What utter and complete blasphemy. May the Lord reveal Himself to you and open your eyes to the idol you have created and now worship. May He remove the veil of ignorance that you blissfully revel in but that holds your soul in condemnation.
Editors’ Note: We of God’s Truly Chosen Elect don’t have idols you know.
Part of the ‘inner reflex’ is Centering Prayer is letting go. For 20 minutes twice a day, it’s a continuous letting go of thoughts and emotions that well up inside – kind of like a fisherman catching fish but not to eat – just for fun. He’s sitting in a boat (the mind) and his pole rests in the water (the field of consciousness). Little fish (thoughts, ideas, emotions) come up and nibble on the line (ordinary awareness) – the fisherman doesn’t shoot the fish with a revolver or cut the line. Instead, he pulls the little fish up, but doesn’t keep them in the boat – it’s catch & release.
Catch and release, catch and release, gently, graciously – because you recognize that even the lake is situated in a much larger ecosystem (God). You can let go because the earth is abundant; you will be fed. Centering Prayer is a journey of trust in God, even on the unconscious level, where all kind of mis-trustful thoughts bubble up to the surface. The life centered in surrender to & trust in God is a life of profound peace and productivity – and our Scriptures attest, in a myriad of ways, that such trust (faith) ‘pleases God.’ But when we’re faced with the disturbing truths that Brueggemann elucidates – God’s irascibility for instance – what do we do?
There are two ways to do handle this. One is the way of definitive, forceful – almost violent – denial that there is (or has ever been) anything troubling in God’s character or actions. It’s the route of trusting God via suppression.
But there is another route – more painful, more adult, more complex – but I think it can still end in deeply-rooted, childlike trust. It’s a path that I’ve learned from many guides over the years, including Bruggie Baby (sorry for the familiarity, but it’s really hard typing his name over and over again), Meister Eckhart, the Jewish scholar Richard Elliot Friedman in The Hidden Face of God, Jack Miles in his Christ: A Crisis in the Life of God, ‘deeper life’ missionary and teacher Norman Grubb, and the process theologians that Tripp Fuller is getting me to read (like his professor Philip Clayton of Transforming Theology) or listen to & he and Chad Crawford’s uber-awesome podcast Homebrewed Christianity – all refined in the daily, simple crucible (quite actually) of centering prayer as taught by Contemplative Outreach and particularly Cynthia Bourgeault. (Did you read that paragraph, Ken Silva? It was practically tailor-written for you, LOL. If you don’t write about me, Discernmentalist Mafia will!)
My fellow colleague in discernmentalizations Dr. Truthslayer has this to add about Mike’s Emergent Romanism:
ODMafia went on the prowl….we sent our research robot monkeys behind the scenes to find the authentic Emergent Church (EC). …What did we find?….Among other things that have been discovered (as suggested in previous posts)….we spotted couches, candles and sometimes left-over coffee cups (often left in the recycled bin which suggests that they are Earth worshipers). Surely this has new age undertones.
Anyways, we all know with Absolute Certainty that candles in church=Romanism. And that’s Mike Morrell, a Romanist—we have Absolute Proof:
Mike Morrell caught sinning by drinking alcohol and with the Pope at that.
Mike Morrell exposed as a Romanist/Papist pope and idol worshipping heretic.
Olive Tree Ministries (OTM)apparently likes to report on high profile people such as Jim Wallis.
Wallis was quoted as saying “In those red letters, Jesus calls us away from the consumerist values that dominate contemporary American consciousness.” Of course this is wrong, since the New Testament insists that we collect more and more treasures here on earth.
According to OTM’s insightful “translation” obviously using STRETCH TECHNOLOGY and Eric Bargers Bible Based Satellite System (BS) this means “…he loathes capitalism and opts for socialism and/or communism.” Remember, we discernmentalists think like a binary computer. It’s either “A” or “B”….never something else.
We opt for unbridled and unfettered capitalism without restraint…because it is biblical!We don’t care how our products are made….or who makes them….or suffers in the process. We encourage corporations to dump PCBs in local rivers and lay-off tens of thousands so that CEO’s can make that extra 10 million dollar bonus. This is the Christian way, the better way! Its the American Gospel.
Remember ““Blessed are the very rich in pocket and those that work hard to get ahead, and pull up their own socks, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”
At the ODMafia, let us do the discernmentalizing for you! Just remember, store up those treasures on Earth folks!
Todd Friel, Wiley Drake and Brannon Howse lead the rally. GOIPers and fellow discernnmentalists hear the battle call. We who hold Jesus—- the King James Bible AV1611—the Absolute Truth in our hands have a duty to pray against ungodly rulers and our enemies—because this is what Jesus wants:
The Bible is Jesus/God—this is the Absolute Truth, which God’s True Elect know with Absolute Certainty—so therefore when Jesus (the King James Bible AV1611) says in Psalm 1o9:8-15:
8 Let his days be few; and let another take his office. 9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. 10 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places. 11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour. 12 Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children. 13 Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out. 14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. 15 Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
We know with Absolute Certainty that these verses refer to Obama and are God Jesus’ Absolute Will and Decree for him from the foundation of the world. Afterall the mark of a True Christian is to quote-mine, prooftext, pick and choose or cheery pick random verses from the bible as a means of sound bite Theology. believe God when He speaks in His Word— the King James Bible AV1611 and obey Him and His Word— the King James Bible AV1611.
This then is our Imprecatory Prayer against Obama that God Himself commands all True Believers to pray. Now had one of our own leaders been elected President then everyone must obey Romans 13—but since we have an anti-Christ in the White House then we must pray Imprecatory Prayers until we install Robo-Reagan Ron Luce as Supreme Theocratic Dictator of the World for life—a True tyrant Patriot in the likeness of John Calvin our Final Prophet.
From the podium Wallis shouts against Amerika “We will bury you!!!!”
If not for Olive Tree Ministries (OTM), we are not sure who would lead the naturalized Republicans as Christians and the GODs ONLY INERRENT PARTY (GOIP) to the rescue. Olive Tree notes “I have major issues with what is known as the religious Left. ” Thank-goodness OTM is pointing the finger away!! What we need is less self-criticism.
Here are some of the insidious things OTM found out about these “lefties” : “Jim Wallis is an admitted Socialist and Communist. How’s that for being very up front with you? He was a part of the radical Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) in the 1960s. That organization was always in a rampage and assaulting the police with their Communist agenda.”
Wallis is of course an avowed commie says OTM…and if OTM says it we believe it. He was a “commie” 40 plus years ago….therefore he must be one today! Peoples views, ideas, and thoughts always remain static, unchanged and unmoved for all time!!! Once a commie always a commie. We can bet your bottom dollar that Wallis has visited other communist states like Canada and secretly used its unbiblical universal heath-care system where people are forced by the dictatorial prime minister to be healed. Remember, a commie cannot be a Christian.
If you advocate sharing…you are a commie.
If you criticize capitalism like….a Nike sweat shop….you are a commie.
If you criticize America…you are definitely a commie, and likely a terrorist.
Capitalism and democracy automatically translate into Christianity….one in the same.
We KNOW Komrad Wallis, and we know his insidious ways. Don’t be a commie….support the ODMafia!!!
Like clockwork, our research robot monkeys (not the new CRAPPERS) but the old school ones caught Obama making an unbiblical bow. Note that Obama is bowing at approx. 45 degrees (bad bad bad!!!) Biblical-Conservative-Republican-Absolute-Truth-Honouring-Christians only bow at a 89 degree angle (any other angle is untruthful). In fact anything more than a head nod could be misconstrued of as complete Baal Worship….or worse (ie Befriending a Democrat).
Remember, that a discernmentalist should be weary of respecting anyone….and bowing only at most….89 degrees.
When we finally contracted with Honda to built more robotic research monkeys it seems there was a major failure in communication on Honda’s part. We received hundreds of the research robutt monkeys by mistake. The upside is many ODM’s are now finding where their head has been over the last few years. Fortunately many ODM’s have not needed use of their heads and seem to want to keep the robutts for deeper research. We hope to put this horrible mistake (not ours) behind us and move forward in production of the Completely Reformed Auto Piloted Platformed Echo Response (C.R.A.P.P.E.R.) Research Monkeys. These monkeys are smaller and able to infiltrate any “emerging church”. These new C.R.A.P.P.E.R.’s will fling small Chick Tracts during Emergent Church services to bring truth to them. Though we are bummed a bit over the delay, we know that our C.R.A.P.P.E.R. Monkeys will be more reliable. In the meanwhile the robutt monkeys will continue to seek out every crack and crevice and bring back any nuggets they find. We know in the end we will get to the bottom of all this and spread our DOCTRINE and TRUTH far and wide.
Attention Discernmentalists!!!! We have come under attack from Jesus Radicals! Howard509 from this subversive site writes “This is one of the most offensively ignorant articles I’ve ever read.”
Offensive?
Ignorant?
We true believers are the ONLY ones that have a right to be incensed! And when I say “incensed” this has no connection to the new age candles that post-modern-emergent-liberals use during their satanic worship times.
We must come against the RED LETTER CHRISTIANS because they honour THE words of Jesus (in RED LETTERS!!!) and promote his leftist teachings of loving your enemy, being mindful of the poor, humility, selflessness, peace-mongering and picking-up-the-cross. We need to put a stop to this non-sense before it spreads!
Remember our cherished idolsidol-ologies beliefs are being attacked. The American Jesus, capitalism, every-man-for-himself, exploitation and promotion of the democratic way need never be challenged!!!
They are the American way, therefore the Christian way.
BIBLICALTHOUGHT.COM is slightly different from other watchblog discernmentalist ministries…..it is interactive (FOR NOW!!!). Normally for our benefit, ODM’s are non interactive so that the pure doctrines can flow one way (like sewage)…without question to you and I (isn’t that beneficial????)
There are rules however, for instance “Participation in the BT Forum is a privilege and not a right.” We hope you readers feel awed and privileged to come to our truth site too!
Biblicalthought.com has other rules like “No drive-by posting.” We have rules too that are far more stringent like “NO DRIVE BY SHOOTINGS.”
Other rules include “Immediately adhere to Moderator warnings.” We are far more biblical because we believe that we should “”Immediately adhere to Scriptures’s warnings.” See how righteous we are? We wonder if adhering to the moderator is a subtle humanist ploy (we are not one to attack other discernmentalists but we need to speak honestly)!!!
We are concerned by the last moderation note which may have the ruminations of ROMAN CATHOLICISM!!! For instance, “Failure to comply with Moderators will result in your indefinite banishment” We reiterate Non-compliance with the moderator = banishment from BiblicalThought.Com
In the Roman church: Non-compliance to the pope = banishment from Roman Catholicism
See the similarity? The equivalency makes it true!
We wonder if BIBLICALTHOUGHT.COM has made some secret deal with the pope!Being that we are truth warriors…we don’t have to wonder, we deal in absolutes and therefore we move beyond conjecture….and assume they have made a deal with the pope!
Again, we’re just saying what it sounds a bit like….
Before you get all bent out of shape, please realize this is a satire site spoofing the so-called "discernment ministries" who deem themselves more worthy of Grace than the rest of us. So read and have fun! BTW, we are not against "good" discernment ministries that do actual real research and extend grace to others, only the bad ones.
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