NY Prepper: EMERGENCY ALERT!! ISRAEL WAR UPDATE!! U.S. NUCLEAR BOMBERS ARRIVE IN TURKEY AT NUKE STORAGE BASE!!

 

Our Nation Laid in God's Balance, by Dr. Joel Beeke

                   

 The text for this sermon is Jeremiah 9:9: "Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?"

NY Prepper: EMERGENCY ALERT!! ISRAEL WAR UPDATE!! YEMEN DECLARES WAR!! RUSSIA PREPARING TO ATTACK BALTICS!!

 

My Picks from Sermonaudio for Wednesday, November 1, 2023

1. Faithful Christians in the 20th Century - Keeping the Faith , by Pastor Kevin Swanson
2. Happy Reformation Day, by Adam McManus of Worldview in Five Minutes
3. In the Last Days Perilous Times Shall Come, by John Owen
4. The Briefing for Tuesday, November 1, 2023, by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr.
5. Muslim Migration and Pro Hamas Protests, by Pastor Geoffrey Grider of Nowtheendbegins.com
6. Target Israel: Israel in the Crosshairs, by Jim Schneider of Crosstalk America
7. Everyone Worships Something!, by Ken Ham of Answers in Genesis
8. Pastor Lordson Roch Exposes Witchcraft, by Lordson Roch
9. Identifying and Evaluation the Worst Presidents in History, by Dr. Peter Hammond
10. Artificial Intelligence from a Biblical Perspective, by Bill Lovegrove
11. Terrorism Against Israel - How the Christian Should Think and Act, by Dr. Ian Brown [Text: John 1:19-37]
12. Hippies, Teetotalers, and Bacchae, by Dr. James White 
13. Bibi Invokes Holy War: Sons of Light Vs Sons of Darkness, by Nate of Sound the Battle Cry
14. The Acts of the Amalekites: Is Hamas a Rebrand of This Brutal Tribe? by Dr. Ian Brown
15. Update on Israel/Hamas War, Chris Messus Up Neo Babylonians Dynasty, Antisemites, by Christopher Katulka 
16. Jonathan Edwards: The Valley of Trouble
17. What's Going on In Israel? by Pastor David Anderson
18. Your Spiritual Thermostat, by Rev. Roger Higginson
19. How Should Christians Respond to Halloween? by Various Speakers
20. Biblical Beauty Countering Transgender Narrative, by Dave Jenkins
21. Cleansing Our Way, by Rev. Kyle Graham [Text: Psalm 119:9-16]
22. Halloween Weighed in the Balance and Found Wanting, by Dr. David Mackereth [Text: Daniel 5]
23. Witches Holiday, by Pastor Mike Hoggard

Greta Thunberg and Her Gen Z Friends Owe Baby Boomers an Apology Over Climate Change

 Greta Thunberg and Her Gen Z Friends Owe Baby Boomers an Apology Over Climate Change - msn.com

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Recommended reading: 

1. David Stockman: Why the Climate Crisis is a Big Hoax - lewrockwell.com  
2.  1,600 Scientists Humiliate the Climate Gouls Once and For All - pjmedia.com
3. The End is Near (And It Can't Come Fast Enough!) - townhall.com

Excerpt from this second article:

"In 12 years, we'll all be dead. An unstoppable force will wipe out all of humanity, most of the animals, and even some of the cockroaches. It's not climate change, it's the smugness of the true believers, the brainwashed masses of millennials who will one day be in positions to implement the absolute bat-feces crazy ideas they are espousing today."

Curing Incurable Brain Tumors

 Curing Incurable Brain Tumors - thenewamerican.com

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 The following quote is from Another Day in the Frontal Lobe - A Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside, by Brain surgeon Katrina Firlik:

"People often ask physicians how we handle the emotional stress of dealing with ill children. What are our defense mechanisms? Do we practice a cool detachment? Do we shut off our emotions completely? Or do we go home at the end of the day and sob over a reheated dinner?... The truth is that we are trained to do a job: recognize a problem, come up with a solution and execute that plan. Our ability to actually do something protects us from what you might expect would be a chronic depressive state. We feed off the satisfaction of being able to help and we know things would be worse if we didn't or couldn't, do anything. For that reason, the experience of taking care of sick kids is much different from a hopeless walk through a pediatric ward as a visitor." - Another Day in the Frontal Lobe, by Kirtrina Firlik

Today in the News - Wednesday, November 1, 2023

     Today's Headlines:

1. Israeli Forces Attack North Gaza's Main City from Both Sides - srnnews.com
2. Inside the Gleaming Developments That Made Hamas a 1bn Terror Group - thetelegraph.com
3. 'Slit Your Throat': Cornell University Jewish Community Rocked by Murderous Social Media Posts - algemeiner.com
4. PM: Ceasefire Demand is a Call for Israel to Surrender - jpost.com
5. Terrorist Leader Killed in a Samaritan Raid - worldisraelnews.com
6. Earthquakes Continue to Rattle the World, Including Across the U.S. - weatherboy.com
7. How Israeli Forces Strive to Exceed Requirements for of Law of Armed Conflict - dailysignal.com
8. Ron Paul: A Pro-Liberty Speaker - lewrockwell.com
9. An All Out War May Have Just Begun in the Middle East - lewrockwell.com
10. "The Bellwether Has Sounded":  Musk Says "Great Wakening from Woke Has Happened" After Southpark Nails Coffin - zerohedge.com
11. Time Magazine's Stunning Reversal: "Zelinsky Deluded Himself into Thinking Ukraine Could Win" - zerohedge.com
12. The Climate is Indeed Changing - Get a Warm Jacket - americanthinker.com
13. Woman Who Was Featured in Vogue Tells Jews: 'We Will Drink Your Blood and Eat Your Skull'" - pjmedia.com
14. Curing Incurable Brain Tumors - thenewamerican.com

Note: Be careful where to go to for your news. The following quote is from David Rockefeller's Memoirs:

"We are grateful to the Washington Post, the New York Times, Time Magazine and other great publications whose directors have attended our meetings and respected their promises of discretion for almost 40 years......It would have been impossible for us to develop our plan for the world if we had been subjected to the lights of publicity during those years. But, the world is more sophisticated and prepared to march towards a world government. The supernational sovereignty of an intellectual elite and world bankers is surely preferable to the national autodetermination practiced in past centuries.” - David Rockefeller (Source)

Here is a related quote - I think - the book, Deep Truth: The Lives of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein:

"Whenever you run a clandestine operation, you run two things at the same time: you prepare the team for the hit, and you keep it so small there's nobody to spread it all around. And across the hall is a big staff working on what we call special plans. They're preparing the cover story. The cover story is what they want people to believe and to talk about, and to argue about." - From a 1992 speech by Col. Fletcher Prouty, former chief of special operations, Joint Chief of Staff

Daily Sermon for the Hearing Impaired: Strengthening the Church, Part 3

  Strengthening the Church, Part 3, by Joe W Allen [Text: Ephesians]

Note: This daily sermon for the hearing impaired is dedicated to my good friend, David J. Bishop, who went home to be with his Lord Jesus on July 1, 2021. David was the inspiration for me to begin posting links to sermons for the hearing impaired. David's not deaf anymore. And the first words he heard were from our Lord Jesus, saying to him, "Well done, David, thou good and faithful servant. Enter into the joy of thy Lord!" [Matthew 25:21]

Here is one of the last pictures David sent to me before he died. He was a big sports fan and LOVED the Seattle Seahawks! He was also a BIG baseball fan. I'm sure if David had been able to hear he would have loved the song, Take Me Out to the Ball Game! But David loved our Lord Jesus much, much, much more than any sporting event!

Recommended sermon: The Deaf Ministry of Jesus, by Jon Speed 

Today in History - November 1

 A special thanks to Wikipedia.org for following historical information. The sermons I have chosen from Sermonaudio.com

1512 – The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for the first time.

Recommended sermons and podcasts: Michelangelo/Washington, by BJU Students and Faculty

1604 – William Shakespeare's tragedy Othello is performed for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London.

Recommended sermons and podcasts: Should You Teach the Classics to Your Children? by Pastor Kevin Swanson

1688 – William III of Orange sets out a second time from Hellevoetsluis in the Netherlands to seize the crowns of England, Scotland and Ireland from King James II of England during the Glorious Revolution.

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

1. The Glorious Revolution: William and Mary, Part 1, by Joe Morecraft III
2. The Glorious Revolution: William and Mary, Part 2, by Joe Morecraft III

Westminster Shorter Catechism Q & A A #91-95

  The following is from thewestminsterstandard.org:

Q. 86. What is faith in Jesus Christ?
A. Faith in Jesus Christ is a saving grace, whereby we receive and rest upon him alone for salvation, as he is offered to us in the gospel.

Q. 87. What is repentance unto life?
A. Repentance unto life is a saving grace, whereby a sinner, out of a true sense of his sin, and apprehension of the mercy of God in Christ, doth, with grief and hatred of his sin, turn from it unto God, with full purpose of, and endeavor after, new obedience.

Q. 88. What are the outward and ordinary means whereby Christ communicateth to us the benefits of redemption?
A. The outward and ordinary means whereby Christ communicateth to us the benefits of redemption are, his ordinances, especially the Word, Sacraments, and prayer; all which are made effectual to the elect for salvation.

Q. 89. How is the Word made effectual to salvation?
A. The Spirit of God maketh the reading, but especially the preaching, of the Word, an effectual means of convincing and converting sinners, and of building them up in holiness and comfort through faith unto salvation.

Q. 90. How is the Word to be read and heard, that it may become effectual to salvation?
A. That the Word may become effectual to salvation, we must attend thereunto with diligence, preparation, and prayer; receive it with faith and love, lay it up in our hearts, and practice it in our lives.

Daily Bible Verses for Wednesday, November 1, 2023

Sermons on 1 Peter 2: The Following 2 sermons are on 1 Peter 2:11: "Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul..."

1. Abstain From Fleshly Lusts, Which War Against the Soul, Saints on Earth Not Perfect, by Martin Luther (1483-1546)
2. The Battle for Mansoul, by Dr. Alan Cairns

The following sermons are on 1 Peter 2:24: "Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed."

1. He Suffered, by Dr. Joel Beeke
2. By His Stripes, by Dr. Ian R. K. Paisley (1926-2014)
3. Jesus: Our Substitution, by Dr. Ian Brown
4. The Sufferings of a Sinless Savior, by Rev. Lawrence J. Bilkes

Daily Bible Reading for Wednesday, November 1, 2023

  The following Bible readings are taken from the website, Oneyearbibleonline.com. If you follow this reading plan you will read through the whole Bible in one year. I highly encourage you to do so. Also, the sermons below each section are ones that I have chosen from the website, Sermonaudio.com

Ezekiel 1:1-3:15

Vision of God, Vocation from God, by Dr. Alan Cairns [Text: Ezekiel 1 & 2]

Even Sorrowful Truth is Sweet, by Rev. David Silversides [Text: Ezekiel 3:1-14]

Hebrews 3

Sermons on  Hebrews 3:

1. A Joyful Worship of God with Humility and Decisively, by Rev. Henk Bergsma [Text: Hebrews 3; Psalm 95]
2. Keep Looking to Jesus for Yourself and for Your Children, by Rev. Hans Overduin [Text: Hebrews 3:1-4,14]
3. Considering the High Priest of Our Profession, by Rev. Stephan Hamilton [Text: Hebrews 3:1; Hebrews 5]
4. Greater Than Moses, by Dr. Sinclair B. Ferguson [Text: Hebrews 3:1-19]
5. Considering Christ, by Dr. David P. Murray [Text: Hebrews 3:1]
6. Consider Christ (Encouragement to Focus), by Rev. Ian Brown [Text: Hebrews 3:1]

Psalm 104:1-23

Recommended sermon on Psalm 104: God's Providence in 2020, by Rev. Jan Neels

The following hymn is based on Psalm 104: My Soul Bless the Lord, the Lord is Most Great (Psalm 104)

Proverbs 26:24-26

Sermons on Proverbs 26:

1. Christian's New Friends, by John Bunyan (1628-1688) Note: This is a reading of a portion of Pilgrim's Progress, one of the best selling books in the English language, right behind the Holy Bible!
2. (The Text for this reading is Luke 14:23 & Proverbs 26:25)
3. The Command Regarding Our Neighbor's Good Name, by Rev. John Marcus (Text: Proverbs 26:28)

Country Music's Final Resting Place A Look at the Graves of Some of Country's Biggest Artists

 Country Music's Final Resting Place A Look at the Graves of Some of Country's Biggest Artists - msn.com

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Recommended video: Classic Country Playlist

Recommended podcast:  The Coming Death of Just About All Rock and Roll Legends, by Dr. Paul J. Dean, Jr

Recommended sermons: 

How to Benefit from a Funeral, by Dr. David P. Murray

The text for this sermon is Ecclesiastes 7:2 &3: "It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better."

Lies Told at Funerals, by Rev. Roger Higginson

The text for this sermon is 2 Timothy 4:24 (Audio) and Ezekiel 33:7 & 8 (Audio): Here is the words of Ezekiel 33:7 & 8: "So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me. When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand."

Ron Paul: Hold Your Wallets! New Speaker's Ukraine Aid Views 'Evolving!'

Short quote from this video: "No matter who you vote for, you always get John McCain!"

 

Top 10 Scariest Religious Prophecies

 Top 10 Scariest Religious Prophecies - msn.com

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Here is a prophecy that should terrify everyone who is not truthing in our Lord Jesus and his sacrifice on the cross: 

"And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned." - Mark 16:15 & 16

Recommended sermons on Mark 16:16:

1. Man's Response to the Preaching of the Gospel, by Rev. Bartel Elshout
2. The Parting Words of Jesus Christ, by Rev. David Park
3. A Summary of the Gospel, by Rev. Lawrence J. Bilkes

"They'll Bankrupt Us": Rand Paul Rages That Dems and GOP "Want to Send $100 Billion to Everyone" in Foreign Countries

 "They'll Bankrupt Us": Rand Paul Rages That Dems and GOP "Want to Send $100 Billion to Everyone" in Foreign Countries - zerohedge.com

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Recommended reading: America's Top National Security Threat is Our Runaway National Debt - townhall.com

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Recommended sermons and podcasts: 

1. The Debt Crisis, by Brandon White [Text: I Kings 4:1-7]
2. US Economy - Biggest House of Cards Ever Best ROI - Godliness With Contentment, by Pastor Kevin Swanson (2018)

Recommended reading: 

1. Total Farce: Real Spending Under Debt Ceiling Deal Actually Goes Up Next Year - zerohedge.com   
2. Biden Doubles the Deficit - americanthinker.com
3. US National Debt Hits All Time High of $32 Trillion - zerohedge.com
4. Federal Deficit Nearly Three Times Higher in First 8 Months of FY23 Than in Same Period a Year Ago - mrctv.org
5. These Are the 71 Republicans Who Voted Against Debt Ceiling Bill - dailysignal.com
6. Debt Clock Nears $32 Trillion - usdebtclock.org Interest on National Debt Poised to Raise at Alarming Rate - zerohedge.com
   

Flashback: Senator Boxer: 'Absolutely No Way We're Going to Cut Spending' - cnsnews.com

Note: The above article was published in 2014 when America's national debt was $17.8 trillion dollars. Today our national debt is somewhere around $31 trillion dollars. 

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Quotes:

• "You should view these politicians with the deepest contempt you can possibly imagine.  What they are doing to this country, what they are doing to our finances - there is not a criminal in any federal prison, state prison, city or county jail with respect to financial crimes of any sort who collectively could have done the kind of damage that Barack Obama and Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi and yes, willing, timid, gutless Republicans have done to this country! To your future, to your children and your grandchildren. What they are doing is with malice and with forethought." - Mark Levin (source) 
•  "If you knew that you could live in luxury for the rest of your life but that by doing so it would absolutely destroy the future of your children, your grandchildren, and your great-grandchildren, would you do it? Well, that is exactly what we are doing as a nation. Over the past several decades we have stolen $15 trillion dollars from future generations so that we could enjoy a dramatically inflated level of prosperity. Our 15 trillion dollar party has been a lot of fun, but what we have done to our children and our grandchildren has been beyond criminal. We ran up the greatest mountain of debt in the history of the planet and we are sticking them with the bill. Sadly, both political parties have been responsible for the big spending that has been going on." (The Economiccollapseblog.com)
• "A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the majority discover it can vote itself largess out of the public treasury. After that, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits with the result the democracy collapses because of the loose fiscal policy ensuing, always to be followed by a dictatorship and then  a monarchy." 
  

 

NY Prepper: EMERGENCY ALERT!! ISRAEL WAR UPDATE!! NETANYAHU AND U.S. RULE OUT CEASEFIRE!!

 

The 10 Mass Shootings Since Lewiston You Didn't Hear About

 The 10 Mass Shootings Since Lewiston You Didn't Hear About - zerohedge.com

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Recommended reading:  Gun Confiscation is Always a Prelude to Genocide - lewrockwell.com

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Recommended reading: Florida Sheriff: 'If a Looter Breaks in,' Shoot Him Until 'He Looks Like Grated Cheese' - cnsnews.com

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Dr. Peter Hammond had this to say about gun control: "You may not like guns, and you may not like God. But if someone is breaking into your house, the first thing you're going to do is call someone who has a gun. And the second thing you're going to do is pray that they arrive before it's too late!" - From the podcast by Dr. Peter Hammond, The Holocaust in Rwanda

Recommended reading:   

1. Give Up Your Guns Because the Democrats Will Totally Protect You - townhall.com
2. What Happens When Governments Disarm its Citizens? - warriortimes.com

Some thoughts on gun control!

1. "One man with a gun can control 100 without one." - Vladimir Lenin
2. "Those who beat their swords into plowshares usually wind up working for those who didn't!" - Benjamin Franklin

Answers in Genesis: Evolutionists Just COMPLETELY Changed Their Narrative on This

 

My Picks for Sermonaudio for Tuesday, October 31, 2023

1. Angst Increasing Among Partisans - Desperation Giving Way to Violence, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
2. Mike Pence Drops Out, by Adam McManus of Worldview in Five Minutes
3. In the Last Days Perilous Times Shall Come, by John Owen
4. The Briefing for Monday, October 30, 2023, by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr.
5. Muslim Migration and Pro Hamas Protests, by Pastor Geoffrey Grider of Nowtheendbegins.com
6. Israel Update/Remembering the Reformation, by Jim Schneider of Crosstalk America
7. Everyone Worships Something!, by Ken Ham of Answers in Genesis
8. Pastor Lordson Roch Exposes Witchcraft, by Lordson Roch
9. Identifying and Evaluation the Worst Presidents in History, by Dr. Peter Hammond
10. Artificial Intelligence from a Biblical Perspective, by Bill Lovegrove
11. Terrorism Against Israel - How the Christian Should Think and Act, by Dr. Ian Brown [Text: John 1:19-37]
12. Hippies, Teetotalers, and Bacchae, by Dr. James White 
13. Bibi Invokes Holy War: Sons of Light Vs Sons of Darkness, by Nate of Sound the Battle Cry
14. The Acts of the Amalekites: Is Hamas a Rebrand of This Brutal Tribe? by Dr. Ian Brown
15. Update on Israel/Hamas War, Chris Messus Up Neo Babylonians Dynasty, Antisemites, by Christopher Katulka 
16. Jonathan Edwards: The Valley of Trouble
17. What's Going on In Israel? by Pastor David Anderson
18. Your Spiritual Thermostat, by Rev. Roger Higginson
19. How Should Christians Respond to Halloween? by Various Speakers
20. For I am God, and There is None Else, by Rev. John Morrow [Text: Isaiah 45]
21. What's the Big Deal About the Reformation? by Rev. Kelly Buffaloe [Text: Romans 3:21-26: "But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus."]

NY Prepper: EMERGENCY ALERT!! ISRAEL WAR UPDATE!! JORDAN ASKS FOR MORE PATRIOT MISSILES!! UN EMERGENCY MEETING!!

 

Today in the News - Tuesday, October 31, 2023

    Today's Headlines:

1. Something Awful is Brewing - townhall.com
2. How to Defeat Hamas Fast, Cheap and Easy - americanthinker.com
3. Demand for Religious Jewish Garments Surges in IDF as Soldiers Seek Spiritual Protection - worldisraelnews.com
4. As Gaza War Progresses, 'The World is Turning Against the Jewish State,' Joel Rosenberg Says - allisrael.com
5. Iowa Gov Rebuts 'Book Ban' Claim: 'Nasty, Pornographic Books Should Never Be in the Classroom' - alphanews.org
6. Sample from 'Noah's Ark' Site in Turkey Reveal Human Activity Dating Back to Biblical Times, Scientists Claim - msn.com
7. How Does a Math Formula Highlight the Creator? - answersingenesis.org
8. 'Appalling': Watch Enraged Muslim Mob Storming Airport in Search of Jews - wnd.com
9. Hey Hamas Sympathizers: Israel Identifies Terrorist Base Under Gaza Hospital - pjmedia.com
10. Brandon Smith: Wider War Will Bring Inevitable Martial Law in America - lewrockwell.com
11. "They'll Bankrupt Us": Rand Paul Rages That Dems and GOP "Want to Send $100 Billion to Everyone" in Foreign Countries - zerohedge.com
12. The 10 Mass Shootings Since Lewiston You Didn't Hear About - zerohedge.com
13. Griswold: 'Queer' Baby Making Screws Over Kids to Satisfy Adult Fantasies - thefederalist.com
14. Pro-Gaza Protests Break Out in Europe, America - thenewamerican.com

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Note: Be careful where to go to for your news. The following quote is from David Rockefeller's Memoirs:

"We are grateful to the Washington Post, the New York Times, Time Magazine and other great publications whose directors have attended our meetings and respected their promises of discretion for almost 40 years......It would have been impossible for us to develop our plan for the world if we had been subjected to the lights of publicity during those years. But, the world is more sophisticated and prepared to march towards a world government. The supernational sovereignty of an intellectual elite and world bankers is surely preferable to the national autodetermination practiced in past centuries.” - David Rockefeller (Source)

Here is a related quote - I think - the book, Deep Truth: The Lives of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein:

"Whenever you run a clandestine operation, you run two things at the same time: you prepare the team for the hit, and you keep it so small there's nobody to spread it all around. And across the hall is a big staff working on what we call special plans. They're preparing the cover story. The cover story is what they want people to believe and to talk about, and to argue about." - From a 1992 speech by Col. Fletcher Prouty, former chief of special operations, Joint Chief of Staff

Daily Sermon for the Hearing Impaired: Strengthening the Church, Part 2

 Strengthening the Church, Part 2, by Joe W Allen [Text: Ephesians]

Note: This daily sermon for the hearing impaired is dedicated to my good friend, David J. Bishop, who went home to be with his Lord Jesus on July 1, 2021. David was the inspiration for me to begin posting links to sermons for the hearing impaired. David's not deaf anymore. And the first words he heard were from our Lord Jesus, saying to him, "Well done, David, thou good and faithful servant. Enter into the joy of thy Lord!" [Matthew 25:21]

Here is one of the last pictures David sent to me before he died. He was a big sports fan and LOVED the Seattle Seahawks! He was also a BIG baseball fan. I'm sure if David had been able to hear he would have loved the song, Take Me Out to the Ball Game! But David loved our Lord Jesus much, much, much more than any sporting event!

Recommended sermon: The Deaf Ministry of Jesus, by Jon Speed 

Today in History - October 31

A special thanks to Wikipedia.org for following historical information. The sermons I have chosen from Sermonaudio.com

1517 – Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg.

Recommended sermon:  Is T.U.LLP. True to the Gospel? by Dr. Ian Brown 

The text for this sermon is John 10:9-30:

"I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep. I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father. There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings. And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him? Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind? And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter. And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch. Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me. But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. I and my Father are one."

Recommended video: Overview of the Doctrines of Grace, by Dr, David P Murray

 

Charles Spurgeon has said: "I have my own private opinion that there is no such thing as preaching Christ and Him crucified, unless we preach what nowadays is called Calvinism. It is a nickname to call it Calvinism; Calvinism is the gospel, and nothing else."

The following quote is from a sermon I listened to in the early 1980s. The semon was on Total Depravity, and the minister was Rev. Paul den Butter:

"It is commonly stated that the central doctrine of the Reformation was the doctrine of justification by faith. Now it is of course true that justification by faith was one of the major issues of the Reformation. But more basic than the justification of the ungodly by faith alone, is the doctrine of man's depravity and consequently the bondage of his will. Martin Luther, one of the great reformers, has acknowledged this fact in his discussion with the great humanist Erasmus. Erasmus was a roman catholic, though he had quite a bit of criticism of the Roman Catholic Church, he never broke ranks with the Roman Catholic Church, and he saw need for reformation, but he never broke ranks with the Roman Catholic Church. He was a defender of much of the doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church. Well, this humanist defended the doctrine which is still taught by Roman, namely that man is not totally depraved. But that man still has a freedom in the use of his will. And writing a treatise on the freedom of man's will Erasmus defended that Roman Catholic position of semi-pelagianism Luther replied in his famous book the bondage of the will. and in that book Luther makes the statement, 'you alone have attacked the real thing, that is, the essential issue. You have not worried me with extraneous issues about the papacy, purgatory, indulgences and such like, trifles, rather than issues, in respect of which almost all to date have sought my blood...you, and you alone, have seen the hinge on which the vital turns, and aimed for the vital spot. For that I heartily thank you, for it is more gratifying to me to deal with this issue, and the issue is 'Does man have a free will or not.' And Luther has seen that on this issue everything hinges. Is man totally depraved or not? Is man completely corrupt or has he still some good within. now on this question there have been 3 positions during the history of the church. Thre was first of all pelagianism, let me give you a little bit of church history also tonight. Thre was in the first place Pelagianism, named after a British monk, Pelagius, who preached in Rome from 401 to 409. ad. and Pelagius said every man comes into this world his own Adam. every man is born in a state of innocency. and he is endowed with the full ability to make his own choice and to decide whether he will be virtuous or vicious. So, Pelagius did not believe, not at all, in mans corruption. and in man's depraved nature. man was born in a state of innocency and man could determine whether he would be a virtuous person or a vitious person. Of course Pelagius was honest enough to admit that man was doing sin but he did not sin because the source was within his heart no, no he sinned because he imitated other people that commited sin. There is also a second position called semipelagianismand that goes not so far as pelagianism. . Pelagius said man is innocent. man is not depraved at all. He can make himself depraved but he is not. Semi-pelagianism said sure man is depraved, but not completely depraved, man is sick but he is not dead. and if man will only use those faculties which he still has and if he moves in the direction of God then God's grace will come and he will lead him the rest of the way. Man is deformed yes, man is sick sure But man is still able to use his free will , and using his free will he must make the first move and take the first step and God will do the rest. That is Semipelagius which was adopted by the Roman Catholic Church and by Arminianism, and by much of modern evangelism. But then there is a third position which is sometimes called Augustinianism, named after Augustine, a church father, who brought out of the word of God the doctrine of original sin. and of the need of divine grace in the entire complex of Gods saving activities. Augustine showed from the word of god that man is not depraved but that man is totally depraved. And for that reason no activity of man can save him. or can make the begining of salvation. but that grace and grace alone can save man. Well these are the three positions, and it is not difficult t determine which positions our father held when they confessed total depravity."

The following quotes are from the book Faith Alone: The Evangelical Doctrine of Justification, by RC Sproul (1939-2017):

• "Does saving faith require a trust in the righteousness of Christ alone as the grounds of our justification? Or may a person have a different view of the gospel and still be a Christian?" 
• "It is to Rome's credit, in my opinion, that she placed anathema on what she believed to be a false and heretical gospel. If sola fide is a distortion of the biblical gospel, surely it deserves such anathema. If the Reformers were preaching and teaching a false gospel, then they were apostate and deserved the labels put on them by Vatican I, 'schismatics and heretics.'" 
• "The Reformation was waged, not over the question of justification by faith, but over the issue of justification by faith alone. It was the sola of sola fide that was the central point of dispute."
• "I said that if justification by faith alone is essential for salvation, and if Rome rejects justification by faith alone, then the conclusion follows by resistless logic that Rome rejects an essential truth of Christianity. When I use the word, if, here, I do so for the sake of the present argument. In my mind, there is no if about it. I am convinced, as were the Reformers, that justification by faith alone is essential to the gospel, and that Rome clearly rejects it." 
• "Agreement between Rome and Evangelicals can be reached in several ways. One is for Evangelicals to abandon their historic position of sola fide. A second is for Rome to adopt sola fide as its official doctrine. The third is for agreement to be reached that sola fide is not essential to the gospel." 
• "To indicate that the Roman view is inadequate, or it falls short, is a gentle criticism. In my estimation, it is too gentle. One could construe this statement to mean that, though it has shortcomings and is less than adequate, the Roman 'version of the gospel' is still just that, a 'version of the gospel.' The New Testament makes it clear that there is only one gospel. An 'inadequate' gospel is not the gospel. A gospel that 'falls short' of its essence is not a true gospel and must be vigorously rejected." 
• "I can imagine no Reformed theologian from the 16th century to the present day suggesting that the Roman Catholic view is not a serious threat to the gospel."

More recommended sermons:

1. The Decree of Reprobation, by Rev. Cornelis (Neil) Pronk [Text: Romans 9]
2. John Calvin: The Galleons of Grace, by Dr. Ian Brown [Text: Romans 8:29 & 30]
3. The Five Points Of Calvinism, by Herman C. Hanko

1837 – Approximately 300 Muscogee die in the steamboat Monmouth disaster on the Trail of Tears in the United States.[1]

Recommended video:  Meryl Haggard: Okie from Muscogee

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

1. The Trail of Tears and Treasure, by Rev. David Mook [Text: 18:2: "
2. The Doctrine I Preached to the Puritans, by David Brainard
3. Jonathan Edwards: Missionary to the Indians, by Dr. Jon D. Payne
4. America's Sins Against the Indians, by Pastor Kevin Swanson

Westminster Shorter Catechism Q & A #81-85

The following is from thewestminsterstandard.org:

Q. 81. What is forbidden in the tenth commandment?

A. The tenth commandment forbiddeth all discontentment with our own estate, envying or grieving at the good of our neighbor, and all inordinate motions and affections to anything that is his.

Q. 82. Is any man able perfectly to keep the commandments of God?
A. No mere man since the fall is able in this life perfectly to keep the commandments of God, but doth daily break them in thought, word, and deed.

Q. 83. Are all transgressions of the law equally heinous?
A. Some sins in themselves, and by reason of several aggravations, are more heinous in the sight of God than others.

Q. 84. What doth every sin deserve?
A. Every sin deserveth God’s wrath and curse, both in this life, and that which is to come.

Q. 85. What doth God require of us, that we may escape his wrath and curse, due to us for sin?
A. To escape the wrath and curse of God, due to us for sin, God requireth of us faith in Jesus Christ, repentance unto life, with the diligent use of all the outward means whereby Christ communicateth to us the benefits of redemption.

Daily Bible Verse for Tuesday, October 31, 2023

 "Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name he may give it you." - John 15:16 (Audio)

The following sermons are on John 15:16:

1. Encouragement to Go With the Gospel, by Rev. Ian Goligher
2. Christ's Choice of His Disciples Precedes Their Choice for Him, by Rev. Cornelis (Neil) Pronk
3. Making Your Calling and Election Sure: Knowing, Showing, Growing and Glowing, by Rev. Hans Overduin
4. Election, by Rev. William Macleod
5. Chosen by Christ, by Prof. Ronald Cammenga
6. The God of Our Faith, by Rev. Foppe VandenZwaag

Daily Bible Reading for Tuesday, October 31, 2023

The following Bible readings are taken from the website, Oneyearbibleonline.com. If you follow this reading plan you will read through the whole Bible in one year. I highly encourage you to do so. Also, the sermons below each section are ones that I have chosen from the website, Sermonaudio.com

Lamentations 4 & 5

Recommended sermons:

1. The Precious Son of Zion, by Rev. Jarrold H. Lewis
2. Dimmed Gold Precedes Desolation, by E. A. Johnston
3. The Most Precious Commodity in the World, by Rev. Ian Brown
4. The Church is Precious, by Rev. Stephen Hamilton
5. A Message from God to Thee: Those for Whom Christ Died Are Made to Feel Their Sins, by Pastor Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)
6. Today's Teflon Pulpits Vs. Old Time Religion, by E. A. Johnston

Hebrews 2

The following 2 sermons are on Hebrews 2:9: "But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man."

1. The Crowns of Christ, by Rev. Ian Brown
2. Confessing Jesus the Suffering Savior, by Rev. Henk Bergsma

Here are some more sermons on Hebrews 2:

1. Jesus Tried and Tested by the Devil, by Pastor Joel Overduin [Text: Hebrews 2; Matthew 4:1-11]
2. Conceived by the Holy Spirit, Born of the Virgin Mary, by Rev. Jan Neels [Text: Hebrews 2]
3. The Church's Worship, by Dr. Sinclair B. Ferguson [Text: Hebrews 2:1-18]
4. The Question That Cannot Be Answered, by Dr. Ian R. K. Paisley (1926-2014) [Text: Hebrews 2:1-9]

Psalm 103:1-22

The following sermons are on Psalm 103:8-12: "The LORD is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abundant of mercy. He will not always chide, neither will he keep his anger forever. He hath not delt with us after our sins, nor rewarded us for our iniquity. For as the heavens that are high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our sins from us."

1. The Mercy of God, by Rev. Roger Higginson
2. Pardon and Forgiveness, by Pastor Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)
3. Not After Our Sins, by Rev. Joel Pankratz
4. The Fear of the Lord, by Evangelist Rolfe Barnard (1906-1969)
5. God the Father Almighty, by Rev. Michael Fintelman

Here is a hymn based on Psalm 103: O Come My Soul [Note: This is sung to the same melody as O Zion, Piano Solo & in (Chinese?)

Proverbs 26:23

Sermons on Proverbs 26:

1. Christian's New Friends, by John Bunyan (1628-1688) Note: This is a reading of a portion of Pilgrim's Progress, one of the best selling books in the English language, right behind the Holy Bible!
2. (The Text for this reading is Luke 14:23 & Proverbs 26:25)
3. The Command Regarding Our Neighbor's Good Name, by Rev. John Marcus (Text: Proverbs 26:28)

25 Insane Facts About the Hiroshima Bombing

 25 Insane Facts About the Hiroshima Bombing - msn.com

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Recommended reading:  Hollywood's Oppenheimer Biopic a Historical Travesty - dailysignal.com

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Recommended sermons and podcasts:

• Were the Atom Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Justified? by Peter Hammond 
• Oppenheimer, Trump and the Bomb - The Wrong Worldview, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
• Hiroshima, Scorched Earth, and Nuclear Warfare - Why We Don't Kill Women and Children, by Pastor Kevin Swanson

 The following quotes are from Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard's book, Killing the Rising Sun:

1. "In the blast that follows, a fireball spreads out over the target zone. It travels at one hundred times the speed of sound, rendering it silent. One-millionth of a second later, the people of Hiroshima began to incinerate."
2. "But Enola Gay is safe. All twelve men on board are alive. In six hours they will celebrate with whiskey and lemonade and spend the night far from the hell they have just created."
3. "The next day the chilling results of what the young officer saw from the air are reported on Japanese radio: 'Practically all living things, human and animal, were literally seared to death."
4. "[President] Truman's face lights up. 'This is the greatest thing in history...'"
5. "'Thank God for the atomic bomb' is a common refrain among American soldiers and sailors, who have been dreading the blood-bath sure to come if American troops invade the beaches of Japan. To many of them, the bombing of civilians is not an issue - it's payback for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor."
6. "Oppenheimer soon leaves the stage, but not before bringing the house down with his final comment: 'My only regret is that we didn't develop the bomb in time to use it against the Germans.'"

Compel Them to Come In, by Pastor Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892)

                      

Here is an excerpt from this sermon:

"My brother, I entreat you, I entreat you stop and consider. Do you know what it is you are rejecting this morning? You are rejecting Christ, your only Saviour. "Other foundation can no man lay;" "there is none other name given among men whereby we must be saved." My brother, I cannot bear that ye should do this, for I remember what you are forgetting: the day is coming when you will want a Saviour. It is not long ere weary months shall have ended, and your strength begin to decline; your pulse shall fail you, your strength shall depart, and you and the grim monster—death, must face each other. What will you do in the swellings of Jordan without a Saviour? Death-beds are stony things without the Lord Jesus Christ. It is an awful thing to die anyhow; he that hath the best hope, and the most triumphant faith, finds that death is not a thing to laugh at. It is a terrible thing to pass from the seen to the unseen, from the mortal to the immortal, from time to eternity, and you will find it hard to go through the iron gates of death without the sweet wings of angels to conduct you to the portals of the skies. It will be a hard thing to die without Christ. I cannot help thinking of you. I see you acting the suicide this morning, and I picture myself standing at your bedside and hearing your cries, and knowing that you are dying without hope. I cannot bear that. I think I am standing by your coffin now, and looking into your clay-cold face, and saying. "This man despised Christ and neglected the great salvation." I think what bitter tears I shall weep then, if I think that I have been unfaithful to you, and how those eyes fast closed in death, shall seem to chide me and say, "Minister, I attended the music hall, but you were not in earnest with me; you amused me, you preached to me, but you did not plead with me. You did not know what Paul meant when he said, 'As though God did beseech you by us we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.'" - from Spurgeon' Sermon Compel Them To Come In

The Coming Death of Just About All Rock and Roll Legends

 The Coming Death of Just About All Rock and Roll Legends, by Dr. Paul J. Dean, Jr

The Top 12 Conspiracy Theories That Will Boggle Your Mind

 The Top 12 Conspiracy Theories That Will Boggle Your Mind - msn.com

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Recommended reading:

1. Psychology Educator Breaks Down the 4 Major Reasons People Believe in Conspiracy Theories - msn.com
2. 10 Conspiracy Theories That Actually Came True - msn.com

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Just because a person is a "Psychology Educator" doesn't mean they are smart. Stalin had plenty of these people working for him in the old Soviet Union. One of the main reasons people believe in conspiracy theories is because they are true!

Recommended podcast: Some More Conspiracy Theories That Turned Out to Be True in 2023, by Pastor Geoffrey Grider of Nowtheendbegins.com

Note: Be careful where to go to for your news. The following quote is from David Rockefeller's Memoirs:

"We are grateful to the Washington Post, the New York Times, Time Magazine and other great publications whose directors have attended our meetings and respected their promises of discretion for almost 40 years......It would have been impossible for us to develop our plan for the world if we had been subjected to the lights of publicity during those years. But, the world is more sophisticated and prepared to march towards a world government. The supernational sovereignty of an intellectual elite and world bankers is surely preferable to the national autodetermination practiced in past centuries.” - David Rockefeller (Source)

Here is a related quote - I think - the book, Deep Truth: The Lives of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein:

"Whenever you run a clandestine operation, you run two things at the same time: you prepare the team for the hit, and you keep it so small there's nobody to spread it all around. And across the hall is a big staff working on what we call special plans. They're preparing the cover story. The cover story is what they want people to believe and to talk about, and to argue about." - From a 1992 speech by Col. Fletcher Prouty, former chief of special operations, Joint Chief of Staff

Recommended reading from My Gospel Project: What Really Happened on 9/11?

My Picks from Sermonaudio for Monday, October 30, 2023

1.   Israel War Update with Chris Katulka
2. Out of the Depts Have I Cried Unto Thee, by Pastor Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892)

NY Prepper: EMERGENCY ALERT!! ISRAEL WAR UPDATE!! U.S. LAUNCHES AIRSTRIKES AFTER BASES ATTACKED AGAIN!!

 

Automakers Wake Up to Reality on Electric Vehicles

  Automakers Wake Up to Reality on Electric Vehicles - dailysignal.com

Recommended reading: Ford Motor's Bill Ford Tells UAW: "My Company is Not Your Enemy, China Is" - breitbart.com

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The following quote is from The Great Betrayal: How American Sovereignty and Social Justice are Being Sacrificed to the Gods of the Global Economy:

"No site better captures yesterday's America than Detroit, forge and furnace of America's democracy. Detroit is the burned out case of American cities. The Empire of the Sun has its revenge. Japanese imports helped kill the city that built the weapons that destroyed the empire. Now grandsons of the soldiers of the imperial army work at high paying manufacturing jobs once held by the fathers of ten-dollar-an-hour retail clerks in Macomb County.

"But why blame the Japanese? We did it to ourselves. We Americans created a post war trading regime, in which, over 25 years, Japan bought 400,000 American cars while selling us 40 million Japanese cars, a ratio of 100:1. One president after another sat still while a third of America's greatest industry was shipped off to Japan...

"Americans no longer make their own cameras, shoes, radios, TVs, toys. A fifth of our steal, a third of our autos, half our machine tools, and two-thirds of our textiles are made abroad...

"The decline and fall of Middle America was neither preordained nor inevitable. It was engineered in Washington D.C. Wages have fallen and the standard of living of American families has stagnated because of a basic law: the law of supply and demand. The price of labor has been dropping because the supply of labor has exploded...

"Having declared free trade and open borders to be American policy, why are we surprised that corporate executives padlocked their plants in the Rust Belt and moved over seas?  Why keep your plants here when you can manufacture at a fraction of the cost abroad, ship your goods back, and pocket the windfall profits that come from firing $20 an hour Americans and hiring fifty-cent-an-hour Asians? A pair of Nikes that sells for $150 in the United States costs $5 in wages to make in Indonesia. Any wonder that Nike president Philip Knight is the fifth richest man in America, with $5.2 billion, while his Indonesian workers make 31 cents an hour?" (Emphasis mine)