A sad display, really.

Although the present bailout package is almost certainly not the end of the political atrocities we’ll witness in connection with the crisis, time is short. Congress may vote as soon as tomorrow. With a Rasmussen poll finding support for the bailout at an anemic seven percent, some members of Congress are afraid to vote for it. Call them! Let them hear from you! Tell them you will never vote for anyone who supports this atrocity.

The issue boils down to this: do we care about freedom? Do we care about responsibility and accountability? Do we care that our government and media have been bought and paid for? Do we care that average Americans are about to be looted in order to subsidize the fattest of cats on Wall Street and in government? Do we care?

When the chips are down, will we stand up and fight, even if it means standing up against every stripe of fashionable opinion in politics and the media?

Times like these have a way of telling us what kind of a people we are, and what kind of country we shall be.

In liberty,

Ron Paul

Thank You, Dr. Ron Paul - by Chuck Baldwin

Israel Anderson — 2008-09-23T19:49:48-06:00

Thank You, Dr. Ron Paul - by Chuck Baldwin

Yesterday, September 22, Congressman Ron Paul publicly gave me his endorsement for the office of President of the United States. In his blog at the Campaign for Liberty web site, he said, "I'm supporting Chuck Baldwin, the Constitution Party candidate." See the complete statement here.

Obviously, I could not be more delighted and honored to have Dr. Paul's endorsement. I called him last evening and thanked him personally. And now I want to thank him publicly.

I am fully aware that Dr. Paul was under considerable pressure from various groups that were actively soliciting his support. I can honestly say that I never lobbied Dr. Paul for his endorsement. He knew I would be thrilled to have it, but I have too much respect for Ron Paul to be so presumptuous as to expect him to endorse me. I completely understood his neutrality. He has strong ties to both the Libertarian and Constitution parties--not to mention the obvious fact that he is a ten-term Republican Congressman with much support from the Republican Party in his home district.

I was happy to support Ron Paul during the Republican primaries, because I believe in the same principles. I personally campaigned for him in several states and in this column. And I asked (or expected) nothing in return. In fact, I have stated this publicly, time and again: if Ron Paul had won the Republican nomination for President, I would not be running. I would still be supporting Ron Paul.

I am running for President because the Republican Party rejected Ron's Paul's message of constitutional government, fiscal responsibility, and non-interventionism. Therefore, someone had to pick up the mantle and carry this message into the general election. The Constitution Party asked me to be their standard-bearer in order to bring this message to the American people in November. So, here I am. And now, Ron Paul's endorsement is further substantiation that the message of constitutional government will not die in 2008. The American people still have a real choice instead of the big-government, globalist, interventionist, "big box" party candidates, John McCain and Barack Obama.

Ron Paul's message is my message; Ron Paul's fight is my fight.

I want to return America to constitutional government. "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." (Amendment X) I believe that, and will govern the Executive branch of the federal government accordingly.

My sworn oath to the Tenth Amendment means I would dismantle the Patriot Act and restore law enforcement to the states and local governments, where it rightly belongs. Yes, this includes the so-called "war on drugs" and the so-called "war on terror." No more warrantless searches and seizures. No more eavesdropping on Americans' phone calls, or collecting Americans' emails, or spying on American citizens without court order and oversight. No more stripping Americans of their constitutional rights in the name of "national security." In addition, I would use every power and authority vested to my office to preserve and protect the right of the people to keep and bear arms. And, yes, I will immediately restore Posse Comitatus. As President, I want to protect America from Washington, D.C., as much I want to protect it from foreign powers.

I will also take the words of the Declaration of Independence seriously, where it states, "That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States." This means the day I am sworn in as President of the United States, the New World Order comes crashing down! The NAFTA superhighway is dead. The North American Union is dead. I will work to eliminate NAFTA, CAFTA, GATT, and the WTO. The FTAA is DOA. I will not expend tax dollars for the support of the United Nations.

Furthermore, I will take my oath to the Constitution seriously, when it states that one of the express purposes of the federal government is to "repel Invasions." This means we will secure America's borders, because the illegal immigration crisis is more than mere immigration: it is an invasion, and I will stop it! Even if I have to send the U.S. Army to the borders, we will put a stop to this invasion of illegal aliens. I will also aggressively prosecute those employers who knowingly hire illegals. And did I mention that my first day in office is Border Patrol Agents Ramos and Compean's last day in prison? I will personally open the prison doors and restore to these men their freedom. I will also give them their jobs back (with pay), if they want them. And one more item on this point: my first day of office is also U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton's last day on the job.

I also share Ron Paul's concerns for the way the two major parties have allowed the United States to become a meddlesome, interventionist, nation-building empire for the sake of satisfying the greedy machinations of international bankers and power-hungry politicians. I will not only bring our troops home from Iraq and Afghanistan, but also from most of the other 130 nations that currently house U.S. forces. I will end foreign aid. I will get the U.S. out of NATO. It is past time for the European states to defend themselves. It is time for us to stop sticking our nose in every other nation's business and start taking care of the United States. The Warfare State will kill us. Global empires are not sustainable. I repeat: global empires are not sustainable. If history teaches anything, it teaches that.

Furthermore, the Bush doctrine of pre-emptive war is over, when I become President. Because I will take my oath to the Constitution seriously, I would never send troops to invade and occupy a foreign country without a Declaration of War by Congress. In dealing with rogue terrorist organizations such as al Qaeda, I will seek letters of Marque and Reprisal from Congress, which would give me the authority to use whatever special and/or private forces are necessary to seek out and destroy those who desire our hurt.

And even though I am a born again Christian (as is Ron Paul), I would take my responsibility to protect the religious liberty of every American seriously. People have the right to worship God (or not worship God) according to the dictates of their own conscience. Whether one is Baptist, Catholic, Mormon, or agnostic, people have the right to practice their faith as they see fit. I am absolutely dedicated to preserving religious liberty. Religious tyranny is as evil as political or social tyranny. And, as I will be no man's slave, neither will I be any man's master.

I also share Ron Paul's commitment to the sanctity of life. When I become President, I will use the bully pulpit of the White House to press Congress to pass Dr. Paul's Sanctity of Life Act, which would overturn Roe v. Wade and end abortion-on-demand. On this topic, the GOP is especially hypocritical. The Republican Party controlled the entire federal government for six years and did nothing to save the life of a single unborn child. Saving unborn babies from the abortionists' scalpel is more than rhetoric with me, however.

Another area of agreement with Ron Paul is my philosophy of economics. Dr. Paul has been predicting the current financial meltdown in this country for years. And when all is done, the current bailout being proposed will do more harm than good. The problem is, America's leaders have rejected sound money policies for years, and the chickens are coming home to roost.

As President, I would seek to overturn the 16th Amendment, eliminate the Internal Revenue Service, and disband the Federal Reserve. I would lead the charge to return America to sound money principles. I would seek to reduce federal spending to constitutional levels by eliminating those same federal departments that Newt Gingrich promised to eliminate in his Contract with America back in 1994 (and then failed to do). I would seek to eliminate the Departments of Education, Commerce, Energy, etc. I would demand that Congress pass a balanced budget and that we stop deficit spending.

Neither John McCain nor Barack Obama will do any of the above. If he were President, Dr. Paul would do it, however, and so would I.

Needless to say, I am both humbled and honored that Ron Paul would place enough faith in me that he would endorse me for President. I can think of no higher compliment to my candidacy. I here and now publicly thank him for this vote of confidence. I know my Vice Presidential running mate, Darrell Castle (a former Marine Corps officer and Vietnam veteran), joins me in inviting all of Dr. Paul's supporters to help us take the message of constitutional government into the general election on November 4. Thank you.

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Today's Christians: no hope in God's way

Israel Anderson — 2008-09-16T10:43:10-06:00

Today's Christians: no hope in God's way
By Chuck Baldwin

I ask the indulgence of my non-churched readers, as this column is specifically designed to challenge the hearts and minds of professing believers.

The Old Testament prophet Jeremiah faced a generation that is very similar to the one we face today, I am afraid. Political and corporate leaders had given themselves over to corruption and duplicity. The fundamental underpinnings that founded and supported the nation were being dismantled. And the spiritual leaders seemed to be powerless to do anything about it.

Accordingly, Jehovah God told Jeremiah to give this message to the people of Israel:

"At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;
"If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
"And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;
"If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.
"Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.
"And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart." (Jeremiah 18:7-12 KJV)

When these Hebrews said, "There is no hope," they were not saying, "It's all over. We are all doomed. It is helpless." No, they were not saying that at all. What they were saying was, "Doing it God's way offers no hope. We will do it our way. We will rely upon our own devices, wisdom, and strength. We can get ourselves out of this mess." That is the spirit these people possessed.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I submit that this is exactly the same spirit that many professing Christians display today.

Most everyone, including Christian people, realize that our country is in a mess. They readily agree that a divine healing is needed. They even use the great stories and examples of the Bible to teach our boys and girls how to obey and trust God. They extol the examples of Daniel, the three Hebrew children, Simon Peter and the Apostles, etc. They use these stories to illustrate the importance of putting obedience to God and God's principles above the machinations and demands of men.

When it comes to voting for and supporting candidates who have proven themselves to be unfaithful to the fundamental principles of liberty and good government, however, these same Christians suddenly become enamored with "the lesser of two evils," and pragmatism. Doing right gives way to being "practical," and standing for principle gives way to "not throwing my vote away."

Had Daniel been "practical," he would have stopped praying for a few weeks and stayed out of the lions' den. Had the three Hebrew children been "pragmatic," they would have given a symbolic bow to the statue of Nebuchadnezzar. And I can just hear Christians living in the First Century talking about how they would vote for Nero over Caligula, as he would be "the lesser of two evils."

And from our own history, had America's Founding Fathers heeded the advice of the "experts" and pundits, they would never have signed the Declaration of Independence and fought a war for independence. Absolutely no one gave those brave patriots any chance — any chance — of victory.

Yet, both secular and sacred history are replete with the examples of brave men and women who were willing to defy the conventional wisdom and understanding of their times to stand boldly and courageously for the principles of truth and freedom. In fact, people who dared to defy the accepted wisdom of their age almost always accomplished the truly great exploits of history. Christians, among all people, should know this best.

How has it happened, then, that Christians cannot find the courage and resolve to support principle above political partisanship? How is it that we have come to embrace "the lesser of two evils" as a legitimate philosophy of voting? How is it that our spiritual leaders seem to be more concerned about being politically correct than they are about being Biblically correct?

I believe that God is waiting for His people in America to do what He told Jeremiah's generation to do: live and act according to His principles and trust Him with the result. Instead, many of us seem to be doing exactly what Jeremiah's generation did: we want to be pragmatic and wise in our own eyes and do it our way.

Think what God might do in our land today if every Christian, every God-fearing man and woman in America, would simply vote their principles every time they walked into a voting booth, even if the candidate had "no chance" of winning and whether he or she was told they would be "wasting" their vote or not. I wonder what God might do? (Besides, when we vote for evil, what exactly have we "won," even if they are victorious?)

I am reminded of one of my all-time favorite quotes spoken by John Quincy Adams. He said, "Duty is ours; results are God's."

When people — especially Christian people — start doing their duty and standing for truth and principle, whether it is considered politically incorrect, or unpopular, or "naïve," or anything else; then, and only then, will God give us the results that will bring healing and restoration of our land.

So, how many of us will determine to do our duty? Or, how many of us will say, "There is no hope in doing it God's way; I will rely upon men's devices and do it their way"? The way we answer that question will largely determine America's future — for good or for bad.

© Chuck Baldwin

Playing With My Food

Israel Anderson — 2008-09-04T11:53:02-06:00

So lately I have been playing with my food. A lot. Drying things, preserving them, inventing marinades that will prolong shelf life, all sorts of things. As an ex-chef, it's ironic that I am learning more about food now that ever before. God gave me this weird gift; to be able to mix and pre-taste flavors in my head without actually doing it. So, when I think of 3 flavors, I can taste in my mouth how it will taste. It's weird, but very useful.

Lately I have been experimenting with a pressure cooker. Never used one before. It's a fairly bland way to cook, so I am working on making amazing tasting food from one. They use very little energy, and it's a very clean way to cook. Winter is fast approaching, not thanks to Global Warming. Pfff... And winter means thick heavy hot meals. My soups, again, made from scratch, are killer.

Yes, I am different to most guys :) After 15 years in high technology, I am discovering the finer things in life. I am on a mission to radically simplify my life. I still have my travel bug, and there's so many places I want to go, but funding such travel becomes a problem. Simplifying my life saves money, and enables me to travel more. It also enables me to actually SEE the world. If that makes sense? I mean, when there's so much on your radar, it's hard to see the really important things in life. That's why I am getting more and more involved in politics. Because there's this group of people that want to control our lives, and if let them, they will. And my younger friends could not care less about politics, and think I need to just get on about Kingdom work. But that's thing thing. I am. Politics is really important, because it touches everybody.

Common Misconceptions About Global Warming/Climate Change

Israel Anderson — 2008-09-03T16:58:56-06:00

MYTH 1: Global temperatures are rising at a rapid, unprecedented rate.
FACT: Accurate satellite, balloon and mountain top observations made over the last three decades have not shown any significant change in the long term rate of increase in global temperatures. Average ground station readings do show a mild warming of 0.6 to 0.8C over the last 100 years, which is well within the natural variations recorded in the last millennium. The ground station network suffers from an uneven distribution across the globe; the stations are preferentially located in growing urban and industrial areas ("heat islands"), which show substantially higher readings than adjacent rural areas ("land use effects").
There has been no catastrophic warming recorded.

MYTH 2: The "hockey stick" graph proves that the earth has experienced a steady, very gradual temperature decrease for 1000 years, then recently began a sudden increase.
FACT: Significant changes in climate have continually occurred throughout geologic time. For instance, the Medieval Warm Period, from around 1000 to1200 AD (when the Vikings farmed on Greenland) was followed by a period known as the Little Ice Age. Since the end of the 17th Century the "average global temperature" has been rising at the low steady rate mentioned above; although from 1940 – 1970 temperatures actually dropped, leading to a Global Cooling scare.
The "hockey stick", a poster boy of both the UN's IPCC and Canada's Environment Department, ignores historical recorded climatic swings, and has now also been proven to be flawed and statistically unreliable as well. It is a computer construct and a faulty one at that.

MYTH 3: Human produced carbon dioxide has increased over the last 100 years, adding to the Greenhouse effect, thus warming the earth.
FACT: Carbon dioxide levels have indeed changed for various reasons, human and otherwise, just as they have throughout geologic time. Since the beginning of the industrial revolution, the CO2 content of the atmosphere has increased. The RATE of growth during this period has also increased from about 0.2% per year to the present rate of about 0.4% per year,which growth rate has now been constant for the past 25 years. However, there is no proof that CO2 is the main driver of global warming. As measured in ice cores dated over many thousands of years, CO2 levels move up and down AFTER the temperature has done so, and thus are the RESULT OF, NOT THE CAUSE of warming. Geological field work in recent sediments confirms this causal relationship. There is solid evidence that, as temperatures move up and down naturally and cyclically through solar radiation, orbital and galactic influences, the warming surface layers of the earth's oceans expel more CO2 as a result.

MYTH 4: CO2 is the most common greenhouse gas.
FACT: Greenhouse gases form about 3 % of the atmosphere by volume. They consist of varying amounts, (about 97%) of water vapour and clouds, with the remainder being gases like CO2, CH4, Ozone and N2O, of which carbon dioxide is the largest amount. Hence, CO2 constitutes about 0.037% of the atmosphere. While the minor gases are more effective as "greenhouse agents" than water vapour and clouds, the latter are overwhelming the effect by their sheer volume and – in the end – are thought to be responsible for 60% of the "Greenhouse effect".
Those attributing climate change to CO2 rarely mention this important fact.

MYTH 5: Computer models verify that CO2 increases will cause significant global warming.
FACT: The computer models assume that CO2 is the primary climate driver, and that the Sun has an insignificant effect on climate. You cannot use the output of a model to verify or prove its initial assumption - that is circular reasoning and is illogical. Computer models can be made to roughly match the 20th century temperature rise by adjusting many input parameters and using strong positive feedbacks. They do not "prove" anything. Also, computer models predicting global warming are incapable of properly including the effects of the sun, cosmic rays and the clouds. The sun is a major cause of temperature variation on the earth surface as its received radiation changes all the time, This happens largely in cyclical fashion. The number and the lengths in time of sunspots can be correlated very closely with average temperatures on earth, e.g. the Little Ice Age and the Medieval Warm Period. Varying intensity of solar heat radiation affects the surface temperature of the oceans and the currents. Warmer ocean water expels gases, some of which are CO2. Solar radiation interferes with the cosmic ray flux, thus influencing the amount ionized nuclei which control cloud cover.

MYTH 6: The UN proved that man–made CO2 causes global warming.
FACT: In a 1996 report by the UN on global warming, two statements were deleted from the final draft. Here they are:
1) “None of the studies cited above has shown clear evidence that we can attribute the observed climate changes to increases in greenhouse gases.”
2) “No study to date has positively attributed all or part of the climate change to man–made causes”
To the present day there is still no scientific proof that man-made CO2 causes significant global warming.

MYTH 7: CO2 is a pollutant.
FACT: This is absolutely not true. Nitrogen forms 80% of our atmosphere. We could not live in 100% nitrogen either. Carbon dioxide is no more a pollutant than nitrogen is. CO2 is essential to life on earth. It is necessary for plant growth since increased CO2 intake as a result of increased atmospheric concentration causes many trees and other plants to grow more vigorously. Unfortunately, the Canadian Government has included CO2 with a number of truly toxic and noxious substances listed by the Environmental Protection Act, only as their means to politically control it.

MYTH 8: Global warming will cause more storms and other weather extremes.
FACT: There is no scientific or statistical evidence whatsoever that supports such claims on a global scale. Regional variations may occur. Growing insurance and infrastructure repair costs, particularly in coastal areas, are sometimes claimed to be the result of increasing frequency and severity of storms, whereas in reality they are a function of increasing population density, escalating development value, and ever more media reporting.

MYTH 9: Receding glaciers and the calving of ice shelves are proof of global warming.
FACT: Glaciers have been receding and growing cyclically for hundreds of years. Recent glacier melting is a consequence of coming out of the very cool period of the Little Ice Age. Ice shelves have been breaking off for centuries. Scientists know of at least 33 periods of glaciers growing and then retreating. It’s normal. Besides, glacier's health is dependent as much on precipitation as on temperature.

MYTH 10: The earth’s poles are warming; polar ice caps are breaking up and melting and the sea level rising.
FACT: The earth is variable. The western Arctic may be getting somewhat warmer, due to unrelated cyclic events in the Pacific Ocean, but the Eastern Arctic and Greenland are getting colder. The small Palmer Peninsula of Antarctica is getting warmer, while the main Antarctic continent is actually cooling. Ice thicknesses are increasing both on Greenland and in Antarctica.
Sea level monitoring in the Pacific (Tuvalu) and Indian Oceans (Maldives) has shown no sign of any sea level rise.

More FACTS and MYTHS? See what Professor deFreitas has to say.

Source.

Blackberry Jam! Yum!

Israel Anderson — 2008-08-30T23:16:20-06:00

Been thinning the site down. Old stuff, not updating it, not much point. Want to try and focus.

Yesterday I tried my hand at making jam. Real jam from real blackberries in my garden. I ended up making 7 full jars. It is darn good stuff. I don't like to buy American jam because it has so much sugar in it, and often it's high-fructose-corn-syrup not sugar anyway. I made this semi-sweet. Gosh it's goooood. Ingredients, blackberries, sugar, pectin. Yum. Just like they make it down under. :)

I am also drying bananas too. I have been experimenting with making different sweets with pureed banana. Put them in a dehydrator, and living long-life snacks is the result. The last lot was banana, toasted coconut and toasted sesame seeds, and some apricot with maple syrup to sweeten them. So cheap to make, and you can't buy anything like it for any price.

The garden is coming along well. Got it going very late in the year, and with global cooling coming upon us, the temperature is far colder than it should be for this time of year. Unfortunately, as the world cools off so rapidly, we're seeing these massive storms. Hopefully soon the global warming liars will admit their ~~errors~~ fraud and tell people how to prepare for this new radically colder earth we'll soon have. I doubt it though, they'll find some way to blame the cold on global warming too. Meanwhile our spring was 2 1/2 weeks late and it's looking like this winter is going to be early. Not good.

The massive Ron Paul sponsored Rally for the Republic is being held this week in Minneapolis, 9 miles up the road from the Republican convention. 10,000 tickets have already been sold to this massive event designed to stoke the fires of constitutional rule in America and a return to the values of freedom and liberty.

Oh and what about Sarah Palin hey. It's slowly coming out that Trig is actually her then-16-year-old daughter's son, not her own as she has been telling people. Seems like a good woman on many fronts, not so much on others, but much better than McCain. I wonder if they could swap positions? The tokenism of her selection is a little insulting though and I expect it to backfire. Obama is likely to win by a landslide. Roll on Communism.... It's sad so many Americans are just so angry at Bush that they choose something so un-American as Socialism. Obama may be the lesser of two evils, but when it is the lesser of two very very evils, it's STILL evil. Anyway, more talk about the Communization of America on the ia report in weeks to come.

Israel Cooks Butter Chicken Flashback

Israel Anderson — 2008-08-28T23:04:58-06:00

I met someone in Whole Foods tonight and told them about my old Butter Chicken cooking video. So here's a flashback from about a year ago.

the ia report Website!

Israel Anderson — 2008-08-28T20:03:24-06:00

The studio is pretty much done. The camera I have is sub-standard for what I want to do, but it will have to do for now. The website is live and ready for the first video. The requests for syndication have been coming in. All in all, the ia report is shaping up real well, even if it has taken longer than I would have hoped. I hope to be filming tonight or tomorrow. The first video will be online soon after. I have so much to put into the first episode. I hope to keep them to 3 or 4 minutes, but the first one is going to be about 10 I think. This is going to be fun!

Here's the site: the ia report

The Media's Choice

Israel Anderson — 2008-08-25T13:28:48-06:00

The Declaration of Independence

Israel Anderson — 2008-08-13T11:44:05-06:00

The Declaration of Independence of the Thirteen Colonies
In CONGRESS, July 4, 1776

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

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. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. —Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain [George III] is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

Something Personal

Israel Anderson — 2008-08-11T19:29:14-06:00

Today I thought I'd share some random stuff from my last few days. Why? Why not!

Return #1
So bought this tan sports coat in California a few weeks ago from Gap. I decided to return it at Flatiron Mall, Broomfield. I did not have the receipt, but they were able to look up the transaction using my credit card. Hmm... Anyway, the guy asked why I was returning it. The reason was the fabric they used. It was terrible. It was only a $99 jacket, but even for the price, the material was very sub par. I said to the guy that I wore it just once and yet it looks like it's a year old already. He looks at me and tells me I can't return it if I've already worn it. This surprised and amused me. The item, in my opinion was faulty. How could I know it was faulty unless I had already worn it? So you say your car's engine is blowing smoke? Oh, so you drove it already then? You get my point. So I quipped back, well in that case I never wore it. The guy then huffs and calls his manager and has her refund my money. Um, ok.

Return #2
I also bought a pair of cargo shorts in California. My first purchase ever from American Eagle Outfitters. Likely my last. The pocket on one side just came apart at the stitching, and the zipper had no auto-lock on it, so it would be down every time I checked. Not good. AEO was just next to GAP. I walked in, and it was busy. Sale. No receipt for this one ether, and they could not look up my sale on my credit card. They said I could exchange it, and I looked, but the place was full of 14 year old girls shopping on daddy's credit cards and I gave up. I asked for a refund instead. No receipt, no refund. Ok, but they offered a gift card. OK, so I was asked to step back to the end of the line. Um... ok, line was 20 people long, only 2 people on checkouts. I just left. Came back an hour later, didn't remember me, but finally got my gift card. I guess now I have to go back. Sad.

The notable part of this is that the people in these stores were so rude you'd think they were working in high fashion not commodity level clothing stores. Of course, the mall junkies, kids with credit cards, have no idea about the economy and so have not stopped buying. Crunch time coming. Then what will you wear? Oh no, you might just have to wear something from last years collection. OH MY GOD!! :O

Garden
I am planting a garden. I am renting a room from a delightful empty-nester. We have a timed irrigation system which is handy. I am planting spinach, coriander/cilantro, chinese cabbage and some lettuce varieties. It's a bit late for Basil, but I am going to try from some mature seedlings. I am part of a community farm and they blessed me with the seeds and seedlings. We have a few other things in the garden already and I'll be tidying them up too. We also have many fruit trees and a massive blackberry bush. I just have such a passion for growing my own food now.

Apple
So I am now on my 5th iPhone. It goes something like this. #1 went right back after buying it because there was dust under the screen. #2 went back because the speaker volume was 1/3rd the volume of other iPhones. #3 went back because the proximity sensor was failing and the screen was not turning off during a call which meant my cheek kept activating the mute button on the screen. #4 went back because the sleep/wake button was intermittently not working and after the 2.0 update I could not connect to WiFi. So now I am on my 5th iPhone. All replaced under warranty of course, but still, the quality of these devices is poor at best. Someone offered to buy my current iPhone if I was upgrading to the new 3G iPhone, but they have even greater issues, so no, I'll be holding onto this one for quite a while.

I have had some other problems too. My MacBook Pro that is now getting a bit long in the tooth, had a failing battery, even though I have not really used the computer on battery except the 2 months when I was traveling. The computer would shut down with 70% charge left. Not good. And it happened while I was in the Apple store backing my iPhone up before they replaced it. A girl there saw me utter some grief at the computer and asked me what was wrong. I explained my battery issue. She got my serial number and told me my machine was out of warranty. That I knew. But I'm going to replace your battery for you anyway. Wait... Well, I guess Apple is making more money than any other tech company on the planet right now, and my meagre 7, yes, seven, shares did very well this week, but was very surprised at this and very grateful. I am sure this battery is special, because I have been using it now in Starbucks for 2 hours and I still have 74% charge. Apple has much better battery life than those smelly PeeCees though :)

Random: I hate Subway. Everything tastes the same no matter what you order. And Jared, you can NOT lose weight eating so many carbs. Gosh. People believe anything.

Oh, and more on Apple. My iPhone headphones were deteriorating. So now a week later and in a different Apple store, I show the manager the rubber coming away from the ear buds and ask if there's anything they can do, fully expecting him to apologize and maybe give me 10% off a new pair. Instead, he told me that they are not actually covered under the warranty, but I'll just replace them for you anyway, and explains that I should not leave them in tight pockets. Go Apple...! Yes I had problems I should never have had. Every flaw was the result of sub standard manufacturing, and yet they stood behind their product and took care of me.

The ia report
I am setting up my lights. A switch burnt out on one and I can't run without it, so that set me back, but I will fix that tonight. The first episode will be really simple. I am going to explain why a New Zealander is so involved in this cause of freedom, and I'll be reading the first part of the Declaration of Independence. Because people need to hear it.

OK, I think this is enough for today :)

Smelly PeeCees... yech...

More About The IA Report & Why I'm Doing It

Israel Anderson — 2008-08-06T19:54:39-06:00

In the Bible there is a character called Joseph. He had a very colorful childhood full of really bad circumstances. One day, Joseph explained what he saw, a terrible famine that would sweep to every corner of the land. Joseph had the people store food over the next few years to prepare for this famine. Those that prepared by storing food survived the famine and it made those people the wealthy ones. Those that didn't, became slaves to those that had, or died.

OK, so I'm trying to tell you all that I am the reincarnation of Joseph. Ha ha ha... ok not really. I tell the story though, because the prevailing attitude of my Christian friends is to smile and say with such ~~arrogance~~ faith, "God will look after me". God looked after the people above by sending someone to warn them of impending danger and how to prevent becoming a victim to it. The people listened and prepared as Joseph said to. Today, believers don't seem so smart. God usually works in the most practical of ways.

Though I am no Joseph, I do have a similar message. America and most of the world will soon, 2-3 years I hope, though some speculate in October, enter what I call the Grand Depression. This depression will make the 1930's Great Depression feel like a lottery win. It will be met with hyper-inflation. Hyper-inflation is when people steal your wheelbarrow and leave behind the millions of dollars you were carrying in it. It's when a loaf of bread will cost you a hundred thousand dollars.

Of course, many will deny this is soon to happen, and we have the mainstream media like CoNN and Faux to thank for that. You can put lipstick on a pig, but, it's still a pig. You can talk up the economy all you like, you can say it's all going to be fine, but the real numbers tell the real story. The dollar is collapsing, and the small boost it's receiving this week that is dropping the price of oil is not a sign that things are getting better. It's called the quiet before the storm. There is a saying you have heard before. Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. That's happening. Now. The trends we see now have occurred before. The dollar is not going to recover, it's going to get worse. Oh my, MUCH worse. Many people even believe the system has been purposefully designed to fail, and when you look into the history of the Federal Reserve Bank, it's not to difficult to believe.

This is one reason among many why I have decided to create the ia report. The ia report is video. In each brief video, I'll be raising an important issue. I will be talking primarily about the Founding of America and non-revisionist history. You'll hear about economics, politics, and common sense ways to prepare for the coming crash. Current news from a non-propaganda perspective. The video will be syndicated across several news websites and will also be found on a new website I am working on now simply called the ia report. I'll link to it once it's ready.

Citizen journalism folks. It's one thing the world really needs right now. I have a friend about to start a journalism degree, and he'll be providing reports as well. If we want our freedoms, they must be taken back. We can no longer sit back and expect someone else to look after us. God gave us a brain and He expects us to use it.

Is this all doom and gloom? No. I plan to make a lot of money in this depression. You can too if you know how. Watch the ia report and you'll see how.

Oh, if you can't cook and live off of McDonalds. OK, well then I guess it will be pretty gloomy.

God Bless America, with people that are serious about freedom.

God Wants Us To Be Free Men

Israel Anderson — 2008-07-31T00:07:01-06:00

I know many people that I have met in life continue to watch my site and read my blog. I have the ability to see a great deal of info in my webserver stats. It's funny how you never leave me any messages though. Perhaps you think you're anonymous. Anyhow. In a few of the emails I have received, some have expressed concern for the direction I have taken the last year, and a few have been outright hostile that I am using my "God given gifts", their language, for so-called "secular" interests, politics in particular. I understand why some think that. I am ashamed to admit that up until about 3 years ago I was pro-Bush, pro-war, and pro a lot of other things I regret too. I was an apologist for the war. It sort of went like this. Winkie Pratney > Heidi Baker > Rob Bell > Ron Paul > Eyes Opened. It should be noted that Ron Paul is not just a Congressman, he's a incredible man of God. One that I believe is living out his calling from God, through gifts given from God.

Now, it is true that God has given me a mouth to speak. Some don't like that because my character has at times not matched my abilities. The last 3 years in particular I have worked on my character so very much, and I hope some have noticed improvement. So an interesting thing has happened. While my shortcomings have prevented me from being invited to speak in Churches much, people outside the 4 walls of the Church have recognized this gift. In fact I just opened a Freedom Rally in Washington, D.C to 12,000 people.

So I'm selling out! Wait. No. I am not selling out. Was Dietrich Bonhoeffer selling out his giftings when he spoke out against fascism and Hitler in Germany? I've never met anyone who thought so. Nor am I. Politics can not be separated from our lives. When you fill up your car or do the weekly shopping and see the crazy prices, THAT is politics. Oh I could give example after example, yet there's no need, because politics is linked to every area of our lives. My focus is freedom. Jeffersonian Freedom. Not a party, not a man, but an ideology that I, and yes, even Winkie Pratney believes is part of the Gospel message. The message of Freedom.

It is rumored that when John Adams was first given the draft of the Declaration of Independence, he looked up at Jefferson in awe and said, "this is not only a declaration of OUR independence, but of the rights of all men". This is why a New Zealander placed in America by God, has been so drawn to bring forth this message. America is fast approaching both Communism and fascism and a mighty great monetary depression that will change the direction of the world. People here have forgotten the price the Founders and their kin paid to gain the freedoms we see being systematically stripped away today. I honestly believe God has brought me to this land to remind people. It is not the first time a foreigner has come to the aid of America. Ouch that sounds arrogant I know, but understand that this is a passion burning so bright within me that I am constantly, even this very evening, asked by people, "why do you care so much?". I care, because I was once entrapped in apathy, and had bought the lie about the wars and so many other things. I see the systematic purposeful destruction of a nation. I can not sit idly by and wallow in apathy any longer. Things do not have to go this way.

God wants us to be free men. Do you?

Something Big is Going On

Israel Anderson — 2008-07-29T18:18:46-06:00

The following statement is written by Congressman Paul about the pending financial disaster. He will introduce this statement as a special order and insert it into the Congressional Record next week. Fortunately, we have the opportunity to debut it first on the Campaign for Liberty blog. It reads as follows:

I have, for the past 35 years, expressed my grave concern for the future of America. The course we have taken over the past century has threatened our liberties, security and prosperity. In spite of these long-held concerns, I have days—growing more frequent all the time—when I’m convinced the time is now upon us that some Big Events are about to occur. These fast-approaching events will not go unnoticed. They will affect all of us. They will not be limited to just some areas of our country. The world economy and political system will share in the chaos about to be unleashed.

Though the world has long suffered from the senselessness of wars that should have been avoided, my greatest fear is that the course on which we find ourselves will bring even greater conflict and economic suffering to the innocent people of the world—unless we quickly change our ways.

America, with her traditions of free markets and property rights, led the way toward great wealth and progress throughout the world as well as at home. Since we have lost our confidence in the principles of liberty, self reliance, hard work and frugality, and instead took on empire building, financed through inflation and debt, all this has changed. This is indeed frightening and an historic event.

The problem we face is not new in history. Authoritarianism has been around a long time. For centuries, inflation and debt have been used by tyrants to hold power, promote aggression, and provide “bread and circuses” for the people. The notion that a country can afford “guns and butter” with no significant penalty existed even before the 1960s when it became a popular slogan. It was then, though, we were told the Vietnam War and a massive expansion of the welfare state were not problems. The seventies proved that assumption wrong.

Today things are different from even ancient times or the 1970s. There is something to the argument that we are now a global economy. The world has more people and is more integrated due to modern technology, communications, and travel. If modern technology had been used to promote the ideas of liberty, free markets, sound money and trade, it would have ushered in a new golden age—a globalism we could accept.

Instead, the wealth and freedom we now enjoy are shrinking and rest upon a fragile philosophic infrastructure. It is not unlike the levies and bridges in our own country that our system of war and welfare has caused us to ignore.

I’m fearful that my concerns have been legitimate and may even be worse than I first thought. They are now at our doorstep. Time is short for making a course correction before this grand experiment in liberty goes into deep hibernation.

There are reasons to believe this coming crisis is different and bigger than the world has ever experienced. Instead of using globalism in a positive fashion, it’s been used to globalize all of the mistakes of the politicians, bureaucrats and central bankers.

Being an unchallenged sole superpower was never accepted by us with a sense of humility and respect. Our arrogance and aggressiveness have been used to promote a world empire backed by the most powerful army of history. This type of globalist intervention creates problems for all citizens of the world and fails to contribute to the well-being of the world’s populations. Just think how our personal liberties have been trashed here at home in the last decade.

The financial crisis, still in its early stages, is apparent to everyone: gasoline prices over $4 a gallon; skyrocketing education and medical-care costs; the collapse of the housing bubble; the bursting of the NASDAQ bubble; stockmarkets plunging; unemployment rising;, massive underemployment; excessive government debt; and unmanageable personal debt. Little doubt exists as to whether we’ll get stagflation. The question that will soon be asked is: When will the stagflation become an inflationary depression?

There are various reasons that the world economy has been globalized and the problems we face are worldwide. We cannot understand what we’re facing without understanding fiat money and the long-developing dollar bubble.

There were several stages. From the inception of the Federal Reserve System in 1913 to 1933, the Central Bank established itself as the official dollar manager. By 1933, Americans could no longer own gold, thus removing restraint on the Federal Reserve to inflate for war and welfare.

By 1945, further restraints were removed by creating the Bretton-Woods Monetary System making the dollar the reserve currency of the world. This system lasted up until 1971. During the period between 1945 and 1971, some restraints on the Fed remained in place. Foreigners, but not Americans, could convert dollars to gold at $35 an ounce. Due to the excessive dollars being created, that system came to an end in 1971.

It’s the post Bretton-Woods system that was responsible for globalizing inflation and markets and for generating a gigantic worldwide dollar bubble. That bubble is now bursting, and we’re seeing what it’s like to suffer the consequences of the many previous economic errors.

Ironically in these past 35 years, we have benefited from this very flawed system. Because the world accepted dollars as if they were gold, we only had to counterfeit more dollars, spend them overseas (indirectly encouraging our jobs to go overseas as well) and enjoy unearned prosperity. Those who took our dollars and gave us goods and services were only too anxious to loan those dollars back to us. This allowed us to export our inflation and delay the consequences we now are starting to see.

But it was never destined to last, and now we have to pay the piper. Our huge foreign debt must be paid or liquidated. Our entitlements are coming due just as the world has become more reluctant to hold dollars. The consequence of that decision is price inflation in this country—and that’s what we are witnessing today. Already price inflation overseas is even higher than here at home as a consequence of foreign central bank’s willingness to monetize our debt.

Printing dollars over long periods of time may not immediately push prices up–yet in time it always does. Now we’re seeing catch-up for past inflating of the monetary supply. As bad as it is today with $4 a gallon gasoline, this is just the beginning. It’s a gross distraction to hound away at “drill, drill, drill” as a solution to the dollar crisis and high gasoline prices. Its okay to let the market increase supplies and drill, but that issue is a gross distraction from the sins of deficits and Federal Reserve monetary shenanigans.

This bubble is different and bigger for another reason. The central banks of the world secretly collude to centrally plan the world economy. I’m convinced that agreements among central banks to “monetize” U.S. debt these past 15 years have existed, although secretly and out of the reach of any oversight of anyone—especially the U.S. Congress that doesn’t care, or just flat doesn’t understand. As this “gift” to us comes to an end, our problems worsen. The central banks and the various governments are very powerful, but eventually the markets overwhelm when the people who get stuck holding the bag (of bad dollars) catch on and spend the dollars into the economy with emotional zeal, thus igniting inflationary fever.

This time—since there are so many dollars and so many countries involved—the Fed has been able to “paper” over every approaching crisis for the past 15 years, especially with Alan Greenspan as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, which has allowed the bubble to become history’s greatest.

The mistakes made with excessive credit at artificially low rates are huge, and the market is demanding a correction. This involves excessive debt, misdirected investments, over-investments, and all the other problems caused by the government when spending the money they should never have had. Foreign militarism, welfare handouts and $80 trillion entitlement promises are all coming to an end. We don’t have the money or the wealth-creating capacity to catch up and care for all the needs that now exist because we rejected the market economy, sound money, self reliance and the principles of liberty.

Since the correction of all this misallocation of resources is necessary and must come, one can look for some good that may come as this “Big Even” unfolds.

There are two choices that people can make. The one choice that is unavailable to us is to limp along with the status quo and prop up the system with more debt, inflation and lies. That won’t happen.

One of the two choices, and the one chosen so often by government in the past is that of rejecting the principles of liberty and resorting to even bigger and more authoritarian government. Some argue that giving dictatorial powers to the President, just as we have allowed him to run the American empire, is what we should do. That’s the great danger, and in this post-911 atmosphere, too many Americans are seeking safety over freedom. We have already lost too many of our personal liberties already. Real fear of economic collapse could prompt central planners to act to such a degree that the New Deal of the 30’s might look like Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence.

The more the government is allowed to do in taking over and running the economy, the deeper the depression gets and the longer it lasts. That was the story of the 30ss and the early 40s, and the same mistakes are likely to be made again if we do not wake up.

But the good news is that it need not be so bad if we do the right thing. I saw “Something Big” happening in the past 18 months on the campaign trail. I was encouraged that we are capable of waking up and doing the right thing. I have literally met thousands of high school and college kids who are quite willing to accept the challenge and responsibility of a free society and reject the cradle-to-grave welfare that is promised them by so many do-good politicians.

If more hear the message of liberty, more will join in this effort. The failure of our foreign policy, welfare system, and monetary policies and virtually all government solutions are so readily apparent, it doesn’t take that much convincing. But the positive message of how freedom works and why it’s possible is what is urgently needed.

One of the best parts of accepting self reliance in a free society is that true personal satisfaction with one’s own life can be achieved. This doesn’t happen when the government assumes the role of guardian, parent or provider, because it eliminates a sense of pride. But the real problem is the government can’t provide the safety and economic security that it claims. The so-called good that government claims it can deliver is always achieved at the expense of someone else’s freedom. It’s a failed system and the young people know it.

Restoring a free society doesn’t eliminate the need to get our house in order and to pay for the extravagant spending. But the pain would not be long-lasting if we did the right things, and best of all the empire would have to end for financial reasons. Our wars would stop, the attack on civil liberties would cease, and prosperity would return. The choices are clear: it shouldn’t be difficult, but the big event now unfolding gives us a great opportunity to reverse the tide and resume the truly great American Revolution started in 1776. Opportunity knocks in spite of the urgency and the dangers we face.

Let’s make “Something Big is Happening” be the discovery that freedom works and is popular and the big economic and political event we’re witnessing is a blessing in disguise.

Bush Impeachment

Israel Anderson — 2008-07-25T20:38:10-06:00

I normally wouldn't post something like this, but since the vast majority of the press are simply ignoring this...

At a crowded Judiciary Committee hearing today, House Democrats talked about impeaching President Bush…. to the disgust of the committee's Republicans.

It was purely stagecraft. The day's star witness, Ohio Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich, received a noisy ovation filled with cheering, clapping and whistling as he walked into the hearing room. Kucinich, who has introduced articles of impeachment, exhorted the committee to "support and defend the constitution that has been trampled time and again over the last seven years."

The hearing, technically, was not about impeachment but about executive power and its constitutional limitations. Judiciary Chairman John Conyers, D-Michigan, ticked-down a list of items that included, in his words, "the politicization of the Department of Justice, the misuse of signing statements, the misuse of authority with regard to detention, interrogation and rendition, possible manipulation of intelligence regarding the Iraq war, improper retaliation against critics of the administration… and excessive secrecy."

While Conyers called the evidence "both credible and substantial," Republicans scoffed.

I.O.U.S.A Trailer

Israel Anderson — 2008-07-22T11:13:44-06:00

For my New Zealand friends that wonder what this movie has to do with them. Simple. When the US economy collapses, it will affect every body in every country in one way or another. It will hardest those countries most dependent on US companies. Like New Zealand. This is relevant to us all.

Give Me Liberty, Or Give Me Death

Israel Anderson — 2008-07-10T00:06:43-06:00

It has been far too long since I have put anything here to annoy you with. I have been busy. No, I mean I have been buuuusssyyy... In the last month I have travelled 10,500 miles around the US spreading the message of Freedom and Liberty through my brainchild, the Freedom Tour.

At each concert event I have MCd and brought a short educational message about our dollar and the economic crisis we now find ourselves in here in the US. The overwhelmingly positive reception I have received from these talks leads me to pursue this more. Speaking, education, etc.

The ideas of Freedom and Liberty are not American, they are Kingdom. They are Principles not given to us by the Founding Fathers of this nation, but by God, and embraced by the Founding Fathers in the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, and the Constitution. This is why a New Zealander can be so passionate about these Principles in the nation he now calls home, America.

I am not sure what happens from now. My eyes have been opened to the sad lack of education of the average person regarding Freedom and why men and women risked, and often offered up, their lives, in 1776 and at other times, in order that you and I may live free and unhindered. Sadly this era of the free man is swiftly coming to an end. Sadder still, is that most do not realize it, and tragically, do not care. I feel charged and impassioned by the words of Patrick Henry when he said those most-famous words, "give me liberty, or give me death". For the first time in my life, I am beginning to understand just how serious he was when he uttered those immortal words. Today I echo them.

Much is about to change. Hold on.

But There Is A Consensus

Israel Anderson — 2008-05-17T18:00:15-06:00

Al Gore says any scientist who disagrees with him on Global Warming is a kook, or a crook.

Guess he never met these guys:

Dr. Edward Wegman--former chairman of the Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics of the National Academy of Sciences--demolishes the famous "hockey stick" graph that launched the global warming panic.
Dr. David Bromwich--president of the International Commission on Polar Meteorology--says "it's hard to see a global warming signal from the mainland of Antarctica right now."
Prof. Paul Reiter--Chief of Insects and Infectious Diseases at the famed Pasteur Institute--says "no major scientist with any long record in this field" accepts Al Gore's claim that global warming spreads mosquito-borne diseases.
Prof. Hendrik Tennekes--director of research, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute--states "there exists no sound theoretical framework for climate predictability studies" used for global warming forecasts.
Dr. Christopher Landsea--past chairman of the American Meteorological Society's Committee on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones--says "there are no known scientific studies that show a conclusive physical link between global warming and observed hurricane frequency and intensity."
Dr. Antonino Zichichi--one of the world's foremost physicists, former president of the European Physical Society, who discovered nuclear antimatter--calls global warming models "incoherent and invalid."
Dr. Zbigniew Jaworowski--world-renowned expert on the ancient ice cores used in climate research--says the U.N. "based its global-warming hypothesis on arbitrary assumptions and these assumptions, it is now clear, are false."
Prof. Tom V. Segalstad--head of the Geological Museum, University of Oslo--says "most leading geologists" know the U.N.'s views "of Earth processes are implausible."
Dr. Syun-Ichi Akasofu--founding director of the International Arctic Research Center, twice named one of the "1,000 Most Cited Scientists," says much "Arctic warming during the last half of the last century is due to natural change."
Dr. Claude Allegre--member, U.S. National Academy of Sciences and French Academy of Science, he was among the first to sound the alarm on the dangers of global warming. His view now: "The cause of this climate change is unknown."
Dr. Richard Lindzen--Professor of Meteorology at M.I.T., member, the National Research Council Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, says global warming alarmists "are trumpeting catastrophes that couldn't happen even if the models were right."
Dr. Habibullo Abdussamatov--head of the space research laboratory of the Russian Academy of Science's Pulkovo Observatory and of the International Space Station's Astrometria project says "the common view that man's industrial activity is a deciding factor in global warming has emerged from a misinterpretation of cause and effect relations."
Dr. Richard Tol--Principal researcher at the Institute for Environmental Studies at Vrije Universiteit, and Adjunct Professor at the Center for Integrated Study of the Human Dimensions of Global Change, at Carnegie Mellon University, calls the most influential global warming report of all time "preposterous . . . alarmist and incompetent."
Dr. Sami Solanki--director and scientific member at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Germany, who argues that changes in the Sun's state, not human activity, may be the principal cause of global warming: "The sun has been at its strongest over the past 60 years and may now be affecting global temperatures."
Prof. Freeman Dyson--one of the world's most eminent physicists says the models used to justify global warming alarmism are "full of fudge factors" and "do not begin to describe the real world."
Dr. Eigils Friis-Christensen--director of the Danish National Space Centre, vice-president of the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy, who argues that changes in the Sun's behavior could account for most of the warming attributed by the UN to man-made CO2.

Real Reason For IRAQ Invasion - Confirmed by Sen. McCain

Israel Anderson — 2008-05-08T13:16:12-06:00

The Real Reason For IRAQ / IRAN Invasion

Israel Anderson — 2008-05-02T00:33:00-06:00

Buy Gold, Whitehouse Emails, McCain Arrests Disabled

Israel Anderson — 2008-05-01T00:57:22-06:00

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Ron Paul on CNN talking about the Revolution and STILL in the Race

Israel Anderson — 2008-04-29T15:29:50-06:00
Ron Paul looking and sounding more Presidential and confident than ever before.

Repeat After Me: I Am Free

Israel Anderson — 2008-04-28T16:54:46-06:00

"go to work, send your kids to school
follow fashion, act normal
walk on the pavements, watch T.V.
save for your old age, obey the law
Repeat after me: I am free"

Graffiti on Philip St, Bedminster, Bristol, UK (opposite Windmill City Farm)

The Revolution: A Manifesto by Ron Paul Unboxing

Israel Anderson — 2008-04-25T17:19:34-06:00

Expelled: Exposing the Modern Day Creation Myth, Evolution

Israel Anderson — 2008-04-21T19:32:04-06:00

Outspoken Global Warming Activist Recants - Runaway Warming Impossible

Israel Anderson — 2008-04-11T16:33:31-06:00
New derivation of equations governing the greenhouse effect reveals "runaway warming" impossible

Miklos Zagoni isn't just a physicist and environmental researcher. He is also a global warming activist and Hungary's most outspoken supporter of the Kyoto Protocol.

Or was.

That was until he learned the details of a new theory of the greenhouse effect, one that not only gave far more accurate climate predictions here on Earth, but Mars too. The theory was developed by another Hungarian scientist, Ferenc Miskolczi, an atmospheric physicist with 30 years of experience and a former researcher with NASA's Langley Research Center.

A graph showing agreement of model predictions with data from both the Earth and Mars

After studying it, Zágoni stopped calling global warming a crisis, and has instead focused on presenting the new theory to other climatologists. The data fit extremely well. "I fell in love," he stated at the International Climate Change Conference this week.

"Runaway greenhouse theories contradict energy balance equations," Miskolczi states. Just as the theory of relativity sets an upper limit on velocity, his theory sets an upper limit on the greenhouse effect, a limit which prevents it from warming the Earth more than a certain amount.

How did modern researchers make such a mistake? They relied upon equations derived over 80 years ago, equations which left off one term from the final solution.

A simplified view of the new equations governing the greenhouse effect.

Miskolczi's story reads like a book. Looking at a series of differential equations for the greenhouse effect, he noticed the solution -- originally done in 1922 by Arthur Milne, but still used by climate researchers today -- ignored boundary conditions by assuming an "infinitely thick" atmosphere. Similar assumptions are common when solving differential equations; they simplify the calculations and often result in a result that still very closely matches reality. But not always.

So Miskolczi re-derived the solution, this time using the proper boundary conditions for an atmosphere that is not infinite. His result included a new term, which acts as a negative feedback to counter the positive forcing. At low levels, the new term means a small difference ... but as greenhouse gases rise, the negative feedback predominates, forcing values back down.

NASA refused to release the results. Miskolczi believes their motivation is simple. "Money", he tells DailyTech. Research that contradicts the view of an impending crisis jeopardizes funding, not only for his own atmosphere-monitoring project, but all climate-change research. Currently, funding for climate research tops $5 billion per year.

Miskolczi resigned in protest, stating in his resignation letter, "Unfortunately my working relationship with my NASA supervisors eroded to a level that I am not able to tolerate. My idea of the freedom of science cannot coexist with the recent NASA practice of handling new climate change related scientific results."

His theory was eventually published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal in his home country of Hungary.

The conclusions are supported by research published in the Journal of Geophysical Research last year from Steven Schwartz of Brookhaven National Labs, who gave statistical evidence that the Earth's response to carbon dioxide was grossly overstated. It also helps to explain why current global climate models continually predict more warming than actually measured.

The equations also answer thorny problems raised by current theory, which doesn't explain why "runaway" greenhouse warming hasn't happened in the Earth's past. The new theory predicts that greenhouse gas increases should result in small, but very rapid temperature spikes, followed by much longer, slower periods of cooling -- exactly what the paleoclimatic record demonstrates.
However, not everyone is convinced. Dr. Stephen Garner, with the NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL), says such negative feedback effects are "not very plausible". Reto Ruedy of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies says greenhouse theory is "200 year old science" and doubts the possibility of dramatic changes to the basic theory.

Miskowlczi has used his theory to model not only Earth, but the Martian atmosphere as well, showing what he claims is an extremely good fit with observational results. For now, the data for Venus is too limited for similar analysis, but Miskolczi hopes it will one day be possible.

McCain Preparing for Nuclear Armageddon with the Middle East

Israel Anderson — 2008-04-08T15:18:05-06:00
Well yesterday's post was good wasn't it. It goes a long way towards explaining the global warming hysteria, but also many other examples of extremism.

Today we discover that one of the Presidential Candidates has gained the endorsement of religious nut-job, and Messiah denier, John Hagee. Many, oddly, believe McCain is anti-war. The media is doing a most excellent job of 'educating' the public that McCain is the right man to finish the job in Iraq'et and get us out of there. This stands in stark contrast to McCain joking and singing about bombing Iran and declaring that we'll be in Iraq for 100 years. McCain is hell-bent on destroying Iran. So is John Hagee.

In a 2006 address to CUFI, Hagee declared: The United States must join Israel in a pre-emptive military strike against Iran to fulfill God’s plan for both Israel and the West… a biblically prophesied end-time confrontation with Iran, which will lead to the Rapture, Tribulation, and Second Coming of Christ.

Ron Paul has NOT dropped out of the Presidential race, and he stands a reasonable chance of winning the nomination. If Ron Paul does not win the nomination, and you are so partisan that you can't help but vote for a Republican, and therefore John McCain, you are nothing short of a brainwashed fool. McCain is a warmonger that will lead the US into a nuclear world war leaving America in ashes. No matter how socialist Obama is, he is a million times better a choice than one hell-bent on wiping America of the map. If you vote for McCain, the US will invade Iran, and the blood of innocent Iranians will be on your hands and may you stand before God and be judged for it.

TIM RUSSERT: So we could have two wars at once?
SEN. McCAIN: I think we could have Armageddon.
- John McCain, on the Iran crisis. April 2nd 2006, on Meet The Press.

You have been informed!

And if you think this is part of Biblical Prophesy, I hope you are the very first person called up in McCain's military draft.

The Invisible Killer - Dihydrogen Monoxide

Israel Anderson — 2008-04-06T11:36:12-06:00
The Invisible Killer Dihydrogen Monoxide

I am surprised I had not heard of this before. This terrible chemical solvent is one of the most used and obviously dangerous chemicals around. We must take action now to ban this insipid abuse of our environment.

Dihydrogen monoxide is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and kills uncounted thousands of people every year. Most of these deaths are caused by accidental inhalation of DHMO, but the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide do not end there.

Prolonged exposure to its solid form causes severe tissue damage. Symptoms of DHMO ingestion can include excessive sweating and urination, and possibly a bloated feeling, nausea, vomiting and body electrolyte imbalance. For those who have become dependent, DHMO withdrawal means certain death.

Dihydrogen monoxide:

is also known as hydroxl acid, and is the major component of acid rain.
far greater contributor to the "greenhouse effect" than CO2.
may cause severe burns.
contributes to the erosion of our natural landscape.
accelerates corrosion and rusting of many metals.
may cause electrical failures and decreased effectiveness of automobile brakes.
has been found in excised tumors of terminal cancer patients.

Contamination Is Reaching Epidemic Proportions!

Quantities of dihydrogen monoxide have been found in almost every stream, lake, and reservoir in America today. But the pollution is global, and the contaminant has even been found in Antarctic ice. DHMO has caused millions of dollars of property damage in the US.

Despite the danger, dihydrogen monoxide is often used:

as an industrial solvent and coolant.
in nuclear power plants.
in the production of styrofoam.
as a fire retardant.
in many forms of cruel animal research.
in the distribution of pesticides. Even after washing, produce remains contaminated by this chemical.
as an additive in certain "junk-foods" and other food products.

Companies dump waste DHMO into rivers and the ocean, and nothing can be done to stop them because this practice is still legal. The impact on wildlife is extreme, and we cannot afford to ignore it any longer!

The American government has refused to ban the production, distribution, or use of this damaging chemical due to its "importance to the economic health of this nation." In fact, the navy and other military organizations are conducting experiments with DHMO, and designing multi-billion dollar devices to control and utilize it during warfare situations. Hundreds of military research facilities receive tons of it through a highly sophisticated underground distribution network. Many store large quantities for later use.

The Horror Must Be Stopped!

Act NOW to prevent further contamination. Find out more about this dangerous chemical. What you don't know can hurt you and others throughout the world.

Watch this video now, it will have you in absolute shock!!

Let's Hear It For The GOP!

Israel Anderson — 2008-03-25T00:49:25-06:00
Let's Hear It For The GOP!

By Pastor Chuck Baldwin
March 25, 2008

I think it is time that we all stood up and gave the Republican Party a big round of applause. I mean, they have done us all a huge favor. By an overwhelming majority, the GOP has prevented a potential plague from enveloping these United States of America, and I think it is time that we acknowledged it. Yes, the GOP stopped a potential catastrophe. Without the combined efforts of millions of Republicans, there is no telling what kind of disaster might have ensued. Let's hear it for the GOP! Hip Hip Hooray!

For a few minutes there, I thought the GOP might have lost its mind, but I am glad to report that all is well with the Republican Party. The international bankers and oil companies, and the military-industrial complex, as well as the presidents of Mexico and Canada, can breathe easy. With John McCain as the presumptive Republican nominee, the globalist power brokers who have dominated the last three Presidential administrations can know that they are still in charge. There will be no changing of the guard this November.

It was scary there for a while. You see, there was this kook who was running for the Republican nomination that had the potential to upset the applecart real good. But thankfully, the fine people within the GOP rose to the occasion and beat back the attempts of his nutty supporters to vault him to the nomination.

After all, just think what would have taken place if this kook Ron Paul had won the Republican nomination for President. This nut case actually believes that the U.S. Constitution is the supreme law of the land. Imagine that. That means he would never take America to war except with a Declaration of War by Congress. Think how such a thing would prevent America's meddling and interventionism worldwide. Think of the billions and even trillions of tax dollars that would not need to be spent overseas. Think of how much money Halliburton would lose. Think of how much money the Federal Reserve bankers would lose by not being able to loan money to the U.S. government. It is too ghastly to think about.

Furthermore, this Ron Paul nut might have actually insisted that the federal government declare unborn babies to be "persons" under the law. Think of it. This would mean that every unborn baby would have the immediate protection of law. And this would have happened without the necessity of appointing a single Supreme Court justice. Whew! The Republican Party dodged a bullet on that one. Now they can continue to talk about being "pro-life" for the next thirty years in order to fool Christian conservatives into voting for them without having to actually do anything about it.

This Ron Paul kook would also have put a stop to the incessant spying on the American people by their own federal government. Egad! This Paul character would have set America back two hundred years. Think of it. No more illegal wiretaps. No more reading private emails, letters, and telegrams. No more harassment by the BATFE of law-abiding firearms dealers for honest errors in paperwork. No more using the wars on "terror" and "drugs" to violate the Fourth Amendment. Think of the money that would be lost by the feds not confiscating the private property of the American people.

In addition, if this Ron Paul nut had actually become President, he might have succeeded in abolishing the Internal Revenue Service and overturning the Sixteenth Amendment. Holy Horrors! Can you imagine the tragedy that would have ensued? No more income taxes. No more tax forms to fill out. No more IRS agents arresting hard-working citizens for "tax evasion." No more government tracking of our private financial transactions. Think of the US attorneys whose services would no longer be necessary. Imagine that. The federal government would actually be required to live within its means; it could no longer raise taxes, because there would be no more taxes to raise.

And if all of the above is not bad enough, this Ron Paul kook would actually demand that the federal government obey the Tenth Amendment. This, all by itself, would reduce the size and scope of the federal government by at least fifty percent. Imagine if the American people suddenly had the federal government out of their pocketbooks and off their backs? What would they do with all that newfound freedom? It is too scary to contemplate.

Do not worry, however. Thanks to the fine men and women of the Republican Party, John McCain will carry their standard into the November elections. Yes, my dear friends, David Rockefeller and his fellow travelers at the Council on Foreign Relations can rest easy. Should McCain win the general election, they will retain their influence in the White House. Indeed, we can all rest easier knowing that John McCain will be the Republican nominee for President.

After all, John McCain will see to it that our borders and ports remain open to illegal aliens. In fact, a McCain Presidency will ensure that illegal aliens become permanent U.S. citizens. Or better yet, that the U.S. and Mexico will be merged into a North American Community, thus eliminating the need for U.S. citizenship altogether. This will greatly help the Chamber of Commerce and Big Business. Think of the money they can save by hiring cheap Mexican labor. Think of the plants and factories that can be moved to Mexico. Think of the cheap Chinese goods that can be loaded onto Mexican trucks from Mexican ports and shipped into the United States on the NAFTA superhighways.

And did I mention the advantage a John McCain Presidency will provide to incumbents in future elections? Because John McCain does not believe in the U.S. Constitution, the First Amendment means nothing to him. This is good, because he can use the bully pulpit of the Presidency to promote his McCain/Feingold bill that would make it illegal for citizens to voice their concerns and opinions regarding the voting records of incumbents during a general election. That means those sinister organizations such as the National Rifle Association and Gun Owners of America will no longer be able to publicly promote their views regarding the anti-Second Amendment voting records of congressmen and senators.

That Ron Paul kook would never have tolerated such a law as McCain/Feingold. But thanks to the fine men and women of the Republican Party, we do not need to worry about these little inconveniences such as the First and Second Amendments (or any of the other articles within the Bill of Rights, for that matter), because they wisely selected John McCain to be their standard-bearer.

Furthermore, because the good men and women of the GOP decided to nominate John McCain, we can look forward to one hundred years of war in the Middle East. We can all anticipate the opportunity of sending our troops into harm's way all over the world to promote the interests of international corporations, nation-building, and other U.N. machinations.

Had that nut Ron Paul been elected, he would have practiced a non-interventionist foreign policy. He would have sought peace with all nations. And, instead of preemptively invading foreign countries, he would have dealt constitutionally with terrorists, resulting in their capture or death, the protection of America, the absence of long-term war, and the respect of nations throughout the world. Furthermore, that nut Paul would have refused to use U.S. forces to do the bidding of the United Nations and other international entities.

However, we do not need to worry about old-fashioned, out-of-date ideas such as constitutional government, conservative principles, or common sense, because the fine men and women of the Republican Party wisely chose John McCain as their presumptive Presidential nominee. Yes, indeed. Let's hear it for the GOP!

Flu Is Over, Just Like Global Warming

Israel Anderson — 2008-03-23T11:57:11-06:00
Well I am finally getting over this killer flu. I thank God I am exceptionally healthy. My housemate is STILL recovering from it after 3 weeks, but I am almost recovered 6 days later. Stay away from processed "food" people, it's not good for you.

Well I know you've all missed my blog SO much :) And some of you must be tiring of all the posts about global warming, especially those of you brainwashed by the media's propaganda. Well I have some good news and some bad news. The bad news is, we're going to have a few more posts on global warming. The good news is, I think we're only going to have a few more posts on global warming. The reason? Well it was warm yesterday and all the snow melted, so warming is true and I have switched sides. Ok, now let me go roll on the floor a bit.... No no no, I'm kidding of course. The real reason is that in the last 2 weeks, the most amazing things have happened. Just after I published my last post on global warming, much more has come out confirming the cooling of the globe, and we've now even got scientists who have for a decade, lead the charge in the global warming hysteria movement, switching sides completely. In fact many scientists that were on the side of the global warming hysteria have rapidly switched sides in recent weeks. The data, that the world is NOT warming and IS in fact COOLING, is overwhelming now. Far overwhelming any data that suggests otherwise. And this data is coming from places like NASA and other incredibly respected sources. And so over the next week, in rapid fire, I'm going to publish some of this stuff. Why? Because truth is truth. It's important we know the reality about things like our climate, but it's more important that people in positions of power don't have the sort of control over us they have had in the past. The US is slipping towards a form of soft-communisn while at the very same time moving toward soft-fascism. We need to think for ourselves. This whole "appeal to authority" argument has been so conditioned into Christians especially, and it needs to cease. We have become slaves to the system and it MUST end. NOW. So let's look at today's post... snipped out of The Australian, Australia's most respected newspaper.

(PS. As I have said many times, I'm an environmentalist. I want us to desperately stop burning oil and coal and anything else that puts pollutants in the air. CO2 is NOT a pollutant. But the other horrible stuff is giving us cancer and disease and the like, so hopefully we'll all be running off of solar in 20 years.)

Climate Facts To Warm To
Christopher Pearson | March 22, 2008

CATASTROPHIC predictions of global warming usually conjure with the notion of a tipping point, a point of no return.

Last Monday - on ABC Radio National, of all places - there was a tipping point of a different kind in the debate on climate change. It was a remarkable interview involving the co-host of Counterpoint, Michael Duffy and Jennifer Marohasy, a biologist and senior fellow of Melbourne-based think tank the Institute of Public Affairs. Anyone in public life who takes a position on the greenhouse gas hypothesis will ignore it at their peril.
Duffy asked Marohasy: "Is the Earth stillwarming?"

She replied: "No, actually, there has been cooling, if you take 1998 as your point of reference. If you take 2002 as your point of reference, then temperatures have plateaued. This is certainly not what you'd expect if carbon dioxide is driving temperature because carbon dioxide levels have been increasing but temperatures have actually been coming down over the last 10 years."

Duffy: "Is this a matter of any controversy?"

Marohasy: "Actually, no. The head of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) has actually acknowledged it. He talks about the apparent plateau in temperatures so far this century. So he recognises that in this century, over the past eight years, temperatures have plateaued ... This is not what you'd expect, as I said, because if carbon dioxide is driving temperature then you'd expect that, given carbon dioxide levels have been continuing to increase, temperatures should be going up ... So (it's) very unexpected, not something that's being discussed. It should be being discussed, though, because it's very significant."

Duffy: "It's not only that it's not discussed. We never hear it, do we? Whenever there's any sort of weather event that can be linked into the global warming orthodoxy, it's put on the front page. But a fact like that, which is that global warming stopped a decade ago, is virtually never reported, which is extraordinary."

Duffy then turned to the question of how the proponents of the greenhouse gas hypothesis deal with data that doesn't support their case. "People like Kevin Rudd and Ross Garnaut are speaking as though the Earth is still warming at an alarming rate, but what is the argument from the other side? What would people associated with the IPCC say to explain the (temperature) dip?"

Marohasy: "Well, the head of the IPCC has suggested natural factors are compensating for the increasing carbon dioxide levels and I guess, to some extent, that's what sceptics have been saying for some time: that, yes, carbon dioxide will give you some warming but there are a whole lot of other factors that may compensate or that may augment the warming from elevated levels of carbon dioxide.

"There's been a lot of talk about the impact of the sun and that maybe we're going to go through or are entering a period of less intense solar activity and this could be contributing to the current cooling."

Duffy: "Can you tell us about NASA's Aqua satellite, because I understand some of the data we're now getting is quite important in our understanding of how climate works?"

Marohasy: "That's right. The satellite was only launched in 2002 and it enabled the collection of data, not just on temperature but also on cloud formation and water vapour. What all the climate models suggest is that, when you've got warming from additional carbon dioxide, this will result in increased water vapour, so you're going to get a positive feedback. That's what the models have been indicating. What this great data from the NASA Aqua satellite ... (is) actually showing is just the opposite, that with a little bit of warming, weather processes are compensating, so they're actually limiting the greenhouse effect and you're getting a negative rather than a positive feedback."

Duffy: "The climate is actually, in one way anyway, more robust than was assumed in the climate models?"

Marohasy: "That's right ... These findings actually aren't being disputed by the meteorological community. They're having trouble digesting the findings, they're acknowledging the findings, they're acknowledging that the data from NASA's Aqua satellite is not how the models predict, and I think they're about to recognise that the models really do need to be overhauled and that when they are overhauled they will probably show greatly reduced future warming projected as a consequence of carbon dioxide."

Duffy: "From what you're saying, it sounds like the implications of this could beconsiderable ..."

Marohasy: "That's right, very much so. The policy implications are enormous. The meteorological community at the moment is really just coming to terms with the output from this NASA Aqua satellite and (climate scientist) Roy Spencer's interpretation of them. His work is published, his work is accepted, but I think people are still in shock at this point."

If Marohasy is anywhere near right about the impending collapse of the global warming paradigm, life will suddenly become a whole lot more interesting.

A great many founts of authority, from the Royal Society to the UN, most heads of government along with countless captains of industry, learned professors, commentators and journalists will be profoundly embarrassed. Let us hope it is a prolonged and chastening experience.

With catastrophe off the agenda, for most people the fog of millennial gloom will lift, at least until attention turns to the prospect of the next ice age. Among the better educated, the sceptical cast of mind that is the basis of empiricism will once again be back in fashion. The delusion that by recycling and catching public transport we can help save the planet will quickly come to be seen for the childish nonsense it was all along.

The poorest Indians and Chinese will be left in peace to work their way towards prosperity, without being badgered about the size of their carbon footprint, a concept that for most of us will soon be one with Nineveh and Tyre, clean forgotten in six months.

The scores of town planners in Australia building empires out of regulating what can and can't be built on low-lying shorelines will have to come to terms with the fact inundation no longer impends and find something more plausible to do. The same is true of the bureaucrats planning to accommodate "climate refugees".

Penny Wong's climate mega-portfolio will suddenly be as ephemeral as the ministries for the year 2000 that state governments used to entrust to junior ministers. Malcolm Turnbull will have to reinvent himself at vast speed as a climate change sceptic and the Prime Minister will have to kiss goodbye what he likes to call the great moral issue and policy challenge of our times.

It will all be vastly entertaining to watch.

THE Age published an essay with an environmental theme by Ian McEwan on March 8 and its stablemate, The Sydney Morning Herald, also carried a slightly longer version of the same piece.

The Australian's Cut & Paste column two days later reproduced a telling paragraph from the Herald's version, which suggested that McEwan was a climate change sceptic and which The Age had excised. He was expanding on the proposition that "we need not only reliable data but their expression in the rigorous use of statistics".

What The Age decided to spare its readers was the following: "Well-meaning intellectual movements, from communism to post-structuralism, have a poor history of absorbing inconvenient fact or challenges to fundamental precepts. We should not ignore or suppress good indicators on the environment, though they have become extremely rare now. It is tempting to the layman to embrace with enthusiasm the latest bleak scenario because it fits the darkness of our soul, the prevailing cultural pessimism. The imagination, as Wallace Stevens once said, is always at the end of an era. But we should be asking, or expecting others to ask, for the provenance of the data, the assumptions fed into the computer model, the response of the peer review community, and so on. Pessimism is intellectually delicious, even thrilling, but the matter before us is too serious for mere self-pleasuring. It would be self-defeating if the environmental movement degenerated into a religion of gloomy faith. (Faith, ungrounded certainty, is no virtue.)"

The missing sentences do not appear anywhere else in The Age's version of the essay. The attribution reads: "Copyright Ian McEwan 2008" and there is no acknowledgment of editing by The Age.

Why did the paper decide to offer its readers McEwan lite? Was he, I wonder, consulted on the matter? And isn't there a nice irony that The Age chose to delete the line about ideologues not being very good at "absorbing inconvenient fact"?

Source: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23411799-7583,00.html

Global Warming Cancelled, No Refunds

Israel Anderson — 2008-02-27T18:32:04-07:00
While Al Gore and co have changed the fear-phrase from Global Warming to Climate Change, the science is giving Al Gore and the entire pseudo science community death punches with the release of the latest data showing that the natural warm period we have been in has all but ended. So what now, Global Cooling? Oh, you can bet your bottom dollar, after all, this is simply about money. Al Gore will find some semi-credible way to make the new science fit in with all his prior BS. That, or he'll claim he did it, he saved the world and now temperatures are stabilizing because of his amazing leadership and he really ought to be the next President. WooHoo, created the Internet, saved the planet, what's next Gore? :(

You see, it's the following chart that has for many, been the final nail in the coffin of the global warming hoax. This is the chart Al Gore does not want you to see. Firstly because his fabricated hockey stick is nowhere in sight, but secondly because of what the graph DOES show. In 12 months, the temperature has dropped, no, plunged, so hard, so fast, it has wiped out a century of Global Warming.

Allow me to paste in a recent journal article:

Twelve-month long drop in world temperatures wipes out a century of warming

Over the past year, anecdotal evidence for a cooling planet has exploded. China has its coldest winter in 100 years. Baghdad sees its first snow in all recorded history. North America has the most snowcover in 50 years, with places like Wisconsin the highest since record-keeping began. Record levels of Antarctic sea ice, record cold in Minnesota, Texas, Florida, Mexico, Australia, Iran, Greece, South Africa, Greenland, Argentina, Chile -- the list goes on and on.
No more than anecdotal evidence, to be sure. But now, that evidence has been supplanted by hard scientific fact. All four major global temperature tracking outlets (Hadley, NASA's GISS, UAH, RSS) have released updated data. All show that over the past year, global temperatures have dropped precipitously.

A compiled list of all the sources can be seen here. The total amount of cooling ranges from 0.65C up to 0.75C -- a value large enough to wipe out nearly all the warming recorded over the past 100 years. All in one year's time. For all four sources, it's the single fastest temperature change ever recorded, either up or down.

Scientists quoted in a past DailyTech article link the cooling to reduced solar activity which they claim is a much larger driver of climate change than man-made greenhouse gases. The dramatic cooling seen in just 12 months time seems to bear that out. While the data doesn't itself disprove that carbon dioxide is acting to warm the planet, it does demonstrate clearly that more powerful factors are now cooling it.

Let's hope those factors stop fast. Cold is more damaging than heat. The mean temperature of the planet is about 54 degrees. Humans -- and most of the crops and animals we depend on -- prefer a temperature closer to 70.
Historically, the warm periods such as the Medieval Climate Optimum were beneficial for civilization. Corresponding cooling events such as the Little Ice Age, though, were uniformly bad news.
Source.

It's all over folks. Those who were skeptical of my claims, the game is over. Now that the research is in, the Scientists that have decried man-mad Global Warming can now speak in confidence that they have been totally vindicated.

Of course, don't expect to see this news on CoNN or Faux anytime soon. The media networks are all about one thing, FEAR. So now Global Warming will be quickly replaced by the new cover-all-the-bases fear phrase, CLIMATE CHANGE.... Run for your lives....

Pfff... Sheeple....

Now though, one thing must be said. As we have now seen that all the earth is doing is following historical trends, there IS actually something we DO need to be afraid of. As I have said in previous posts, we are now entering a global cooling period. It's going to get VERY cold all around the world. We are likely entering a mini ice age. This is what the historical record shows will happen. No, America is not about to be covered in tundra, but, trust me, over the next 10-20 years and longer, it's going to get so cold you're going to WANT to produce C02 just in the vain hope that it actually does cause global warming. Is this cooling period something to be worried about? Well, yes, it is. Now is the time to get healthier. Eat better and raw food. Stop drinking tap water and buy a reverse-osmosis filter. Stop drinking processed milk and buy raw milk direct from farms. Learn how to cook with real fresh food and real grains. As the earth cools, food will become scarcer, and a lot more expensive. Colds and flus are already becoming far more rampant. There's a super bug going around the entire planet right now. I thank God I don't have it, but I know many that do. Thank God again that it's not a very serious virus, the symptoms are very mild, but considering how widespread it is now, from Asia, through the Americas and even Australia, it sure is very contagious. These sorts of bugs will become a lot more common. Get healthy!

I have a desire to buy some land, build a small house on it, and start my own hobby farm. Become self sufficient. Because the people that have acted wisely, are the ones God rewards. See the parable of the talents. Now, I just need a financial miracle. HAHAHA.... I shouldn't laugh :)

OK, so, final parting words. Keep the earth green! As a New Zealander, I am acutely protective of the earth. We need to end our usage of oil. We need to cut the pollution out of the air. We need to stop filling our landfills with so much garbage. We need to stop consuming so much. But please, let's not be motivated to do any of this out of the media propaganda fear machine. There is no such thing as man-made global warming, never was. The truth must be told. Now though, as wise people, we need to prepare for a rather chilly bit of weather over the next few decades. Go take some basic cookery lessons. Learn to make food from scratch with raw, whole, ingredients.

I feel like starting a community of believers that want to live closer to the land and revive their lives. What an interesting idea... Sort of like the Amish. Amish with iPhones. :)

I Am Sheeple No Longer

Israel Anderson — 2008-02-09T22:32:34-07:00
It’s a sad thing I must confess to. I used to be pro war. I defended the Iraq-et war. I used to think CoNN and Faux actually told us the truth. It has only been very recently, since discovering Ron Paul actually, that I realized that I too was one of the brainwashed sheeple being completely controlled by the MSM. I am not yet totally free I am sure, but I am certainly a lot more free that I was.

It actually surprised me, that I am one that has never believed in evolution, nor anthroprogenic global warming, and yet I believed the lies about the war on terror and all sorts of other government propaganda. I am starting to see now how they control us through fear. The war on terror has got to be their most successful ploy so far. Invent an enemy, and then go fight them. How deluded I was.

So it’s no surprise to me people support McCain. What is astounding, is that it is within the Church, where we find the most people trapped in the same mindset I had just 6 months ago. It’s like that scene in the 1st matrix just after Neo had just been freed. Neo and Morphius are in the construct program and Morphius has a long monologue about freeing people’s minds, saying that many will fight to protect the very system that enslaves them. I was one of those, and the majority of us still are. The evidence for this is so clearly seen in the mass numbers of Christians voting for Mike Huckabee. Huckabee is rated by Judicial Watch as the 6th most corrupt politician in America. He has not got an honest bone in his body, clearly seen in his compulsive lies even though he has been caught red-handed so many stinking times. You do know he has now had to admit that he DOESN'T have a degree in theology as he has claimed for years don't you?

It looks like Ron Paul has only a small chance of winning, but I am campaigning hard for him all the same. I believe in his message. I believe the people that reject it are those fighting the very system that enslaves them. I wish we could all reject the media’s opinion of this man, and the opinions we have because of what we’ve been told, and actually investigate Ron Paul ourselves and then get behind his message. There’s a reason the MSM fears him so much. He’s very much a Morphius trying to free our minds. I am a sheeple no longer.

Hope Anthem Music Video - Very Trippy!

Israel Anderson — 2008-02-03T09:17:22-07:00

Information on the forthcoming show

Israel Anderson — 2008-01-25T01:14:10-07:00

Ron Paul's Israel Problem - Ps Chuck Baldwin

Israel Anderson — 2008-01-16T17:33:32-07:00

Ron Paul's Israel Problem
by Chuck Baldwin
January 15, 2008

If evangelical Christians are hesitant to support Ron Paul's candidacy for the Republican nomination for President, two reasons are usually proffered: he does not support Israel, and he wants to bring the troops home from Iraq.

Unfortunately, many (if not most) of today's evangelical Christians have bought into the whole neocon warmongering mentality. Somewhere along the way, evangelicals have forgotten the historic Christian understanding of "just war," not to mention our Savior's promise of divine blessing upon peacemakers. They have allowed President George W. Bush and his fellow warmongers to hijack the legitimate use of defensive war and turn it into a commitment to aggressive and preemptive war.

If the United States continues on its current path of aggressive, preemptive war, incessant nation-building, empire-building, and globalism, our country will collapse. If history teaches us anything, it teaches us that no super-power can long survive global warfare. The economic, moral, and spiritual strain on the nation would be more than it could long endure. In other words, Bush's war doctrine has put America on a crash course with disaster, and evangelicals are downright foolish to go along with it.

Ron Paul is anything but a pacifist. He is a U.S. Air Force veteran, for goodness' sake. He believes in Ronald Reagan's "Peace Through Strength" philosophy. He believes in a strong military. He believes in defending the United States. That is not in question.

Obviously, however, Ron Paul rejects nation-building, empire-building, preemptive war, and globalism. By the way, this is something the Republican Party also used to reject before George W. Bush came along. And please understand, this is something that the vast majority--and I mean vast majority--of the American people also reject. If the GOP nominates a pro-Iraq war, pro-attack Iran, pro-preemptive invasion, pro-aggressive war candidate, they can kiss the November elections goodbye. The American people (except for the most fanatically loyal Bush supporters) are sick to death of American soldiers and Marines dying for Mideast oil, million-dollar Halliburton contracts, and "surrender-your-liberties-because-we-are-at-war" dribble. However, it is evangelical Christians' misunderstanding of Ron Paul's position on Israel that seems to be the most problematic.

To be sure, not all believers agree on the subject of Israel. Christians are divided between pre-millennialism, post-millennialism, and even amillennialism. For the most part, pre-millennialists (such as me) believe that God will yet fulfill the Davidic Covenant with the nation of Israel. Post-millennialists, on the other hand, believe that the Church, which is the Body of Christ, is the complete fulfillment of God's promises to Abraham and David.

Regardless of one's particular view of Eschatology, believers should be united in their support for protecting the sovereignty and independence of these United States. If this were really true, the vast majority of believers would enthusiastically support the candidacy of Ron Paul, as there is no one in Washington, D.C., who more faithfully defends the integrity of America's sovereignty and independence. The problem is, some Christians seem to give more loyalty and support to the government of Israel than they do their own country's independence and freedom.

In this regard, it is incredible to me how evangelical pastors and leaders can continue to associate with--and support--radical Israel apologists such as John Hagee. His ranting about Jewish people having a special covenant with God and needing not to come to the Father through Christ--and even that Jesus never claimed to be Christ--is nothing short of blatant apostasy.

Whether one believes in a future Davidic Kingdom or not is immaterial to the preservation of America's freedom and independence. If God intends a future place and purpose for Israel, He is certainly capable of fulfilling that place and purpose. He will not need your help, my help, or Ron Paul's help. I know that is shocking to the pride and arrogance of many evangelicals, but it is true nonetheless.

Does that mean that an American President should deliberately inflict harm upon the State of Israel? As long as they do not inflict harm upon us, no. No more than he should deliberately inflict harm upon any nation that does not inflict harm upon us. A free and independent nation--not to mention a nation whose roots are grounded in Christian philosophy--should seek only that which promotes peace and prosperity. Of all people, Christians should understand this. Ron Paul does understand this.

Accordingly, Ron Paul rightly wants to return America's foreign policy to the established and historic principles of its founding documents and sentiments. That means free and fair trade with all and entangling alliances with none. Not even Israel.

My dear Christian brethren, let's get real: America's policies toward Israel have not been a blessing to her. They have been a curse. George W. Bush and most other Presidents during the last 40 years have treated Israel like the proverbial red-headed step-child.

For example, America continues to furnish Israel's enemies with three times more aid and assistance than it does Israel. Three times. Is that being a blessing to Israel? America gives unflinching and magnanimous support to militant Muslim governments such as Saudi Arabia. There is no nation in the Middle East that has harbored, trained, supplied, and supported more terrorists than Saudi Arabia. Is that being a blessing to Israel? In addition, every time an American President wants to meddle in Middle Eastern affairs, he insists that Israel give up land for peace. President Bush is doing that very thing anew and afresh at this very moment. Is that being a blessing to Israel?

Let me assure the reader (if he or she needs assurance) that Israel knows how to defend itself. In fact, Israel has over 300 nuclear weapons. Israel has enough weaponry and nuclear capability to take out any threat to its sovereignty that any Arab nation--or group of Arab nations--could mount against it.

Herein lies another problem: it is a heavy-handed, dictatorial, do-as-I-say foreign policy from Washington, D.C., that prevents Israel from defending itself. Before Tel Aviv can do anything, it must come hat-in-hand to Washington for permission.

If Iraq was a legitimate threat, Israel could have taken out Baghdad, Saddam Hussein, and his entire army with little difficulty. The same is true right now with Iran. If Iran is a legitimate threat, Israel could launch whatever attack is necessary to defend itself. It should not need Washington's permission. Israel is a sovereign nation. It should have the right to defend itself as it deems necessary. Frankly, it is none of Washington's business. The truth is, Israel's perennial precariousness is a direct result of Washington's constant interference.

Ron Paul would put an end to Washington's deleterious and insatiable appetite for nation-building and entangling alliances. The result would be a stronger Israel and a more stable Middle East. Not to mention the lack of resentment and hatred that results from the worldwide perception that America is an arrogant and bullying country.

Furthermore, Christians need to understand that Jewish interests are not always harmonious with the interests of Christianity or the interests of the United States. Israel certainly did not act in a friendly fashion when it attacked the Navy intelligence ship, the USS Liberty, in 1967. That attack was the second deadliest against a U.S. vessel since the end of World War II. The attack also marked the single greatest loss of life by the U.S. intelligence community. 34 U.S. servicemen were killed and 173 were wounded in that attack. In addition, Israel is often found to be engaged in espionage within the United States. Should America turn a blind eye to such activities? Of course not.

Beyond that, Hebrew Christians are still pretty much regarded as second-class citizens in Israel. There is no freedom of religion for Christians in Israel. I have spoken at the only two Baptist churches in Israel (at that time): the First Bible Baptist Church in Jerusalem and the Bible Baptist Church in Bethlehem. The vast majority of the churches' members were Palestinian or Arab; they were not Jewish. Most of the opposition to Christianity in Israel comes from Jews not Arabs.

Evangelical Christians in the United States also need to seriously consider the impact of America's actions upon the Christian missionaries throughout the world, but especially in the Middle Eastern world. There are numerous Christian missionaries throughout the Muslim states. Ask any of them and they will tell you that America's meddlesome foreign policy makes their job harder--not easier.

What I am saying is that Ron Paul's position on Israel is not problematic for Israel's future security or prosperity. And neither is it problematic for America's future security and prosperity. In fact, Ron Paul's foreign policy is compatible with both historic American principles--not to mention constitutional government--and with deeply regarded Christian principles. The real problem is that many evangelical Christians have themselves lost their appreciation and understanding of these principles.

Ronald Reagan Endorses Ron Paul - Seriously...

Israel Anderson — 2008-01-14T17:37:59-07:00

Iraq Veteran's Video Fixed...

Israel Anderson — 2008-01-14T02:18:34-07:00
If you tried to watch the video below and it was broken, try this:

JFK's final speech - Strikingly Similar to Ron Paul's Message

Israel Anderson — 2008-01-07T19:39:00-07:00
There's little wonder why JFK was taken out and why Ron Paul is so feared by his peers and loved by the people.

Where's Israel?

Israel Anderson — 2008-01-05T01:45:29-07:00
Next to Syria of course.

Ok serious now. I have been so incredibly busy. A good friend of mine, Marc Scibilia and I have been busy working on this new song, Hope Anthem. It's a tribute to the Ron Paul Revolution. Check it out, it's incredibly good.

I have decided that what I need to do is get a video camera with a card instead of tape, because getting video off my camera takes so long, I just don't do it. And then, I'm going to start my own bi-monthly video show, of sorts. Been bouncing ideas of my hero, Winkie Pratney, and it just seems to be the best way to really get my ideas out there. It's going to cover many things, but with a heavy dose of down to earth sciences regarding the evolution/ID controversy and a bunch of stuff about God and Church and things like that. Sound interesting? I hope it will be. Hey, someone send me $1000 so I can get the camera I want :)

Hey thanks for some of the comments. They have been AMAZING... very uplifting, inspiring... 2006 was the best year of my life. 2007 was the worst year of my life. 2008 is going to be the greatest year of my life and put 2006 to shame. I can feel it baby!

Israel Anderson

Oh, and all you in Iowa who shamefully voted for a man convicted of fraud 5 times and rated by Judicial Watch as the 6th most corrupt politician in America, better known as Mike Huckabee, and anyone living in America, or elsewhere, watch this....

Pat Robertson (nearly) Endorses Ron Paul

Israel Anderson — 2007-12-21T10:20:07-07:00

Ps Chuck Baldwin - Official Endorsement of Dr Ron Paul

Israel Anderson — 2007-12-19T21:59:42-07:00
Pastor Chuck Baldwin releases official "Endorsement of Ron Paul" video.

Who Are These Kooks? - Pastor Chuck Baldwin

Israel Anderson — 2007-12-19T02:56:07-07:00

According to the Associated Press, "Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul's supporters raised over $6 million Sunday to boost the 10-term congressman's campaign for the White House."

The AP report also said, "The [Paul] campaign's previous fundraiser brought in $4.2 million."

According to the Paul campaign website, "In a 24-hour period on December 16, the campaign raised $6.026 million dollars, surpassing the one-day record of $5.7 million held by John Kerry.

"During the day, over 58,000 people contributed to Dr. Paul's campaign, including 24,940 first-time donors. Over 118,000 Americans have donated to the campaign in the fourth quarter.

"The $6 million one-day total means the campaign has raised over $18 million this quarter, far exceeding its goal of $12 million."

Now, if one listens to most of the political pundits in the major media, Ron Paul is some kind of "kook," and his supporters are also a bunch of "kooks." So, the question must be asked, Just who are these kooks that are supporting him, and why are they giving Ron Paul all this money?

First, let's take a look at this "kook" who is receiving all this money. Ron Paul was born the third son of Howard and Margaret Paul, and was brought up with a work ethic in which one worked six days a week and went to church on Sunday. His first job was at age 5 helping his uncle wash bottles. He worked all the way through his youth mowing lawns, delivering newspapers, working in a drug store, delivering furniture and laundry, etc.

In high school, Ron was a track star, winning state as a junior in the 220-yard dash and running 2nd in the 440. His time in the 100-yard dash was 9.8. That's pretty good. I was never able to break 10-flat in the 100. Although, I bet I could have beaten him in the 50-yard dash. He also wrestled in high school. Coincidentally, so did I. But here Ron leaves me: he was president of the student council and an honor student. I never accomplished that. I was just glad to get promoted to the next grade. Even as a senior statesman, Ron Paul keeps himself in terrific shape. Have you seen him lately? He still maintains a rigorous exercise regimen.

Ron's two brothers are both ministers, and he became a medical doctor. He graduated from Duke University School of Medicine. When the Cuban Missile Crisis arose, Ron became a flight surgeon in the U.S. Air Force. He also served in the Air National Guard.

As an OB/GYN physician, Dr. Paul has delivered more than 4,000 babies, and he and his wife, Carol, have been married for more than 50 years. They have 5 children, 18 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild. Ron Paul is currently in his 10th term as a congressman from Texas.

As a congressman, Ron Paul has never taken a government-paid junket. He is not accepting a government pension. He returns a portion of his office budget every year to the taxpayers. As a member of Congress, he has never voted a raise for himself. Do you know any other member of Congress that can make such a claim? Of course you don't, because Ron Paul is truly one-of-a-kind.

Former President Ronald Reagan said this about Ron Paul, "Ron Paul is one of the outstanding leaders fighting for a stronger national defense. As a former Air Force officer, he knows well the needs of our armed forces, and he always puts them first. We need to keep him fighting for our country."

Perhaps this helps explain why many of the "kooks" supporting Ron Paul are active-duty military personnel. In fact, Ron Paul has received more campaign contributions from active-duty military personnel than any other Presidential candidate from either party.

But who are the other "kooks" supporting Ron Paul? What kind of people give more than $18 million in a quarter-year to a Presidential candidate that is almost universally ignored by the mainstream press? What kind of people give record contributions to a Presidential candidate that is lampooned by his fellow Republican Presidential contenders?

For example, Mike Huckabee recently said he could support any of the other Republican Presidential contenders (including Rudy Giuliani), except Ron Paul. That means, Mike Huckabee would rather support a pro-abortion, pro-gay marriage, pro-gun control liberal such as Giuliani than support the pro-life, pro-traditional marriage, pro-Second Amendment candidacy of Ron Paul. Why is that?

Furthermore, why are the entire major media and establishment Republican machine either ignoring or lampooning a distinguished Air Force veteran, medical doctor, and ten-term Congressman? What is it about Ron Paul that the elite are so afraid of?

Here is something else: while Ron Paul's contributions have exploded, Mike Huckabee is all but broke! How can that be? How can a political "front-runner" be out of money, while a man who "doesn't have a chance" is breaking fundraising records?

So, who are these "kooks" who are sending Ron Paul so much money? And just why are they sending him so much money? I will tell you who they are, because I am one of them. They are rank-and-file, tax-paying citizens who are sick and tired of out-of-control federal spending and deficits. They have had it with an arrogant federal government that runs roughshod over both the Constitution and the liberties of the American people. They are people who have had enough of the IRS, the BATFE, and a thousand other federal agencies that have "erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance." (Declaration of Independence)

They are people who see through the phony, disingenuous federal politicians who only want to fleece the American citizenry for the purpose of building their own personal fortunes. They have had it with the Military-Industrial complex that desires to build international empires at the expense of the blood and sacrifice of the American people. They have had it with David Rockefeller and his Council on Foreign Relations. They have had it with the arrogance of George W. Bush and Nancy Pelosi.

They are sick and tired of paying outlandish taxes for a public education system that produces high school graduates who cannot read and write. They are sick and tired of working for 30 years to pay off a mortgage, only then to be forced to pay extortion money (a.k.a. property taxes) for the rest of their lives to the feudal state. They are sick and tired of the government telling them what they can and cannot do with their own property. They are sick and tired of watching people with food stamps buy T-bone steaks and expensive Nike tennis shoes while they are forced to buy fatty hamburger and cheap sneakers.

They are sick and tired of watching their manufacturing jobs go to China and India. They have had it with money-hungry businessmen who hire illegal Mexicans at slave labor wages. They have had it with labor unions promoting politicians who support NAFTA, CAFTA, and the FTAA. They are sick and tired of being bled dry at the gas pump.

They have had it with this phony "war on terrorism" that sends trillions of dollars to nations throughout the Middle East, but refuses to close our own borders to illegal immigration. They have had it with the "war on drugs" and the "war on terror" being used as excuses to trample people's freedoms. They have it with Vicente Fox and Felipe Calderon. They have had it with Bush's North American Union. They have had it with Joel Osteen and Rick Warren. In short, they have just had it!

They also know that a vote for any other Presidential candidate is a vote for more of the same. Democrat or Republican: it is more of the same. Ron Paul, and Ron Paul alone, will bring a revolution of freedom and independence to America. Believe me, the Ron Paul revolution is bigger than Ron Paul. This is the beginning of a movement.

No matter what ultimately happens to Ron Paul's candidacy, the fight to return America to its roots of freedom and independence has started. The fire is lit. There is no putting it out. There will be other Ron Pauls, other campaigns, other spokesmen, other fundraising. The people supporting Ron Paul will not be silenced; they will not be ignored; they will not be intimidated. In truth, Ron Paul's campaign may just be the beginning of the end of the elitist, globalist, stranglehold over America.

As one who is also fed up with the globalist goons that dominate the two major parties, I join the Ron Paul revolution and vow to fight for the rest of my life for the freedom and independence of these United States. This means I will never again support a business-as-usual, millionaires-club, globalist toady from either party ever again! I will only support candidates who are fully committed to restoring constitutional government. If that makes me a kook, so be it.

© Chuck Baldwin

This column is archived as
http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/c2007/cbarchive_20071218.html

Watch Ron Paul in the Iowa Debate - 8 minutes

Israel Anderson — 2007-12-15T14:03:33-07:00

The Pope Condemns the Climate Change Prophets of Doom

Israel Anderson — 2007-12-12T11:57:20-07:00
Well, this just in today! At least I'm not the only one!

Pope Benedict XVI has launched a surprise attack on climate change prophets of doom, warning them that any solutions to global warming must be based on firm evidence and not on dubious ideology.

The leader of more than a billion Roman Catholics suggested that fears over man-made emissions melting the ice caps and causing a wave of unprecedented disasters were nothing more than scare-mongering.

The German-born Pontiff said that while some concerns may be valid it was vital that the international community based its policies on science rather than the dogma of the environmentalist movement.

His remarks will be made in his annual message for World Peace Day on January 1, but they were released as delegates from all over the world convened on the Indonesian holiday island of Bali for UN climate change talks.

The 80-year-old Pope said the world needed to care for the environment but not to the point where the welfare of animals and plants was given a greater priority than that of mankind.

"Humanity today is rightly concerned about the ecological balance of tomorrow," he said in the message entitled "The Human Family, A Community of Peace".

"It is important for assessments in this regard to be carried out prudently, in dialogue with experts and people of wisdom, uninhibited by ideological pressure to draw hasty conclusions, and above all with the aim of reaching agreement on a model of sustainable development capable of ensuring the well-being of all while respecting environmental balances.

"If the protection of the environment involves costs, they should be justly distributed, taking due account of the different levels of development of various countries and the need for solidarity with future generations.

"Prudence does not mean failing to accept responsibilities and postponing decisions; it means being committed to making joint decisions after pondering responsibly the road to be taken."

Efforts to protect the environment should seek "agreement on a model of sustainable development capable of ensuring the well-being of all while respecting environmental balances", the Pope said.

He added that to further the cause of world peace it was sensible for nations to "choose the path of dialogue rather than the path of unilateral decisions" in how to cooperate responsibly on conserving the planet.

The Pope's message is traditionally sent to heads of government and international organisations.

His remarks reveal that while the Pope acknowledges that problems may be associated with unbridled development and climate change, he believes the case against global warming to be over-hyped.

A broad consensus is developing among the world's scientific community over the evils of climate change.

But there is also an intransigent body of scientific opinion which continues to insist that industrial emissions are not to blame for the phenomenon.

Such scientists point out that fluctuations in the earth's temperature are normal and can often be caused by waves of heat generated by the sun. Other critics of environmentalism have compared the movement to a burgeoning industry in its own right.

In the spring, the Vatican hosted a conference on climate change that was welcomed by environmentalists.

But senior cardinals close to the Vatican have since expressed doubts about a movement which has been likened by critics to be just as dogmatic in its assumptions as any religion.

In October, the Australian Cardinal George Pell, the Archbishop of Sydney, caused an outcry when he noted that the atmospheric temperature of Mars had risen by 0.5 degrees celsius.

"The industrial-military complex up on Mars can't be blamed for that," he said in a criticism of Australian scientists who had claimed that carbon emissions would force temperatures on earth to rise by almost five degrees by 2070 unless drastic solutions were enforced.

Source.

Skeptical Scientists Urge World To ‘Have the Courage to Do Nothing' At UN Conference

Israel Anderson — 2007-12-11T11:43:36-07:00
BALI, Indonesia - An international team of scientists skeptical of man-made climate fears promoted by the UN and former Vice President Al Gore, descended on Bali this week to urge the world to "have the courage to do nothing" in response to UN demands.

Lord Christopher Monckton, a UK climate researcher, had a blunt message for UN climate conference participants on Monday.

"Climate change is a non-problem. The right answer to a non problem is to have the courage to do nothing," Monckton told participants.

"The UN conference is a complete waste of our time and your money and we should no longer pay the slightest attention to the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,)" Monckton added. (LINK)

Monckton also noted that the UN has not been overly welcoming to the group of skeptical scientists.

"UN organizers refused my credentials and appeared desperate that I should not come to this conference. They have also made several attempts to interfere with our public meetings," Monckton explained.

"It is a circus here," agreed Australian scientist Dr. David Evans. Evans is making scientific presentations to delegates and journalists at the conference revealing the latest peer-reviewed studies that refute the UN's climate claims.

"This is the most lavish conference I have ever been to, but I am only a scientist and I actually only go to the science conferences," Evans said, noting the luxury of the tropical resort. (Note: An analysis by Bloomberg News on December 6 found: "Government officials and activists flying to Bali, Indonesia, for the United Nations meeting on climate change will cause as much pollution as 20,000 cars in a year." - LINK)

Evans, a mathematician who did carbon accounting for the Australian government, recently converted to a skeptical scientist about man-made global warming after reviewing the new scientific studies. (LINK)

"We now have quite a lot of evidence that carbon emissions definitely don't cause global warming. We have the missing [human] signature [in the atmosphere], we have the IPCC models being wrong and we have the lack of a temperature going up the last 5 years," Evans said in an interview with the Inhofe EPW Press Blog. Evans authored a November 28 2007 paper "Carbon Emissions Don't Cause Global Warming." (LINK)

Evans touted a new peer-reviewed study by a team of scientists appearing in the December 2007 issue of the International Journal of Climatology of the Royal Meteorological Society which found "Warming is naturally caused and shows no human influence." (LINK)

"Most of the people here have jobs that are very well paid and they depend on the idea that carbon emissions cause global warming. They are not going to be very receptive to the idea that well actually the science has gone off in a different direction," Evans explained.

[Inhofe EPW Press Blog Note: Several other recent peer-reviewed studies have cast considerable doubt about man-made global warming fears. For most recent sampling see: New Peer-Reviewed Study finds 'Solar changes significantly alter climate' (11-3-07) (LINK) & "New Peer-Reviewed Study Halves the Global Average Surface Temperature Trend 1980 - 2002" (LINK) & New Study finds Medieval Warm Period '0.3C Warmer than 20th Century' (LINK) For a more comprehensive sampling of peer-reviewed studies earlier in 2007 see "New Peer-Reviewed Scientific Studies Chill Global Warming Fears" LINK ]

‘IPCC is unsound'

UN IPCC reviewer and climate researcher Dr. Vincent Gray of New Zealand, an expert reviewer on every single draft of the IPCC reports since its inception going back to 1990, had a clear message to UN participants.

"There is no evidence that carbon dioxide increases are having any affect whatsoever on the climate," Gray, who shares in the Nobel Prize awarded to the UN IPCC, explained. (LINK)

"All the science of the IPCC is unsound. I have come to this conclusion after a very long time. If you examine every single proposition of the IPCC thoroughly, you find that the science somewhere fails," Gray, who wrote the book "The Greenhouse Delusion: A Critique of "Climate Change 2001," said.

"It fails not only from the data, but it fails in the statistics, and the mathematics," he added.

‘Dangerous time for science'

Evans, who believes the UN has heavily politicized science, warned there is going to be a "dangerous time for science" ahead.

"We have a split here. Official science driven by politics, money and power, goes in one direction. Unofficial science, which is more determined by what is actually happening with the [climate] data, has now started to move off in a different direction" away from fears of a man-made climate crisis, Evans explained.

"The two are splitting. This is always a dangerous time for science and a dangerous time for politics. Historically science always wins these battles but there can be a lot of causalities and a lot of time in between," he concluded.

Carbon trading ‘fraud?'

New Zealander Bryan Leland of the International Climate Science Coalition warned participants that all the UN promoted discussions of "carbon trading" should be viewed with suspicion.

"I am an energy engineer and I know something about electricity trading and I know enough about carbon trading and the inaccuracies of carbon trading to know that carbon trading is more about fraud than it is about anything else," Leland said.

"We should probably ask why we have 10,000 people here [in Bali] in a futile attempt to ‘solve' a [climate] problem that probably does not exist," Leland added.

‘Simply not work'

Owen McShane, the head of the International Climate Science Coalition, also worried that a UN promoted global approach to economics would mean financial ruin for many nations.

"I don't think this conference can actually achieve anything because it seems to be saying that we are going to draw up one protocol for every country in the world to follow," McShane said. (LINK)

"Now these countries and these economies are so diverse that trying to presume you can put all of these feet into one shoe will simply not work," McShane explained.

"Having the same set of rules apply to everybody will blow some economies apart totally while others will be unscathed and I wouldn't be surprised if the ones who remain unscathed are the ones who write the rules," he added.

‘Nothing happening at this conference'

Professor Dr. William Alexander, emeritus of the University of Pretoria in South Africa and a former member of the United Nations Scientific and Technical Committee on Natural Disasters, warned poor nations and their residents that the UN policies could mean more poverty and thus more death.

"My message is specifically for the poor people of Africa. And there is nothing happening at this conference that can help them one little bit but there is the potential that they could be damaged," Alexander said. (LINK)

"The government and people of Africa will have their attention drawn to reducing climate change instead of reducing poverty," Alexander added.

Related Links:

New UN Children's Book Promotes Global Warming Fears to Kids (11-13-2006)

Scientists Counter AP Article Promoting Computer Model Climate Fears

New Peer-Reviewed Scientific Studies Chill Global Warming Fears

Newsweek Editor Calls Mag's Global Warming 'Deniers' Article 'Highly Contrived'

Newsweek's Climate Editorial Screed Violates Basic Standards of Journalism

Latest Scientific Studies Refute Fears of Greenland Melt

EPA to Probe E-mail Threatening to ‘Destroy' Career of Climate Skeptic

Prominent Scientists Reverse Belief in Man-made Global Warming - Now Skeptics

Senator Inhofe declares climate momentum shifting away from Gore (The Politico op ed)

Scientific Smackdown: Skeptics Voted The Clear Winners Against Global Warming Believers in Heated NYC Debate

Global Warming on Mars & Cosmic Ray Research Are Shattering Media Driven "Consensus'

Global Warming: The Momentum has Shifted to Climate Skeptics

Prominent French Scientist Reverses Belief in Global Warming - Now a Skeptic

Top Israeli Astrophysicist Recants His Belief in Manmade Global Warming - Now Says Sun Biggest Factor in Warming

Warming On Jupiter, Mars, Pluto, Neptune's Moon & Earth Linked to Increased Solar Activity, Scientists Say

Panel of Broadcast Meteorologists Reject Man-Made Global Warming Fears- Claim 95% of Weathermen Skeptical

MIT Climate Scientist Calls Fears of Global Warming 'Silly' - Equates Concerns to ‘Little Kids' Attempting to "Scare Each Other"

Weather Channel TV Host Goes 'Political'- Stars in Global Warming Film Accusing U.S. Government of ‘Criminal Neglect'

Weather Channel Climate Expert Calls for Decertifying Global Warming Skeptics

ABC-TV Meteorologist: I Don't Know A Single Weatherman Who Believes 'Man-Made Global Warming Hype'

The Weather Channel Climate Expert Refuses to Retract Call for Decertification for Global Warming Skeptics

Senator Inhofe Announces Public Release Of "Skeptic's Guide To Debunking Global Warming"

Shooting at YWAM Denver

Israel Anderson — 2007-12-09T13:47:35-07:00
Early this morning a man entered the YWAM Denver campus, asked to stay the night, was refused, and then pulled out a rifle and shot and killed 2 of my friends. Another friend was critically wounded and is in a stable condition in hospital, and a 4th friend was wounded but is doing ok. Please keep YWAM Denver in your prayers.

Climate Change - Is CO2 The Cause?

Israel Anderson — 2007-12-07T00:30:07-07:00
If you believe in the whole Man Made Global Warming hoax, then DO NOT watch the following. For those ready to learn the truth, go ahead...

The video quality is very poor, but the content is very good.

Christians Need To Beware Of Mike Huckabee

Israel Anderson — 2007-12-05T02:15:08-07:00

By Pastor Chuck Baldwin

With Christian conservatives trying to scramble to find a Republican presidential candidate they can support, some of them seem to be coalescing around former Arkansas governor, Mike Huckabee. Janet Folger, especially, seems to be trumpeting his candidacy. But is Mike Huckabee someone Christian conservatives should be supporting? Not everyone thinks so.

Randy Minton, chairman of the Arkansas chapter of Phyllis Schlafly's national Eagle Forum, said, "We called him a pro-life, pro-gun liberal, when I was in the state legislature and he was governor." Phyllis Schlafly herself was even more direct.

President and Founder of Eagle Forum, Phyllis Schlafly, said this about Governor Huckabee: "He destroyed the conservative movement in Arkansas, and left the Republican Party a shambles." She went on to say, "Yet some of the same evangelicals who sold us on George W. Bush as a 'compassionate conservative' are now trying to sell us on Mike Huckabee."

Even one of Huckabee's strongest supporters within the Religious Right, Pastor Rick Scarborough, head of Vision America, admitted, "Mike has always sought the validation of elites." Of course, my question for Rick Scarborough is, With an indictment such as that, how can you continue to support Mike Huckabee?

According to an opinion piece written by John Fund in the Wall Street Journal, "Paul Pressler, a former Texas judge who led the conservative Southern Baptist revolt, told me, 'I know of no conservative he [Huckabee] appointed while he headed the Arkansas Baptist Convention.'"

Fund went on to say that "Mr. Huckabee's reluctance to surround himself with conservatives was evident as governor, when he kept many agency heads appointed by Bill Clinton."

Fund also said this about Huckabee: "'He's just like Bill Clinton in that he practices management by news cycle,' a former top Huckabee aide told me. 'As with Clinton there was no long-term planning, just putting out fires on a daily basis. One thing I'll guarantee is that won't lead to competent conservative governance.'"

Mike Huckabee is also terrible on immigration. According to Jim Boulet, Jr., executive director of English First, "Rudy Giuliani spent years defending the right of New York City to remain a sanctuary for illegal aliens. Yet Giuliani was a veritable Lou Dobbs Jr. on illegal immigration in comparison to Mike Huckabee."

Regarding Huckabee's stance on immigration, Mr. Minton said, "Until of late, he has been an open-borders guy on immigration--amnesty, the whole works. As governor, he wanted to give free college scholarships to all illegals."

Minton's assertion is backed up by Daniel Larison at The American Conservative. He said, "Like his fellow presidential candidate [who recently dropped out of the race], Sen. Sam Brownback, Huckabee regards it as his Christian duty to help subvert and liberalize U.S. immigration laws. Together, they embrace the notion that fidelity to the Gospel requires privileging the interests of non-citizens over those of fellow citizens."

Ann Coulter agrees: "On illegal immigration, Huckabee makes George Bush sound like Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO). Huckabee has compared illegal aliens to slaves brought here in chains from Africa, saying, 'I think, frankly, the Lord is giving us a second chance to do better than we did before.'

"Toward that end, when an Arkansas legislator introduced a bill that would prevent illegal aliens from voting and receiving state benefits, Huckabee denounced the bill, saying it would rile up 'those who are racist and bigots.'

"He also made the insane point that companies such as Toyota would not invest in Arkansas if the state didn't allow non-citizens to vote, because it would 'send the message that, essentially, "If you don't look like us, talk like us and speak like us, we don't want you."'

"Like all the (other) Democratic candidates for President, he supports a federal law to ban smoking--unless you're an illegal alien smoking at a Toyota plant."

A former state lawmaker, Minton also said, that Huckabee was not a "fiscally conservative Republican." Rather, Huckabee was regarded as just another liberal "tax and spender" in fiscal matters. This is in direct opposition to Huckabee's boast of "90 tax cuts during his tenure." And the facts seem to validate Minton, not Huckabee.

An Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration report showed a "net tax increase of $505 million, a figure adjusted for inflation and economic growth" on Huckabee's watch.

That Huckabee is a liberal "tax and spender" is also affirmed by Tom Roeser. According to Roeser, "[Huckabee] hiked state spending 65.3%, from 1996 to 2004. He supported five tax increases, leading the 'Club for Growth' to call him a liberal in disguise . . ."

Roeser also points out that "The Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank with heavy ties to the national GOP, gives him an F grade for spending and taxes in 2006 and an overall grade of D in his governorship. During his tenure, the number of state employees increased over 20% and Arkansas' general obligation debt rose by almost $1 billion."

Furthermore, according to the Washington Times, "Until recently, he [Huckabee] had refused to sign the famous no-tax pledge offered to candidates by Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform."

In spite of Huckabee's proven big-government, big-spending, and pro-amnesty record, however, some Christian conservatives are falling for his conservative rhetoric. It seems that all a Republican candidate has to do is start talking "pro-life" and "pro-marriage" and he or she will gain the support of certain Christian conservatives.

First it was Bob Jones, III endorsing the liberal former governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney, and now it is Janet Folger endorsing the liberal former governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee. Why any Christian leader would want to support a man with such a dubious record truly escapes me.

Christians need to beware of Mike Huckabee. He is not a conservative. Even worse, he is not a constitutionalist. He is an opportunist, however. This is demonstrated by the fact that many of his supporters are openly posturing (with Huckabee's consent, obviously) for an opportunity to run Huckabee as a potential Vice Presidential candidate with either Giuliani or Romney at the top of the ticket.

Let me ask the reader something. How could a principled pro-life, pro-Second Amendment, pro-Constitution conservative be willing to run on a ticket with a liberal presidential candidate such as Rudy Giuliani or Mitt Romney? That's right, he couldn't.

I say again, beware of Mike Huckabee!

Israel Anderson Podcast

Israel Anderson — 2007-12-02T11:43:04-07:00
I started the venerable God's iPod Christian Podcast site 2 and a half years ago. During that time, I have posted very occasional updates about every 4-6th weekend. I never put my video podcasts up there either (except for about 3 weeks before I took it back off). I simply never wanted to take advantage of what God had privileged me to do. The site was never designed for me, to broadcast me, or draw attention to me. I believe the Lord has honored that. God's iPod is without question the best known and likely the most trafficked Christian podcast site on the Internet. It is unique, and Google has recognized such by keeping us in the #1 spot for a search of "Christian Podcasts" for the last 2 YEARS. The domain name itself is likely worth a small fortune now. And as I type that, the sheer weight of recognizing all this makes me feel strange inside. So I have tried my hardest not to exploit this gift in any way. Hopefully I have done a good job.

So it was not without a great deal of consideration that I have for the very first time, created my own podcast, and placed my own mug on the front page of the site. Go and take a look, subscribe, and send me feedback. This podcast is going to be gritty, raw, real. I have learnt almost TOO much over the last 12 months. I want to share some of this with others. I hope I do the Lord proud in this effort. Please don't hesitate to tell me if you think otherwise.

Israel.

"Pro-Life" Candidates Should Put Up Or Shut Up

Israel Anderson — 2007-11-29T19:22:07-07:00
By Pastor Chuck Baldwin
November 30, 2007

Please consider this scenario. Several youngsters are drowning in a neighborhood lake. They are thrashing the water and crying out for help. There is a large, heavy raft nearby that could be used to rescue the drowning youths, but it would take several people to haul it into the water and then row it out to the victims.

Now, as it happens, there are more than enough people standing around the lake whose combined efforts would be more than adequate to rescue the drowning young people. Instead of grabbing the life raft and heading out to save the victims, however, they all start making speeches.

One by one, the would-be rescuers holler out that they believe in life; they believe in saving the lives of the drowning young people. They are all "pro-life." The only problem is, none of them grabs the raft and actually attempts to save the victims. So, here is the sixty-four million dollar question: are these people really "pro-life"? Do they really want to save the victims, or are they simply pro-life pretenders who only want to talk about saving lives but not actually do anything about it?

There is no one reading this column who would accept the pro-life rhetoric of the people around the lake as justification for not grabbing the life raft and actually saving the lives of those who were drowning. Then, why do "pro-life" conservatives accept the rhetoric of Republican politicians when there is no action to back it up?

If Mitt Romney, John McCain, Fred Thompson, and Mike Huckabee are truly "pro-life," they need to do more than just talk. They need to put up or shut up!

Ladies and gentlemen, it doesn't take some magical Supreme Court appointment to overturn Roe v. Wade and end abortion-on-demand. If all the Republicans who keep telling us that they are "pro-life" (including President George W. Bush) were really pro-life, then why, in spite of having had ample time and opportunity to end the abortion holocaust, have they not done so?

In fact, the GOP has controlled the U.S. Supreme Court since the infamous Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion-on-demand was handed down in 1973. That means GOP appointments have dominated the Court for over thirty years, and yet abortion-on-demand is still the law of the land.

Beyond that, for six years (2000-2006), "pro-life" Republicans controlled the entire federal government. And, for six years, millions of unborn babies cried their silent screams as the abortionists' scalpels ripped their little bodies apart in abortuaries throughout America. And to use my opening analogy, all these "pro-life" Republicans did was stand by the side of the lake and talk "pro-life," while the youngsters drowned in front of their eyes. During all this time, the life raft sat unused on the shore.

Dear reader, the life raft for the millions of unborn babies victimized by abortion-on-demand is the U.S. Constitution. However, we have a bunch of arrogant and conceited imbeciles in Washington, D.C., who have neither the smarts nor guts to use this wonderful life raft. It seems that the vast majority of them have absolutely no knowledge of the Constitution--even though each and every one of them takes an oath to preserve, protect, and defend it.

The only presidential candidate who has a commitment to saving the lives of unborn babies and who understands the constitutional authority of Congress to end abortion-on-demand is Texas Congressman Ron Paul (with the exception of Alan Keyes, who recently announced his candidacy). You read it right. At this point, John McCain is all talk; Mitt Romney is all talk; Fred Thompson is all talk. And even Mike Huckabee is all talk.

Huckabee says that when he was Governor of Arkansas he required parental notification for abortions, required a woman give informed consent before having an abortion, and required a woman be told that her baby would experience pain and be given the option of anesthesia for her baby. (Source: Mike Huckabee's website) While this is commendable, none of Huckabee's actions did anything to actually end abortion-on-demand.

When it comes to ending abortion-on-demand and overturning Roe v. Wade, the only thing Mike Huckabee (and the rest of the Republican presidential candidates, save Ron Paul and Alan Keyes) will say is that they will appoint the right judges, as if they have no power as President to do anything else. (Good grief! Even Rudy Giuliani says as much.) My friends, these "pro-life" Republicans are either woefully ignorant themselves or they are pulling the proverbial wool over our eyes.

Ron Paul seems to be the only presidential candidate who understands that under Article. III. Section. 2., the Constitution gives to the Congress of the United States the power to hold rogue courts in check and to overturn outlandish rulings such as Roe v. Wade.

Accordingly, Ron Paul has introduced and reintroduced the Sanctity of Life Act (including in the current Congress). If passed, this Bill would recognize the personhood of all unborn babies by declaring that "human life shall be deemed to exist from conception." The Bill also recognizes the authority of each State to protect the lives of unborn children. In addition, this Bill would remove abortion from the jurisdiction of the Court, thereby nullifying the Roe v. Wade decision. The Bill would also deny funding for abortion providers. In plain language, the Bill would overturn Roe v. Wade and end abortion-on-demand.

Is it not more than interesting that "pro-life" President George W. Bush, along with the "pro-life" Republican Party leadership of both houses of Congress, refused--and continues to refuse--to support Ron Paul's Sanctity of Life Act? In addition, not a single "pro-life" presidential candidate outside of Ron Paul has even bothered to mention the Sanctity of Life Act, much less aggressively call for its implementation with a promise that, if elected President, he would sign it into law. Not Huckabee; not McCain; not Thompson; not Romney; none of them!

Why did John McCain not introduce Dr. Paul's Sanctity of Life bill in the U.S. Senate? Why have Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, and Fred Thompson not committed to use the power of the bully pulpit of the White House to push Congress to implement this Act? Again, either these men are ignorant of their constitutional duties and responsibilities (in which case, they are unqualified for the office of President) or they are not truly serious about overturning Roe v. Wade and ending abortion-on-demand (in which case, they are conservative phonies and frauds).

I say again, it is time for "pro-life" Republicans to put up or shut up!

Beyond that, it is time for Christian conservatives to stop being so gullible. We need to start looking beyond eloquent rhetoric and campaign clichés. We need to begin demanding results.

Every four years, Republicans trot out a conservative façade during an election season for the purpose of obtaining the votes of susceptible Christians. And every four years, conservative Christians--like starving catfish--take the bait: hook, line, and sinker.

"Save us from the monster," seems to be the cry of well-meaning--but easily manipulated--conservatives. The "monster" is whoever the Democrats nominate, of course. But, ladies and gentlemen, the Republican Party has done absolutely nothing to change the course of the country. Nothing! In fact, it has only gotten worse with Republicans in charge.

Ron Paul is the only candidate running against the status quo. He is the only candidate who takes his oath to the Constitution seriously. He is the only candidate who, if elected, would actually turn the country around. A Ron Paul victory would launch a new American revolution: a revolution of freedom and independence such as we have not seen since 1776. Furthermore, among the major Republican presidential contenders, Ron Paul is the only candidate whose pro-life commitment extends beyond rhetoric.

(c) Chuck Baldwin

PS. One further note regarding Mike Huckabee. He will not win the GOP nomination, but what he will do is wind up endorsing (or perhaps even being selected as the Vice Presidential candidate) whichever Republican candidate wins the nomination--even if he is a pro-abortion candidate. Thus, he will fulfill his role in this election: to bring Christian conservatives into the Republican fold, even without a commitment to the life issue by their standard-bearer. In other words, Huckabee is the establishment's guy to make sure that the Christian conservatives stay "in line."

© 2007 Chuck Baldwin - All Rights Reserved

Chuck Baldwin is Founder-Pastor of Crossroads Baptist Church in Pensacola, Florida. In 1985 the church was recognized by President Ronald Reagan for its unusual growth and influence.

Dr. Baldwin is the host of a lively, hard-hitting syndicated radio talk show on the Genesis Communications Network called, "Chuck Baldwin Live" This is a daily, one hour long call-in show in which Dr. Baldwin addresses current event topics from a conservative Christian point of view. Pastor Baldwin writes weekly articles on the internet http://www.ChuckBaldwinLive.com and newspapers.

To learn more about his radio talk show please visit his web site at: www.chuckbaldwinlive.com. When responding, please include your name, city and state.

E-mail: chuck@chuckbaldwinlive.com

The People Cry Out In Silence.

Israel Anderson — 2007-11-26T00:47:37-07:00
I posted that last post without proof reading and left a note to the reader to explain. I got home this evening from "Church" and began proof reading it. It near made me cry. Many times Winkie would tell me that for God to really use me, a purification by fire would be needed. The greater the calling, the greater the heat. Now I'm not claiming to be anyone great, so don't send me emails telling me I need to be more humble, just read what I wrote and not between the lines please.

And so I look back. I see how God, just as people were telling me in the midst of the darkest of times, that God will use these circumstance to turn me into a "wounded healer". It's even hard for me to type this, because as I express in words, and speak out loud as I type, as I do, the mirror is slowly becoming less dim. It's not that I never understood this in the midst of the pain, it was that I just didn't want the pain. Recently I have had a ministry tell outright completely fabricated lies about me. And Winkie just said, "you mean like they did to Jesus?". It's not all that comforting to hear at the time, but it is the truth.

Which brings me to "Church". I never feel more alone, further from God, than in a "Church" service. I keep putting the word in inverted commas consciously. Tonight I walked out of our meeting during worship. I have nothing against my fellowship, and I know some of them read my blog, including the Pastor, so don't freak out at me ok :) This is not aimed at you, it's aimed at, well, all of us.

So why did I walk out? I never feel more alone, more isolated, than I do during a "Church" service. To my spirit, it is just the most foreign thing in the world. I am going to what some would call a post-modern Church. So exactly what is a post-modern Church? The number one word used in these circles would be "relevant". I tend to see the post-modern Church differently. To me, the post-modern Church is nothing more than a different color paint job on the same old rusting car. It looks new and shiny and people stare at it as it drives past. Inside though it's the same old bomb of a car. Nothing really has changed. We have a new language, a post-modern religion-free language, or so we think. Because it's not religion-free at all. In all eras, the language of religion has progressed, changed, morphed, and that is all that is happening here. It's change masquerading as change. Make sense?

So what does the perfect Church look like to me? It doesn't look like anything. I don't believe in a perfect expression of Church. What I crave is just pure authenticity. Community. Fellowship. Whatever happened to the model of the early Church? We know what it is, we talk about it often, but why then aren't we doing it? I am talking about the simple expression of meeting together in one another's houses. Sharing meals together. Breaking bread and sharing the cup together, what communion, or the eucharist is really about. Not pasteurized grape juice and a wafer. When are we going to just all sit in a circle a few people deep, and just share our lives with others. The eucharist teaches us to be broken and poured out for one another. When. When does this happen? I want to hear about my brother's pain. I have suffered, I know a little of this pain of life, and I know others are going through pain too, and I want to be there with them. I want to embrace, unconditionally, to love on them, to be there for them, to be Jesus to them. Our current Church structure is not an environment that encourages this. We are anti-community. We come to "Church", we sit, we stand we sit again, we probably stand again, then we smile at someone when inside we're hurting and wanting to cry out for help, but we can't. We just follow the program and come back next week for a slightly altered version of the same. Fresh paint, same car. Meanwhile my brother is hurting, and I want to be there for him, and he for me, but we never ever find ourselves in a place of security and intimacy where we can be vulnerable enough to say, hey, I need help.

It's right about now the pragmatist will put his hand up and protest. We have prayer cards where you can write needs down and a pastor will call you and pray with you. We have cell groups you can plug into. We have program xyz that meets your specific needs. And though people's motivations are surely sincere when they are creating such things, they just don't realize how they are simply exacerbating the very problem. The "Church" has had to resort to programs that foster community simply because the very model everything sits on, is not community. The attempt is artificial and doesn't work. The massive turnover of Church attendees is simple empirical evidence of this. We have resorted to tempting new people with coffee vouchers. There's just not a lot to compel them to stay. In fact, recently I looked through the online photo albums of a Church I used to attend about 2 years ago. I struggled to find a picture of anyone I even recognized let alone actually knew. In 2 years, a near 100% turnover. It's unfortunately becoming more typical.

Ok, some will say we need to stop looking at the negatives and focus on the positives. Well we can do that with Hitler and his 3rd Reich too, but it doesn't serve much purpose. To fix a problem, we need to know what they are. I can't have an operation to save my life if the Doctor does not first find out what is wrong with me and share with me the bad news. So tomorrow we'll look at some suggestions for surgery. Stay tuned.

UPDATE
After posting the above, I received an email. I am posting it here with their permission. May it encourage more conversation, send in your own experiences, and I will keep them anon if you wish. Email me, servant@ this domain, or use the comment link just below to the right.

I don't know what I would put on a blog if I had one. You are really willing to put yourself out there!

I have long been feeling exasperated with the church I attend. It is absolutely nothing like the one you are at. It's not at all modern. We are using the same hymnal from 1950 or something. And there are people attending who have been there for 40 years or better and it is very very small. But I don't think people really know each other that well. Or maybe people put you in a box, because they have made up their minds what you are like and that's it.

In my Sunday school the teacher often asks me to read because I am not afraid to pronounce the names. I feel like that is the extent of my being appreciated, and that maybe not even either, it may be resented.

There is a small group of people who gets together to eat after church and evidently at other times. I mostly have not been included in this group of several families. When I was included a few times I didn't really enjoy it.

I don't have any friends. Lately that has been bothering me very keenly. I have been crying constantly. Even in church. Does anyone ask me what's the matter? No. But, what if they did? I feel pretty pathetic. I wonder if it is my lot in life to spend my life alone most of the time? It's because something is wrong with me, I'm not good enough... I think somewhere out there is a place where someone would care... but maybe I am not being fair, do I care?

These are the thoughts that have been running through my mind lately.

Through Pain, Shalom.

Israel Anderson — 2007-11-25T16:59:51-07:00
The past year, 2007, has without any doubt been the hardest of my life. And in the truest sense of irony, the previous year was unquestionably the very best year of my life. I have learnt many lessons. I began by responding to certain circumstances in the most Godly way, only to lower myself and begin responding in a manner not worthy of my calling. To my friends I offer my apologies for that. Life's lessons never cease.

I recall Joyce Meyer once asking God why she was going through so much crap in her life when she believed God had shown her big amazing things for her life. God answered like this. Joyce, you asked for a lot, its going to cost you something, do you want it or not? Sometimes I feel way to familiar with that. In looking at the lives of so many people that have made a difference in their world, the price has usually been very very high. Greatness does not come without first going through the lowest of places and finding humility and selflessness. Only then, can God raise a man to great heights. And even then, it is His prerogative alone to do so. And He may not, but we can't allow that to hold us back us from a worthy obedience.

In the last few weeks, things have been seriously looking up. I met a person that God has given the same unique missions-vision as I have. This was exciting and inspiring. I have since taken the time to explain this unique concept in a flow chart diagram. If you're involved in missions or would be interested in helping to fund something very unique and very effective, ask me to send this to you.

I feel a lot lighter than I have in recent months. My prayer life that had seriously suffered, is again something I look forward to. The pain and the sorrow was all too real, yet it has taught me much. Much about the love of Christ for us. Much about Grace. About finding God in the midst of real pain. About how very few people are really your friends when it comes to the crunch. About how we in the ministry so often just pass those that are hurting over to some program or course instead of offering them what they really need, love, acceptance, belonging. And then in the most bitter reversal of the Gospel, it is God's own people, not the world, that rejects the love of our Lord and shuns and rejects, causing all the more pain and hurt. This, I have experienced first hand. It makes me embarrassed to say I am a Christian. Embarrassed about Jesus. oh no! Never. Embarrassed of others who call themselves, His.

If you have not read what I recently put on the front page of this site, let me paste it here for you.

I am not a Christian, I am simply one who has discovered there is a God that loves me and sent His Son Yeshua, Jesus, to this earth to teach us how we should live and give us hope for a future lived in harmony with Him through His perfect sacrifice. I find most who call themselves Christians to be the most horrible unconscionable people I meet. For the last several years I have associated almost exclusively with people in the "Church", and it has nearly killed me. In the last few months, I have associated almost exclusively with non-Christians, and it has truly been a revelatory experience. It has been a real eye opener. Indeed, I have found most non-believers to be walking through life in a closer image of how Jesus told us to love one another than many many believers I have met. Of course, there always exceptions.

I believe that.

I like your Christ.
I don’t like your Christians.
They are so unlike your Christ.
Ghandi

OK, this post is not turning into a Western Christian bashing post. Just read Tozer, Keith Green or others for that. I do feel though that I understand Ghandi's perspective in a new, real, first-hand way. If I shared my pain with a Christian, the response was usually something like, "You know God has a perfect plan for your life. Can I pray for you?" From non-believers I would usually get something like, "man, that's crap. Do you want to hang out on Wednesday? You know if you ever need anything..." And so I don't want this label anymore. "Christian". I want to be free from the labels. I AM free from the labels. I want to lean against the Lord as Peter did at Passover and just relax in the depth of that security. That's where it's found. Not in prayers, not in the Bible, not in Theology, but in Jesus. In Him. In Him. Its so simple, yet all my life, I have tried to understand this and failed, until now.

More later, I need to go...

A Ron Paul Video Podcast

Israel Anderson — 2007-11-20T16:12:07-07:00
Now this is what I have been waiting for. A Ron Paul Video Podcast. Subscribe for free and it will download very good Ron Paul videos to iTunes, which means they will then sync to your iPod and iPhone and even a SONY PSP. Cool hu!

www.RonPaulVideoPodcast.com

The YWAM Denver DTS iPledge

Israel Anderson — 2007-11-16T00:18:47-07:00
At the start of our Summer DTS, I got the guys together to create a pledge to the girls in our DTS. YWAM Denver has strict rules on starting a romantic relationship during your DTS, and I wanted us to all honor those rules by getting our hearts together and writing our own pledge to the girls. The girls never knew we were doing this, but every night we would get together for prayer and repeat this out-loud. We all wrote some bits of this, but Eric Davis did such a fantastic job of his, that about 85% of the iPledge was his writing.

Fell free to use this for your own DTS altering ts as you see fit. It would give me a HUGE buzz to know someone else is using this, so send me an email and let me know if you do.

iPledge

We the men of the YWAM Denver Summer DTS pledge this before God and each other.

We pledge to honor all of you as our sisters in Christ and show our desire to be unified with you in one spirit, under the Lordship of Christ.

We pledge to respect you and not make inappropriate or sexist jokes that demean you.

As your brothers, we also desire to protect you - whether it be protecting your hearts or protecting you physically wherever we go.

We will pray for you continually, interceding for you all before our Father.

In addition, we promise to to be pure in thoughts, motives and actions toward each and every one of you and promise that we will not enter into a romantic relationship until the appropriate time at the end of DTS and then only at the Lord's leading.

We also desire to be strong leaders, leading by example and in humility in all that we do.

Moreover, we want to serve and encourage you all as Godly women, spurring you on to love and good deeds and making use of the unique gifts and abilities God has blessed you with.

Most importantly, we want to love each one of you in everything we do because of the love Christ first showed us.

This is our pledge. Amen.

Fascinating! Google tops employee donors to Ron Paul

Israel Anderson — 2007-11-14T16:53:51-07:00
As a technology geek, this got my attention. Many people in the media slam Ron Paul and his fans as being crackpots. So what's with this? When you make a donation to any candidate's campaign, you must list your employer. So which employer is coming up tops in Ron Paul's campaign as the biggest donors? None other than Google! Google! No doubt, Google and Apple have the smartest people on the planet working there. Smart people, REALLY SMART people are donating to get Ron Paul elected president. This is VERY telling!

You too can be a VERY SMART person and donate to Ron Paul. Go to www.RonPaul2008.com.

Ok, now WAIT, it gets so much better.

Who do you think would be the number 2 and 3 employers of Ron Paul's largest donors? Would you believe this, number 2 is the US Army, and number 3 is the US Navy. Now if that does not tell you that Ron Paul has the most unbelievable level of real authentic support out there, I'm not sure what will. In 6th place it's the US Air Force!

But wait, who's number 4? MICROSOFT! That stunned me. Smart SMART people vote for Ron Paul!! not hill billy dope smokers!

We have the smartest people on the planet, and the protectors of this nation, the troops, showing themselves to be the people putting their money where their mouth is and supporting Ron Paul.

So in order, the biggest supporters of Ron Paul are: Google, US Army, US Navy, Microsoft.

Oh, but WAIT. Who are the biggest 4 supporters of the so-called front runners? Oh my, big banks and investment firms and the like, look at this:
Hillary: DLA Piper, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup Inc.
Obama: Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, National Amusements Inc, JP Morgan Chase.
Jilly Anny the cross dressing war monger: Ernst & Young, Elliot Management, Credit Suisse Group, Merril Lynch.
Romney the Mormon pro-abortion baby killer: Goldman Sachs, Merril Lynch, Marriot International, Bain Capital.

AMERICA!!! We need to wake up. We have a Thomas Jefferson waiting to revive all the things that made America, America. If you have never voted before, NOW is the time. Register Republican and vote in your primaries. We need to make Ron Paul the Republican nominee in order to win the Presidency. Forget your party affiliations, look to the man! Let's do it!!

Source.

An Open Letter to the Protestant Community in Behalf of Ron Paul

Israel Anderson — 2007-11-13T23:30:01-07:00
An Open Letter to the Protestant Community in Behalf of Ron Paul
by Laurence M. Vance

Member of Congress and Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul is the premier advocate for political and religious liberty in politics today. He is the most pro-life, pro-family, pro-property, pro-Constitution politician in history. If it is possible to be more Jeffersonian than Jefferson, then Ron Paul is the man.

On issues that are dear to the vast majority of Protestant Christians, Ron Paul stands head and shoulders above the other candidates. Consider just a few.

The Issues

Abortion: Ron Paul is a physician who has delivered more than 4,000 babies. He not only opposes federal funding of embryonic stem cell research and partial-birth abortion, he is against abortion itself. As he himself has said:

In 40 years of medical practice, I never once considered performing an abortion, nor did I ever find abortion necessary to save the life of a pregnant woman. In Congress, I have authored legislation that seeks to define life as beginning at conception, H.R. 1094. I am also the prime sponsor of H.R. 300, which would negate the effect of Roe v Wade by removing the ability of federal courts to interfere with state legislation to protect life. This is a practical, direct approach to ending federal court tyranny which threatens our constitutional republic and has caused the deaths of 45 million of the unborn. I have also authored H.R. 1095, which prevents federal funds to be used for so-called "population control." Many talk about being pro-life. I have taken and will continue to advocate direct action to restore protection for the unborn.

Religion: Ron Paul has issued a statement of his personal faith that should satisfy Protestant Christians of any persuasion:

I have never been one who is comfortable talking about my faith in the political arena. In fact, the pandering that typically occurs in the election season I find to be distasteful. But for those who have asked, I freely confess that Jesus Christ is my personal Savior, and that I seek His guidance in all that I do. I know, as you do, that our freedoms come not from man, but from God. My record of public service reflects my reverence for the Natural Rights with which we have been endowed by a loving Creator.

The reason we do not find very many references to religion in his writings and speeches is because, unlike President Bush, Dr. Paul does not cloak his political proposals with religious rhetoric in hopes of beguiling Christians.

Family values: Ron Paul lives his family values. Unlike Christian "leaders" like prophecy guru Hal Lindsey, who is on his fourth wife, and adulterous Republican politicians like the thrice-married Newt Gingrich and Rudy Giuliani, Dr. Paul has been married to the same woman for fifty years, and has five children and seventeen grandchildren. He also opposes same-sex marriage, and has voted to prohibit federal funding for the joint adoption of a child between individuals who are not related by blood or marriage.

Gun control: Ron Paul is the gun owners’ best friend. Not only has he consistently opposed the expansion of federal gun control laws, he has introduced in Congress the Second Amendment Protection Act to repeal unconstitutional federal laws that allow bureaucrats to restrict the constitutional rights of law-abiding gun owners. Dr. Paul opposes waiting periods, instant background checks, and government databases of gun owners.

Illegal immigration: Ron Paul is opposed to "open borders." He believes that the U.S. government should fight terrorism by first securing its own borders. Because he believes that true citizenship requires cultural connections and an allegiance to the United States, he favors an end to birthright citizenship. And because he believes that it insults legal immigrants, he does not favor amnesty for illegal immigrants in any form. But Dr. Paul is not anti-immigrant in any sense of the word. He believes that the immigration problem fundamentally is a welfare state problem. He joins the vast majority of Americans who welcome immigrants who want to come here, work hard, and build a better life. He opposes welfare state subsidies for illegal immigrants that alienate taxpayers and breed suspicion of immigrants. Dr. Paul also believes that all federal government business should be conducted in English.

American Sovereignty: Ron Paul is against any form of a world government or a new world order. Because he believes that the United Nations is a corrupt organization that was designed to undermine sovereignty and representative government, he has introduced legislation to withdraw the United States from the UN. Dr. Paul likewise opposes the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SSP), the NAFTA Super Highway, and any form of a North American Union. He believes that these plans are the result of an unholy alliance of foreign consortiums and government officials. Rather than resulting from the demands of the free market, they are an extension of government-managed trade schemes that benefit politically-connected interests. Dr. Paul also opposes foreign aid since it is generally nothing more than U.S. taxpayer dollars given away to corrupt foreign governments.

The Questions

So what gives? Why aren’t Protestant Christians lining up in droves behind Ron Paul?

It turns out that because Ron Paul opposes constitutional amendments banning abortion, same-sex marriage, and flag burning, some Protestants have been led to believe that he is not a real Republican. Some Christians think it inconsistent that Dr. Paul can oppose abortion but also oppose a constitutional amendment banning abortion, oppose same-sex marriage but also oppose a constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union between a man and a woman, and oppose flag burning but also oppose a constitutional amendment outlawing flag burning.

Because Ron Paul ran for president in 1988 as a libertarian and opposes the war on drugs, foreign aid to Israel, and the war in Iraq, other Protestants have come to the conclusion that he is not a genuine conservative. They assert:

Ron Paul is a libertarian so he must be a libertine, or at least an advocate of alternative lifestyles.
Ron Paul opposes the war on drugs so he must support drug use.
Ron Paul opposes giving foreign aid to Israel so he must be either pro-Palestinian or anti-Semitic.
Ron Paul opposes the Iraq war so he must not support the troops.
These are false assertions.

The Answers

But if anyone is a real Republican and a genuine conservative it is Ron Paul. He has been elected to Congress ten times as a Republican. He is the former honorary chair of the Republican Liberty Caucus. He consistently scores a perfect 100 on the conservative New American magazine’s "Freedom Index."

Unlike many in Congress who call themselves Republicans or conservatives, Ron Paul actually believes in strictly following the Constitution. Representative Paul never votes for legislation unless the proposed measure is expressly authorized by the Constitution – even if it means courageously casting the lone "no" vote. He has consistently voted to lower or abolish federal taxes, spending, and regulation. He has actively promoted the return of government to its proper constitutional levels. He is recognized as the leading spokesman in Washington for limited constitutional government, low taxes, free markets, and a return to sound monetary policies based on commodity-backed currency. He has also received many awards and honors during his career in Congress from organizations such as the National Taxpayers Union, Citizens Against Government Waste, Council for a Competitive Economy, and Young Americans for Freedom.

It is because Ron Paul adheres to the Constitution that he opposes the Patriot Act, domestic surveillance programs, warrantless searches, restrictions on freedom of speech, national ID cards, federal information databases, and what he calls the Homeland Security monstrosity. His congressional website lists "The Ron Paul Freedom Principles":

Rights belong to individuals, not groups.
Property should be owned by people, not government.
All voluntary associations should be permissible – economic and social.
The government’s monetary role is to maintain the integrity of the monetary unit, not participate in fraud.
Government exists to protect liberty, not to redistribute wealth or to grant special privileges.
The lives and actions of people are their own responsibility, not the government’s.
Ron Paul believes that Roe v. Wade was wrongly decided because abortion is simply not a constitutional issue. He doesn’t think there is any serious argument based on the text of the Constitution that there exists a federal "right to abortion." He maintains that the federalization of abortion law is not based on constitutional principles, but on a social and political construct created out of thin air by the Supreme Court. Since the federal government has no authority to involve itself in the abortion issue, a federal law banning abortion in the states would be just as wrong as Roe v. Wade.

Ron Paul believes that marriage is first and foremost a religious matter, not a government matter. He does not think social problems can be solved by constitutional amendments or government edicts. Taken to its logical conclusion, the turning of regulation of domestic family relations over to the federal government means that presumably anything can be federalized. Because the federal government has only been granted limited, enumerated powers by the Constitution, Dr. Paul maintains that it has no role whatsoever regarding marriage law. Although the states should enforce marriage contracts and settle divorces, they too should otherwise stay out of the marriage business. It should also be pointed out that Representative Paul was a cosponsor of the Marriage Protection Act, which would have removed challenges to the Defense of Marriage Act from federal courts’ jurisdiction. The Defense of Marriage Act (PL 104-99) was passed to ensure that no state would be forced to recognize a same-sex marriage, even if the said marriage occurred in another state. Although Dr. Paul was not in Congress at the time the Defense of Marriage Act was passed, he has stated that he would have voted for it.

Like all patriotic Americans, Ron Paul despises flag burning. He believes that the offensive conduct of a few does not justify making an exception to the First Amendment protections of political speech that the majority considers to be offensive. Because he believes that freedom of speech and freedom of expression depend on property, Dr. Paul considers making flag burning a federal crime to be an attack on private property. However, he does support overriding the Supreme Court case that overturned State laws prohibiting flag burning.

Ron Paul is against constitutional amendments banning abortion, same-sex marriage, and flag burning precisely because he is following the Constitution he swore allegiance to. Another reason he opposes these amendments is because he is an advocate of that forgotten constitutional principle of federalism. He considers the division of power between the federal government and the states to be one of the virtues of the American political system. To alter this balance would endanger self-government and individual liberty. Dr. Paul is in favor of letting state legislatures decide social policy because federalism was established to allow decentralized, local decision-making. Following the Ninth and Tenth Amendments, he favors all authority over matters not specifically addressed in the Constitution remaining with state legislatures.

Although some Protestant Christians think that because Ron Paul holds to many libertarian ideals that he is also a libertine, nothing could be further from the truth. The essence of libertarianism is that it is wrong to threaten or initiate violence against a person or his property. Force is justified only in self-defense. Libertarianism, as explained by Murray Rothbard, the twentieth century’s greatest proponent of it, is a political philosophy that

holds that the only proper role of violence is to defend person and property against violence, that any use of violence that goes beyond such just defense is itself aggressive, unjust, and criminal. Libertarianism, therefore, is a theory which states that everyone should be free of violent invasion, should be free to do as he sees fit except invade the person or property of another.

Libertinism is a way of life that might be considered hedonistic or sympathetic to "alternative lifestyles." A libertine might be a libertarian, a liberal, a conservative, a socialist, a progressive, or an anarchist. He might be a member of the Libertarian Party, the Democratic Party, the Republican Party, some lesser-known third party, or no political party. One does not have to be a Christian to oppose libertinism, as Walter Block has superbly shown. Conservative Republicans are not immune from libertine behavior, as we can see from the recent scandals in Congress.

Other Christians falsely believe that since Ron Paul opposes the war on drugs that he supports drug use. As a physician, Dr. Paul knows firsthand the harmful effects of mind-altering narcotics. He believes that drug addiction is a social problem, not a crime. He has pointed out that for the first 140 years of our country’s history we had no federal drug war yet far fewer problems with drug addiction and crime. Dr. Paul opposes the drug war because it encourages violence, has led to the unnecessary prison overpopulation, has wasted hundreds of billions of dollars of the taxpayers’ money, has been used as an excuse to attack our civil liberties and personal privacy, has been an excuse to undermine our financial privacy, has promoted illegal searches and seizures resulting in innocent people losing their lives and property, criminalizes the actions of legitimate physicians who act in good faith when prescribing pain relief drugs, threatens the effective treatment of chronic pain, and corrupts our police, the military, border guards and the judicial system.

Some Protestants who consider themselves evangelicals have wrongly concluded that since Ron Paul opposes giving foreign aid to Israel he is pro-Palestinian or anti-Semitic. Congressman Paul is opposed to giving foreign aid to Israel for the simple reason that he opposes giving foreign aid to any country. Foreign aid is, after all, money that has been taken from American taxpayers – money that most of them would not voluntarily send overseas if they had a choice. Any individual American who desires to assist someone in another country is perfectly free to do so. Dr. Paul’s perspective is that of the Founding Fathers: America should not intervene in the internal affairs of other nations. He believes that our meddling in the Middle East has only intensified strife, conflict, and violence. Both sides have more military weapons as a result of our foolish and unconstitutional foreign aid. Some of our foreign aid even winds up in the hands of terrorists. For more on Ron Paul and the question of foreign aid to Israel, see Walter Block’s "An Open Letter to the Jewish Community in Behalf of Ron Paul."

Ron Paul opposes the Iraq war precisely because he supports the troops. He is a patriot in every sense of the word. He opposes federal court jurisdiction over the question of whether the phrase "under God" should be included in the pledge of allegiance. And unlike many in the Bush administration who avoided military service, he served as a flight surgeon in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam conflict. Because Dr. Paul loves this country and all of its people, he is opposed to endangering the life of U.S. soldiers in unnecessary foreign wars that only enrich federal contractors. He is therefore pro-life in an absolute sense. He believes that the best way we can support the troops is to bring them home, not just from Iraq, but from all of the countries in which the United States has troops stationed. Then Americans can proudly serve in the military knowing that they are engaged in real national defense.

It is conservative Republicans who support pre-emptive war, bloated defense and intelligence budgets, secret military tribunals, torture of "enemy combatants," extraordinary renditions, an increasingly militarized society, the violation of basic civil liberties, undue government secrecy, and domestic spying programs who are neither real nor genuine.

The Answer

Protestant Christians who love liberty, respect the Constitution, and believe in the freedom to live their live and practice their religion without the heavy hand of government hanging over their heads should be drawn to Ron Paul like a magnet.

As a Baptist myself, I realize that some Baptists don’t consider themselves Protestants. In this article I am using the term Protestant in its broadest sense. Therefore, this open letter is addressed to them as well. But religion or no religion, if your creed is liberty, then Ron Paul is the man.

November 14, 2007

Laurence M. Vance writes from Pensacola, FL. He is the author of Christianity and War and Other Essays Against the Warfare State. His latest publication is War, Foreign Policy, and the Church. Visit his website.

Life IS Like a Box of Chocolates!

Israel Anderson — 2007-11-10T16:19:23-07:00
On Thursday I spent 6 hours with a Prophetic Intercessor going through incredible ministry and being set free from the bondage's of my family and past. Less than 48 hours later, I discovered something I never thought I ever would. Another brother. Not a metaphorical one, not a "brother in the Lord", but a full-blood brother that our mother has kept secret our entire lives. His name is Steve, and for his sanity and privacy, I won't reveal more about him for now. Last night I randomly decided to Google my mother. I found nothing, and so I Googled her maiden name. What I found shocked me. There was a man, claiming to be the son of my mother. He knew my name, and my sister's name. He knew other things too. He knew too much for it to be a hoax, and a little digging showed that he had been posting online for 7 years looking for us.

Well, Steve got the shock of his life when I sent a txt message to his phone telling him that I was his brother. An hour later, I called my sister and Steve, and we had a 3-way conference call. Coincidentally, today is my mother's, our mother's, birthday. She is yet to learn that we know about her 8th child, the one given up for adoption at birth. That's about to change in a few minutes. Needless to say, this is a situation that creates feelings never before experienced and rather difficult to describe. Our mother has never told us about this 2nd son of hers. I am her first. It is all the more weird because I always longed to have been given up for adoption at birth too. A read of my still uncompleted testimony will explain why.

So many of the things in the ministry time I went through on Thursday focussed on the family and on the fact that I do not even know the name of my father. Yet the information Steve has seems to show that we have the same father, and he has his name. Together, we will find our father. For me, there is no coincidence here. The ministry time was a quiet, but powerful time. She was so spot on it was chilling. That got my attention to begin with. But now this. There is no coincidence that this ministry time has everything to do with discovering my brother.

To be sure, my mother is going to be none too happy that I have discovered Steve. I am shocked, but very happy.

Please pray for all of us during this very emotional time.

An Appeal to my Fellow Pastors - Chuck Baldwin

Israel Anderson — 2007-11-10T01:59:53-07:00

An appeal to my fellow pastors

Chuck Baldwin

Recently, Iowa pastors gathered to hear my presentation in Des Moines on behalf of Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul. After listening to me, they then heard ten-term Republican Texas Congressman Ron Paul himself.

Consider how Congressman Paul's message impacted Pastor Jim Hartman of the Assembly of God church in Conrad, Iowa. "I've been supporting Mike Huckabee, but I would say I'm leaning real strong toward Ron Paul." Hartman supported President Bush four years ago and explained, "Up until the last six months I had not allowed myself to imagine that we'd been let down by Bush." As for Iraq, he said, "I don't think we were prepared to understand that culture and to work with that culture." He said he now feels "humble and I feel kind of bad that I haven't done a better job of being faithful to Ron Paul's kind of integrity." [Source: MSNBC, Oct. 30, 2007]

Integrity: that is the issue drawing millions to Ron Paul, including young people. The night before I spoke, nearly 700 students gathered at Iowa State University in Ames to hear Dr. Paul. One of those students wrote me recently. His name is Nathan Rockman. He wrote, "As a columnist for the Iowa State Daily here on campus, I have seen first hand what can be described as Ron Paul fever. Since Dr. Paul visited this past Friday, his message of freedom and liberty has been spreading through campus like wildfire . . ."

Ron Paul doesn't recruit artisan spin writers and bloggers to wear down those who might question his past dealings. He doesn't need to. There are no missing hard-drives, ethics violations, and taxpayer funds used for personal use that need to be spun away. He still refuses to participate in the lucrative Congressional pension fund and returns a portion of his Congressional office budget back to the U.S. Treasury each year.

This kind of integrity moved Pastor Hartman, the students at Iowa State University, and many more like them.

Ron Paul has been fighting for the right to life from the beginning of his public career. Dr. Paul is rock-solid on pro-life. After all, he has helped over 4,000 women deliver their babies into the world in his obstetrics practice in Lake Jackson, Texas. He proposed the "Sanctity of Life Act of 2005" (and 2007), which would require that "human life shall be deemed to exist from conception, without regard to race, sex, age, health, defect, or condition of dependency." Has he recently discovered these pro-life convictions? Not at all. Congressman Paul introduced the Human Life Amendment in Congress in his very first term of Congress, a couple of years after Roe v. Wade was first handed down.

Is Ron Paul a libertarian, as some use in a throw-away line, often intended to move the listener to discard him without thought? Yes, on areas of fiscal, economic and judicial liberty, he is. But, he is also a social conservative and a Constitutionalist.

Ron Paul's priorities are right with marriage. He and his wife, Carol, have been married for more than fifty years. He believes marriage should be between a man and a woman and defends that principle with his vote, where and when he has the Constitutional authority to do so. For example, Dr. Paul strongly supports the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Candidly, though, Ron Paul does not believe (and neither do I) that the U.S. Government needs to be defining that which God has already defined in His Word.

Where pastors often become confused about Ron Paul is that when he is resisting the unconstitutional centralization of our federal government, he is often perceived as being anti-family. Many in these pro-family movements themselves have been co-opted into believing that the solutions to our family problems come in the form of more unconstitutional federal legislation and programs. And when one does not agree with these unconstitutional remedies, they conclude that he or she is "anti-family." Such people mean well but are confused.

America would be much better off if we Christian pastors taught the need for Christ-honoring resistance — at the local level — to anti-family federal intrusions. We should call on our congregations to vote out of office any judge who passes rulings designed to pervert the Biblical family. That doesn't take a Constitutional amendment. It just takes courageous pastors and people who understand that judges, too, must respect the Constitution and our Christian heritage.

In fact, adherence to the Constitution protects our freedom of speech and assembly; our freedom of worship; our right to keep and bear arms; our right to a trial by jury; the right to be secure in our own homes against police overreach; our right to witness for Christ in public, as a Christian; the right to own property; the right to not be deprived of life or property without due process of law; the right to face our accusers, and the right to keep government local and limited.

Keeping government local and limited is the cornerstone doctrine of American government. Ron Paul understands this more than any other candidate running today.

Most of the problems that we are now dealing with socially, culturally, financially, etc., stem from America abandoning the basic founding principle that "the government that governs least governs best."

Accordingly, America's commitment to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness has been (and is being) systematically stripped from us — not by State legislatures, but mostly by agencies of the federal government.

Consider how it has been federal courts that have banned prayer in school, and legalized abortion and homosexual marriage. Even in the liberal State of Massachusetts it was the courts (along with a compliant liberal governor, Mitt Romney), that forced acceptance of homosexual marriage upon the people.

The solutions to these problems do not reside in more federal legislation. All that does is strengthen the scope and power of the federal judiciary.

The only ones who have anything to fear from Ron Paul are those who believe in Big Government.

You see, Ron Paul is actually calling on us pastors and Christians to stop seeing the federal government as one "in whom we live and move and have our being." Jesus Christ is our Savior and Lord, not the federal government. Have we not, in a material way, set up the federal government as our functional Lord and Savior? When we look to the federal government to solve our moral and spiritual problems, that is exactly what we are doing.

When it comes to the war in Iraq, I firmly believe that Christian conservatives have been duped by the neocons. Dr. Paul — an Air Force veteran and proponent of a strong national defense — opposed the unprovoked and pre-emptive invasion of Iraq, and rightly so. Time has certainly vindicated Dr. Paul's principled position. There was a much better way to deal with al-Qaeda.

Soon after 9/11, Congressman Paul introduced H.R. 3076, the September 11 Marque and Reprisal Act of 2001. According to Paul, "A letter of marque and reprisal is a constitutional tool specifically designed to give the president the authority to respond with appropriate force to those non-state actors who wage war against the United States while limiting his authority to only those responsible for the atrocities of that day. Such a limited authorization is consistent with the doctrine of just war and the practical aim of keeping Americans safe while minimizing the costs in blood and treasure of waging such an operation."

This is precisely what President Thomas Jefferson did when America's ships were confronted with Barbary pirates on the high seas.

If the United States government had listened to Ron Paul, we would not have lost nearly 4,000 American soldiers and Marines, spent over $1 trillion, and gotten bogged down in an endless civil war from which there is no equitable extraction. Furthermore, had we listened to Dr. Paul, Osama bin Laden would no doubt be dead, as would most of his al-Qaeda operatives, and we would be less vulnerable to future terrorist attacks, instead of being more vulnerable, which is the case today.

One thing that Pastor Hartman brought up in our meeting in Iowa was the sentiment of many Christians and pastors to defend Israel. Dr. Paul stated that he did not believe that we do Israel any favors and we actually weaken Israel by our constant meddling and intervention. I agree.

Ron Paul is not Israel's enemy. And neither is he the enemy to Christian liberty and constitutional government.

Ron Paul's non-interventionist and constitutional foreign policy approach would help, not hurt, Israel to resolve tensions with their neighbors. Remember, Israel has more nuclear missiles to defend themselves than all of the Middle East nations combined. Believe me, Israel knows how to defend itself. And know this: America's constant meddling curses Israel more than it blesses.

Also consider this: according to published reports such as this one in the Houston Chronicle http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/politics/5223477.html , Ron Paul is receiving more donations from military personnel than any other Presidential candidate in either party. Think seriously about this. Our active duty and retired military personnel clearly endorse with their own contributions Ron Paul's non-interventionist position above all others.

In the end, if the candidate is a sincere Christian, he will all the more readily obey his or her oath to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States. After all, does not our Lord tell us that our yea is to be yea and our nay is to be nay? In other words, genuine believers are to be true to their word. How, then, could a true Christian make a promise before God and the American people to preserve, protect, and defend the U.S. Constitution and then turn around and ignore that promise?

Ron Paul lives his Christian faith and takes his oath to the Constitution seriously. What more could we ask for in a Presidential candidate?

Every Christian pastor should seriously consider Congressman Ron Paul. Here is his website: http://ronpaul2008.com

Chuck Baldwin is Founder-Pastor of Crossroads Baptist Church in Pensacola, Florida. In 1985, the church was recognized by President Ronald Reagan for its unusual growth and influence.

While he originally planned on a career in law enforcement, Chuck "answered the divine call to Gospel ministry" and decided instead to attend Bible school. He ultimately earned his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in theology, and was later awarded two honorary doctorates in the field.

He is the host of Chuck Baldwin Live, a daily, two hour long radio call-in show on the events of the day. In addition to writing two books of theology — "Subjects Seldom Spoken On" and "This Is The Life" — he has edited and produced "The Freedom Documents," a collection of fifty of the greatest documents of American history.

In 2004, Chuck was the vice presidential nominee for the Constitution Party. Chuck and his wife Connie are the parents of three children and grandparents of six.

© Copyright 2007 by Chuck Baldwin
http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/baldwin/071106

Weather Channel Founder: Global Warming ‘Greatest Scam in History’

Israel Anderson — 2007-11-09T22:31:37-07:00
Weather Channel Founder: Global Warming ‘Greatest Scam in History’

Intro by Joe D’Aleo, Icecap, CCM
I was privileged to work with John Coleman, the founder of The Weather Channel in the year before it became a reality and then for the first of the 6 years I was fortunate to be the Director of Meteorology. No one worked harder than John to make The Weather Channel a reality and to make sure the staffing, the information and technology was the very best possible at that time. John currently works with KUSI in San Diego. He posts regularly. I am very pleased to present his latest insightful post.

By John Coleman

It is the greatest scam in history. I am amazed, appalled and highly offended by it. Global Warming; It is a SCAM. Some dastardly scientists with environmental and political motives manipulated long term scientific data to create an allusion of rapid global warming. Other scientists of the same environmental whacko type jumped into the circle to support and broaden the “research” to further enhance the totally slanted, bogus global warming claims. Their friends in government steered huge research grants their way to keep the movement going. Soon they claimed to be a consensus.

Environmental extremists, notable politicians among them, then teamed up with movie, media and other liberal, environmentalist journalists to create this wild “scientific” scenario of the civilization threatening environmental consequences from Global Warming unless we adhere to their radical agenda. Now their ridiculous manipulated science has been accepted as fact and become a cornerstone issue for CNN, CBS, NBC, the Democratic Political Party, the Governor of California, school teachers and, in many cases, well informed but very gullible environmentally conscientious citizens. Only one reporter at ABC has been allowed to counter the Global Warming frenzy with one 15 minute documentary segment.

I do not oppose environmentalism. I do not oppose the political positions of either party. However, Global Warming, i.e. Climate Change, is not about environmentalism or politics. It is not a religion. It is not something you “believe in.” It is science; the science of meteorology. This is my field of life-long expertise. And I am telling you Global Warming is a non-event, a manufactured crisis and a total scam. I say this knowing you probably won’t believe a me, a mere TV weatherman, challenging a Nobel Prize, Academy Award and Emmy Award winning former Vice President of United States. So be it.

I have read dozens of scientific papers. I have talked with numerous scientists. I have studied. I have thought about it. I know I am correct. There is no run away climate change. The impact of humans on climate is not catastrophic. Our planet is not in peril. I am incensed by the incredible media glamour, the politically correct silliness and rude dismissal of counter arguments by the high priest of Global Warming.

In time, a decade or two, the outrageous scam will be obvious. As the temperature rises, polar ice cap melting, coastal flooding and super storm pattern all fail to occur as predicted everyone will come to realize we have been duped. The sky is not falling. And, natural cycles and drifts in climate are as much if not more responsible for any climate changes underway. I strongly believe that the next twenty years are equally as likely to see a cooling trend as they are to see a warming trend. See John’s full blog story here.

A Message from Ron Paul - Candidate for President

Israel Anderson — 2007-11-08T02:14:47-07:00

Amazing! I have to admit being floored by the $4.2 million dollars you raised yesterday for this campaign. And unlike the fatcat operations of the opposition, the average contribution from our 36,672 donors was $103.

I say "you raised," because this historic event was created, organized, and run by volunteers. This is the spirit that has protected American freedom in our past; this is the spirit that is doing so again.

Some of the mainstream media have sat up and taken notice. Others have pooh-poohed our record online fundraising. But the day is coming--far faster than they know--when they will not be able to ignore our freedom revolution.

We are working hard, with you, to spread our message far and wide-in New Hampshire, in South Carolina, in Iowa, and in every other state with a primary. And people are listening.

As you and I know, there is hope for America-in liberty and peace, and the prosperity they bring. There is hope for America--in a sound dollar, the rule of law, and the Constitution. There is hope for America--in a people's revolution that brings us all together, of whatever race and age and background.

What momentum we have! Please help me keep it up. As you and I know, and our opponents are only suspecting, we have Success on our minds, and in our hearts.

Freedom! Surely it is worth all our hard work. Please help me continue to do that work, with your continuing support: https://www.ronpaul2008.com/donate

Without your help, this campaign would be dead in the water. Help us keep steaming towards victory.

Sincerely,

Ron

Christians Should Support Constitutional Government - Chuck Baldwin

Israel Anderson — 2007-11-06T11:40:41-07:00

I was honored to speak before the National Committee of the Constitution Party on Thursday, October 25, 2007 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Today's column is a condensed version of that address.

Daniel Webster is regarded as perhaps America's most notable jurist. Webster said, "Hold on, my friends, to the Constitution and to the Republic for which it stands. Miracles do not cluster, and what has happened once in 6000 years may not happen again. Hold on to the Constitution, for if the American Constitution should fail, there will be anarchy throughout the world."

He also said, "The hand that destroys the Constitution rends our Union asunder forever."

Please remember that this is the same Daniel Webster who said: "If we abide by the principles taught in the Bible, our country will go on prospering and to prosper; but if we and our posterity neglect its instruction and authority, no man can tell how sudden a catastrophe may overwhelm us and bury all our glory in profound obscurity."

You see how Daniel Webster (like most of America's founders) was a man with deeply-held Christian convictions. He believed the Bible. He was a devout believer. And he found no contradictions between the Bible and the Constitution. In fact, he believed (as do I) that the Constitution is the best safeguard for Christian liberty that we have.

When any constitutionally-elected officeholder assumes office, he or she promises to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States. They don't promise to represent "conservative principles" or to be "loyal to a political party," etc. The Constitution is the contract between "We the people" and our civil magistrates.

When you or I hire an electrician or plumber to do work for us, we sign a contract for specific work to be done. And at the end of the day, I really don't care whether he claims to be a Christian or where he goes to church or how religious he claims to be. When the work is finished, I want my lights to turn on and my toilet to flush. In other words, I expect him to live up to his contract.

When we elect people to public office, we should expect only one thing: that they uphold their contract to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.

You see, adherence to the Constitution protects our freedom of speech and assembly; our freedom of worship; our right to keep and bear arms; our right to a trial by jury; the right to be secure in our own homes against police overreach; our right to witness for Christ in public, as a Christian; the right to own property; the right to not be deprived of life or property without due process of law; the right to face our accusers, and the right to keep government local and limited.

In fact, keeping government local and limited is the cornerstone doctrine of American government. In most nations, the federal government holds power over virtually every area of the lives of its people. Not so in America — at least, not in the America that was originally crafted.

Most of the problems that we are now dealing with socially, culturally, financially, etc., stem from America abandoning the basic founding principle that "the government that governs least governs best."

Accordingly, America's commitment to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness has been (and is being) systematically stripped from us — not by State legislatures, but mostly by agencies of the federal government.

Consider how it has been federal courts that have banned prayer in school, and legalized abortion and homosexual marriage. Even in the liberal State of Massachusetts it was the courts (along with a compliant liberal governor, Mitt Romney), that forced acceptance of homosexual marriage upon the people.

Today, we have federal departments and agencies almost without number. We have the Department of Education, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Energy, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Justice, the Department of Labor, the Department of State, the Department of the Treasury, the Department of the Interior, etc., etc., ad infinitum, ad nauseum.

Each and every federal department and agency, in its own way and for its own purposes, to one degree or another, ignores or violates constitutional government. And as a result, they contravene and strip away the rights and freedoms of States collectively and of the people individually.

The result of this gargantuan federal monstrosity includes back-breaking taxation and over-regulation, which fuel inflation, stymie productivity, and invite foreign influence.

One only has to observe how President Bush is now appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of an illegal Mexican alien who raped and murdered two Houston, Texas teenagers, arguing that his death sentence should be overturned and that he should be given a new trial. Bush's reason? Illegal aliens should be under the authority of a UN "world court" instead of the State of Texas' authority.

Observe how Bush is pushing for amnesty for illegal aliens. See how he has merged these United States into a regional government by signing onto the Security and Prosperity Partnership agreement with Canada and Mexico. See how he is pushing for a NAFTA superhighway. Observe how he and other globalists are planning to replace the U.S. dollar with a regional, multinational currency called the Amero.

Furthermore, virtually every administration for the last fifty years has engaged in an aggressive nation-building foreign policy. (Can anyone say, "Iraq"?) In addition, in contradiction to the stated warnings of our nation's founders, they have actively pursued entangling alliances with unfriendly governments. The past three administrations in particular have deliberately steered our country down a path of multiculturalism, globalism, and elitism.

Pastors, especially, should fight for constitutional government! Do you preachers really think that there will be any room for the old-time Gospel when the globalists and elitists in the federal government have finished with their diabolical schemes?

Already, President Bush repeatedly tells us that Christians and Muslims — and all other religions — worship the same God. How long will you preachers be able to preach the narrow message of salvation, that Christ is the only way to Heaven, when Bush's doctrine of Universalism is the accepted religion? And make no mistake about it: Universalism is the national religion of the United Nations, the European Union, and the emerging North American Union.

The Department of Homeland Security is already holding seminars for pastors, instructing them how they should ask their congregants to turn in their firearms in the event that the President declares a national emergency. How many of you pastors are prepared to become an instrument of gun confiscation for global government?

This is what happens when we abandon constitutional government.

It is not enough that a candidate says he is a Christian. Every politician I know, or have ever known, says they are a Christian — at least every four years. It is not enough that a candidate carries a giant-print Bible to church. It is not enough that he says he prays or says that "faith is important."

The truth is, if the candidate is a sincere Christian, he or she will all the more readily obey his or her oath to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States. After all, does not our Lord tell us that our yea is to be yea and our nay is to be nay? In other words, genuine believers are to be true to their word. How, then, could a true Christian make a promise before God and the American people to preserve, protect, and defend the U.S. Constitution and then turn around and ignore that promise? He couldn't.

Therefore, a professing believer who is elected to public office and then ignores his or her promise to the Constitution proves that he or she is not a true Christian but a phony who only uses a religious testimony to dupe Christians.

Take the issue of abortion, for example. Ron Paul proposed the "Sanctity of Life Act of 2005" (and 2007), which would require that "human life shall be deemed to exist from conception, without regard to race, sex, age, health, defect, or condition of dependency"

The bill also provides that "the Congress recognizes that each State has the authority to protect unborn children..." And that "the Supreme Court shall not have jurisdiction to review ...the performance of abortions; or the provision of public expenses of funds, facilities, personnel, or other assistance for the performance of abortions."

In other words, Dr. Paul understands that Article. III. Section. 2. of the U.S. Constitution gives to Congress the authority to rein in an abusive judiciary and take the issue of abortion (or homosexual marriage or fill in the blank) out from under the jurisdiction of the Court. This means that should Congressman Paul's bill become law, abortion on demand ends and Roe v Wade is overturned.

So, please tell me why, after having control of both houses of Congress and the White House for six years, did these "pro-life" Republicans in Congress and a "pro-life" President not pass Dr. Paul's bill? Why? Because they really do not give a hoot about abortion, but only use pro-life rhetoric to dupe conservative voters.

In addition, those conservatives who have followed President Bush's preemptive war doctrine are the ones who have abandoned historical conservative principles. Before G.W. Bush changed the landscape, conservatives — especially Christian conservatives — mostly subscribed to Augustine's "just war" theory regarding accepted protocols for the conduct of war. Today, however, many professing conservatives have foolishly followed Bush's "preemptive war" theory, which, before now, was practiced mostly by pagan emperors. As Christians, however, we should still subscribe to "just war."

In concert with "just war" philosophy (not to mention American history), Christians should agree with Ron Paul's approach to dealing with terrorists. He authored H.R. 3076, the September 11 Marque and Reprisal Act of 2001. According to Paul, "A letter of marque and reprisal is a constitutional tool specifically designed to give the president the authority to respond with appropriate force to those non-state actors who wage war against the United States while limiting his authority to only those responsible for the atrocities of that day. Such a limited authorization is consistent with the doctrine of just war and the practical aim of keeping Americans safe while minimizing the costs in blood and treasure of waging such an operation."

This is precisely what President Thomas Jefferson did when America's ships were confronted with Barbary pirates on the high seas.

If the United States government had listened to Ron Paul, we would not have lost nearly 4,000 American soldiers and Marines, spent over $1 trillion, and gotten bogged down in an endless civil war from which there is no equitable extraction. Furthermore, had we listened to Dr. Paul, Osama bin Laden would no doubt be dead, as would most of his al-Qaeda operatives, and we would be less vulnerable to future terrorist attacks, instead of being more vulnerable, which is the case today.

How can anyone say with a straight face that they are fighting a war on terrorism while at the same time doing absolutely nothing to secure our borders and ports?!

I submit that every true American, especially conservative Christians, should enthusiastically support constitutional government. I further believe that a President who would take his oath to the Constitution seriously would bring a new birth of freedom to America the likes of which has not been seen since 1776. May God give us such a man!

Chuck Baldwin is Founder-Pastor of Crossroads Baptist Church in Pensacola, Florida. In 1985, the church was recognized by President Ronald Reagan for its unusual growth and influence.

While he originally planned on a career in law enforcement, Chuck "answered the divine call to Gospel ministry" and decided instead to attend Bible school. He ultimately earned his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in theology, and was later awarded two honorary doctorates in the field.

He is the host of Chuck Baldwin Live, a daily, two hour long radio call-in show on the events of the day. In addition to writing two books of theology — "Subjects Seldom Spoken On" and "This Is The Life" — he has edited and produced "The Freedom Documents," a collection of fifty of the greatest documents of American history.

In 2004, Chuck was the vice presidential nominee for the Constitution Party. Chuck and his wife Connie are the parents of three children and grandparents of six.

© Copyright 2007 by Chuck Baldwin
http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/baldwin/071030

Video Blog: Israel Cooks Butter Chicken

Israel Anderson — 2007-11-03T21:14:55-06:00

Ron Paul Moving Up In The Polls? Not According To The Media!

Israel Anderson — 2007-10-30T14:06:57-06:00

Ron Paul is subject to the most undeniable media blackout in history. A recent CNN article on the latest FOX news debate which Ron Paul WON, had no mention of Ron Paul in any way shape or form, and the accompanying photograph showed all the candidates EXCEPT Ron Paul. Did I mention that he WON the debate? And by a large margin. This is partly why I have chosen to devote so much time to letting people know about Ron Paul.

In recent "official" polls that once showed him at 0%, Ron Paul is now polling at 7.4%. And this is in automated phone polls where they do not even mention his name. it goes something like this. "If you would vote for Jilly Anny press 1, for Thompson press 2, for Romney press 3, for McCain press 4, for Huckabee press 5. For any other candidate, press 6." The user then hears an extensive list of all the other candidates with Ron Paul strategically placed last.

The official polls though are all showing the power of the media, and how completely out of touch with reality the media is. The media wants to elect the next president on your behalf. So they continue calling Ron Paul a no-chance runner whenever they rarely mention him. While their polling shows Jilly Anny as the front runner, in straw polls all over the nation, Jilly Anny usually comes dead LAST. The bias of the media is ridiculously overwhelmingly obvious.

One person I know questioned why I supported Ron Paul and said this, "I'd rather shot myself in the foot then vote for Ron paul or follow a politcal trend that the ARTS people are doing. Bro He is not a righteous kind of guy." So deep is the media's success in their portrayal of a man that some have called the next Thomas Jefferson. Not righteous. What's interesting about this comment is that his very righteousness is nearly the reason given by everyone I meet FOR supporting him. He is the most righteous politician we have seen in a very long time. It is to be noted, that all the Republican candidates are lawyers, except one, Ron Paul. Ron Paul is a Doctor. And as others have said, America is sick, and needs a Doctor.

Some might not have realized that Ron Paul is a passionate born again believer in Jesus Christ. Why have you not heard this before? Because Ron Paul refuses to use his faith as political leverage, unlike every other candidate. Even Jilly Anny tried to tell the conservative voters that he was a Christian. Oh PUHLEESE. So I went searching for something from Ron Paul to verify his Christian position. I found it quickly on a website call Christians for Ron Paul. On this site he has a statement of faith which reads in part:

"I have never been one who is comfortable talking about my faith in the political arena. In fact, the pandering that typically occurs in the election season I find to be distasteful. But for those who have asked, I freely confess that Jesus Christ is my personal Savior, and that I seek His guidance in all that I do. I know, as you do, that our freedoms come not from man, but from God. My record of public service reflects my reverence for the Natural Rights with which we have been endowed by a loving Creator."

There is no reason to doubt Ron Paul's sincerity. He is a righteous believer of the living God and pulls no punches in saying so. The language he uses is no wishy washy, "I believe in a loving God" sort of rhetoric we get from the other candidates. Ron Paul is a man of incredible Christian integrity, who will lead this nation in prayer and guidance as he seeks the will of Christ in all his decisions. Not even Huckabee would DARE to declare such a thing

Talking about Huckabee. Some have asked why not him. Good question. And my answer is, for so many reasons. Not in any order, but lets see. He's against any timetable for troop withdrawal from Iraq. He is prepared to lead this nation to war against Iran. Well, there goes his "Christian" legitimacy right there. Huckabee does not stand a chance against Clinton. In every debate Clinton would eat Huckabee for breakfast. Clinton would win the presidency. Many have been saying recently, and I agree, Ron Paul is the only candidate that will be able to stand his ground against Hillary. Ron Paul's encyclopedic level of knowledge of American politics in seemingly every domain will not just give him leverage in the debates, it's so strong that he will positively win every debate against her, as he has been doing already against his fellow Repubicans. The Clinton's have been in politics for 15 years. Ron Paul, 30. He's as sharp as a tack and he knows exactly what he's doing.

As believers, we should feel more than comfortable supporting Ron Paul in his race for the Presidency. He's the only candidate in perhaps a hundred years that is causing passionate party devotees to abandoned their party for the primaries in order to vote for Ron Paul. I have seen this first hand several times. He has earned the trust of the American public. Even while the media continues to suppress him to the fullest extent possible.

There's one important consideration though that I have yet to mention. Electability. There's simply no point in voting for a candidate who is polling even at 7.4%. You would waste your vote to do so. And here's where the media suppression is so noticeable. Straw polls are generally a much better indication of reality as it only polls people that are actually likely to vote on election day. Telephone polls are nothing more than popularity contests, and since most have yet to learn of Ron Paul, he will of course come in very low, though 7.4% is quite respectable, so that is now changing as more people recognize the name and come to understand the intense media blackout.

So how is Ron Paul doing in straw polls? It would be great if by now he was coming in fifth place or even fourth place. This would show that he is a genuine contender for the Presidency and is "electable". Many people would be shocked to learn if Ron Paul was actually coming in THIRD place on average in the straw polls. Yet, in a way to so clearly reveal his electability, his popularity, and the reality of the media blackout, Ron Paul has consistently come in FIRST PLACE in nearly every straw poll conducted throughout America. Indeed, at a recent republican debate, Ron Paul was not even able to attend, and had no representation there whatsoever, yet he still won the polling at the end of the night. Let me say that again for clarification. Ron Paul won a straw poll after a republican debate that he nor any representative for his party had even attended. And yet, yet again, the media ignores Ron Paul. Most headlines read, "Romney loses straw poll". Here is an example from MSNBC.

Just to add some real meat to this, here are the official results of Ron Paul's placing in recent straw polls. Pay extra careful attention to the smaller chart down the bottom of the page. The American media are the dirtiest rotten scoundrels. They play with us. It's all a game for them. They choose the President, and we just do what were told. Well enough of that. It's time for a rEVOLution. It's time to elect the true conservative, the true Christian, the true leader. Ron Paul.

You may have watched this video before, but if so, watch it again, and stop letting the media dictate your choice of a President for this great nation.

Prayer Request for Mozambique and Iris Ministries Leadership

Israel Anderson — 2007-10-24T23:43:07-06:00
Prayer Request for Mozambique and Iris Ministries Leadership

From Heidi Baker
October 22, 2007

Psalm 18:33-34 (All Scripture is from the NKJV.)
33. He makes my feet like the feet of deer,
And sets me on my high places.
34. He teaches my hands to make war,
So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

We are posting this special request to our family in Christ around the world with the hope for stronger prayer covering. We have faced intense spiritual warfare, some of the most difficult months of our lives, and severe physical attacks. We are so grateful for those who have been praying, fasting and crying out to God. We thank Jesus for each of you. We are absolutely trusting the Lord with the situation and confident that His ear is not too dull to hear nor His arm too short to save (Isaiah 59:1). I have never felt stronger in my life. Jesus is helping us. He is setting our feet like the feet of the deer on high places. He is teaching our hands to war. I feel like a weight lifter who has built up muscles over the years of past trials so I am now able to face greater challenges. In this time of heavy attack, we would like to solicit your prayers as we push through tremendous spiritual warfare. Here is a partial list of the trials that have occurred in the past few weeks:

1. Rolland has been very sick, lost forty pounds, had heart trouble and flew to Amsterdam for treatment. I am leaving today to take care of Rolland. Please pray for Jesus to move in powerful healing.

2. Last week, the head of the transport department, Pedro Simbini, had an accident and totaled our administrator Julio's new car while driving it up to Pemba for him.

3. Julio, our head Mozambican administrator in Pemba, drove down with his girlfriend Rachel to deal with the accident.They rolled their car on the way there and were hospitalized. We have been told that the third person riding with them is in serious condition. Rachel is not in very good shape either.

4. Dr. Don Kantel, Associate Pemba Base Director alongside the Bakers, has just had violent malaria since last Monday and is in the hospital with a critical infection. We had to emergency fly him to South Africa. (The good news received a few moments ago is that once Don got to SA, the infection began to respond. Don's wife, Elizabeth has just spoken to him at the hospital while he was visiting with the Wheelers and Dr. Eric who accompanied him. Don was so encouraged to hear that he may be discharged tomorrow and be able to fly back on Tuesday.)

5. The same day another missionary hit a child with her Landrover. I also had to take an emergency flight out last week due to an accident. My face was split open and needed stitches. I'm recovering well.

6. My Mozambican secretary recently had an accident with her motorbike, as well as Luciano, our associate pastor to Jose, who is our provincial leader over the Iris churches in Cabo Delgado province.

7. Pedro Langa, the head of our Pemba kitchen, just broke his foot by falling off his motorbike. He is in a cast.

8. As we all prayed together and warred in the tent, a large construction truck weighing four tons tipped over inside our new church building under construction. We had to war and literally push the 4-ton truck out of our church.

I, felt the Lord told me to stand on a pile of rocks and proclaim the victory in Jesus' name, draw a line in the sand, and tell the enemy that he could not cross it anymore. I felt led to tell the crowd gathered that I was going to push the truck up and out. I asked, "Who would be with me?" Hundreds gathered around and we pushed the four-ton truck, which in the natural world would have needed a crane or large wrecker, as we celebrated the victory with shouts of joy.

9. Witch doctors tried to poison Pastor Jose and me in a village. God kept us from eating the witch doctor's poison.

10. Surpresa Sithole, one of the four international directors of Iris Ministries, had to attend the tragic funeral of his brother Pastor Sithole and his cousin after a group of radical religious anti-Christians cut him up into pieces because he was preaching the gospel. Pastor Sithole will be greatly missed.

In Pemba, we are currently doing a corporate 21 day fast, as well as organizing times to pray and worship together for the next 21 days. After that, we will launch our next 24-7 prayer week.

We earnestly request that you stand with us, covering those those who have been in accidents and the sick, especially Rolland, as well as praying for protection for all of us here. Jesus purchased the victory and we know He has amazing plans for Mozambique beyond anything we have seen so far.

In the middle of all these trials, God spoke to me to rest in the boat even in this storm. In the past few days, I have been meditating on Hebrews 4:9-16:

9.There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.
10. For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his
works as God did from His.
11. Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall
according to the same example of disobedience.
12. For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any
two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and
of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of
the heart.
13. And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are
naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
14. Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through
the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
15. For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our
weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.
16. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may
obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

We recently received a prophetic word that if we would enter into a season of rest, God would release a revival that would never end. We are clinging onto Him, this High Priest. We are holding onto His promises in our time of need. Thank you for standing with us for full victory.

In love with Jesus,

Heidi Baker with Melissa Stanton

Who Are You?

Israel Anderson — 2007-10-21T14:21:20-06:00
So it's easy for you to get inside my head. You just have to read my blog. You can see I am pretty independent in my thoughts (I hope). I am not afraid of having opinions. So I speak pretty openly about myself and things I encounter in life. What about you though? Who are you? I get a lot of traffic on this site, and a lot of regular visitors who come back several times per week. Introduce yourself. Say hello and tell me a bit about yourself. I'd love to get to know you. Israel.

OK, Ron Paul, The Underdog

Israel Anderson — 2007-10-20T19:14:09-06:00
I have now spent a week full of many hours a day researching this Ron Paul. The Republican hopeful for President. I have spoken with many people about him. I get a lot of cynical responses, usually saying that a man with this sort of integrity will simply never be allowed to be President. I think it's awfully sad and apathetic to think such things. I would say, that if you believe that to be true, you had best stop calling America the greatest country in the world. Stop calling it a free country. Stop calling it a democracy too. Because if it is true that such a man as Ron Paul, the man some are calling the next Thomas Jefferson, can not be elected, then America is not great, free or democratic.

I want to believe that America is all 3 of those things. I believe this man CAN be elected to the Presidency, and you can be a major part of that. If you did not watch the short video just a few posts down, please go and do that.

Can we rise above our cynicism? Our apathy? Our Laziness to get out on voting day vote?

Already, hundreds of thousands of democrats across America have switched their party so they can vote for Ron Paul in the Primaries. Ron Paul crosses all party barriers. Race Barriers. Every barrier. Hundreds of thousands of people that have never bothered to vote before have said they are now going to vote for the first time, because finally they have found someone worthy of their vote. What about you? Can you ignore your previous party affiliations and vote for the next Thomas Jefferson? Is America important to you? Or do you just want it to continue on the path is has been going these last 20 years? I believe it's time for America to show in an incredible way, that this nation truly is great, free and absolutely democratic. What about you?

Recently, Ron Paul appeared at the Value Voters Summit. Here's a video of his questions and answers. Wait at the very least until the part where he is asked about his faith. He doesn't leave much room for doubt does he?

Technology Fast

Israel Anderson — 2007-10-20T11:02:51-06:00
Hey, no posts for a few days. I went on a 3 day technology fast. Well, sort of. I still used my iPhone. Actually it was only because my laptop was in the shop being repaired. Was just to replace my wireless card which was acting up, but they broke something and then had to replace pretty much everything. Lucky it's all under warrantee.

OK, so expect something hopefully intelligent later today. More than likely I'll have something to say about Ron Paul whom I have been researching for the last week. This guy is on fire. More soon...

Gore Gets a Cold Shoulder - William M. Gray

Israel Anderson — 2007-10-15T07:07:07-06:00
More TRUTH about Global Warming from EXPERTS, not ex-Vice Presidents.

William M. “Bill” Gray

(b. 1931), Ph.D., is a pioneer in the science of forecasting hurricanes. In 1952 he got a BS degree in Geography from George Washington University, in 1959 he got a MS in Meteorology from the University of Chicago, where he went on to get a PhD in Geophysical Sciences in 1964.

Gray pioneered the concept of “seasonal” hurricane forecasting — predicting months in advance the severity of the coming hurricane season. Gray’s prognostications, issued since 1983, are used by insurance companies to calculate premiums. [1]

Gray is Emeritus Professor of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University (CSU), and head of the Tropical Meteorology Project at CSU’s Department of Atmospheric Sciences. Gray is noted for his forecasts of Atlantic hurricane season activity.

Professor Gray served as a weather forecaster for the United States Air Force, and as a research assistant in the University of Chicago Department of Meteorology. He joined Colorado State University in 1961. He has been advisor of over 70 Ph. D. and M. Sc. students. His team has been issuing seasonal hurricane forecasts since 1984.

Gore gets a cold shoulder

Steve Lytte, for The Sydney Morning Herald
October 14, 2007

ONE of the world’s foremost meteorologists has called the theory that helped Al Gore share the Nobel Peace Prize “ridiculous” and the product of “people who don’t understand how the atmosphere works”.

Dr William Gray, a pioneer in the science of seasonal hurricane forecasts, told a packed lecture hall at the University of North Carolina that humans were not responsible for the warming of the earth.

His comments came on the same day that the Nobel committee honoured Mr Gore for his work in support of the link between humans and global warming.

“We’re brainwashing our children,” said Dr Gray, 78, a long-time professor at Colorado State University. “They’re going to the Gore movie [An Inconvenient Truth] and being fed all this. It’s ridiculous.”

At his first appearance since the award was announced in Oslo, Mr Gore said: “We have to quickly find a way to change the world’s consciousness about exactly what we’re facing.”

Mr Gore shared the Nobel prize with the United Nations climate panel for their work in helping to galvanise international action against global warming.

But Dr Gray, whose annual forecasts of the number of tropical storms and hurricanes are widely publicised, said a natural cycle of ocean water temperatures - related to the amount of salt in ocean water - was responsible for the global warming that he acknowledges has taken place.

However, he said, that same cycle meant a period of cooling would begin soon and last for several years.

“We’ll look back on all of this in 10 or 15 years and realise how foolish it was,” Dr Gray said.

During his speech to a crowd of about 300 that included meteorology students and a host of professional meteorologists, Dr Gray also said those who had linked global warming to the increased number of hurricanes in recent years were in error.

He cited statistics showing there were 101 hurricanes from 1900 to 1949, in a period of cooler global temperatures, compared to 83 from 1957 to 2006 when the earth warmed.

“The human impact on the atmosphere is simply too small to have a major effect on global temperatures,” Dr Gray said.

He said his beliefs had made him an outsider in popular science.

“It bothers me that my fellow scientists are not speaking out against something they know is wrong,” he said. “But they also know that they’d never get any grants if they spoke out. I don’t care about grants.”

Who is Ron Paul? A Man Worthy of The US Presidency?

Israel Anderson — 2007-10-12T09:33:09-06:00
This guy impresses me. Pity I can't vote. Watch this video and see what you think.

The Judgement To Come?

Israel Anderson — 2007-10-05T13:35:14-06:00

When I first saw Barak Obama, he gave me the creeps. My mind just shot to thoughts of the anti-Christ. Ok, now that may sound a little nutty, but upon doing a Google search, I quickly discovered that I am far from alone. So when i saw this photo of him on CNN, I just had to make a slight tongue in cheek alteration :)

Congrats to CNN

Israel Anderson — 2007-10-04T20:43:16-06:00

Congratulations to CNN. Tonight during their unfortunately named program, Planet in Peril, they admitted that Global warming may not be man made after-all and could actually be caused by the sun and other normal seasonal factors, that though it may have great impact on the world's climate, is normal and uncontrollable, and certainly not caused by our meager CO2 emissions. They even admitted that the world goes through temperature increases and decreases all the time. Wow.

It's about time other big media followed CNN's lead and start telling the truth instead of scaring people with hysterical hyperbole. Please keep it up CNN. And sorry to those of you who may well lose their jobs now because you dared report accurate findings about Global Warming research.

Here's an interesting FACT for you.
All the volcanos in the world, produce more CO2 each year than humans.
In turn, rotting vegetation produces more CO2 than the two combined.
In turn, the oceans produce more CO2 than all 3 combined.
Our net impact on natural CO2 levels? Barely measurable!

And remember, CO2 is NOT a man-mad gas. Carbon is the most abundantly occurring natural substance in the world. Most of your body, minus the water, is carbon. I think we'll have to replace you with a solar panel soon.

God Is Our GPS!

Israel Anderson — 2007-10-04T00:25:38-06:00
God Is Our GPS!

My Wish List

Israel Anderson — 2007-10-02T02:40:33-06:00
So I want to review more items. I am going to be adding them to my wish list, see the button in the sidebar. So here's what i thought I'd do. If there's something there you want, then why not send it to me, I'll review it, and then I'll send it on to you. Just a thought. And failing that idea, I think this year was the first year I have never received anything for my birthday, not even a card. What a sad indictment :(

Music - Jerusalem Arise! Messianic Worship

Israel Anderson — 2007-10-02T00:43:36-06:00

You may have noticed, I mean other than my blog, that the desire to re-embrace our Jewish roots as believers is dramatically increasing in the Church globally. I believe not only that this is a good and exciting occurrence, but completely prophetic and yet another sign that we are in the last days. Yes, some of my teachers consider that a bad term, last days, and I find that sad. Look at me getting all off track again :)

There is so much to learn, and so much wonder and beauty, color, if you will, in embracing our Jewish roots. It's something we left about 300AD, and it's high time we corrected that. Remember that guy Jesus, well His real name is Yeshua, and he's is a Jew.

It's not just learning ~~new~~ old things, but it's also about music. Wonderful music. So I bought this CD because of it's excellent reviews on Amazon. It's made more for the Hosanna music types, which should not be surprising since it's produced by, well, Hosanna music. Go figure. I will in the near future review some CDs from other Messianics that are more my taste, but maybe less yours. So Jerusalem Arise is a very tame recording, a very good introduction to a Jewish flavor in your worship music. If your under 30, you may not like this CD much unless you go to a Southern Baptist Church and don't know who Third Day are. For those of the shall we say, more cultured set, :) you're going to love this recording. Recorded live in Jerusalem, famous worship leader Paul Wilbur takes us on a worship journey sure to draw you closer to the heart of God. Soft melodic rhythms are intimate and devotional. There's nothing here that will grate against your spirit.

It has received rave reviews on all sites that sell this CD, including as I said, Amazon. You really can't go wrong here. If anything is not to your total satisfaction, it will be just that it is not rocky enough. And I know that in saying that many of you just got excited. Not too rocky hu! Right, not too rocky.

I give Jerusalem Arise 4 out of 5 simply because I write these reviews for people my own age, otherwise it would get 5.

Yes, this item is for sale direct from me. Help me purchase more items to review for you by buying this from me instead of elsewhere.

This CD costs $9.98 on Amazon plus shipping fees, from me in absolutely brand new condition it is $6.99 including shipping.

The Man-Made Global Warming Hoax

Israel Anderson — 2007-10-01T15:20:11-06:00

This whole man-made Global Warming thing is becoming ridiculous. I am going to start building a resource relating to the scientific findings of this scandalous hoax. Not since Charles Darwin's theory of evolution becoming "undeniable fact" regardless of the lack of evidence has the world been so taken in by such propaganda. I had a date on Saturday, and even she believes in man-made Global Warming. Don't worry, she's a nice a girl and I told her to read my blog, but it's just an example of how much control the media has through their outrageous non-factual spin. And just like the Intelligent Design theory, if you try to say man-made Global Warming is not true, you are sure to be ostracized and labeled a oil-loving, polluting earth hater who doesn't care about his grand-kids future. PLEASE, let's have some TRUTH and FACTS instead of seriously hysterical hyperbolic propaganda! What do you expect though from a movement lead by the former next president of the US! SO GLAD he did not come to power.

Notice I put "man-made" before global warming. Is the world warming? Oh yes, a little, that's undeniable. WHY it is warming is the real issue. Is it a natural cycle of the earth or is it because we're not all driving Toyota Prius vehicles yet?

Coming up this week is a recently produced TV series which I am trying to find the copyright holder so I can put it here on my site. The video is made by dozens of scientists including some huge names who bring the basic facts to the screen in a simple fashion that anyone can understand.

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie--deliberate, contrived, and dishonest—but the myth—persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. President, John F. Kennedy.

Review: The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning

Israel Anderson — 2007-09-29T02:08:12-06:00

A review of The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning. For many years and up until just recently, all my emails would go out with this signature attached. The single greatest cause of atheism in the world today, is Christians, who acknowledge Jesus with their lips and walk out the door and deny Him by their lifestyle. This, is what an unbelieving world, simply finds, unbelievable. I wrote that entirely without looking it up, so much has it become ingrained in my thoughts. Some of you will recognize this quote, especially if you like Christian rock/hiphop group DC Talk as they use this quote on the start of one of their songs. It wasn't until about 2 years ago someone emailed me and corrected me about it's origin. Turns out it was actually Brennan Manning that first penned it. So the author of The Ragamuffin Gospel has been having an impact on me much longer than I have known about him or his books. Well as I have said last week, I am now listening to far more books in audio rather than reading them. And as you can see from the reviews I have been able to do, it really does enable me to "read" far more books than I normally would. The bookmarking feature of Apples iPod just makes it so versatile. The computer will keep playing from where I last stopped on my iPod and vice versa.

The Ragamuffin Gospel. Brennan Manning. So who is this book for? It's primarily for new believers, Pastors, and anyone else who has a heartbeat. If I had a name, I would write a book like this myself, for without wanting to sound conceited Brennan echoes the cry of my heart. I have been in ministry a long time. Long enough to have seen the incredible injustices so many suffer at the hands of those who hold title and position in the body. I am not sure they'd like to meet Brennan Manning in a dark alley, but then again, I am not sure anything but grace would flow from Brennan at that time. I do not see how this book could have been written without many a tear having been spilt. He so perfectly pictures the problems of our current fascination with turning Church into businesses, and contrasts it with the way of Jesus. Here, Brennan says, is a Church for ragamuffins, misfits, outcasts, delinquents, rejects, etc, this is the Church of Jesus Christ. But look, in today's Churches, we reserve the front seating for the Pastors and Elders, or the big givers. It is business as usual. The former are not welcome. They may be put up with, but hardly welcome. With gentle elegance, Brennan lifts the shroud from our eyes and shows us a picture of the true Church of Jesus Christ.

A Pastor I knew in New Zealand once objected when I told him that I don't think the Church in its current state is what Jesus really wants us to have. Ironically he calls himself a reformer. If it's ok, why reform it? Of course he would object, he was a Pastor. Not so fast. Today, many leaders in the Church are seeing the light. It's easy to point fingers at the likes of Rob Bell, he's young, but when Brennan Manning who has more memories stretching back longer than the road is stretching ahead, someone who has walked the talk the better part of half a century, we need to take notice. The Church is not where it needs to be, and that is plainly clear to any honest Christian leader. It is after-all, PLAINLY obvious to those outside of the Church. This book helps us. It's not just cute pop psychology, it's a clear view of how things are and how we can change them so the ragamuffins, the ones Jesus spent his time with, once again become the ones we spend our time with.

Grace over judgment. Grace over dogma. Grace. As I have discovered first hand on my own journey, grace is like a four letter word in many ministries. For those that have been hurt, are being hurt, or have been accused of being the hurter, The Ragamuffin Gospel will bring a much needed clarity of vision. To those who are ragamuffins and know it, and want to see Christ's vision of the Church come to fruition, this will be like rocket-fuel for your soul.

I give the The Ragamuffin Gospel 5 out of 5.

This item is for sale directly from me. It is the copy I bought to review. Now you can buy it from me. This is the AudioBook version. It will play on your CD player or iPod. Amazon sells this for $18.24 plus shipping, I am selling it for $15 including shipping. It is in as new condition. I sell items I have reviewed to help me afford to purchase more.

iPhone For Sale in New Zealand

Israel Anderson — 2007-09-27T01:51:31-06:00
Well, bad news came out today about the potential availability of iPhones in New Zealand. Vodafone has chosen not to negotiate with Apple over having the device. Seems a bit odd if you ask me seeing as Telecom just announced they will be rolling out their own GSM network in years to come. Vodafone runs the risk of losing the iPhone to Telecom. A move that would certainly pull Telecom back into the #1 spot for marketshare in New Zealand. Currently Vodafone has a small lead.

So, I thought, I have an Apple store about 10 minutes away, I know how to unlock the iPhones, so perhaps some of you New Zealanders would like an iPhone. I have bank account facilities in NZ still of course, and so I can make the transaction pretty smooth. I also have a friend in Auckland who could step in for me to make people feel safe. So, if you're in New Zealand and you want an iPhone, let me know, and we'll see what we can come up with. I know right now others in NZ are selling them at astronomical prices. Shoot me an email via my contact page, and REPLY to the anti-spam reply, and we can chat about it. I have a Vodafone SIM card here too, so I should be able to unlock it and confirm that it will work with Vodafone, though I would prefer to just sell you the phone unopened and let you do the unlocking.

Oh, It's My Birthday on Thursday

Israel Anderson — 2007-09-26T01:49:58-06:00
Send me a hello via email or something, it will make my day :)

Review: The Divine Conspiracy by Dallas Willard

Israel Anderson — 2007-09-26T00:30:04-06:00

I have been longing for the time to continue my reviews. I am moving more towards buying books in audio, that is, books that have been read aloud by either the author or a professional reader/speaker. Running an iPod podcast ministry, obviously necessitates having an iPod, so I can listen to these audiobooks wherever I go. I can "read" a book while driving, which I would not advise doing with the printed version. And so today I finished listening to this wonderful book, The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life In God by Dallas Willard.

Because of the genre of material I have been reading over the years, much of what Dallas has to say was very repetitious to me. At fist I was thinking I was going to have to give it a poor review for not having anything new to say, and then I realized, Israel, it's not about having something new to say it's about the quality of what he is saying. And indeed what he has to say is powerful and anointed. Dare I say this without causing any offense? It's a book Western Christians desperately need to read, and apply to their lives. OK, it's a book for all Christian, but you know what I mean when I say that don't you? Dallas takes us on a journey of discovering core realities of our faith and how they relate in practical ways to this world. There's a lot of philosophy here, which is probably why I do like it so much, but it's down to earth, simple and practical.

Indeed, out of 127 reviews on Amazon, this books has 4.5 stars. As one overly familiar with Amazon, I can tell you that that is an incredibly difficult rank to get. Clearly I am far from the only one who thought this books was great.

If you're the traditional Church person - goes to Church every Sunday, meets all the other religious folk, puts on the smile for all to see and then goes home and doesn't really live out the faith in much of any other fashion, but you desperately WANT to live out your faith in a way that affects the world and makes it a better place, then this is the book you have been waiting for. Now I don't want to insult anyone or put anyone down, but let's be honest, there's more than one or 2 people out there in this place on their Spiritual journey right now. And I don't believe all those people want to stay that way. I believe it's often just social conditioning and a lack of information that turns people into Sunday Christians.

This book will encourage you and inspire you to be the difference maker in this word of ours. No matter where you are with your faith, no matter your position in a Church, please, buy this book!

I give The Divine Conspiracy by Dallas Willard 5 out of 5.

What Does The Emerging Church Mean?

Israel Anderson — 2007-09-25T15:11:05-06:00

For Sale - The God Theory by Bernard Haisch

Israel Anderson — 2007-09-24T12:29:56-06:00

OK, my first item for sale. The God Theory by Bernard Haisch. You can see the review below. The page on Amazon is here. Amazon's price is $14.93 plus shipping. My price is $11 including shipping. This is a second hand book remember, it will have signs of slight use. Purchasing this book from me will help me purchase more resources to further my studies.

Something to note. PayPal just loves to force people to open a PayPal account, so when you click that BuyNow button, they show you a page that is not immediately obvious how you can pay with a credit card. I am growing a little tired of PayPal's unethical practices, so I shall be moving to Google Checkout soon enough. In the mean time, look for the CreditCard logos on the payment page, and you'll see a link just above them that is simply called "Continue". Click that and you can pay via any credit card.

Make Sense?

Israel Anderson — 2007-09-23T12:53:18-06:00

I Want to Purchase More Resources

Israel Anderson — 2007-09-23T00:06:17-06:00
OK, I have this problem. I have a lot of time on my hands right now. I am going to be volunteering with several agencies here, but still I will have lots of time, and not a lot of ministry opportunity right now, so I want to study. I am already studying Hebrew, and really enjoying it. It is much easier than I thought. It is my hope that within 2 years I will be able to read, speak and write Biblical Hebrew. Then I have a desire to attend Jerusalem University and do a more advanced course in Hebrew. But I am also purchasing and wanting to purchase more resources. I prefer audio books to the printed variety. I tend to "read" them much faster and remember much more. So I thought of this. Why don't I sell them as used item on my blog once I am done with them! So this I am going to do. Once I have read a particular item, I will list it for sale right here, and you can buy it at a reduced priced from a new item. I have a lot of readers, so I am sure I will have no trouble in this. So tomorrow, I will list a few of the items I have already purchased, have here and am done with. Good job! Then I can afford to buy more, study mote, learn more! So I'm helping you and you're helping me.

People Just Don't Want Real Chai

Israel Anderson — 2007-09-16T10:58:31-06:00
Putting Chai on the back burner. Well, the Chai tea idea was nice, but there lies no commercial viability. I did my research, and Chai tell isn't exactly flying off the shelves. Americans are generally happy with the type of Chai that Starbucks sells, which is really so far from the real thing I'm surprised India hasn't launched a law suite. No offense Starbucks, love your coffee, but your Chai is crap.

So, I'll keep making my very own Chai from amazingly fresh spices, but sorry, you won't be able to buy it in your WholeFoods anytime soon. The market for genuine Chai tea just isn't real big.

So next... who knows...

Mini Review: The God Theory by Bernard Haisch

Israel Anderson — 2007-09-11T17:22:28-06:00
Mini Review: The God Theory by Bernard Haisch

The God theory is written by an American AstroPhysicist who has spent much time exploring other fields. He has a wealth of experience under his belt. He confesses to be a Christian, yet much of what he says in The God Theory goes against established Christian thought and Scripture. What he tried to do in this book is give reasonable evidence for the existence of an intelligent mind, or conscience, that existed before matter and has always existed. He frequently chastises his fellow scientists for being dogmatic reductionists, and yet he believes in evolution, dismissing ID out of hand. A definite and obvious contradiction, though I often wondered if he was doing this simply to avoid being labeled an ID proponent himself.

Much of the book is given over to explaining his ZeroPoint energy theory, particularly surrounding the cause of mass/inertia which he theorizes is caused by background energy and the hold this has caused by the ZeroPoint energy. A plausible theory and one he seems to have proven through 2 different experiments. This background energy is also possibly what Genesis 1:1 refers to as light.

One thing I do like is repulsion of the theory of infinite universes in order to explain this universe. The multiverse idea is far more insane than any religious answer to the creation of this unique universe, and here is a top notch scientists who's prepared to say so.

The book is hard to read at points and even harder to write a review for. My passion for science has allowed me to understand pretty much the whole book, but only because he has purposefully made it as simple as he could have. I sure can't make it any simpler to provide you with a review. If you don't have a college-level grasp of physics, I am not sure you'll enjoy this. I read it because the book has been acclaimed as giving evidence of God without the use of Intelligent Design, but it's not for the layman.

Being that he believes in evolution and calls evolution a fact backed up by undeniable (yet missing, to honest searchers) evidence, and that his God is one of his own making, contradicting the God of the Scriptures, yet does provide a theory which challenges Methodical materialists to consider the reality of God, I give it 3 out of 5.

I offer a genuine insight into how you can, and should, be a rational, science-believing human being and at the same time know that you are also an immortal spiritual being, a spark of God. I propose a worldview that offers a way out of the hate and fear-driven violence engulfing the planet. – Bernard Haisch, The God Theory

iPhone sales skyrocket

Israel Anderson — 2007-09-10T23:21:26-06:00
Being that I run an iPhone-only Bible site visited by many iPhone users, I have special insight into the number of iPhones Apple is selling. Not in quantitative figures because I am unaware of the percentage of iPhone users visiting my Bible site, but I can clearly see the trends. Since Apple reduced the cost of the iPhone by $200 to just $399, a price I consider ridiculously cheap for the device, my site traffic has increased 85%. It is reasonable to suggest that since Wednesday, iPhone sales have sky rocketed. In fact Steve announced on Wednesday that Apple is on track to sell their 1 millionth iPhone by the end of September. Yet they announced today that they had just sold their millionth iPhone on Sunday. Interesting.

If you don't have an iPhone, you probably don't need one, and I would wait until the models come out with 3G built in. If you don't know what 3G is, your current cell phone is probably all you'll ever need :)

For those that do have an iPhone, or the new iPod touch, I hope you find my online Bible of great use.

Oh Man... Dr D James Kennedy Went Home this Morning

Israel Anderson — 2007-09-06T13:44:17-06:00

One of the people I have longed to meet in life went home this morning. Gosh, I'm a little shattered. Kennedy lead a massive Presbyterian Church in Florida. I loved his sermons. Though he dressed in very traditional garb, his messages were as cutting edge as my friend Winkie Pratney. Kennedy understood the sciences and philosophy like few others, and used this knowledge the strengthen the faith of many, including me. I absolutely loved this man.

There's an excellent video of his life story right here.

“Now, I know that someday I am going to come to what some people will say is the end of this life. They will probably put me in a box and roll me right down here in front of the church, and some people will gather around, and a few people will cry. But I have told them not to do that because I don’t want them to cry. I want them to begin the service with the Doxology and end with the Hallelujah chorus, because I am not going to be there, and I am not going to be dead. I will be more alive than I have ever been in my life, and I will be looking down upon you poor people who are still in the land of dying and have not yet joined me in the land of the living. And I will be alive forevermore, in greater health and vitality and joy than ever, ever, I or anyone has known before.”
D. James Kennedy, Ph.D.

RIP Luciano Pavarotti

Israel Anderson — 2007-09-05T23:24:38-06:00
This evening we bid farewell to Luciano Pavarotti, 71. I have always been one to explore outside of the musical genres of my peers, and Pavarotti was someone I enjoyed. You may not know though that in 2001, Pavarotti received the Nansen Medal from the UN High Commission for Refugees for his efforts raising money on behalf of refugees worldwide. Through benefit concerts and volunteer work, he has raised more than US$1.5 million, more than any other individual. He will be missed. His website is here.

Dave Matthews Parody of YWAM's Marionettes?

Israel Anderson — 2007-09-05T00:53:22-06:00
I just watched the newly released video of Dave Matthews Band's, Eh Hee. The video is strangely reminiscent of a drama YWAM uses as an evangelism tool, called Marionettes. The similarities are striking, and the lyrics of the song are anti-God, anti-Christiantiy and pro-evolution. His fans are not happy about it either with many slamming the video as just plain weird. And well, the Marionettes drama IS plain weird too.

Could it be coincidence? Possibly, but Musicians and artists get to see YWAM stuff more than most because of the close associations, so it would not be surprising at all if Dave Matthews has seen it and is indeed parodying the drama. See it on iTunes.

UPDATE: Someone asked in the comments section if I knew of a film of the Marionettes drama, and i looked on YouTube, and indeed I found one. It's a few minutes into this video clip, and the clip itself is very poor quality, but you can see enough to see the striking similarity. Very strange!

Looking at Local Care Opportunities

Israel Anderson — 2007-09-05T00:18:54-06:00
I was looking on a local Denver website tonight to see what opportunities that might have for me to volunteer in some way. I found there was a lot of need. So I got thinking... I want to let people know about the opportunities overseas, but what about locally? It makes perfect sense doesn't it. So tomorrow I will be contacting as many care agencies as I have time to and I hope they'll let me come and document what they are doing. Maybe I can get it published in the local papers too. If you would like to help me with by keeping me covered in your prayers, I would appreciate that.

Software Coder Needed

Israel Anderson — 2007-09-04T01:42:09-06:00
I am looking for an experienced software coder for a project.

You must have experience with Mac OS X & Windows. Experience with XBox 360 and PS3 is advantageous.
You will have had experience in C, C#, C++ and Java. Experience with machine code, Objective C, Cocoa and the XCode environment is advantageous.
You will have experience with development of image editing software and encryption of images, internet delivery of sw.

Please email me through my contact form.

Chai Success

Israel Anderson — 2007-09-03T01:30:27-06:00
Well well well. Over the weekend, I allowed ALL the spices I bought to brew. This afternoon I filtered the solution. The result? An incredibly concentrated Chai extract made from very fresh spice. I diluted it incredibly into some black tea, and it was just amazing.

So now I am going to spend some time this week looking at the health regulations in Colorado, a commercial kitchen for rent/hire/lease, plastics suppliers, and interested vendors. If everything comes together, I will hopefully have this Chai spice extract on shelves. Already, what I have made here in my kitchen is superior to all the other products I have found. Others are selling Chai extract for about $1.20 a serving. My gosh, they are making some real money considering I could make this for about 15 cents per serving in a full commercial operation, wild guesstimate though I must admit. The product itself would cost about 3 to 4 cents per serve. I could either sell a much higher quality product at the same price, or compete on price AND quality.

Like most of the little ideas I try though, it's unlikely to make it to market. There's always so much red tape on food products. But maybe Colorado is different. We'll see. I have one thing in my favor, in that there is no entrenched product in the marketplace that I would need to target as serious competition. I think this could work.

Savory Spice Shop in Denver

Israel Anderson — 2007-09-01T18:00:53-06:00

I spent $18 and got more spice than I will use in 3 months. Very cheap, and it get significantly cheaper the more you buy. I have never encountered spices so fresh. The cinnamon hardly smells like cinnamon. Very strong. So I recommend this shop if you're in Denver. They have lots of nice pre-made spices too.

Tonight I have a date. Tomorrow I have a date too. And actually Monday I have another date. Is that bad? It must be the accent! :)

So sometime tomorrow I will make a Chai mixture and see about making a concentrate for commercial production. In bulk volume, the spices I bought today should cost me about $4. Yes, FOUR dollars. So this could be quite a lucrative product if I can extract the flavors well and create something people like. I hope my room mates don't mind the entire house smelling like Chai :)

Savory Spice Shop
1537 Platte Street
Denver, CO 80202
Ph: (303) 477-3322

Making Real Chai Tea

Israel Anderson — 2007-09-01T02:41:19-06:00
Well put up your hand if you've ever tried Chai Tea. Chai Tea, which considering chai is Hindi for tea, meaning it's Tea Tea, is a delicious blend of so-called sweet spices and black tea. It's made very creamy, and in India the milk is often boiled until caramelized. What's crazy, is that I just can't find the authentic spices. No. I can only find it premixed, in tea bags or more commonly, syrup or concentrate. Even my favorite shop in the whole world, Whole Foods Market, does not sell just the spices. but they do sell the spices individually in their bulk spice section. here in this photo you can see what I bought.

Here we have Cinnamon Sticks, Star Anise, Cardamon Pods, Ground Ginger Root, Ground Nutmeg, Whole Cloves and very course Ground Pepper. These go into a pot of water, get boiled for 15-30 minutes, and then strained to make my own genuine Chai Tea extract. I think though that I am not extracting as much flavor as I thought I would. I may need to let it brew overnight.

At Whole Foods they recommended I go to a shop called the Savory Spice Shop. I just Googled them. They sell pre-mixed spice for Chai. But using some interesting ingredients that I have not found in traditional recipes. I will get some of their spices today and give it a go. Hopefully I can find these spices cheap enough that this will not have to be a luxury item. I think right now the Chai extract cost me about $3.00, and should be enough for 5 cups of Chai Tea. That's not expensive, but I would like to get it cheaper still so i can enjoy it every day without guilt.

A Serious Life Transition

Israel Anderson — 2007-09-01T01:50:48-06:00

My passions in life are many, but one thing that really captures my heart is photography. In preparation for my trip to India and Nepal, I bought a Nikon d40x. Nikon's cheapest Digital SLR camera. Cheap though it is, it takes extremely good shots, and the 18-135mm lens I got with it is very versatile. So already I have been putting it to use. I am slowly building a stock library which should produce some long term, small, but residual, income. The direction I am heading in though is photo-journalism. I have received much encouragement to pursue this. I am thinking along these kind of lines...

The short: If I could document care-work around the world, it would draw more people to get out of their 1st world comforts and go help those less fortunate.
The long: Initially I will need to pay my own way. The hope would be that care agencies would see the value in my work and employ me to travel to their missions, help out myself (I'm not afraid to get my hands dirty), train people in how to document what they are doing digitally and inexpensively so they have something they can do themselves, in other words, do myself out of a job (there's more than enough care-work around to last a lifetime of documenting), bring back to the west exciting footage both still photos and in High Definition Video of what it's like, and the needs that exist. Now that's one long run-on sentence. You get the idea?

So please pray for me in this won't you. God has given me skills that could really be used to benefit a lot of people, and that's exactly why I believe He gave them to me.

Paula White getting divorced

Israel Anderson — 2007-08-31T19:51:22-06:00
If you have not heard, Paula White (the young-looking blonde ~~preacher~~ speaker that talks about how you should give her money all the time) is getting divorced. Seems anyone will get divorced these days. Paula has given no reason for her divorce. Strangely familiar. There's a reason I love Joyce Meyer. In 10 years or more of following her ministry, I have heard her ask for money directly no more than 3 times. For a good year all she preached was Matthew 6:33 even. I would challenge anyone to find a single Paula White (or hey, try Marilyn Hickey!!) message where she asks for money fewer than 3 times. As they say in criminal investigation, follow the money! The Catholics stopped selling indulgences, so I guess someone had to take over.

Trip to India Postponed

Israel Anderson — 2007-08-29T22:21:04-06:00
Well I'll be around the USA for the next little while, my trip to India fell through at the last moment. I am now done with school so I have time to get the rest of the Old Testament online on the iPhone Bible and a few more select Christian Classics.

I am also now available to speak here in the states. I have been putting together a wonderful message of hope for young people that includes my testimony, which can be found here, and combines stunning multimedia and amazing information that shows how we did not evolve from apes but were created by a loving God that has a purpose for our lives. This is a message for TODAY! Don't hesitate to ask for more info.

Israel.

Staying healthy in India

Israel Anderson — 2007-08-09T11:19:56-06:00
Some interesting visitors to me blog lately. Not people I expected to see looking at my blog. So hello to you all! Welcome.

This morning we made a short film. It was just a bunch of us mucking around, but it was fun. The plot was Jason Bourne tracking down Rob Bell to find out who Jesus was. We had a blast. I will put some of the video up on YouTube soon'ish.

While in India and Nepal, I am planning to try some ways to stay healthy. If you're not aware, most missionaries get sick when they hit the mission field. I am not sure I can prevent sickness, but I am going to try an limit the impact. I am using pro-biotics, which are good bacteria that stays in your gut and will hopefully build a strong defense against bad bacteria. It is said that your gut is 90% of your immune response. I am also taking some powerful digestive enzymes. These will break down food my body is unfamiliar with. And then I am taking a daily multivitamin, which may sound basic, but very important. I am taking a personal water purifier built into a water bottle. It is a true purifier, not just a filter. There are other basic things we can do as well. never ever touch your face with your hands. Don't share cups, utensils etc. Inevitably though I will get sick, so all these efforts are simply to try and not get hit so hard and to recover as fast as possible. Of course, prayer is a major component too since not all sickness is from bacteria or virus.

I am hoping to create a lot of video and take a lot of photos of where I am going. I will also be teaching some multi-media skills such as photography, video editing and web design to some people in India who have requested this. I now have a video camera to take with me, and I am still needing a digital SLR camera. Please consider helping me with this need.

Ok, I am going to try to keep blogging more and more. so i am in the flow of things before I leave for India. Look for hopefully daily updates.

India & Nepal outreach update

Israel Anderson — 2007-08-08T12:19:51-06:00
This training is so intense, I am left with so little personal time.

I am having the privilege of learning from some of the greatest teachers in the world. It is expensive to come here, but they do not muck around with their choice of teachers. This week we have Dean Sherman. We're learning much about spiritual warfare this week. Not one of my favorite topics, but it is fascinating. In weeks gone by, we have learnt about the Father heart of God and His incredible love for us. I have learnt much about not getting my identity fro the things I do, my skills or my giftings, but instead, finding my identity as a child of God, a beloved son, and adopted heir.

All next week we'll be at another campus high up in the mountains. I don't seem to be able to handle high elevations very well, which will be a pain in Nepal when I'm near My Everest in the Himalayas, but at least Kathmandu where I will be based is lower than where I'll be next week.

Hey guys, I need a camera. I keep forgetting to let you all know. I want to take a digital SLR to India in order to take good photos to show people where I have been, what it's like there and so forth so that it will encourage others to go and share love with these people. Someone please lend me a camera for 3 months. :) Being a bit direct, but it's for a very good cause. :)

OK, I will keep my blogging software open I think and try to get back to daily blogging. Israel.

Touching Raw Nerves

Israel Anderson — 2007-08-04T02:23:44-06:00
This week has been fantastic. We (my missionary training school) have had one of the kindest most gentle men I have met, to teach us about one of the most controversial people in the universe. The Ruach HaKodesh. That's the Holy Spirit for those not on a learn-the-Hebrew-words-for-everything trip :) Actually, it is my goal to walk more by faith and hopefully make it to Jerusalem University to learn Hebrew. And hopefully sooner than later.

This week I have been very challenged to not lay down the goals and visions that I believe the Lord has given to me over the years. And I have. I have become so utterly exhausted by the enemy's attack on my life, that many of the dreams and repeated prophetic words that I have received over the years, have just been dropped by the side of the road as I roll into the ditch. I have given up. I am tired of fighting. In one of the Apostle Paul's letters to Timothy, a young Pastor of the early Church he writes, "Timothy, my child, I’m giving you this order about the prophecies that are still coming to you: Use these prophecies in faith and with a clear conscience to fight this noble war." That's advice I need to take to heart. I have stopped fighting for too many good things in my life, and I have suffered much loss because of it. So pray for me won't you, that I will find new strength and courage to pursue the calling God has placed on my life. I think I'll do a video blog about this.

Well it's 3 weeks until we go to India. We are all extremely excited. We all feel such an incredible expectancy that this short missionary journey will bare much genuine fruit. We are not going as arrogant people that think they have it all together and must bring this knowledge and power to others to make ourselves feel better. instead, we go in humility, to learn, to lend a helping hand, and to bring joy into people's lives. In the process, I am positive the same thing we want to bring to others, is exactly what we will receive ourselves. Ahh... The Kingdom at work.

Here is our school photo for you all. That's me kneeling down, far right, dark red shirt. The good-looking guy! :)

My plan is to come back and do some volunteer work and then go through an intensive 3-month ministry training school, and then continue to do more outreaches. I have a passion for Israel and Africa.

If you have never considered becoming one of my financial supporters, please pray about it. You can find more info here.

India and Nepal or bust

Israel Anderson — 2007-07-29T22:34:11-06:00
In less than 4 weeks I'll be in India, and from there, Nepal. It's an exciting time of preparation and training right now. I plan to radically step up my video blogging and normal text blogging as well. Keep me in your prayers.

The iPhone Bible site, God's iPhone

Israel Anderson — 2007-07-14T22:33:26-06:00
Well, most of you know that just over 2 years ago, I started God's iPod. God's iPod grew fast and is now the Internet's premiere site for Christian podcasts. In fact it has ranked #1 on Google for a search of "Christian Podcasts" for the last 12 months. Most of our traffic is generated through Google. Thank you Google.

So when Apple released the iPhone 2 weeks ago, I got one. The device exceeds my expectations. But there's a problem. You can not install any software on the iPhone. But wait, it has a web browser. So I am unable to install any Bible software on the iPhone, but I can view the Bible through the web browser on one of the many free bible sites around. Unfortunately none of those sites are optimized for the iPhone's small screen. So along comes Israel with a solution...

Announcing, God's iPhone.

God's iPhone is a Bible reading site (to begin with) made specifically for iPhone users. You can browse it through any browser, but it looks great on an iPhone. Go take a look here at the new iPhone Bible site, God's iPhone.

Back in the world of the loving

Israel Anderson — 2007-07-14T22:28:30-06:00
It's been far too long, sorry folks.

I have so much news, but so little time to share.

I am in training for a 3 month outreach to India and Nepal in August. There's an incredible amount of preparation before going. It is my aim to bring the love of Christ into the lives of as many as I can. I will have my video blogs update from India and Nepal too. Expect to see some interesting footage. Please pray for this won't you.

Belong. Believe. Behave.

Israel Anderson — 2007-06-05T10:31:18-06:00
We just had a staff conference in Dallas. We had an amazing speaker from the Newcastle, Australia YWAM base. One of the things he opened my eyes to was how in ministry we so often reverse the logic of the Kingdom, reverting it to the way the world is structured. The world's model is self-serving, and only exists to protect an organization, not people. God's Kingdom works the other way around, showing an almost lack of regard for the organization, but intense desire for relationship with the individual. Our speaker showed it to us like this. In our Churches and ministries, we want people first to behave correctly, then believe the same things we do, then we'll let them belong. Until such a time as they either don't believe anymore, or their behavior is out of line. Behave. Believe. Belong.

God's Kingdom though, works the complete other way around.

Belong.
Believe.
Behave.

What a revelation. This is exactly how the Kingdom works. Look at the thief next to Yeshua on the cross. Here Yeshua exemplifies this. Yeshua told him that he belongs. There isn't even room for the man to believe or behave yet. Just belong.

Let us all model this in our own lives, and in the ministries we serve.

Shalom.

Will you be my friend? :)

Israel Anderson — 2007-05-29T02:08:01-06:00
It's funny isn't, how we so often need to rely on God just to get through each day. One way I do, is in social interaction. Now, this is something I have had to explain to a few people lately, so I thought I would tell everybody on my blog, since I bet many others feel the same way, and although I do not have a solution, it can be at least very comforting to know that someone else has the same struggles as you do.

So this is very revealing. I have a social anxiety complex. In other words, I find it extremely difficult to make new friends because one of the hardest things for me to do, is be with others in a social setting where I don't know anyone, or only know one or two. The fear of this scenario is more than enough to keep me from going to social gatherings, parties, cell groups, even Church, for fear that I will look like Nigel-no-friends, and end up walking out and going home to read a book, simply because I am unable to just walk up to someone and start a conversation with someone I don't know.

For some of you, this would seem crazy. Just walk up to someone and introduce yourself, you might say. Well, if only it was that easy. For me, there's a strange paradox here. You see, I am gifted by God to communicate "Him" to a hurting world. I can stand up in front of any number of people, let it be 10 or 10,000 and speak about Him. When I do this, I am in my element. I am at home. I feel so comfortable talking about God, that I would give up anything to be able to do just that. I just love it. So there lies the paradox. How can I get up in front of hundreds and speak without even getting an adrenaline rush, and yet to be invited over to a gathering of 6-10 people strikes such incredible fear in my heart. Honestly, I don't know.

What I do know is that the fear is very real. What I also know is that others feel this same way. Ok, maybe God has not gifted you to speak in front of hundrds, but you still know what it's like to have this crazy fear of being around people you don't know. And it has this other side effect, some people will think you're just weird. Been there, done that, got the T-Shirt. Who is this Israel guy? Know one really knows him. He never seems to talk to anyone. Is he just here to perve on the girls? LOL. Hey, I might laugh, but it's my first-hand experience. I have been left out of things, purposefully not invited, seen as weird slash mysterious, all because of an inability to make new friends. Making friends is a powerful social skill that some of us just don't have. And those that can, just don't understand what it's like to not have such an ability. A Pastor I knew once would always say, if you don't have any friends, it's your own fault, just start being friendly. Sigh. Sometimes those without a pastor's heart end up being Pastors.

But wait, it gets worse. So someone spots Mr Nigel-no-friends and feels they should go talk to them. Hi, you're Israel right? Israel then launches into a breakdown of the Torah's sacrificial requirements of the Messiah and why the crucifixion had to happen the way it did and why the Jewish High Priests........ LOL... Yes, great way to make a new friend Israel. So I go from no conversation to an intensity that is sure to just freak out all but the most gifted Pastoral-hearted individuals :) Those of you that know me are probably grinning from ear to ear by now, if not rolling around on the floor laughing. Yep, that's our Israel :)

So if I can't give others that suffer from this, any solution, at least know that you're not alone! It's something I have struggled with my entire life. For me, there's little more challenging in life than making a new friend. I would rather chew on razor blades. Be my friend though, and watch someone who knows how to be truly loyal and keep absolute confidence. I generally find that the few friends I have are fiercely loyal to me once they have seen who I truly am.

If I don't have a solution to those that suffer from this, then allow me to give advice to those that do not. Keep an eye out for Nigel-no-friends. Walk up to him/her and introduce yourself. Smile. Make them feel welcome, comfortable, and most of all, un-judged. Don't be afraid of their intensity. Encourage them and let them know you want to get to know them better, and actually mean it, and do something practical about it. I try to do this to others as much as possible, that I spot, that are in the same boat as me. One tell-tale sign, is a person that only seems to hang around with older people, or their superiors. Go up to that person and invite them to join your group for lunch. Keep them by your side, and include them in your conversations. Make them feel part of the group.

I am very blessed that there's a couple of guys in my life right now that have befriended me, and are always inviting me to hang out with them, and they even come over just to hang out with me. That makes me feel very special, and is helping me come out of my shell. Thanks guys! I really appreciate it.

So if you're one that has no trouble making friends, look out for the Israels in this world who do. Not only might you radically change a life without much effort at all, you'll be doing this all to Jesus, who said clearly, that what you do to the very least of mine, you've done to me. Let's make sure Jesus is invited next time.

Shalom!

Another free desktop picture

Israel Anderson — 2007-05-27T19:14:14-06:00

The sun setting behind our prayer chapel. Enjoy...

Click the photo to go through to the much larger version of it for your desktop.

Some of my passions in life

Israel Anderson — 2007-05-22T17:49:40-06:00
Some of my passions in life. In no particular order.

Oysters. Let me be more specific. South Pacific Rock Oysters or the famous and best-in-the-world Bluff Oyster from New Zealand. YUM!
Technology. The Apple iPhone has got to be the most incredible thing ever invented. It's hard to believe such a device exists in 2007.
The Word of God. The Holy Scriptures preserved through the centuries. The wisdom and revelation of God within the words of this collection of ancient writings can only be described as miraculous and Divine.
Marriage. The covenant that God gave to us, foundational to everything else in society. Marriage is a revelation of our relationship to our Creator. I am convinced that in marriage we learn more about God than any other way.
Raising Kids. Only in the last few years has this passion simply erupted within me. I have structured my life so that I can be a full time father to my kids. So looking forward to it. Anyone care to help me out with this one and the previous one? :)
Egg yolks. Raw. Crack an egg, separate the white from the yolk, and drop down the yolk. Oh man, that was good.
Red wine. People that get drunk on wine are horrible people :) How could you devalue something so precious. Red wine has so many Kingdom connections too. Australian Cabernet Sauvignon is the best. Penfolds 407! Oh my!
Animals. From sheep to Cockatoos and everything in between. I'm the one that dogs come to after their owner says they don't ever come to a stranger. I love them, they love me. Ohhh..... :)
Rain. So refreshing. I love the smell of rain. I love to sleep all day when it's raining outside. Leaves me feeling so charged up.
Coffee. Genuine Italian espresso made with fresh beans, pure water and lots of attention to detail.
Music. Genre is not as important as the spirit that comes through the sounds.
Worship. To abandon one's self to the care of the Father and just let go and worship with everything within. To glorify God and enjoy Him forever.
Flight. Whether as a pilot or a passenger, I simply never tire of the thrill of taking off and being airborne. Love it.
Sand. Pure golden blonde sand squishing between your toes. Australia's Bondi Beach is amazing.
Bundaberg Ginger Beer. It's not alcoholic, but it is genuinely brewed from stem Ginger and is not filtered, so it's cloudy.
The Gospel. The good news that Jesus came to turn this world around and point us back towards the Garden and give us eternal life. Thank you.
Sunsets. Recently I have stopped shooting them, so I can just enjoy them.

Helping the poor and needy

Israel Anderson — 2007-05-22T11:56:59-06:00
It has been progressively eating away at my conscious lately. That is, my apathy towards the poor. Now I am no rich dude, but I have a lot more than a lot of people. And perhaps it's not just money these people need, but friendship, love, acceptance. I am curious to learn how my readers respond to this too. Will you share the ways you reach out to the poor and less fortunate. It's time for me to do something, I just don't know what. Start throwing some ideas at me.

God's iPod hits major milestone!

Israel Anderson — 2007-05-18T13:29:38-06:00

On Tuesday this week, our Food for Lambs podcast subscribers just completed the entire Bible in one year. Listening for 20 minutes Monday through Friday each week, we have gone through the Old Testament once and the New Testament TWICE! Wow!

Well, we're not stopping here, we're doing it again! Subscribe for free right now and join us on Monday as we start again from Genesis and Matthew as we journey another year through the complete Word of God. Go to God's iPod and subscribe.

Please pray that God would continue to bless this little ministry and that many more would grow closer to God through hearing the Word.

New blog section. Free Photos for your Wallpaper.

Israel Anderson — 2007-05-17T12:03:11-06:00
It was a regular feature on my website many moons ago, and thanks to much encouragement from my friends, I have decided it's time to do more with photography. I am a good photographer. Not trying to boast, I'm just good at it. So I am going to start adding photos here to my blog, and a place where you can download them in hi-quality for free. They are still copyrighted, so you may not use them for any purpose other than as wallpaper on your computer. Some I will write a scripture verse on, others will be just left to speak for themselves. I hope you will enjoy them. If you want to use them for any other purpose, just ask.

Oh, and if you want to bless me with a good digital SLR, don't let me stop you :) Right now all I have is a little point and shoot that has no manual control at all :(

So here is the first photo. I took this just this morning. This is on our base here at YWAM. The light was just perfect. Click here to download a hi-quality version for your desktop picture/wallpaper. Mac or PC.

Enjoy. And send me your thoughts too.

Real life bona-fide resurection from the dead

Israel Anderson — 2007-05-12T12:47:25-06:00
I am first and foremost a sceptic when it comes to anything miraculous, not because I don't believe in the miraculous, I do indeed, in fact I have watch a woman's leg grow 1 1/2 inches right in front of my eyes when prayed for, but simply because so many "miracles" are embellished to the point of being simply untrue.

The following story though appears to be bona-fide. A woman fell into water, drowned. Her body was later found by fishermen returning from, well, fishing. They dragged the woman into the boat and started praying and giving CPR. The woman came back to life! She was apparently dead for at least half an hour.

My friends, the resurrection power of God is real. As believers, we need to "reclaim" the power the Lord left us. When we see the sick, even the dead, let's step out in faith and pray for the Divine to intervene and bring life. It's not hokus pokus, it's the legitimate privilege of the saints to move in this power, and it doesn't matter how old you are, how long you've been walking with the Lord, just pray, believing. Miracles are real. Just do it.

This story can be sourced from CBS here.

Testimony addition

Israel Anderson — 2007-05-04T00:16:31-06:00
We were both 13. Her name was Angela (The same Angie that sometimes posts comments on my blog), my high school crush and during a conversation at the school bus stop I asked her what she was doing on the weekend. Going to Church? Hmm... I had been to Church on many occasions, but it never had any meaning. That was all about to change. I was late, traveling by bus is not an exact science in Auckland, something that's true to this day. I got a shock as I approached the building. "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints". Oh, oh, my experiences with them were not pleasant. It turned out that this Church simply used an old Mormon publishing warehouse for their premises.

The name of the Church was North Shore Faith Centre, a non-denominational church on the North Shore of Auckland. I was too intimidated to enter the front doors, so finding a rear entrance, I entered. I remember what happened next like it just happened. Approaching plain white doors, wedged open, I took a step into the main auditorium and my world changed forever. I stopped. It was as if I was suddenly in a trance. My eyes swept over the crowds an then to the speaker on the stage, Pastor John Steele, when a voice within spoke to me as clear as anything I could have hear with my natural ears and spoke, "Israel, I will have you doing this for me one day".

I am not even sure if I made a decision to follow this previously unknown God that had just called me, but within weeks I was baptised, listening to Petra :) and being discipled by Mark ???? from the Church, and sharing his house with Dean Rush, now the Pastor of Christian City Church, Auckland. Mark ????, if you ever read this, please contact me, I've been looking for you for a long time.

Some photos added back to My Right Eye

Israel Anderson — 2007-05-02T12:57:01-06:00
Just some old stuff. Go to My Right Eye to see them.

God's iPod Update

Israel Anderson — 2007-04-28T23:12:48-06:00

Many of you will know about this little ministry God has had me doing called God's iPod. Basically we feed tens of thousands of people all over the globe with the Word of God in audio format every day. Right now it's costing me about $1700 per month to run, and this month we're seriously behind on our budget. Our costs were covered by me for the longest time, but being that I am no longer in a financial position to do that, it is supported now by those that feel this is a worthwhile effort. If you would like to become a regular supporter, or make a one-off gift, please go to the donations page where you will find all the info you need. Much thanks!

Nooma #1 RAIN by Rob Bell

Israel Anderson — 2007-04-28T18:05:41-06:00
Welcome to the first review of Rob Bell's Nooma videos. In November 2002, Rob Bell released the first of what is now 15 Nooma videos. The word Nooma is actually a play on the Greek word Pneuma. Pneuma means breath - but more specifically life force, spirit.

Noomas are 11-14 minutes long and very well produced. The topics they cover is varied, some are good for evangelism, but most actually speak to people that already consider themselves believers. In many of them, Rob Bell's passion for the often missing historical perspectives of the New Testament are brought to life. I do find it interesting that Rob still calls Yeshua, Jesus, throughout the series. Yet, the way Rob utters the name Jesus can send a shiver up your spine. It's as though Rob knows Him so personally and with such respect, that even saying His name is an experience.

So let's look at the first Nooma, released in November 2002, and titled RAIN. Each Nooma has only had a one word title. RAIN is a modern day version of the familiar footprints poem that can be found as a poster in every single Christian bookstore on the planet. It starts out with Rob Bell walking around an urban area sharing the story of what happened a couple of years ago when the family was camping in the woods. Walking around a large lake, through thick forest, Rob is carrying his son Trace when about half way around the lake it begins to rain. Trace is ok at first, in his dad's back carrier, but the rain get heavier and heavier. Before too long, they are both drenched and Rob has taken Trace off his back and is carrying him against his chest. Protecting him from the rain as Trace is just crying out, Rob whispers in Trace's ear, "I love you buddy, we're going to make it, dad knows the way home, we're going to make it, I love you...".

Rob relates this to how we go through trials, storms, in life, and where God is during those times. In most Noomas, there's also a side plot, and in this first Nooma, Rob shares how God is ready to carry us and protect us right now as we are with all our messes and issues. God is not waiting for us to be perfect, He wants to carry us now.

At the end of each Nooma, Rob Bell throws out a gentle challenge to the viewer. In RAIN, Rob reminds us how much God loves us, how God carries us like a father carries his son. Rob challenges us to cry out to God and allow Him to wrap His eternal loving arms around us, and hear Him whispering to us, "I love you buddy, we're going to make it, dad knows the way home, we're going to make it, I love you...".

If you've never bought a Nooma before, I always recommend starting with Nooma number 8, DUST, but if you intend to get all 15, go get this one first. The message is eternal and very good for sharing with anyone going through a few bumps in the world right now. Well that's just about all of us right.

Conclusion: Surprisingly modern for a video made 5 years ago, and an incredible result for the first ever Nooma. I give this 5 out of 5 without hesitation.

Rating: 5 out 5.

Purchase Noomas at nooma.com

Over at God's iPod, you can subscribe for free to the Rob Bell Podcast.

Video Blog: Destination. Direction. Purpose. Journey.

Israel Anderson — 2007-05-19T17:12:27-06:00
New video blog. I will display it here for a few days, but its home is over in the video blog section.

It is much better to watch it in iTunes, the video is much better, and the audio is not out of sync. Just click here to add it, for free.

Sometimes knowing God's plan for our lives can be confusing. Perhaps looking at it like this will help.

Incredible views of space from the Hubble

Israel Anderson — 2007-04-25T12:19:03-06:00
Like Winkie Pratney, I'm a science junkie. Today is the Hubble space telescope's 17th birthday, and Nasa has released some simply stunning photos taken by it, like this one below showing stars being born. Click here to view more.

Testimony addition

Israel Anderson — 2007-04-19T23:00:48-06:00
I arrived in New Zealand on a cold windy day, the rain was at a 45 degree angle and traffic was chaos. Ok ok, I was 7 and I have no idea what the weather was like, but Auckland is ALWAYS like that, so it's probably correct.

My grand parents picked me up from the airport and we started going home. Well, MY home. My mother didn't want me, and my grand parents sure didn't either, so I was taken from the airport directly to an Anglican orphanage in Takapuna. (If you have a photo of the orphanage before it was demolished, I'd like to use it here, thanks.) I remember being lead, kicking and screaming into a fully enclosed centre courtyard. I was left behind. For the next several years I was in and out of orphanages, foster homes and the homes of people that wanted to adopt me. I had no desire to be adopted, but neither my mother nor my grand parents wanted me. I was eventually left in the care of the government and ended up in what they called family homes.

When I was 13, I was moved to a government run family home run by Mormons, Peter and Leslie Joyce. Unfortunately Peter and Leslie had a real tempter and his fists liked to fly. I put up with this much longer than i should have, but after a year of physical abuse, and a room mate that like to wake up in the middle of night and stab my mattress with a hunting knife, I skipped school one day and instead went to the government offices to escape and tell them what was going on. Tragically, I was not believed, and these people are caring for young people to this day.

To be continued...

OK, so where are all my blogs?

Israel Anderson — 2007-04-08T22:02:37-06:00
OK, there's a lot going down in my life right now. And I will share it with you, it's just finding the time. My latest video blog, "Worship: Job's response to testing", has had so many viewers it's freaking me out a little. I guess I am trying this new way of living in the Internet age where my life is an open book. I believe young people want to listen to people that are not trying to be perfect, but are open and admit they have hurts and pains too. Right now I have 3 MAJOR tragedies in my life. My relationships, Winkie, who is the closest I have to a father, and my business. All 3 are in critical condition. Talk about a "Job moment".

So I will continue to be more and more open. I believe the enemy hates it. I receive letters from people telling me how much my stories help them. THAT keeps me going. From Lindale, TX, I am touching a small, but global audience of people who in their words, "have found someone real". The reality is, I struggle immensely with sharing certain aspects of my life, because it's invasive. But it's also incredibly freeing. In a culture fostered by the traditional Hebrew way of life though, life was lived not in a community, but in community. That's a subtle difference in print, but a huge difference in reality. In community we don't live in isolation. I will try to do another video blog soon.

Winkie Pratney Update

Israel Anderson — 2007-04-09T23:46:35-06:00
I am going to be posting all the updates fro Winkie on his own blog from now on. And I just posted an update now. Find it right here.

The U+2=21 Vision.

Israel Anderson — 2007-03-27T12:45:20-06:00
If you're a believer in Christ, take 4 minutes to take a look at my U+2=21 vision.

Mars Hill Music: Worship In Every Direction

Israel Anderson — 2007-03-08T18:50:00-07:00

Mars Hill Music. THE Mars Hill? Yes, The Rob Bell Mars Hill. Mars Hill has been labeled an Emerging Church. For some time I have been describing it to people as not an Emerging Church but as being neo-conservative. Interestingly, I heard in one of their recent sermons, they called themselves the same thing, which is very interesting, because the term has only been used before to describe politics, not religion, so I guess that settles that. They have copped a bit of criticism at what can seem like liberal overtones. Actually, it's the most conservative fellowship I have ever encountered, if being conservative is truly trying to live life in the example of Yeshua. They are the new conservative, hence, neo-conservative. Late in 2006 they released a double CD worship album called Worship In Every Direction.

I have now had time to digest this CD over the last few months. It took a few listens to grow on me. Actually it was being at Mars Hill and experiencing first hand this unique style of worship that made me truly appreciate it. You'll recognize a few familiar songs here like Let It Rise and even hymns like I'll Fly Away (I kid you not), interspersed with chunks of scripture and creeds read aloud with full audience participation. The writings of GK Chesterton are here too. They even diverge into some country licks for a few songs. I know country music needs salvation too, but is this really what it looks like? :P It's ok, there's not enough there to be more than a mild distraction, and this is why iPods and CD players let you skip forward afterall.

The songs are themed around 6 words that capture the essence of Mars Hill's philosophy. They are namely, Outward, Backward, Inward, Withward, Forward and Upward. The Mars Hill website will give a breakdown of the story behind each word.

In listening to this album as I write this review, it's very hard. To write that is. There's a raw authenticity here that makes it hard to put this music on and just listen. I am drawn into worship, even though these are songs I have grown up with and are pretty stale to my ears, they are fresh to my heart. They are sung with apparent brokeness, as though not performed, but instead, breathed out, through the music. The song Stay Empty brings me to such a point of contemplation of the Fathers Heart for us, it literally makes my eyes well up. Then without missing a beat we move into Come Thou Fount, a recently written hymn, by Sara Groves. There's truly something here for everyone.

It took some time to grow on me, and perhaps a visit to Mars Hill itself to experience this first hand. I do recommend it though. If you're used to Hillsong worship, you'll be getting something very different here. I would say refreshingly different. God is doing something in this fellowship of believers who are truly making a real difference in the world, and I think their heart is reflected here in a beautiful way.

Unfortunately it seems at this point in time this double CD is only available for purchase from musicatmars.com. A search of Amazon and iTunes brought no results. Go to the trouble of buying this, it's well worth it.

4.5 out of 5.

Buy it here at http://www.musicatmars.com

Detour 180: Fighting For You

Israel Anderson — 2007-03-02T12:15:41-07:00

I love music, and I have wanted to do some music reviews for sometime. I am kicking this off today with New Zealand born band, Detour 180. Detour 180 are now living in the US.

In full disclosure, I am friends with some of the members of this band, I have heard them live on countless occasions. I can assure you though this will not lead to a glowing review just because I know the guys. Adrian (lead vocals) is passionate about reaching young people with the Gospel. In live shows, he will can bring a room full of uninterested teenagers to tears and draw them into the most intimate of worship times.

Unfortunately, their latest CD, Fighting For You, just doesn't hit a home run.

By The Time starts off a little slow for an opening track. This really sounds like a filler track, and at only 3 minutes long it's far too short. Unfortunately many of the tracks are this short.

You Know My Name is a touching song with good lyrics that will speak to those who don't feel loved by God. This a catchy song and really should have been the opening track. Probably the best studio recording on the CD.

There's way too many dove-award-sounding tracks on this CD, and they really do all do sound the same. Songs like Back to the Cross, See My Savior, Headlong, hmm, actually most, sound like they've been made under the watchful eye of the marketing team at their record company designed to cater to young teens and keep the parents happy.

Where are the hits like She Walked In, Overrated, Beautiful and When You Call? The Detour 180 I know doesn't seem to be on this CD. Perhaps a live recording is what they need to do. In fact the last track, Hallelujah is a live recording, and it works well, though I'm suspicious the vocals have been overdubbed in the studio. They're a little too clean. This track does begin to show Detour 180 in their true colors though.

In conclusion, Fighting For You is a bit of a let down and a step down from their debut album. Maybe they've spent too much time listening to American CMA music. Ouch! I know you guys can do so much better. Looking forward to your next CD.

If you can get to a Detour 180 concert, go, you'll absolutely love it.

3 out of 5.

Buy Fighting For You from Amazon.
Buy Fighting For You from iTunes.

Food for Lambs Podcast fixed

Israel Anderson — 2007-02-27T21:14:56-07:00
Sorry that Food for Lambs has not been updated the last 2 days. I was actually keeping it up to date, but I deleted something very important that caused you not to see the updates. It's been fixed now. To catch up, just go into iTunes and click the refresh button in the Podcast section. Then you'll see a GET button next to each of the previous days podcasts. Just click that button and they will be added to iTunes for you. Sync with your iPod, and away you go. Sorry for slip up.

Food for Lambs is a daily Bible-in-a-year program in audio. It is completely free, and you do not need an iPod to listen to it. Go ahead and get it now.

Thank you Keith Green

Israel Anderson — 2006-07-28T15:53:51-06:00

Today, July 28, is the anniversary of the day Keith went home to be with our Lord after being killed in a plane crash. The book, No Compromise: The Life Story of Keith Green has had more of an impact on my life, with the single exception of AW Tozer's The Pursuit of God, than any other book. A book that incidentally had a great impact on Keith too. Today's a good time to reflect on what Keith's message was, and how it's more relevant today than ever before.

If you don't know anything about Keith Green, visit the Last Days Ministries web site.

Please Father, send us more genuine Prophets like Keith to help guide us on our journey, and may we have ears to hear. Protect Melody Green today Lord, give her comfort and good health.

I repent of ever having recorded one single song, and ever having performed one concert, if my music, and more importantly, my life has not provoked you into Godly jealousy or to sell out more completely to Jesus! — Keith Green

Touching heaven, changing earth

Israel Anderson — 2006-08-19T15:18:44-06:00

The time is exhilarating. The ministry of the spirit is joy, it's tears, it's healing, it's alive with power. Now is where cynicism is either enforced or demolished. It all comes down to the heart of the individual. A hard heart refuses to yield, but they yielded heart discovers the mysteries of creation. The only thing that disappoints me is the 'staff' not entering in. It's the same everywhere, but if you've seen this a dozen times, one can become complacent. Lord let us find this so fresh and REfreshing each and every time. One very serious looking black guy wearing a security badge told Roland Baker not to pray for him because he had to work. I felt God's heart in that moment. I shook my head knowing what God was about to do. a second later the young man fell in a heap to the ground and there he stayed for some time. This time the Lord was merciful, and He taught the man a lesson I hope he does not forget. I would be more concerned if God had simply allowed the man to resist Him. His mercy is greater than His judgement.

Joy, joy, joy, it's the sign that God cares for His people enough to bring a belly laugh so hard it hurts. It's the promise, oil of joy for sorrow. God wants us to see Him, to see His heart, and His heart is GLAD. He wants us to be glad too. Tonight I cried for 3 hours non-stop. I just could not stop. God was breaking my heart. Breaking the world off my heart. It wasn't painful, it was gentle, but it was powerful. I walked away with crystalized steaks on my face and stains on my shirt. The washing machine will take care of that, but the stain on my heart, the one made by the blood of Jesus will never fade.

Barking, howling, passionate cries of repentance side by side with shout of exhalation. God meets people where they need, not where we want or expect. God knows us better than we know ourselves, and we can trust Him to touch us in the right way. Trust though is important. It can be hard to trust God. When you see God touching people in the strangest ways, and you can't feel even the presence of God in the house, it's even harder. What if this is not God but the evil one come to deceive us. But he comes to steal kill and destroy, not bring life and joy to the heart. This is God. We can trust Him.

Tonight Heidi spoke about the bride. Specifically about not criticizing the bride and searching out the bride and bringing her in. She gave a call to those called to full time missions. I went forward. My life is that of a soul winner to the world. I had been weeping the entire night anyway. I do not believe I've cried at more than any other time in my life. I have hear Heidi speak many times. This time was really no different. She is hands-down the most moving speaker I have ever heard. The heart of a true bond-servant of the Most High. Her message could not be more simple, or more profound. Love. Love. That's all. Love. That's SO MUCH. LOVE! The love of God for us. A love that has no boundaries. No boundaries. How can the human heart comprehend such a thing. Space surely has bounds. It's the finite creation of an infinite God. Love goes beyond the depths of the universe, known or unknown.

Soul winning. Nothing enraptures my heart more than winning the lost soul. Holding the hand of a hurting life and pointing them toward the cross, towards the throne. William and I plan to get out on the streets of LA this weekend. We're just going to go and see what God does. I have 2 ears to listen and one mouth to speak, and they belong to God to use as He sees fit. Tonight has been a recharge for this. I am impassioned. I am ruined for all but the Kingdom and His righteousness.

Here in the room there is talk of the presence of Angels. People simply do not want to leave. Right now there's 100, no, 200 at least, people that just don't care to leave. It's 11:31pm, people have commitments and responsibilities to the world, but their responsibility to their saviour overides all. There are people on the platform, people on the carpet, people layed out on seats, and the place is alive with worship. "The splendor of the King, robed in majesty, let all the earth rejoice, He wraps Himself in light, and darkness tries to hide, and trembles at His voice. How great is our God. All will sing, how great is our God." I can't help but stop writing and just worship. WIlliam has told me he wants to leave, but right now i just can't. Excuse me, I need to worship.....

Next day. Walking into a building and feeling the presence of God. Rick Joyner says, "you're as close to God as you want to be." It's true that God is close to every one of us, yet it is also true that God's manifest presence can be literally felt. It can raise the hairs on the back of your neck. I walked into the YWAM prayer chapel (Heidi Baker just literally crawled into the auditorium in front of me as I type this. She is lost in the spirit, worshipping God, Rocking as does the Jew when he worships.) for the very first time just last week. The presence of God there is exhilarating, I asked God, "Why are you here like this?" and He answered, "Just waiting to hang out with my kids." To be perfectly honest, I felt the presence of God more in that prayer chapel then I do here right now. I am lost for an explanation, but maybe it's because in the prayer chapel there was perfect stillness, and here right now there's so much going on.

This conference is certainly a great time of God impacting my heart and ruining me even more for His Kingdom.

Back in Texas

Israel Anderson — 2006-08-22T15:09:25-06:00

Written from 43,000 feet, flight back to Dallas before a long drive back to Lindale, Texas.

It's been an eventful week. God has been so personal this week. I have been so impacted by Rick Joyner and Heidi & Roland Baker particularly. On Saturday night my sister sent me a txt message to my phone. I called her over Skype from the hotel room, and we spoke for over 2 hours, and most of that time about God. My sister is not a follower of Christ. My family are all drug users and/or drug dealers. My life is so vastly different to theirs it is often hard to relate. You, my reader, likely have no idea about my family background. My mother kicked me out of home at 7, and when I was put on a plane from New Zealand to Australia and handed back into her care at 14, she kept me just 3 days before kicking me out again. I then spent many years living on the streets. But God! Today no one would have the slightest idea of my history, and for the longest time I have not told people about it. Not due to any shame, but because of some reactions I have had from people who thought I was just seeking attention.

Anyway, my sister. She's all ears when it comes to God. She's seen what God has done to her brother, and she needs no convincing that God is real, or that she should follow Christ, the difficulty is she's afraid of what others might think of her. Please join me in prayer for her won't you. Her name is Naomi. My other sister, Theresa, Naomi's twin, is to be sentenced for running a drug house on Wednesday and will likely go to jail for some time. She has 2 kids and a heroine addiction. Hard to believe I bet. Sadly, it's true. It's not too hard to tell which one above is the heroin user is it! :(

On Sunday during worship though, God spoke to me, and told me clearly that He will redeem my family. I sent my niece, Emma, a Bible for her birthday. Foolishly, I never told her how to read it, and I guess I didn't think she even would. That was 3 weeks ago, and she's now half way through Exodus. She didn't know where to start, so she started at the beginning. I always start with Genesis when sharing the Gospel anyway, so it's just terrific. It gets better though. She is 14, and has a boyfriend who is a Christian. His brother is a Christian too, and in a Christian band. She's even going to Church every Sunday, though not being discipled at all. God IS redeeming my family. Quite amazing. My niece was only 9 here, but I have not seen them in 5 years.

Security at the airport today was ridiculous!

Ok, SORRY about the lack of podcast updates this week. I have received all your complaints. Radiant Worship has been the only updated recently, but they will all be updated and active within the next 24 hours. Time was the major factor. I was serving Winkie Pratney and running errands for other speakers and friends at the conference. Though I got plenty of sleep, I was thoroughly exhausted. I need a better game plan for updating the podcasts while I am on the road. And just remember, 99% of you are getting them all for free. Less than 1% of God's iPod listeners have made any contribution to this ministry. And if it's so important to you that you feel a need to complain when I am late, put your money where your mouth is. Or you can always unsubscribe! :)

Had dinner with Keith Green's daughter, Rebecca Green, last night. Never told her how much of an impact her dad has on me. I am sure she gets that all the time as I see with Winkie, so I just left it alone. Really nice girl though, really in love with the Lord. Was awesome to meet her.

Misty Edwards - Always on His mind

Israel Anderson — 2006-08-29T14:59:11-06:00

Misty Edwards - Always on His mind. I was just sent this CD. If you have a heart of worship, you'll love this CD. In trying to find a way to describe Misty Edwards' music... imagine a female version of Kevin Prosch, mixed with Rick Joyner's MorningStar worship and Heidi Baker preaching. What a mix! Passionate prophetic worship & rocky demon-crushing anthems. Amazon is not selling the CD, but the link above works and they seemingly have it.

Hehe... I found a home-movie shot at one of Misty's worship concerts on YouTube.

Well we have DSL! If you're one of my podcast subscribers, you will have seen I have been catching up. Wireless is very handy when you're traveling, but for long distances, or reliability, it just sucks. So I am now able to use Skype again. A relief being that my last 2 cell phone bills were well over $100 each.

I am just having a really good week. God is doing some encouraging things in my life right now. The conference last week was really a much-needed revitalizer, even though I didn't realize I needed one. It's funny though how full-frontal assault from the enemy tries to come at a time like this, and it has. Worship though, is spiritual warfare. Fallen angels don't like to be reminded of what they will never get to experience ever again, true worship, and they flee from the sight of it. There's an old song from Petra (ok, all Petra songs are old now) that has the lyric, "get on your knees and fight like a man". It's strange though, that as I walk through this life with my Father, I learn that some of the catch-phrases we use all the time in the Christian faith, are actually powerful truths, and they need to be redeemed from the curse of cliche. Hmm... I can see myself writing pages about this, so I will stop myself now.

I just find it sad that most people never worship God with the intensity that some do. When I look around the average Church gathering and see 90%+ of the guys just standing there waiting for the music to end so they sit down, it really makes me sad. But watch out if that same young man's favorite football team is playing that day. The enthusiasm to get home as fast as possible is hardly paralleled by anything else in his life. The fear of man and the love of the world. It's so strong isn't it. I just love to worship. It's invigorating. It's not emotionalism, it really is in the capacity of the creature to worship the Creator, and in a way that is beyond anything else. God has made us to worship, and that is why if the young man does not worship His rightful God, he will simply worship another god altogether. He will though, worship, something.

Questions: Is God the sole (soul?) focus of your worship? If not, what is?

Practicing the Presence of God

Israel Anderson — 2006-09-08T14:15:37-06:00
Can one sit in a busy McDonald's, cleaning staff buzzing around staring at my laptop and iPod, people moving about, and be in the presence of God? Oh yeah :)

Sitting here listening to Jason Upton, my heart is alive with worship. I decided to see if McDonald's had a wireless hotspot (they do), and I was feeling a bit peckish. That's Kiwi for getting hungry.

I learnt a lot from going to Pasadena two weeks ago. The podcasts are up to date and published on time. Many thanks to my loyal supporters in both prayer and finances. I just love hearing the testimonies from my listeners about how they are being touched by God through God's iPod. I'll share one with you today, in part. Billy writes the following...

Please read out this rant if you want to from someone who has been blessed by the podcasts and has given out of a 'bad' situation. Your 'Thank you' page after donating was an unexpected surprise and made me smile and it said 'if God does bless you please let us know' and the first time ever an e-mail landed about my work within minutes of reading your thank you! I have not become a millionaire, I don't do a 'Prosperity' Gospel and the enquiry has led me to talk to the gentleman about what God is doing and we are going to chat more and I hope that he meets Jesus in a real way.

Please all you students fast for a day and the cash you would spend on food or beer (or both) then give to God'siPod. If 6000 of you gave a dollar a month then after charges this ace podcasting service would get around 4000 dollars. Come on guys and girls, just give to see people get blessed through this great service. Food for a day will cost 5-10 dollars just fast for people to get blessed by God's iPod and give the money to the service once a month. Don't get that blingy Christian T-Shirt/Bangle/Bracelet/Bumper Sticker this month bless God'siPod and encourage others to do the same!

I hope that this is ok Israel. It has just been on my heart for a while. Your service blessed me through the wind down of my company, the death of my mum, my father in law having a major op, my mother in law having a brain haemorhage and seeing God do a miracle and her walking out of hospital when she wasn't going to come out breathing. This sounds like a lot but it is life and life with older parents, it is a time that all face at some point. I know that I have only given once but will give again.

Bless you, Thanks again for sharing your heart. Billy.

How wonderful it is to know that God has used my hands to bring peace to someone in this way. Thanks for sending that in Billy. If God has touched you through God's iPod, please let me know, it really means a lot to hear these things.

So McDonald's food is not all that healthy hu! I just ate a Bacon Cheese and sausage McGriddle. It's clearly atrociously bad for you. I hear an ambulance, I wonder if it's a precautionary measure or if someone just ate 3 of these and had a coronary. Here's a photo for your viewing pleasure. I am unsure what the 'bun' is made of. But it was very sweet and tasted strongly of Maple syrup. The cheese was overly salty. Excess sugar, salt, carbohydrates and fat, near zero nutritional content. I actually came in here for a Big Mac. Every couple of years I buy one and was curious to see what they tasted like here. Another time perhaps, I feel compelled to go for a good long walk... When Jason's "Teach me how to Pray" has ended :) The presence of God here is rich!

Question: Have you ever hungered to get home and hang out with God? Try taking your iPod to work and just allowing the world around you to disappear.

Happy Birthday to Me!

Israel Anderson — 2006-09-27T18:43:17-06:00

Well today is my birthday. Sorry for the lack of posts, it's been a VERY busy time lately.

Breaking News: Jesus was a Jewish Rabbi

Israel Anderson — 2006-10-07T18:42:04-06:00
I pulled a muscle in my neck. It hurts :( OK, my blog posts have not been very frequent. I have a bit of a dilemma. It seems I need to have 2 blogs. One that is private and one that is public. The tendency is to share too much, and I tend to wear my heart on my sleeve. Go Othello. I end up writing things that I think should probably not become public domain.

7 Years ago, God told me He was going to teach me 2 things. The first would be science in relation to creation/evolution/intelligent design. He sure has done that. Although I am not speaking or lecturing on intelligent design, I very easily could. My grasp of the ID movement and Neo-Darwinian Evolution/methodolical materialism is pretty good. May I be allowed to say 'vast' even? The collapse of NDE as the majority-held theory is imminent. What God spoke has come to pass, at least in part. Just not sure why I learned it all and continue to do so :) He knows!

The 2nd thing God told me He would teach me, was the Jewish roots of my faith. Now, God told me this 7 years ago, so it's been a little disappointing that nothing has happened along these lines, even when I have tried to pursue things. 7 months ago this all changed when I was introduced to Rob Bell. More on Rob Bell in another blog, he deserves one dedicated to just himself, but for this post, let it be known that Rob has been taking the Church not back a few hundred years to the era of the reformers and revivalists, but 2000 years to the time of Christ and way back to Genesis, and bringing the Jewish/Hebraic meaning of scripture to life like I have never seen. This has been highly interesting. Already I am discovering that many of the things we believe in the Western Church, are, well, just plain wrong. For instance, just this very morning on my video iPod, I was watching Greg Laurie preaching about the Gospel message. What it is, and what it is not, sort of thing. Greg used the passage where Jesus talks about His Yoke being easy, His burden light, and told us that Jesus is talking about the yoke that went over the neck and shoulders of an ox in order to steer it while it pulled the plow. He then told us that Jesus is asking for the right to steer our lives, that Jesus wants us to wear His yoke just like the oxen. How many times have we heard that very same thing in Church? We hear it all the time! It's not true though. The yoke Jesus is talking about has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with what Greg so strongly emphasized. Don't worry Greg, I still love ya and will leave your podcast up on God's iPod :)

I won't reveal the actual meaning of this passage to you on my blog. If you want to know yourself, I challenge you to buy the nooma video called Dust from nooma.com. It will be well worth the effort, and you'll learn a lot more than just the yoke of Christ.

Over the next several months, probably years, I am going to add more teaching to my blog. I feel that I am discovering this thing called Christianity for the first time. I am being drawn so much closer to God, and my revelation of Him is just growing and growing. This is not something we have to be fearful of, that is, starting again in our walk with God. Rather it is something to be embraced. We in the Western Church have for too long embraced a plastic commercialized brand of faith, something that is completely foreign to our Jewish roots. As I make these new discoveries, I plan to share them with you. I do not for a split second do this because I know more than you. Rather, I am so excited about what I am learning, seeing scripture suddenly come to life because now I am beginning to understand what the writer was actually thinking when he wrote it. Logos becomes rhema.

Question: Are YOU prepared to let go of your current beliefs and concepts of God and start anew with a fresh perspective of scripture? Will you join me as I make fresh-to-me discoveries of God's word?

Just Suppose...

Israel Anderson — 2006-11-15T18:36:06-07:00
Following is a chain email I just received. For the first time ever in my entire life, a chain letter was worth the time it took to dispose of it, or in this case, read it and be challenged by it. Sounds very much like what I would consider the founding Father's hearts of America would have been like against the tyranny of Great Britain. Now we face an even greater tyranny. Read the following and email the Permalink of this page to all your friends.

JUST SUPPOSE!

JUST SUPPOSE that at every ball game, graduation, prom, etc, someone who has had enough of stupid, anti historical court decisions had the guts to start reciting the Lord's Prayer loudly, and others joined in, then more, until hundreds participated.

And JUST SUPPOSE this spread all over our land until this became standard practice in hundreds of schools, then thousands, then tens of thousands.
Just what would local school boards do? Expel half the student body? (They need their jobs and federal funding far too much to do that.)

What would a Federal district court do? Order hundreds of nonviolent, decent minors jailed? Or thousands?

Just what would the Supreme Court do about it - issue more edicts?
What if millions decided the Supreme Court was out of its league and said, "So what?"

JUST SUPPOSE hundreds of brave school board members, local judges, prosecutors, and others, each in their own area of authority, refused to intervene, realizing that we have already tried it the other way, and the result was a modern-day Sodom and Gomorrah of immorality and senseless violence.

JUST SUPPOSE this then spread next into classroom after classroom, and either a brave student or a brave teacher started the Lord's Prayer or Psalm 100, or a Bible reading, etc.) each morning, until hundreds of thousands stood up and did their part and stopped cowering before the destructive, God-hating secular attitudes of the pagan minority who parrot the media line.

JUST SUPPOSE every God-fearing Christian participated-peacefully, nonviolently, but firmly and continually. Where would they get enough jails to hold us all? How would they prosecute hundreds of thousands?

It is far more than the government can do to even stop the flow of illegal drugs, despite their best efforts, and overcrowded jails.Hardened criminals walk after doing only half of their sentence to ease jail crowding.

Even if they try to pick on a handful to make examples of them, What if hundreds of thousands stood up to the tyranny of the minority and demanded their freedom of religion back?

They can't build enough jails or courts to begin to deal with such a movement.
During the Civil Rights battles of the 60's, some of the black people decided they had had enough and stood up to the system-a few dozen here, a few hundred there- and eventually the whole country heard, and repented, and changed. Racial repression was an evil whose time was over.

But now, there is another battle-and the stakes are even higher. The future of all children, white, black, and otherwise, is at stake.

No other country on earth allows a tiny minority of impractical anti-religious bigots to censor their people's right to free religious expression. Even Russian public school show videos of the life and teachings of Jesus now.

We tend to get exactly the kind of government we deserve. If you make a time line or a graph, you will see that the exponential increase in public school violence, pregnancy, and foul language all started at exactly the time the Supreme Court threw prayer and Bible reading out of the schools.

We told God we didn't need Him, and the results speak for themselves.
JUST SUPPOSE hundreds of Christians passed this message on to all their friends, leaders and contacts.

JUST SUPPOSE hundreds of churches, organizations and ministries passed this message on to their constituencies with a request to reprint, repost and repeat it wherever possible.

JUST SUPPOSE you are a lighthouse. Once upon a time the Church was the moral conscience and spiritual lighthouse of the nation.

Now, most congregations are impotent, pusillanimous minor-league social welfare agencies or mutual comfort societies with no impact on the world around their little enclave.

JUST SUPPOSE - What do you suppose you should do?
JUST SUPPOSE that you TAKE ACTION, PASS THIS ON, OR JUST SIMPLY READ IT AND DO NOTHING.

Isn't She Beautiful Conference - Rob Bell

Israel Anderson — 2007-01-19T18:29:42-07:00
In a few hours I'm off to snowing Grand Rapids in Michigan. Currently the temp is -4C or 25F. Had to buy some warm clothing yesterday. So why would I be going to such a cold place for nearly a week? To spend 3 days learning from a man that is having a radical impact on the Church, Rob Bell. We'll be going to 2 Sunday gatherings and the "Isn't She Beautiful" conference is on Monday and Tuesday. Find more info here.

Podcasts will be update on schedule throughout.

Live in Grand Rapids? Let's become friends, contact me.

The Kingdom - here and now

Israel Anderson — 2007-02-01T18:24:07-07:00
Brokenness, openness, brings healing

Brokenness. It's been a recurring theme lately, and something I am obviously experiencing first hand right now. Jesus came to bring the Kingdom. The Kingdom though is not just a place, some future event, but something that we can live and walk in right now. In Matthew 3:2, John the baptiser tells the crowds that the Kingdom of God is at hand. Jesus continually repeated those words, see Matthew 4:17, 9:35. If you do a word search for the use of the word Kingdom in the Bible, you'll see Jesus talks about the Kingdom a lot. Some say Jesus talked about hell more than the kingdom. I am sure you've heard someone make such a claim. Actually, according to my Bible software, it 321 references to 13. The Kingdom is what Jesus came to bring us. What does that Kingdom look like?

To answer that question would take a lot more than the few minutes I plan to spend on this blog, so as is likely obvious from the title, I want to just share my heart about being broken, and about being open.

The kingdom of this world teaches us to react a certain way. Revenge is a primary philosophy of the world. We are taught that if someone does something wrong, we need to make them pay. When someone wrongs you, our natural inclination is payback. When I was recently wronged in a big way, it was almost impossible not to think of how I could reverse that wrong by getting back at the people responsible. I could write something nasty. I could make threats. I could... anything to try and make the other person feel the same pain as you. The desire to retaliate is so strong that for a time, it had me in it's grasp. I've been experiencing it these last 2 days like crazy. It's a cycle that the Kingdom that Jesus brings us, breaks. Jesus shows us a better way, His way, the way of the Kingdom. His way is the way of brokenness. A total surrender of the emotions and desires to His. Oh boy, it's a lot harder to do than it is to write, but once we do, we start to see the beauty of the Kingdom blossom. The heart that was once angry, bitter, resentful, starts finding peace, stillness, and rest in the very midst of a trial. We find shalom. (Shalom is the Hebrew word for peace, not some cute zen hippies and crystals thing.) Shalom means more than our English word for peace though, it means being right with God in everything. Shalom is the goal. Shalom is what we discover when we seek first the Kingdom. See Matthew 6.

A heart that is broken, or perhaps another word would be humble or even contrite, is a heart that isn't afraid of openness. Brokenness has no secrets. Brokenness doesn't put up a facade. It lets people in to see what you have. It reaches out to others in pain and allows all our barriers to come collapsing down so that healing can flow. When people find brokenness and openness together, healing is unleashed like a torrent. Suddenly we are set free from putting on the happy-joy-luck-club smile on Sunday morning. When our friends ask us how we are doing, we find the freedom to answer that we're not doing so well. We reach out for help and we find others who have suffered like we now are. We discover that we're really not that different from our friends and together, in brokenness and openness, we have the courage to walk through anything, no matter what the enemy throws at us. Matthew 18:3-4.

Jesus will help you remove the walls you've built and allow you to shine. Maybe you've got a grudge against a friend. Will your friendship dissolve or improve if you ask them to forgive you?There's the way of this world, and then there's His way. Often it's not easy to travel His way, and He warned us that it wouldn't be, but the reward is healing for our hurts, forgiveness of our wrongs, and redemption of our dreams.

May you find His way, the way of life, the way of Shalom, the way of the Kingdom of God brought near to us by his grace, and may you find that the Kingdom of God is as close as you want it to be. Luke 17:20-21.

Shalom.

The Mouth that Defiles

Israel Anderson — 2007-02-03T18:23:11-07:00
The power of our words.

This is another post in what will likely become a series on my own sin and struggles in life, and not just past stuff, but present day. As I said in my previous post, it is important that we are broken and open with each other. Events have transpired in my life recently that require me to be born again, again. And again. And again.

Something I am learning a devastating lesson on right now, is the power of our words. Our words reflect WHO we are and HOW we are. A word of praise spoken at the right moment, can lift a person from the ordinary, making them come alive inside. A word of condemnation can cripple a person's soul and bring them death. It seems I have a habit of doing the latter too often. The scriptures speak clearly in the book of James of such a person as I am. "If a person thinks he is religious but can't control his tongue, he is fooling himself. That person religion is useless." James 1:26. James goes on a lot about the power of the tongue and destructiveness of our speech. In James 3:5-6 he says, "A large forrest can be set on fire by a little flame. The tongue is that kind of flame. It is a world of evil among the parts of our bodies, and it completely contaminates our bodies. The tongue sets our lives on fire, and is itself set on fire from hell." Wow. Those scriptures have new meaning to me today, because I have seen first hand in my own life how right James is. Jesus also talks about this. In Matthew 15, He reveals the source of our words as being our very heart. He goes on to say that our words actually defile us and make us unclean.

From my reading of the scripture, it is not merely a persons choice of words that must change if he speaks evil, for it clear that the cause is a much deeper one. This is an issue of the rottenness of a man's heart. That's a deep place. I think my own heart is one that needs surgery, a surgery only the Spirit of God can perform. And I need your prayers and support.

Now I know some of you reading this might be thinking that I am saying this to stir others and I am saying "I" need this surgery because that's how a preacher identifies with his audience. Actually, I really do mean "my" heart requires surgery. This is my issue, my real, real life, issue.

It is easy to get so caught up in "ministry", that we neglect the very most important things. Like the very condition of our own hearts before God. Now, we may think for a time that our heart is ok before God, that we Love Him, we worship, we even take the Sunday school at our local fellowship, we might even have one of the largest Christian podcast ministries on the planet, but what if at the core of your hear lies something so foul, so depraved, so cold, so dead, that it hides itself from all your searching, waiting for the choicest moment it can find in order to do the most possible damage. A tragedy waiting to happen. That's me folks. That's me! I have seen this first hand. For now that it's revealed, it can no longer hide, either from my own attention, nor from those around me that have also been burnt by my tongues flame.

But maybe you have been in a similar situation before. Maybe you would like to share a bit about your story using the "comments" link below. Perhaps you have been living with these same issues and you know you're causing someone pain and you have no idea what to do. You can post here anonymously, so why not share with us. Brokenness and openness are the way of the Wounded Healer. The comments are moderated, so this is a safe place. Let's confess our sins to each other, as I am to you.

False Evidence Appearing Real - FEAR

Israel Anderson — 2007-02-04T18:21:37-07:00
Can we rest in the boat in the midst of a storm?

It's a question that came to mind yesterday. Picture this. Here is Jesus in a large boat with a dozen or more others, crossing a usually placid lake. Suddenly a freakish storm rises up. The boat is rocking, some are throwing up from the motion sickness, and fear grips the heart. The immediate response is that we need rescuing. In this familiar Bible story, we see Jesus did rescue them, but not in the way they might have expected. We don't see a large cruise liner pulling alongside to take them to a safer place. Instead we see Jesus calming the storm, and ironically even then says that they lacked faith. What were they supposed to do? Ride out the storm? Confront their fears and press on regardless?

It seems so contradictory to the messages we hear in so many Churches each Sunday doesn't it. We usually hear of how blissful life is as a Christian. The reality is, life is full of storms. But Jesus wants us to ride out the storm. He see things from an eternal perspective. So while we freak out, He, rests? It seems incredulous, but it's true, and we can have that same rest in the midst of any storm, we just need to have what Jesus said those disciples in the boat lacked. Faith.

Jesus is teaching me to find rest in the boat. Jesus is teaching me to have faith. The waves are terrible, the lighting is striking way too close for comfort, the thunder shakes me. The boat isn't even on a fixed heading, it's just bobbing back and forth, round and around. But I have faith in what God has spoken. We can cry out that we're all going to die in this storm, or we can follow the leading of Jesus, in faith, and find rest in the midst of the darkest storm, let the storm pan out, and come to the other side in one peace (no typo), and fully rested.

Let our confidence be in Him, He can both calm the storm if we ask, or take us safely to the other side of any sized storm.

Jesus’ disciples went with him as he left in a boat. Suddenly, a severe storm came across the sea. The waves were covering the boat. Yet, Jesus was sleeping. So they woke him up, saying, “Lord! Save us! We’re going to die!” Jesus said to them, “Why do you cowards have so little faith?” Then he got up, gave an order to the wind and the sea, and the sea became very calm. The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the wind and the sea obey him!” Matthew 8:23-27

Forgiveness

Israel Anderson — 2007-02-19T17:45:05-07:00
Many have wronged me these last few weeks. I have seen rank hypocrisy and a rejection of God's truth on a greater scale than I have ever witnessed. But honestly, am "I" any better? We have ALL fallen short of God's standards. Yet in our very act of worship, we can become the most reviled in God's eyes. "I thank you God that I am not like that tax collector over there." See Luke 18:9-14. How quickly one who is striving to be close to God, apparently doing the right thing, can show just how much they fail to grasp the Gospel. In an instant, a man who has rejected God all his life can become at once, right with his Creator. Tragically, the reverse, can happen just as fast. We are fallen, we are broken, and we carry that brokenness around with us like dog poo stuck in the grooves of the soles of our shoes. We don't see it, but if we step out of the draft of God's Spirit, we will sure know it's there, as will everyone else.

Today I find myself in a position where I have been wronged, and am being wronged, with such severity, and by people who are NOT outside of our great family of believers, that it is hard to reconcile their deeds, no, it is impossible to reconcile their deeds with what I know, they know, of God and His truth. Yet I keep asking myself, "am I really any different?" How many times have I purposefully gone against God's Word. How many times have I broken God's law. How many times have I told God He has me, when I know He really doesn't. How many times have I said I would follow, when I know I really won't?

For instance. I have never been pulled over for speeding in all my life. Is that because I don't ever speed, or because I am intensely more observant than most people, and spot the radar setup long before it spots me? We just love to hide behind our "successes", our goodness, our "?holiness?". Don't we.

My friend's grandmother is a probation officer. I was at a court the other day, there was man who's case was being heard. He had broken his bond payments, the judge showed no mercy, he was handcuffed and led away. It was actually a really sad thing to watch. I don't know what he had done, they never mentioned that, but the thought came to my mind, how long would we spend in jail if all the laws we had broken, we were actually caught for. My friend's grandmother says the same thing. That we'd all be in jail, except for the fact that most of us just never get caught. But there is the lie of the enemy, because we do get caught. We ARE caught. And one day every single one of us will stand before a judge and have to answer for all the laws of God we have broken. This is why we need to stop judging, and start forgiving. To stop our condemnation, and offer reconciliation. To turn our arrogance into love. Not a single one of us is blameless, and the moment we think we are, is the very moment we no longer are.

There are those around who seem to have it altogether. The truth always exposes us though. One way or another we MUST admit our own brokenness, our own weakness, our own need for deliverance at the foot of a blood stained cross. Each one of us has missed the mark, fallen short of God's standards. We must stop blaming each other for the faults of this fallen cursed world and realize the true enemy of our souls. Because when we apportion blame and become set on revenge and the downfall of another, we simply set a snare that will ultimately trap not just another child of God, but our own selves.

So I offer my apologies. I'm sorry that I let you all down. I'm sorry I miss the mark. I'm sorry that I have not lived up to the required standard. In my defense, I have little to offer. I simply ask for your forgiveness and your prayers that God would not abandon me, but continue to mold me into the man He wants and needs me to be. God knows I did not cause this pain on purpose, I pray you will know this.

And so to you all, I extend forgiveness. For all the ways you have contributed to ripping me to pieces publicly and privately, and sometimes even with a grin on your face, I forgive you. For the gossip and the slander, I forgive you. For the lies and false accusations and twisting of half-truths, I forgive you. For using my public confessions against me, I forgive you. I love you, and I forgive you. I forgive you. I forgive you. I forgive you. I pray for your well-being, your shalom. I really really do.

I have had a few people write me the most condemning, hate-filled slanderous crap imaginable (all in love of course), and I'm pretty confident this post itself will earn me a few more, because some just can't reconcile my words here with their belief of who I really am. But if you don't believe what I write here in full public view, on permanent record, that's ok, I'm not writing it to convince you of anything, but do know that I love you too, and I forgive you too. I forgive you to release you and me from the bondage of unforgiveness, by releasing you from your wrongs against me.

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May you find the grace to do likewise. In the deepest part of your soul, may you hear the echo of Calvary, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." Let us remember His Grace, His mercy, His forgiveness and unconditional love for us, and do likewise to the people that slam nails into our own wrists.

Shalom be with you.

Deliverance From Bitterness

Israel Anderson — 2007-02-20T16:34:42-07:00
(I met Francis Frangipane a few months back, and I guess he added me to his newsletter today. This is the first one I have received from him, and it was so pertinent to what I am going through, I decided to share it with you all here. It actually feels like he wrote it just for me. Weird. There is a subscribe page for this newsletter here.)

There are two conditions of the heart no one can hide: one is when the heart is filled with love and the other when we are infected with bitterness. Either condition can take over our thoughts and both can filter our entire view of life. As followers of Jesus Christ, we must make our highest quest to possess hearts full of God’s love. Indeed, how successful we are at revealing Christ’s love is the true measure of our spirituality.

Thus, love cannot long exist as an unexpressed or hidden secret. If love is real, it will be seen in a thousand manifestations reaching to the heart of its beloved. Love, which is in truth passion for oneness, is too powerful to be contained by mere discipline or self-control. Indeed, is not love boldly displayed in its unrequited gifts, and is it not heard in its many encouragements and expressions of concern? Is it not tangible in its unabashed enjoyment of time spent with those it loves?

Bitterness, too, cannot be hidden. A bitter soul is not seeking oneness, but justice. It is driven by the unresolved theft of its peace, personhood or possessions. Bitterness is not just a wound seeking healing, it is a prosecuting attorney building a case against the guilty. Because a bitter soul is conjoined to the injustice committed against it, it perpetually is listening to the voice of its heartache and, thus, perpetually wounded by the unforgiven offense.

Dear friends, Jesus said He came to give us life in abundance. He said He was anointed and sent to proclaim release to prisoners and freedom to captives (John 10:10; Luke 4:18). If we feel we have been spiritually incarcerated by a bitter experience or an injustice, God is not seeking to condemn us for it, but to save us from it. Even now, His Spirit is reaching to release us from this unbearable burden of the past.

How Do We Become Free?
In my thirty-seven years of walking with the Lord, there have been times that I have been slandered, defrauded or unfairly attacked. I have had plenty of opportunities to be embittered by injustice. Not every wound was healed instantly nor each injustice swiftly remedied. Jesus said, “By your endurance you will gain your lives” (Luke 21:19). The Message translation renders this: “Staying with it - that's what is required. Stay with it to the end. You won't be sorry; you'll be saved.” In the final analysis, being wounded or suffering loss is not the issue – Paul said he “suffered the loss of all things.” The real issue is that we “may gain Christ” (Phil. 3:8).

Let me also say, I know people whom the Lord simply touched and healed. Yes, often the Lord will simply remedy the offending situation itself, thus bringing healing. Let us make room for the vastness of God’s grace. Indeed, Hebrews 2:18 reveals that since Christ “Himself was tempted in that which He has suffered, He is able to come to the aid of those who are tempted.” For no other reason except that He loves us, He will “come to the aid of those” who are embattled. Let us always make room for such grace.

At the same time, I have also recognized that God’s highest goal for me is my conformity to Christ. (See Rom. 8:28-29). God heals me so He can conform me to Christ, and sometimes He reverses that process: He conforms me to Christ so He can heal me. In other words, my deliverance came as I appropriated Christ’s love and learned to entrust myself to God even when I was wounded by injustice.

Consider this issue of trusting God. Peter tells us, “For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps, who committed no sin, nor was any deceit found in His mouth; and while being reviled, He did not revile in return; while suffering, He uttered no threats, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously;” (1 Pet. 2:21-23).

Sometimes my healing from wounding and possible bitterness came, not because restitution was made to me by the person who hurt me, but because I learned to entrust myself to God who judges righteously. To trust that God will vindicate me in His time and in His way is a sign of spiritual maturity. It’s really the only way we can avoid responding to reviling with reviling and allowing a wound to fester into bitterness.

There are other times when a lingering conflict would become an oppression upon my soul. Again, as an antidote to becoming bitter, Jesus taught, “Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. Rejoice and be glad (Luke adds, “and leap for joy”), for your reward in heaven is great” (Matt. 5:11-12).

The Waters of Marah
Christ is not our “Savior” in merely a distant or theological sense; He is Immanuel, “God with us.” He dwells within us; He is committed to us. He is fully capable of transforming what was meant to destroy us and using it as a means to perfect us. We must believe that God is fully able to redeem all we go through. If we harbor unbelief about either the Father’s goodness or His abilities, our difficulties will reduce us to bitter, angry people.

Consider also, if Satan is set on destroying us, it must be because God has something powerful waiting for us in the future. The devil does not waste his time attacking insignificant people; he attacks those he fears will be used by God to liberate others. If Satan can set up an attack that causes you to become bitter, your destiny will be sidetracked until that root of bitterness is plucked from your soul.

How is it that bitterness can exist in us? Bitterness is a demonic manipulation of a wound or injustice we suffer in our soul. Jesus, however, said that the only way to save our souls is to lose them to Him (John 12:25). Beloved, I am telling you how I have passed through some of the most difficult battles I faced: I carried the cross.

I believe that my steps are ordered of God. Therefore, if I have faced an injustice, He must have either allowed it or ordered it. In His great omniscience, He knew I would need more love or faith or dependency upon Him, so He arranged my steps so He could work in me His overcoming nature. My battles are not about me and someone else, or even me coming against the devil; ultimately, in every conflict, God is seeking to create Christlikeness in me. As the character, authority and love of Christ become functional in my life, my enemies are subdued and Christ is triumphant through me.

We must, therefore, get over the idea that there is a painless place of existence on earth, and we must learn how to carry the cross of Christ. The cross puts to death our unbelieving, fearful, selfish nature and allows the character of Christ to emerge in our spirits. The cross is the cost we pay so that redemption prevails.

There is a story in Exodus that figuratively reveals the power of the cross. The Israelites went three days without fresh water. When they finally found water,“they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter; therefore it was named Marah” (Ex. 15:22-23). Marah, you’ll recall, means bitterness. They finally found water, but they could not drink it. The Lord, however, showed Moses “a tree; and he threw it into the waters, and the waters became sweet” (Ex. 15:25).

What Moses did was prophetic. The tree that was applied symbolically to the bitter water was a picture of the cross of Christ when it’s applied to our bitter experiences: it turns the bitter to sweet. I know in the many times the enemy has used people to wound or strike me, as I applied the cross to my life – forgiving, blessing and letting love be perfected – the outcome has always been a greater manifestation of Christ in my life.

This is exactly how Paul handled adversity and injustice. Listen to what he wrote, “But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves; we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. For we who live are constantly being delivered over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh” (2 Cor. 4:7-11).

Dear one, is this not what you desire most: the life of Jesus Himself manifested in your mortal flesh? Satan has been manipulating your old nature, seeking to work bitterness into your life. The way the Lord has redeemed me from every battle I have faced has been to use that battle to crucify my old nature and release a greater unveiling of Christ in me. This is New Testament Christianity in its greatest glory.

Lord Jesus, forgive me for trying to save my life. I purpose to trust You, to allow love to be perfected within me, to not seek justice, but mercy for myself and others. Help me, Lord. Reveal Your Spirit’s power within me. Even now, uproot every bitter plant in my soul. Let my words be full of grace and truth, not bitterness and evil. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

The Professional Christian

Israel Anderson — 2009-04-20T01:00:00-06:00
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Someone recently said to me that I should not talk about my past or current hurts, pains and struggles, because it wasn’t professional and as a Christian minister, I should never be negative. This made me very angry. Do you know why?

When we read the accounts of Paul’s life, he was very positive, at times, but also very very negative at times. He would use language that if a Pastor was caught using today, he’d be chastized as I was, to stop being so negative and only speak positive words. In other words, he’s expected to lie.

Many people wear masks to church. They walk in and smile, tell everybody that everything is just going swell, while inside so many are barren and needing the love and friendship of each other, but they never receive it, because the need is unknown, hidden behind a facade. This is the Professional Christian.

It wasn’t just Paul that was blatantly honest about his circumstances and how he was feeling, Yeshua was likewise. And when Yeshua told His disciples of the things He must soon suffer in Jerusalem, Peter, sharply rebuked Him. Yeshua in turn rebuked Peter for lacking the Kingdom perspective. Clearly Yeshua was no Word of Faith preacher.

When we go to Church and tell people things that are not true, when we hide behind the masks we so expertly craft to keep everyone thinking that we’re doing ok, we disconnect ourselves from the Kingdom of God. The Kingdom is not positive or negative in this manner of thinking, the Kingdom is the most striking reality we’ll ever encounter. To enter this Kingdom, God will allow no fakes, no masks, no pretending everything is ok. To experience the Kingdom and all its fullness, we must drop the facade and be real with God and His people.

We’re not perfect. We make mistakes. Those in our families will embarrass us, we lose jobs, we lose our homes, we lose hope, and that’s exactly when we need to be open vulnerable people, letting our brethren see us, not our masks, so they can reach out, and bear our burdens with us.

Today, put the Professional Christian to death, and allow an authentic Christian to be raised in its place. May you walk into your fellowship, open, vulnerable, and real. Put down the mask, be broken, and free, to enter into His Kingdom and receive the healing that awaits the broken man.

And may you be covered in the dust of your rabbi, Yeshua.

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