Romney Foreign Policy Speech Promises Bigger Government and New Wars

Romney Foreign Policy Speech Promises Bigger Government and New Wars

Although I have no official connection with the website, Sermonaudio.com, I am very enthusiastic about this site, and frequently link to sermons and other audio messages posted there.  But that does not mean I agree with every thing every speaker says on this site.

Recently, I listened to a couple of sermons where the ministers were criticizing those who hold to conspiracy theories, and especially singling out Alex Jones' websites, Prison Planet.com and InfoWars.com.

I don't know Alex Jones and I have no official connection to his web sites. But as part of my research for my Today in the News feature, I do follow his web sites every day (along with about 25 other sites, including Canada Free Press, The New American, The Drudge Report, The Blaze, Pravda, Al Jazeera and occasionally more mainstream news sites such as CNN.com and Foxnews.com).

I think Alex Jones sees conspiracies every where he looks.  In fact, I think much of what he posts on his site detracts from the one real conspiracy he talks about, which has been called The Conspiracy Theory of History (see my post Why I Believe in the Conspiracy Theory of History).

The 2 ministers I referred to earlier were critical of those who hold to conspiracy theories (Sorry, I don't recall who they were).  I think they are both right and wrong in this. On the one hand, Christians don't need to live in fear of what evil men (and women!) might be 'conspiring' to do. The Bible says:

"For he hath said, I will never leave thee nor forsake thee. So that we may boldy say, The Lord is my helper, and I shall not fear what man shall do unto me." - Hebrews 13:5,6

and

"The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming." - Psalms 37:12, 13

But the Bible also says My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge (Hosea 4:6; yes, I'm sorry. I'm sure I'm ripping that verse right out of context!). And if you had the knowledge that Alex Jones has about The Conspiracy Theory of History (again, see my post Why I Believe in the Conspiracy Theory of History), it wouldn't surprise you to read a news story like: Romney Foreign Policy Speech Promises Bigger Government and New Wars

In my humble opinion, if you have not read the 1971 book by Gary Allen, None Dare Call it Conspiracy, you don't even have a right to have an opinion on the topic!

Recommended listening and reading

The Rise of the New World Order, by Pastor Joey Faust

Is Romans 7 More Important than John 3:16?

Do you have John 3:16 memorized? I hope so. If not, why don't you take 10 minutes right now and work on committing it to memory. Here, I'll help you get started:

"For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him, should not perish but have everlasting life."

We had a speaker from the Gideons this past week in church. He told us that 3 billion people on earth have never heard John 3:16 before. Maybe he said 3 million, but I think it was 3 billion. Doesn't matter. It's a lot of people.

There are over 7 billion people on earth and I would like to see every one of them commit John 3:16 to memory. That one verse tells us that we are saved by faith alone in "The only begotten Son of God."

But it is dangerous to over emphasize one verse (or one chapter or one book) in the Bible, as though it were more important than the rest. I have problems with red letter editions of the Bible for this reason- as though what Jesus said in the gospels is more valuable that what the Apostle Paul says in his letters. "All scripture is given by inspiration of God." (II Timothy 3:16)

Many people do this with John 3:16. Some people do this with Romans 7 as well. Romans 7:18,19 says:

"For I know that in me (that is in my flesh) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me, but how to perform that which is good, I find not. For the good that I would I do not, but the evil that I would not, that I do."

Many people use Romans 7 to justify a sinful lifestyle - one that will end up in hell.  "Well, I know I should not be looking at Internet porn, but you know, even the Apostle Paul talks about his struggles with sin and temptation, and he's going to heaven, so I will be there too."

Our Lord Jesus also says, "Enter ye in at the straight gate, for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction; and many there be which go in therat. Because straight in the gate and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." (Matthew 7:13,14)

Please, turn your TV off for one hour, and listen to Pastor Joey Faust preach on Dangerous Views of Romans 7.  And if you find yourself agreeing with what Pastor Faust says in this sermon, leave you TV off for another hour and listen to Dr. David Murray's Sermon, Should Christians Watch Movies?