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“It has been reported that Jiang Zemin, president of China from 1993 to 2003, said that he was tempted to make Christianity the official religion of China (1) — a startling statement from the head of a country committed to atheism. What could have moved President Zemin to make such a declaration?”

Read the whole article here. Post your comments back here and let me know what you think.

In Christ and In Defense of the Faith,

Link: 33 Dead at Virginia Tech

May our hearts and prayers go out to these students who survived and the families of all involved in the great evil that has come upon this college community. Don’t take this event as a time to question why the government or schools or communities don’t do something to stop these things. In the end, they can’t stop them. Instead, pray that God will change the world of Virgina Tech with this event and help people to see the truth of Jesus’ words in Luke 13:1-5…

There were some present at that very time who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And he answered them, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered in this way? No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish. Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them: do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who lived in Jerusalem? No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.”

The only reason that any of us can have hope is because Christ has died in our place and taken the punishment and death that we all deserve on account of our wickedness. The reality of these innocent people murdered by a possessed shooter is only in they eyes of humanity. In the eyes of God, there is no one innocent – no, not one. Therefore, we cannot ask, “Why did this happen?,” from the standpoint of innocence.

But the question(s) we should ask is, “What does this mean for me? And how should I respond to the realization that this world is cursed and in need of recreation (i.e. – change)?”

33 people have passed on today into the next state of human existence. Those 33 people’s bodies are going to stay in their graves for the rest of our earthly lives…

Has that hit your mind today? Have you contemplated the reality that you could have been one of those people? How should that change your focus on your work, on your family, on God?

What I know is that one day those 33 people will be resurrected from the dead. But each one will either be resurrected to everlasting life with Jesus in all God’s love or everlasting life in Hell with all God’s hatred.

And like them, all of us will take part in the resurrection of humanity on the Last Day, but on that Day God will separate humanity into two groups – those trusting in Jesus and having repented of their sins and those who disobeyed God and hated Jesus and loved their sins.

Therefore, let all of us who trust in Jesus pray for these students and families affected. Pray that God will bring life to those who continue to live on in the face of this tragedy. Pray that God will strengthen those Christians directly impacted by this evil. And pray that God will continue to teach America that He hates sin and demands the World’s submission to the Lordship of Jesus Christ.

Without the realization of sin and death, the love of God in Jesus will never be understood by any of us. The fact that Jesus is the only man to come back from the dead, never to die again, proves that God has appointed him Lord of the world and has subjected all things under His feet - until all His enemies have been destroyed (the last one being Death, itself).

As the world is changed this day by the decrees of God, which have been made known to us, do not lose heart but rejoice in the hope of a new Earth to be inherited by all God’s faithful children… a new Earth where righteousness dwells and their is no more pain or suffering and all tears have been wiped away and all fear has been cast out.

In Christ and In Defense of the Faith,

I just finished watching the movie, “Children of Men.” It was very spectacular and thought provoking. I recommend it to anyone old enough to overlook a lot of vulgar language.

The movie takes place in 2027 and it has been 18 years since the last child was born. This means that there are no more children and no hope for human beings to survive… But that’s all I will say about the movie. Go rent it and watch it and think about what people would do if there were no hope of future generations… no hope of anymore family once those people older than you died.

The reason for this post is in order for me to rant a moment. I decided to watch some of the extras on the DVD and, after the deleted scenes, I clicked on the portion entitled “The Possibility of Hope.” This is where my title idea came from…

The whole point of that portion of the extras was to promote the idea of global (*cough*crap*cough*) warming – something I like to call global garbage – in the sense that global warming is a bunch of junk science. (Note: http://www.junkscience.com/)

Anyway, this documentary about planet earth had almost every philosophical whack you could think of, telling people that the earth was overpopulated… that the water level was rising… that people were going to start migrating (since we’re all just mammals and products of evilution, I mean, evolution)… all a bunch of junk!!!

So… the most annoying part is the fact that they had these people on a DVD extra for a movie that was made to show what the world might become if no more children were born and the human race only had around 80 years till everyone died.

And since the planet is overpopulated, we don’t need to have anymore babies… right? Wrong! If we don’t have anymore babies, the world will go crazy! But the planet is still overpopulated! Shut up schitzoid! No, you shut up! (picture someone like Smeagol from Lord of the Rings)

Well, I think I’m done with my ranting. These people have to be some of the dumbest and most self-centered people the fallen world will ever produce. They also talked about how our capitalist economy was equivalent to a drug addict who couldn’t quick. Come on now! Who are these people and what drugs have they been using?!?!

Wait! I know!… They are enjoying the luxuries of a free, capitalist society and making fun of it! Just like Al Gore drives to all his global warming parties in his multi-car pack of SUVs. Who are they kidding!

Okay, I’m done. I hope you enjoyed the rant. And may judgment fall on these people and may their hearts be broken by that judgment so that they turn hearts to Jesus for their redemption from the Devil and sin and death.

Just look into the link above if you want to know more about the junk science known as global warming. It’s a good kicker to see just how silly global warming activists can be. They are the pinnacle of what the modern world has become… lacking in any serious knowledge of the past history of the planet – be it political, environmental, sociological, etc.

Go! And while you are going, let the global garbage advocates die off so that you can watch the world become a better place!

I was not expecting to see him on Colbert’s show. But wonders never cease!

I’m not too sure Dr. Land was comfortable the whole time he was being interviewed. Either way, enjoy the show!