http://www.gentle.org/ Gentle Ministries en-us Fri, 18 Feb 2011 13:58:15 GMT 1440 CPG-Nuke Dragonfly Gentle Ministries News http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html http://www.gentle.org/images/logo.jpg http://www.gentle.org/ http://www.gentle.org/News/article/sid=1177.html Do you have a smart phone or ebook reader?  Do you have an iPad or Kindle or Nook?  If so, there you are undoubtedly looking for good books to read and music to listen to. Gentle Ministries is opening a new section that will offer free Christian e-material that is in the public domain or shared by the author or artist through a Creative Commons license.  This will be material that you can download free and share with others. We are currently looking for the best way to present and deliver this content and are open to your suggestions. Items to be offered: Music eBooks Audio Books Sermons Indy Videos e-Zines and Periodicals Send email to wabn at gentle dot org for more information on how you can become involved in this exciting outreach. All languages welcome. Forward this message to all of your friends and visit this site regularly for updates. Fri, 18 Feb 2011 13:58:15 GMT http://www.gentle.org/News/article/sid=1176.html There is a cost to be paid for everything we do in life, even in our spiritual lives. We explore this concept using King Jehoshaphat and his decision to turn the battle over to God and let God fight it for him. Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:00:00 GMT http://www.gentle.org/News/article/sid=1175.html The last two weeks, I have talked about how much God has blessed this nation; giving America more blessings than any other nation in the history of the world – including Israel. And I talked about how we now have a responsibility to do what we can to keep these blessings flowing for our children and our children’s children. Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:55:00 GMT http://www.gentle.org/News/article/sid=1174.html Having preached twice on the same passage from the prophet Isaiah since Lent, I have been drawn towards the whole idea of Messiah prophesy in general. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:57:09 GMT http://www.gentle.org/News/article/sid=1173.html Today’s Text: JOHN 1:1-9 As I was preparing my sermon for today, I kept going back to thinking that one of my main goals is to preach and teach the Bible in a down-to-earth, interesting, and easily understood format so everyone, even those not familiar with God’s Word, could understand it in a way that would let everyone see the wonderful lessons God is giving us in this book. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:54:53 GMT http://www.gentle.org/News/article/sid=1172.html Hello All!   As you might imagine; something must have upset me drastically to send an email out to the majority of my contacts. Tonight, I went to see "The Invention of Lying" by myself. I thought I would warn all of you and hope that you in turn will warn those you know about this movie. It has been taught to me in lesson after lesson that one person can make a difference...well, I felt tonight that I would take the chance of looking a bit obsessed if it meant that we could gather as brothers and sisters to protect our children, our families, and our friends from material such as this movie. Let me begin by telling you all the premise of the movie:   It's a story of a world where no one lies (sounds innocent enough, right). Well, this man lives in this place. Instead of lying, everyone says everything they are thinking - no matter how unkind or cruel or inappropriate it is. Then, the man loses his job and doesn't have enough money to pay his rent. He goes to the bank and goes to withdraw the last of his money but suddenly lies about the amount he has. The bank claims error and gives him the money. So, then, the man has money to pay his rent. Then he goes on a date with a beautiful girl, but she claims to be out of his league. So, he lies again and tells everyone that there's something they don't know about what happens after death and that a man in the sky told him what really happens. Everyone wants to hear, so they gather at his house to hear what he has to say. He spends all night writing his "lie" out and then posts it on pizza boxes like "tablets". He then delivers his speech to everyone and they all start believing in the man in the sky, etc. But the girl, while loving the man, decides to marry another. So, the man gives up and grows his hair out long and grows a beard because he's lazy and drinks himself into oblivion each day. All the while, he's teaching that the man in the sky is talking to him - but it's all a lie to get the girl and be rich. In the end, he does get the girl and the big house and all the money he wants because he told this lie about the man in the sky.   The mockery the movie made of Heavenly Father, His plan, Our Savior, and the Prophets was stomach turning for me. The onslaught of ridicule that those who believe or even KNOW that Heavenly Father is real and living, that this is His plan for his children was terrifying throughout the entire movie from beginning to end. I was shocked, as were many who saw the movie with me at the implications this movie is suggesting...that it's all a lie told by a man for worldly gain.   I urge you all to refrain from supporting this movie. I am sorry to say I made the mistake of going to see it, but wanted to give you the warning that ultimately this is Satan's way of trying to convince the world that all we hold dear is worth nothing. Not that Satan doesn't have a thousand other ways, but that this is definitely one we have the choice to stay away from.   Please accept my apologies for being so straight forward, however, after watching the movie; I felt I had an obligation to all my brothers and sisters to warn you of it, as I would hope you would do the same for me. I have felt for the longest time that it is time, we, the believers, take a stand for what is right. I mean no offense to anyone and hope that this isn't taken in that light.   May the Lord bless you as you pray about your families and the times in which we live! - K Ford Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:40:57 GMT http://www.gentle.org/News/article/sid=1171.html Ted Kennedy died today of brain cancer and he now believes in God.  Whether or not he believed before is no longer relevant because now that he is dead, there is no doubt in his mind that there is a God and Ted now realizes that he alone is responsible for everything single thing that he did in life, from his unabashed liberal behavior and politics to the drowning of Mary Jo Kopechne in the tide channel on Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, after which he fled the scene of the crime. Death is the ultimate truth.  It destroys all doubt and all lies.  It exposes every devious, deceitful game that has been played in life and places each and every one of us right in front of God to answer for what we have done. The rich man will answer for how he got his riches and what he did with them.  Likewise the poor man will answer for what he did in his poverty.  The liar, thief, cheat, prostitute, child abuser, or all around pain in the neck will eventually be dead, dead, dead and they will face the Truth. How will you fare on that day?  Will you gladly lay your life before the throne of God or will you dread facing the Almighty because your life has been a sham, one lie after another, one unconfessed, unrepented sin after another? Think about it and do something about it today because your tomorrow and your tomorrow's tomorrows just might be indescribably uncomfortable. I wonder how it feels to be Ted Kennedy right about now, now that he knows the Truth beyond a shadow of a doubt.  Can you imagine how you will feel on that day? Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:54:20 GMT http://www.gentle.org/News/article/sid=1170.html "God helps those who help themselves!" Hezekiah 6:1 The book of Hezekiah is not in the Bible but that doesn't stop many people from believing the content of this phantom scripture.  They believe it, quote it and use it to justify their actions or should I say, hide their sin, because people who quote it are usually proud of the fact that they provide for themselves and pride is a sin. (It's the one that comes right before a fall) By the way, "God helps those who help themselves," is actually a quote from Ben Franklin and it appeared in Poor Richard's Almanac in 1757, but does the content of this oft-quoted scripture contain any shred of truth?  Yes and no. The children of Israel would still be in bondage today had they not physically got up and left Egypt.  They were told what to do and they did it.  God helped them because they helped themselves.  He had been helping them every day while they were suffering under Pharaoh and might have continued to do so had they refused to leave, but we can all see the difference, can't we? Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:27:24 GMT http://www.gentle.org/News/article/sid=1169.html (CNSNews.com) - Georgetown University says it covered over the monogram “IHS”--symbolizing the name of Jesus Christ—because it was inscribed on a pediment on the stage where President Obama spoke at the university on Tuesday and the White House had asked Georgetown to cover up all signs and symbols there. Matthew 10:35 “But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.” Read the rest of Barack Obama's testimony here. Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:40:00 GMT http://www.gentle.org/News/article/sid=1168.html Worldwide news is a'buzz with headlines of natural disasters, economic disintegration, political betrayal, the one world currency, and the list of horrors goes on and on.  Amidst the complex turmoil, why does it appear that I have been unusually silent?  Why am I not posting spiritual warnings?  Why am I not shouting from the housetops?  It is all so very simple, really. You should already realize what is happening and and how it applies to the Scriptures.  Tiy should already know what you should be doing and you should be doing it. So, pardon me if I do not join the tens of thousands of pastors and bloggers who have chosen to leverage this economic and political climate.  If the people haven't been listening thus far, they never will. You know what to do. "Pray that your flight be not in winter or on a Sabbath..." Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:57:53 GMT