Who Said That?

"I am convinced in my heart and in my mind that if the United States fails to stand with Israel, that is the end of the United States . . . [W]e have to show that we are inextricably entwined, that as a nation we have been blessed because of our relationship with Israel, and if we reject Israel, then there is a curse that comes into play. . . .  We believe very strongly the verse from Genesis [Genesis 12:3], we believe very strongly that nations also receive blessings as they bless Israel. It is a strong and beautiful principle."

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Update on Saturday, February 20, 2010 at 04:19PM by Kim Riddlebarger

This is from a speech that Michele Bachmann recently made to the Republican Jewish Conference.  Here's the link to the new story.  Click here

Once again, we see the influence of dispensationalism on American foreign policy.

Who Said That?

"God created us in His own image to have an abundant life. He did not make us as robots to automatically love and obey Him. God gave us a will and a freedom of choice.  We chose to disobey God and go our own willful way. We still make this choice today. This results in separation from God."

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Update on Saturday, February 13, 2010 at 05:41PM by Kim Riddlebarger

This is "Step Two" of the "Steps to Peace" posted on the website of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.  This is about as watered down as it gets.  Sin "lite."

Who Said That?

"Gospel music is the purest thing there is on this earth"

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Update on Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 05:22PM by Kim Riddlebarger

This is a quote often attributed to Elvis, who loved gospel music, and recorded several gospel albums.

Who Said That?

"I want to share some of the things that I believe the Lord showed me. And I say it with humility. We see through a glass darkly. So I will share some of those findings from a recent prayer retreat that I had. And I like to do this at the first of the year to kind of say,'Here’s what I feel or I feel the Lord is saying is going to happen.' . . .  And if I’m hearing the Lord right, there are such extraordinary things that are going to take place: victory over demonic powers, victory of healing, some dramatic miracles taking place in people’s lives. And the Lord said it’s going to seem to the people like Heaven has come down to earth. It’s going to be that good. It’s going to be really an extraordinary demonstration of God’s power."

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Update on Sunday, January 31, 2010 at 03:06PM by Kim Riddlebarger

This was Pat Robertson's prediction for 2007.  It is in an official press release on Robertson's website.

Who Said That?

"The God of the Genevan reformer [Calvin] was a monster of iniquity. He was so bent on justice that he possessed no conscience. He was so concerned about being respected and glorified that He found in Himself neither glory nor respect for men. When men become servants of such a God, they may be expected to set flame to the faggots piled high about the body of a Servetus or preach the sermon of Jonathan Edwards, `Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.'”

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Update on Sunday, January 24, 2010 at 02:50PM by Kim Riddlebarger

This is from Martin Luther King's 1953 Boston University essay, "A Comparison and Evaluation of the Theology of Luther with that of Calvin."  King does a good job of comparing Luther with Calvin, but wrongly concludes that Calvin's doctrine of God loses sight of God's love because of Calvin's misguided emphasis upon God's sovereignty.

The essay was submitted to Harold DeWolf for a class on Christian doctrine.  This is found in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project.  Here's the link, http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/primarydocuments/Vol2/530515ComparionAndEvaluation.pdf

Who Said That?

"Let us take an example to test this little doctrine [of the resurrection], so innocently put forth [by the Christians]:  A certain man was shipwrecked.  The hungry fish had his body for a feast.  But the fish were caught and cooked and eaten by some fishermen, who had the misfortune to run afoul of some ravenous dogs, who killed and ate them.  When the dogs died, the vultures came and made a feast of them.  How will the body of the shipwrecked man be reassembled considering it has been absorbed by other bodies of various kinds? . . .  Ah!  You say:  `All things are possible with God.'  But this is not true.  Not all things are possible for him.  [God] . . . cannot make 2 x 2 = 100 rather than 4, even though he should prefer it to be so."

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Update on Friday, January 15, 2010 at 02:42PM by Kim Riddlebarger

This is from the pagan philosopher Porphyry (who lived in Tyre from 230-305).  This is his argument against the Christian doctrine of the resurrection of the body.  It is found in his Against the Christians:  The Literary Remains, 91.

Goes to show that the new atheism isn't really different from the old atheism.

Who Said That?

"What is there greater than the word which persuades the judges in the courts, or the senators in the council, or the citizens in the assembly, or at any other political meeting?-if you have the power of uttering this word, you will have the physician your slave, and the trainer your slave, and the money-maker of whom you talk will be found to gather treasures, not for himself, but for you who are able to speak and to persuade the multitude." 

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Update on Friday, January 8, 2010 at 01:33PM by Kim Riddlebarger

This is an excerpt from Plato's dialogue with Gorgias.  Sounds to me like a power Obama might possess?

Who Said That?

"Papias supplies other stories that had reached him by word of mouth, along with some other strange parables and unknown teachings of the Savior, as well as other legendary accounts.  Among them he says that after the resurrection of the dead there will be a thousand year period when the kingdom of Christ will be established on this earth in material form.  I suppose that he got these notions by misunderstanding the apostolic accounts, not realizing that they used mystic and symbolic language.  For he was a man of very limited intelligence as is clear from his books."

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Update on Sunday, January 3, 2010 at 03:45PM by Kim Riddlebarger

This is Eusebius' (the famed church historian) rather negative assessment of the premillennialism of Papias, about 310 A.D.

See, Eusebius, The Church History, ed. Paul Maier (Grand Rapids:  Kregel, 1999), 129.

Who Said That?

"The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weakness, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still purely primitive, legends which are nevertheless pretty childish.  No interpretation no matter how subtle can (for me) change this."

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Update on Sunday, December 27, 2009 at 05:48PM by Kim Riddlebarger

This is from a letter written by Albert Einstein (March 1, 1954).  http://www.lettersofnote.com/search?updated-max=2009-10-08T03%3A42%3A00-07%3A00&max-results=4

Who Said That?

"I've had to stop a sermon, go back and raise a dead person," adding good-naturedly, "It did improve my altar call that night."

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Update on Saturday, December 19, 2009 at 03:03PM by Kim Riddlebarger

This is a 1987 quote from the late Oral Roberts.   http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,964970,00.html