(NY Times 10.18.99) Charities' tax returns to go on the Web.
Detailed tax returns that charities file annually with the federal
government are to be posted on the Internet beginning today, giving
quick and easy access to comprehensive details on how charities
are spending their money.. The scrutiny of all charities, these
organizations say, will ultimately bring major changes to the
financial practices of the $700 billion charitable world. "We
are on the verge of a whole new era of nonprofit accountability,"
said Arthur W. Schmidt Jr., president of Philanthropic Research,
which is posting the so-called information returns, Form 990s,
on the Web... Since June, Congress has required all charities
to make their 990 returns readily available. The first 140,000
of the 220,000 are available now..
The website claims to have 620,000 organizations in their databank.
Strange is that most of TBN's crowd are not listed and if they
are their last tax reports were old. In example Hal Lindsey 1992
last report. Morningstar, John Hagee, Bishop T.D.Jakes, Schambach,
Copelands are not on the list. TBN lists a film company in the
arts. Coral Ridge in Fort Lauderdale did report 1997 $27,300,831.00
income and $11,922.157.00 in assets.
The website is asking people to donate and volunteer time to the
various organizations through them. They plan to become more elaborate
and describe the various organizations, how the money is spent
and provide links. Fox News is beginning to roast people who are
slothful with the public's money. They plan to change the donation
landscape. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is
not listed but all the individual Reorganized LDS organizations
are. I doubt that the website knew what they were getting into
because many charitable groups simply are not required to file
or are profit-making and the membership hasno clue.
(NY Times 10.18.99) Charities' tax returns to go on the Web. Detailed tax returns that charities file annually with the federal government are to be posted on the Internet beginning today, giving quick and easy access to comprehensive details on how charities are spending their money.. The scrutiny of all charities, these organizations say, will ultimately bring major changes to the financial practices of the $700 billion charitable world. "We are on the verge of a whole new era of nonprofit accountability," said Arthur W. Schmidt Jr., president of Philanthropic Research, which is posting the so-called information returns, Form 990s, on the Web... Since June, Congress has required all charities to make their 990 returns readily available. The first 140,000 of the 220,000 are available now..
(jeremiahfilms.com - October 1999) What has been overlooked in
all the newsletters we receive is Jeremiah Film's recent legal
battles. Jeremiah Films was very instrumental in getting films
out about cults, social and government issues. They filmed the
Clinton Chronicles and the Foster "suicide" expose'.
Their website is in existence and they still sell their videos.
They published what happened at the Little Rock, Arkansas Court
involving them and Citizens of Honest Government. .
Two members of the Police Department in the Little Rock, Arkansas's
political machine sued Pat Matrisciana, (the producer of the Clinton
Chronicles) and Citizens for Honest Government. Citizens for Honest
Government had asked Jeremiah Films to produce the Clinton Chronicles
and others. The reason they filmed the videos was obstruction
of Justice. The plaintiffs, claiming that they had been defamed
in the lawsuit, obtained judgment of nearly $600,000, which Matrisciana
has appealed.
The trial was August 2, 1999 and the case revolved around the
two teens who were placed on the railroad tracks after they were
murdered. They call it the "Train Deaths" Murders. Jay
Campbell and Kirk Lane, the plaintiffs, sued for $16 million even
though they were named as suspects in the murder case. The mother
of one of the murdered sons described the 12-year fight for justice
and named Campbell and Lane as hands-on killers of her son. There
were eyewitnesses. The incident was connected to a drug smuggling
ring and the CIA.
A former drug prosecutor Jean Duffy described massive corruption
and had to flee for her life. She had evidence but Attorney Chuck
Banks halted the drug-ring investigation. In spite of all this
evidence Jeremiah Films and Citizens for Honest Government lost
the case. 25% of the $600,000 finally settled on was to be paid
by Jeremiah Films and Citizens were to pay the rest. The final
result was that Jeremiah Films was exonerated from the fine but
Citizens for Honest Government are now defunct.
Matrisciana stated that this was a gross miscarriage of justice
and said that the jury "clearly misapplied the law under
the guidelines set down by the judge." The law failed to
bring to justice the killers of the two boys who stumbled upon
a drug drop. An appeal is being considered because this case is
a First Amendment issue. Citizens for honest government were paralyzed.
(The entire court proceedings are available verbatim on their
website jeremiahfilms.com)
(Charisma Magazine 8.99) According to Bishop Long the national men's ministry Promise Keepers (PK) dropped the ball on racial reconciliation at a pivotal point three years ago. PK founder Bill McCartney is a "God-ordained, God-charged, God-led, God-sent man," Long says. But he believes McCartney's vision for racial reconciliation among men "got mixed because other men got in there and started voting on it. They did not catch the real heart of what God was doing through him," Long says. "They did not have [McCartney's] heart." The PK's pastors rally in Atlanta in 1996 was a turning point for the organization. "They missed the boat," said Bishop Long. [Comment: According to Guidestar PK's assets are $12,720.041 in 1997 and income of $68,089,484
(The Tampa Tribune, 7.30.99 & 10.26.99) Rev. Henry J. Lyons
took a last stab at getting his sentence reduced. Soon after his
arrival in the state prison system, Lyons was taken from protective
custody and placed with career criminals. His head was shaved,
and he was required to undergo "boot camp training"
with other inmates with violent histories. Judge Susan Schaeffer
scoffs at Lyon's request read the headline August 6, 1999. She
said that there was no repentance before the trial. Now he has
regrets about his situation behind bars. Lyon's co-defendant drew
a 21-month prison sentence. She was hoping
to avoid a sentence behind bars. She failed to pay taxes on more
than $500,000 she received from the National Baptist Convention
U.S.A.
(Charisma Magazine, 8.99) TBN fights to keep Miami station after
losing battle with FCC. Paul Crouch lost his license in April
to air in Miami. He allegedly abused FCC minority ownership policies.
He appealed and the decision is to be decided in early 2000.
The film "The Omega Code" is taking the Christian message
to mainstream movie theaters. TBN staked $6.5 million in the project.
The Omega Code is INTENTIONALLY VAGUE ON MANY BIBLICAL POINTS.
"We just tell a good story about a bad guy who wants to take
over the world," stated Matt Crouch. The Omega Code looks
and feels like major Hollywood production.
(TBN 10.20.99) 330,000 churches with 450,000 volunteers "partners"
are participating in soliciting people to come and see the film.
Their comments: "We are invading Hollywood. The Omega Code
is the Blair Witch movie. Let the walls come down. The movies
may become the medium of their own salvation.
Guidestar lists TBN Films Inc. as a nonprofit under arts, culture,
holography. 1997 assets: $7,060.099 with an income of $2,682,570.
(TBN - 8.22.99) During his fund raising Paul Crouch confessed
the following: he was approached to buy stock and he said he invested
just a few dollars. "Something" spoke to him to check
on the stock and it had gone up to nearly $100 a share bringing
him nearly $1 million in just a few weeks [months]. [Comment:
He didn't just buy a few shares. To get close to a million. It
would have had to be around 10,000 shares].
Paul Crouch made another interesting comment: "Transferring
the wealth of the wicked to the church FORCE GOD TO PERFORM A
MIRACLE BY PLANTING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND YOUR LAST DOLLAR.
If you don't have any, God will produce a miracle to get it to
you. DO YOU HAVE A SICK CHILD? DON'T GO TO JESUS IN PRAYER, PLANT
COLD CASH INTO TBN AND GOD WILL MAKE YOUR CHILD WELL."
(Charisma Magazine 8.99) Rick Joyner's Morning Star donated a
17,000 square-foot log lodge in Charlotte, NC to Jim Bakker (former
PTL President) for purposes of building Bakker's New Covenant
Fellowship ministry. Football star Reggie White is teaming up
with Jim Bakker to provide some opportunities for the people living
in the area.
[Editor's note: I watched Rick Joyner last night and he talks
to his congregation addressing them as soldiers. He promised promotions
and told them that God would call on them to come out of the trenches
one of these days SOON FOR THE NEW MOVE. God will need generals
to fill the trenches. Rick Joyner is in love with famous sports
figures. He believes that they will be the leaders of the Christian
communities one of these days which is beginning to bear fruit
in attracting the football star Reggie White.
(Charisma Magazine 8.99) More than 500 people in Toronto now have
received gold teeth. The sings and wonders in the church have
continued. At Bill Johnson's church in Redding, California small
little feathers fall from the ceiling and have been doing that
for some time. Bethel has been the sight of some "awesome
miracles" recently. The feathers started dropping after a
Morning Star Prophet (the Ministry of Rick Joyner) visited the
church for a series of meetings. Mr. Kelly a member of Bethel
AOG of Redding describes the appearance of feathers: "The
feathers thing has been truly amazing. I believe it started when
we had the prophet Bobby Conners come to our church for a series
of meetings. During ministry time people would see feathers fall
from the ceiling and Bobby explained it as a sign of angelic activity..
(I thought it was dove feathers). I'm not sure if he was saying
they were angel feathers or not.. But ever since he came we have
seen feathers falling from the ceiling.. they are very small and
delicate, and not many fall, but you can see them from a good
distance.. God is always surprising us with new things.
(End Times, September/ October 1999) Bobby Conners is a close
friend of Rick Joyner. I read his newsletter on his website. Here
is a quote from his newsletter: (www.bobbyconners.org) "The
next event that happened to me was that I suddenly had pressure
on my forehead. It was as if a very hot hand was being pressed
against my forehead directly above my eyes. I feel that this is
a sign of the Lord's marking or branding upon the foreheads of
His servants. Additionally, the Lord is giving His prophets a
tender heart but a hard head. The Lord said, "You will need
my rest and peace upon you to make it through the things that
are coming."" "REVOLUTION" is one of his keywords.
(TBN 10.20.99) I happened to watch a rerun of Hinn's Toronto crusade
and I was mortified. Benny Hinn is concentrating on young teenagers
now. "Fire on these kids! Electrocuted by God's power! That's
God's anointing on these kids." "Come friends look at
the anointing on these kids! Let the fire come down on these young
people!" The kids were totally out of control. Their legs
went out from under them like rubber and they slammed down jerking
and trembling all over, contorting their bodies in epileptic fashion.
Hinn shouted: "Lord I give you these kids, they are electrocuted.
It's the Holy Ghost on these kids. Come on up here! That's fire
on you - You and I used to pray for this to happen. That's the
glory of God on these kids enjoying God's fire." Benny points
at one of a man on stage and electrocuted him in the spirit. He
glowingly bragged that the man was a pilot of American Airlines.
"Let this happen in every church in America." So-called
fire came down on a large group. Benny's voice started to growl.
"I never thought this would happen in Canada. I will pore
out my spirit upon your sons and daughters," Hinn shouted.
A woman in agony, shrieking, he couldn't pick up the young lady,
and started laughing. Their bodies were all in spasms from top
to bottom - shrieking people. I have never in my life seen anything
as scary as that. People were laying all over the stage jerking.
"Fog will hit your home and families. The same fire will
come on your homes," Hinn told them. The audience was huge
in a stadium in Toronto, Canada and they were told to shout "fire"
in unison and the shaking got worse.
Benny Hinn related that he has had experiences when he thought
he was going to die. He supposedly said to the "Holy Spirit",
"if you fill me anymore, I'm going to die." This is
what he did to the kids on stage. He prayed over the audience
that this anointing would be placed on the parents, children and
grandchildren.
Benny Hinn is celebrating his 25th anniversary asking $100 a plate at the celebration. He is giving up his church in Orlando and starting a Healing Center in Dallas, Texas November 1, 99. A new book is out "Divine Healing," It speaks to the river. "The Holy Spirit is the substance of Healing." [Comment: The Holy Spirit is a personage and part of the Godhead. False prophets will be judged harsher then others.] I have been waiting for someone to prove the evil spiritual activity with facts but is seems impossible. I received an urgent email to get Benny's ministry shut down. This fellow like me just couldn't handle what he saw anymore and has to do something to stop it. It is up to us to warn people to stay away. The danger of becoming permanently possessed is obvious. The resistance to demons is broken down little by little in the youth. The Bible states that demons will be released during the tribulation to possess people. To me it seems like they are preparing the way to eventually allow access to humans instantly.
On another occasion Benny's wife Susan got into the act and stated the following: "If your engine doesn't rev up, you a need a Holy Ghost enema up your ? ("spirit" my husband insisted, but my mind went to what would naturally follow. It was hard discern what she really said. We replayed it three times).
(The Door, September/ October 1999) The Haunting Hinn House. After perishing in a freak on-air accident in which his toupee adhesive spontaneously combusts in the heat of the klieg lights, turning into an extremely well-coifed human torch, a noted televangelist's charred body is laid to rest. But his spirit, knowing that its earthly host was offed by a disgruntled, chronically underpaid staff member, haunts the ministry's offices, making nonstop fund-raising appeals, performing dubious, unverifiable healings, and interviewing fundamentalist pinheads. After being terrorized for weeks, petrified staff members seek professional help in exorcising their former boss (which some of them thought should have been done long before, when the guy was still alive, but that's another story) - and then the REAL action begins! If you were nauseated with terror during The Exorcist, you'll blow chunks during The Haunting of the Hinn House!"
(Fox News 10.7.99) BUDDHISTS BELIEVE BODIES WILL NOT REST UNLESS
CREMATED!
The Antichrist spirit used John F. Kennedy's untimely death mightly
to plant his seed in people's minds. When John's body was sprinkled
into the waves at sea it was stated: "The bodies have been
returned to the sea from whence we all came." I was hoping
the parents of the girls would bury their daughters in a grave
but it was too easy to get it all done at once.
John's cremation created a stir among Catholics. God used it for
a wake-up call for Catholics. Catholic priests had a hard time
explaining to their members how that could be. The membership
didn't know that Vatican II had changed the rules about cremation.
I looked up the Catholic definition in their Encyclopedia: "Cremation":
The disposal of a dead body by burning it and reducing it to ashes.
Cremation was the normal custom in the ancient civilized world,
except in Egypt, Judaea and China. IT WAS REPUGNANT TO THE EARLY
CHRISTIANS BECAUSE OF THE BELIEF IN THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY.
By the fifth century, cremation had been largely abandoned in
the Roman Empire because it was believed that to do so was a sign
of disbelief in the immortality of the soul, as well as an act
of disrespect for the body. THIS PROHIBITION WAS LIFTED IN 1963;
in the revised Code of Canon Law, cremation is permitted, provided
it is not done for reasons contrary to Christian Faith (cf. Canon
1176.3)
(TBN 7.22.99) In a meeting prior to the Dominion Campmeeting,
I was amazed how similar the theme was to Rick Joyner's. Parsley's
audience was mostly black. He was virtually indoctrinating them
with "revolutionary agenda". The word "revolution"
was used over and over. He reminded the audience of Martin Luther
King by video and told the black congregation that he is trying
to find people who want to invade. Get ready to invade. Revolution
is not for the timid, not for the weak, but the strong and brave.
Revolution means taking matters into your own hands. He admonished
them to desert their denominations and come up higher. You have
heard the "voice of the master??" (Parsley's voice?).
Throw your notes out preachers. This is a military operation.
Get that mess cleaned up.
(TBN video rerun of Campmeeting 8.16.99) Parsley's speaker, a
black lady named Prophetess Uanita screamed at the top of her
lungs, "NOW OVERTHROW THE ENEMY. HOLY GHOST OVERTHROW NOW.
She kept repeating : "It's a revolution!" Tell somebody.
Keywords: Dominion, revolution, overthrow over and over planted
firmly into the audience's mind. "Give God a sacrifice: something
you have never done before. That's a revolution. Let me tell you
when you got it. I have dominion now." She began speaking
in tongues without interpretation.
"Going home with power and dominion forever. When you walk
in dominion you multiply. Tell the devil to make my day. Devil
when you put your hands on me, I multiply in the Holy Ghost."
"WHERE THERE IS TROUBLE THAT IS WHERE MULTIPLYING IS GOING
TO START." "Quadrupling of Holy Ghost, that's dominion.
Devil is touching my job means you are getting ready for a better
job. I'm in authority not you. You won't need the flesh. "I
got it" I'm waiting for you to seize it. The Holy Ghost said
last night, "you have to get close enough for your neighbors
to smell smoke." Smell like smoke. They are going to hear
your screaming .. everything that is not calling on my name and
is not on my side is going down. The Holy Ghost said: "I
want to pull my people of dominion out of the crowd.
Rod Parsley wrote a book about the impartation "MAKE MY BABY
JUMP". The baby relates to Elisabeth who carried John the
Baptist in her womb. When the Virgin Mary looked at John the Baptist
in her womb, the baby jumped.
(TBN - 8.22.99) Rod Parsley preached on the transfer of wealth
and to take the thing over in his name. He mocked the Scripture
about the crumbs under the table. People should forget about that.
God held back the wealth until now. Heap treasure together for
the last husbandman early and latter rain. A transfer is going
to transpire. At the right time I'm going to shove it across the
table to you. You are going to give birth to something you didn't
know you were pregnant with. Go get a seed [money] and put it
in your hand, believing for a miracle and three days later she
conceived. PUT ASIDE RELIGIOUS TRADITION. The seed has to be significant
enough to get a breakthrough. Something supernatural will happen.
How bad do you want a miracle. Don't you want to touch your spirit?
Sow a seed for a miracle $1,000 God is moving the wealth to his
people.
(The Door - September/ October 1999) Family Channel TV network
(700 Club) was sold to Rupert Murdoch for approximately $1.9 billion
[that is where the numbers were coming from when Paul Crouch told
his audience that TBN was worth $1.9 billion, but he assured people
that he wouldn't do what Pat did and sell out].
(Midnight Call - September 1999) Laura Ashley, clothing retailer,
after bowing to pressure from the family who founded the company
and gay rights campaigners pressured Pat Robertson to quit their
board of directors. Robertson still owns approximately 275,000
shares of Laura Ashley shares. (The Express, 6.10.99)
(Charisma Magazine 9.99) German evangelist announced plans to
move his U.S. office from Sacramento, Calif., to Orlando, Fla.
It will place the U.S. office closer to his world headquarters
in Frankfurt, Germany.
Reinhard Bonnke teams up with John Kilpatrick and Stephen Hill
- Back to Basics Conference - Home Cell Ministry - Cleansing Stream
and Women in Ministry at the Brownsville Assembly of God.
Crowds cheer during the "Awake America" event at the
Meadowlands, near New York City. Steve Hill says the Northeast
can "lead the country in revival." The crowd was estimated
to be over 17,000 from eleven states. The backdrop of the massive
arena ads pushing beer, pizza, and lottery tickets and gambling,
the service was opened with hard-hitting praise. Hill and Kilpatrick
jumped and danced in the joy of the Lord. Hill preached "clean
house"; get rid of pronography, while Kilpatrick shouted:
"I'm ready to believe God for anything!" Manifestations
were scarce. Hill and Kilpatrick got hundreds of invitations to
speak in churches is why they began to travel. THE NEW JERSEY
CRUSADE WAS SPEARHEADED BY AN INTERDENOMINATIONAL STEERING COMMITTEE
OF 15 LOCAL PASTORS WHO RAISED ALMOST HALF OF THE $215,000 BUDGET.
250 churches from several states supported the event. WE'VE COME
TOGETHER IN UNITY OF THE SPIRIT," said Father Joe Romanoski
of Sacred Heart, a CATHOLIC CHURCH. This is a Jesus event.
(The Plumbline, July / August 1999) "It happened again today.. only more powerful, more life changing. GOD CAME. Pastor Kilpatrick came to the pulpit and said he was going to obey the moving of the Spirit and form a tunnel of faith. He began to call all the elders and deacons and the staff from BRSM (The School ministry, now 1100 strong) and then others he hand picked. They moved the chairs from across the front of the pews so we'd have room. The people forming the tunnel lined up facing each other and they began to funnel everyone through it. Those praying would stretch forth their hands, lay hands of them or just pray as they passed through.. I got my cameras out and tried to get into a position where I could see some of the faces as they passed through the tunnel. I became mixed up several times because I was so close to the anointed prayers. At one point, a friend named Brian said something to me and when I turned to face him, my legs simply gave away, I got a little bit of the giggles for a moment because I had not realized I was getting to that point yet.. After over an hour the lines were still long but I didn't want to miss the tunnel so an usher let me break line. I continually bumped into everyone. When a hand touched my head or back, I would practically shriek out and go into a spin. I felt like a pin ball must feel like in one of those machines when I bumped into another across the tunnel. Once I was through the tunnel I started spinning again until I hit the floor. It was like being swept away to another place.. Soon I turned toward the crowd.. people were in trance like states all over." (Kathy Wood)
"I got pastor Shumway from another AOG church to pray for me. As he turned toward me I started deep bowing until he turned touched my head and then I went electric until I crashed. My head was trying to hide in my blouse again. Ha ha ha ha. My pockets emptied my tags and certs were everywhere. I could see them but I couldn't get to them. Some people around me tried to help me up but it was no use. No one pays any attention to people like me anymore, it's a common sight here, but for a prayer team member who can manage a lot of anointing, it's a bit unusual to be so overcome. I had to set my cruise control to 35 mph." [on the way home].
"And yet another positive report of Brownsville from Sister Cathy Wood: "You asked me what's up so.. here goes! The Gott's (Ken and Lois from Sunderland AOG in the UK) are here for a conference at Brownsville. Well they seem to have an impartation for intercession and going a bit deeper in the river. They prayed for the prayer team last night for about 45 minutes before church. It was such a strong anointing. The room was full of everone behaving as if electricity was charging through us in huge waves. Uncontrollable yells were coming from us. As a matter of fact.. ouch!.. they are hitting me as I try to describe it. My head keeps on getting swallowed up by my shoulder in huge jerks as "OHHHH!" comes out of my mouth as if my voice and body are synchronized. Last night my head was in my blouse.. ha ha ha ha .. I am starting to laugh now .. whoa.. Oops.. there I go again. Sometime between 6:15 and 7:00 my arrings broke off.. who knows when? Maybe my shoulders did it!!"
(The Plumbline, July / August 1999) An ordained minister went
to Brownsville for the anointing and became disillusioned. She
had this to say: "Presently I live on the gulf coast, on
the Alabama/ Florida line, just 30 miles from Pensacola. After
talking with numerous people about the Baptism in the Holy Spirit,
someone told me that I should go to Brownsville and see if I could
receive the baptism there. What a shock!!! I went on time and
at the end of the service, the altar call was unbelievable. People
rushed forward to be prayed for. The pastor shouted "A Fresh
Anointing" and swept his arm over the crowd. People all around
me fell to the floor as if they had been machine-gunned. I stood
alone in the midst of approximately 50-60 bodies while others
rushed over those people to receive a similar experience. Again
the same thing happened and again I was left standing in what
was becoming a pile of bodies. These people were out cold, as
if they had been knocked unconscious. Ministers began to move
through the crowd, praying for people and laying hands on those
who requested prayer. I was interested in one young girl about
17 who stood very rigid, shaking uncontrollably, muttering strange
noises with her eyes rolled back in her head. I have seen demon-possessed
people before, and I am convinced she was under the influence
of one or more very powerful demonic beings. The ministers said
a short prayer for her, laid hands on her and she fell backwards
to land on the steps of the altar, jerking and convulsing and
moaning.. when I left after midnight the girl was still on the
steps of the altar shaking and convulsing and no one paying attention
to her.. I must say right here that I have not received the baptism
of the Spirit and cannot speak in tongues.. I went there wanting
to be filled with the Spirit, the HOLY Spirit. And all I saw were
people falling down, some barking like dogs, many jerking like
stand-ins at a horror movie, and people being walked on after
they hit the floor by people being totally selfish. Am I missing
something here? May I ask a question? As an ordained minister,
seeking the baptism of the Spirit, where do I go? I will not go
back to Brownsville."
According to presidential hopeful George Bush, Jr. the United
States is slouching toward Sodom and Gomorrah. Charisma Magazine
(9.99) states that Ron Wyatt found it 10 years ago along a 60-mile
stretch between the northern and southern tips of the Dead Sea.
The crumbling outline of walls and buildings, including sphinx-shaped
formations, rise about mountains to ash. Embedded in the ruins
are millions of pale yellow sulfur balls, which Wyatt claims is
the brimstone that rained on the cities. Sulfur in such a pure
form, in rounded balls, isn't found anywhere except in this region.
(www.anchor-stone.com/wyatt)
(Charisma, 9.99) In official publications in Germany, Charismatics
are lumped together with sects which often include Satanists as
potential dangers to the psychological well being of individuals.
Public opposition to minority religions in Germany in the last
10 years created strange allies. Jones and a small number of Christians
openly cooperated with the Church of Scientology by participating
in U.S. Senate hearings into religious persecution in Germany.
Christian Scientists, Jehovah's Witnesses and members of the Unification
Church work together with charismatic Christians to defend themselves
against possible organized persecution.
We received an invitation on our doorknob, which included "The
Book of Hope" by Tyndale House Publishers based on the New
Living Bible Translation by Greg Laurie. "In Unity First
Presbyterian Church and First Church of the Nazarene bring this
wonderful hope and invite you to ATTEND THE LOCAL CHURCH OF YOUR
CHOICE [ala Billy Graham] Offering, Men's Club, Supper Club, Volunteer
Teachers, Food Locker along with the usual. [They need volunteers]
(The End Times, September/October 1999) Fellowshipping with
Devils - The games our children and young people play have become
largely "games of fellowship with devils." Nintendo
has a proven record of introducing paganism to the world of games.
They boast years ago that they would change the gods worshipped
in America. They are well on their way. It is amazing that Pokemon
(short for POCKEt Monster) games, toys, videos, etc., is manufactured
and distributed by Nintendo, which is a wholly-owned Japanese
company. Their American headquarters is in Redmond, Washington.
Their website makes some incredible suggestions. Here are a few:
"Carry your Pokemon (POCKEt MONster) with you, and you're
ready for anything! You've got the power in your hands, so use
it!."
"You can catch a MEW by cheating with a Gameshark."
"Ahhh, Gameshark.. Cheating is not honorable. But many of
you have requested and sent me this information, so I have put
it up for all you cheaters."
"The Moon Stone evolves certain Pokemon (POCKEt MONster),
such as Clefary."
"Select your desired attack. Hold down the button until your
opponent's life stops draining."
"Once you have captured Zapados, you can use it to quickly
lower the health level of Articuno.. "
It is very clear as we look at Nintendo's record that their games
have been nothing but an introduction to devils and demons from
their beginning.