EVANGELICAL UNIVERSITIES & SEMINARIES OFFERING MASTER OF ARTS IN SPIRITUAL FORMATION~GOING INTO THE DEEPER WATERS OF CONTEMPLATIVE SPIRITUALITY

 
 ADOPTING & ADAPTING CATHOLIC MYSTICISM INTO THE CHRISTIAN FAITH
Evangelical Universities & Seminaries
Offering Master of Arts in Spiritual Formation – Going into the Deeper
Waters of Contemplative Spirituality 
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
 

Photo: Carey University in British Columbia

Over the past decade, while most evangelical colleges, seminaries, and universities
have allowed the influence of the Spiritual Formation movement into
their schools to one degree or another, not all of them had gone so
far as to create a Master’s Degree program in Spiritual Formation. In
fact, ten years ago, there weren’t that many schools that had
Spiritual Formation degree programs. But things are changing rapidly.
Today, a large number of the evangelical seminaries and universities
have such degree programs.

These schools that offer such a degree have
taken the plunge into the deeper waters of contemplative spirituality.
And while there is currently an effort by some of these schools to
convince the church that there is a “good” Spiritual Formation, the
fact is, where there is Spiritual Formation, there is always a trail
that leads to the mystics as Lighthouse Trails has pointed out for many
years.

Below is a partial list of
Christian colleges, universities, and seminaries that offer Masters
Degrees in Spiritual Formation. Some of these are Spiritual Formation
specializations or concentrations tacked onto Master of Divinity or
Master of Arts degrees.
In other cases,  Spiritual Formation programs
are tucked inside Christian Leadership degrees and Christian Formation
and/or Soul Care degrees.

These seminaries and universities are where the
church’s next generation of pastors and leaders are coming from. The
church has been hijacked and is being held hostage to spiritual
deception, but few seem to care. The only thing we are learning from
Christian leaders today is “Simon Says” and “Follow the Leader”
because most will not speak up on this vital issue. On the contrary,
they promote it.

Baylor UniversitySpiritual Formation and Discipleship

Barclay CollegeMaster of Arts: Spiritual Formation

Biola University Master of Arts in Spiritual Formation and Soul Care

Carey Theological College (BC) – Master of Arts in Spiritual Formation

Corban UniversityMaster of Arts in Christian Leadership

Dallas Theological SeminarySpiritual Formation Cohort (under the DMin degree)

Denver SeminaryMA in Christian Formation & Soul Care

George Fox UniversitySpiritual Formation and Discipleship Specialization

Garrett Evangelical Theological SeminaryMaster of Arts in Spiritual Formation and Evangelism

Grand Rapids Theological Seminary (ie., Cornerstone University)The Master of Arts in Christian Formation

Johnson UniversityGraduate Certificate in Spiritual Formation & Leadership

Lincoln Christian University (IL) – MA in Spiritual Formation

Logsdon Seminary (TX) Master of Arts (Religion) Spiritual Formation

MidAmerica Nazarene Unversity The Master of Arts in Spiritual Formation and Christian Counseling

Moody Bible CollegeMaster of Arts in Spiritual Formation and Discipleship

Multnomah University

The Master of Arts in Christian Leadership with a Spiritual Formation Emphasis

Nazarene Theological SeminaryMaster of Arts in Christian Formation and Discipleship Degree

North Greenville University (NC) – Master of Arts in Spiritual Formation and Discipleship 

Northwest Nazarene UniversityMaster of Arts: Spiritual Formation

Pepperdine University

Spiritual Formation and the Christian Mission

Phoenix Seminary

MDiv in Spiritual Formation

Richmont Graduate SchoolMaster of Arts in Spiritual Formation and Direction

Seattle Pacific University Master of Arts in Christian Leadership

Southeastern University

Master of Arts in Ministerial Leaders

Spring Arbor UniversityMaster of Arts in Spiritual Formation & Leadership

Western SeminaryM.A. in Ministry and Leadership (Concentration in Spiritual Formation)

RELATED MATERIAL:

An Epidemic of Apostasy – How Christian Seminaries Must Incorporate “Spiritual Formation” to Become Accredited

 

ANTIFA BULLIES SHUT DOWN FREE SPEECH ON UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS CAMPUS

 ANTIFA BULLIES SHUT DOWN FREE SPEECH ON UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS CAMPUS
Published on Feb 13, 2017
Infowars
reporter Millie Weaver
encounters a group of commies on the University
of Texas Austin campus while trying to interview college students. Not
surprisingly the commies were triggered upon seeing the Infowars
moniker and slurs of vulgarities followed. The commies also went so far
as to intimidate fellow UT students into silence.

“SILENCE” MOVIE PROMOTES CATHOLIC CONTEMPLATIVE SPIRITUALITY & SANCTIONS APOSTASY, BUT GETS BACKING BY “CHRISTIAN” GROUPS

 The message of the movie is
antithetical to true faith.
 Spiritual themes, perhaps, but Christian themes? Not by any stretch.
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“SILENCE” MOVIE PROMOTES CATHOLIC CONTEMPLATIVE SPIRITUALITY 
& SANCTIONS APOSTASY, BUT GETS BACKING 
BY “CHRISTIAN” GROUPS

BY CEDRIC .H. FISHER
SEE: http://www.truthkeepers.com/?p=1368;

republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
 

“Silence” is the latest movie by Martin Scorsese, who also produced
“The Last Temptation of Christ.” I have read several reviews by
professing Christians who are recommending it without reservations.

Additionally, the Dove Foundation awarded the movie 4 out of 5 doves.
Charisma News asks, “Is Martin Scorsese’s ‘Silence’ Prophetic?” CBN also
presented a rave review. Christianity Today entitled its review,
“Scorsese’s ‘Silence’ Asks What It Really Costs to Follow Jesus.”

Another review in CT is entitled, “Silence Review: Hollywood’s Gift
To The Church That Might Just Save Your Faith.” And what is the message
of “Silence” that might save your life? The message of the movie is
antithetical to true faith.

The title of Lumindeo’s review of the movie is, “Silence—A Christian’s Contemplative Guide.” [1]
In the “About” section of the Lumindeo website it is described as “a
network created by and for passionate followers of Jesus Christ.” If
Lumindeo consists of passionate followers of Jesus Christ, why don’t
they know that Christianity never grew in apostasy, but always in
persecution and martyrdom?

Crosswalk likewise implies that it is a Christian-themed film with
the statement, “Theologians, look no further: this movie is jam-packed
with spiritual themes.” [2]
Spiritual themes, perhaps, but Christian themes? Not by any stretch.
Crosswalk reveals a misunderstanding of true Christianity in the
following statement.

“The Christians in the film are Jesuit Catholics…”

The truth is that “Silence” is not a Christian film. It was not
produced by a demonstrable Christian and has nothing to do with biblical
Christianity. National Catholic Reporter declares the movie as,
“Scorsese’s ‘Silence’ is his most Catholic film.”[3] I agree with that assessment. “Silence” is Roman Catholicism presented as true Christianity.

The major theme in “Silence” is about renouncing Christ when
threatened by martyrdom. In fact, the apostate Father Ferreira urges the
Jesuit Rodrigues to apostatize by insisting, “If Christ were here He
would have acted. Apostatized. For their sake. Christ would certainly
have done at least that to help men.”


In fact, Rodrigues is overtly presented as a “Christ” in the film and
the people worshipped him. When he apostatized, it was to the people as
if Christ had apostatized.

Furthermore, Ferreira’s statement is a heretical interpretation of
Christ’s mission.
Christ declared that He came to die for our sins. His
sacrifice was to deliver us from the penalty of sin, death, and to
provide for us eternal life. If we deny Him before men, He will deny us
before the Father. (Matthew 10:33)

Rodrigues hears a supernatural voice, presumably Christ, who tells
him to apostatize.
The voice says, “Come ahead now. It’s all right. Step
on Me. I understand your pain. I was born into this world to share
men’s pain. I carried this cross for your pain. Step.”

Rodrigues obeys the voice, steps on the fumie, and goes on to
denounce Christianity. That iniquitous deed was followed by an apparent
conversion to Buddhism. (Thomas Merton, the priest who introduced
Contemplative Spirituality, also called The Silence, into Roman
Catholicism, likewise became a Buddhist-sympathizing Catholic.)

The supernatural voice presented an extra-biblical revelation, which
is actually heresy.
God’s word declares that trampling on Christ is
egregious and punishable by God.

“Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought
worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of
the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the
Spirit of grace?” – Hebrews 10:29

Additionally, Christ did not come to “share men’s pain,” but to bear
our sin and pay the penalty for it. Trampling on Christ is despising His
sacrifice and rejecting His grace. Christ declared that no one can be
His disciple unless they take up their cross and follow Him. A cross is
to die on. “Silence” violates everything Christ taught about
discipleship.

“For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.” – Matthew 16:25

In my opinion, the blood of the martyrs will cry out against Martin
Scorsese and everyone involved in this film on the Day of Judgment.

“Silence” is also a spiritually seductive lure into Contemplative
Spirituality.
Throughout the movie there are poignant references to
God’s silence. Rodrigues prays, but God does not answer. At one point he
declares, “Despair is the greatest sin, but in the mystery of Your
silence, it crowds my heart.”

In another scene Rodrigues ponders silently, “Lord, I feel the weight
of their fate. Those who have died. Those who will die. Like the weight
of Your silence.”

Makoto Fujimura, the cultural and special adviser to Scorsese during
the film, stated, “…the film is not about the silence of God, but God’s
voice in silence.”

Near the end of the movie the supernatural voice is heard again and declares, “I suffered beside you. I was never silent.”

Rodrigues, now a Buddhist, replies, “It was in the silence that I
heard your voice.” In my opinion it is an unadulterated suggestion that
as a Buddhist he heard Christ in The Silence.  
He never heard Christ as
a professing Christian until right before he stepped on the fumie.

Scorsese said at the screening of Silence, “My way into spirituality happens to be Roman Catholicism.”   Of
course, Roman Catholic spirituality is “the Silence” or contemplative
spirituality.
Consider Scorsese’s understanding of Christianity in his
response to the following question. “The Last Temptation of Christ’ and
‘Silence’ — in your art and mind where do these two films find each
other?”

“… But for myself, as a believer, unbeliever, doubter, have
faith, not have faith, go through life, making mistakes, I don’t know.

 “Because when [Fr. Rodrigues] does apostatize, he gives
up anything he’s proud of and he’s got nothing left except service,
except compassion. So, he gives up his religion, he gives up his faith
in order to gain his faith. Wow. How do you do that? That’s amazing.
Could you do that?” –
Martin Scorsese

I would answer Scorsese with an emphatic “No, you cannot give up
faith to gain faith.” However, he goes on and produces the movie with
the theme of abandoning faith to gain faith.
Scorsese portrays the
“service and compassion” of the apostate Jesuit as refined and elevated.
The clear message is that committing apostasy and converting to
Buddhism to avoid martyrdom is spiritually superior to
faithful-unto-death Christianity.
How does that compare to the martyrs
in Revelation?

“And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of
their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.” –
Revelation 12:11

In summation, “Silence” is nearly 3 hours of very powerful emotional
manipulation.
The movie presents such a horrendously evil view of the
Japanese Inquisitor that the Jesuit Rodrigues appears saintly by
comparison. However, the idea of authentic Christian Jesuits is as
oxymoronic as the concept of biblically validated Roman Catholicism. I
believe the only good value of the movie is that it reveals the complete
failure of Roman Catholicism when the religion masquerades as
Christianity.

The dangers of the movie are first its heterodoxy that one can
apostatize to avoid martyrdom and remain a child of God. An equal danger
is the obvious allure of Contemplative Spirituality. This diabolical
movie may prepare innumerable anemic professing Christians to compromise
their faith under the pressure of persecution. However, it may also be a
vehicle to carrying them into mystical experimentation with
Contemplative Spirituality.


The potential of “Silence” to deceive millions of weak professing
Christians is feasible. Could this be part of the “lying signs and
wonders show” that the Apostle Paul referred to in 2 Thessalonians?


The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and
with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did
not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.” – 2
Thessalonians 2:9-10

[1] http://www.lumindeo.org/uncategorized/silence-christians-contemplative-guide/

[2] http://www.crosswalk.com/culture/movies/silence-movie-review.html

[3] https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/scorseses-silence-his-most-catholic-film
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 OFFICIAL TRAILER:
 Martin Scorsese discusses his faith, his struggles, 
and “Silence.” 
(From a Catholic Perspective, 
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TESTIMONY ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF FREEMASON SUBVERSION IN CHURCHES

TESTIMONY ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF FREEMASON SUBVERSION IN CHURCHES
LETTER TO THE EDITOR OF LIGHTHOUSE TRAILS RESEARCH:
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
 

Dear Lighthouse Trails:

I have just read the excellent booklet that you generously provided in your recent newsletter by Carl Teichrib; FREEMASONRY: A Revealing Look at the Spiritual Side.

Back in the early 1990s, my family was able to relocate
to a small town in the beautiful mountains of North Carolina. We had
previously been members of an independent Bible church in Florida. Among
our first priorities after settling in was to find a similar church
that preached the Word and was focused on missions. We found a very
small Christian and Missionary Alliance Church that at the time had
only about 30 members with a very young pastor that had just graduated
from seminary. This was a wonderful answer to prayer. The church was
already starting to sponsor several missionaries, and the pastor and I
began a close friendship. Soon after the pastor asked me if I would
consider being an elder. I had been a deacon at the church in Florida,
and having been a Christian for only 5 years at this point, I really
thought I might not qualify to be an elder. After much prayer about
this, I humbly accepted the position. Part of my decision was based on
the certainty that the Lord had given me the gift of discernment soon
after I was born again . . . (but that is a whole other story).

The building we rented for our services was very small,
seating maybe 35-40. Soon we began to look for a larger building to suit
our growing congregation. We found a beautiful piece of land just on
the edge of town that had previously been occupied by a Jehovah’s
Witness group. After praying that the Lord would cleanse the building,
we started much needed work on the sanctuary and the small other
building that would be for a nursery.

At this time, a man suddenly started coming to our church
and put himself right away to the business of woodworking and painting.
He had skills in construction that none of us possessed so his help
was greatly appreciated. I soon found out that he was a Freemason. Of
the 5 elders in the congregation, only I and one other (that had left
masonry after becoming a Christian) knew the ramifications of this
man’s intention of becoming a member of the congregation. I looked at
our By-Laws and could not find anything prohibiting a member of a
secret society from becoming a member. So I got busy getting together
materials to discuss with the pastor and elders that dealt with
Freemasonry. At the time, I had a book by John Ankerberg that I used to
highlight all the reasons a Freemason could not be a true Christian
(or at the very least, would be a compromising one) being that he
would be serving two masters.

Since
this man had asked to be a member, we elders had a meeting with him
after the elders had educated themselves about the serious spiritual
ramifications of his joining the membership. We gently but firmly
talked to this man about the biblical reasons that this secret society
could not coexist with Christianity. He claimed he went to a
“Christian Lodge,” and he did not seem to understand what we were
talking about. The man and his wife met with the pastor and said he
was offended by what we were implying. It was his view that we were
saying he was not a Christian, which we had never said in the first
meeting. The next few weeks the man did not come to church. I had the
church vote on a by-law that would not allow a member of a secret
society to become a member of the church. Several weeks later the man
called the pastor and told him that he owned a parcel of land
adjoining our small plot of land. He said he would sell it to us if
only he could become a member of the church and that if the elders and
especially me would apologize to him and his wife based on Matthew
18:15 where a brother sins against another brother!

Much to my surprise (and horror), the pastor (and my
friend) wanted me to ignore the new by-law and personally apologize to
this man solely for the reason of obtaining this parcel of land from
him that he was offering at a great discount!

This was a very agonizing time for me and my wife. We
earnestly prayed about what to do. I could not in good faith apologize
to this man when I had only tried to show him the errors of his way
using Scripture and resources to back up what I was saying. I felt
betrayed by the pastor. Some of the elders (except for one) did not
even know what all the fuss was about! For these reasons, we
reluctantly left that church that we had so dearly come to love. My
wife had started a Pioneer Club for the children and I had taught adult
Sunday school there.

Soon afterwards, a CMA higher up came and discussed church growth, and the man in question sold the parcel to the church.

This is an example of how Satan ruins a good thing when discernment is nearly absent from a local congregation.

By the way, the other elder that was a mason before he
became saved also left that CMA church soon after I did based on his
convictions that very few of the elders and pastor had any discernment
and also because of the new blueprints that the CMA leader had come up
with for church growth. Basically, that plan was to be a
seeker-friendly church that added members that wanted to join whomever
they may be (saved or unsaved).

After we left the CMA church, we looked for a new church
and settled on the big First Baptist church in town (Southern Baptist).
My youngest son accepted Christ as his Savior there and was baptized,
and we were happy they had a nice youth group. About two years later,
the youth pastor left, and they replaced him with a Rick Warren fan.
Several of the parents wanted to have a meeting with him and the
deacons to discuss our concerns. It was not only the fact that all he
talked about was Rick Warren, but my son said that unlike with the
previous youth pastor, this young man was teaching them things that
had nothing to do about the Bible. My son showed me his notes: it was
all man’s wisdom and philosophies that he was espousing. The meeting was
very tense. The youth pastor again accused us of not coming to him in
private first and citing . . . you guessed it: Matthew 18 again! The deacons were all Masons, and they were not sympathetic to our concerns.

Before moving back to Florida, we started up a small
congregation of about 12 families; most of them the parents of the youth
group at the big Baptist church. About this same time, I was reading a
book by a former Mason-turned-Christian that mentioned that a tactic
that the local lodges used was infiltrating the local churches and
reporting back to their lodge on the church’s activities. That really
creeped me out.

Maranatha!

A believer in Florida

GENERAL MICHAEL T. FLYNN, BEST CHOICE FOR NSA CHIEF

GENERAL
MICHAEL T. FLYNN, 
BEST CHOICE FOR NSA CHIEF
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
 
By Kelleigh Nelson


February 13, 2017
NewsWithViews.com
Winning
against a determined enemy requires a willingness to clearly define the
threat and to work very hard to understand their passions, fears and beliefs.

—The Field of Fight Lt. General Michael T. Flynn
Michael
T. Flynn knows more about Islamic terrorism than anyone in Trump’s
cabinet. It is why we need him for our NSA Chief! The left knows it, and
it is why they will use every tactic they can to derail his nomination,
including the bogus claim that he promised a lifting of sanctions against
Russia when he spoke with Sergey Kislyak, the Russian Ambassador to the
U.S.
General
Flynn spent more than 33 years as an intelligence officer, and that will
serve us well. He served as the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency
and the Senior Military Intelligence Officer in the Department of Defense.
Of all the military men in our President’s new administration, General
Flynn knows more about the cunning and ability-to-adapt of the Islamic
enemies of freedom than anyone else in Trump’s administration. His
book, The
Field of Fight
, should be read by every patriotic American. Get it,
and read it, only 180 high powered packed intel pages! It is why we desperately
need this man.
The
Bogus Attack Against Flynn
At issue
is whether or not Flynn discussed the lifting of sanctions against Russia
with Sergey Kislyak before Trump’s inauguration. U.S. intelligence
services routinely intercept and monitor diplomats. According to transcripts
of the conversation, they show that General Flynn did discuss sanctions
with the ambassador. What they don’t show is that the General made
any sort of promise to lift the sanctions once Mr. Trump took office.
Rather, they show Flynn making general comments about relations between
the two countries improving under President Trump.
Had
the General promised a lifting of sanctions, he would have violated a
law that prohibits private citizens from engaging in foreign policy, the
Logan
Act
. Flynn has stated that he really doesn’t remember the entire
conversation, but the transcripts actually show he made no sort of promise,
so reality is, the left is scared to death of Flynn and want him gone.
Personally,
I can’t remember what I said on the telephone yesterday, let alone
weeks or months ago, but the transcripts verify that Flynn did not break
the law. Nevertheless, you have Pelosi tweeting, “Gen. Flynn should
be suspended and have his intelligence clearance revoked.” Of course,
you have Lindsey Graham joining with leftist Sheldon Whitehouse, both
of whom lead the Senate Judiciary Committee’s subpanel on crime
and terrorism, launching an investigation of Russia’s efforts to
influence the U.S. election. Insanity reigns in our Congress.
We need
Flynn, he has amazing intelligence regarding radical Islam, and he is
probably the finest choice in Trump’s administration to carry out
the duties of NSA Chief.
CIA
Hatred of Trump Spills Over
CIA
Director Pompeo, recently rejected a request for an elite security clearance
for Senior Director for Africa, Robin Townley, required for service on
the National Security Council. Townley is a long-time associate of Gen.
Michael Flynn, and a former Marine intelligence officer who had long maintained
a top secret-level security clearance.
Apparently,
Flynn is justifiably angry over this rejection, and this escalates the
friction between Flynn and this agency, one I’ve considered rogue
for many decades. Townley had spent most of his adult life with high level
clearances, so it is difficult to take this as anything but the
war the CIA declared on Trump right after the election
. The CIA
actually had granted the same kind of clearance to Obama’s appointee,
Ben
Rhodes
, despite Rhodes having been declined the same kind of clearance
by the FBI because of his obsequious attachment to Iran.
Apparently,
Flynn and his allies believe it was motivated by Townley’s skepticism
of the intelligence community’s techniques — sentiments shared
by Flynn, and many knowledgeable Americans.
The
CIA and others in the intelligence community seem threatened by Flynn
and his allies. Why? Because this 33-year Army intelligence veteran knows
more about the dangers facing America than anyone. Marine Robin Townley
doesn’t believe the CIA runs the world, and his closeness to his
boss was probably what made him a target.
The
CIA needs a massive cleanout, but meanwhile, Pompeo apparently believes
his sandbagging of Townley is a small price to pay if it helps him avoid
the Porter Goss treatment
.
Flynn’s
Plan to Beat Radical Islam
General
Flynn not only wants to stop Islamic terrorists, but he wants to fight
their radical ideology. He wants to combat it more broadly, using informational
warfare. “We can’t possibly have an effective campaign against
Radical Islamic ideology without the cooperation of the likes of Google,
Facebook and Twitter.
“But
first,” he writes, “the government has to overcome the political
taboo of tying Islamic violence to the religion of Islam, including its
sacred texts, which he says the enemy is using as a manual of warfare.”
“It’s
long past time for us to denounce the many evils of Radical Islam,”
he writes, while highlighting the many defeats of ISIS and al Qaeda to
show potential recruits that “the Almighty has changed sides in
the holy war.”
Advance details of the plan can be gleaned from Flynn’s book. In
it, the Army veteran proposes discrediting the “evil (religious)
doctrines” motivating jihadists — namely the Islamic rewards
for martyrdom (or suicidal terrorism) and the totalitarian tenets of Sharia
law — using psy-ops and counter-propaganda, not just through federal
government channels but also through “our schools, media and social
networks.”
“If
we can’t tackle enemy doctrines that call for our domination or
extinction,” Flynn writes, “we aren’t going to destroy
their jihadis.”
Fired
by former President Barack Obama from the Defense Intelligence Agency
for taking such stands, Flynn vows to reverse the longstanding government
practice of whitewashing the violent nature of the enemy’s faith
through pleasant platitudes like, “The terrorists are hijacking
a religion of peace” and other apologia. He calls such policies
“Islamophilia,” and complains they border on appeasement,
which, in my estimation, they do.
Nazis
and Islamists
Donald
Trump has been compared to Adolf Hitler by the leftists in America, by
political adversaries who disagree with him vehemently and with vitriol.
Professors, political commentators, irate comedians, Hollywood entertainers,
and especially some of the leaders from our black communities have engaged
in the purposeful promotion of this comparison. Their political demonizing
is done for a purpose, but certainly not one that is helpful to America,
and if you’ll notice, it also extends to Trump’s nominees.
Marion
Ingeborg Andrews
, (Inge) was born in Dusseldorf, Germany, in 1940
during Hitler’s reign. She is infuriated that people compare President
Trump to Hitler and has said,
“What
is going on in this country is giving me chills. Trump is not like Hitler.
Just because a leader wants order doesn’t mean they’re like a dictator.
What reminds me more of Hitler than anything else isn’t Trump, it’s
the destruction of freedom of speech on the college campuses —
the agendas fueled by the professors. That’s how Hitler started, he
pulled in the youth to mis-educate them, to brainwash them, it’s happening
today.”
“It
saddens me that we are teaching garbage in the schools and in the college.
We don’t teach history anymore. History repeats itself over and over.
The kids out there today haven’t ever lived through a war like I did.
I remember sitting in a rock pile, cleaning rocks, to rebuild Germany.
I remember eating maple leaves and grass to survive.”
General
Flynn’s book echoes Inge’s fears when he states, “Religious
fanatics and secular tyrants work quite well together, transcending even
deep ideological
divides. The most dramatic example comes from the infamous case of the
grand mufti of Jerusalem in the 1930s and 1940s, Amin al-Husseini, and
his efforts to forge an operational relationship between Nazi Germany
and his own Muslim Brotherhood.” Chuck Morse’s book, The
Nazi Connection to Islamic Terrorism
spells it out clearly.

“Like the leaders of other fascist states, the mullahs who have
ruled the Islamic Republic have claimed universal authority in the name
of their doctrine, not of their country. And they say they are prepared
to die—along with their followers—to accomplish their mission.
As Khomeini put it shortly after the occupation of the American embassy
in Tehran in 1979: “We do not worship Iran, we worship Allah…For
patriotism is another name for paganism. I say let this land burn. I say
let this land go up in smoke, provided Islam emerges triumphant in the
rest of the world.” General Flynn – The Field of Fight.

The
General makes this clear on page 103 of his dynamic book when he states,
“Keep your eyes on that word, ‘totalitarian.” That is
the key concept.”
“This
also helps clarify the nature of the global alliance we face. The countries
and movements that are trying to destroy us have worldviews that may seem
to be in violent conflict with one another. But they are united by their
hatred of the democratic West and their conviction that dictatorship is
superior. So, while it may appear that, say, there is little in common
between Communist North Korea, and radical Shi’ite Iran, or between
the leaders of the radical Sunni Islamic State’s ‘caliphate’
and the Iranians, in fact it is no more difficult for them to cooperate
in the war against us than it was for Hitler and the grand mufti to cooperate
in the 1930s and 1940s.”
General
Flynn knows that Iran is the core of terrorism training, and this is another
reason that President Trump has said, “Iran’s nuclear deal
is inconceivable and a disaster for Israel.” [Link]
Our
President has stated many times, “Make America Safe Again.”
Our president knows that some of the refugees and illegal aliens are of
the criminal element, and his job as our President is to keep this sovereign
nation’s people protected.
Conclusion
Trump
and his nominees are real men, not men that have been feminized, and that’s
why they hate real men like Trump, General Flynn, advisor Stephen
Miller
, and his other nominees. [See Stephen
Miller on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace
] also [See Stephen
Miller shellac George Stephanopoulos on ABC
] and [See Stephen
Miller Destroy Chuck Todd on Meet The Press
]
What’s
good for the goose…So how about these leftists apply the same tactics
towards their Hollywood and sports figures like they’re applying
with the attacks on all of Trump’s nominees, but especially on General
Flynn?!
Remember
Dennis Rodman? The former NBA star and reality TV star gave a special
birthday gift to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. A U.S. congressman calls
it “bizarre and grotesque” and, with North Korea’s repressive
regime in mind, compares it to “inviting Adolf Hitler to lunch.”
And when questioned by Chris Cuomo of CNN, he had this to say, “I
don’t give a rat’s ass what the hell you think.” [Link]
Sean
Penn is another one. In 2008, the actor flew to Cuba to interview Castro.
In what was a seven-hour conversation with Castro, Penn described the
hardliner as having the “agility of a young man” who “exercises
every day, his eyes are bright and his voice is strong.”
“Spielberg
went down there recently to Cuba, and said, ‘The best seven hours
I ever spent was actually with Fidel Castro,’” Duval said, “Now,
what I want to ask him [is],” Duval said of Spielberg, “‘Would
you consider building a little annex on the Holocaust museum, or at least
across the street, to honor the dead Cubans that Castro killed?’
That’s very presumptuous of him to go there.” 
 Add
to this fawning of the Communist Dictator, these other Hollywood actors,
Jack Nicholson, Ted Turner, Danny Glover, Kevin Costner, Chevy Chase,
and Harry Belafonte. Where is the Logan Act with them? Excuse me, why
weren’t their conversations recorded??? [Link]
And
what about George
Clooney’s visit to Angela Merkel
? Muslim migrants have now flooded
into a massive camp
next to George Clooney’s $10 million Italian
villa. So, how about it George…maybe you could take in about 50
of them and feed and house them?!
The
number of the White house comment line is (202) 456-1111, and the number
of the house switchboard (202)225-3121. Call the White House, and then
your senators and tell them we need General Michael T. Flynn as our National
Security Advisor. No one else will do, we need Flynn!

CHRISTIANITY AND RADICAL ISLAM: BREAKING THE SILENCE

CHRISTIANITY
AND RADICAL ISLAM: 
BREAKING THE SILENCE
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
 
By Amil Imani


February 14, 2017
NewsWithViews.com
The
American people must hear the truth about the nature of Islamic doctrine
continually until they are totally aware of its threat to their way of
life and the US Constitution. Sadly, our Churches and other religious
institutions dare not speak up for fear of being accused of intolerance
toward another religion. Our academia, the university teachers and professors,
left or right, dare not, because, most likely, they would be expelled
and lose their income. Our elected officials and politicians dare not
because they are mostly master practitioners of euphemism, hedging, doubletalk,
and outright deception, and they need your votes as well as your money.
Many media contributors and editors dare not because they could lose subscribers
and be shut down. Countless entrepreneurs and businessmen dare not because
they might lose customers and clientele. Even ordinary workers dare not
because they might be fired or called bigots and racists. So, I thought
I would tell you!
America
is faced with a formidable adversary. This adversary has a name: Islam,
not radical Islam or political Islam, just Islam. Muslims don’t
call it radical Islam, why should we? I think it is time to revisit the
First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and see if Islam is qualified
as a religion. Is this an outlandishly absurd proposal? Not at all, serious
problems require equally serious solutions. The call for evaluation of
the First Amendment may be seen as an attempt to curb Islam or other militant
cults. The truth is: it is. It is truly a matter of survival of the United
States and the free world.
It is
long past time to take a stand and shift the debate to orthodox Islam.
There is no need to exhaustingly investigate every other religion on the
planet in order to compare them or offer an opinion about their relative
“goodness” in declaring that on the whole, Islam perpetuates
malevolence and violence. Let others devolve into religious disagreements.
But for the press and some commentators who would further question: “OK
great, so now what? You claim Islam is malevolent. How do we combat that?”
Your response is already clear: Through the spread of truth, not deceit.
Through voluntary social sanctions and laws in every civilized country
that forbid evil practices like Sharia, coercion and violence
against women, threats against those who disagree, honor killings, apostasy
and other hate crimes. Let the world know the truth and decide for itself.
Let Muslims who come to their senses, opt out.
Religion
and Islam
America,
with a long history of protecting religious freedom, still clings to the
“hands off” practice of leaving alone any doctrine or practice
billed as religion. A thorny problem is in deciding what constitutes a
religion and who is to make that call. The dictionary supplies a sociologically
useless definition for religion: “The expression of man’s
belief in and reverence for a superhuman power recognized as the Creator
and Governor of the universe.” Just about anyone or any group under
this definition can start a religion, and indeed they do—and some
do so at significant costs to others.
Muslims,
under the banner of religion, are infringing blatantly on the rights of
others, not only in Islamic countries, but also in much of the non-Muslim
world. By their acts of dogmatic barbarity, Muslims are slowly awakening
non-Muslim democracies to the imminent threat of Islamic terrorism keen
on destroying their free secular and free societies.
As more
and more Muslims arrive in America, as they reproduce with great fertility,
as they convert the disenchanted and minorities, and as petrodollar-flush
Muslims and Muslim treasuries supply generous funds, Muslims gather more
power and become a serious challenge to the American system of governance—representative
democracy. As for democracy, the rule of the people, Muslims have no use
for it whatsoever. Muslims believe that Allah’s rule must govern
the world in the form of a Caliphate. Making a mockery of democracy, subverting
its workings, and ignoring its provisions is a Muslim’s way of falsifying
what he already believes to be a sinful and false system of government,
invented by the infidels.

Quran
5:50 “Do they then seek the legislation of (the Days of) Ignorance?
And who is better in legislating than Allah for a people who have Faith.”
Quran
5:45 “And whoever rules not by what Allah has revealed, those are
the wrongdoers.”
Quran
12:40 “The rule is only for Allah.”
We must
begin to declare Islam evil, not from a sectarian perspective, but from
a universal, humanist one. Every encroachment of Islam as a religion must
be rejected, harassed and discouraged by all people everywhere. Any leftist
attempts to give aid and comfort to this religion of hate must be denounced
and frustrated at every turn.
Christianity
Unlike
some peaceful religions such as Baha’i, Buddhism, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism
and Christianity which advocate universally understood principles of good
within their Holy books, and perhaps other religious doctrines (with which
I am not personally familiar), Islam cannot be reformed. An example, when
the Roman Catholic church was reformed, it was the church that was found
to be in violation of Biblical teachings. It had in many ways become anti-Christian.
Reform
restored orthodoxy to the plain and well-understood concepts revealed
by Christ and the disciples (one of the reasons it took so long was the
church forbade lay-people from reading the bible or translating it from
the obsolete language of Latin…so Europeans were largely ignorant except
for what they were told…see the story of Martin Luther). Some evolutionary
ideas such as the abolition of slavery were not addressed in the Bible
(in part because Christ was after souls not bodies), but the other teachings
such as compassion, forgiveness, non-violence, and brotherly love are
and were always incompatible with slavery. Therefore, it should be no
surprise that eventually Christians in Europe and America led the abolitionist
movement (they were scripturally correct). If a Christian bombs an abortion
clinic, there is no scriptural commandment supporting this. It is unchristian
(however, it is not unchristian to denounce abortion and seek to make
it illegal and thus prevent abortionists from practicing their craft).
It is
sad when the counter-argument to this definition of Christianity is lame
references to Old Testament violence. Old Testament stories are taught
in Christianity as historical fact, not prescriptions based on Christian
ethics. If to a Christian, God is sanctioned a violent act, it is 100%
irrelevant to the New Covenant that is taught by Jesus. So, to say…yeah
but the Bible has violence in it too is insultingly banal, simplistic
and misleading.
If some
Christians abused their doctrine and hid behind the Cross to justify their
personal desire to kill, enslave, and conquer, then they are and always
were sinners and they are wrong; and this is why Christianity has taken
the natural form it has today…as a religion of peace and compassion
(even if many supposed Christians continue to sin). This is not to say
that Christians are unable to defend themselves, or intervene to stop
injustice. Christians are taught to hate the sin and love the sinner…period!
The decision to become aggressive is always a burden on the Christian
conscience.
In comparison,
Islam does not tolerate revisionism in its beliefs or practices over time.
Reform is not at play, because one cannot point to Jihadists or terrorists
and say Muhammad did not advocate it. He most certainly did, and delighted
in his evil thoughts. Islam is a literal religion, taking unabrogated
scripture as eternal and absolute. Moreover, there are no calls in Islam
for compassion, forgiveness, non-violence, and brotherly love. Instead
there are specific prescriptions to retain evil with evil, eternal warfare,
religious hegemony, slavery, killing Jews, taxing nonbelievers, stoning,
promulgating terror, establishing a caste social system, and perpetuating
discrimination against women. The only way to reform Islam is to discard
Sharia, but also to purge the Quran itself of its enormous Suras that
are not only patently false, but totally repugnant to a civilized humanity.
This line of thinking, to sanitize Islam is explicitly forbidden in the
Quran:
Quran
2:85: “Do you, then, believe in some parts of the divine writ and
deny the truth of other parts? What, then, could be the reward of those
among you who do such things but ignominy in the life of this world and,
on the Day of Resurrection; they will be consigned to most grievous suffering?
For God is not unmindful of what you do.”
Radical
Islam
There
is no such thing as “radical Islam.” I have refused to accept
several organizations that seek to combat or expose the antics of “radical”
or “extreme” Islam, because I know that it is not extremism
that is causing the violence…it’s mainstream, typical, normal,
traditional, specified, canonical Islam.
There
are those who with a wink and a nod understand this but continue to work
as revisionists because they are afraid of starting a religious war, even
as they feel compelled to do something. They tell me, “You can’t
openly accuse an entire religion of being evil! That would just incite
them and make them hate us even more.” My response: the war started
in the 7th century, and if in the 21st century we still refuse to accept
that reality, then there is perhaps no hope at all for civilization. Nothing
good can come from self-deception.
I argue
that any belief system that licenses murder in the name of Jihad and the
conquering and subduing of the world of the infidels by the Umma,
should be outlawed. The prophet Mohammad brewed up a militant, radical
and extremely irrational imperialistic cult that sought world dominance.
My fellow travelers, let us make one thing clear; Islam is no more a religion
deserving our respect or legal recognition than is cannibalism.
And
those who take a “liberal” view of Islam should be forced
to back up their nouveau interpretation with unabrogated scriptural
facts. Unless such “reformists” can denounce fascist Islam
with scripture, they are the true radicals, which is why we never see
them pointing to scriptural arguments against jihad…they cannot because
they are lying. Islamic terrorists are doing exactly what the prophet
Muhammad demanded. And his demands were not suggestions and were not ephemeral.
They were “perfect,” eternal ultimata. Islamic terrorists
are faithful and true to what is written in the book of Quran.
Islam
Enablers
A consortium
composed of pandering politicians, left and right, blinded by short-term
self-interest and egotism, attention and fund-seeking self-proclaimed
prima donna professors; and, bastions of useful idiots, are the
witting or unwitting promoters of Umma-ism.
Recall
how many times former President George W. Bush praised Islam? Recall President
George Bush’s love affairs with the Shaikh Abdullah of Saudi Arabia?
Didn’t
President Obama go around the Muslim heartland and sing the praises of
Islam at every stop? Didn’t he bow with great deference to the King
of Islam in Saudi Arabia? Didn’t he proudly proclaim Islam as the
faith of his near and dear kindred? Didn’t he, time and again, tell
us that Islam is indeed the religion of peace? Didn’t he with his
captivating oratory skills cite passages from the Quran to show how reverent
he was toward this religion? Didn’t he appoint a raft of “devoted”
Muslims to sensitive and high posts in government? Didn’t the Obama
administration pull back all training materials used for law enforcement
and national security communities, in order to eliminate all references
to Islam that some Muslim groups have claimed are offensive?
Here
are some statements from both Presidents Bush and Obama:
1.
“Ours is a war not against a religion, not against the Muslim
faith. But ours is a war against individuals who absolutely hate what
America stands for.” GWB
2. “They’re terrorists. And we are not
at war with Islam. We are at war with people who have perverted Islam.”
BHO
3. “Our war is not against Islam, or against
faith practiced by the Muslim people. Our war is a war against evil.”
GWB
4. “Our enemy doesn’t follow the great
traditions of Islam. They’ve hijacked a great religion.”
GWB
5. “The terrorists do not speak for over a billion
Muslims who reject their hateful ideology.” BHO
 6.
“There are thousands of Muslims who proudly call themselves Americans,
and they know what I know — that the Muslim faith is based upon
peace and love and compassion.” GWB
7. “This great religion in the hands of a few
extremists has been distorted to justify violence.” BHO
Conclusion
It is
long past time for Americans to call upon the lawmakers of the United
States of America to immediately create a safety board and commissioner
to study and examine the dangers of Islamic doctrine in our society. Islam
today is dysfunctional, to say the least. As a matter of fact, Islam went
astray from the very beginning and inflicted a great deal of suffering
on both its followers and those who resisted its advance.
In the
monumental task of dealing with Islam, every individual, group and government
must combine their resources and energies to prevail. The destiny of the
civilized world hangs in the balance. Shirking this responsibility is
an unpardonable act of every enlightened human being and organization
that values individual freedom, liberty and dignity.