From David Cloud: "Rick Warren talks a lot about “the gospel.” At the recent Exponential 2013 conference, which was hosted by Warren’s Saddleback Church, the theme was preaching the gospel and making disciples. But what gospel does he preach?.
Please read more at: http://www.wayoflife.org/index_files/friday_church_news_14_41.html
October 20, 2013
August 27, 2013
Baptist pastor open to same-sex unions in Birmingham, AL
Baptist pastor open to same-sex unions
ASSOCIATED BAPTIST PRESS INC. ^ | 8/27/2013 | Bob Allen
An Alabama Baptist pastor says she is reconsidering her previous policy of not performing marriage-like commitment services for same-sex couples.
Sarah Shelton, pastor of Baptist Church of the Covenant in Birmingham, Ala., since 2002, said in her Sunday morning sermon Aug. 25 that until now when asked to officiate at same-sex unions she would refer gay and lesbian couples to one of the 30-plus other ordained clergy in the church. http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3059568/posts
ASSOCIATED BAPTIST PRESS INC. ^ | 8/27/2013 | Bob Allen
An Alabama Baptist pastor says she is reconsidering her previous policy of not performing marriage-like commitment services for same-sex couples.
Sarah Shelton, pastor of Baptist Church of the Covenant in Birmingham, Ala., since 2002, said in her Sunday morning sermon Aug. 25 that until now when asked to officiate at same-sex unions she would refer gay and lesbian couples to one of the 30-plus other ordained clergy in the church. http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3059568/posts
August 8, 2013
Southern Baptist Rev. Richard Shahan jailed in Homewood in connection with wife's July 23 slaying; not charged
July 30, 2013
Catholics: Pope Francis throws your children to the wolves of sodomy
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/29/pope-francis-gays_n_3669635.html
The pontiff broached the delicate question of how he would respond to learning that a cleric in his ranks was gay, though not sexually active. For decades, the Vatican has regarded homosexuality as a "disorder," and Pope Francis' predecessor Pope Benedict XVI formally barred men with what the Vatican deemed "deep-seated" homosexuality from entering the priesthood.
The pontiff broached the delicate question of how he would respond to learning that a cleric in his ranks was gay, though not sexually active. For decades, the Vatican has regarded homosexuality as a "disorder," and Pope Francis' predecessor Pope Benedict XVI formally barred men with what the Vatican deemed "deep-seated" homosexuality from entering the priesthood.
"Who am I to judge a gay person of goodwill who seeks the Lord?" the pontiff said, speaking in Italian.
And we all know why.....
March 20, 2013
Jack Schaap Will Serve 12 Years for Sex with a Minor
Jack Schaap Will Serve 12 Years for Sex with a Minor
Posted today at 12:32 p.m.
Schaap sentenced to 12 years for sexual relationship with teen parishioner
One wonders if David Gibbs will be issuing a comment? One wonders when the men who sit on the platform behind new pastor John Wilkerson who knew about this child rape will be charged in the cover-up?
March 19, 2013
Welcome the new Pope! 75% of the parishes the Joliet Diocese had a sexual predator priest serving! Just more of the same
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/iteam&id=9033945
The archive contains hidden personnel files of priests who, according to the records, allegedly violated their oath of fidelity. Yet the files were concealed by bishops who broke their oath of honesty.
The files contain alleged incidents that spanned more than six decades.
Dave Rudofski is one of the faces of innocence lost in the Diocese of Joliet. In 1982, Rudofski was 8 years old and living in Mokena.
He was an altar boy at St. Mary's Parish, and says he was molested while giving his first confession to Father James Burnett.
Thirty years later, Rudofski sued the diocese. His legal settlement demanded that other confidential personnel files be unlocked by the diocese.
The files are now public, but only because of Rudofski's court settlement required them to be.
"There are over 91 separate places were these sexual predators served in the Diocese of Joliet. According to our experts, that is at least 75% of the parishes the Joliet Diocese had a sexual predator priest serving in," said Terry Johnson, Rudofski's attorney.
Victim complaints, memos and medical evaluations were stashed away by several bishops and other top leaders, Johnson says.
March 19, 2013 (JOLIET, Ill.) (WLS) -- The I-Team has learned that a secret archive containing records on priests accused of sexual abuse was covered up for years in the Diocese of Joliet. Also included in the files was information on the suicides of victims who complained, but were ignored.
The archive contains hidden personnel files of priests who, according to the records, allegedly violated their oath of fidelity. Yet the files were concealed by bishops who broke their oath of honesty.
The files contain alleged incidents that spanned more than six decades.
Dave Rudofski is one of the faces of innocence lost in the Diocese of Joliet. In 1982, Rudofski was 8 years old and living in Mokena.
He was an altar boy at St. Mary's Parish, and says he was molested while giving his first confession to Father James Burnett.
- DOWNLOAD: Father Burnett: Review Committee Allegations (pdf)
Thirty years later, Rudofski sued the diocese. His legal settlement demanded that other confidential personnel files be unlocked by the diocese.
The files are now public, but only because of Rudofski's court settlement required them to be.
"There are over 91 separate places were these sexual predators served in the Diocese of Joliet. According to our experts, that is at least 75% of the parishes the Joliet Diocese had a sexual predator priest serving in," said Terry Johnson, Rudofski's attorney.
Victim complaints, memos and medical evaluations were stashed away by several bishops and other top leaders, Johnson says.
March 11, 2013
Did Pensacola Christian College report the infidelity of this missionary?
In reading this article my memory is cast back to the days when Becca Horton practically stalked Kent Hovind and his wife down and reported them to the IRS.
Now we read that a Lithuanian woman was kicked out of Pensacola Christian College for an improper relationship with a male missionary who was paying her way. That same missionary just turned up with a murdered wife.
http://www.pjstar.com/news/x1522333897/Another-woman-might-have-led-to-Valentines-Day-slaying
One wonders if PCC actively tried to do anything to report this relationship to the man's sending authority or if they just kicked the adultress out and washed their hands of it?
A mother is dead now. This is where the habit of IFB's covering up sexual sins in it's ranks gets even more ugly.
Now we read that a Lithuanian woman was kicked out of Pensacola Christian College for an improper relationship with a male missionary who was paying her way. That same missionary just turned up with a murdered wife.
http://www.pjstar.com/news/x1522333897/Another-woman-might-have-led-to-Valentines-Day-slaying
One wonders if PCC actively tried to do anything to report this relationship to the man's sending authority or if they just kicked the adultress out and washed their hands of it?
A mother is dead now. This is where the habit of IFB's covering up sexual sins in it's ranks gets even more ugly.
March 4, 2013
Abortion doctor to face the death penalty in the USA
'House of Horrors' abortion doctor who performed 'barbaric' operations to go on trial over eight deaths.
You'll have to go to London's Daily Mail to find out about it because as usual when abortion doctors butcher women and babies, the US Press looks the other way. They don't much care about black women and children being harmed.
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You'll have to go to London's Daily Mail to find out about it because as usual when abortion doctors butcher women and babies, the US Press looks the other way. They don't much care about black women and children being harmed.
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Unlicensed doctor Steven Massof of Pittsburgh told the grand jury that he used scissors to snip the spines of more than 100 babies born alive.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2287822/Kermit-Gosnell-Abortion-doctor-performed-barbaric-operations-trial-deaths.html#ixzz2Ma3dMzLD
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February 11, 2013
The Pope resigns - one wonders if the blood of raped little boys is too heavy on his hands
Remember Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, for who he really and truly is: The architect of the evil policy that MANDATED and DEMANDED the cover-up and facilitation for homosexuals in the Catholic priesthood who were raping MULTITUDES of little boys.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/fighting_words/2010/03/the_great_catholic_coverup.html
Independent Fundamental Baptist who have been and still do cover up crimes in your midst, you are no better and certainly even worse.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/fighting_words/2010/03/the_great_catholic_coverup.html
Independent Fundamental Baptist who have been and still do cover up crimes in your midst, you are no better and certainly even worse.
January 12, 2013
How Jack Schaap at First Baptist Church Hammond and Hyles-Anderson College defiled MANY children, not just the child he acknowledged raping:
While vicious women like Jo-Beth Hooker accuse Jack Schaap's rape victim of being at fault because 54 year old pastor raped her and took her across state lines to rape her, the the truth is worse.
With the full approval of parents like Jo-Beth Hooker, Jack Schaap has been defiling the minds of young children in the congregation of First Baptist Church for many years. He has been defiling the minds of innocent children at Hammond Baptist Schools, he has been defiling the minds of students at Hyles-Anderson College. He even defiled the minds of young women who were on staff in his office.
Please read this testimony:
"There are many things about these letters that baffle me, but the one fact that I can't get away from is that so many of these people who are defending JS, and even blaming the girl, are parents who sat under JS's preaching and heard the perverse, perverted, often times sexually charged statements he made in front of all the children and young people at FBC, including their own, for years.
Somehow they fail to see that the girl JS abused may have been harmed by JS spiritually, mentally, and/or emotionally long before he ever touched her physically. She was only 5 or 6 when JS became her pastor. She sat under his teachings and attended Hammond Baptist Schools her whole life. Any parent who was paying attention and had a tinge of conscience at FBC must have had times when they struggled deeply with raising a child under the ministry of JS.
Most of the people at FBC guarded their children from music, tv, books, and movies that they believed contained mature subject matter, yet they let "Preacher" defile their children's hearts, and say and do in church that which they would never have allowed in their homes or lifestyle otherwise. So many times things were said that a child's young, developing mind and spirit may not have been ready to receive or fully understand or deal with on many levels, yet JS didn't seem to care.
Week after week, he stood behind the pulpit with so many young, innocent faces and wide eyes staring back at him and never fully seemed to see them. He did not seem to consider the harm he was doing to so many of them by making inappropriate statements or sharing sexual examples or illustrations that were far too mature for impressionable hearts.
Many times he would say something that was so outrageous I was sure someone, a deacon, or staff member, or some parent would jump up and stop it or intercede for the children, but of course, that never happened. Instead the men behind him "Amened" him. Now, instead of feeling shame or remorse for this, they and/or their wives write letters defending it.
As much as JS and FBC loved to brag on the great HAC and HBHS, there were times JS would use a sermon at church to correct deep problems at the schools. Some of the things going on were twisted. Why he felt he should or why he seemed to enjoy tainting the entire church with the perverted, sinful behavior that seemed to be common in their schools I don't know. There were thousands of people at FBC who did not have children in HB or HAC. They either had no children, or their children were too young for school, or they home schooled, or attended public school, there were scores of adults whose children were grown, there are a lot of elderly people that make up the congregation, and yet all were forced to hear of the sometimes detailed perversion of the young people actions at school.
In addition to this, JS often made personal visits to the schools to speak or preach and influence these children without their parents really knowing what he was saying to them. Maybe those who wrote letters blaming the girl need to write a letter and take some responsibility for sitting behind JS on the platform, or standing behind him with their actions and attitudes and encouraging him from the pew while he planted seeds of corruption and defilement in the hearts of the children who were growing up over the last 10 years at FBC?
I have personally gone to speak with staff members at the church about this very problem and poured my heart out providing extreme examples of heartbreaking scenarios, but they did not seem to care. It was clear to me that hurting a child emotionally or spiritually was not of much concern to them because they can not be charged or damaged legally or financially for doing so or allowing it. Yet I believe the church and every member will one day give account for what was allowed, ignored or condoned regarding the teaching and treatment of these young ones simply because it came straight from their "Man of God", the one who should have been seeking to guard and nourish their delicate hearts for the Lord, instead of compromising and hurting them in ways we may never fully understand."
The person who wrote this did sign their name, but I have not placed it here intentionally. Should you wish any further information please see "Do Right Hyles-Anderson" on Facebook. Please note: Not everyone there is saved and there are some people who are just as bad as Jack Schaap was, so use your discretion. But there are many good Christian people posting there now that they have a safe place to talk about what happened at First Baptist Church Hammond under the ministry of Jack Schaap. Part 2 coming.
With the full approval of parents like Jo-Beth Hooker, Jack Schaap has been defiling the minds of young children in the congregation of First Baptist Church for many years. He has been defiling the minds of innocent children at Hammond Baptist Schools, he has been defiling the minds of students at Hyles-Anderson College. He even defiled the minds of young women who were on staff in his office.
Please read this testimony:
"There are many things about these letters that baffle me, but the one fact that I can't get away from is that so many of these people who are defending JS, and even blaming the girl, are parents who sat under JS's preaching and heard the perverse, perverted, often times sexually charged statements he made in front of all the children and young people at FBC, including their own, for years.
Somehow they fail to see that the girl JS abused may have been harmed by JS spiritually, mentally, and/or emotionally long before he ever touched her physically. She was only 5 or 6 when JS became her pastor. She sat under his teachings and attended Hammond Baptist Schools her whole life. Any parent who was paying attention and had a tinge of conscience at FBC must have had times when they struggled deeply with raising a child under the ministry of JS.
Most of the people at FBC guarded their children from music, tv, books, and movies that they believed contained mature subject matter, yet they let "Preacher" defile their children's hearts, and say and do in church that which they would never have allowed in their homes or lifestyle otherwise. So many times things were said that a child's young, developing mind and spirit may not have been ready to receive or fully understand or deal with on many levels, yet JS didn't seem to care.
Week after week, he stood behind the pulpit with so many young, innocent faces and wide eyes staring back at him and never fully seemed to see them. He did not seem to consider the harm he was doing to so many of them by making inappropriate statements or sharing sexual examples or illustrations that were far too mature for impressionable hearts.
Many times he would say something that was so outrageous I was sure someone, a deacon, or staff member, or some parent would jump up and stop it or intercede for the children, but of course, that never happened. Instead the men behind him "Amened" him. Now, instead of feeling shame or remorse for this, they and/or their wives write letters defending it.
As much as JS and FBC loved to brag on the great HAC and HBHS, there were times JS would use a sermon at church to correct deep problems at the schools. Some of the things going on were twisted. Why he felt he should or why he seemed to enjoy tainting the entire church with the perverted, sinful behavior that seemed to be common in their schools I don't know. There were thousands of people at FBC who did not have children in HB or HAC. They either had no children, or their children were too young for school, or they home schooled, or attended public school, there were scores of adults whose children were grown, there are a lot of elderly people that make up the congregation, and yet all were forced to hear of the sometimes detailed perversion of the young people actions at school.
In addition to this, JS often made personal visits to the schools to speak or preach and influence these children without their parents really knowing what he was saying to them. Maybe those who wrote letters blaming the girl need to write a letter and take some responsibility for sitting behind JS on the platform, or standing behind him with their actions and attitudes and encouraging him from the pew while he planted seeds of corruption and defilement in the hearts of the children who were growing up over the last 10 years at FBC?
I have personally gone to speak with staff members at the church about this very problem and poured my heart out providing extreme examples of heartbreaking scenarios, but they did not seem to care. It was clear to me that hurting a child emotionally or spiritually was not of much concern to them because they can not be charged or damaged legally or financially for doing so or allowing it. Yet I believe the church and every member will one day give account for what was allowed, ignored or condoned regarding the teaching and treatment of these young ones simply because it came straight from their "Man of God", the one who should have been seeking to guard and nourish their delicate hearts for the Lord, instead of compromising and hurting them in ways we may never fully understand."
The person who wrote this did sign their name, but I have not placed it here intentionally. Should you wish any further information please see "Do Right Hyles-Anderson" on Facebook. Please note: Not everyone there is saved and there are some people who are just as bad as Jack Schaap was, so use your discretion. But there are many good Christian people posting there now that they have a safe place to talk about what happened at First Baptist Church Hammond under the ministry of Jack Schaap. Part 2 coming.
January 6, 2013
Update on pervert Jack Schaap from Hyles-Anderson & First Baptist Church Hammond (& David Gibbs "investigation")
I read with some amazement the letters written by Jack Schaap supporters, pleading with a federal judge to ignore the law in Jack Schaaps sexual abuse case involving a minor child taken across state lines for sex abuse. Then I had to go and throw up.
I'm still filled with more feelings of sick dread that I can even express, that there are people in this world who would actually demean and verbally victimize this young girl, the same girl who was sexually abused by Jack Schaap, by begging a judge not to fully punish Schaap for what he did to her.
1. The lawyer who wrote the pleading sentencing memorandum asking the judge to ignore sentencing rules in Jack Schaap's case refers to this girl who Schapp sexually molested as a "young woman." (Paul G. Stracci.)
2. Many of the letters are from women. That throws up a big red flag right there. One telling the judge how Jack Schaap "saved her life." Any "pastor" who spent that much time with women other than his wife ought to raise suspicions OFF THE CHARTS.
3. Luke Lukenoff (@LukeLukenoff) writes to the judge: An investigation by Attorney David Gibbs conducted for our church has
revealed no other inappropriate contact with a minor. . . . While our
investigation is on going and will remain active for years, at this time this
appears to be an isolated incident and not a pattern of abuse. Letter of Luke
Lukenoff, Sentencing Ex. 44.
Does Lukenoff have access to the supposed "investigation" Attorney David Gibbs conducted? Does the congregation at First Baptist Hammond have access to the report? They paid for it, why can't they see it?
Why is Luke Lukenoff stating in a letter to a judge that the Gibbs investigation uncovered no other inappropriate conduct with A MINOR?
Because he KNOWS that the investigation DID UNCOVER Jack Schaap's PATTERN of sexual grooming and misconduct towards other ADULT WOMEN? And Lukenoff is just not going to mention that tiny fact to the judge?
Or has Luke Lukenoff, like so many other people at First Baptist Church Hammond been kept completely in the dark by the people who DO KNOW about Schaaps activities? ("Dear Mr. Lapina, Mr. Sparks and Mr. Duff...")
I personally doubt he's in the dark if he has access to the "report." And things that Jack Schaap did were so bad that Gibbs investigation is going to have to continue for years? And he's writing a letter to a judge, hoping to influence the judge to give Jack Schaap a lighter sentence than what the law calls for?
The mind is boggled, truly. How do these people look in the mirror every day?
One other issue: Parents and pastors, please note that several people on staff at Hyles-Anderson college wrote letters asking that the judge be lenient towards sentencing Jack Schaap for the crime he has pled guilty to: "Hammond pastor pleads guilty in child sex case"
Is this the kind of place you want to send your children for an education?
I'm still filled with more feelings of sick dread that I can even express, that there are people in this world who would actually demean and verbally victimize this young girl, the same girl who was sexually abused by Jack Schaap, by begging a judge not to fully punish Schaap for what he did to her.
1. The lawyer who wrote the pleading sentencing memorandum asking the judge to ignore sentencing rules in Jack Schaap's case refers to this girl who Schapp sexually molested as a "young woman." (Paul G. Stracci.)
2. Many of the letters are from women. That throws up a big red flag right there. One telling the judge how Jack Schaap "saved her life." Any "pastor" who spent that much time with women other than his wife ought to raise suspicions OFF THE CHARTS.
3. Luke Lukenoff (@LukeLukenoff) writes to the judge: An investigation by Attorney David Gibbs conducted for our church has
revealed no other inappropriate contact with a minor. . . . While our
investigation is on going and will remain active for years, at this time this
appears to be an isolated incident and not a pattern of abuse. Letter of Luke
Lukenoff, Sentencing Ex. 44.
Does Lukenoff have access to the supposed "investigation" Attorney David Gibbs conducted? Does the congregation at First Baptist Hammond have access to the report? They paid for it, why can't they see it?
Why is Luke Lukenoff stating in a letter to a judge that the Gibbs investigation uncovered no other inappropriate conduct with A MINOR?
Because he KNOWS that the investigation DID UNCOVER Jack Schaap's PATTERN of sexual grooming and misconduct towards other ADULT WOMEN? And Lukenoff is just not going to mention that tiny fact to the judge?
Or has Luke Lukenoff, like so many other people at First Baptist Church Hammond been kept completely in the dark by the people who DO KNOW about Schaaps activities? ("Dear Mr. Lapina, Mr. Sparks and Mr. Duff...")
I personally doubt he's in the dark if he has access to the "report." And things that Jack Schaap did were so bad that Gibbs investigation is going to have to continue for years? And he's writing a letter to a judge, hoping to influence the judge to give Jack Schaap a lighter sentence than what the law calls for?
The mind is boggled, truly. How do these people look in the mirror every day?
One other issue: Parents and pastors, please note that several people on staff at Hyles-Anderson college wrote letters asking that the judge be lenient towards sentencing Jack Schaap for the crime he has pled guilty to: "Hammond pastor pleads guilty in child sex case"
Is this the kind of place you want to send your children for an education?
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