THE CHURCH GOES WOKE “It's as though the Church is a ship at sea without an anchor. Pastors today don’t know what they should say, ‘Can I get away with this?’" DR. STEPHEN PHINNEY AUG 2

 

	Open in app or online Free Subscribers | The End Times Chronicles | Dr. Stephen Phinney THE CHURCH GOES WOKE “It's as though the Church is a ship at sea without an anchor. Pastors today don’t know what they should say, ‘Can I get away with this?’" DR. STEPHEN PHINNEY AUG 2   SHARE   Welcome to the End Times Podcast with Dr. Stephen Phinney. Our “paycheck” is your comments. We appreciate the little red hearts lighting up, but please leave us a comment. Thank you! Leave a comment Jack Hibbs has outlined how Christians can discern if a church is abandoning biblical principles and succumbing to “woke” ideology as many abandon scriptural truths to appease an increasingly secularized culture. In an interview with The Christian Post, Hibbs, pastor of Calvary Chapel in Chino Hills, California, expressed concern about the current state of the Church in America. “I see the Church today, predominantly the Church in America, on its heels, it's on its back, it's against the ropes because the Church doesn't seem to know its Scriptures or its place,” the pastor said during a sit-down interview at the National Religious Broadcasters Convention. “It's as though it's a ship at sea without an anchor. Pastors today don’t know what they should say, ‘Can I get away with this?’ rather than just speaking the truth in love,” he said. To combat this, Hibbs encouraged believers to immerse themselves in the Scriptures, whether by reading or listening to the audio version. The Bible, he said, provides discernment and enables people to identify falsehoods, such as the subtle nuances of woke culture. “‘Woke’ now is kind of trying to refine itself; it's more subtle than it was when it first came out,” he said. “How am I going to know about these nuances in this ‘woke-ism’ world we're in? The Bible. The Bible calls for discernment, and God gives that. We don't have it. God, the Holy Spirit will give us discernment from the Bible to tell us when something’s off.” “Ask God, ‘Lord, show me what's what here. Is there something goofy that I need to know about?’ And He's always faithful.” While not all churches are the same and may adhere to different theologies regarding secondary issues like the gifts of the Holy Spirit, a true, biblically sound church will not waver on the authority of Scripture, the deity of Jesus and other major tenants, he said.  “God will lead you to a church that is a biblical worldview church,” he said. “When it's a biblical worldview church based upon biblical truth, then, Jesus said, ‘Be salt and light.’ Go into the world around you. And that's where you engage the culture.” Hibbs recently unveiled the Real Life Network, a new platform designed to provide a space for truth and Christian content without the fear of censorship or cancellation. The network, which launched on May 28, offers a subscription-based model similar to popular streaming services like Hulu, Netflix and Amazon Prime. The pastor explained that the Real Life Network was created in response to the current atmosphere where speaking up for truth often leads to backlash and cancellation. He noted that even before the COVID-19 pandemic, he and his ministry faced the risk of being silenced. Hibbs is no stranger to wading into hot-button issues, addressing topics including COVID-19 and the Antichrist from the pulpit. In November 2022, he made headlines after urging his congregation to oppose a ballot measure that would enshrine abortion rights in California’s Constitution. “I think the Church today needs to stand firm, preach what it believes, and if it doesn't believe it, the pastor needs to go on a cruise, figure himself out, or get a new job,” he said.  And to pastors who are hesitant to speak the truth on controversial topics, Hibbs reminded them of their biblical command to please an audience of One. “If you're called, then you can take any heat,” he said. “You can take any criticism because when you lay your head down at night, you're free. You get your assessment every day when you shut down, as it were, with Jesus: ‘Lord, tell me how I might have misrepresented You today,’ or, ‘Tell me what things, God, you want to build upon today.’ I'm telling you, I wouldn't know how to live if that weren't true.” A seasoned pastor, Hibbs acknowledged the reality of pastor burnout. He emphasized the importance of prioritizing family time, self-care and true accountability. “I think accountability best works when it's done out of love,” he said. “If we love each other, we're going to tell each other about what's wrong and what's right … men don't have to be enslaved anymore to Satan's tricks. The Gospel is more powerful than that.” Addressing those who have experienced church hurt or abuse, Hibbs lamented the reality that people, even with good intentions, can let others down. He emphasized that regardless of what people do, Jesus remains constant and should be the ultimate focus.  “Please hear this everybody: Get your eyes on Jesus,” he said. “I want to ask you this question: What did He ever do to you? The world has done evil to us, people have let us down, and even in the name of Christianity, we've been offended. But when I look and read what He has said and what He's done in the Bible, now my perspective is right. And my eyes are on Him.” “It would take a lot for somebody to disappoint me because I'm not expecting anything from them,” he added. “I expect it to come from the Lord.” Share Real-Life Network | IMTV Network | IM Podcast | Children’s Podcast Buy the host a Cup of Coffee. We use this fun way to support our writers & producers on Substack. BUY THE HOST A COFFEE The End Times Podcast is a reader/viewer-supported broadcast. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Upgrade to paid You’re on the free list for The End Times Chronicles. We are a non-profit outreach. To bless our ministry, become a paying subscriber. or donate. Dr. Stephen R. Phinney is the President & Founder of Lion of Judah Films, Identity Matters Worldview Institute & IOM America. He is an author, teacher, film producer & podcaster. Hey, fellow writers/readers, would you be open to buying me a cup of coffee? 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Congressional witness just blew the lid off one of the “biggest medical scandals in history” AUGUST 1, 2023 2 MINUTE READ

 

Congressional witness just blew the lid off one of the “biggest medical scandals in history”

AUGUST 1, 2023

2 MINUTE READ

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The Democrat Party has swung wildly to the left on a range of issues.

Joe Biden himself is pushing fringe policies from the White House.

But a Congressional witness just blew the lid off one of the “biggest medical scandals in history.”Radical gender theory has swept through the culture and is being pushed by the President of the United States down to kindergarten teachers.

Young children are being told they can change their gender at will as gender surgery and hormone treatment proponents claim they only want to provide “affirming care” to minors.Horrified Americans argue that the surgeries and cross-sex hormones sterilize kids for life, and those risks are being downplayed even to adult patients.

Chloe Cole, a young adult woman who de-transitioned after reportedly being coerced into “gender-affirming care,” as a minor, is speaking up about the dangers of radical gender ideology. Congress gets an earful on minor gender transitioning

Cole testified before Congress, “I used to believe that I was born in the wrong body. And the adults in my life, whom I trusted, affirmed my belief, and this caused me lifelong, irreversible harm. I speak to you today as a victim of one of the biggest medical scandals in the history of the United States of America. I speak to you in the hope that you will have the courage to bring the scandal to an end and ensure that other vulnerable teenagers, children and young adults, don’t go through what I went through.”Cole is on the autism spectrum — something Americans opposed to non-adults being roped into the life-altering procedures suggest is true of many other patients.

The young woman continued her testimony telling Congress, “We need to stop telling 12-year-olds that they were born wrong, that they are right to reject their own bodies and feel uncomfortable with their own skin […] We need to stop telling children that puberty is an option. That they can choose what kind of puberty they will go through just [like] they can choose what clothes to wear or music to listen to.”

Gender alterations have been pushed from the highest levels during the Biden administration.Assistant Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, who identifies as a trans woman, has even insisted that some children go through the “wrong” puberty.

Now an adult, Ms. Cole seemingly couldn’t disagree more.

“Puberty is a rite of passage to adulthood, not a disease to be mitigated. Today, I should be at home with my family, celebrating my 19th birthday, and instead, I’m making a desperate plea to my representatives: Learn the lessons from other medical scandals like the opioid crisis to recognize that doctors are human too. And sometimes they are wrong,” Cole concluded.

It’s truly unbelievable that Democrats have allowed these extreme ideas to spread so far.

Stay tuned to Unmuzzled News for any updates to this ongoing story.

Mark Levin gave Democrats a brutal reality check for this Sound of Freedom snub...Every Democrat in the House made the infuriating decision to not attend the movie. Levin ripped Democrats for snubbing the most powerful movie of the year after receiving personal invitations.

 

Mark Levin gave Democrats a brutal reality check for this Sound of Freedom snub

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Sound of Freedom is the surprise movie hit of the summer.

Not everyone is happy about the movie’s success.

And Mark Levin gave Democrats a brutal reality check for this Sound of Freedom snub. of Freedom is one of the biggest movies of the year and has raised awareness abut the horrible reality of child sing.

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) held a special screening of the movie on Capitol Hill for House members of both parties.

And radio show host Mark Levin skipped his regular show to attend the screening put on by McCarthy.

Every Democrat in the House made the infuriating decision to not attend the movie. Levin ripped Democrats for snubbing the most powerful movie of the year after receiving personal invitations.

“It’s heart-wrenching to see what goes on with these kids and the fact that there’s so little attention on it is really unbelievable and it also shows what goes on with open borders when the cartels, the kidnappers, the sex traffickers, they control that border,” Levin said after the screening.

The New York Times reported that the Biden regime has lost track of 85,000 unaccompanied minors who have turned up at the border with many becoming victims of human traffickers.

“Tens of thousands of kids are disappearing and HHS [Health and Human Services] can’t keep track of it,” Levin continued. “Biden can’t keep track of it.” HHS whistleblower Tara Lee Rodas testified before the House Judiciary Committee that her department was putting children in grave danger by serving as a “middleman” for trafficking operations by turning them over to criminals to be exploited.

“It’s very appalling and why aren’t more Democrats here?” Levin asked. “I think you should ask them that.”

Levin called the Biden regime and Democrats’ management of the border “utterly lawless.”

“Why would they show up here?” Levin wondered. “To some extent, we’re seeing the consequences of what they’re failing to do. I mean, the people taking advantage of the open border are the drug cartels.”

The Biden border crisis is creating a surge in human trafficking as the Mexican drug cartels take advantage of the wide-open southern border.

McCarthy said that the movie was “fabulous” and praised its powerful message.

“What a powerful movie,” McCarthy told Just the News. “You just see human trafficking, these young kids who are in slavery; somebody has to stand up and do something about it. I think this just tells such a powerful story.”

He added that the movie was a call to action for lawmakers to fight child trafficking.

Democrats skipped out on watching Sound of Freedom because they didn’t want to see the horrors that the border crisis they helped create is inflicting on innocent children.

Renewed Right will keep you up-to-date on any developments to this ongoing story.

Perspectives on Missionaries in Israel; Palestinian Terrorist Attempts Stabbing in Second Attack of the Day; WATCH: Iran Attacks Israeli Accounts;WATCH: Liberal European Countries Seek Ways to Prevent Public Burnings of Holy Books

 

Perspectives on Missionaries in Israel; Palestinian Terrorist Attempts Stabbing in Second Attack of the Day; WATCH: Iran Attacks Israeli Accounts

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The Powerful Symbolism In The Garden of Gethsemane All of Time (past & future) Was Made in a Single Moment God created all time and space and laid out all human history before the foundation of the world even existed.

 

The Powerful Symbolism In The Garden of Gethsemane All of Time (past & future) Was Made in a Single Moment      God created all time and space and laid out all human history before the foundation of the world even existed. This includes all the plants, animals, generations of people, nations, empires, and all the untold trillion of events that have unfolded on Earth since the beginning of what we call “time.” There was a “time” when “time” did not exist, and that is before Gen 1:1. The Scriptures are so precise that when our English translation in Gen 1:1 says, “In the beginning …”, a much more precise extraction of the original Hebrew into English says “In the dateless past …”; meaning that there was a period that preceded Gen 1:1 that didn’t have what we would call “time” and couldn’t be dated. It was when God created our heavens and Earth, or the physical universe, that time was also created.      Since God exists outside of time, all of “time” and all our past since Gen 1:1 and all our future were also created in a single moment by God. It is because of this that God can and does constantly proves that He is God, as He has always told humankind over the millennia, “the end from the beginning” (Isa 46:10). Each generation of human history has been given prophecies by God so they could see that past prophecies have been fulfilled and future prophecies are yet to unfold. We are no different, except we have been given more proof of God’s existence through prophecy than any prior generation. We have recorded over 2,000 prophecies that have been fulfilled with absolute precision and have approximately 500 to be fulfilled in quick succession as the end times are unfolding today before our very eyes. Everything Was Pre-Determined by God at Creation      The name, purpose, position, and significance of every location on Earth have been pre-determined and created by God in that single moment when He created the universe, time, and space.  Our universe is a reflection of God’s creation and because of this “we are all without excuse” (Rom 1:20; Ps 19:1-14). With a Biblical worldview, we see the world (past, present, and future) as a reflection of God’s will and purpose. [God has also given man free will to choose for a short season and then the judgment.]       We should be constantly in awe at the interweaving of countless physical places, names, and events into symbolism that directly parallels a spiritual meaning throughout the scriptures and throughout history. It is the physical description of names, places, and events that non-Christians see, but they are not able to see the spiritual parallels, as those must be spiritually discerned (1 Cor 2:14), and they do not have the ability to see that as the Holy Spirit is not in them. The whole of the scriptures from Gen 1:1 through Rev 22:21 is read quite differently by a non-Christian without Christ or a Biblical worldview. The Garden of Gethsemane Has a Special Symbolic Significance      Knowing the above, it’s expected that the Garden of Gethsemane was created at the beginning of the world for the very purpose for which it was created. The garden was frequented many times by Jesus and the apostles over His ministry to pray and rest. The garden was an olive grove which a press for making oil. This garden is still in the same place today as it was 1,900 years ago, having 800+ yr old trees which were descendants of those at the time of Christ. Gethsemane literally means “oil press,” and that is the significance of the place besides being located on the Mount of Olives just outside the “East Gate” of Jerusalem” (another topic).       All Christians are familiar with the events in the garden just after the last supper with the apostles and right before He was arrested and brought back to Jerusalem. The story is described in only a few short verses (Matt 26:36-56; Mark 14:32-42; Luke 22:39-46) but has immense significance. It is interesting to note that on this evening, Christ and the apostles walked down to and crossed the Kidron Brook and then up the Mount of Olives to the garden. The historian Josephus indicates that at this Passover celebration, there were up to two million Jews in and around Jerusalem. Due to the requirements to bring your sacrifice to Jerusalem, the priests were busy around the clock for days sacrificing the animals in preparation for the Passover. The massive volume of the blood of the animals being sacrificed was flowing from the temple mount down into the Kindred Brook, which most certainly flowed as a river of blood due to the sacrifices.  It was this brook that Christ had to walk through, most likely staining his sandals and robe, on the way to the garden to pray.      The purpose of the Garden was to produce oil and had an oil press to process the olives grown there. Oil is mentioned more than 200 times in the scriptures and played a significant part in the life of the Jews (Lev 8; Ex 40:36-38; Deut 8:6-10; 1 Kings 17:8-16; 2 Kings 4:1-7; Ps 23:5; Ps 92:12-15; Ps 104:15; Ps 133; Isa 61:3; Ezek 16:9; Luke 10:25-37; Joel 2:25; Matt 25:1-13; Matt 26:6-12; Juke 7:36-50; James 5:13-15; Matt 6:16-18). Physically it was used to consecrate or to set apart and to make holy. It was used to consecrate items in the temple and to anoint and bless the priests and people in addition to bringing light into the world.  The oil lamps in the Temple were never allowed to run out of oil and were to be lit day and night. Spiritually oil represents God’s presence in our lives and the Holy Spirit. It is the Holy Spirit, and only the Holy Spirit, who performs God’s work of the ministry for which we are called in our lives. As with the candle sticks in the temple, we must never let the oil go out in our lives and must follow the Spirit day and night. The Process to Produce Oil Parallels the Spiritual Process on Christ      Combining the accounts of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, we know that Christ went to the garden to pray. This is no normal prayer but lasted at least three agonizing hours in prayer. He refers to the Father as “Abba” which indicates a very close relationship, and in today’s vernacular, we would say “dad.” This is a very personal relationship between a dad and a son. Jesus prays three times, and with each prayer, His agony grows more intense. So intense that by the third hour of prayer, His sweat was like drops of blood. We don’t fully understand the analogy except that the agony for what was about to happen weighed heavily upon Christ, and Jesus even says that His soul is very sorrowful, even to death (Matt 26:38).    Jesus prayed three times and each time it was more agonizing than the prior prayer. The process of producing oil follows exactly the same pattern. An oil press in the garden would be used three times to press all the oil out of the olives. Each time the olives are pressed, more weight was added to the press to get more and more oil out of the olives until the final stones were added at the third pressing, and every last drop was removed from the olives.      Luke records that an Angel from heaven came and strengthened Jesus as His anguish brought Him near death (Luke 22:43). It is possible that this “Angel” was the Holy Spirit Himself as the angel strengthened Jesus Christ, who is the Son of God. What angel could do that unless it was the Holy Spirit? This is only a possibility as the scriptures do not make this clear. If this is the case, then we see the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit come together here at the end of Jesus’ ministry, just as we saw them come together at the start of Jesus’ ministry when Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist (Matt 3:13-17; John 1:29-34). Jesus Gives a Command to the Apostles (and to us) in the Garden       Jesus gave the apostles a command in the garden which they disobeyed and consequently were scattered like sheep after Jesus was arrested. Jesus told them to “Pray that you may not enter into temptation.” (Matt 26:41; Mark 14:38; Luke 22:40, 46). This command is just as applicable to us today more than ever as we are clearly entering the end times. A great deception will fall upon the whole world and Christians will no longer be following Christ (the great apostasy), but they, of course, will say they are (Matt 24:24; Mark 13:5-6; Luke 21:8; 1 Tim 4:1; 2 Thes 2:3). As in the Days of Noah …      It is critical that Christians stay awake and sober and read God’s Word and Praying. We must not let our oil run out. Christ died to allow the Holy Spirit to be within us and direct our paths (our oil) if we let Him.  In our technology-based society, many Christians do not have time for Christ or even try to develop a personal relationship with Him as society demands nearly all your time and they don’t make time to Study (2 Tim 2:15; 2 Tim 3:16-17; Ps 119:11,105; Prov 3:1-2; 1 Pet 3:15; Rom 12:2; Heb 4:12; James 1:2; Eph 6:11-17; Prov 2:1-12) and Pray (Luke 21:36; Matt 26:41; Mark 14:38; Luke 22:40, 46).      I wonder how many people thought that when they saw the rains come during the days of Noah were planning to then accept the invitation to enter the Ark.  Of course, the time to accept safety had passed as God closed the doors to the Ark and all perished when the flood came. I can imagine countless millions pleading to God to get into the Ark, but it was too late. There is a time limit to everything, and unfortunately, I feel that many people today (including those that call themselves Christians) are waiting till an event happens that clearly tells them we are in the last days, and only then will they “start” Studying God’s Word and Praying in earnest to “try” to develop a relationship with Him at the last possible moment. When this “event” they are waiting for happens, as in the days of Noah, it will be too late. As these End-times are Unfolding, How Do We Follow the Lord?      First of all, commit your life to follow the Lord! Follow the leading of the Holy Spirit continuously throughout each day of your life. Hate evil and run from it as this is the Fear of the Lord [see "Fear of the Lord" link below]. Know that you are leaving the Kingdom of Darkness to never have anything to do with it again, and a citizen of the Kingdom of Light, and as such, you receive your orders from the Lord.   Set in your heart what Jacob said so many years ago: "As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." (Josh 24:15b).      Determine your Service of Calling and use the Gifts of the Spirit that He will provide to you to perform whatever He desires for you as you serve Him (yes, think of yourself as a willing servant, a bondservant, just as the Apostles did as they served the Lord). "Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?" (Rom 6:16). Put on the full armor of God, Study the Word of God and hide it in your heart (memorize it) so that you won't sin against Him (Ps 119:11) and seek His guidance in Prayer.      Our Father has provided us with everything we need to follow Him. He has provided us with His Word to study and meditate upon. He has also provided us each a service of calling and spiritual gifts to accomplish those tasks. A few references to what the scriptures say are available here: "How Do we Follow the Lord?" "What is YOUR Service of Calling?" "What Are YOUR Spiritual Gifts?" "What is the Whole Armor of God? We Must Put it On." "What is the Kinsman Redeemer, and Why is it Critical?" "We Are the Laodicean Church! The Last Church." "What Percentage of Christians are Already Deceived?" "What is the Fear of the Lord? And Why Must we Have it?" "My People are Destroyed for Lack of Knowledge" The Pure Word is a Resource All Christians Should Have!       Watch the official intro video now and see exactly how The Pure Word is an invaluable resource that should be used by every Christian, pastor, and Bible study group. Experience the gospel as they did in the first century, during the time of Christ, the Apostles, and the birth of the Church! 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