"Es gibt nicht mehr als 100 Menschen auf der Welt, die die Katholische Kirche wirklich hassen, aber es gibt Millionen, die das hassen, was sie für die Katholische Kirche halten…Wenn wir Katholiken all die Unwahrheiten und Lügen, die gegen die Kirche gesagt wurden, glauben würden, würden wir die Kirche wahrscheinlich Tausend Mal mehr hassen als sie es tun."
Erzbischof Fulton Sheen
Michael Card: "Why?"
Why did it have to be a friend who chose to betray the Lord?
and why did he use a kiss to show them, that's not what a kiss is for?
Only a friend can betray a friend, a stranger has nothing to gain.
and only a friend comes close enough to ever cause so much pain.
Why did it have to be a thorny crown place upon his head?
It should have been a royal one, made of jewels and gold instead.
It had to be a crown of thorns, because in this world that we live,
all that would seek to love a thorn is all the world has to give.
Why did it have to be a heavy cross he was made to bear?
and why did they nail His feet and hands; His love would have held him there.
It was a cross for on a cross, a thief was supposed to pay.
and Jesus had come into the world to steal every heart away.
Yes, Jesus had come into the world to steal every heart away.
"Interesting that they call it "gay pride" because pride is the worst of sins and the root of all other sins - in essence a stubborn rebellion against God and his commandments. This parade in Tel Aviv is awful and shameful not only because Israel promotes sexual perversion and the distortion of God's purpose for the human person, but it's even worse because they celebrate it with "pride". Remember that God will extend His protection upon you, Israel, only to the extent that you keep his commandments. In other words, you are inviting disaster upon your nation. Repent!"
Andre Villeneuve on the Gay Pride in Israel
“We do not want a church that will move with the world. We want a church that will move the world.”
― G.K. Chesterton
Wisdom of the ancients:
"Should we look to kings and princes to put
right the inequalities between rich and poor? Should we require soldiers
to come and seize the rich person's gold and distribute it among his
destitute neighbors? Should we beg the emporer to impose a tax on the
rich so great that it reduces them to the level of the poor and then to
share the proceeds of that tax among everyone? Equality imposed by force
would achieve nothing, and do much harm. Those who combined
both cruel hearts and sharp minds would soon find ways of making
themselves rich again. Worse still, the rich whose gold was taken away
would feel bitter and resentful; while the poor who received the gold
from the hands of soldiers would feel no gratitude, because no
generosity would have prompted the gift. Far from bringing moral benefit
to society, it would actually do moral harm. Material justice cannot be
accomplished by compulsion, a change of heart will not follow. The only
way to achieve true justice is to change people's hearts first - and
then they will joyfully share their wealth."
-- St. John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople (died in 407 A.D.)
My goal in life? I want to cross the finish line with nothing else left to give for my Lord, hearing those words: "Well done, good and faithful servant, enter in!"
"But do you and I realize what we are doing at this point? We are molding Jesus into our image. He is beginning to look a lot like us because, after all, that is whom we are most comfortable with. And the danger now is that when we gather in our church building to sing and lift up our hands in worship, we may not actually be worshiping the Jesus of the Bible. Instead we may be worshiping ourselves"
David Platt
"Es ist völlig irrelevant, wie viele der 1,6 Milliarden Muslime sich in
die Luft gesprengt haben. So, wie es irrelevant ist, wie viele Deutsche
ein Parteibuch der NSDAP hatten. Oder
wie viele als IM der Stasi zugearbeitet haben. Das Einzige, worauf es
ankommt, ist, dass so gut wie alle, die sich in die Luft gesprengt haben
und dabei andere mitgenommen haben, es mit dem Ruf „Allahu akbar!“
taten. Oder fällt Ihnen einer ein, der „Gelobt sei Jesus Christus!“ oder
„Baruch ha’Schem!“ gerufen hat, während er die Leine zog? Es ist mir
übrigens völlig egal, seit wann in islamischen Ländern gesteinigt wird.
Es zählt nur, dass es heute gemacht wird, in Anwesenheit von Menschen,
die mit einem Bein in der Barbarei und mit dem anderen in der Moderne
stehen und die Steinigungen mit ihren Handys filmen. Ich verweigere jede
Art von Verständnis für diese Art von Kultur. Ich will sie auch nicht
importieren. Ich will keine Debatten führen über Kopftücher im
öffentlichen Dienst, über Schwimmunterricht für Mädchen, über Männer,
die Frauen keine Hand geben wollen, über Schweinefleisch in Kantinen und
„kultursensible Pflege“ in Krankenhäusern. Und auch nicht darüber, wie
viel Islam im Islamismus steckt. Ich will auch nicht genötigt werden,
mich mit dem Koran zu beschäftigen, weder von weiß gewandeten Salafisten
in der Wilmersdorfer Straße noch von Ihnen. Bleiben Sie bei Ihrer
Wertschätzung für das „klassische islamische Recht“, das offenbar von
den Kolonialherren versaut wurde. Und sobald Sie den Islam gefunden
haben, der mit Demokratie kompatibel ist, sagen Sie mir bitte Bescheid."
(Henryk M. Broder)
Press Release:
Yesterday German Parliament approved of an
"anti-conversion therapy law". Christian and Social Democrats and the
Liberals voted in favor of it. The Left, the Green Party and the
right-wing AfD abstained. Only one (!) of the AfD had the guts to
oppose.
This law will probably come into effect mid-2020.
"Medical interventions" aimed to change or suppress self-perceived
identity are forbidden when it comes to minors. They may only be applied
to adults with their free consent. Acting against that law may lead to
jail time (up to one year) or a fincancial fine.
Also public
publicity for conversion therapies (in case of minars also non-public),
offering such activities or mediating conversion therapies will then be
outlawed. Excluded are pastoral care or psychotherapeutic conversations
dealing with the life situation of the client, religious commandments or
conversations on dealing with one's sexual orientation.
When
discussing this law in Parliament, all political parties opposed of
conversion therapies - "where there is no disease, there is no need for
therapy".
Such therapies allegedly cause physical and mental damage
like depression or suicidal thoughts. Conversion therapies are said to
focus on the therapist's views and not the well-being of the client.
Only
the AfD-member Robby Schlund pointed out that there is no legal
security for therapists treating clients who have problems with finding
their sexual identity.
All political parties, all churches and
the vast majority of the public have fallen for gay propaganda - without
even thinking twice.
This law has no groundings whatsoever.
Apart from (maybe!) some individuals there is no substantial "threat" of
conversion therapies. This alleged "danger" seems to be a pretext for
something much more hidden: Silencing all opposition to gay ideology.
Yes, gays will claim now religious views are not part of that law and
neither is pastoral care, but the threat of punishment is real - and
will have lasting effects.
Why? Take outlawing "publicity for
conversion therapies". What is that supposed to mean? If I give
testimony in front of a church congregation sharing how a Christian
organization helped me find freedom from same-sex attractions, does this
already count as "publicity"? Even if it doesn't - the mere threat will
be enough to shut most people up.
Many among us have lived for
years in the gay scene. We made our experiences. Based on that, we can
say that during that time many of our beloved gay friends died or fell
mentally or physically ill also due to their many sex contacts (no, a
condom does not protect you against all STDs!) and/or the drugs that
went along to get a greater kick out of it.
Here in Germany we
have the "Robert Koch Institut" that tracks the number of people with
STDs and the high percentage of MSM (men who have sex with men) among
them.
Many are sick or have even died due to their gay life - and
yet you claim conversion therapies cause physical or mental damage or
suicides? Taske suicides: This is a complicated problem with many
contributing factors. To say one factor only is to blame means using a
tragedy to further your personal political agenda.
Here we touch
another topic: Science obviously has stopped being objective and become a
target for political activism. What cannot be, must not be. Using
commonplaces like "no disease/no therapy" shows how little understanding
some seem to have. Using terms like "disease", "therapy", "natural",
"normal" without going deeper into their definition only shows you use
them for propaganda purposes.
Is there change? Many factors take
part when it comes to the development of human sexuality. A good part of
it still is not reasearched yet. Let's only look at some:
Genes:
to say that one gene causes someone to "be gay" and for that reason it
is "normal", "natural" and "morally right" is not science. Epigenetics
tells us it is the environment which decides which genes are activated,
which are deactivated and which genes or changes thereof will maybe even
formed anew. Aside, to add moral statements to scientific foundings is
inacceptable.
Viele Menschen haben Probleme mit ihrem Selbstwert.
Wir sind nicht etwa etwas wert, weil wir positive Sachen tun, viele Menschen kennen und von ihnen wertgeschätzt werden, einen tollen Job, Geld und materiellen Besitz haben, uns als gesellschaftlich nützlicher Mensch erweisen oder im Leben etwas geleistet haben.
Nein, wir haben Wert und Würde alleine aufgrund der Tatsache, dass wir Mensch sind!
Die Christinnen und Christen unter uns werden dies noch ergänzen mit der Feststellung, dass sie geliebte Kinder Gottes sind!
Alles (!) andere hat nichts - aber auch gar nichts - mit unserem Selbstwert zu tun und kann und wird uns nur Probleme bereiten, da wir mit dem Wegfall desselben auch unseren Selbstwert verlieren.
Selbstwert kann nicht von außen kommen. Er muss dir innewohnen.
Before the age of 2, Helen Keller was stricken with a disease (the doctors don't agree as to what it was) that left her permanently blind and deaf. If you've not seen it, the movie The Miracle Worker, with Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke, is an excellent story of the beginning of her story. Today's attached devotional will reveal the secret of how she became one of the most celebrated women in the world! God bless you!
"Toleranz", so wie sie heute größtenteils verstanden und angewandt wird, ist nichts anderes als egoistische und rücksichtslose Gleichgültigkeit, die im scheinheiligen Anstrich daher kommt.