How Western Cultural Leadership Turns Pagan - The Miley Cyrus Story

How Western Cultural Leadership Turns Pagan - The Miley Cyrus Story [Podcast], by Pastor Kevin Swanson
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I still think there's hope for Miley Cyrus. She talked a lot about her love for the Bible in her book Miles to Go. Who knows, maybe one day she will take a look around her and see the emptiness of Hollywood and seek our Lord Jesus Christ instead!

The Bible says in Isaiah 30:21:

"And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it..."

I can't recommended her dad's song Achy Breaky Heart, but I do recommend Weird Al Yankovich's Parody of that song.

Recommended reading:

Billy Ray Cyrus Regrets Bringing Miley to Hollywood: "I'd Take it Back in a Second" - gospelherald.com

Recommended sermon:

The Best Days of Your Life, by Dr. David P. Murray

The text for this sermon is Ecclesiastes 12:1:

"Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them.."

What the Beatles Can Teach the 'Selfie' Generation

What the Beatles Can Teach the 'Selfie' Generation - lewrockwell.com

Excerpt from this article:

"Miley Cyrus is one of many who seem to want fame more than anything else. As the Beatles found out, it doesn't bring happiness."
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Miley, Taylor: Remember Now Thy Creator in the Days of Thy Youth
The Entertainment Industry: As Nasty As They Want to Be
Former CCM Singer Turned Secular Pop Star Katy Perry: "I Don't Believe in Heaven or Hell!"
What Would Jesus Think of Singing "Highway to Hell" in Church?
Carrie Underwood to Play 'Maria' in New Sound of Music Movie 

Recommended podcasts:

Led Zeppelin, Madonna, Michael Jackson: Are the Beatles Bigger Than Jesus?, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
Cultural Casualties: Sex Ed for K-6 Kids and Miley Cyrus, by Pastor Kevin Swanson

The Entertainment Industry: As Nasty as They Want To Be!

Actors. Actresses. Musicians. Professional athletes. These are the people your kids look up. So much so that businesses are willing to pay them millions of dollars to endorse their products. (see Hollywood Pushes Immorality, Violence and Gun Control; Demand a Plan? Demand Celebrities Go ...).

What would happen if the porn industry decided to hire top celebrities to advertise their products? Pornography is already one of the largest segments of the Internet (see: Covenant Eyes: Porn Stats). What would happen, if say, major celebrities started to appear in hard core porn movies? Would that increase the number of men (and women and children!) who start clicking on porn sites and watching X-rated movies? Or would people say, "We will accept Miley Cyrus' twerking, but that is as far as we want to go?"

Here is an experiment that I really don't want anyone to perform: Turn on your computer. Go to www.googleimages.com. Now type in the name of your favorite pop star followed by the word porn. You can start with the following names: The Olson Twins, Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Britney Spears, Miley Cyrus, Madonna, & Drew Barrymore).

The world says:

"It seams so obvious: if we invent a machine, the first thing we are going to do - after making a profit - is use it to watch porn." - Damon Brown, Playboy's Best Covers

The Bible says:

"There is no fear of God before their eyes." - Romans 3:18
"I will set no wicked thing before my eyes." - Psalms 101:3

Recommended sermon:

Dealing With Lust, by Robert McCurley

Recommended reading and listening:

How Porn is Rewiring Men's Brains
Ex-Porn Star Reveals the Horror of Working in the Sex Industry
James Dobson's Interview With Serial Killer Ted Bundy
Experts: Recent Hollywood Child Sexual Abuse Charges Just the Tip of the Iceberg 

Recommended poem:

The Devil's Vision

Veteran Affairs Forbids Chaplains From Quoting Bible or Praying in the Name of Jesus!

Veteran Affairs Forbids Chaplains From Quoting Bible or Praying in the Name of Jesus! - thegatewaypundit.com

Excerpt from this article

"Two chaplains were forced out of a military training program after they refused orders to quit quoting the Bible and mention Jesus. The men said they were ridiculed and harassed."
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Recommended Christmas reading;

Messed Up Situation When Miley Cyrus Gets Laughs and Phil Robertson Gets Suspended
Pentagon: Reports of Sexual Assualt Up 46%

Recommended Christmas sermons:

Our Nation Laid in God's Balance, by Dr. Joel Beeke
When Government Tries to Be God, by Dr. David P. Murray

 

The Qur'an is "Hate Speech" and Should Be Banned!

The Qur'an is "Hate Speech" and Should Be Banned - infowars.com

Excerpt from this article:

"If we are to accept in the aftermath of the ‘Duck Dynasty’ controversy that criticism of homosexual activity represents '“hate speech,' then the Qur’an, which advocates stoning gay people to death, should also be denounced as hate speech and banned. According to Democratic Party political pollster Bernard Whitman, who appeared on Fox News yesterday, along with a plethora of other leftists, Phil Robertson’s comments are hateful and said they shouldn’t be allowed to be aired in public. Yet the Qur’an, which clearly states that homosexuality is punishable by violent torture and death, is not subjected to anywhere near the same level of vitriol as that leveled against Phil Robertson by leftists. Why is that?" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Recommended reading:

In Defense of Phil Robertson, "Duck Dynasty" Patriarch: Cable Didn't Suspend Anti-Gay Muslims - debbieschlussel.com

Messed Up Situation When Miley Cyrus Gets Laughs, and Phil Robertson Gets Suspended (my post)

Cultural Casualties - Sex Ed for K-6 Kids and Miley Cyrus

I spend a lot of time listening to, and then recommending, sermons and podcasts from Sermonaudio.com (although I have no official connection with that site). The most frequent sermon I link to is When Government Tries to Be God, by Dr. David Murray (see also his sermon on Ecclesiastes 7:2,3: How to Benefit From a Funeral).

When it comes to commentary on the news, I frequently link to podcasts from the following 6 pastors: Sean E. Harris, David McManus, Trevor Hammack, William J. Sturm, Kevin Boling, and Kevin Swanson. I'm posting links to these pastor's sites on Sermonaudio so you can check out their sermons and podcasts for yourself!

Anyway, here is yet another fascinating commentary on what is going on in our world today by Pastor Kevin Swanson (and his co-host, Pastor Dave  Buehner)

Cultural Casualties - Sex Ed for K-6 Kids and Miley Cyrus

Recommended reading (my post):

Miley, Taylor, Remember Now Thy Creator in the Days of Thy Youth

Miley, Taylor: Remember Now Thy Creator in the Days of Thy Youth!

The Bible says:

"Remember now thy creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw neigh when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them." - Ecclesiastes 12:1. The worldly counterpart to this verse might be, "Live fast, die young, and leave a good looking corpse."

At best we live 100 years or so on this planet. Some live a little more, but many don't even make it out of their teenage years alive. Pop stars Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift got write ups in Christianity Today this month:

Why Do We Love to Hate Taylor Swift?
Jesus Loves Miley Cyrus

Like the rest of us, Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift would do well to "Remember now [their] creator in the days of [their] youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw neigh when [they] shalt say, [We] have no pleasure in them!"

The late Dr. Martin Lloyd Jones once said: "This life has got to end, and your soul will go on. What therefore will happen to you?"

Our Lord Jesus says:

"For what is a man [or a young pop star!] profited if he [she] shall gain the whole world and lose his [her] own soul? Or what shall a man [or a young pop star!] give in exchange for his [her] soul?" -Matthew 16:26

Recommended sermons (for all of us):

When Government Tries to Be God, by Dr. David P. Murray
How to Benefit From A Funeral, by Dr. David P. Murray