Why Are There Segregated Proms In America In 2009?

At a time when the United States of America has elected the first black president, segregated proms are still being held in parts of Georgia at the insistence of racist parents.

Seriously?

Seriously.

Talk about wicked parents.

A major U.K. newspaper recently published a story on Georgia high school senior Kera Nobles, who was forced to attend a black-only prom the night after many of her best friends attended the "white" prom.

Kera recently graduated from Montgomery County High, and she was devastated that she could not attend prom with her closest friends.

"It was heartbreaking," she told the Telegrah. "It was the one night to see all your friends dressed up and I'm told, I have to wait until the next night because of the colour of my skin."

So who is to blame?

The parents.

They are the ones insisting on the segregated proms.

And you know what is even sadder?

Many of them would claim to be Christians.

But they are promoting anti-Christians hatred to the extreme.

Honestly I wish I could sit all of them down in a room right now and preach to them for a couple of hours.

The Scriptures tell us that God values all people equally. In Colossians 3:11, the apostle Paul wrote this:

Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all.

The truth is that anyone who dislikes someone for the color of their skin is a sinner.

If you hate people because of the color of their skin, you need to get set free by giving your life to Jesus Christ:

http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/1049/1049_01.asp

Prophet Tom Deckard: The Judgment Of God Is Coming To America

Today it is "fashionable" for Christian ministers to preach a message that God is going to make all of us rich, prosperous and worry free and that all He wants to do is to help us live our best lives now. But the truth is that is a very unbalanced view. America has piled up a mountain of sin, and the judgment of God is coming.

One of those who has been preaching this message that the judgment of God is coming is Prophet Tom Deckard.

Prophet Tom Deckard is the controversial prophet who has been stunning the Christian community in the United States with the truly amazing miracles that he has been performing, and he has a prophetic track record that is 100 percent accurate that stretches back over 30 years.

Prophet Deckard has prophesied to presidents, prime ministers, and leaders all over the globe.

These are just a few of the major events that Prophet Deckard has prophesied that have come to pass.....

*He prophesied 9/11 two years in advance.

*He prophesied the end of the Cold War a year before it happened.

*He prophesied the coming of the AIDS epidemic two years before it hit.

*He prophesied both Iraq Wars two years before the first one even began.

*He prophesied the fall of the Berlin Wall in advance.

*He prophesied the Indonesian Tsunami and told the people living there to move from the coast while they could.

*He prophesied the economic collapse of the United States many years in advance and most people laughed and said that it could never happen. They aren't laughing anymore.

Not only that, but God confirms the message that Prophet Deckard speaks by the signs, wonders and miracles that God works through him.

The Lord God heals the blind, the deaf, the lame and those with terminal cancer through Tom Deckard. Children with autism are completely healed and restored to full health. In one crusade in Africa alone, hundreds of people were healed from AIDS and went back to the doctor and were medically certified as having been healed. He has even seen three people raised from the dead during the course of his ministry.

Come and see.

Prophet Deckard will be in Raleigh, North Carolina on June 6th and 7th. You can get full details here:

http://www.jewishprophet.com/Itinerary.htm

Come and be a part of the greatest move of God of this generation.

God is getting ready to do something so big that it will shock the world.

God has commissioned Prophet Deckard to gather the ten lost tribes of Israel (Ephraim) and to take them home to the land of Israel.

After the reign of King Solomon, the land of Israel was divided into two kingdoms - the northern kingdom (also known in the Scriptures as Ephraim) and the southern kingdom (also known in the Scriptures as Judah). Those two kingdoms existed side by side for several hundred years.

However, the northern kingdom (Ephraim) turned away from the Lord God and he allowed them to be invaded. Over 700 years before Jesus was born, the Assyrian empire invaded the northern kingdom and carried away the people into exile.

The northern kingdom has not been heard from since.

The southern kingdom (Judah) was later invaded by Babylon and also taken into exile, but later they were allowed to return to their land. The Jews (Judah) lived in the land of Israel until 70 A.D. when the Romans destroyed the Temple and scattered the Jews to the four winds.

There was no nation of Israel from 70 A.D. until 1948 when the modern nation of Israel was established and millions of Jews (Judah) starting returning to the land of their ancestors.

But what about the northern kingdom?

What ever happened to the ten lost tribes of Israel?

Did you know that the Scriptures very clearly teach that in the last days the southern kingdom (Judah) and the northern kingdom (Ephraim) will be reunited in the land of Israel once again?

Ezekiel 37:15-23

The word of the LORD came to me: "Son of man, take a stick of wood and write on it, 'Belonging to Judah and the Israelites associated with him.' Then take another stick of wood, and write on it, 'Ephraim's stick, belonging to Joseph and all the house of Israel associated with him.' Join them together into one stick so that they will become one in your hand. "When your countrymen ask you, 'Won't you tell us what you mean by this?' say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am going to take the stick of Joseph—which is in Ephraim's hand—and of the Israelite tribes associated with him, and join it to Judah's stick, making them a single stick of wood, and they will become one in my hand.' Hold before their eyes the sticks you have written on and say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will take the Israelites out of the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from all around and bring them back into their own land. I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel. There will be one king over all of them and they will never again be two nations or be divided into two kingdoms. They will no longer defile themselves with their idols and vile images or with any of their offenses, for I will save them from all their sinful backsliding, and I will cleanse them. They will be my people, and I will be their God.

So has this happened yet?

Of course not.

So that means that this prophecy is still yet to be fulfilled.

Either it will happen or God is a liar - and we know that God is not a liar.

Ephraim and Judah will be reunited once again.

Could it be possible that God is calling you to be part of this movement?

Could it be possible that you are part of the ten lost tribes of Israel?

Watch the following video with an open heart. If you get a hold of this it will radically change your life.....



You always knew there was more, didn't you?

You always knew that the power of God was still real today, didn't you?

Come and see.

Drive, fly, take a train, run, catch a ride with a friend.....do whatever you have to do to get there to Raleigh on June 6th and 7th. If God is tugging on your heart as you read this, then make sure that you get there. It's a free conference. God is moving and you don't want to miss this.....

http://www.jewishprophet.com/Itinerary.htm

Do you want to see the real power of God?

Do you want to hear about what is going to happen to America from a proven prophet with a 100 percent track record?

Do you want to hear about how the Lord God is actually gathering the ten lost tribes of Israel?

Come and see.

If you live in the mid-Atlantic region, then this is the conference that you DON'T want to miss in 2009.

Parenting Tip #1479: Don't Let Your Daughter Go To Prom Dressed In A Confederate Flag Dress

It is prom season again, and based on what some girls are wearing to the prom, it is clear that a lot of parents are simply not paying attention.

We have seen a number of REALLY disturbing dresses this year, but the one to the left is perhaps the most bizarre.

One teen is suing a Kentucky school district for banning her from the prom for wearing a red dress styled as a large Confederate flag.

School officials would not let Jacqueline Duty into Russell High School’s May 1st prom for wearing the dress.

You can read the rest of the story here.....

http://www.virtualp.us/blog/?p=434

So please, parents, pay attention to what your kids are wearing.

Is The Swine Flu Still A Huge Threat To Your Family?

The news cycle has moved forward, and most mainstream media outlets are no longer paying much attention to the swine flu, but is the swine flu outbreak a larger threat than ever?

On Thursday, the World Health Organization said that up to 2 billion people could become infected by the swine flu if the current outbreak turns into a pandemic.

WHO flu chief Keiji Fukuda startled the world media when he told them this: "If we do move into a pandemic.....it would be a reasonable estimate to say perhaps a third of the world’s population would get infected with this virus."

That is a whole lot of people.

But is there any evidence that this current outbreak could become a pandemic?

Well, the WHO has officially reported 2371 cases of the swine flu now in 24 countries. Mexico alone has confirmed 1112 human cases, and 42 deaths have been officially attributed to the swine flu.

That is a mortality rate of almost 4 percent in Mexico.

If you start projecting that type of mortality rate worldwide in a pandemic scenario, things start getting really frightening.

While the mainstream media and most of the American public has gotten very bored with the swine flu story, the reality is that things could still get really bad.

One individual on a forum that we like to visit has even made charts that show that swine flu cases are growing at an exponential rate, and that if this rate continues then things will get really, really bad. You can see his latest post on this and his charts right here:

http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message789735/pg1

So before we jump to conclusions too soon about the swine flu, perhaps we should admit that maybe we just don't have a complete picture of this outbreak just yet.

A confidential internal document out of Texas that reveals that authorities believe that there are 10 to 25 times as many actual swine flu cases as is being officially reported has gone absolutely viral on the Internet.

Dr. Marcus Gitterle, a doctor from New Braunfels, Texas, sent out an internal alert that was not meant to be seen by the public. The words that he penned in that internal alert should chill us all.

Gitterle explained in his internal memo that "what we are hearing privately from the CDC and Health Department is different from what you are hearing in the media."


It is hard to actually describe how dire Dr. Gitterle makes the situation sound in his memo. The following are some of the most shocking quotes from Dr. Gitterle in the document.....


One of the most important things that you can do to prepare is to get right with God. If you have sin in your life then this is a great time to repent of that sin and to turn to the Lord and ask Him to help you and your family get through this crisis safely.

Even if this is not the "big one", the truth is that the next deadly pandemic could strike at any time. Instead of causing us fear, the reality of the situation should give us a sober determination to prepare and to get closer to God.

Do You Think This Baby Will Be A Preacher When He Grows Up?

Now a break for something cute.....

Have you ever seen a baby preach a sermon?

The YouTube video below is absolutely adorable and more than a bit strange.

Out of the mouth of babes, eh?

Unfortunately, I think this baby is better than the majority of preachers that I have seen on television.....

Gender Roles

The idea of traditional gender roles has become anathema in modern American society. To even discuss the idea of different roles for men and women these days is to invite the wrath of the politically correct crowd.

But are men and women exactly the same?

Do husbands and wives have different roles to play in the context of the family?

Those are important questions.

Most Americans today would reject the idea of specific gender roles.

But the Bible embraces them.

In Ephesians 5:22-25 the Scriptures say this.....

Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her

When you read through what the Bible has to say about gender roles, one of the things that jumps out is the huge responsibility put on men. Husbands are expected to do whatever they have to do to protect their families. That includes having to die for them if necessary, just as Christ died for the Church.

But are men brought up to be this type of extraordinary "servant-leader" in the United States today?

No.

If you turn on the television today, you won't have to wait long to see how men are expected to behave in modern America - sex crazed, beer swilling, irresponsible idiot slackers who cower before their more mature, more responsible and more dominant female partners.

The truth is that the "strong male" has become an endangered species in the United States. It has been widely reported that testosterone levels in men are dropping about 1.2% per year, and 59% of all college students are now female. In fact, it has been reported that women in their 20s in the 10 largest cities in the United States now earn more money than men of the same age. Those women who are still looking for a traditional "man" complain that all they find are overgrown boys who have given up, tuned out, are slaves to their addictions and who won't take responsibility for anything.

Not that men are bad - most of them feel completely lost and confused - as if they have lost something that they didn't even know they were missing. All of their lives American men have been taught that they are NOT the leaders of the home, and that it should be expected that women will yell at them and tell them what to do. Movies and television reinforce this programming every single day by bombarding men and boys with the message that they are irresponsible subservient slackers who need to be corrected by the more responsible females.

Just think about all the times you have watched a scene where a female character yells at a male character and chews him out.

And what do we do?

We laugh and snicker.

But now take that same scene and flip the characters.

We would be horrified, wouldn't we?

And rightfully so.

So why do we think it is cute when the female verbally abuses the male?

The truth is that we have taught a generation of women that they should lead and dominate men. Instead of teaching them the Biblical principle that women should respect their husbands and let them lead, we have instructed our young women to rebel against any semblance of male leadership.

A shocking study done by the respected Pew Research Center confirms that in the United States it is women who predominantly rule the home.

The study surveyed 1,260 individuals who were either married or living together. What the study found was that in 43% of all couples, women make more decisions in the four areas Pew surveyed: planning weekend activities, household finances, major home purchases and television watching.

26% of the time men make more of the decisions, the survey revealed, and 31% of the time the decisions are made "equally".

So should we be surprised?

Is it not obvious that the women wear the pants in most American families now?

For example, one respondent to the USAToday article about this survey wrote this:

"I am a manager at work, and wouldn't have it any other way. But when I get home, I'd much rather chill out and let the wife make the calls."

The truth is that we have trained a generation of American men to be immature, subservient, submissive wimps who are very hesitant to take responsibility or leadership.

Watch just about any sitcom or any television commercial or any movie with these issues in mind. Watch who the dominant partner in any couple is. Once you know to look for it you will see it everywhere.

This is not how a society should work.

The Bible teaches that men should be strong, powerful, sacrificial servant-leaders as we see in Ephesians 5:25:

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her

The truth is that men need to be so strong for their wives and children that they need to be ready to die for their families if it comes down to that.

How far we are from that ideal today.

Instead of creating a society full of strong men who would be willing to die for their families if need be, we have created a society full of weak, irresponsible, passive men who won't stand up for anyone or anything.

Is that something to be proud of?

Should we boast that we have nearly eradicated traditional gender roles from modern American society?

Not at all.

The rejection of traditional gender roles has made America much weaker, and it is future generations who will continue to pay the price for our foolishness.

Christian Nation?

The new American Religious Identification Survey shows that most religions in the United States are losing members rapidly. According to the survey, the percentage of self-identified Christians in the U.S. has fallen 10 percentage points since 1990, from 86 percent of the population to 76 percent.

The survey also reports that Catholics, Baptists and other mainline Protestant denominations have seen large drops in numbers since 1990.

The number of Americans who claim no religion at all has reached 15%, which is up from 8% in 1990. Islam, Wicca and eastern religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism also show large gains in the survey.

Acknowledging this same trend, Newsweek recently ran a major article entitled: The End Of Christian America. Newsweek ran their own poll about religion and it turned up some stunning findings:

*Fewer people now think of the United States as a "Christian nation" than when George W. Bush was president (62 percent in 2009 versus 69 percent in 2008).
*About two thirds of the public (68 percent) now say religion is "losing influence" in American society.
*The percentage of Americans who think religion "can answer all or most of today's problems" is now at a historic low of 48 percent.

This trend of Americans moving away from Christianity is showing up even more prominently among young adults. A shocking new survey by the Barna group reveals that less than 1 percent of all Americans between the ages of 18 and 23 have a Biblical worldview. This new data clearly shows that the youngest adults in America have clearly rejected traditional Christianity.

Barna's survey defined having a Biblical worldview as holding the following beliefs:

*Believing that absolute moral truth exists
*Believing that the Bible is completely accurate in all of the principles it teaches
*Believing that Satan is considered to be a real being or force, not merely symbolic
*Believing that a person cannot earn their way into heaven by trying to be good or by doing good works
*Believing that Jesus Christ lived a sinless life on earth
*Believing that God is the all-knowing, all-powerful creator of the world who still rules the universe today.

But even those who still call themselves Christians do not necessarily hold to traditional Christian beliefs any longer. Two other recent surveys show that the majority of American Christians believe that accepting Jesus Christ as savior is NOT the only way to eternal life.

USAToday recently reported on an almost unbelievable new survey that has found that 52 percent of American Christians believe that eternal life is not exclusively for those who accept Jesus Christ as their savior.

A different survey that was taken last year by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life found that 57 percent of evangelical Christians in America believe that "many religions can lead to eternal life".

That shocking study revealed what many Christians have known for quite some time - apostasy among "evangelical Christians" is spreading, and it is spreading rapidly.

Evangelical Christians are supposedly those who follow the teachings of the Bible the closest. But this survey shows that even a majority of them do not even believe in the most fundamental precepts of the Christians faith.

For example, John 14:6 says the following:

Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."

If there was another way for our sins to be forgiven, then why did Jesus need to die on the cross? If there were other ways to salvation, then Jesus could have come down to earth, pointed out a bunch of other ways to get to heaven, and then could have gone back up to heaven without having to deal with the cross.

But the reality is that there was no other way for our sins to be paid for.

And yet these new surveys reveal that a majority of American Christians now believe that there are other ways to heaven.

The Pew survey also revealed that 45% of Americans as a whole say they seldom or never read their religion's holy books.

Perhaps if more Americans were reading the Bible then they would know what is truth and what is error. Instead, Americans have surrounded themselves with preachers and self-help coaches and ministers who tell them what they want to hear, who always make them feel comfortable and who never tell them about sin, holiness or the judgment of God.

The current situation in America reminds us of 2 Timothy 4:3.....

For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.

The sad reality is that the trends all show that church attendance in America is in decline.

Dave Olson, the director of church planting for the Evangelical Covenant Church, has done some really interesting research into the church attendance patterns of Americans.

Olson's findings contain a ton of bad news. For starters, his research found that the percentage of Americans regularly attending church is only 18.7%.

Olson has put his findings into an eye opening slideshow entitled "Twelve Surprising Facts about the US Church".

Here are some of the things that he found:

The percentage of people who actually physically attend a Christian church each week is quite a bit below what pollsters report.

The percentage of people who attended a Christian church each week decreased significantly between 1990 and 2000.

Only one state, Hawaii, actually saw an increase in the percentage of the population attending church between 1990 and 2000. Every other state in the entire nation saw a decrease in church attendance.

Evangelicals, mainline Protestants, and Catholics are each strong in very different regions of the nation.

The church planting rate has been declining steadily throughout the history of the United States.

If these current trends continue, the percentage of the U.S. population that attends church each week in 2050 will be about half of what it is today.

So what does all of this mean?

It means that America is not a Christian nation any longer.

The percentage of Christians in America is rapidly declining, while other religions are gaining members rapidly. Even many of those who still call themselves "Christians" have rejected the fundamental principles of traditional Christianity.

However, sometimes when things seem the darkest is just when God brings new light on to the scene. As old institutions die out, perhaps God will bring something to pass which will be even greater than anything America has ever seen before.