"Oh,
that men would praise the Lord for His goodness and for His wonderful works to
the children of men!"
Psalms 107: 8
Letter
From the Chair
Let's Praise Our God for His Profound Love!
Just as
Jude wrote to our brothers and sisters in Christ in the first era of the
Church, we also join him in urging all of us to defend the truth of the
Gospel. God gave this unchanging truth once for all time to his holy
people. As Jude, we also say this because some godless people have wormed
their way in among us, saying that God's forgiveness allows us to live
immoral lives. The fate of such people was determined long ago, for they
have turned against our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
We must
remind you and you know it well that even though the Lord rescued the whole
nation of Israel from Egypt, He later destroyed every one of those who did
not remain faithful. And we remind you of the angels who did not stay within
the limits of authority God gave them but left the place where they
belonged. God has kept them chained in prisons of darkness, waiting for the
Day of Judgment. And don't forget the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and their
neighboring towns, which were filled with sexual immorality and every kind
of sexual perversion. Those cities were destroyed by fire and are a warning
of the eternal fire that will punish all who are evil.
Let us contend for the faith - the truth as given and practiced by
the apostles of Jesus Christ and the early Church. If you
have not accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior and would like to
learn about the Creator, the purpose for the creation of human
beings
on the
earth and why Jesus Christ is the only way to get to the Creator, we
encourage you to visit the first of the twin websites at
www.ags-tav.org.
Thanks for
your visit!
AGS Board of Directors
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posted Feb 9, 2011 8:14 PM by dawn ranghel
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If Jesus Christ Returned Today, Would He Be Pleased?Why Should Christians Care If He Is Pleased or Not?
President of the
National Association of Evangelicals - a married preacher, father of five
children and founder of one of the largest churches in the USA - sought sexual
pleasures from a male prostitute and
allegedly used drugs during those encounters over a three year period...while
preaching to his congregation and speaking against that which he practiced.
Another married preacher, father and founder of a 2,100-member church in
the same state was also found to be living in the same hypocrisy. Two of how
many?
Everyone has heard about the
sexual abuse of children by deviant priests belonging to the Catholic Church -
it is a global evil occurrence within the Catholic Church that steals the
innocence and futures of children. It is said that evidence suggests that many
instances of child abuse by the Catholic clergy were not one-time, isolated
incidents but repeated offences committed by some deviant priests who preyed
upon numerous victims during multiple parish assignments as they were shielded
by a church culture of secrecy.
A plethora of preachers begging and cajoling
listeners to become their partners by sending money to them. Their common pitch
is: (1) Do you want a blessing? Give to God and He would bless you. (2) Do you
want a healing? Give to God and He would heal you. (3) Do you want to be
financially independent? Plant a "seed" in their ministry and God would multiply
whatever you have. The only requirement to all of their sales pitch is that
believers send their money to them. Included in these "sales programs" is a
variety of books, tapes, CDs, "holy water", prayer cloth and other paraphernalia
- all making "merchandise" of the Word of God. ... continued
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posted Feb 9, 2011 8:12 PM by dawn ranghel
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updated Mar 23, 2011 9:11 AM
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Millions of people
attend church every Sunday throughout the world. They all say that they are
"Christians", "followers of Jesus Christ". Many of these church attendees
unashamedly live with their partners outside of marriage, joyfully participate in premarital sex,
or cheat on their spouses as they usher, sing in
the choir and sit in the pews. Several times a year they actively celebrate and
promote pagan festivals. Yet, many of those church attendees in hypocritical
pride and wretched self-righteousness stand in judgment of others who don't currently believe
in Jesus Christ and, perhaps, reflect more Christ-like qualities in their lives.
Where is the
holiness by which all believers are called to live? Where is the accountability?
Is modern Christianity just a "feel good" message? Is it an ideology
that encourages its believers to live as sinfully as they wish and later go to
heaven because all is forgiven? Is it a commercial activity
masked in a Christian package? Let's be sure of this one thing - the Holy Bible
warns that men would make merchandise of the Word of God and that false teachers
would arise who would "cleverly teach their destructive
heresies about God and even turn against their Master who bought them.
Theirs will be a swift and terrible end. Many will follow their evil
teaching and shameful immorality. And because of them, Christ and his true
way will be slandered." We all have to be very careful in our Christian
walk. We must not blindly follow all who say that they are of God. We must
continually search the scriptures to examine those to whom we listen. We
must study and search the scriptures to ensure that we are indeed true followers
of Jesus Christ. ...continued
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posted Feb 9, 2011 8:11 PM by dawn ranghel
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