WHO ARE THE GREENS & WHAT DO THE GREENS BELIEVE?

This may be a bit late, but here are some reasons why Christians should not vote for the Greens.

WHO ARE THE GREENS & WHAT DO THE GREENS BELIEVE?

'Jack Mundy's own description of "ecological Marxism"…..sums up the two core beliefs of the Greens:

First, the environment or the ecology is to be placed before all else. Secondly, the Greens are Marxist in their philosophy, and display the same totalitarian tendencies of all previous forms of Marxism….the subordination of the individual.

Humans are only one species amongst others. Each is equally precious or equally disposable.

In the Greens Manifesto, co-authored by Bob Brown and Peter Singer, declares that there is nothing wrong with societies that practice abortion, euthanasia, infanticide, and bestiality. This comes from believing that there is no fundamental difference between human beings and animals. Hence, euthanasia; tax-payer funded (illegal) abortions (approx. 100,000 in 2010) ; same-sex 'marriage'; campaigns in schools in favour sexual diversity (ie. The promotion of homosexuality as a lifestyle) etc., stems from their pagan belief system.

Their objective is clear: "to transform politics and bring about Green government ……a radical transformation of the culture that underpins western civilization."

For the Greens, "economic development must be compatible with, and subservient to, ecological sustainability". The Greens advocate high levels of State ownership.

It’s time

It's time I started blogging again, and sticking at it this time.

Just a quick message to Christians in NSW, if any read this, DON'T VOTE FOR THE GREENS!

A Model of a Faithful Friend

Hi,

As usual, I'm behind on intended blog posts.

Anyway.

Below are a set of verses that shows how Barnabas modeled a faithful. It's from one of my sermons a few weeks ago. Let me know what you think.

· Acts 4:32-37. A friend always gives when there is a need.

· Acts 9:26-28. A friend stands up for you.

· Acts 11:22-26. A friend thinks of you.

· Acts 13:2 & 42. A friend does not seek first place.

· Galatians 2:11-13. A friend isn’t perfect.

· Acts 15:36-41. A friend forgives. (1 Corinthians 9:6, 2 timothy 4:11)

Faith is a Doing Word

I was never good at English in school, great at maths and science, but never English. However, there is one thing I remember being taught. Nouns are naming words (like chair, car and albatross) and verbs are doing words (run, walk, sleep, etc). Apparently, this is no longer true, but I wouldn't know because I'm no good at English.

Anyway, what I want to propose is that faith is often misunderstood as being a naming word, when it is really a doing word. To start with, look at Hebrews 11, all the examples of faith are doing examples. Hebrews 11:6 says, "And without faith it is impossible to please God,..." Also, look at James 2:17,18:

¹⁷In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.

 ¹⁸But someone will say, "You have faith; I have deeds."
      Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do.

James is clearly saying that faith is a doing word.

If you need more, think about Jesus' story of the sheep and the goats. The difference is in what they do. The sheep do faith, the goats do not.

There are many more examples I could give you to support this idea that faith is a doing word, and not a naming word. (That is that faith is not something you have it's something you do.) However, as well as being really bad at English, I also hate writing. So I will leave it there, unless someone wants to disagree with me!

Six weeks Old

It's time for me to try and get this blog going again, but in the mean time this is what has keep me distracted for the last six weeks.

I need a daughter who won't drive me crazy!

I need a daughter that won't drive me crazy
A girl who’s listen and actually obey!
I need a daughter that won't drive me crazy
Some girl that knows the meaning of a
Hey now it’s bed time.

(Words adapted from John Cougar Mellencamp’s “I Need a Lover”)

I really love my daughter, she’s great. She would just be greater, if she did what she was told when she was told. Is that to much to ask? Probably! The list of reasons she can find not to do as she is told, or put off doing it, is endless.

I’m sometimes convinced that our sin nature is the most creative part of us. We just naturally know how to rebel, to try and get things our own way. We justify not doing what God has clearly called us to do with just as many creative reasons as my daughter has for not doing what Mum or Dad tells her.

We, like my daughter, feel completely justified in this rebellion because we are not really disobeying, we just cannot right now because…

Child in the Midst (Prayer for children at risk), VIVA Network. www.viva.org

Taken from the booklet, Child in the Midst (Prayer for children at risk), VIVA Network. www.viva.org

1.According to UNICEF, millions of children run away from home because of violence and abuse. 185 million children under 18 years of age live in Latin America and every year six million suffer extreme violence and some 80,000 die in their own homes. [page 12]

2.The World Health Organization estimates that nearly 150 million girls and 73 million boys have suffered some form of sexual harm. [page 13]

3.It is estimated that there are 700 million children of primary school age and more than 121 million do not attend school, mostly in South Asia and sub Saharan Africa where poverty prevents them. [page 18]

4.50 million babies have started life without a legal identity. With no documentation to prove how old they are or even if they exist, they are likely to be faced with discrimination and lack of basic access to services such as education or health care. [page 19]

5.27,000 children die every day because of hunger or preventable illnesses and 100 million children live or work on the streets (UNICEF). [page 24]

6.More than 140 million children are malnourished and 5.6 million die every year through starvation. [page 25]

7.The International Labour Organization (ILO), estimate that 12 million children are victims of trafficking each year, being moved from one country to another to fulfil selfish sexual needs. In India, children are exploited and end up working as slaves to pay off debts incurred by their families. [page 25]

8.Approximately 33 million people were living with HIV in 2008; 2.1 million of them were estimated to be children under 15 years of age. [page 30]

9.Around 17.5 million children under the age of 18 have lost one or both parents to AIDS. Millions more have been affected, with a vastly increased risk of poverty, homelessness, school dropout, discrimination and loss of life opportunities. These hardships include illness and death. [page 31]

10.Of the estimated 2 million people who died of AIDS-related illnesses in 2008, 280,000 of them were children under 15 years old. [page 31]