Quote# 117145

In the Church we say that Satan is evil and God is good. Everything Satan does is evil. This is all fine, until we come across a man like Job. If everything Satan does is evil, and Satan is the one attacking Job, then Job is correct in claiming he is being treated evilly. And if Satan can’t do anything without permission from God, then Job is also correct in saying God is the One truly responsible for the evil in his life. Job is not afraid to recognize that God gets His Divine hands dirty with evil all the time. What Job doesn’t understand is that God always uses evil to bring about a greater good. Job grasps the first critical truth: evil and God are inseparable, for God is ultimately responsible for all evil. This is a very important point to understand and not many Christians can handle it. Like Elihu, they try to divorce God from all evil, completely ignoring His intimate relationship with demons and the fact that He created Hell—a place filled with horrible torments and never ending pain. How can a God who is all good sustain the existence of such a horrible place? Because God is only “all good” from His point of view. Whenever God does evil things, He calls it good because He’s the One doing them. But if a human were to do the same things, God would call it evil. God operates by a double standard—He is above His own Law. It’s evil when we murder, but it’s good when God murders. It’s evil if we watch someone be abused without trying to help them, yet it’s good when God gives Satan permission to torture us and stands there watching us writhe. It’s evil when we injure someone, but it’s good when God injures them. God is always good from His perspective, but from ours He does both good and evil.

Anna Diehl, The Pursuit of God 15 Comments [3/2/2016 3:23:56 AM]
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Quote# 117144

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I had some sort of apprehension about the speech of Rudasingwa as does the author of the following article on the same topic. However my question was more on some others of the former ambassador views not necessary reflected in his speech. I disagree with him for example when he justifies that RPF had to invade Rwanda in 1990 knowing well that the Tutsi refugee question was at the point of being solved by the Habyarimana government.

Another point of disagreement is on his particular request for protecting Tutsis from Hutus knowing again well that Tutsis extremists have always been in Rwandan history the troublemakers of any harmony that the country has ever had.

I just read the speech Dr Rudasingwa gave in France Senate, It is easy for an everyday citizen to see fairness and truth in this story. In reality the speech itself is a downgraded version of our history, especially history of Hutu population.

http://www.therwandan.com/blog/remarks-by-dr-theogene-rudasingwa-the-colloque-au-palais-du-luxemburg-paris-france-april-1st-2014/

The very first thing i noticed is how he changed the timeline of Tutsi dynasty in Rwanda, by telling these Frenchmen that “Monarchial rule came under German Colonization at the end of 19th Century”. The truth is Germans only went along with already established Tutsi absolute monarchy, which was ruling Rwanda since 1450’s. And why would Dr. Rudasingwa make such an inaccurate statement? I don’t know. He went on by defining moments in 1959 with passion, once again within truth started appearing downgraded terms. Those small terms carefully chosen are the main explosive ingredient of our history.

The term ‘marginalized’ also means demean, depreciate, …by definition, it means to make someone or something seem not important or relevant. This choice of the term above, was used to set tone for what Dr. Rudasingwa was about to explain. By telling his audience that “The Pre-1959 period saw the rise of a marginalized Hutu”, it automatically discredits the 1959 popular revolution. Marginalized group are not pushed enough to commit to a revolution, marginalized people are not in pain enough to join a revolution movement.

Then to justify Tutsi (Inyenzi rebels) attacks in 1960’s, he added that the 1959 revolution marginalized Tutsis, massacred many of them, and sending hundreds of thousands (exaggerated number) in exile. This is no surprise as we all know. RPF members claim that a million people have died in their so called genocide against Tutsis, even though there was barely under one million Tutsi in Rwanda by 1994. So where did “genocide survivors” came from? Dr Rudasingwa proceeded with accusing the first Republic of closing political space to become one party state, under MDR-PARMEHUTU. This statement is far from truth, there has been no law abolishing multiparty system during Kayibanda’a presidency. Due to overwhelming popularity of MDR, parties simply grew weaker.

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We must not stay silent, or settle for less. We must understand our rights and defend our revolution at all cost. It is a beautiful thing for a people to be liberated. Live long the spirit of freedom fighters of 1959, live long the freedom fighters of today, lets shape the freedom fighters of tomorrow.

Jean Paul Romeo Rugero, The Rising Continent 4 Comments [3/2/2016 3:23:52 AM]
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Submitted By: JeanP

Quote# 117143

Proverbs 11:24
“There is that scatters, and yet increases, and there is that withholds more than is meet, but it tends to poverty.”

Most things that are scattered don't increase. Try it with money sometime. Scatter it on the freeway and see what happens. It will disappear. However, there is a difference when the godly "scatter" their money--when they give it towards the Kingdom of God. It miraculously takes on the property of "seed."

When good seed is scattered on good soil, and it gets plenty of water, it grows and increases greatly. So be careful where your scatter the seed of your finances. Sow into good soil--ministries that fear God and whose agenda is the salvation of the lost...and thankfully, there are plenty like that.

Ray Comfort, Facebook 22 Comments [3/2/2016 3:23:23 AM]
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Submitted By: Nemo

Quote# 117138

A package to provide $850 million in federal aid to address the infrastructure and health crises surrounding the lead-tainted water Flint, Michigan has hit a stumbling block on its way to a floor vote in the Senate: Ted Cruz placed a “soft hold” on the proposal so he could study it, a representative told Politico Thursday.

Republicans had agreed to fund the aid package after Senate Democrats conceded to slashing a loan program for vehicle manufacturing, a program for which Michigan’s senators had advocated.

Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) described Cruz’s actions as “not a very smart move for a man who’s going to be in a primary in Michigan on March 8.”

Ted Cruz’s campaign had previously shown its support for those affected by the lead contamination crisis in Flint by distributing bottled water in January — but only to clinics approved by an anti-abortion advocacy group. According to a Cruz spokesperson at the time, the water donation demonstrated “the pro-life values of Senator Cruz.”

Ted Cruz, Mediaite 34 Comments [3/1/2016 11:08:38 AM]
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Quote# 117137

It baffles me that you've been born again for good 15yrs and you've not subjected yourself to God and the Holy Spirit up to the point that your spiritual eyes will be enlightened. When God uses someone to speak His mind, the devil also has agents (born again even tongue speaking) that will be antagonistic, deceiving many.
The devil never wants people to know the truth let alone being freed. The shocking truth is that many Christians think they are walking with God but God isn't walking with them. If we genuinely walk with Him, we'll know His mind.

Gone are the days when only old women are seen as witches, If God opens your spiritual eyes, you'll be shocked at the the calibre of people being initiated daily and the means through which agents of darkness does it. You don't have to be given popcorn or something to eat physically before being initiated. Your spirit can be summoned and the person will think he/she is dreaming,touching items that have been possessed etc. More than half of my church members are witches and they've tried severally to initiate me but God is always greater than them. When they sing, you'll think angels descended to sing. They serve communion, usher people in, lead sunday school and even preach on the pulpit! Unless you have a discerning spirit,God Himself speaks to you and your spiritual eyes opened, you can't know them!

My submission is this. The devil has long hyped his tactics/mechanisms to ship people to hell by initiating many into witchcraft, and genuine believers/Christians are sleeping and snoring but still claim they are "there" spiritually. Let us be fervent in prayer and genuinely know God through his words. You can be born again for 50years but if you don't have the power of God residing in you, even a witch initiated today will deal with you and God will not even blink an eye because He already said "My people perish for lack of knowledge)!

BB12, Nairaland 25 Comments [3/1/2016 11:08:07 AM]
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Submitted By: TimeToTurn

Quote# 117136

Animals do a lot of strange things like the wife of a certain spider eating her husband to be fertile. No lady will try that. That animals do some things doesn't justify the fact that humans do. Being gay has always been absurd and evil and will continue to be . Peace.

UyiIredia, Nairaland 24 Comments [3/1/2016 11:07:44 AM]
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Submitted By: TimeToTurn

Quote# 117133



Severing the link between abortionists and the medical waste companies they pay to pick up the body parts they don't sell is all fine and good, BUT IT IS NOT "the key to abolishing child killing."

That is an absolutely foolish statement!

Sure, a campaign like this will be good for fundraising (like the past hundred pro-life industry marketing schemes) and it might stir some people up to call their local representatives or something, but it entirely misses the mark. It misses "the Key to Abolishing Child Killing" by a hundred million miles!

Our culture is replete with people who want to be free to kill their children while they are in the womb! They desire this because they are living for themselves and dying as enemies of God.

THEY NEED THE GOSPEL!!!!

The abortion industry is only meeting the demands of a wicked people so that they can make money off of the "shedding of innocent blood."

They may be demons... but, it is everyday people who embrace abortion to cover up their sin and facilitate their continued worship of self that drives the abortion industry.

WE NEED REPENTANCE!!!

If you do not focus on calling the nation to full blown repentance for the sins of child sacrifice and abortion apathy, but choose instead to nibble on the so-called "weak links" of the abortion industry, you are not only misdiagnosing the whole situation, you are downplaying the reality and entrenchment of this evil and reveling the fact that you either don't really get it, or you are delusional, or you just don't actually care.

Asking the Abortion Industry to clean up how they kill babies and create on site incinerators to take care of the parts will not abolish abortion. It will only make the abortion industry stronger!

Mark Harrington (Created Equal) and all the folks helping out with #ProjectWeakLink need to thoroughly integrate the call for the Abolition of Abortion because it is murder into their campaign. They need to cease talking about how abortion can be "abolished" by clipping the branches of the tree rather than taking an axe to the root. They need to understand that this is an issue of our rebellion against God and that what needs to be front and center in very campaign against abortion is the Gospel of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ and a consistent call for the Total and Immediate Abolition of Human Abortion.

THEY NEED TO REPENT!!!

These Pro-life Schemers are actually the strongest link in the culture's defense of abortion. They are the ones most vocally opposing and counterfeiting abolitionism. If the Pro-Life Establishment repents and embraces Abolitionism, we can all start working together and Abortion as we know it will be done for!

Abolish Human Abortion, Abolish Human Abortion Facebook Page 16 Comments [3/1/2016 11:07:17 AM]
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Submitted By: Ivurm

Quote# 117129

Imaginary Playmates. It is not unusual to find a child who has an imaginary playmate. The invisible companion is very real to the child. In fact, the playmate may be invisible to others but appear visibly to the child. The imaginary playmate becomes a companion and a teacher of the child.

What begins, in the child's imagination, as a technique to offset loneliness, evolves into a relationship with a familiar spirit. A four- year-old-boy, to whom we ministered, had an imaginary playmate whom he called Charcoal. We asked why he called his playmate "Charcoal," and he insisted that the playmate told him that his name was Charcoal. In order to be set free, the boy first had to fall out of agreement with the familiar spirit and, command him to go. Although he was normally an obedient child, he was so threatened by the prospect of losing his companion that he stubbornly resisted his father's coercion to renounce the demonic presence. After a successful deliverance, there was a marked improvement in the child's personality and behavior.

In another case, my wife and I ministered to a young woman who was plagued by extreme supernatural phenomena. Poltergeists manifested themselves in her house; she experienced unsought astral travel, and possessed undesired psychic insights. The root cause for all the supernatural phenomena was, in her particular case, an early childhood relationship with an imaginary playmate. Her parents had divorced when she was four- years of age. Rejection and insecurity resulted because she was passed around for different ones to raise. She began to play with an imaginary friend, a familiar spirit, named "Genie." Interestingly, Genie (a derivation of jinn) is one of a class of spirits which assumes various forms, exercises supernatural power, and serves his summoner. The familiar spirit, Genie, was responsible for the occult phenomena.

Spiritual Warfare Ministries, spiritual warfare ministries 28 Comments [3/1/2016 11:06:21 AM]
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Submitted By: undie not fundie

Quote# 117126

The following allegations were found on the Evil Bible.Com website. This particular website is managed by a dyed-in-the-wool atheist who, by taking Scripture out of context, attempts to mislead others into believing his own, skewed concepts of the Bible. This hate-mongering website and chatroom - which basically does nothing but spew venom at God, the Bible, and believers in Yeshua (Jesus) - is a perfect example of why the Bible warns: The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned (1 Corinthians 2:14).

Most people don't realize that websites such as Evil Bible are run by narrow-minded, bigoted people with a very limited and twisted understanding of God and the Bible. No amount of proof "gets through" to these people - who swarm like screeching vultures on anyone who tries to present Biblical Truth to them. The goal of The Refiner's Fire's is to be a beacon of light in this dark world of atheistic distortions - and to challenge their unfounded allegations.

unknown, refiners fire 29 Comments [3/1/2016 11:05:48 AM]
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