Bread of Life

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by Pastor Mark Downey

Most of my messages are preaching to the choir, but today I’d like to address the friends and relatives of the choir, the outsiders to the Christian Israel truth; and I’m sure you’ll find some food for thought as well. Sometimes I write for the purpose of helping Christians find the purpose of their lives in Christ. Jesus said, “I have come that you may have life, and that you may have it more abundantly” (John 10:10). This has profound implications. Bread… something used to hold the main part of a sandwich together; a side item to go along with the main meal; something children tear the crust from before eating. Bread in our modern culture is really not a necessity. One could function quite easily without bread. Well, not so in biblical days.

At the very center of life during the times of Jesus and earlier, stood the stalks of grain that carried man from day to day. Without bread, there was no life. It is no accident that the most famous prayer in the Western world begins with, “Our Father, Who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Give us this day our daily bread.”  Daily bread – life - one day at a time. The simplest things in the Bible often offer the deepest truths. It is those very things which man often quickly writes off as insignificant or secondary that can open the door to the great spiritual truths of which Jesus spoke of.

The Key To Biblical Understanding

Sermon Notes from Pastor Don Elmore

Do you remember the message that I brought on the 3 different variations of the tribe of Judah?

    1. Shelahites – Mixed with Canaanites (true Jews of today)
    2. Zerahites – true seed of Israel
    3. Pharezites – true seed of Israel

The three variations of Judah still have a lot of descendants today; only one is rightly called Jews.

I'm Sorry, But I Don't Believe It

by Dave Daubenmire

This week I saw this article in The Wake-Up Herald (Pastor Robert McCurry, Editor and Publisher).  Soon, thereafter, I found it in several other emails that I received.  I thought it expressed the view of a lot of Americans.

I take no pleasure in saying this, but I don’t believe it.

It is a sad state of affairs that we have reached the point where you can’t believe anything you hear.  In fact, you can’t even believe what you see.

"Perversion" Month

The Wake-up Herald

And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof. Romans 13:11-14

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   Robert McCurry, Editor & Publisher 
June 4, 2011 
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Obama Declares June ‘Perversion’ Month

by Robert McCurry

President Obama has declared June "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month" -- and to the dismay of a pro-family group based in Richmond, Virginia, the Federal Reserve Bank is joining in the celebration.

Though The Family Foundation's new office in Richmond has a beautiful view of the state capitol and the flags, the rainbow flag fluttering from the flagpole outside the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond is also in view. Foundation president Victoria Cobb does not expect it to fly away any time soon.

Lies, Lies and More Lies

by Pastor Don Elmore

This past week I have felt that our nation has been the recipient of those whose father was the originator of the lie (John 8:44).  They have certainly told many lies in the nation’s past—but this week they had to change their lies so often. 

Hosea Chapter Two

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by Pastor Mark Downey

Continued from Hosea Chapter 1 by Pastor Don Elmore

Several months ago Pastor Elmore asked me if I’d like to do tag team sermons on the first and second chapters of Hosea for a visit we were making to Pastor Harness’  church in Indiana and a second time for a Bible study farm family and I thought it was a great idea.  This is our third presentation and Don said we could probably expand our talks because we don’t have the time constraints we had before.  So, I have added some new material to elaborate on what Hosea was and is telling us. 

Don and I learned something about each other’s approach to sermons over lunch one Sunday after church, because breaking bread with fellow believers is a great way to fellowship.  Well, Don usually doesn’t come up with a title until he’s finished with the text.  On the other hand, I just can’t get started until I come up with a title.  I was guessing that Don was going to title his sermon ‘Hosea 1’.  I thought long and hard about what I what title my sermon and after much contemplation and deliberation, I finally decided upon ‘Hosea 2’. 

Neither of us had foreknowledge of what the other’s sermon was going to say, and in that manner of presentation, I think it may be more of what the Holy Spirit has to say than us.  I’ve been to many Identity conferences over the years and the good ones are when the speaker’s messages (and I’ll use a biblical phrase) are “fitly framed together”, they’re touching the same theme and convey the influence and beauty of the mind of Christ in His servants.  So let’s now look at how Hosea 1 and 2 match up.