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Truth On The Web
An E-zine For The Church Of God
Issue Date: 12/16/06
Informing and edifying the people of God on topics of interest such as
the United Nations, the NWO, the ecumenical movement, the feminizing of
God, the apostate church(es), notable quotations, historical events and
other relevant and sometimes irrelevant subjects which otherwise
"eclipse" the truth. Jeremiah 10:2 Thus saith the LORD,
Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of
heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. -- Electronic
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Babel Babble
The movie "Babel" led its competition with seven Golden Globe
nominations, including best dramatic picture.
The movie focuses on the separation of people by continents, cultures
and languages. It contains graphic nudity, violence and language and
will not make good Christian fare for sure.
Peter Rainer, film critic of The Christian Science Monitor, wrote:
'"Babel" is as pretentious as its title. Loosely designed as a modern
version of the story of the Tower of Babel, it might more accurately
have been called Babble. Not only is there a surfeit of scenes with
people talking and talking; there are four separate narratives that are
supposed to interlock, but never really do."
Sandrine Marques (critic on Plume Noire -translated into English by
Anji Milanovic) wrote: "A pure screenwriter film, Babel sins
precisely through its artificial device and its permanent blackmail of
emotion. Too manufactured, the writing compartmentalizes the humanistic
and political propositions and reduces the film to a simple stylistic
demonstration. Nonetheless the film knows how to be loved, and won't
let go of your hand, for fear that you miss the moral of the story. In
other words, the masterly proof of incommunicability and intolerance
among people. ... Pontificating to the extreme, Babel
does not need divine intervention to see its beautiful work bury
itself: it crumbles right under our impotent eyes."
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Greeks & Romans
The leader of all the Greek Orthodox and the leader of the Roman
Catholics met this week at the Vatican. The historic ecu-meeting
between Archbishop Christodoulos and Benedict XVI affirmed the
collaboration of the two churches. The Greek Archbishop asked the Pope
to return a piece of the Parthenon held in the Vatican Museums and the
Pontiff said he would consider the request. The two worshipped together
and jointly declared to work toward unity, to defend “the Christian
roots of the European continent” and called on scientists to respect
human life “from conception to natural death." Their joint
statement said, “We believe that all religions have a particular role
to play in preserving world peace and that these [religions] should not
develop into breeding grounds for intolerance and violence.”
Benedict XVI called for growth in "pastoral collaboration." He said,
"Catholics and Orthodox are called to offer their cultural and, above
all, their spiritual contribution. They have the duty to defend the
Christian roots of the Continent (Europe), which have forged it in the
course of the centuries ..."
Christodoulos flattered the Pope saying, "We come to visit the eminent
theologian and university professor, the assiduous researcher of
ancient Greek thought and of the Greek Fathers of the East; but
also the visionary of Christian
unity and cooperation of religions
to ensure the peace of the whole world."
Christodoulos pointed out “the need for collaboration of religions, and
not only between the Christian churches.”
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Eastern Vatican?
A press release posted on PRWEB said that the 'Committee to Save Mt.
Zion' is warning the public that "the Mt. Zion complex in Jerusalem
may be handed over to the Vatican as a political gift to the Pope,
ending Jewish sovereignty to the Tomb of King David, a traditional site
of pilgrimage for persons of all religions and backgrounds; the
Catholic Church has been seeking ownership of the location since 1920."
The statement said, in part :"We speak for Jews, Protestants and even
Muslims that all revere the site as a place of pilgrimage, we don't
want the Catholic Church to seize what has been a site of pilgrimage
and turn it into the Eastern Vatican," said, Rick Halpern, a developer
who is voluntarily working to restore major adjoining areas of Mt.
Zion. He added, "We are having emergency meetings with members of the
Jerusalem City Council, and we will use all democratic and legal means
to oppose any agreement with the Vatican over the area in, around, or
above the traditional Tomb of King David."
On the Net: Download this press
release as an Adobe PDF document.
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Historical Happenings
December 10
1520 - German reformer Martin
Luther publicly burned Pope Leo X's bull, "Exsurge Domine," which had
demanded that Luther recant his "protestant" heresies, including that
of justification by faith alone rather than through purchased
indulgences or other papal favors
1593 - Italian archaeologist Antonio Bosio first descended into the
subterranean Christian burial chambers, located under the streets of
Rome. Bosio was dubbed the "Columbus of the Catacombs," and his books
long remained the standard work on the underground tombs of the early
Roman Church
1854 - The second construction of the structure known as St Paul's
Outside the Walls was consecrated. The church is one of four major
basilicas in Rome. The original edifice was erected by Roman emperor
Constantine in 324, and rebuilt as a larger basilica in the late fourth
century by the Emperor Honorius (395)
1898 - Spanish-American War ends; US acquires Philippines, PR & Guam
1926 - Part 2 of Hitler's Mein Kampf published [reputedly written by a
Jesuit and not Hitler himself]
1948 - UN General Assembly adopts Universal Declaration of Human Rights
1963 - Zanzibar becomes independent within British Commonwealth
December 11
0384 - Damasus I ends his
reign as Catholic Pope
1419 - 'Heretic' Nicolaas Serrurier exiled from Florence
1524 - Henry Van Zutphen, Dutch protestant martyr, burned at stake
1620 - 103 Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock (12/21 NS)
1640 - English Puritans introduced the "Root and Branch" petition to
the Long Parliament in London. It demanded the English episcopacy,
"with all its dependencies, roots and branches, be abolished." (The
imagery comes from Malachi 4:1.)
1931 - British Statute of Westminster gives complete legislative
independence to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland,
Newfndlnd
1937 - Italy withdraws from League of Nations
1941 - Germany & Italy declare war on US
1946 - UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) established (Nobel 1965)
1975 - The Central American Mission changed its name to CAM
Intentional, after expanding its missionary efforts into Latin America.
(This evangelical mission group was founded in 1890 by C.I. Scofield,
editor of the Scofield Bible.)
1981 - UN Sec Council chose Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru as 5th
Secretary-General
1983 - 1st visit to Lutheran church by a pope (John Paul II in Rome)
December 12
1098 - 1st Crusaders capture
and plunder Mara, Syria
1479 - Jews are expelled from Schlettstadt Alsace by Emperor Frederick
III
1524 - Pope Clement VII approves Organization of Jewish Community of
Rome
1666 - The Moscow Council deposed Russian Orthodox Patriarch Nikon, 61.
The church synod had sought to bring an end to the struggle between
Czar Alexis and Patriarch Nikon, but the antagonism, begun as a call
for liturgical reform, ultimately grew into a struggle over the
relationship between church and state.
1712 - The South Carolina colony passed a "Sunday Law" requiring
"all...persons whatsoever" to attend church each Sunday, to refrain
from skilled labor, and to do no traveling by horse or wagon beyond the
necessary. Infractions of this law were met with a 10-shilling fine
and/or a two-hour lockup in the village stocks. For more on Sunday law
see Sabbath Commandment Vs Sunday Law at http://www.truthontheweb.org/sunday.htm
1769 - Pope Clement XIV proclaims a universal jubilee
1791 - Bank of the US opens
1800 -Washington DC established as capitol of US
1808 - The Bible Society of Philadelphia was organized, the first of
its kind in America. Rev. William White was elected first president of
the new organization, whose purpose it was to promote and distribute
the Scriptures.
1932 - USSR & China resume diplomatic relations
1946 - UN accepts 6 Manhattan blocks as a gift from John D Rockefeller
Jr
1959 - UN Committee on Peaceful Use of Outer Space is established
1963 - Kenya gains independence from Britain (National Day)
1974 - Pope Paul VI announced his intention of canonizing Elizabeth Ann
Bayley Seton (1774-1821), who had founded the first free Catholic
school in the U.S. as well as the religious order known as the Sisters
of Charity of St. Joseph.
December 13
1204 - Death of Maimonides
(Moses ben Maimon), 69, medieval Jewish scholar and author. His
greatest writing, "Guide of the Perplexed" (1190) attempted to
harmonize Aristotelian philosophy with rabbinic Judaism.
1294 - Pope Coelestinus V dies
1545 - Council of Trent (19th ecumenical council) opens (by Pope Paul
III )
1621 - Emperor Ferdinand II delegates 1st anti-Reformation decree
1843 - "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens published, 6,000 copies
sold. An obvious attempt to eradicate the last anti-catholic sentiments
by endearing people to a Catholic created holiday.
1920 - League of nations (precursor to the UN) establishes Intl Court
of Justice in The Hague
December 14
0867 - Adrian II begins his
reign as Catholic Pope
0872 - Adrian II, Italian Pope (867-72)/last married pope, dies at
about 80
0872 - John VIII begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1799 - George Washington dies at Mt Vernon VA, at 67
1946 - UN General Assembly votes to establish UN HQs in NYC
1950 - UN General Assembly establishes High Comm for Refugees (Nobel
1954)
December 15
0687 - Sergius I begins his
reign as Catholic Pope
1124 - Chancellor Haimeric selects pope (Lamberto becomes Honorius II)
1558 - Dutch Anabaptist reformer Menno Simons wrote in a letter: 'Wherever there is a
pulverized and penitent heart, there grace also is, and wherever there
is a voluntary confession not gained by pressure, there love covereth a
multitude of sins.'
1791 - Bill of Rights ratified when Virginia gave its approval
1918 - American Jewish Congress holds it's 1st meeting
1961 - Adolf Eichmann convicted of crimes against humanity in Israel
1973 - US Psychiatrist say homosexuals are not mentally ill
1990 - More than 400 American Roman Catholic theologians charged that
the Vatican had been throttling church reforms and imposing "an
excessive Roman centralization." They contended that the Vatican had
undercut a greater role for women, slowed the ecumenical drive for
Christian unity and undermined the collegial functioning of national
conferences of bishops.
December 16
0882 - John VIII dies -ending
his reign as Catholic Pope
0882 - Marinus I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1538 - King Francois I orders renewed pursuit of Protestants
1631 - Mount Vesuvius, Italy erupts, destroys 6 villages & kills
4,000.
1719 - Adrian "Aart" van Wijck, Dutch theologist (anti-jansenism), dies
at 78
1773 - Boston Tea Party, a group of Massachusetts colonists disguised
as Mohawk Indians board three British tea ships, and dump 342 chests of
tea into the harbor. The British had legally given the East India
Company a monopoly on the American tea trade by greatly lowering its
tea tax. Many colonists viewed the act as another example 'taxation
without representation'.
1893 - Anton Dvorak's "New World Symphony" premieres
1915 - Albert Einstein publishes his "General Theory of Relativity"
1916 - Grigori Rasputin, a powerful Russian monk, murdered
1969 - Brit House of Commons votes 343-185 abolishing the death penalty
1976 - Andrew Young named Ambassador & Chief US Delegate to UN
1976 - Government halts swine flu vaccination program following reports
of paralysis
1978 - Ronald Reagan denounces President Jimmy Carter's recognition of
China PR
1991 - UN reverses 1975 ruling that Zionism is racism by 111-25 (13
abstain) vote
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Great White Buffalo
The Woodland Zoo in Farmington, Pa.,will be hosting a naming ceremony
December 23rd for the rare white buffalo born on the site this past
November 12th. Many Native American tribes will have representatives
present. One expert said that a white buffalo was a one in 10 million
occurrence but it seems to be getting more frequent than that estimate.
There are several white buffalo presently alive in the US including
seven on one breeding ranch in Arizona.
White Buffalo are considered to be sacred signs in several Native
American religions, and thus have great spiritual importance in those
cultures, and are visited for prayer and other religious ceremonies.
They believe the birth of a white buffalo is a sign of the return of a
prophetess called the White Buffalo Calf Woman who carries the message
:"Have communication with the Creator through prayer with clear intent
for Peace, Harmony and Balance for all life living in the Earth
Mother."
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Out of the Closet Pastor
Another evangelical pastor admits homosexuality and abdicates his
position in Colorado church. Paul Barnes (54), the founding pastor of
Grace Chapel in Englewood, had a video tape played for his congregation
in which he confessed that he had engaged in homosexual sex and was
stepping down. According to Associated Press, Barnes told his
congregation that he has struggled with homosexuality since childhood
and often "cried myself to sleep, begging God to take this away."
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WCG Allows Women Pastors
After nearly three years of effort, a ten part study paper series and a
27 minute video, the apostate WCG's Pastor-General, Joseph Tkach Jr,
has announced that women may be appointed as elders and pastors. "Just
as Paul counseled slaves to be obedient without endorsing slavery
itself, he counseled women to be submissive in Ephesus without
intending to make that social situation permanent. Just as we accept
his policies about widows (1 Tim. 5:3-16) as temporary, so we accept
his policies about women in church leadership as temporary." The new
doctrine concluded that "based on local circumstances and an
individual’s characteristics, women may be ordained as elders and
appointed as pastors."
On The Net: http://www.wcg.org/women.htm
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Is One Just As Good As Another ? [submitted by Sam &
Faye Stamper, MI]
When you were seeking a wife or husband --Was one just as good as
another?
When you last called the doctor --Was one just as good as another?
When he gave you a dose of medicine --Was one just as good as another?
When the pharmacist filled your prescription --Was one ingredient just
as good as another?
When you paid the cashier --Was one amount just as good as another?
When you took your wife to the hospital --Was one baby just as good as
another?
When the Realtor handed you a deed Was one just as good as another?
When the bank gave you your statement --Was one as good as another?
When you got into your car --Was one just as good as another?
When you caught a bus or train --Was one just as good as another?
When you go to church -- Is one day just as good as another?
When Christ shed His blood for His church (The Church of God) --How can
another be as good as it?
Author Unknown
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Poet's Corner
This is My Son
This is my Son, In whom I’m well pleased
Listen to Him and do not be grieved,
“Keep my commands, Believe what I say
He is The Light, The Truth and The Way”
What is a man? He’s merely a breath
The wages of sin is ending in death
Divided from God, The serpent had schemed,
He had thought man could not be redeemed
Thus entered sin and sorrow and pain
Yet a’fore all, The Lamb He was slain
Jesus paid all thus healing the rift
Obedience our duty - Life is His gift
This is my Son, in whom I’m well-pleased
The gates of hell – the keys He has seized.
He conquered all – the last which is death
So heed my commands for they’re not requests.
© 2006 Kenneth M. Hoeck
Truth On The Web
Ministries
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Truth Tracts and XMAS File Links
A couple of our TRUTH TRACTS © are helping people
understand the truth about Christmas and its origins. Just follow the
instructions on printing and assembling these little witnessing tools
at http://www.truthontheweb.org/tracts.htm.
"Was Jesus Born On Dec 25th" MS WORD DOC http://www.truthontheweb.org/dec25.doc
PDF DOC http://www.truthontheweb.org/dec25.pdf
"The Truth About Christmas" MS WORD DOC http://www.truthontheweb.org/xmas.doc
PDF DOC http://www.truthontheweb.org/xmas.pdf
Some pages you can read online or print about Christmas and its
pagan origins:
The X-Mas Files Vol 1 at http://www.truthontheweb.org/xmasvol1.htm
The X-Mas Files Vol 2 at http://www.truthontheweb.org/xmasvol2.htm
The X-Mas Files Vol 3 at http://www.truthontheweb.org/xmasvol3.htm
The X-Mas Files Vol 4 at http://www.truthontheweb.org/xmasvol4.htm
The X-Mas Files Vol 5 at http://www.truthontheweb.org/xmasvol5.htm
Christmas: The Greatest Story Never Told at http://www.truthontheweb.org/chrismas.htm
[by Harold Cormany of Herald
Ministries]
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