Obama's Secret Vault

Tuesday, January 12, 2010 8:37 AM

On Glenn Beck's Jan. 7 show, Beck was rightly puzzled regarding the exact purpose of President Obama's Dec. 16 signing of an executive order "designating Interpol (International Criminal Police Organization) as a public international organization entitled to enjoy certain privileges, exemptions and immunities."

Beck spoke for a host of other government watchdogs when he asked on the air, "We've been asking ever since it was signed: why? Who can tell me what special interest group asked for this? If it were about terror, why not tell us that when he signed it? This Congress attacks our CIA and FBI, but Interpol gets immunity? Why? It makes no sense."

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Refuting The Da Vinci Fable - orig article

Emergent Leaders and Schoolchildren follow “his holiness” the Dalai Lama to Seattle

Eric Barger

Commencing on Friday, April 11, 2008 the Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists worldwide, began a five day conference in Seattle. His sold out speeches, workshops and panel discussions drew capacity crowds totaling more than 153,000 at venues around the city from the Bank of America Center at the University of Washington, Key Arena, where the NBA Sonics play and mammoth Quest Field, home of the NFL Seattle Seahawks. As expected, millions more watched on television and over the Internet where the events were webcast in twenty-four languages. Having lived in the Seattle area for a total of twenty-five years of my life I can tell you that this area is deeply entrenched in New Age thinking. In fact, we refer to Western Washington as the very center of New Age thought, so a visit by “his holiness” caused quite a stir there. (I am actually only about 20 miles from Quest Field as I write.)

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Is Postmodernism A Myth?

Is Postmodernism A Myth?

Sean McDowell

In the early 1990s interest in postmodernism exploded in the church. Books widely appeared as bestsellers and conferences featured seminars about doing ministry in a postmodern world. While people disagreed about exactly what was meant by "postmodernism"-and they still do!-there was considerable agreement that the world was leaving the modern era behind and wading into the unknown waters of the postmodern matrix.

In Postmodern Youth Ministry, for example, Tony Jones argues that postmodernity is the most important culture shift of the past 500 years, upending our theology, philosophy, epistemology (how we know things), and church practice. It is an "earthquake that has changed the landscape of academia and is currently rocking Western culture." (p. 11). Thus, to be relevant in ministry today, according to Jones and other postmodernists, we must shed our modern tendencies and embrace the postmodern shift.

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Putting Apostates in their Place

Putting Apostates In Their Place!

In the October 17, 2011, edition of The New York Times, Karl W. Giberson and Randall J. Stephens, two professors from Eastern Nazarene College, published an op-ed called "The Evangelical Rejection of Reason." It should have been titled "Why The Bible Isn't True." (Read Here)

If you're not aware of the attack on the validity and authority of the Bible that's underway inside allegedly "evangelical" denominations, and in particular in the classrooms of once-trustworthy seminaries and bible colleges, then wake yourself and get a load of what these two "evangelicals" are proclaiming. Before you think that this is a phenomena unique to The Church of the Nazarene, think again. This is actually a problem throughout the evangelical world as more and more leaders and teachers choose to accept the wisdom of men instead of that of God.

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Calvinism vs. Arminianism

Calvinism vs. Arminianism

Below is the information submitted at www.ericbarger.com on May-9-2007 11:40 EST

Comments: Hi Eric, I have been listening to an online church for some time now and here lately I have be questioning their beliefs. They claim to be Calvinisms. I would like you take on this. Is this man made or is it from God? God bless you and your family - Kelly

Hello Kelly, Thanks for writing!

I took a few moments and looked over some of the www.radiomissions.org website. They appear to be Christians indeed, teaching salvation by grace and holding to the Scriptures.

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Christmas & Christians?

Dec. 25, 2002
Taken from your emails at www.ericbarger.com.

Christmas and Christians

Eric,

I love your site and have used a lot of your information you have there. I have a question. What are your opinions about Christmas? I have a few Christian friends who do not celebrate Christmas and refers to it as a pagan holiday.

Thanks and God Bless,

Tammy S.
xxxxxxxxx@stpegs.com

Tammy,

I know that many more legalistic Christians will disagree with me, but I believe we SHOULD celebrate the Lord's birth. This might shock some who have read my books or heard me teach on the occult and paganism. But just as bad as our acceptance of occultism is our legalism in trying to avoid other things in the culture. Besides Christmas to the Christian IS (or at least should be) about Christ.

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How Wrong has become Right

How Wrong Has Become Right
by Eric Barger

When I was a boy growing up in the 1950’s one could always tell who the heroes and villains were when portrayed on television or even in animations. The heroes generally rode into town on a white horse, wore a white hat, were courteous to the women and didn’t chew, spit, drink or smoke. Today, the heroes being offered up to our families are not so easy to spot.

The core difference is that in today’s society we have been educated and conditioned to accept heroes who live in a standardless morality. Who the alleged heroes or villains of a story line are is based almost completely upon an assumption presented by the advertising for a television program, a movie, a book, game or cartoon for the actions of today’s "heroes" do not set them apart from the "villains." What I am inferring is that the morality, integrity and ethical operating principles of these modern-day heroes is identical to those of their adversaries. It is merely the perception we are left with today as to who the good guys are and who the bad guys are.

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Piercings and Tattoos

Piercings and Tattoos

Eric's Note: In August 2005 a reader of our newsletter wrote to me and voiced concern about how easily folks in the Church accept cultural phenomenon such as Harry Potter. She then wrote:

"The same is true regarding the body piercing being accepted & glorified in the churches today. The Bible is very clear on this too in that our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. Yet I hear all the time that those with piercings will be able to go where "we" or others can't (or won't be able to go). Last I knew, it was the Holy Spirit that draws individuals to a personal relationship to Jesus.

As a former "everything" from occultist to Muslim to everything else, I am now a mother of seven children (six sons, one daughter) and I haven't wavered in the truth that the world is looking for something different in us."

Blessings,

Mary Ellen

AMEN Mary Ellen!!!

I also believe that whole piercing/tattoo craze is nothing but a desensitizing set up for the coming mark of the Beast. You can probably tell that I am not ranting and paranoid. I'm just pointing out a truth. The Enemy is preparing the hearts, minds and bodies of those who'll be deceived at some point in the future.

Bless you!

Eric

After reading Mary Ellen's email and my comments another other readers wrote:

Eric,

I work with my local youth groups and would like to have you send me as an attachment your views on tattoos and piercings. My daughter just got her belly button and tongue pierced and she is now engaged to a man with so many tattoos and piercings that I can not count them all, he is a freak and not a Jesus Freak, HELP!

Frankie

Frankie,

My reply to a question about tattoos and piercings in my August 23 online newsletter brought several responses, in particular from those wishing to defend the practices. My comments were geared not to bring guilt on those who have already gotten tattoos or piercings but were aimed at making others think twice before doing so.

I hear statements like this all of the time: "tattoos and piercings make me different" and "I'm unique with my tattoo." I can't speak for every case but I have the sense that this is a veil which hides a pervasive sin in the culture and Church alike. It is the sin of rebellion. Along side of this, I believe that many young people (many of whom claim to be Christians, are struggling with acceptance in the culture and tattoos and piercings bring some acceptance. The problem is (as you know) it's often with the wrong crowd of people!

A strong surrendered walk with the Lord which is filled with intimate times of praise and study in the Word doesn't lead a person to crave being unique on the outside. Instead, it leads us into a submitted, holy walk that reflects the uniqueness which God has placed in each of us on the inside.

I firmly believe that many young people today are going to wake up some morning in the future and completely regret marking their bodies in a permanent fashion. Regardless of the prophetic and Antichrist implications of marking one's skin there is going to be personal remorse because of this popular craze.

One redeeming factor is that no matter what tattoo or piercing a person may have subjected their body to, unless the marking is that of the Beast of Revelation God can and does bring forgiveness, freedom and joy to a repentant heart.

Thanks much for your input and support. Again, let me know what we can do to help.

Bless you!

Eric
www.ericbarger.com

Hi Eric

I was reading your monthly news letter and I read one of your articles called: Piercing and Tattoos.

I'm noticing a increase in people going for body piecing and tattoos these days. Young teens think that it's "cool". Many I found to be Christians teens. Some have compromised by getting a tattoo of Jesus or a cross and think that makes it OK.

I've always known the truth about tattoos ever since the Lord reveal it to me through His word years ago when I was a teen. He gave me this scripture Leviticus 19:28 "Never cut your bodies in mourning for the dead or mark your skin with tattoos, for I am the LORD. (NLT) Then I told the Lord that I wasn't planning to do this in mourning for the dead.

Then, He reminded me about 1 Corinthians 6:19 - "Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? " (NKJV) Whether we do it for ourselves or for our friends it's still wrong in God's eyes Sin is sin. We forget as Christians from time to time that our bodies our not our own, and neither is our time, because Jesus paid the price for it in full. It belongs to God. We must honour God with our Body by keeping it clean and mark free.

The truth about body piercing and tattoos must be revealed. Many Christians find nothing wrong with it, as long it's in "moderation".

Eric, keep preaching the truth about the lies of Satan. Your doing the right thing. Don't let people's comments get to you, because you can't please everyone. Just please God.

Claude

Eric's Note: Here are a couple of other resources I came across concerning Tattoos, Piercings, etc.

http://www.ag.org/top/beliefs/christian_character/charctr_19_modesty_.cfm (broken link)
http://www.pentecostalevangel.ag.org/News2002/4514_tattoos.cfm

(c) copyright 2005, Eric Barger

Angels & Demons

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--Six years after "The Da Vinci Code" first dominated the bestseller lists, suspense novelist Dan Brown continues to clean up in box offices and bookstores. The movie version of "Angels & Demons" grossed more than $46 million over the weekend. Religious reactions to the movie have been mixed. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed demanded a disclaimer before the opening credits. During the filming of Angels & Demons, a Roman Catholic archbishop denied directors permission to film inside churches in Rome, dubbing Dan Brown's corpus of novels "an offense against God" which "turned the Gospels upside down to poison the faith." In the end, Bill Donohue of the Catholic League called for a boycott while a Vatican newspaper dismissed the movie as "harmless entertainment."

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