I was listing to a sermon just now. I have heard him before. I have to say not much has changed. This preacher was reading verse by verse. Nothing wrong with that. However, often he would comment on a verse and say "I don't know." One time he said someone else may know better.

If you don't know something and you are in a position of teaching, ministers and preachers are in such a position, you need to step aside and let someone who knows the subject teach. Then you need to learn and study in order to be able to teach what it is you need to teach.

This preacher, saying I don't know, has made me want to go somewhere else. As for the subject he was teaching, I do know better. And some of the stuff this preacher was saying is wrong. I wonder how God will judge him for preaching incorrectly.

Know your subject before you teach. Ask God for guidance and if you should truly be a minister of God's word.

The more I study God's word, and evaluate the events going on in the world, the more I can see how things are coming together.

Today I was studying the Antichrist. The first thing you should know is that the Antichrist will not be revealed until after the rapture of Christians. So if you know who the Antichrist is, then you have been left behind.

The time the Antichrist comes to power is during a time of great chaos. He will make a treaty with the Muslims and Israel. The beginning of his rule will be a time of peace. In order for the Antichrist to come to power, Christians have to be taken from this world and the the world has to be in great chaos.

This sounds like another believed persona, the Mahdi. According to Muslim beliefs, the Mahdi will come to rule the world in a time of world chaos to bring peace and deal with Israel. The reason Christians are being persecuted so fervently is because it works to Muslim advantage. by hastening the return of the Mahdi.

Part of Muslim belief is to kill everyone who does not convert to Islam. The Antichrist will persecute and destroy Christians and Jews. Part of the Antichrist's plans is to convert the world to his worship and kill everyone who refuses to convert.

The more I study about the Antichrist, the more it correlates with Muslim beliefs and what they are doing today.

Is it Biblical? That is what we need to ask ourselves these days. At work there was a commercial being played on a repeated loop with other commercials. In this one commercial showed an active x-ray screen with two skeletons making out. Then the two skeletons walk out to the side revealing two women. (Promoting homosexuality.) Next it shows two more skeletons dancing then they too walk out revealing a Hispanic man and black woman. (Promoting race mixing.) Then two more skeletons playing before walking out revealing two children. (Promoting friendship.)

The commercial also has a crowd of people watching this and cheering after the reveal. The lack woman narrates talking about how everyone is the same and something about love.

If you look at this from a Biblical perspective you will know this commercial is bad.

In Leviticus 20:13 "'If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads."'

Homosexuality is an offense to God and against the natural order.

In Deuteronomy 7:3 You must not intermarry with them. Do not let your daughters and sons marry their sons and daughters.

God made the different races and separated them by placing them in the far corners of the Earth. Clearly it is not God's intention for different races to intermarry with each other.

However, the last part of the commercial shows friendship. Throughout the bible you will find many different aspects of people interacting with each other and forming friendships. Friendship is acceptable.

We Christians are being persecuted in almost every country. Even in America, Christians are being persecuted.

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God’s design

When God created Adam and Eve, He created them as one man and one woman. The Bible states God created them both male and female. Genesis 2:24: Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. This verse is clear about marriage. God says the man will be joined to his wife; singular, only one wife not wives, and in so doing sets the standard of marriage being only ONE MAN and ONE WOMAN.

There are no other definitions in the Bible for marriage; this is it, one man and one woman. I have always believed this. The best definition of marriage is: Marriage is where one man and one woman of the same people come together under God’s grace in total love and commitment towards each other to bring about and raise the next generation, establishing social order and the societal structure.

This definition conveys marriage as being a permanent union between one man and one woman of the same people, to provide for the procreation and raising of children, serving as principle building block of society. As a lifelong union marriage positively channels sexual and emotional energy. Marriage also serves as a picture of His relationship with His people here on Earth; Christ’s relationship with the church.

This lifelong commitment can be found in Matthew 19:8-9: “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery: and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery.”

Additionally we find the one man and one woman design for marriage in Mark 10:11-12: So He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her. And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”

Adultery is when two people have sexual relations and one or both are married but not to each other. In these two verses, God is clearly stating the original marriage is still in effect; it never ended, marriage is for life. These two verses further illustrate God does not approve of married men and women to ‘marry’ additional spouses. These verses do support the ONE MAN and ONE WOMAN definition of marriage set forth in the Old Testament.

Another verse we read in 1 Corinthians 7:2-4: Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. Let the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband. This verse shows, in addition to the one man and one woman design of marriage, how the husband and wife are to treat each other to produce spiritual unity.

God gives us guidelines on where to look for a spouse.

Leviticus 21:14: “A widow or a divorced woman or a defiled woman or a harlot—these he shall not marry; but he shall take a virgin of his own people as wife.”

1 Kings 11:2: …the Lord had said… “You shall not intermarry with them, nor they with you.”

God never intended there to be marriages between the different people groups. Looking at the key words of this verse ‘a virgin of his (or her) own people’ we see God intends for the man and woman getting married are to remain virgins unto marriage. And with the aforementioned verses, the husband and wife are to stay committed to each other.

Additionally as parents, we are told not to allow our children to marry outside our own people. Deuteronomy 7:3: “You shall not intermarry with them, giving your daughters to their sons or taking their daughters for your sons.”

It is clear God never intended for different people to intermarry. God gave us these commandments in order for us to remain pure. These Old Testament verses are very relevant today. We need to apply these commandments to ourselves regardless of heritage. With countries becoming more and more diverse with different people groups, God’s commandments are even more important today.

Other important verses regarding who to marry can be found in 2 Corinthians 6:14-15: Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? These verses refer to having the same faith when you get married. Believers in these verses refer to Christians, and unbelievers refer to all other beliefs. This also means not  be doing dating and marriage evangelism which does not work. Many people have tried evangelism by dating and marriage, and have found it does not work. Dating and marriage evangelism is where a Christian dates or marries a non-Christian expecting them to convert to Christianity.

As husband and wife, God commanded “to be fruitful and multiply.” (Genesis 1:28). As parents we are to raise our children. We are to teach them, preparing them to enter the world on their own. Proverbs 22:6: Direct your children onto the right path, and when they are older, they will not leave it. NLT

Children being raised by both parents together are learning how to relate to each other. Their parents show them every day, both in the home and in public, with every person they encounter how to be social. When parents teach their children, their children are eager to learn. Children put into practice what they learn at the playground, at school, when in public, and as they get older, children will refine their interpersonal skills with friends and work. These interpersonal skills are first formed in the home. Without the parents, children will have no identity.

Dating is best defined as a man and woman getting to know each other as they evaluate each other for consideration for marriage.

Persecution is alive and growing more intense in America. The persecution of the church in America started subtle. Over the years as more and more people became accustomed to people's sinful ways, persecution moved from the background to the forefront.

Don't be deceived, with laws being enacted to destroy marriage, lawsuits against Cristian businesses and churches, more Christians are becoming accepting of sin. Do not be silenced. We must stand against these evil acts or suffer the consequences. Don't compromise on the word of God. No not one part of the word of God should be abandoned.

The one who is victorious will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out the name of that person from the book of life, but will acknowledge that name before my Father and his angels. Revelation 3:5

Do you follow the law or not? A friend told me what happened one saturday in June.

Saturday, the end of June 2014, my friend (let's call him Mike), was on his way to work when a cop pulled him over. The cop said he pulled Mike over because the cop thinks Mike missed his turn. Mike did not miss his turn. Mike turned onto the street he intended. Mike signaled at the proper time, moved into the turn lane correctly, stopped and waited until it was safe to turn. (picture of turn lane)

The cop looked at Mike's registration and insurance and said it was all good. Then the cop said he will be right back and Mike could be on his way if everything checks out. Having being a law abiding citizen, (statically most drivers follow traffic regulations everyday) Mike expected to be on his way. However Mike could see in the rear view mirror the cop putting on gloves. This did not look good to Mike, (as he puts it). The cop came up, asked Mike to step out of the car, and then proceeded to arrest Mike. Mike asked the cop what for, and the cop said there is a warrant out for Mike. This was news to Mike. So far Mike has never committed any crimes, and never been taken to court as a defendant in any lawsuit.

Mike was expecting to be on his way but this was not looking good. The cop said hopefully we can clear this up so Mike can be on his way, however, the cop looked at his computer and said it was all valid and Mike was going to jail. The cop told Mike that the warrant was for missing a court date in October 2013. This was the first time Mike was hearing about this. Understandabily Mike was so mad.

How can this be? Shouldn't there have been advanced notice made so Mike could prepare a defense prior to the court date?

Mike asked him and the cop said "being arrested is him serving that notice to show up in court last year". The cop said that getting arrested was their way of being officially served notice to show up in court back in October 2013. Then the cop wrote up a traffic ticket for 'driving in lanes of traffic'.

Well in any other state there is a requirement to personally serve papers, such as a summons, on a defendant in advance of any court hearing, but not in Colorado. Apparently in Colorado there is no law like that. What Colorado did was to hold the court hearing and render a warrant for Mike's arrest completely without his knowledge.

The cop also went into Mike's car and took his wallet and went through it. The cop found Mike's mint condition 1974 $2 bill he's had had for years. Many of you get change back at the store or bank where you are handed paper money that looks like it was just printed. This $2 bill was like that. They told Mike they had to tow his vehicle, but it would not be a problem for him to get it back. They did not tell Mike they were going to charge hundreds of dollars.

Advice for all you drivers out there. If you are pulled over, make sure you stop your vehicle in a public parking lot. The police will tell you you can get your vehicle back 'no problem', however, they won't tell you the problem will be you have to pay them. In Colorado Springs, as many of you may know from the news report years ago, the city has been unable to pay their electric bills, the city and county governments are poor and will try to get money from people any way they can, regardless of what you think is fair.

When Mike was released from jail they did not return the $2 bill. Mike asked them for his money back, and they stated they do not return money. This really angered Mike. After all that happened so far, just the way the courts work in Colorado, El Paso County keeping his money made Mike want to move.


Since Mike was released on bail he still does not know what this case is about. He does not even know what crime they are charging him with.  As of Thursday 3 July 2014, Mike has been notified the hearing has been moved to August 13, 2014. Mike hopes to get a public defender, but it turns out in Colorado you need to pay them a fee just to be considered, even then they don't guarantee you will be represented. Looks as if this is another effect of the poor local government situation.

7 July 2014, Mike went to the courthouse and was able to see, not get copies of the information, concerning this case. It was all on computers, and these computers are slow. Mike was allowed only a few minutes of use which limited him from finding out any pertinent information. However, he was able to find out who the judge that signed the order for the warrant is. That judge is Jayne Candea-Ramsey.

Hearing this, I am glad not to be living in Colorado Springs. I do hope Mike will be able to clear his name. What we do know is Mike is innocent and was put in jail. How many other innocent people are in jail in Colorado for lack of laws mandating advance notice being make on defendants?

Regardless where you live, this is just one reason you should be involved in your government. Your government is there to serve you. Make them accountable.

If you are looking at getting a move on in this life, look at history. Last night I went to see a new movie titled America: Imagine the world without her.

Being a businessman and having traveled some of the world, watching this movie I found in myself a renewed sense. If you are looking at getting ahead in this life, this movie will show you how many people in history have achieved such success. The movie explores how people and nations get ahead and become successful. If you have children, I assume you want them to have the best in life. Then you would want your children to see this movie. They will learn what it takes to be successful.