2008 August 31

religion and politics

August 31, 2008 By Penny Leave a Comment

As I was reading through some of the info about Sarah Palin I read through some of the comments also. Interesting how non-Christians think. One person actually said that it didn’t matter what a person’s “religious beliefs” were, it was all about the issues. Hmm. A person determines what he thinks about the issues according to what his “beliefs” are. Even if they believe in the religion of atheism. And atheism is a religion. Around our house we have recently been watching some creation science seminar dvds by Kent Hovind. I like how he shows that our actions are a direct result of our beliefs. You can download his seminars free from www.drDino.com.

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Is Palin born again?

August 31, 2008 By Penny 4 Comments

From http://religionblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/08/more-about-sarah-palins-religi.html?npc

If you’re just catching up with this discussion, here are links to my previous posts with links back to the effort to pin down what flavor of Christian GOP VP choice Sarah Palin might be. Pentecostal? Bible Church? Lutheran?

John Allen of the National Catholic Reporter has an interesting take:

The initial confusion surrounding Palin’s denominational identity, therefore, has a simple explanation: She doesn’t have one.

Instead, Palin appears to be part of that rapidly expanding galaxy of “post-denominational” Christianity, where elements of Evangelical and Pentecostal styles of faith and worship fuse into a myriad of unique local combinations, and where old denominational loyalties are essentially dead.

Bob Smietana, the religion writer for The Tennessean, has been exchanging e-mails with me as we both set out on the hunt. He says: “Looks like she’s a charismatic, or charismatic leaning, if her home congregation is Church on The Rock.
Her mom apparently goes to church here.” Read Bob’s story here.

If Bob is right, she’d be the first Charismatic on a ticket, I think? Whether or not she categorizes herself as such?

I wonder if Palin (or the GOP campaign) will find it useful/necessary to have her explain her religious worldview? The presidential candidates have answered more religious questions than a seminary student. Will she put herself in the position to face those kinds of queries?

In other words folks maybe just maybe, she is born again? Is it possible? I sure hope so. I loved this part, “where old denominational loyalties are essentially dead.” What a new idea that maybe our loyalty should be to Christ instead of a denomination. Anyways, she has a lovely family and to answer my previous question about who was watching the baby, it looks like he is in very good hands, the hands of his caring family. It is a rare woman who can work outside and inside the home, with her family actually well and properly cared for, but Sarah Palin looks like she just might be one of those rare women. May the Lord bless.

Last but not least, check out this link to see what the anti-God folks are saying, my goodness she is accused of a lot of things, all which point to her actually being born again. From their point of view. Now I really am impressed. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/29/163234/559/495/579213

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Gustav? – does God love us?

August 31, 2008 By Penny Leave a Comment

I love to study names and one of the best site for it is http://www.behindthename.com .

from there:

GUSTAV

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Scandinavian, German

Pronounced: GOO-stahf (German) [key]

Means “staff of the Goths”, derived from the Old Norse elements Gautr “Goth” and stafr“staff”. This name has been borne by six kings of Sweden, including the 16th-century Gustav I Vasa.

Hmm. so what do you think that means? Well from further study, I get a meaning that means something like, the power or leadership of ”man” or “humanness”. More specifically the “flesh or carnal nature”. Some would say the dark side of man.

Soo, hmmm. Prophetically what I get out of ‘Gustav is headed for New Orleans” is that God is saying, “I have shown you the way, but you refuse to take head, if you want to live by the flesh you will die by the flesh” Which is really true for all of us whether a storm is headed our way or not. Because the wages of sin is death.

God will not be mocked. Folks cannot shake their fist at God through their behavior, as seen at Mardi Gras and not expect something to happen. Whether the storm hits or not, this is still another warning, a spanking from a loving Daddy. He disciplines those whom He loves. And He loves us all regardless of our behavior. It was while we were still sinners that Jesus died for us. For too long there have been those who have cried, and prayed and interceded for the folks of New Orleans, and God is not deaf. He hears those pleas, He answers. It is true that you can lead a horse to water but you cannot make him drink, but you can also salt his oats and make him see his need for that water. The Lord loves us so much that even though we have our free will He will show us our need for Him, for salvation. And He is long-suffering, He will show us over and over again, throughout many generations. He has time. But each of us has a beginning and an end. What we do with it is up to us.

As for me and my house…. we will live for the Lord. And pray for the eyes of the lost to opened.

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