College Students
John Witherspoon (02/05/1723 - 11/15/1794) was a signatory of the
United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New
Jersey and was a clergyman in the Presbyterian church and the President
of the "College of New Jersey" which later became "Princeton
University." John Witherspoon was a God fearing man who evacuated the
college on November, 1778, as the British forces neared and as a result,
suffered financial loss.
Root cause of problems that students have at the university or
college
75 to 90 percent of students, who grew up in Christian homes, leave
the church when they go off to college or loose their faith.
Unfortunately, a lot
of the blame rests with the church and family. Most students who grew up
in the church are very ignorant of the Bible, philosophy, apologetics
and theology (see Hosea 4:6). To quote Dr. Robert A. Morey (top
theologian & apologist) from his book titled The
Encyclopedia of Practical Christianity (Ten Campus Curses):
They do not know what they believe or why they
believe it. They do not know anything about doctrine. Why?
- Anti-intellectualism from the 1920s
- Anti-creeds/confessions/catechisms
- Anti-social/political concerns
- The search for personal peace
- Entertainment-centered services
- Baby-sitting youth ministries
- Stupid Sunday Schools (S.S.S.)
We have a generation of cowards that are politically correct--this is
not Biblical Christianity (see Ephesians 6:10-18).
In Matthew 7:1, Christ was referring to the
hypocrisy of the Pharisees, not against making righteous judgments.
Christ taught to "judge righteous judgment" (John 7:24), identify and reject false prophets (Deut.
18:21, 22; Matt. 7:15-23), judge individuals who say they are
Christians and live contrary to the Word of God (see Galatians 5:19-21; I John 2:4).
The Protestant church has also become feminized. This started in the 19th
century with Christ being depicted as an effeminate, long-haired,
blue-eyed white European male. This is not the Jesus of the Bible who
was in the construction/masonry business (the Greek word for Christ's occupation
has been recently discovered from fragments of papyri in that period--it was incorrectly
thought that Christ was a carpenter). He is the "mighty God" of Isaiah 9:6.
Even the hymns have been feminized. I was watching a TV program late at
night showing the videos of the artists who sang the old 1960s and 1970s songs and the
two commentators (one a woman and one a man)
could not understand why the artist/singer of the popular song/hymn,
"You Light Up My Life"--the original artist was Kasey Cisyk and did not
become a massive success until Debby Boone's 1977 recording of the Title
song--was singing a sexual song to
Jesus. (Yes, the video showed towards the end of the song a small picture of a
feminized Jesus.) The two commentators were bewildered and ashamed that
Debby Bonne would sing a sexual song about Jesus. This
is shameful that the two unbelieving commentators had more discernment
than the Christians!
Before the feminization of the Protestant church, most pastors
were soldiers who fought in the American Revolution (during
the Civil War, pastors--for the first time in American history--were
prohibited from serving in the military), hunters, mayors and judges.
There were many outstanding Generals in George Washington's army who were
clergymen. Oliver Cromwell (04/25/1599 - 09/03/1658) was the leader of
his Puritan army that included many clergymen such as the great John
Owen (1616 - 08/24/1683). Swiss Reformer Swingli (1484-1531) defended his people and liberties from an invading army--he died as a
result. Preaching styles also changed. Instead of the strong
doctrinal sermons of the Puritans, the clergy started giving sermons on
love and nothing else--it was considered unloving to preach sermons
dealing with heresy, sin and hell. Also, the members in the pew were
told it was not Christian to be a policeman, defend yourself or be in
the military!
Problems to be aware of in many Christian Clubs on
university/college campuses (Christians
should still join an Evangelical club on campus)
The five biggest problems that Christians will encounter in many of
the Evangelical Christian clubs on university and college campuses are:
- Ecumenicalism: Christians should be accepting of all
denominations or organizations even if the organization or
denomination is apostate and preaching a false Gospel--this is sin
and condemned in the Bible. [There are also many Protestant churches
and the Roman Catholic church teaching that Hindus, Buddhists,
Muslims, Taoists, animists, Jews, etc. can make it to heaven without
accepting the Messiah as long they are
sincere in their faith and live a good life (see the 1994 edition New Catholic
Catechism, Part One, Sections 839-845)]. This is a form of
universalism (different ways of salvation) and is a heresy and a false
Gospel. "But even if we or
an angel from heaven should proclaim to you a gospel contrary to
what we proclaimed to you, let that person be condemned!"(Galatians 1:7
ISV).
- I realize that there are Roman
Catholics who are Evangelical or Pentecostal in their theology, Eastern Orthodox who are Evangelical and both accept Jesus Christ by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone and believe in Sola Scriptura and I expect to see them in heaven--however,
this does not mean that the organization or church they belong to is not apostate. (I was a former Roman
Catholic for over 161/2 years.) You could be a born-again/born from above believer in a liberal Protestant church,
but this does not validate the church, it is still apostate. If the organization/church
rejects the Bible as the infallible, verbal, inerrant, plenary Word
of God and that it is the ultimate authority and deny one is saved 'solely' (i.e., 'only') through faith in Christ, the church is apostate. (It is "imputed" righteousness, not "infused" righteousness taught by the Roman Catholic church.) There are
many Baptists, Pentecostals, Presbyterians, Methodists, etc. that might be in Bible believing churches and
are not born-again/born from above Christians and will end up in hell.
Some people claim being Baptist and are Unitarian! The church
you belong to does
not make one a true Christian.
Exam yourself to see if you are in the faith. "Keep examining
yourselves to see whether you are continuing in the faith. Test yourselves! You now, do not you, that Jesus Christ lives in you? Could it be that you are failing the
test?" (2
Corinthians 13:5 ISV).
- (Please do not be offended
over my criticism of an organization's doctrine and do not construe this as personal attacks
on the character of the individuals--we are dealing with doctrine/theology, not a person's motive.) This why Evangelical clubs cannot and should not hold hands
theologically with liberal Protestant churches, the Roman Catholic
church, Greek Orthodox church, etc. This does not imply that you cannot work together on
that affect our
country. The Evangelical clubs should not be sponsoring--on
theological matters--speakers who are Roman Catholic or humanist Protestant speakers [who have
been indoctrinated by the Jesuits who use the pagan philosophy of
Aristotle (387 - 322 BC) via Thomas Aquinas (1225 -03/07/1274)]. I have been to many lectures over the past 7 years
sponsored by Protestant Evangelical Christian clubs at Princeton University and I am bewildered that so many of the
speakers sponsored are either Roman Catholic or Protestant humanist apologists indoctrinated
in the philosophy of Thomas Aquinas. I have also been to
many of the lectures at Princeton
University sponsored by the Catholic
club on campus and the speakers had no problem criticizing/bashing the Protestant church and its doctrines and
claiming they are the true church, which is their constitutional
right to do so. What is wrong with the Protestant
Evangelical clubs?
- Natural Theology: It relies on the Greek philosophic doctrine of
human autonomy: "Man is the measure of all things." Man does not
need special revelation; i.e., the Bible
to determine truth, morals and beauty. The word nature can be
defined by human "nature" ; that is, man can find truth, morals and
beauty by human reason (Rationalism),
experience (Empiricism) and feelings (Mysticism) or "nature" is sometimes
referred to as the "universe"; that is, perceived, measured, and
weighed by the five senses. The natural theologians always had a
difficult time defining the word "nature." The OT prophets and
the NT Apostles rejected pagan philosophies and heathen religions as
idolatrous and demonic in worship (see Deut.
32:17; Ps 106:36-7; 1 Cor. 10:20; Gal.
4:8; Rev. 9:20). Dr. Van Til, Dr.
Francis Schaeffer, Dr. Gordon Clark,
Calvin, Luther, the
Reformers, etc. rejected natural theology as a heresy. Historical note: The Jesuit order--a
military enforcement arm of the Roman Catholic church founded by
Ignatius of Loyola of Spain in 1534 during the reign of Pope Paul
III--was created to bring the Protestants back to Rome when violence
and murder did not work. In order to undermine the Reformation,
Catholic universities and colleges were build throughout Protestant
nations where the Jesuits could teach natural theology, natural
apologetics and later middle knowledge to promote reunification with Rome. This is
why many so-called Protestant
apologists/theologians, who have been schooled by the
Jesuits, have adopted natural theology via Thomas Aquinas for their apologetics. (It should be noted that Thomas Aquinas renounced his teachings
at the end of his life). Many Protestant apologists have also
converted to Roman Catholicism such as, Dr. Scott Hahn, Dr. Peter
Kreeft and just recently Dr. Francis Beckwith (who taught at Princeton University for one year and I personally had some discussions with him on his heretical theology) all were
trained in Jesuit schools. The philosophy is antithetical to the Protestant doctrine of Sola Scriptura.
(The debate is over "special
revelation" vs. "human reason",
not "faith" vs. "reason".
Don't let the humanists rig the debate.)
- Political Correctness: Christian students want to just get along with everyone and want
people to like them. This cult of popularity is condemned in the Bible. "How terrible it
will be for you when everyone says nice things about you, for that's
the way their ancestors used to treat the false prophets!" (Luke
6:26 ISV.) So they do not stand up for Christ and defend the
faith. The Christian student should be winning other students to
Christ, involved in clubs, newspapers, school offices, etc. and
teaching the Christian view of things. Unfortunately, many
Christians are humanists and do not understand what a "Christian worldview" is.
Christ is Lord over all areas--preaching the Gospel is an
application of taking dominion for Christ. Another cop out is "relationship" Evangelism, which is a code word for cowardice. I never knew that Apostle Paul had a relationship with
everyone he preached the Gospel to. All Christian students and
non-students should be engaged in apologetics in their day to day
witnessing. Christians have been empowered by the Holy Spirit to be
Christ's witness bearers (Matt. 28:19, 20; Acts 1:8)--one aspect of
witness bearing is the task of apologetics. God wants every believer to
be "competent to defend the Faith" (Jude 3).
There should be a desire and concern among Christian students in reaching the Muslims, Jews,
Hindus, Buddhists, Atheists and so on with the Gospel of Christ. Many of the above
mentioned groups only see a false or feminized Christianity being
presented in a pagan, immoral America, which
they think represents true Christianity. Engage the
culture on campus and sponsor speakers who will refute other religions and present the true God. (I was at a
lecture given by Dr. William Lane Craig in the early
2000's--sponsored by the Veritas Forum at Princeton University--on
the topic "Does God Exist"? During the question and answer session,
a Muslim student asked the following question, "Why is Christianity
true and the other religions false"? The other students started to
applaud--the students were not interested in whether God existed or
not, but which God is true.
Unfortunately, Dr. Craig did not want to engage the students on this
topic. Dr. Craig is a nice guy--however, he has been misled by natural theology. This is a
perfect example of "political
correctness" on university
campuses--there was no preaching of the Gospel of Christ and the
heathen religions were not refuted as Apostle
Paul did in his preaching.)
- Evolution: Unfortunately,
many Christian students do not believe in the Book of Genesis. You
cannot even defend marriage if you do not believe in the Book of
Genesis--marriage is a "creation
ordinance" (see Genesis 2:15-25). If you understand
the philosophy of science, you will be able to answer any scientist
who tries to refute the Bible because of the Book of Genesis. Yes, you can intellectually defend Genesis
and be a creationist! Science does not discover truth--you cannot
discover absolute truth (see the "Creation Sites" link on side
bar). The condemnation of Galileo Galilei (1564 - 1642) by the Roman
Catholic Church for his adoption of the heliocentric model of the universe was not over "science" vs.
"religion", but "science vs. "science".
It was "Aristotelian" science (a geocentric model of the universe) vs. "Copernicus" science (a heliocentric model of the universe).
- Legalism: This is a typical trick by Satan to keep the
Christian in bondage. The Christian is basically living under the law--in other words, a
Christian was saved by grace, but trying to be sanctified by the
law. It is retrogressive to turn back to the Old Testament laws and
be under the "beggarly elements". "However, in the past, when you did not know
God, you were slaves to things that are not really gods at all. But
now you turn back again to those powerless and bankrupt basic
principles? Why do you want to become their slaves all over again?
You are observing days, months, seasons, and years. I am afraid for
you, lest somehow my work for you has been
wasted!" (Galatians 4:8-11 ISV.) The Old Covenant (a legal contract made in time/space) was
defective, not the Old Testament (a literary document). The Israelites were under a tutor/law--they
were told how to dress, what to eat, how to cut their hair, how to
worship by a highly structured liturgy, etc. This is not in the New
Testament. The New Testament gives believers moral directives to apply to all of life, but does not give
us minute directions as in the Old
Testament. "Tell
me, those of you who want to live under the law:
Are you really listening to what the law says? For it is written
that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman and the other by a
free woman. Now the son of the slave woman was conceived
according to the flesh, but the son of the free woman was conceived
through a promise. This is being said as and allegory, for these
women represent two covenants. The one woman, Hagar, is from Mount
Sinai, and her children are born into slavery. Now Hagar is Mount
Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to present-day Jerusalem, because
she is in slavery along with her children. But the heavenly
Jerusalem is the free woman, and she is our mother". (Galatians
4:21-26 ISV.) Typical examples of legalism: 1. Sabbatarianism, which the
Reformers such as Calvin and Luther believed it was ceremonial and no longer
binding; 2. Abstinence from alcohol; 3. No dancing; and 4. Cannot go to the movies (probably
influenced by a false strain of Platonic thinking). The above does not imply "antinomianism" (without the law),
which is sin (see John 14:15) or "perfectionism" (above the law)--see
1 John 1:8-10.
Link List of helpful websites on
various topics addressed above to help university and college students
Apologetics
World Religions
Book Reviews
Film Reviews
Natural Theology
Church History
Science
Audio
Miscellaneous Topics
A. Global Warming
B. Self-Defense and 2nd Amendment
C. Abortion and Capital Punishment
D. Illegal Immigration
E. Economic and National Security Issues
Important Websites to stay informed
- JBS--Contact your Elected Officials & Various Legislative Issues
- JBS--Standing for Family and Freedom
- WorldNetDaily—a truthful news site [publishers of the magazine “Whistleblower”]
- WallBuilders ProFamily Legislative Network—Click “Resources” then “Wallbuilders Resources” and then “Voters Resources” [ see the voter’s guides].
- Wallbuilders
- CURE--Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education (fighting poverty)
- The National Black Pro-Life Union—Dr. Alveda C. King speaks out against abortion.
- American Family Association (AFA)
- Repent America
- Legislative Actions on the 2nd Amendment
- News Events on the 2nd Amendment
- Second Amendment Foundation
- Foundation For Individual Rights in Education (FIRE)
- Students for Concealed Carry on Campus
- Justice at the Gate
Recommended books & C/D's for college students
Websites to purchase above materials:
Start a Conservative/Protestant Bible Club on a College/University campus
What kind of Constitution and Statement of Faith should a Protestant/Evangelical Club have?
The Bible Clubs' Constitution and Statement of Faith should be very detailed in order to prevent the Bible Club from becoming ecumenical or liberal. (This has occurred many times in Bible Clubs.) Any leaders/officers or voting members should be conservative Protestant/Evangelicals. The general non-voting membership can be open to anyone who wants to join. This is the preferred method because I have personally witnessed many college/university Bible Clubs being taken over by liberals who do not believe in the Bible or other non-Protestants--in other words, the Bible Club becomes ecumenical. A student who is not a conservative Protestant/Evangelical should not take this as an insult. (I was a former Catholic--who became a born-again Christian while in high school--and I do encourage Catholic college/university students to join a Protestant Bible believing club.) If one has a Catholic Club, a Jewish Club or a Muslim Club and the leadership/officers elected are true-blue Protestants, then the club is no longer a Catholic Club, a Jewish Club or a Muslim Club.
Help for writing a Constitution and Statement of Faith
I have written a Constitution and Statement of Faith that a college/university student can download. A few comments on the Constitution and Statement of Faith:
- The "Voting Membership Statement of Faith" is very detailed--however, it is broad enough to allow a conservative Protestant Bible believing Baptist, Reformed Baptist, Presbyterian, Methodist, Pentecostal, etc. to be an eligible "Voting Member" and "Officer".
- The "Non-Voting Membership Statement of Faith" is a brief statement that should be promoted by the club for "Non-Voting" members to accept--it is not mandatory to accept the statement of faith for general membership in the club because the student would be a "Non-Voting" member.
- The "Constitution" is required by the college/university and spells out the purpose of the club, qualifications of the members, student leadership, etc.
Click PDF button to download Constitution for College/University Bible Club,
and
Note: Students can start a new Bible club or just belong to an existing Bible club on college campus and still work along side CHANGE Collegiate Network (CNN). [Students can also start a chapter of CHANGE Collegiate Network (CNN) at their college.] They will help disciple and train the students on how to evangelize and share their faith on campus (if the campus ministry needs advanced apologetics and theology material, ask the President of CHANGE Collegiate Network (CNN) for Faith Defenders books and CD’s located at http://faithdefenders.com/). Most campus ministries are not openly evangelizing or engaging the culture as commanded by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ ( Matt. 28:18-20, Acts 1:8; 8:1-4; 1 Thess. 1:7-10—see Witnessing and Apologetics links). Instead they have seeker friendly campus ministries. As a result, many of the students who are true born-again Christians on campus and attend a campus ministry are not being feed because the leadership does not want to offend non-Christian students that might be attending. This is not how an Evangelical campus ministry should be set up—I am not condemning or throwing stones at all the Evangelical ministries on college campuses (there are many faithful ones who are doing a great job) just pointing out some of the problems. What happens is that the campus ministries end up being filled with unregenerate/unconverted college students. It should also be mentioned that many so-called Evangelical college campus ministries have either compromised the Gospel with holding hands with Rome or have gone apostate.
If the guest speakers that Evangelical Bible club ministries invite are teaching Natural Theology or Natural Law via Thomas Aquinas, the speaker has been brainwashed/deceived by the Jesuits or other so-called Evangelicals who have been trained and taught this false doctrine at Jesuit schools—for example, Dr. Mark Knoll from Wheaton College, who is now teaching at Notre Dame, gave a lecture on 03/05/05 entitled Problems with Present Systems: Reasons for Voting None of the Above at Princeton University (he was sponsored by a respectable Bible based Evangelical club on campus, who had good intentions) and tried to defend Thomas Aquinas and Natural Theology when confronted with a question by the President of NJIAT that Natural Theology is anti-Biblical. [Evangelical ministries should not be promoting or endorsing Natural Theology, Thomas Aquinas (a heretic) or sponsoring speakers who are humanist apologists (Natural Theologians)—Dr. Cornelius Van Til, Dr. Francis Schaeffer, Dr. Gordon Clark, Martin Luther, John Calvin and so on condemned Natural Theology.]
Evangelical Clubs at the College of New of New Jersey (TCNJ) Sponsor Jesuit-trained apologist (Frank Turek) to debate Christopher Hitchens (Atheist) on March 31,2009
Evangelical Christian College clubs should not be sponsoring Jesuit-trained apologists (who call themselves Evangelicals) and students should not be using their material for defending the faith. This has occurred at the College of New Jersey (TCNJ) on March 31, 2009 with the debate between Frank Turek [a nice guy, but brain washed by the Thomists (who adhere to the philosophy of Thomas Aquinas--the official philosopher of the Roman Catholic Church--who got his philosophy from Aristotle) and Christopher Hitchens. [Thomas Aquinas (1225-74) was a heretic—he denied justification by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, apart from works; justification is that act of God in which the imputed righteousness of Christ is credited to your account--he believed in infused righteousness, which is a works based salvation in addition to other heresies (see what Aquinas wrote in his Summa Theologica, ii, 1, question 100, article 12)]. You basically had two humanists arguing with each other, but Christopher Hitchens was smart enough to know that Paley and Rationalism (David Hume refuted Rationalism and the mechanistic worldview) had been discredited a long time ago. Dr. Francis Schaeffer stated, “A Christian humanist is a humanist.” Why are Jesuit trained apologists on the college circuit? Dr. Norman Geisler was the first to openly break with the historic evangelical position on Aquinas. In his small book defending Thomas Aquinas, he stated that since the previous generation of Protestant apologists, such as Carl Henry, Francis Schaeffer, Van Ti, etc. were now dead, the time was now ripe for him and other secret Thomists to come “out of the closet.” These Jesuit-trained Thomists would have had their sorry asses kicked out of the evangelical circuit by the great Evangelical scholars, if they were alive, such as Dr. Van Til, Dr. Gordon Clark, Dr.Carl F. Henry, Dr. Francis Schaeffer, etc. They all rejected Aquinas’ Natural Theology and Natural Law. They understood that the doctrine of sola scriptura was the basis of the Reformation—that is, sola scriptura.
Dr. Robert A. Morey’s has some of the best and scholarly material written on apologetics and theology, who gives all the credit to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. See link below for profile about Dr. Morey and Faith Defenders and for booking speaking engagements at universities.
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) will educate and defend college students’ rights (see
Christian Legal Help link for other organizations that will help and defend college students when their 1st Amendment rights are being violated.)
Recommended Organization for College & High School students in NJ or PA to contact who want learn how to Evangelize and defend the faith on campuses or how to witness on the Streets—students can get real training by actually going out with the Streetlight group to such places as Princeton, Rutgers University, University of Pennsylvania, etc.
Start a Political Club at a College or University
Yes, students can form a political club at high school such as a the National Teen Aage Republicans (TARS) or a Constitution Party, etc. Students should try to influence both major parties (Democrats and Republicans) and other third parties to put the Constitution, Bill of Rights (which includes the 2nd Amendment) and country first. Unfortunately, both major parties have been heavily influenced by the one-worlders, secular humanists, and free-traders (Karl Marx supported free-trade) who do not believe in our Constitution and Bill of Rights.
(For a list of different political parties, see below.)
Take the test: "How would God Vote?"—PDF
Links to Various Political Parties that can Help with Starting a Club (NJIAT does not endorse any political parties, but does encourage citizens to analyze the different parties positions from a Constitutional and Biblical worldview and try to change any unconstitutional or unbiblical positions taken by the various political parties, if possible—sometimes a person might have to leave a political party if most of those policies endorsed are against God and country).
Search Bills, Voting Records and who is donating to the politicians
Sometimes a citizen has to vote for the lesser of two evils; however, if a Christian or non-Christian votes for candidates who have sold out to humanistic and anti-God positions, this is sin and not applying the Lordship of Christ in all areas of life (see my Worldview, Constitution, Global Warming, Militant Lifestyles and Personal Finance/Economic Issues links on this website for further information on these topics). See the following (27) websites for helpful voter information:
- New Jersey Legislature-search bills and voting records.
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bills/bills0001.asp
- New Jersey Family Policy Council—learn about NJ bills affecting the family.
http://www.njfpc.org/
- Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs—defends the constitutional rights of people to bear arms and defend themselves.
http://www.anjrpc.org/
- The Conservative Consortium—reporting on what both parties are doing in NJ.
http://www.theconservativeconsortium.com/
- PA General Assembly—search bills and voting record.
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/index.cfm
- Firearms Owners Against Crime-PA Voter's Giudes by County
www.foac-pac.org
- Pennsylvania Family Institute—protect the family.
http://www.pafamily.org/
- American Family Association of Pennsylvania—defending Biblical ethics.
http://www.afaofpa.org/
- New York Assembly—search bills and voting record
http://assembly.state.ny.us/
- American Family Associations of New York—learn about bills affecting the family.
http://www.afany.org/
- New York State Rifle & Pistol Association—defends the constitutional rights of people to bear arms and defend themselves.
http://www.nysrpa.org/
- Open Secrets--Center for Responsive Politics (Find out who is financing your Congressman and President—527’s, PAC’s, Donor lookup, etc.)
www.opensecrets.org
- Money in State Politics-to search for individuals who contributed, click “Explore” and then “State Overviews” and then choose your State and “Contributors” on top.
www.followthemoney.org/index.phtml
- Campaign for Liberty—civil liberties defended.
http://www.campaignforliberty.com/
- Politically Concerned Christians—judges the issues & candidates objectively.
http://www.politically-concerned-christians.org/
- Traditional Values—issues affecting the Family
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/
- Wall Builders—election resources & legal church campaign flyers.
http://www.wallbuilders.com/LIBvote.asp
- The John Birch Society—standing for family and freedom; see candidates rated and false conservatives exposed.
http://www.jbs.org
- The New American—outstanding magazine on-line and hard copy on the issues.
http://www.thenewamerican.com/
- WorldNetDaily—an excellent on-line news site that actually reports what your politicians and government are doing.
http://www.wnd.com/
- Citizens for a responsible Curriculum (CRC)—issues relating to school curriculum.
http://www.mcpscurriculum.com/
- Justice at the Gate—side by side comparison of the Democrats and Republicans platforms in their own words.
http://www.justiceatthegate.org/
- Presidential Report Card (2008) on McCain & Obama - PDF
- YouTube (HYPE) on obamam's positions
http://www.hypemovie.com/index.html
- The Real John McCain?
http://shop.wnd.com/store/item.asp?ITEM_ID=2362
- Christian Citizenship Ministries—black minister (Rev. Steven Louis Craft), an
out-spoken and patriotic minister, teaches why it is important for citizens of the
United States to restore American Jurisprudence to its Biblical foundations and
limit the federal government to its Constitutional boundaries.
http://www.christiancitizenshipministries.com/index.htm
- Bond Action Inc.—founded by Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson and current President--has been created to educate, motivate and rally Americans to greater involvement in the moral, cultural and political issues that threaten our great country.
http://bondaction.org/
What is a Rockefeller Republican or Democrat?
In 1964, Senator Barry Goldwater, a conservative who did not fit the establishment mold, managed to get the GOP presidential nomination. Not only did the Democratic Party work against him, but his own party also worked against him—Nelson Rockefeller, a New York governor and leader of the liberal (secular humanist) establishment wing of the GOP, helped to sabotage Goldwater’s campaign. As a result, Barry Goldwater lost the 1964 election to Lyndon Johnson (Democrat), another big liberal (humanist) who plunged America into the Vietnam War. [It should be noted that President Ronald Reagan [Republican (1981-1989)] rejected the Rockefeller wing of the Republican Party, although he had to work with, promote some of their policies and appoint them to various positions—the reason you have some of your legal rights in the U.S. are a direct result of President Reagan appointing a strict-constructionist judge to the Supreme Court (Justice Antonin Gregory Scalia; Justice Clarence Thomas—another great judge—was appointed by former President George H. W. Bush), signing into law the Equal Access Act to cure anti-religious bigotry by some public school officials, and so on.]
Modern humanists/liberals do not believe in the historic understanding of the Constitution and Bill of Rights and thus the historic meaning of freedom of religion—in other words, you can believe what you want, but cannot practice it or teach religion (Biblical Christianity) to your children!
[It should be noted that the
NJIAT President is not promoting a conspiracy theory, but only pointing out that if
true conservative Republicans, Democrats or third party members do not participate in the primary election and general election then the
humanists will control the
party’s platform and policies--there
will not be a one-world government and one-world religion until the very end when
Satan will be allowed to send strong delusion with miraculous powers (
2 Thessalonians). We only have small attempts by one-worlders to manipulate things--there are
groups and
foundations (see Civic Organizations link for book titled
Foundations of Betrayal) that are trying to undermine this country, Constitution and Bill of Rights and those individuals controlling such groups or foundations should be tried for treason.]
What positions and laws should the Republican, Democrat & Third parties support and not support?
Both major parties should not be promoting or legislating wickedness such as civil unions, gay marriage, gay adoption, abortion, androgyny [ (Rom. 1:26-27); cross-dressing is even condemned (Deut. 22:5)], hate crime laws (a code word for silencing different opinions or restricting or outlawing religious freedom that has already occurred in Canada and many parts of Europe), anti-2nd Amendment laws (the right of self-defense) against law-abiding citizens, anti-military, anti-family [mocking the father’s headship in the family and male’s headship in the church-- the early church did have women deaconesses and elders (mature women/spiritually mature—1 Timothy 5:9-13, Titus 2:3-5, the presbutidas-i.e., women elders); however, the women elders discipled the young women and were under the authority of the male elders and had no authority over the men in the church and were not pastors], oppression of widows, orphans, etc. (James 1:27), exploiting the wage earner/advice to the rich (James 5:4-5), persecuting the Boy Scouts, laws against drilling for oil in our own land, appointing activist/humanist judges who do not believe in the original intent of the Constitution, global warming laws (based on pseudo-science), uncontrollable/unsealed borders with rampant illegal immigration, etc.
Nations will be judged by the Almighty God of the Bible on their anti-Biblical laws legislated in addition to the rejection of the Messiah—
“For all the nations have drunk from the wine of her sexual immorality, and the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality with her. The merchants of the earth have become rich from the power of her luxury. Then I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, so that you don’t participate in her sins and suffer from her plagues. For her sins are piled as high as heaven, and God has remembered her crimes. Do to her as she herself has done. Give her double for her deeds. Mix a double drink for her in the cup she mixed.” [Revelation 18:3-6 (ISV).]
A nation’s culture reflects its worldview (beliefs, values, morals, etc.) A culture is judged on the basis of its laws, which are codified beliefs, values, and morals (Jeremiah 6:22-23; Titus 1:12-13). Pre-Christian Greek and Roman pagan cultures codified anti-biblical laws supporting infanticide, abortion, child abuse and rape, suicide, incest, murder for entertainment, etc. These laws were changed after the Christians became involved in the culture-forming process in the Roman Empire. There are no secular/sacred, nature/grace (Thomas Aquinas), mind/matter (Plato), form/essence (Aristotle) and phenomenal/noumenal (Emmanuel Kant) dichotomies taught in the bible—Christ is Lord over all of life as taught by the Bible and Reformation, which believed in sola scriptura (special revelation) in deciding truth, morals, justice and beauty. Yes, all of life is under the Lordship of Christ—all of life is religious and there is no secular realm. Unfortunately, Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274 A.D.) embraced Aristotle’s philosophy [although his intention was to defend Christianity] and the return of the dichotomistic thought of “Essence/ Form” that became “Grace/ Nature”— reason vs. faith, which was renamed “nature” and “grace”; some things were true according to reason and some things were true according to faith. This is not Biblical. The real debate is between “special revelation” vs. “human reason”, “experience”, etc. in determining truth—one cannot have absolutes without a sovereign God.
(In other words, it was an attempt by the Greek philosophers to reconcile the contradictory philosophies of pre-Socratic philosophers Parmenides (6th-5th century B.C. and “The Father of Rationalism”), which taught:
- Reality is what you think it is (human autonomy, ontological thinking)
- Being is static and eternal—does not move or change, no such thing as rust
- Reality is perfect
- There are no particulars—the car is not separate from the parking lot
- The crippled guy is an illusion; this is what Hinduism--whose origins can be traced to a mysterious tribe of Europeans called the Aryans, who invaded and conquered Northern India between 1500 BC and 500 BC (the light skinned Brahmins of Northern India claim to be their physical and spiritual descendants)--Zen Buddhism, Christian Science Church teach; that is--there is no evil, there is no pain, there is no death, reality is an illusion, etc. and,
Heraclitus (6th-5th century B.C. and “The Father of Empiricism” and “Skepticism”), which taught:
- Knowledge is related strictly to the senses—it comes by way of the senses (touch, taste, smell, hear and feel)
- Knowledge is reduced to things experienced from the five senses
- No such thing as being
- Everything is changing (in flux)—nothing remains the same
- Change is real; permanence is an illusion1
1Dr. Robert A. Morey, “The Ancient Philosophers,” A Modern Day Apologist, A Collection of Classics 1972 to 2007, 35th Anniversary Anthology (Christian Scholars Press) pages 271-283. <www.faithdefenders.com >
[For further information on Greek philosophy (Natural Theology), see the Apologetics link on this website. Apostle Paul was hostile and caustic towards Greek philosophy, “See to it that no one enslaves you through philosophy and empty deceit according to human tradition, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ” (Colossians 2:8, ISV).]
Both Parmenides and Heraclitus’s philosophies were failures and all subsequent philosophies thereafter except Biblical Christianity (special revelation). Absolute idealism does not correspond to experience, which is the final test. Pour hot water on an idealist who says there is no pain and you will discover there is pain. Also, if every thing is one, perfect, and all is God, where did evil come from? Senses are not trustworthy either and hence you end up with no knowledge. Individuals (adhering to empiricism) are assuming that only thru your senses you can have knowledge and they realize you cannot have certain knowledge because one’s senses can be unreliable like looking at an oar in the water—to be certain there that there is no certain knowledge is self-refuting
Aquinas opened the door for secular humanism to take over politics, ethics, science, Western philosophy, art, and theology in Europe and America. This is why the secular humanists want to root out all sacred symbols from our society such as “In God we trust” on our coins. Also, American Christians developed an inward focus on personal piety—as a result of the Fundamentalist-Liberal debate in the 1920’s--to the exclusion of any concern for the culture-forming process. (This extreme separationism was in clear violation of Apostle Paul’s explicit statements in I Cor. 5:9-13.) It is sad that many so-called Christians in the 21st century would not know a Christian World and Life View if it bit them on the “ASS”.
What about U.S. Citizens who have different faiths?
It is in the best interest for any U.S. citizen no matter what their religious background is (Hindu, Sikh, Muslim, Skeptic, Jew, liberal Protestant, Catholic, etc.) to vote for candidates that stand for a biblical worldview mentioned above because it will guarantee your religious freedom and rights granted to you under the Constitution and Bill of Rights. Promoting secular humanism (man is the measure of all things and there are no absolutes—everything is relative) and voting for humanist politicians will guarantee the elimination of your freedoms and bring judgment on this nation! A quote from Charles Dickens in 1845 about the Protestant Swiss canton influence on economics and politics between nations:
On the Protestant side, neatness, cheerfulness, industry, education, continued aspiration after better things. On the Catholic side, dirt, disease, ignorance, squalor and misery. I have so constantly observed the like of this since I first came abroad, that I have a sad misgiving that the religion of Ireland lies at the root of all its sorrows.
Note: The 1960’s hippies (which were called by the Sheriff’s Officers, who worked in the Hunterdon County jail located in NJ in the 1960’s & 70’s, “simple-minded hippies”—the county jails were under the Sheriff’s Dept. at that time) who promoted so-called love (unauthorized nooki before marriage & other forms of immorality) over war did not understand the definition of love. Love rejoices in truth according to the Apostle and the word “truth” defined biblically is used in its ethical sense of “righteousness according to God’s law.” It means “Right or True living” (1 John 1:6; 3 John 3, 4).
What about the State’s authority over citizens? A summary extracted from The Encyclopedia of Practical Christianity, page 504, by Dr. Robert A. Morey about the State’s authority over citizens:
- All authority resides in God (Dan. 4:28-37; Matt. 28-18).
- All human authority is delegated authority, which means God will hold the person or institution accountable to Him for how they used their authority (Rev. 20:11-5).
- No person or institution has absolute or intrinsic authority by God (John 19:10-11).
- God’s delegated authority is only valid to leaders according to Scriptural guidelines and functions within Scriptural limits.
- The Scriptures recognize four (4) sovereign spheres of authority
- Church (1Thess. 5:12-13; Heb. 13:17, 24 etc.)
- State (Rom. 13:1-7; 1 Pet. 2:13-17 etc.)
- Family (Eph. 5:22-29; Eph. 6:1-4, etc.)
- Business (Eph. 6:5-9; 1 Pet. 2:18-19, etc.)
The spheres might interact with each other, but should never invade each other in order to take authority which God delegated to the different spheres. One example, the State should not be dictating to the church what it can preach or believe in—the State has delegated and limited authority by God in Scripture (Rom. 13::1-7).
Note: A legitimate government (per Bible) could be a Constitutional Republic, Parliamentary Republic, Monarchy, etc. However, a civil government becomes illegitimate and tyrannical (per Bible) when it takes control of all life. Examples of tyranny in a government when its leaders controls or denies the following:
- Freedom of religion;
- Free speech;
- Lawful assembly;
- The right of self-defense (not allowing ownership of firearms--gun confiscation or very restrictive control);
- Private property, etc.
This is why a foreign policy of promoting Democracy is a farce. This country (USA) is a Republic and not a Democracy. Democracies usually will not work in other countries such as the Middle East unless the society adopts a Biblical Protestant/Calvinist worldview. Otherwise the citizens of a country will elect leaders who will deny those rights that the United States enjoys because they are electing people based on their worldview—our government should be promoting or demanding the above mentioned rights are granted to citizens of every nation as basic human rights, not that they have a Democracy. Western Europe, Australia and Canada are Democratic nations, but this is what has happened in these countries:
- Persecuting people of the Christian faith (Germany arrested Christian parents for home schooling their children);
- Hate crime laws (silencing free speech such as religious teachings against homosexuality);
- Canada, Australia and Sweden have already arrested Christian pastors for speaking out against homosexuality and other religions;
- Japan is a police state;
- Confiscation of firearms from law-abiding citizens that want to protect themselves from criminals or an evil government (in Africa, Western and Eastern European countries millions of innocent citizens have died because of gun confiscation—see 2nd Amendment link on website) and so on.
Wow, Democracy has really brought freedom in these secular humanist nations! Of course, it is better than communism (an evil system), but Western Europe is heading towards or is already an anti-God, socialist police state because they have rejected Biblical Protestant Christianity. [Two recommended books on this subject: 1. When is it Right to Fight by Dr. Robert A. Morey 2. A Christian View of Men and Things, by Dr. Gordon H. Clark
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