On Saturday, March 26th 2009, a very interesting debate took place in Seattle and will be shown on ABC Niteline.

Part of the ABC “Face Off” series of debates, this particular event included new age guru Deepak Chopra, Pentecostal preacher turned “heretic” Carlton Pearson, former hooker turned Christ follower Annie Lobert and mega church Pastor Mark Driscoll.

As you can imagine, the reality of Satan’s existence was debated with Chopra and Pearson claiming that he doesn’t and Lobert and Driscoll claiming that he does.

After watching it, here are my initial thoughts:

• Chopra ends up looking like a complete idiot who thinks he is WAY more evolved in his conscious awareness then the average, but very simple, you and me.  He is smug, he is attacking and is downright rude and ignorant simply minimising the reality of Satan as a reality only for the “insecure.”
• Pearson’s “heresy” has to do with his turnaround in his thinking about the literal reality of the bible.  Although he seems like a nice guy, I felt for him in how this once powerful preacher now seems so confused in his theology – Satan has truly stolen this guys faith – and yet Pearson openly rejects the reality of Satan.  So ironic.
• Lobert is a surprise packet and speaks so openly about her former life and the reality of evil in it and how Jesus saved her from all her past. Raw and emotional, I was amazed at how much Jesus can save.
• And Driscoll, well what else can I say about my favourite preacher?  I’m super stoked that he gave it to Chopra the way he did.  Driscoll knows his stuff and is quick in his thinking and he clearly won this debate.

But that’s just my own opinion.  Watch the debate for yourself and come up with your own conclusions.  And once you do, please share…

Anyone following my blog knows that I am pro-Israel in my world view.  I believe they are God’s instrument in the world and the rebirth of the nation only shows that God is up to something again.

However I do call a spade a a spade and I came across a story which revolted me in a big way.

Check out the above picture – it’s a t-shirt worn by some rogue Israeli soldiers at completion of their basic training.  It shows a pregnant woman with cross hairs and titled, “1 shot 2 kills.”

It’s not official and investigations have shown that they are manufactured in small numbers and spread across multiple divisions – perhaps up to a dozen t-shirts a time.  Other t-shirts have the following:

• Soldiers standing over a woman with the caption, “”Bet you got raped!”
• A gun pointing to a head with the caption, “Confirming the kill.”

This kind of rhetoric is usually reserved for the enemies of Israel and so I found this report disappointing and disgusting.  Hamas and Hezbollah are experts in glorifying the death of innocents and it seems as if some of this has now rubbed off on silly undisciplined elements of the Israeli forces.

An anti-Israeli world view will point their anti-Semitic fingers at Israel for the smallest of things.  My concern is that actions like these only add fuel to the fire.  It’s good to see that the official response from the IDF is one of disgust and condemnation.  I wonder what the response would have been if the other side had done this – probably more jumping and dancing on the streets.

For more on this story, click here.

As an Aussie, I couldn’t give a toss about the whole Democratic or Republican debate during the recent US elections.  So it’s easier for someone like me to step back and take in a larger worldview.

And for some time now, I’ve believed that the post of the US President is simply a puppet position for the real wheelers and dealers of world power – the international bankers.

While all sorts of rhetoric crap was “debated” during the election race and all attention was diverted to issues which normally consume one sided Americans, plans were put in place to set up the next puppet President of “the free world.”

Record levels of disdain towards Bush and his administration, fuelled by pathetic wars as a result of a bogus terrorist attack on the US, set the public up for a massive swing to anything opposite to Bush and what he stood for.

Bush achieved much for the powers gunning for a New World Order.  But public opinion was stacked up so high against him that these powers needed to orchestrate the perception of a huge swing away from what Bush stood for.

Media, celebrities and any other opinion forming mechanism went full swing ahead in endorsing Obama and painting him as the messiah to all the problems of the US and indeed the world.  And the ultimate icing on the cake, was the fact that he is black – galvanising the perception that change had finally come.

But in reality, what has actually changed?  The “change you can believe in” is as apparent as the the weapons of mass destruction not found in Iraq.  Even worse is the fact that Obama has taken the policies of Bush to a new level – and most Americans don’t even know it.

Do yourself a favour, set aside 2 hours and watch the following clip.  Educate yourself and wake up America!  You have been totally deceived…yet again.

I came across the Passion 4 Christ Movement (www.p4cm.com) over at Poops blog the other day.

Been checking it out and enjoy the site greatly.  But the stand out to me so far is the talent of Blair Wingo. 

Blair is a model, actress, and, since being saved by Jesus, is the official spoken word artist of the movement – which is actually a local small church plant in LA.  Blair is just one of many talented people they have at the movement and I look forward to checking out more in due course

Check out some of Blair’s spoken word talent below: (for more video’s either check out the website listed above or visit the the P4CM YouTube channel here)

Want a glimpse into the greed which got us all into this financial mess we’re in right now?

Up until now, it’s been hard to rely on a succinct and lay explanation as to how on earth we got into this mess.  Well thanks to Flowing Data, here is a 11 minute video which finally made more sense to me then anything I’ve seen on the topic so far.

I know that things are heaps more complicated then what’s shown in the next 11 minutes, but this video sure does introduce you to the love of money on a scale probably not seen before.

The Good Book says…

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. 1 Tim 6:10a

The video will show you the love of money.  And it will show you the birth of a vicious cycle about to be unleashed on all of us.  I wander what kind of evil will be birthed as a result of this…

I often wonder if the present global financial crisis will be the pre-curser to the establishment of the One World Government or New World Order (NWO).  Many Christians believe that the presence of a One World Government is the scenario in which the Anti-Christ or the Man of Lawlessness comes to power.

In the past it was hard to imagine sovereign nations throwing away their sovereignty to allow for a NWO.  But in the past, the push for a NWO was mostly from a political or military perspective – and never gained much traction.

But hit nations where it hurts, and things can change rapidly.  And nations around the world have been hit like never before – all at the same time and where it hurts – financially.  And now instead of opposition to a NWO, they are calling for it.  Watch this:

Mind you, this was said back in October last year – well before all the depressing details emerged.  Fast forward a few months to January and you get British PM Gordon Brown actually explaining why the world is now ready for a NWO.  And I quote:

[The NWO is] “driven forward not by the balance of military strength…or  by political power… but by a seismic shift of economic power”

Watch the video of his presentation below…

Apart from Adolf Hitler, Pappa Bush and the American Dollar Note, one of the biggest advocates of the NWO is former Secretary of State under Nixon, Henry Kissinger.  And you can imagine how excited he is about the NWO right now.

Given all the hot spots around the world due to terrorism and wars, throw in the global financial crisis and with Obama just about ready to be sworn in as the next US President, Kissinger was asked in January what was the most important thing Obama could do as President.  Watch his response….

Many have accused Kissinger as being the public front man of super secretive, elite and power hungry organisations hell bent on creating a NWO with the sole purpose of total global control.  Such organisations include the The Illuminati, The Bilderberg Group, the Council on Foreign Relations etc and other shady organisations.  Truthfully, I have no idea if this is the case – but it sure makes for interesting viewing.  Check out this video as an example…

Whatever the likes of Kissinger et al are trying to achieve, one day planet earth will be subject to a ruthless ruler – most probably under the context of being the leader of the One World Government.  Current economic, political, military and social trends are strangling the world to the pointy where sovereign nations are actually calling for the NWO.

The Bible clearly spells out one of the goals of a global authority..

[The beast] “causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name. This calls for wisdom: let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is 666.” Rev 13:16-18

I find it just a little freaky that it’s an economic cause that’s driving the world towards a NWO and also the fact that the above passage talks about “buying and sell” – again an economic reality.

Personally I believe there are sinister forces at play here.  Scripturally, Paul sheds light on the ancient workings preparing for the coming of the Anti-Christ..

“For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way. And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming.” 2 Thess 2:7-8

If the mystery of lawlessness was already at work back in Paul’s time, how much further have things progressed, how much longing has increased to see it come true, how deep are the rituals in the pursuit of these things.  It’s occultic, demonic and has captured the heart, mind and soul of the secretive world elite.  And it’s a force to be reckoned with.

Don’t believe me?  Have a listen to President Kennedy’s speech on this very topic – just weeks before he was assassinated…

I’ll leave you with one final video.  A snapshot of what’s going on as the world rushes headlong into the dark reality of the NWO.  If you let yourself feel consumed at how hopeless you are in the light of what’s going on, don’t despair.  Just remember that all you will see in the following video will most likely culminate in the revealing of the Anti-Christ.  But remember Paul’s words…

“whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming.” 2 Thess 2:8

In my mind, this whole thing is one astronomical waste of time.