Now that the controversy over Barack Obama’s pastor has all but blown over, I thought I’d offer you some short video commercials to watch that will provide you with a better understanding of Barack Obama and Jeremiah Wright’s denomination; the United Church of Christ.
I found the following list on another blog along with additions by those leaving comments to the original post. They were so poignant that I chose to post them here for the readers of Reformation Nation but I only had 29. So I added number 30 myself to round out the list. Enjoy!
The top 30 signs that you might be an Emergent:
30. Your church has replaced the pulpit with a bar stool.
29. You once read a good story about some Jewish people and a cross.
28. You engineer every conversation so you are able to use the phrase, “you can’t put god in a box,” and laugh like you’ve said the funniest thing in the word.
27. You make everyone define everything before you begin a conversation. Since this takes forever you never really have a conversation.
26. You think hell is a construct somewhere in Tennessee.
25. You think everything is a metaphor for something else.
24. When you hear the word “Orthodox” all you think about is the great food at the Greek Festival every year.
23. You think “Patristics” is a new brand of snack food.
22. Church history started when your pastor was born.
21. The only Creed you know is a once-popular musical act.
20. You only curse around fundamentalists.
19. You leave your church because the sermon was not obscure enough.
18. You refer to your local assembly as “church,” “synagogue,” or “mosque” depending on who you are talking to.
17. Your blog is a rant about how everyone else rants too much.
16. You brag that you have never been pinned down theologically on any issue.
15. The only thing you are sure of is that others cannot be sure of anything.
14. You bring your own wine to communion.
13. You are offended when someone says they are going to “Preach the Gospel” or “Teach the truth” believing they should just “Tell a story.”
12. Instead of a tract, you carry a can of Play-doh in your back pocket.
11. Your website links to Green Peace and the Democratic National Convention just because conservatives are against it.
10. You start a Christian blog, but leave it blank, fearing that you might offend someone.
9. You are not any good at art, yet you continue to present the Gospel by painting stick figures on recycled paper.
8. When you present the Gospel, Heaven is renamed The Matrix and you call Christ Neo.
7. Your church caters from Whole Foods.
6. Every sermon illustration begins with “The other night I was drinking a beer and . . .”.
5. You have yet to read the book of Romans believing Paul was too modern in his thinking.
4. Your car has a bumper sticker that reads “I think my boss is a Jewish carpenter but I can’t know for certain.”
3. You don’t worship on Sundays because everyone else does.
2. You evaluate truth by asking how many people hold to it. If it is too popular, then it is wrong.
1. When someone calls out your name you get angry saying, “Don’t label me.”
HT: Parchment and Pen via Sicarii
Also check out How to tell if you’re seeker-friendly and How to Tell if You’re Word of Faith.
This eight-minute video sums up the gospel according to Oprah and should leave no doubt in your mind whether or not she’s a sheep or a wolf.
Q. What happens when you’re born a woman but you get an operation to be a man, but you elect to only do half the job, then you intentionally get artificially impregnated and everyone considers you the first man to ever become pregnant?
A. You get booked on the Oprah Winfrey Show. Duh! What else would a self-respecting society do?
You can read the article here or watch the entire Oprah interview below (if you can stomach it):
Part One:
Part Two:
Part Three:
Part Four:
Part Five:
Here’s a news flash Ms. Beatie:
No one has ever heard of a man giving birth because it doesn’t happen. Never has and never will. You’re no exception. You’re a woman. Always have been, always will.
New lyrics to an old classic.
I could think of a few churches where this song would fit in rather perfectly.
This kind of tomfoolery would vanish overnight if people knew the Scriptures. If people would actually read their Bibles these purveyors of another gospel would be out of business faster than they could say, “God wants you to sow a financial seed-of-faith offering.”
Miracle Real Estate:
Miracle Manna:
Anointed Prayer Handkerchiefs and Miracle Spring Water:
More Miracle Handkerchiefs:
More Miracle Spring Water:
Miracle Spring Water Examined and Exposed:
When a man-centered church is marketed like a business you get church advertisements like: “Experience the difference.”
At the following social club you will enjoy live music, dramas, and “relevant” practical messages while wearing your favorite pair of jeans. The coffee is hot so grab a donut, kick back and listen to awesome live music and you’re going to hear a message of hope.
(What’s that churning nauseas feeling in the pit of my stomach)?
” . . . And the Lord was adding to their numbers day by day those who were being saved.” – Acts 2:47
Just imagine how many more people could have been saved if only the early Church helped God out by employing such hip, cool, relevant, cutting-edge, and pragmatic marketing techniques as this:
No doubt, the result of years of brainwashing.
How many lies, heresies, and doctrines of demons can you count in these two videos? (You may need a calculator.)
Professing “Christians” Paula White and Larry Huch:
Professing “Christian” Oprah Winfrey:
Just when you thought this Trinity Church was as apostate as they come, Chris over at A Little Leaven has posted the following 3-minute video of Barack Obama’s pastor from Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, Illinois .
After watching this short video below I had the following questions:
1). Did this guy attend the Fred Phelps school of theology?
2). What chapter and verse is he expositing this racism from? Is he actually preaching out of the Koran?
3). Since the whole message in this video was political, does this mean that TUCC will now have its tax exempt status revoked?
On a side note: Amidst all the weirdness, anger, hate, and shocking words that spewed from Mr. Wright, I noticed three things in this video that may be missed if you’re not looking for them:
1:34 The back of his robe either catches on fire or there are ants crawling up his back. Fortunately two observant men are quick to fix the problem without Mr. Wright missing a beat.
2:22 What’s with the freaky James Brown hot tub dance moves? A little weird for a pastor to do during a “sermon,” or at any time for that matter.
2:38 Get ready, here comes the hypocrisy. After two and a half minutes of bigoted and racist-laden rhetoric, Mr. Wright says that he won’t stoop to their level of “hatred, bigotry, and small mindedness.”
I did some checking into this man and discovered the following myriad of videos.
This news video reveals a whole lot more on Mr. Wright. You may ask yourself after viewing this video, why this man chooses to live in this country.
In the following video advertisement for TUCC, you’ll see Mr. Wright with Barack Obama at 1:46, right after scenes of the dancing costume circus on “stage.”
Jeremiah Wright on Fox. No one will ever accuse Mr. Wright of being quick to listen. I think he forgot who was the host and who was the guest.
And more on the topic.
Dare I say, “In name only?”
Someone sent me this garbage.
And then I found Luciferoga Christoga over at A Little Leaven:
Watch this short clip and tell me if your skin doesn’t crawl. Even those with limited discernment abilities should be able to tell there is something very wrong with all this.
So, I answer the question “Yoga for Christians?” with a question: “Why not?” Nowadays anything passes as Christian as long as the label “Christian” is smacked on whatever you’re trying to sell. Once you do that, then voila! It has now been Christianized. Here’s another good example: Praise Moves.
The only question I still have is “Why stop at Yoga?” How about pentagrams for Christians, or beer for Christians, or porn for Christians. Oh, then there’s the New Age for Christians (or did Oprah beat me to that one)?
The Moses Code (Teaser Trailer):
The Moses Code (Trailer):
Living Visionaries:
Marianne Williamson and the 11%:
Self-Centeredness:
The Shift:
When the church is operated by and filled with those who refuse to be separate from the world and its culture, the resulting supply and demand produces “sermons” that tickle the ears and leave the people–at best–as empty and unregenerated as when they entered the building, and–at worst–with hearts that are that much harder and that much more resistant to the truth. But none of that is of concern to them because their churches are sooo awesome!
The man in the following video does a good job at explaining the problem with Oprah, and just how dangerous she is.
And Oprah explains how she reconciles her New Age occultism with her “Christianity.”
Kathy Griffin caused waves last year when she made some rude remarks about our precious Lord and Savior Jesus Christ after she received an award (video).
So what is she up to now? Why, she’s become an ordained minister! That’s right. She received her ordination online from Universal Life Church so she could perform a marriage.
Read the news article here.
This just proves that just because someone is an “ordained minister” does not necessarily mean they’re actually saved and going to Heaven. There are a lot of woolly “sheep” howling at the moon these days and many are “ordained.”
Now ordination is free, simple, and easy! At Universal Life Church you too can become a minister without ever opening a Bible or having a saving faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. In fact, it doesn’t matter what you believe, as long as you alone determine “what is right.”
Don’t believe it’s that easy? Check out their Become Ordained page here. Trust me, it will only take a second.
But that’s not all, if you want to confess your sins you can do it here electronically. Don’t worry, though, if you’re still too proud to humble yourself before a holy God to repent, then all you have to do is type an “X” in the box (seriously) and that’s good enough to be forgiven of your sins. The “X” will indicate that you “thought” about those past mistakes and that is sufficient. Isn’t e-confession great?
From the homepage of Universal Life Church:
Every person has the natural right (and the responsibility) to peacefully determine what is right. We are advocates of religious freedom.
The Universal Life Church wants you to pursue your spiritual beliefs without interference from any outside agency, including government or church authority.
You may become a legally ordained minister for life, without cost, and without question of faith.
Now your child can dress like the happy, won’t-condemn-anyone, non-judgmental, non-demanding, unholy, “best-buddy” Jesus that he’s been taught that the Lord is.
Why wait till your Halloween Harvest Parties to show off this apparel? Adorn your little sweetheart in this costume for your upcoming Easter party celebrating bunnies and colored eggs the risen Lord!
Nothing says shallow Christianity like a Jesus costume!
From page 14 of popular false teacher Brian McLaren’s book A New Kind of Christian comes this drivel:
“I drive my car and listen to the Christian radio station, something my wife always tells me I should stop doing (“because it only gets you upset”). There I hear preacher after preacher be so absolutely sure of his bombproof answers and his foolproof biblical interpretations. . . . And the more sure he seems, the less I find myself wanting to be a Christian, because on this side of the microphone, antennas, and speaker, life isn’t that simple, answers aren’t that clear, and nothing is that sure.”
Christ Alone Wyoming 
