Wednesday, March 30, 2011

400-408 – [READ] ••• Yuval Levin (National Affairs, 3/30/2011) Beyond the Welfare State.  Yuval Levin is the editor of National Affairs, and a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.  In this excellent essay, he explains why, as he says, "The economic crisis of 2008 might well have been the beginning of the end of the social-democratic welfare state."

• Peter Wehner (Commentary, 3/30/2011) Public Policy and Political Philosophy.

413-423 – [READ] ••• Yuval Levin (National Affairs, 3/30/2011) Beyond the Welfare State.

428-437 – • Elayne Clift (Chronicle of Higher Education, March 27, 2011) From Students, a Misplaced Sense of Entitlement. 

443-452 – Calls – Teachers, do you see this same sense of entitlement in your students?  How can you write a 5-page paper with only the skills to write Facebook status updates?  Manny calls in to say that at the high school he teaches at, students are required to only write one paper in the four years, and it's an in-class one page project.  Appalling.

458-508 – Calls – Teachers, do you see this same sense of entitlement in your students?

512-523 – Calls – Teachers, how bad is the lack of respect in your classroom?

528-539 – Calls – Teachers, do you see this same sense of entitlement in your students?

544-554 – Ron Prentice, Executive Director of the California Family Council (californiafamily.org), and a marriage and family counselor, explains how the issue of "bullying" is being used to bring more pro-homosexual content into our schools – especially through the current attempt by State Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) to pass SB 48 as an anti-bullying bill, when in reality, it would highlight alternative sexual orientations in California's social science curriculum, by mandating the mention of societal contributions by homosexual, bisexual, and transgendered personalities.

• Ron Prentice (California Family Council, 3/30/2011) "Bullying" run amok.

• Ron Prentice (California Family Council, 3/30/2011) Letter to California State Senate Judiciary Committee on SB 48.

558-608 – Mike Fabarez, pastor of Compass Bible Church in Aliso Viejo (compasschurch.org) and host of Focal Point (focalpointministries.org) heard weekdays right before my show from 330-400pm and Sunday mornings at 9:30am, will again be hosting Easter services at the Bren Center at UCI, this year with two services, the first at 830am, the second at 1100am.  They're expecting over 5,000 people.  And, Focal Point's Marriage Retreat Weekend is coming up May 21^st and 22^nd on the Queen Mary.  Today, Mike talks about his commercials getting pulled from Regal Theaters by their advertising agency MCM because they were too "offensive."

• PRWEB (3/28/2011) Can Promoting Easter Church Services Land You On The 5 O'Clock News?  Church Easter commercial deemed as 'too controversial' rejected by national movie theater chain and pulled from paid ad rotation.  

• Compass Bible Church Easter Video, youtube.com/watch?v=QTQTvLmOHtY.

Jessica calls in to tell Mike how he helped her understand forgiveness.

• Christian Post (3/26/2011) Growing Intolerance for Christianity in U.S.

612-623 – Mike Fabarez,

• Christian Post (3/28/2011) Driscoll: Without Jesus, You Go to Hell.

(:38, :24, :48) Mark Driscoll, pastor of Mars Hill, Seattle, this past Sunday, 3/27/2011.

628-639 – Mike Fabarez,

644-656 – Mike Fabarez,

• Views on Hell –

Universalism – the "everybody's in because all religions worship the same God" view.

Christian universalism – the "everybody's in because Jesus died for the whole world even if they don't know it" view.

Evangelical universalism – the "everybody in hell will get a do-over and then hell will be empty" view.  Only Christ-followers are initially "in", and those who are "out" are those who have rejected Christ or have never heard of Him, BUT, hell is only temporary – once you've paid off your sin debt, Jesus somehow will extend another invitation to "get in," of course, everyone will say yes, and so eventually, hell is empty.

Annihilationism – the "God would rather annihilate you than punish you forever" view.  Only Christ-followers are "in", and those who are "out" are those who have rejected Christ or have never heard of Him, BUT, hell is only temporary – once you've paid off your sin debt, Jesus just annihilates you.  Consequently, there's no everlasting punishment of your finite sins, there's just the eternal consequences of your sin, i.e., God just pops you out of existence.

Inclusivism – the "God grades on a curve" view.  Only Christ-followers are "in", and those who are "out" are those who have rejected Christ, BUT God will also allow "in" those who have positively responded to whatever message they got.

Traditionalism – only Christ-followers are "in", and those who are "out" are those who have rejected Christ or who would have rejected Christ had they been given the opportunity to hear via God's Middle Knowledge.

• God's Four Alternatives For Dealing With Evil:  Reform, Second Chance, Annihilate, or Quarantine.

1.  God could reform people.  However, if man is truly free, then God could not cause a person to reform against his will since this would violate human freedom.  Given human freedom, even God cannot guarantee that everyone is reformable.  Skinnerian behavior modification is inhumane in that it is dehumanizing to force a person to change against his will.

C. S. Lewis, God in the Dock (New York: Inspirational Press, 1996), p. 499.  "To be 'cured' against one's will and cured of states which we may not regard as disease is to be put on a level with those who have not yet reached the age of reason or those who never will; to be classed with infants, imbeciles, and domestic animals.  But to be punished, however severely, because we have deserved it, because we 'ought to have known better', is to be treated as a human person made in God's image."

2.  God could offer people a second chance after death.  But this assumes that God was lax in extending His first chance.  If it were merely a matter of people having "more time," the goodness and long-suffering of God assure that they will have it.  The danger is that the longer a person is in sin, the less she is able to choose the Good. (contra Heb 9:27)

3.  God could annihilate people.  John Stott and Clark Pinnock hold that the most just punishment for evil is to pop them out of existence rather than punish them forever.  One of the many problems with annihilationism is pointed out by J.P. Moreland, in that it assumes God prefers the quality of human life over the sanctity of human life.  According to the quality of life view, people are seen as means to an end, rather than as ends in themselves, with the highest end being the elimination of all low qualities of life.  However, to treat people as means to an end is unbiblical, even in those cases in which the end is an actual greater good.  For example, executing an innocent few for the sake of the innocent many is morally wrong.  If God were to annihilate people, this would be to treat them as means to an end, the end being the removal of the lowest quality of life, which is Hell.  The sanctity of human life is rooted in us being God's image-bearers, and as such, we have intrinsic moral worth.  This moral worth trumps any quality of life argument.

4.  Thus, God's only option is to quarantine people.  The four popular purposes of punishment are: retribution, rehabilitation, deterrence, and the protection of society.  All but the first are forward-looking and actually dehumanize the criminal by attempting to force a change of their free will.  Only retribution presupposes free will and seeks to retain full human dignity and "respect" for the criminal by allowing them to receive what they have freely chosen.  The other views of punishment have a less robust view of moral responsibility.  Thus, in order to preserve the dignity of man, and to honor man as a free being, the greatest good is served in dealing with evil by allowing man the deliverances of his volition and to quarantine him forever away from the presence of God. 

• Smoking Gun (3/29/2011) Cinderella, Snow White Implicated In Jail Drug Smuggling Ring.

• Victor Davis Hanson (NRO, 3/30/2011) The Obama Doctrine: Whether it's Libya, fossil-fuel production, or the national debt, the rhetoric floats high above the messy reality.

• Jonah Goldberg (NRO, 3/30/2011) Taking Feminism Overseas: Economic development, democracy, and basic decency require empowering women abroad.

• LAT (3/30/2011) Jerry Brown ends talks on bipartisan budget deal.  The governor, who needs four GOP votes to place a tax extension on the June ballot, says Republicans are unwilling to back tax extensions and are asking for an 'ever-changing list of collateral demands.'

 

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

400-408 – Brooks Douglass share the true story behind the movie Heaven's Rain (heavensrainmovie.com).  There'll be a free public screening Wednesday night, April 13^th, at the Reagan Library in the Air Force One Pavilion at 7pm.  But, they're expecting a big crowd, so RSVP at reaganfoundation.org, or by calling 805-522-2977.  Afterwards, Greg Totten, Ventura County DA, will interview Brooks and lead the Q&A. 

• NBC Dateline Video (1/7/2011) The Haunting (The Story Behind Heaven's Rain).  Can you imagine forgiving the man who shot you, raped and shot your 12-year old sister, and murdered your parents?

The Making of Heavens Rain

Brooks Douglass and his sister, Leslie, grew up in a home filled with love, compassion, and faith. Their father, Richard, was a leader in the Baptist Church. Their mother, Marilyn, was a woman of faith and talent, turning down a scholarship to the renowned Juilliard School to join Richard in the Brazilian mission field.

On their return, Brooks age 16 and Leslie 12, Richard became pastor of a large church in Oklahoma City. On Oct. 15, 1979, Brooks opened the door of their modest family home to what he believed was a man in need. The man, a drugged-up drifter named Glen Ake, was joined by his partner, Steven Hatch. They pulled out guns, tied up the Douglasses, repeatedly assaulted Leslie, shot all four family members, and left them for dead.

Richard and Marilyn died at the scene. Brooks and Leslie recovered from their wounds, but their ordeal had just begun.

Ake and Hatch were caught, tried, and, in 1980, sentenced to death. For the next 16 years, however, the suffering rolled on as a legal system created to protect the rights of the accused dragged the Douglass children time after time to testify in court and relive that night.

The story became national news. But it was continuing bad news for Brooks and Leslie, forced to sell their family home and possessions to pay medical bills. Brooks struggled through high school and college, repeatedly failing out, drinking heavily, and given to bouts of rage. Leslie, once a beauty queen with a beautiful voice, fought to put her life together as she dealt with recurring nightmares and struggled in relationships.

In a 1986 retrial, Ake was convicted again but received life in prison instead death. Brooks Douglass became convicted as well, convicted that the system must no longer "step over the body of a victim to read the criminal his rights."

Brooks earned his law degree, and, at age 27, became the youngest state senator in Oklahoma history where he passed a series of victims' rights bill.

In 1995, a second turning point came. On a legislative tour of a state prison, Brooks saw Ake–requested a chance to talk to the man who had destroyed his family. HEAVEN'S RAIN shares the dramatic result of that meeting.

After three senate terms, Brooks changed directions, pursuing long-held creative desires. With Hollywood writer and director Paul Brown, Brooks co-wrote the HEAVEN'S RAIN script and produced and starred in the film.

While never shying from the hard facts, HEAVEN'S RAIN ultimately is a tribute to the love and faith of Brooks' parents. The Sunday before the tragedy, in fact, Richard Douglass preached on forgiveness. In a dramatization of that moment in the film, Brooks himself, playing his father, quotes the book of Matthew: "He sends the rain on the just and the unjust," and William Shakespeare: "The qualify of mercy is not strained. It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven."

413-423 – Brooks Douglass

428-437 – Brooks Douglass

443-452 – Brooks Douglass.  After the movie, Greg Totten, Ventura County DA, will interview Brooks and lead the Q&A.

458-508 – Calls – Your story of forgiveness?  Is it true that the armor we sometimes wear to protect ourselves from pain often becomes a suffocating diver's suit?  Is it true you have to forgive those who have hurt you in order for you to fully live?  Were you drinking poison in the hopes it would eventually kill the person who wronged you?  Like the monkey, have you been holding on to that orange, that anger, and have been trapped yourself?  When did you let go of the orange?

512-523 – Calls – Your story of forgiveness?

528-539 – Calls – Your story of forgiveness?

544-554 – Calls – Your story of forgiveness?

558-608 – Edward Amey, Executive Director of the Concordia K-12 Schools here in LA and the San Fernando Valley (concordiaschoolsla.org/, 888.770.2752), has just united several K-12 Lutheran schools to form Concordia Schools, and a sort-of Lutheran School District. is currently in the process of forming a Christian school district, and has just begun building a beautiful new campus in the Valley.  And, if someone would like a gym or a new school building named after an individual, call Edward :).  If you call now to begin the registration process for your child to enroll in Concordia Schools, Edward will waive the $300 registration fee…exclusively to the KKLA family.

612-623 – Calls – Your story of forgiveness?

628-639 – Calls – Your story of forgiveness?  If you need help letting go, call La Vie at 800-801-5242.

644-656 – Calls – Your story of forgiveness?

• LAT (3/29/2011) Hospital executives occupy top tier of California's public workers.  Controller's latest report shows CEOs of hospital districts among the highest-paid public employees. Healthcare-industry experts say those salaries reflect the rigors of the job and pale in comparison to the private sector.

• Controller John Chiang, Local Government Compensation Reports.  See the salaries of your city officials, i.e., your tax dollars at work.

• Fox News (3/28/2011) 11-Year-Old Girl Gang Raped in California Park Bathroom.

• ABC News (3/29/2011) Cloud Girlfriend: Start-Up Offers Fake Relationships for Facebookers.

• Breitbart (3/29/2011) Japan on 'maximum alert' over nuclear plant.

• Obama Addresses Nation on Libya –

Transcript (Fox News). Video (ABC News). 

From John McCain:  "I welcome the President's clarity that the U.S. goal is for Qaddafi to leave power.  But an equal amount of clarity is still required on how we will accomplish that goal" (CBS News).  

Obama didn't fare well in the fact check department (AP).   

From Victor Davis Hanson:  President Obama just gave a weird speech. Part George W. Bush, part trademark Obama — filled with his characteristic split-the-difference, straw-man ("some say, others say"), false-choice tropes.  Later:  Somehow, I don't think Qaddafi will be impressed enough to step down; the European allies will be somewhat confused over the degree of future American support; the rebels will wonder whether they should take Tripoli or should settle for a zone of sanctuary; critics won't know whether Obama will ever consult the Congress;  we still don't know why Qaddafi was worse than an Assad or Ahmadinejad — or who or what the rebels are and what the U.S. role will be to ensure something better than Qaddafi (NRO). 

William Kristol seemed to like the speech (Weekly Standard). 

Video of Palin's response (RCP). 

Tim Pawlenty told Hugh Hewitt he "supported the no-fly zone in early March when the rebels had Gaddafi on the ropes, when he was openly talking about leaving voluntarily, when they had him in a position to be able to manifest an opportunity to take over the country themselves without much involvement or intervention. And he didn't act decisively then, unfortunately. So now we have what we have, which is a three or four week delay from that, and a more challenging situation."  Pawlenty also gave tough talk on Syria, saying Obama's claim that the country is a partner for peace in the Middle East is "a complete crock, and it shows the naiveté of the Obama administration" (Townhall). 

From the Telegraph:  Under Bush, the United States was feared by her enemies, respected by her allies, and decisive in the face of a series of crises. His successor however seems all too often paralyzed when it comes to US leadership, and unable to act without a permission slip from the United Nations or the Arab League. Liberals should just admit it – George W. Bush led the world rather than followed it. In contrast, the professorial President Obama runs US foreign policy like a focus group, unable to act without the stamp of approval of other international actors, and projecting weakness in its wake (Telegraph). 

The Washington Times looks at the "mass of contradictions that makes this conflict a hard sell" for Obama (Washington Times). 

Obama's deputy national security adviser explained "We don't make decisions about questions like intervention based on consistency or precedent" (The Hill). 

There's talk Qaddafi's inner circle is cracking (Fox News). 

Meanwhile:  Syrian troops opened fire on a crowd of up to 4,000 protesters in the southern city of Daraa, The Associated Press reported, citing eyewitnesses. At least 61 civilians have been killed since rallies began March 18, said Human Rights Watch, after security forces opened fire on demonstrators in at least six locations around the nation (The Street). 

 

Monday, March 28, 2011

400-408 – Ken Timmerman, contributing editor at newsmax.com, also runs the Foundation for Democracy in Iran (iran.org), is the author of many bestsellers including his latest about the persecuted church in Iraq entitled St. Peter's Bones (kentimmerman.com).  Today, we talk about the new Iranian End Times movie entitled The Coming is Near, now being shown to Iranian Revolutionary Guards and Bassij Corps bases around Iran, and soon to be distributed throughout the Middle East in hopes of fueling more civic unrest.

• Reza Kahlili (atimetobetray.org, 3/28/2011) Iran Leaders: The Coming is Upon Us – Israel Shall be Destroyed! (Watch the Video).

• Ken Timmerman (Newsmax, 3/28/2011) Iran Film: Iran Plans to Conquer Israel, World.

• CBN (3/28/2011) Iranian Video Says Mahdi is 'Near'.

• Victor Davis Hanson (NRO Corner, 3/28/2011) Libyan Endgames.

• Bret Stephens (WSJ, 3/27/2011) The Libya Mission Was 'Never About Regime Change'.  Defense Secretary Gates says Iran isn't winning in the Middle East and explains why he regrets a much-quoted line in his recent speech at West Point.

• Chris Stirewalt (Fox News, 3/28/2011) Five Target Audiences for Obama's Libya War Speech.

413-423 – Ken Timmerman,

428-437 – Ronny Reich, aka "undiepundit", creator of the Libya vs. Iraq video.

• YouTube (3/22/2011) Libya vs. Iraq.

• Ronny Reich (Undiepundit) (3/27/2011) Libya vs. Iraq - Some Thoughts.

(5:04) Libya vs. Iraq. (Youtube animation can be found here.)

443-452 – Summary

458-508 – • CNN (3/23/2011) PETA: Don't call animals 'it' in the Bible.

• CNN (3/26/2011) Abercrombie criticized for selling push-up tops to little girls.

512-523 – Calls – How do you handle the "daughter's clothing" issue?

528-539 – Jose & Alina Mota, our Angels announcer and his 14-year old daughter, join us from Dodger Stadium where tonight it's the Freeway Series (tomorrow night in Anaheim), to talk about their non-profit that helps poor children in the Dominican Republic.  They're right now looking for someone to donate some storage area so they can store all the stuff that gets donated before shipping it off to the DR.  As far as donations, they're looking for athletic equipment, shoes, clothes, toys and toilet items.  Here's the website for Mota's Faces (motasfaces.org/Home.html).  To make a financial donation, mail it to: P.O. Box 152 Glendora, CA, 91741.

544-554 – Jose & Alina Mota,

558-608 – Calls – How do you handle the "daughter's clothing" issue?

• Jennifer Moses (WSJ, 3/19/2011) Why Do We Let Them Dress Like That?

612-623 – Calls – How do you handle the "daughter's clothing" issue?

628-639 – Calls – How do you handle the "daughter's clothing" issue?

644-656 – Calls – How do you handle the "daughter's clothing" issue?

Friday, March 25, 2011

Friday, March 25, 2011

400-408 – • Christian Post (3/25/2011) Most Evangelicals Blame Disasters on End Times, Poll Finds.  According to a telephone survey of 1,008 US adults between March 17-20, 2011, done by the Public Religion Research Institute and Religion News Service, evangelicals and Republicans believe natural disasters are evidence of the end times.

Yes, natural disasters are evidence of the end times:   Evangelicals 67%, Catholics 31%, Mainliners 34%.

Yes, natural disasters are evidence of climate change:  58% all respondents, 52% of Republicans, 52% Evangelicals.

53% of white evangelicals believe God punishes nations for the sins of its citizens.

413-423 – Calls – Since natural disasters are indeed a sign of the end times, what should we expect to see as evidence we're nearing the end?  Higher frequency?  Greater intensity?  Greater loss of life?  Greater property damage?  The global warming alarmists have certainly fueled a lot of propaganda, how much of it do you believe?  How much of this is due to a larger population in general, and those many millions living in clustered urban areas or on coastal plains subject to flooding and tsunamis?  How much is due to our better technology?  What is a balanced view?

• Matthew 24:4-14 (New American Standard Bible) Is this about the Tribulation or the "present age"?

4 And Jesus answered and said to them, "(A)See to it that no one misleads you.

5 "For (B)many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will mislead many.

6 "You will be hearing of (C)wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end.

7 "For (D)nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be (E)famines and earthquakes.

8 "(F)But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs.

9 "(G)Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and (H)you will be hated by all nations because of My name.

10 "At that time many will (I)fall away and will betray one another and hate one another.

11 "Many (J)false prophets will arise and will mislead many.

12 "Because lawlessness is increased, most people's love will grow cold.

13 "(K)But the one who endures to the end, he will be saved.

14 "This (L)gospel of the kingdom (M)shall be preached in the whole (N)world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

• United Nations Environment Programme (2005) Trends in natural disasters.  Gotta promote that global warming hysteria, right?

// Much of the increase in the number of hazardous events is probably due to significant improvements in information access and also to population growth, but the number of floods and cyclones being reported is still rising compared to earthquakes.  How, we must ask, is global warming affecting the frequency of natural hazards?

• Steven A. Austin and Mark L. Strauss (ICR, 1/14/1999) EARTHQUAKES AND THE END TIMES: A GEOLOGICAL AND BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE.  (pdf)

CONCLUSION

A number of prophecy teachers say that a pronounced increase in frequency and intensity of earthquakes has occurred in the latter part of the twentieth century, a worldwide trend fulfilling a prophecy made by Jesus. Contrary to these prophecy teachers, no obvious trend is found indicating an abnormal increase in the frequency of large earthquakes during the last half of the twentieth century. Neither is there a noteworthy deficiency of earthquakes in the first half of the century. Graphical plots of global earthquake frequency indicate overall a decreasing frequency of earthquakes through the century. The decades of the 1970s, 80s and 90s experienced a deficit of larger earthquakes compared to earlier decades of the century. The 70s, 80s and 90s are precisely those decades that many prophecy teachers suppose, erroneously, show a dramatic surplus of larger earthquakes. Regional earthquake data from California and Japan also do not argue for increasing earthquake frequency in the latter decades of our century.

At the time of Christ the Jews had a heightened anticipation that wars, famines, pestilence and earthquakes communicated signs having apocalyptic significance. Jesus responded to apocalyptic expectations in the Olivet Discourse. Whether one interprets Matthew 24:4-14 as (1) events which will occur during the tribulation period, or (2) general signs of the present age, there is no clear scriptural warrant for the claim that earthquakes will increase dramatically prior to the return of Christ. In the former interpretation, these earthquakes would be part of the tribulation period and so of little significance for any increase in earthquakes during the present Church age. In the latter interpretation, earthquakes are seen as recurring catastrophic events common to the present age - events that must not be misinterpreted as "signs" of an immediate end. It is ironic that a passage that intentionally teaches that earthquakes are not indicators of the "end of the age" should be so frequently interpreted as teaching exactly the opposite.

Jesus' statement, "all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs" (Matt. 24:8), has been misunderstood to imply that pain would increase steadily in time. The birth image associated with such signs does not point (necessarily) to an increase in pain with time. Paul's understanding of creation's pain (Romans 8:18-25) is not that pain will grow steadily worse, but that the present period of suffering provokes eager longing for the new birth and the consummation of the coming age. The author of Hebrews sees a similar hope, not in anticipating a future "sign" of increasing earthquake activity, but in the coming of a sudden cosmic cataclysm producing a "kingdom which cannot be shaken" (Heb. 12:28).

428-437 – Calls –

443-452 – Calls –

458-508 – • Daily Mail (3/24/2011) Secret shame of Egypt's army: Women protesters were forced to have 'virginity checks' after being arrested in Tahrir Square.

• AFP (3/25/2011) Israel ready to react with 'great force': Netanyahu.

• Fox News (3/25/2011) Tens of Thousands of Anti-Government Protesters Rally in Syria.

• Charles Krauthammer (3/25/2011) The Professor's War: America is led by a man determined that it should not lead.

512-523 – •• Peggy Noonan (3/25/2011) The Speech Obama Hasn't Given: What are we doing in Libya? Americans deserve an explanation.

528-539 – John Blandford, Regional Director for GMO (globalmediaoutreach.com), the Internet arm of Campus Crusade, is here to share some great news!  Yesterday they passed a big threshold – they reached one-million people with the Gospel! – in just one day! – and over 111,859 indicated they had prayed to receive Christ!! 

Here's how it happens.  About 2 million people a day are "looking for God" on the internet (Googling terms such as "God," "Jesus," "prayer," "heaven", "hell," etc).  When they do so, about 10% of them are directed to over a hundred different evangelistic websites in the top 12 languages in the world, where they read or hear the Gospel via the 4 Spiritual Laws and are given an opportunity to pray to receive Christ.  Should they choose to do so, they are then given the opportunity to request follow-up, which is where the "online missionaries" at GMO come in. 

To watch this happen in "real time," go to greatcommission2020.com.  GMO is on track to see 15 million decisions in the next 12 months.

To get more information on how you and your church can get involved, contact John at gmojohn@gmail.com or call their office at (310) 370-2627.

544-554 – LIFEsocal's first major LIFEevent will be this Sunday at the Rose Bowl, and it's called "Walk4Life."  It's purpose is to proclaim a simple message, "all babies deserve life, and life begins at conception."  They hope to inform and motivate teens and young adults in Southern California to believe in LIFE, stand up or LIFE, and fight for LIFE, with the hope of ending abortion.   Register now at "walk, the number 4, life so cal dot com" for only $10 (walk4lifesocal.com).  All proceeds will go to local pregnancy help centers.  After the Walk4Life, there'll be the LIFEfest on the grass of the Rosebowl, featuring live music, information booths, food trucks and video entertainment.   Here to talk about it, the organizer Carol Golbranson, and St. Monica Academy Junior Will Boles.

558-608 – The CEO of Thru the Bible (ttb.org, 1-800-65-BIBLE) Leo Karlyn (Karla), their General Counsel Bob Kern (Marci), and their Host Steve Shwetz (Sheryl) join us, along with Bob's son and daughter Michael and Heather.  TTB is heard on KKLA at 600am and 800pm, and on over 800 stations in the United States, and in over 200 countries in 100 languages around the globe.  J. Vernon McGee is starting his NINTH 5-year journey thru the Bible next Friday, April 1, with a Guidelines Series that first teaches you how to study the Bible – so now's the time to get on the Bible Bus!  Don't forget, there's free downloadable print resources to use along the way, including every single broadcast of the 5-year program – again for free, right off their website at ttb.org. 

• We've got 5 sets of the complete five-year series, with all the pdf's, in CD form to give away, along with a copy of J. Vernon McGee's biography, The Whole Word for the Whole World: The Life and Ministry of J. Vernon McGee.

John Vernon McGee – Born June 17, 1904 (Hillsboro, Texas).  Died December 1, 1988 (Pasadena).

B.D. Columbia Theological Seminary, and Th.M. & Th.D. Dallas Theological Seminary. 

Pastored Church of the Open Door from 1949 to 1970. 

Chairman of the Bible Department at the Bible Institute of Los Angeles (currently Biola).

The 5-year Thru The Bible lessons were recorded 1970-1975.

612-623 – (:49) TTB 9 Make up

628-639 – (1:25) TTB 5 How to be right

644-656 – (:44) TTB 14 Geiger Counter

(:55) TTB 16 Mrs. McGee

• AP (3/25/2011) Man dies trying to revive dead wife. Calls: What is the most loving or sacrificial thing your spouse has ever done for you?

 

 

Thursday, March 24, 2011

We'll do the "Women in Ministry" topic from yesterday in two weeks from today (April 7) with expert Dr. Judy TenElshof from Talbot – don't miss it.

400-408 – • Fox News (3/24/2011) Who's in Hell? Pastors' Criticism of Eternal Torment for Some Sparks Fierce Debate.

• Five Types of Church Government (aka Polity or Ecclesiology).  The Bible teaches that Christ is the Head of the Church, and that Elders (presbyteros, overseer-bishop-episkopas, pastor-shepherd-poimen) oversee the Deacons (minister-servant-diakonos) who minister to the congregation.  There have been five different applications of this in church history.  It sometimes helps to use business analogies.

1) Senior Pastor Led (Sole Proprietor, e.g. Most Baptist, Calvary Chapels)

2) Presbytery Led (Franchise Store – Individually-owned and operated, e.g., Bel Air Presbyterian)

3) Congregational Led (Employee Owned, e.g. Lake Ave Congregational Church)

4) Bishop Led (Corporate Store, e.g. In-N-Out, and Episcopal and Catholic churches )

5) The Plurality of Elders Led (Senior Partnership, many independent-Bible churches)

413-423 – Calls – If you could, would you vote to fire your pastor if he or she came out in support of Rob Bell's book and denied a literal hell, like Chad Holtz did (chadholtz.net)?  Do you read your pastor's Facebook postings?

• (1:22) Holtz full. (Chad Holtz talks to the Associated Press on 3/24/2011 about hell and being fired.  His AP interview video is here. His blog is here.)

(:10) Holtz 1. Belief in hell/salvation.

(:31) Holtz 2. Not less of a Christian.

(:14) Holtz 3. Giving up traditional view of hell.

(:16) Holtz 4. Fired.

(:08) Holtz 5. Provision.

428-437 – Calls – Does your pastor teach through the Bible or does he give topical sermons?  When was the last time he taught on hell?  Do you think he's avoiding it?  Do you know what your church teaches regarding hell and universalism?

• (6:20) Bell on Morning Joe full. (Rob Bell joins the Morning Joe team on MSNBC last week on 3/18/2011. He is on with Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski and Jon Meacham. Full interview is here.)

(:57) 1 Bell MJ Intro + Q1. 

(:26) 2 Bell MJ Jesus & hell.

443-452 – Calls

458-508 – Calls

512-523 – Calls

(:47) 3 Bell MJ dichotomy.

(:40) 4 Bell MJ heretic.

TH 523 – Don Rohde @ Galpin Ford (818) 262-2092.  For the past 39 years, Don has been a sales manager at Galpin, the #1 volume Ford dealer in the world for the past 21 consecutive years.  Galpin has been family-owned and operated for the past 59 years, and 90% of their business is repeat or referral.  Galpin offers Ford, Lincoln-Mercury, Honda, Mazda, Saturn, Volvo, Jaguar, and Aston Martin.  "In the heart of the San Fernando Valley at Roscoe and the 405, it's Galpin Ford"  (galpin.com).

528-539 – Calls

(:53) 5 Bell MJ why this book?

(1:11) 6 Bell MJ question faith?

(1:23) 7 Bell MJ unraveled.

544-554 – Paul Karpf, Founder and CEO of Financial Recovery USA (financialrecoveryusa.com, 800-385-0745), is just one of ten companies in America certified by the Attorney General as a "Certified Foreclosure Consultant," and he has an "A" rating from the BBB.  Call before 10pm tonight to schedule a "face to face," and Paul will waive the $250 fee.  His offices are in the city of Orange and in Woodland Hills.

558-608 – Tom Davis, President of Children's Hope Chest (hopechest.org), a ministry that helps children avoid the predators of human trafficking in nine countries, is being supported this weekend out at the NASCAR event in Fontana by Motor Racing Outreach (go2mro.com) (Billy Mauldin, MRO Pres).  Tom is taking a group of race driver's wives to Russia for a first hand look at how bad sex trafficking is.  1.2 million children every year are sold into human trafficking.  Tom's latest book is entitled Priceless: A Novel on the Edge of the World (sheispriceless.com) and he blogs at cthomasdavis.com.

612-623 – Tom Davis,

628-639 – Ray Comfort, founder of Living Waters Ministries (livingwaters.com), and co-host along with Kirk Cameron of The Way of the Master TV show seen on 31 networks in 70 countries, is sponsoring a car in the NASCAR Nationwide Series on Saturday in Fontana!  His latest book is entitled The Defender's Guide For Life's Toughest Questions (link), with questions such as:  1) If God exists, why didn't He kill Hitler before he killed six million Jews?  2) The Bible not only condones slavery, it encourages it!  And 3) The Old Testament doesn't even mention Hell; it's mythology, invented by Christians to rule by fear.

• Christian Newswire (3/23/2011) Living Waters Will be the Primary Sponsor of a Car in the NASCAR Nationwide Series Race Saturday March 26 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana California.

644-656 – Ray Comfort

• Christian Today (3/21/2011). Third Day's new music video shines light on adoption.  Calls: What is your adoption story? How has God taught you more about your relationship with Him because you made the decision to adopt a child? Adopted kids, what's your story?

• LAT (3/24/2011) San Gabriel shuts down makeshift maternity ward catering to 'birthing tourism'.