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Leaked Emails Reveal The Incredible Depth Of Corruption Of Crooked Hillary And Clinton Foundation
Donald Trump wants to build a wall, Crooked Hillary Clinton wants no borders at all. That’s an easy choice.
Donald Trump wants to build a wall, Crooked Hillary Clinton wants no borders at all. That’s an easy choice.
“My dream is a hemispheric common market, with open trade and open borders, some time in the future with energy that is as green and sustainable as we can get it, powering growth and opportunity for every person in the hemisphere.” — Hillary in her remarks from a leaked speech to Banco Itau in May 2013
Among the many telling kernels of truth dappling the spoor of the Hillary Clinton campaign’s internal e-mails released by WikiLeaks this past week, this one immediately leaped out:
“Politics is like sausage being made. It is unsavory, and it always has been that way, but we usually end up where we need to be. But if everybody’s watching . . . then people get a little nervous, to say the least. So, you need both a public and a private position.”
The sausage maker was Mrs. Clinton, giving one of her $225,000 speeches that she’s so long sought to conceal from the public, in this instance to the National Multi-Housing Council in April 2013. It came at a time when the just-retired secretary of state was coyly gearing up for a White House run, little tin cup at the ready, raking in nearly a million dollars that month alone.
When her ode to pragmatic two-facedness was called out by Donald Trump at last week’s debate, she lamely blamed it on Abe Lincoln, as portrayed in Steven Spielberg’s 2012 film. Never mind that a high-priced collection plate and the passage of the 13th Amendment have little in common. It’s all in a day’s work for a woman who claims to be for the Little Guy but spends most of her time frolicking with the political and financial elites.
Then again, Hillary has long believed that “the personal is political,” especially when political power can benefit her personally. Indeed, as the emails show, her public career has been based on showing one face to her gullible supporters and another, more ruthless one to allies and adversaries behind closed doors.
Let’s review the evidence. Thirteen years after she and Bill left the White House in 2001 “dead broke,” Hillary regaled the well-fed bankers and financial managers at Goldman Sachs and BlackRock, Inc., with tales of her humble lifestyle before she and Bubba learned how to spin the dross of “public service” into the finest gold access and protection money can buy: “I do think there is a growing sense of anxiety and even anger in the country over the feeling that the game is rigged. And I never had that feeling when I was growing up. I mean, were there really rich people, of course . . . but we had a solid middle class upbringing. And now, obviously, I’m kind of far removed because the life I’ve lived and the economic, you know, fortunes that my husband and I now enjoy, but I haven’t forgotten it.”
Forget that those “fortunes” came from the very rigging she was supposedly decrying; as secretary of state, Hillary had to deal with lots of unsavory characters — but sometimes their natures were made sweeter by their touching thoughtfulness toward the Clintons.
Qatar, like most Muslim countries, treats women as second-class citizens, but champion-of-women Hillary never lets a little thing like that stop her from doing business. (See: “On favors.”) And a far greater threat than murderous Muslims adhering to a fanatical 7th-century religious ideology lurks right here at home — those pesky Roman Catholics and their silly 2,000-year-old faith. (See: “On Catholics.”)
The bigotry shown by her campaign aides is a hint of what’s to come under a Hillary administration: continuing pressure on Catholics to adapt to contemporary “progressive” social-justice norms. Not that she’s likely to put it so bluntly, especially during the campaign. That might alienate potential Catholic voters.
Ah, but universal brotherhood — that’s the real Clinton goal, right? Privately, you might have to stroke a few brows from time to time. (See: “Needy Latinos.”) But far beyond the Rio Grande, there’s a potentially much wider electorate to appeal to when the time is right to admit it.
“My dream is a hemispheric common market, with open trade and open borders, some time in the future with energy that is as green and sustainable as we can get it, powering growth and opportunity for every person in the hemisphere.”
Ignore the feel-good boilerplate about green energy in the quote above, delivered in a $225,000 speech to the Brazilian Banco Itau in New York City in May 2013. E-mails from mid-2015 show her trying to defend her previous support for the Trans-Pacific Partnership but ultimately rejecting it publicly for populist political reasons — for now.
In short, don’t expect any mea culpas when the time is right for a 180-degree spin. For a Clinton is never wrong, merely evolving.
The distinction between the public and private Hillary is masked partly via her cozy relationships with reporters -— whether her aides are planting stories with sympathetic journalists, sneaking a peek at debate questions in advance or just keeping their ear to the ground: “I just wanted to make sure John Podesta had a heads up that his name will be in a story concerning the White House’s ethics policy, which could run on Monday,” wrote Washington Post White House bureau chief Juliet Eilperin in a March 21, 2015, e-mail to an Obama staffer.
In the public eye since 1992, the Clintons have long memories, rewarding their friends and punishing their enemies, swatting away annoying flies like Bill de Blasio — “Should we care about this?” wondered Podesta privately in response to policy suggestions from the mayor — whose aid they don’t need. Like the Bourbon monarchy, they’ve learned nothing and forgotten nothing.
Unsuccessfully floating the idea in late 2014 of changing the date of Illinois’ 2016 primary, current campaign manager Robby Mook wrote to Podesta, “This is not an Obama ask, but a Hillary ask. And the Clintons won’t forget what their friends have done for them.” Nor, it goes without saying, what their enemies have done to them. And certainly not what they’re going to do to us, should they win next month. But that’s private — for now.
The Clintons never forget
In November 2014, Clinton’s campaign manager Robby Mook e-mailed Clinton campaign chair John Podesta about the urgency of pushing a bill to move the Illinois primary out of March, to stop momentum for a moderate Republican candidate.
Illinois was offered “a bonus of 10 percent extra delegates if they move to April and 20 percent if they move to May” but didn’t change the date as it had already done so in 2008.
“Our preference would be for them to move all the way to May, but if they at least move to April 12 or April 19 they will have the day to themselves and presumably garner a lot of coverage,” wrote Mook. “They will also be influencing a big northeast primary day on April 26.”
“They don’t really care about being helpful and feel forgotten and neglected by POTUS,” Mook wrote. “The key point is that this is not an Obama ask, but a Hillary ask. And the Clintons won’t forget what their friends have done for them.”
On having two personas
“You just have to sort of figure out how to . . . balance the public and the private efforts that are necessary to be successful, politically, and that’s not just a comment about today . . . I mean, politics is like sausage being made. It is unsavory, and it always has been that way, but we usually end up where we need to be. But if everybody’s watching, you know, all of the back room discussions and the deals, you know, then people get a little nervous, to say the least. So, you need both a public and a private position.”
— Hillary Clinton in a leaked speech to the National Multi-Housing Council in April 2013
On favors
“[Qatar] would like to see WJC [William Jefferson Clinton] ‘for five minutes’ in NYC, to present $1 million check that Qatar promised for WJC’s birthday in 2011.” — Ami Desai, director of foreign policy for the Clinton Foundation, wrote in a 2012 e-mail.
On de Blasio
Early in 2015, when Mayor Bill de Blasio contacted the campaign about his Progressive Agenda plan “to organize progressives nationally to take on income inequality,” he wrote: “I believe you will agree with much of this content. Please let me know if you want to discuss.”
The e-mail response from Clinton campaign chair John Podesta was: “Should we care about this?”
“I’m not sweating it,” replied Neera Tanden, the president and chief executive of the Center for American Progress, who explained to Podesta that: “Politically, we are not getting any pressure to join this from our end.”
The dream of open borders
“My dream is a hemispheric common market, with open trade and open borders, some time in the future with energy that is as green and sustainable as we can get it, powering growth and opportunity for every person in the hemisphere.” — Hillary in her remarks from a leaked speech to Banco Itau in May 2013
Needy Latinos
“A few calls you might consider making,” John Podesta wrote to Clinton in an e-mail with the subject line “Needy Latinos and 1 easy call.”
On Catholics
Referring to a New Yorker article about News Corp Executive Chairman Rupert Murdoch (who owns The Post), which stated he is raising his kids Catholic, Clinton aide John Halpin wrote in an e-mail:
“Friggin’ Murdoch baptized his kids in Jordan where John the Baptist baptized Jesus.
“Many of the most powerful elements of the conservative movement are all Catholic (many converts) from the SC [Supreme Court] and think tanks to media and social groups.
“It’s an amazing bastardization of the faith. They must be attracted to the systematic thought and severely backwards gender relations and must be totally unaware of Christian democracy.”
Palmieri, director of communications for the Clinton campaign, responds:
“I imagine they think it is the most socially acceptable politically conservative religion. Their rich friends wouldn’t understand if they became Evangelicals.”
On Putin
“I would love it if we could continue to build a more positive relationship with Russia,” Clinton said during a speech to Goldman Sachs on June 4, 2013. In the same speech, Clinton said, “Obviously we would very much like to have a positive relationship with Russia and we would like to see Putin be less defensive toward a relationship with the United States, so that we could work together on some issues.”
“One time, I was visiting with him in his dacha outside of Moscow, and he was going on and on, you know, just listing all of the problems that he thinks are caused by the United States,” Clinton said. “I said, ‘You know, Mr. Prime Minister, we actually have some things in common. We both want to protect wildlife, and I know how committed you are to protecting the tiger.’ I mean, all of a sudden, he sat up straight and his eyes got big and he goes, ‘You care about the tiger?’ ”
Out of touch
“I am not taking a position on any policy, but I do think there is a growing sense of anxiety and even anger in the country over the feeling that the game is rigged. And I never had that feeling when I was growing up. Never. I mean, were there really rich people, of course there were. My father loved to complain about big business and big government, but we had a solid middle class upbringing. We had good public schools. We had accessible health care . . . And now, obviously, I’m kind of far removed because the life I’ve lived and the economic, you know, fortunes that my husband and I now enjoy, but I haven’t forgotten it.” — Hillary Clinton remarks in a leaked speech to Goldman-BlackRock in February 2014.
Collusion with the meda:
. . . on TV
CNBC host John Harwood to Podesta in an e-mail about a Clinton interview on CNN:
“She looks so much more comfortable talking to Andrea [Mitchell] today than to Brianna [Keilar] a few weeks ago.”
Podesta was thankful for the journalist’s opinion, responding, “I think she’s over the hump.”
Clinton’s director of communications Jennifer Palmieri also “appreciated” Harwood’s help when he emailed her the suggestion to look up a certain video dating back to the Nixon presidency that could be beneficial to their efforts.
. . . in print
“I just wanted to make sure John Podesta had a heads up that his name will be in a story concerning the White House’s ethics policy, which could run on Monday,” WaPo White House Bureau Chief Juliet Eilperin told then-Obama White House Assistant Press Secretary Frank Benenati in a March 21, 2015, e-mail.
The story appeared March 22, 2015, under the headline, “Obama promised to curb the influence of lobbyists. Has he succeeded?”
. . . and with that “leaked” CNN question
On March 12, Donna Brazile, then vice chair of the DNC and a CNN and ABC contributor, allegedly wrote an email to the Clinton campaign with the subject line “From time to time I get the questions in advance.”
It continues:
“Here’s one that worries me about HRC…
“Should Ohio and the 30 other states join the current list and abolish the death penalty?”
Palmieri wrote back within three hours, seemingly not as worried:
“Hi. Yes, it is one she gets asked about. Not everyone likes her answer but can share it.”
She then instructs a copied employee to share the campaign’s standard answer to the question to Brazile. source
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THE BIBLE BELIEVERS SUNDAY SERVICE: The Last Adam
The First Adam Brought Sin And Death, But The Last Adam Jesus Christ Came From Heaven To Save Every Lost Sinner Who Believes The Gospel
There is perhaps no more chilling indictment of modern Christianity than watching pastors, worship leaders, theologians and Christian entertainers spend decades preaching about Jesus Christ, singing His name and building careers upon His church, only to eventually announce that they no longer believe the Bible, no longer believe in God and no longer consider themselves Christians. Former Pentecostal pastor Timmy Gibson is merely the latest name added to a rapidly growing procession that includes Joshua Harris, Jon Steingard, George Perdikis, Bart Campolo, Audrey Assad and others who once stood before crowds as representatives of the faith they now renounce. But their departures do not diminish Jesus Christ or disprove the word of God—they expose the terrifying difference between religious profession and biblical salvation. A huge difference as you’ll soon see.
“And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.” 1 Corinthians 15:45 (KJB)
You can preach Jesus without knowing Him, sing about the cross without trusting it, build a church without being born again and spend an entire lifetime inside Christianity without ever coming to Christ as a guilty sinner in need of a Saviour. The first Adam made us sinners and brought death upon the human race, but the last Adam—the Lord from Heaven—came to save sinners through His shed blood, death, burial and resurrection. If you came to Jesus for healing, happiness, success, acceptance or religious experience, but never came as a lost sinner trusting His finished work, then you came for the wrong reason. On this Sunday Service, we clear away the clutter and present you Jesus, high and lifted up.
The Bible Believers Sunday Service: The Last Adam
The Last Adam, Or The Supremacy of Jesus Christ Over Sin, Death, Religion and the Ruin of Adam
Main Text
“And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.” 1 Corinthians 15:45–49 (KJB)
Central Truth
Every person is born naturally in Adam, under sin and sentenced to death. The sinner who believes the gospel is spiritually placed in Jesus Christ, receiving righteousness, eternal life and the promise of a glorified body. This is why you must be born again, your first birth is no good.
“Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” John 3:3 (KJB)
The first Adam brought the human race down into death. The last Adam raises believing sinners into everlasting life. Jesus Christ is not one religious option among many—He is God’s final, complete and exclusive answer to everything Adam destroyed.
I. The First Adam Was the Beginning of the Natural Creation
“And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.” Genesis 2:7 (KJB)
Adam was created:
- Directly by God.
- In the image of God.
- Without sin.
- With dominion over the earth.
- With the ability and responsibility to obey God.
- As the representative head of the human race.
Adam was not born into the world; he was created by God. Every other naturally conceived human being descends from him and consequently bears his fallen image.
“And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:” Genesis 5:3 (KJB)
Adam was originally created in God’s image, but after the fall he produced children in his own fallen likeness. Humanity inherited more than Adam’s physical characteristics; it inherited his sinful nature and sentence of death.
Application
Our fundamental problem is not our environment, education, economic condition or lack of self-esteem. Our problem is that we are members of Adam’s fallen race.
II. The First Adam Brought Sin and Death Into the World
“Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:” Romans 5:12 (KJB)
Adam’s disobedience brought:
- Sin into the world.
- Death upon mankind.
- Condemnation before God.
- Separation from God.
- Corruption into creation.
- A sinful nature upon Adam’s descendants.
“For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.” Romans 5:19 (KJB)
We do not become sinners merely when we commit our first sinful act. We commit sinful acts because we were born with a sinful nature inherited through Adam.
“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;” Romans 3:23 (KJB)
Application
Education may refine Adam’s descendants. Religion may restrain them. Government may regulate them. Psychology may analyze them. But none of these things can remove a sinner from Adam and place him into Christ.
The sinner does not need renovation—he needs regeneration.
III. Jesus Christ Is the Second Man and the Last Adam
“And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.” 1 Corinthians 15:45-48 (KJB)
Jesus is called:
- The second man because He is the beginning of a new humanity.
- The last Adam because there will never be another representative head or another divine plan of salvation.
There was a first Adam, but there will never be a third Adam. Jesus Christ is God’s last, complete and eternal answer.
The contrast between the two Adams
| The First Man Adam | The Last Adam Jesus |
| Came from the earth | Is the Lord from Heaven |
| Became a living soul | Became a quickening Spirit |
| Was tested in a garden | Submitted to God in a garden |
| Disobeyed concerning a tree | Obeyed unto death upon a tree |
| Brought sin | Bore our sins |
| Brought condemnation | Provides justification |
| Brought death | Gives eternal life |
| Produced a fallen race | Creates one new man |
| Returned to the dust | Rose bodily from the dead |
| Bears the earthly image | Gives believers the heavenly image |
Jesus Christ did not come merely to repair Adam’s old creation. He came to become the Head of an entirely new creation.
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” 2 Corinthians 5:17 (KJB)
IV. The Supremacy of the Last Adam Is Revealed in His Obedience
Adam was given one prohibition and disobeyed. Jesus Christ faced every temptation and remained completely obedient to His Father.
“For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.” Romans 5:19 (KJB)
“And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.” Philippians 2:8 (KJB)
Adam’s disobedience was counted against his race. Christ’s perfect obedience and finished sacrifice are counted for those who believe. We are not saved through our obedience to God. We are saved through faith in what Jesus Christ accomplished through His obedience.
Religion says, ‘Obey so that God may accept you.’
The gospel says, ‘Believe on the One whose obedience has satisfied God completely.’
“Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.” Ephesians 1:5-7 (KJB)
V. The Last Adam Defeated What the First Adam Released
“For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.” 1 Corinthians 15:21–22 (KJB)
Adam brought death, but Christ conquered death through His resurrection.
“Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.” Romans 6:9 (KJB)
Jesus Christ is supreme because:
- His blood satisfies God’s judgment against sin.
- His cross defeated the power of sin.
- His burial demonstrates that He truly died.
- His resurrection conquered death.
- His righteousness justifies the believer.
- His Spirit seals the believer.
- His life guarantees our future resurrection.
Application
Christianity does not rest upon religious feelings, alleged healings, visions, tongues or supernatural experiences. It rests upon the historical death, burial and bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ. If every feeling disappears and every circumstance turns against us, the empty tomb remains empty.
VI. A Sinner Must Change His Position, Not Merely His Behavior
Every person occupies one of two spiritual positions:
- In Adam: condemned, spiritually dead and awaiting judgment.
- In Christ: justified, spiritually alive and possessing eternal life.
“There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus.” Romans 8:1 (KJB)
A person is not placed into Christ by:
- Being raised in church.
- Attending Bible college.
- Becoming a pastor.
- Building a congregation.
- Preaching sermons.
- Baptizing converts.
- Performing supposed healings.
- Speaking in tongues.
- Feeding the poor.
- Living a respectable life.
“For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.” 1 Corinthians 12:13 (KJB)
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 (KJB)
“Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.” John 3:7 (KJB)
A minister can spend decades talking about Jesus without ever trusting Jesus Christ’s finished work as the payment for his own sins. Religious activity can give a person a reputation, an audience and a career. It cannot give him eternal life.
VII. The Only Saving Message Is the Gospel of Christ
“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:” 1 Corinthians 15:1–4 (KJB)
A sinner must understand:
- I have sinned against a holy God.
- My sin has earned death and judgment.
- I cannot save myself through religion or good works.
- Jesus Christ died as the payment for my sins.
- He was buried and rose bodily from the dead.
- God will save me when I place my faith in Jesus Christ alone.
“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.” Ephesians 2:8–9 (KJB)
Application
A person may originally enter a church because he is lonely, sick, frightened or searching for answers. But unless he eventually recognizes himself as a guilty sinner and trusts Christ’s finished work, he has not believed the saving gospel.
Jesus did not die merely to improve Adam’s children. He died to save them and place them into Himself.
VIII. When People Come to Jesus for the Wrong Reason
Many people are invited to “come to Jesus” because He supposedly will:
- Heal their bodies.
- Restore their relationships.
- Guarantee success.
- Fulfill their dreams.
- Give them an emotional experience.
- Solve all their earthly problems.
- Make them prosperous and happy.
But those things are not the gospel. Jesus confronted people who followed Him for material benefits rather than because they believed who He was.
“Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.” John 6:26 (KJB)
When the expected healing does not come, the emotional experience fades or life becomes painful, a false convert may conclude that Christianity has failed him. In reality, he may never have trusted the gospel at all. He came for benefits from Jesus without first coming to Jesus as a sinner needing a Saviour.
Teaching Statement
If you came to Jesus only to obtain a better life, but never trusted His shed blood as the payment for your sins, you came for the wrong reason.
IX. Timmy Gibson and the Tragedy of an Empty Pulpit
Timmy Gibson reportedly spent approximately thirty years teaching and preaching, including seventeen years leading a church he founded. He now says he no longer believes the Bible or Christianity and publicly identifies as an atheist. Freedom From Religion Foundation
His story should not cause us to question the supremacy of Christ. It should cause us to question what passes for conversion and ministry inside modern Christianity.
Gibson’s background emphasized supposed healings, tongues, spiritual experiences and personal transformation. But none of those things proves that a person ever trusted Christ’s death, burial and resurrection as the payment for his sins.
“They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.” Titus 1:16 (KJB)
An important rightly divided distinction
We cannot infallibly see Gibson’s heart or declare from his present atheism alone that he was never saved. Biblically, there are two possible conditions:
- A lost religious professor: He preached about Jesus but never personally trusted the gospel.
- A saved but ruined workman: He once trusted Christ but later abandoned sound doctrine, shipwrecked his testimony and became disqualified for Christian service.
Salvation and service are not identical. A saved man can destroy his ministry, lose his reward and become a castaway without becoming spiritually unborn.
“But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.” 1 Corinthians 9:27 (KJB)
Here “castaway” concerns being rejected or disapproved for service and reward—not losing eternal salvation.
“If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.” 2 Timothy 2:13 (KJB)
Application
Never place your confidence in a preacher’s personality, longevity, church size, education or supernatural claims. Preachers can fall, institutions can collapse and religious experiences can be exposed as counterfeit. Jesus Christ remains exactly who the Bible declares Him to be.
“Let God be true, but every man a liar.” Romans 3:4 (KJB)
X. The Last Adam Must Have the Preeminence
“And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.” Colossians 1:18 (KJB)
Jesus Christ is supreme over:
- Adam and the entire human race.
- Sin and condemnation.
- Satan and spiritual wickedness.
- Religion and human philosophy.
- Every preacher and religious institution.
- Death and the grave.
- Heaven and earth.
- The present creation and the world to come.
A fallen preacher cannot diminish Christ. An atheist cannot dethrone Him. A skeptic cannot disprove Him. A false church cannot replace Him. The last Adam has conquered death and will reign until every enemy is beneath His feet.
“Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:” Philippians 2:9 (KJB)
Closing Challenge
The final question is not:
- Were you raised in church?
- Were you baptized?
- Did you have an emotional experience?
- Did you speak in tongues?
- Did you once answer an altar call?
- Did you become a preacher?
- Did people believe that God was using you?
The question is:
Have you, as a guilty and helpless sinner, placed your faith in the shed blood, death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ as the complete payment for your sins? The first Adam cannot save you. Religion cannot save you. A pastor cannot save you. Your experiences cannot save you. Your good works cannot save you. Only the last Adam can take a condemned child of Adam and make him a redeemed, justified and eternally secure member of the body of Christ.
“For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.” 1 Corinthians 15:22 (KJB)
The first Adam brought us into the grave. The last Adam came out of the grave—and everyone who trusts Him will come out as well.
Pastors, Evangelists and Christian Teachers
| Person | Former Christian Platform | Public Renunciation |
| Timmy Gibson | Pentecostal/Evangelical preacher for approximately 30 years; founded and led a church for 17 years | Now identifies as an atheist and says he reached the point where he no longer believed anything he had been preaching from the Bible. Source |
| Joshua Harris | Bestselling author of I Kissed Dating Goodbye and former senior pastor of Covenant Life Church | Announced in 2019: “By all the measurements that I have for defining a Christian, I am not a Christian.” He described it biblically as “falling away.” Source |
| Bart Campolo | Evangelical preacher, author, founder of Mission Year and son of prominent evangelist Tony Campolo | Stopped believing in God and became a secular humanist, later serving as a humanist chaplain. Background |
| Dan Barker | Ordained minister, missionary, evangelist and writer of Christian songs and musicals | Publicly left Christianity in 1983 and became a leading atheist activist and co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation. Biography |
| Jerry DeWitt | Pentecostal evangelist and pastor of two Louisiana churches | Publicly acknowledged his atheism in 2011 and subsequently became an atheist speaker and author. Interview |
| Teresa MacBain | Southern Baptist background and United Methodist pastor | Announced from the stage of an American Atheists convention in 2012 that she was an atheist while still technically serving as a pastor. NPR profile |
| Ryan Bell | Seventh-day Adventist pastor and seminary instructor | Conducted a public “year without God” and concluded that he did not believe God existed. NPR interview |
| Paul Maxwell | Theologian with a Ph.D., author and former contributor to John Piper’s Desiring God ministry | Announced in 2021, “I’m just not a Christian anymore,” saying that leaving Christianity felt good and that he was happy. Source |
| Mike Aus | Lutheran pastor and church planter in Texas | Publicly declared himself an atheist, left Christianity and founded Houston Oasis as a secular alternative to church. Houston Chronicle |
| Charles Templeton | International evangelist, contemporary and close associate of Billy Graham | Rejected biblical authority, left evangelism and ultimately identified as an agnostic. His divergence from Billy Graham became one of the most famous apostasies of the twentieth century. Historical account |
| Gretta Vosper | Ordained United Church of Canada minister and author | Publicly identified as an atheist or “post-theist” while controversially continuing to lead a congregation. Profile |
Christian Music Figures
| Person | Former Christian Platform | Public Renunciation |
| Jon Steingard | Lead singer and songwriter for the Christian rock band Hawk Nelson | Announced in 2020 that he no longer believed in God after years of privately doubting the message he was publicly singing. Good Morning America |
| George Perdikis | Co-founder and original guitarist of the Newsboys | Said that by 2007 he had “renounced Christianity once and for all” and declared himself an atheist. Source |
| Audrey Assad | Dove-nominated Catholic/Christian singer whose music became prominent in contemporary worship circles | Announced that she was no longer a Christian or practicing Catholic. She continued to believe in an undefined spiritual reality influenced by Taoism and Zen Buddhism. Interview |
| David Bazan | Frontman of Pedro the Lion, originally known for explicitly Christian indie music | Publicly chronicled his loss of Christian faith and rejection of the beliefs that had shaped his music. Christianity Today interview |
| Derek Webb | Founding member of Caedmon’s Call and longtime Christian singer-songwriter | Released an album documenting his departure from Christianity and currently describes himself as agnostic, although he does not call himself an atheist and continues engaging Christian ideas. Recent profile |
Entertainment and Media Figures
| Person | Former Christian Platform | Public Renunciation |
| Rhett McLaughlin | Member of Rhett & Link; formerly a Cru missionary, worship leader and creator of evangelistic productions | Publicly announced that he was no longer a Christian and has continued producing annual accounts of his deconstruction. 2025 update |
| Link Neal | Rhett’s longtime partner; also formerly served with Cru as a missionary and worship leader | Announced alongside Rhett that he was no longer a Christian. He has described himself in agnostic terms while occasionally expressing openness or praying during personal difficulty. 2025 update |
| Seth Andrews | Fundamental Baptist and Christian-radio personality for approximately ten years | Became an atheist and founded The Thinking Atheist, using broadcasting skills developed in Christian radio to advocate against Christianity. Back |
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But whatever you do, don’t do nothing. Time is short and we need your help right now. The Lord has given us an open door with a tremendous ‘course’ for us to fulfill that will create an excellent experience at the Judgement Seat of Christ. Please pray for our efforts, and if the Lord leads you to donate, be as generous as possible. The war is REAL, the battle HOT and the time is SHORT…TO THE FIGHT!!!
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‘Maria’s Hope’ Vegetable Garden At The Glory Fellowship Orphanage In Kenya Is Nearly Ready For Seeds And Seedlings As Workers Install Fencing
The work on the ‘Maria’s Hope’ vegetable garden at the Glory Fellowship Orphanage in Kenya has been going on every day this week with wonderful progress
This week, the acre-wide property at the Glory Fellowship Orphanage in Kisii, Kenya has seen a flurry of activity as volunteers first cleared the land and removed the brush, cut down trees to uses for fence posts, and then strun barbed wire all around it to keep curious animals out. The only thing left to do is to plant the seeds and seedlings which is scheduled for tomorrow. NTEB is answering the “Macedonian call” by helping them through Operation Africa!, and it’s been a blessing for the giver as well as the reciever. When complete, it will feed all the 84 orphans while supplying a work-based revenue stream when they sell the overflow produce at market. We are not just giving them a fish, we are giving them the abiity to become fishermen themselves.
“And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.” Acts 16:9 (KJB)
When we first recieved the request for Bibles 4 months ago, never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that this is what it would become. But God sure did. All He required from us was to show up and be faithful, and He’s been doing the rest. Supplying them first with Bibles, then medicine to treat malaria and typhoid, getting them a well and tank for clean water, mattresses and blankets, emergency food rations, and now ‘Maria’s Hope’ vegetable garden. This is the complete package.
Workers at the Glory Fellowship Orphanage seen here cutting down trees to make fence for ‘Maria’s Hope’ vegetable garden. They have made excellent progress this week, and are almost ready to plant seeds and seedlings. Come help us to help them finish! Click here to donate.… pic.twitter.com/FeTTmhrStK
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With your help, I would love to be able to provide them with a cow, a goat and a couple of dozen chickens to go with all the vegetables we are helping them to plant. This is not a hand out, this is a massive help up, something that will provide for them until the Lord comes. We need to raise around $10,000 for all of it. Come help us to do it!!
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- HOW TO DONATE: Click here to view our WayGiver Funding page
When you contribute to this fundraising effort, you are helping us to do what the Lord called us to do. The money you send in goes primarily to the overall daily operations of this site. When people ask for Bibles, we send them out at no charge. When people write in and say how much they would like gospel tracts but cannot afford them, we send them a box at no cost to them for either the tracts or the shipping, no matter where they are in the world. We have a Gospel Billboard program. We are now broadcasting Bible studies, Podcasts and a Sunday Service 5 times a week, thanks to your generous donations. All this is possible because YOU pray for us, YOU support us, and YOU give so we can continue growing.
But whatever you do, don’t do nothing. Time is short and we need your help right now. The Lord has given us an open door with a tremendous ‘course’ for us to fulfill that will create an excellent experience at the Judgement Seat of Christ. Please pray for our efforts, and if the Lord leads you to donate, be as generous as possible. The war is REAL, the battle HOT and the time is SHORT…TO THE FIGHT!!!
“Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;” Titus 2:13 (KJB)
“Thank you very much!” – Geoffrey, editor-in-chief, NTEB
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THE PROPHECY NEWS PODCAST: November 22, 1963, Is The Moment When The Deep State Officially Took Control Of America By Taking Out The President
From JFK To Donald Trump: Six Decades Of Government Secrecy, Warrantless Surveillance, Undeclared Wars And The Rise Of The American Deep State
The American Deep State was institutionally created by the National Security Act of 1947, but it came of age in Dallas on November 22, 1963. President John F. Kennedy was murdered in broad daylight, Lyndon Johnson was sworn into office beside a bloodstained Jackie Kennedy, and the government quickly erected an official narrative that would be protected by secrecy for generations. The photograph of a smiling Johnson turning toward a winking Albert Thomas remains the chilling image of that transfer of power. The old president suspiciously dead, the excited new president smiling from ear to ear, and the machinery of permanent government moving forward without missing a beat.
“Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?” Isaiah 29:15 (KJB)
What followed was not theory but history: COINTELPRO, MKULTRA, Operation CHAOS, the Gulf of Tonkin deception, Vietnam, Watergate, CIA coups, Iran-Contra, government torture, fabricated certainty about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, the Patriot Act and warrantless surveillance of the American people. Presidents changed, parties traded power and congressional hearings occasionally exposed crimes after the damage was done, but the intelligence agencies, military establishment, secret courts, federal law-enforcement apparatus and private defense contractors continued growing. The Deep State is the permanent system beneath the visible government—a machine that survives every election, protects its own secrets and hands every incoming president powers the Constitution never intended him to possess. But those powers come at a very steep price. From Dallas to Vietnam, from Watergate to Iran-Contra, from 9/11 and Iraq to warrantless surveillance, Butler PA and Trump’s expanding wars, the architecture remains firmly standing. Presidents change, slogans change and political parties change, but since November 22, 1963, the machine has never stopped running. On this edition of the Prophecy News Podcast, we show you what the Deep State really is, and why we only have one true political party.
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But whatever you do, don’t do nothing. Time is short and we need your help right now. The Lord has given us an open door with a tremendous ‘course’ for us to fulfill that will create an excellent experience at the Judgement Seat of Christ. Please pray for our efforts, and if the Lord leads you to donate, be as generous as possible. The war is REAL, the battle HOT and the time is SHORT…TO THE FIGHT!!!
“Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;” Titus 2:13 (KJB)
“Thank you very much!” – Geoffrey, editor-in-chief, NTEB
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