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Billy Graham Association Removes Article Calling Mormonism a Cult from Their Website

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on October 17, 2012 at 10:03pm

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An article describing Mormonism as a "cult" was removed from the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association's (BGEA) website following Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's visit with Graham last week.


The article described The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, commonly referred to as Mormonism, as a group that "teaches doctrines or beliefs that deviate from the biblical message of the Christian faith." Other groups identified as cults in the article include Jehovah's Witnesses, Unitarians, the Unification Church, Scientologists and Spiritists.

The article was removed sometime after Romney, a Mormon, visited Graham at his Montreat, N.C., home last week. Ken Barun, chief of staff for BGEA, said in an emailed statement on Tuesday that the organization removed the article in order to avoid a debate, though he did not specify whether or not the candidate's visit had anything to do with the timing of its removal.
"Our primary focus at the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association has always been promoting the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We removed the information from the website because we do not wish to participate in a theological debate about something that has become politicized during this campaign," said Barun.
Following his meeting with Romney, the 93-year-old Graham said he was honored to have met the candidate, with whom he had the opportunity to pray.
"What impresses me even more than Gov. Romney's successful career are his values and strong moral convictions," said Graham.
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SOURCE: Christian Post
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Commissioner David Stern Says Chinese Players Will Learn from Jeremy Lin

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on October 17, 2012 at 9:58pm

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Jeremy Lin of the Houston Rockets speaks to the media as he is introduced during a press conference at Toyota Center on July 19, 2012 in Houston, Texas. (Bob Levey/Getty Images North America)
 
Jeremy Lin will have a "profound" impact on basketball in China and encourage future generations of Chinese players to chase their NBA dreams, commissioner David Stern has predicted.
Lin, a Taiwanese-American whose roots make him highly marketable in Asia, burst onto the scene last season as an undrafted and overlooked Ivy League student, briefly igniting the flagging New York Knicks with his explosive play.
His breakout campaign was cut short in March when he suffered a season-ending knee injury and New York bid farewell to "Linsanity" in July by trading him to Houston, where Chinese All-Star center Yao Ming played from 2002 to 2011.
Eight-times All Star Yao, who retired last season, opened up the world's most populous country to the NBA and was the first international player to be top pick in the draft.
"I think Lin's impact will be profound," Stern told the China Daily, adding that while at 6-foot-3 Lin could not be considered a giant in the NBA he had proven players could thrive in U.S. basketball through skill.
"He has proven to smaller players that they have the ability to develop their skills and to play at the highest level of the sport. This is a very important statement.
"People have said you had to be so tall to play in the NBA. But that was never true. We have many great players who are not large."
Stern, in China for exhibition games between the Miami Heat and Los Angeles Clippers, said it was only a matter of time before Chinese-born players were again on-court in the NBA.
"Jeremy Lin is going to enable young Chinese players to have a unique dream," the 70-year-old said. "That is a profound opportunity for Chinese basketball and the NBA to develop.
"The Chinese basketball players and their families are becoming more sophisticated about the road to the NBA, whether it is going to high school, summer camps, college or through the Chinese system.
"We are going to see Chinese players and their families work out how to make a career in the NBA."
Stern also unveiled plans to expand the Chinese market over the next 15 years, after first tapping into it in the 1980s.
"The most important thing is to develop basketball in China," he said. "I don't believe Yao Ming is going to be the last great Chinese basketball player. I believe he will only be the first."
 
SOURCE: Reuters
(Reporting by Alastair Himmer in Tokyo; editing by Peter Rutherford)
 

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Obama Re-election Bid Back on Firm Footing After Strong Debate Performance

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on October 17, 2012 at 9:54pm

 

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U.S. President Barack Obama walks across the South Lawn before boarding Marine One and departing the White House October 17, 2012 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images North America)
 
President Barack Obama put his re-election bid back on firm footing on Tuesday night with a strong debate performance that is likely to thrill his Democratic supporters and earn him a second look from the few voters who remain undecided.
With the November 6 election three weeks away, Obama's second of three debates with Republican rival Mitt Romney represented one of the final chances to make an impression with voters.
Obama made the most of it with a focused, aggressive effort. It was a sharp departure from his listless first debate two weeks ago, when Romney's dominant performance ignited a resurgence by the Republican that left the race virtually even heading into Tuesday's matchup.
"Game on - he's back," Carleton College political science professor Steven Schier said of the president.
Obama made sure to work in all of the attack lines he had neglected in the October 3 debate.
He hammered Romney for the wealthy Republican's low personal income tax rate and Romney's now-infamous dismissal of "47 percent" of the electorate, as seen in a secretly recorded video of the former Massachusetts governor.
Obama also crisply outlined the accomplishments of his first term in office - from saving the auto industry to killing Osama bin Laden - and framed his answer on a question about women's rights in movingly personal terms.
Romney had his moments as well, especially when describing promises Obama had made and not kept.
Romney avoided the type of rout that Obama suffered in the October 3 debate, but the night belonged to the president, analysts said.
"I'd say it's a clear win for Obama," said Boston University communications professor Tobe Berkovitz. "Certainly it would be difficult for anyone to say Romney won this debate."
Flash polls taken after the debate pointed to an Obama win. Meanwhile, Obama's odds for re-election on the Intrade prediction market climbed 1.6 percentage points, to 63.6 percent.
'A Bit of a Bounce'
Debates have rarely affected the outcome of U.S. presidential elections, but this year may prove an exception.
Romney silenced critics in his own party and reversed a month of missteps with a strong performance in the first debate. A week later he had wiped out Obama's lead in opinion polls.
That "bounce" for Romney has slipped in recent days, according to Reuters/Ipsos tracking polls. Obama led Romney by 3 percentage points in the daily Reuters/Ipsos poll on Tuesday.
"This will give the president a bit of a bounce and a little bit of an edge, but it's going to be quite close right down to the wire," said Notre Dame University political science professor Michael Desch.
The final presidential debate, scheduled for Monday in Boca Raton, Florida, probably will matter less.
Some 10 percent of voters have cast their ballots already, according to Reuters/Ipsos polling data, and that figure will climb sharply as both campaigns kick their get-out-the-vote operations into gear and urge supporters to take advantage of state laws that allow early voting.
Foreign policy, the topic of next week's debate, takes a distant back seat to economic concerns for most voters.
It was a foreign policy discussion that led to Romney's most uncomfortable moment on Tuesday night, as he bungled what could have been an opportunity to plant doubts in voters' minds about Obama's handling of the attacks on diplomatic facilities in Libya last month.
Romney had hoped to use the incident to erode Obama's national security credentials. Instead, he battled with the moderator, CNN's Candy Crowley, over whether he was accurately characterizing Obama's remarks about whether the incident was a terror attack.
The exchange left Romney aides fuming at Crowley, while Obama was able to avoid the question of whether his administration had protected the facility adequately.
Obama's Deft Maneuvering
Obama also danced around other questions that could have tripped him up.
He turned a question about gun control - an unpopular issue for voters in many battleground states - into an opportunity to point out Romney's shifting positions on the issue.
Obama responded to a question about gas prices by noting that they had been low when he took office only because of the recession that he inherited.
"It's conceivable that Governor Romney could bring down gas prices, because with his policies we'd be back in that same mess," he said, drawing laughter from the crowd.
Aside from his blown opportunity on Libya, Romney did not do poorly. He reminded viewers that Obama had failed to fulfill promises to cut the deficit in half and introduce immigration-reform legislation, and warned that too many people are still out of work.
"If you elect President Obama you know what you're going to get," he said. "You're going to get a repeat of the last four years."
Romney's performance probably did not hurt his chances of winning the White House, analysts said. But Obama probably boosted his odds by turning in the focused, aggressive performance that his supporters had hoped to see in the first debate.
"They're thinking, 'We're back in the ball game,' " said Robert Lehrman, a former speech writer for Democratic vice president Al Gore who now teaches at American University.
"It wasn't that Romney got worse - Obama got a lot better."
 
SOURCE: Reuters
(Editing by David Lindsey and Eric Walsh)
 

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Secular Organizations Give Both Presidential Candidates Failing Grades

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on October 17, 2012 at 9:30pm

 

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When judged on their ability to relate to the desires of secular Americans, the presidential candidates aren't making the grade, according to a large coalition of secular organizations.
Looking at their positions on everything from faith's place in the presidency to where it fits in education, health care and other American priorities, GOP candidate Mitt Romney got an F, President Barack Obama barely got by, earning a C, and Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson came out at the top of the class, receiving a B.
At a time when the Pew Forum determined the religiously unaffiliated are the fastest growing "religious" group in America, with one in five Americans not affiliated with any religion, a candidate scorecard from secularists should matter, says Lauren Anderson Youngblood, spokeswoman for the Secular Coalition for America.
The coalition, which is made up of a collection of atheist, humanist and agnostic organizations, set out to grade the candidates by first identifying the criteria it deemed most important. The coalition then crafted questions to determine where the politicians stack up when it comes to, say, their stances on faith-based initiatives, public prayer and support of the word "God" in the Pledge of Allegiance. The group pulled media reports and speech transcripts to find answers and further analyze these politicians' performances on issues that matter to secular voters.
The coalition asked, for example, "What role would religion play in the candidate's decision-making as president of the United States?"
Based on an Obama speech at the National Prayer Breakfast in 2012, one in which the president said he has "fallen on my knees" and asked God for guidance "in the life of this nation," the group handed down an F. But Romney didn't fare any better - earning the same grade for saying in his 2007 speech on faith in America that he "will also offer perspectives on how my own faith would inform my presidency, if I were elected."
Marks given for various questions were then added up to determine the candidates' final grades.
Though the goal in doing this was to "help people who vote on secular values" decide who to vote for, the coalition spokeswoman believes the results could be valuable to the candidates, too.
"Political parties need to learn how to reach out to the secular community, and I think tools like the scorecard will help them do that," Youngblood said.
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SOURCE: CNN
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Nike Severs Ties to Lance Armstrong

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on October 17, 2012 at 9:16pm

 

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Nike has severed ties with cyclist Lance Armstrong, citing insurmountable evidence that he participated in doping and misled the company about those activities for more than a decade.

The clothing and footwear company said Wednesday that it was terminating Armstrong's contract "with great sadness."
"Nike does not condone the use of illegal performance enhancing drugs in any manner," it said in a statement.
Armstrong said Wednesday, just minutes before the announcement from Nike, that he was stepping down as chairman of his Livestrong cancer-fighting charity so that the organization can steer clear of the whirlwind surrounding its founder.
A representative for Armstrong could not be immediately reached for comment.
Nike Inc., based in Beaverton, Ore., said it plans to continue its support for Livestrong. Anheuser-Busch and the sunglasses company Oakley have already pledged ongoing support for the organization.
The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency released a massive report last week detailing allegations of widespread doping by Armstrong and his teams when he won the Tour de France seven consecutive times from 1999 to 2005.
The 41-year-old Armstrong, who overcame life-threatening testicular cancer, retired from cycling a year ago. He announced in August that he would no longer fight the doping allegations that have dogged him for years.
Nike's courting of top celebrity athletes is well known, as are the inherent risks companies assume when doing so.
After Tiger Woods ran his SUV over a fire hydrant in November 2009, eventually bringing to light his infidelities, Accenture, AT&T Inc. and Gatorade cut ties with him. But EA Sports and Nike stood by the golfer.
Nike signed NFL quarterback Michael Vick to a contract during his rookie year in 2001, but ended that pact in August 2007 after he filed a plea agreement admitting his involvement in a dogfighting ring. Vick spent 21 months in prison.
Nike re-signed Vick, who plays with the Philadelphia Eagles, in July 2011. The company said at that time that it didn't condone Vick's actions, but was supportive of the positive changes he had made to better himself off the field.
Shares of Nike edged slightly higher in early trading.
SOURCE: The Associated Press
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The Call of Duty Black OPS II Bible Study Part Two The Christian His Warfare & His Weapons; 2 CORINTHIANS 10:1-6

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on October 17, 2012 at 1:30am
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Introduction: This passage deals with the Christian, his battle, his struggles and weapons.
 

1.Paul was accused of living by the worlds standards and not Yahweh's (v.1-2).
2. Christians are at war but  we cant fight  in a fleshly way (v.3-5).

1. (10:1-2) People were saying Paul was walking after the flesh. That means he wasn't living by Yah’s Word, but by the worlds. He was doing his own thing.They were saying two things about Paul.

1.Some were saying that Paul was fake (2 Cor. 10:1). That’s what the word  “base” means. They were saying that Paul was bold in his instructions; he gave them the business when he was writing to them, but he was all shy when it came to speaking face to face with them.

Check out Paul’s answer to the church and to his critics; it was respectful but it was  a blunt warning:

“I beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ.”

Basically Paul is saying if I’m weak, then so is Yahoshua (Jesus). Christ was meek and gentle in handling the insults, attacks, rumors, lies, wrong, and evil done to Him. Paul was saying that Jesus Christ was his example in dealing with people; that is the reason he was meek and gentle when preaching and confronting people face to face. He was not base and lowly because he was a punk, but because Jesus Christ demonstrated how people are to be handled, even people who are evil and in error. Jesus Christ confronted people in meekness and gentleness; therefore, he, Paul, was meek and gentle.

2.Some were saying that Paul was carnal—that he walked after the flesh. This means several things:
  • that Paul was not really saved.
  • that Paul was preaching and ministering in the flesh; he was not really called of God.
  • that Paul was living in the flesh; he was an ungodly and immoral man seeking only to please and live for himself.
  • that he was only after a personal following—only seeking to sell his own ideas and position—only interested in getting money and props.
Paul says that he will confront these critics when he arrives in Corinth. He has the confidence, that is, the inner strength and boldness, to confront them; and he will. But notice even in this declaration of spiritual strength and boldness, Paul was meek and gentle.

2. (10:3-5) Christians go to war but not in a fleshly way. This is a passage every christian should memorize and think about often. It forces the believer to discipline and gain control over his mind and thoughts. Check out three main points.
1. All believers are in a spiritual war! Scripture is perfectly clear about this:

“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritualwickedness in high places” (Ephes. 6:12).



The war is not against flesh and blood, against physical and material beings, but against spiritual forces. Spiritual forces lie behind man’s evil and lustful behavior, unbelief and arguments against God. These spiritual forces attack the imaginations and thoughts of you and me!  They inject selfish and devilish ideas against God and against other men. And from the energy of these ideas come the evil acts of men.
checkout two things.
  • Selfish, evil, and lustful thoughts are mental and immaterial. Ideas and thoughts are not physical and material substances. They are invisible and mental substances.
  • Selfish, evil, and lustful ideas are by nature not of God. God is not evil, selfish, or lustful; therefore, such evil thoughts and reasonings are often injected into the mind of men by spiritual forces that stand opposed to God.
Paul’s point is this: he and other believers “walk in the flesh”; that is, they live in a body just like all other people. But they do not war in the flesh. They do not fight the struggles of life using only their own strength. Why? Because believers know that there is a spiritual warfaregoing on for the minds and lives of people. Believers know that the evil forces of the spiritual world lie behind...
  • sin and evil
  • disorder and devastation
  • corruption and deterioration
  • death and hell
Believers know that they cannot “war after the flesh”; that no man nor any combination of men can conquer the spiritual forces that tear and eat away at man until they destroy him. No matter how strong, educated, or scientific man may become, he cannot deliver himself from the spiritual forces that cause sin and death.

2.The Christians’s weapons are not physical, but spiritual. Physical or carnal weapons would be human weapons of the mind and body such as...
  • discipline and control
  • strength and ability
  • knowledge and intelligence
· science and technology
  • ideas and thoughts
  • beliefs and doctrines
  • resolutions and rules
  • health and esteem
  • education and social development
  • 
wealth and welfare
· eloquence and personality
  • appearance and attractiveness
  • laws and principles
Naturally, every human power and weapon available should be developed and used to the fullest extent possible. The human body and the world are said to be the temple of the Lord, two of the places where He dwells. But Christians know  there’s nothing in the world that can conquer the spiritual forces that lie behind the evil and death of this world. That’s why he fights the spiritual battles of this life with spiritual weapons, weapons that are of God and are made mighty and powerful by God.
Now check this out. Christians use spiritual weapons to “pull down strongholds.”  Look at the news and behavior of people day by day, and  you will see evil is everywhere. You can’t defeat evil with carnal weapons because its to strong. Only the spiritual weapons of God can beat evil.

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Obama and Romney Both Go Ham in the Second Presidential Debate. What Are You Thoughts?

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on October 16, 2012 at 7:09pm
 
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President Obama and Mitt Romney tangled in the opening moments of their second debate on the economy, taxes and energy - as the president tried to make up for lost ground in the wake of his opening debate performance.

 
The president was decidedly more aggressive Tuesday as the debate at Hofstra University in New York got under way.
He mocked Romney's five-point economic plan and referenced Romney's tenure at private equity firm Bain Capital.
"Governor Romney says he's got a five-point plan. Governor Romney doesn't have a five-point plan. He has a one-point plan. And that plan is to make sure that folks at the top play by a different set of rules," Obama said. "That's been his philosophy in the private sector. That's been his philosophy as a governor. And that's been his philosophy as a presidential candidate."
Romney called Obama's assessment "way off the mark."
While Obama said Romney's policies are "squeezing middle-class families," the Republican nominee claimed president's policies were doing the same.
"The president's policies have been exercised over the last four years, and they haven't put Americans back to work," Romney said.
The two candidates frequently interrupted each other, in what was turning out to be a feistier face-off than the first round.
The stakes for Round 2 were high. Since Obama's lackluster debate debut on Oct. 3, a succession of national and battleground polls has shown Romney gaining and in some cases surpassing Obama.
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Call OF Duty Black OPS II Bible Study: The Armor Of God The Breastplate of Righteousness

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on October 16, 2012 at 1:30am
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by Dave Ingram

“Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes…Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place,” -Ephesians 6:10-11,14

The concept of righteousness can be challenging to fully comprehend. God’s Word prescribes righteousness for all humanity, exhorting us to be righteous in a number of places in His Word. Proverbs 11:19 tells us “truly the righteous attain life, but whoever pursues evil finds death.”

At the same time, however, the Word also tells us that no one has the inherent capacity to be righteous on their own. These two precepts may at first seem to be at odds, but it is the righteousness of Jesus Christ, imputed to all believers, that can take our sinful hearts and transform them into righteous extensions of God’s unfailing love.

Righteousness is undeniably a thing to be sought after. Isaiah 32:17 says that “the fruit of that righteousness will be peace; its effect will be quietness and confidence forever,” and Psalm 5:12offers a glimpse of the rewards of righteousness by saying “surely, LORD, you bless the righteous; you surround them with your favor as with a shield.”

Let’s take a look at how the Bible defines righteousness, what the Bible says about the possibility of humanity being righteous and the ways in which we can strive to become more righteous and conformed to the perfect will of God.

Gift of Righteousness

“As it is written ‘there is none righteous, not even one.’” - Romans 3:10

“He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.” - Second Corinthians 5:21

These verses from Romans and Second Corinthians beautifully sum up the answer to the question, “can a person really be righteous?” The answer is a resounding no and yes at the same time. We can never attain true righteousness on our own, but it is the free gift of God, through Christ, that allows us to become righteous in His sight. When God looks at a believer, he sees his own Son. Jesus is the lynchpin of salvation for humanity, because it is His righteousness, shining through us, that allows us to become citizens of Heaven a place where no sin can exist.

“He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake.” - Psalm 23:3

How to be Righteous

“But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” -Matthew 6:33

This passage from the book of Matthew is a quote directly from the Messiah, who was comparing the mindset of striving after the things of world to the mindset of seeking the Kingdom of God above all else. The word “righteousness” also appears in this passage, in the context of an imperative to seek it alongside the Kingdom. The key to becoming a righteous person lies in this passage: righteousness can only come from a life of seeking after God through faith in Jesus Christ.

Faith is credited numerous times in the Word as being a source of righteousness for believers.Romans 4:5 reads, “But to the one who…believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness.” Habakkuk 2:4 is an often quoted passage to the same effect: “…the righteous will live by his faith.”

We have a precedent for faith being the gateway to righteousness, even before Jesus Christ moved from prophecy to history. Abraham was counted righteous because of his faith in God (rather than his adherence to the law), as can be read in Genesis 15:6: “Then he believed in the LORD; and He reckoned it to him as righteousness.”

The transformative power of the Bible works in and through those who read it to bring about a righteous lifestyle through teaching, reproof, correction and training in righteousness. Does that list sound familiar? Second Timothy 3:16reads, “All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.”

Through the Word of the living God we can come to understand righteousness in all of its complexity. Only through prayer and a life of faith, filled with the Word, can we come to grasp this beautiful concept. Here are two more Scripture verses concerning righteousness, leaving us with a more complete picture of this goal which is worthy to be sought after for all of our lives:

“For the LORD is righteous, He loves righteousness; The upright will behold His face.” - psalm 11:7

“But my righteous one shall live by faith; and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him. But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the preserving of the soul.” - Hebrews 10:38-39

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Kre8tor Presents The Online Mini Series "Broken"

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on October 15, 2012 at 10:38pm

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You know, awhile back, I had an idea to make a TV show and set it up thought You Tube.  Well people are beating me. There's a new web mini series from Kre8tor Films/The Media Kompany called “BROKEN” coming very soon. It's kind of a faith based suspense/action/drama series. I like the sound of that. The show is written, produced and directed by Kre8tor. I look forward to peeping this

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Fire New Mixtape! Strght & Nrrw 'Blood, Sweat, Tears & Prayers'

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on October 15, 2012 at 10:12pm
 
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Strght & Nrrw Lifestyle Brand (www.strghtandnrrw.com) drops their first mixtape "Blood, Sweat, Tears, & Prayers" featuring new music from over 30 different artist. #BSTP

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Artist: Strght & Nrrw
Album: Blood Sweat Tears & Prayers
 Release Date: 2012

Track List:

1. Jewelee Oohlees/Dj Push – Intro
2. J Johnson – Honor Valor Pride
3. Chalwell – Thats What I Believe
4. Crunk – I Dont Like the Look
5. Erick Dayz – Sto Male
6. Braille – Feel It – Jaylafé Remi
7. Brinson, Delphi, C straight, Reddi writer – Sniperz
8. Social Club – Haircuts Dont Lie
9. Big Fil & DG – Such a Facade
10. Rsa – Run Up
11. BlazeTorch – The Good Fight
12. Omega Sparx – The War Report 2
13. UncleReece – Ill Be Praying
14. Preston Miller – Blood Sweat & Tears
15. Eshon Burgundy – The Kill
16. GT – Brand New
17. A-Flo, MC Jin & Erick Dayz – S&N Life
18. Ill Day & Bobby Bishop – Like That
19. Alex Faith – Playing For Keeps
20. K nuff – Get em
21. Zerub – What Can I Say
22. Lil Prophet – Actin Up
23. Kas – Batman and Robin
24. D Maub – Way Hard
25. Young Joshua – Failure to Future
26. Wonder – Sanctified
27. Butta P – Tell Em
28. Braille, Eshon Burgundy & Juan Love – One Direction
29. Angelo Mincey – Way Too Gone
30. Bruce & JayDay – Hard To Believe
31. Dre Marshall – Politikkks
32. R-Swift – I Don’t Know
33. Double – Renegade
34. Jewelee Oohlees/Dj Push – Outro
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The Call of Duty Black OPS II Bible Study: What Is Spiritual Warfare? What are Black OPS?

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on October 15, 2012 at 3:00am
7936051671?profile=originalWWW.THEORACLEMAG.COM AND DJ I ROCK JESUS "CALL OF DUTY BLACK OPS MIXTAPE DROPING ON NOVEMBER 13TH.

First things first. "What do we mean by Black OPS? Black operations or black ops are covert operations that take place in secret and have no records. A key factor in making an operation "black" is that it is carried out with great secrecy. What am I talking about?

Our enemy is not flesh and blood. Our enemy is not people! They are not our true enemy. We mistakenly think people are our enemies; our boss, our husband, our wife, our children, people we work with, whoever. What do we do? We think if we can defeat them in some way, if we can get rid of them, we can have peace and victory. That is all upside down. We end up fighting each other. That is what Paul said,
"Flesh and blood are not our enemy."
They are not our enemy. We use hateful words, critical things. We have to tear somebody else down to build ourselves up as if we are in some kind of competition with one another. We forget we are on the same team. If we fight we lose. The war was won at Calvary. We are not to be each other’s enemy.

Ephesians 6:12 teaches...
"We war not against flesh and blood!"
Now wait a minute. Flesh and blood are the ones bringing me all the harm. Flesh and blood are the ones injuring me. I don’t understand. Paul is trying to say, "You need to realize the war zone you are in is not the people. Our enemy is what controls the people. We don’t war against flesh and blood.

I don’t war against flesh and blood. What am I doing fearing people? I ought to fear God and love people. When I am strengthened in the inner man, then I am diligently protecting and preserving the unity of the Spirit which Paul clearly says in 4:3. When we love one another that solves a tremendous problem we have in our life.

Well, we are in a struggle. Paul uses the word "struggle" (Ed note: "hand-to-hand"combat) there in verse 12. The word "struggle" is only used here in the New Testament. I wish it was used someplace else so we could go look and see how it is used, but it is not. "Struggle" comes from the word that has the idea of vibrating or of motion. This is why the term "wrestle" comes out of it. We are struggling. We know we have the flesh to deal with. We know we have the world to deal with, but Paul is saying there is something bigger than all of that which uses the world as its pulpit and appeals to the weaknesses of your flesh. This is your whole unseen enemy and you are in a struggle with him. When you pinned somebody in the wrestling of that day, the way you won was to put your hand around a person’s throat and drive him into the ground. In many circles they would put them to death (Ed note: or gouge out his eyes resulting in blindness). Wrestling in Paul's time was not fun for it was a win or lose, live or die situation. I believe we need to understand the seriousness of the struggle we are in. We need to learn not to fight or fear each other, but to fear God and to understand what motivates people. We are living in a war zone. We are on property and territory that is controlled by an enemy, and we are light in the midst of darkness.

Therefore, if we don’t war against flesh and blood, if it is not my father, if it is not my mother, if it is not my children, if it is not my brother, if it is not my sister, if it is not my friend, then where is my struggle coming from? Paul tells you. He says

"For our struggle  is (3SPAI) not against flesh & blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places."

What Is Spiritual Warfare?

This is an important question, because "spiritual warfare" means different things to different people. The word is not found in the scriptures, but the idea is all over the Bible. Two scriptures that are used  the most were written by the Apostle Paul.


"For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ." 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 
"Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in heavenly realms." Eph. 6:10-12
 Some christians are satisfied just to believe the right things and attend church services and activities each week. This type of lifestyle is quite different from that which Jesus had called believers. Like the apostles (Lk 9:1-2) and the seventy (Lk 10) who were told by Jesus to go out and preach and teach about the kingdom of God, and he also said they were to heal the sick and set the captives free. In Matt. 28:18-20, Jesus commissioned the disciples.
And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. and remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age."
The new converts were to be discipled and taught that God wanted them to be doing the things that Christ's disciples had been doing. And Jesus would be with His people to the end of the age, doing His works through them as they were yielded to Him in faith.

Spiritual warfare is a pro-active approach to our faith. We actively resist the devil when his solders harass us. We actively go after spiritual disciplines that will make us stronger and better prepared. We actively engage the enemy when people are spiritually locked down.

We use prayer as a weapon to brake strongholds that cannot be reached in any other way. Spiritual warfare is the putting aside of passive attitudes towards faith which keep us from commitment and cause us to pursue only those things that will benefit us. Instead of seeking our own agenda, we submit our will to God and accept the sacrifices He calls us to make.

There is not one area of Christian ministry that has not become a battleground! Now days it's  common to say natural or human things cause  most problems, but thats not always true. What we need to do is test the situation to see whether or not there is something more than human influences involved.

A spiritual warrior is alert and focused on  the activity of the enemy.  But dont get it twisted, he does not go around crediting Satan and his hosts for everything that goes wrong. The Apostle Paul was a good example of a spiritual warrior. He didn't go out of his way to look for demonic activity, but when he encountered it, he quickly recognized it and then he confronted it with spiritual authority victoriously.

A spiritual warrior knows that he has to be disciplined in  his thoughts and his actions. If he is not on top of his game in these areas , he can not resist the enemy. He takes sin very seriously, because he knows that sin always gives the enemy an advantage. He must always be on guard against comparing himself with others and he has to watch out for religious pride. The true warrior knows that he can not win on his own strength. His strength, authority, wisdom and discernment are dependent upon his close walk with Yahweh. He should stay focused and guard himself against distraction caused by problems and troubles that appear. These are designed to get his eyes off the Lord and lure him into working in the flesh.

Understanding spiritual warfare provides a new perspective on parenthood. Parents are entrusted with children by the Lord to nurture, cherish and protect. In the parent, the child needs to see a reflection of God's attributes of unconditional love, faithfulness and holiness. The parent should become a manager of God's grace in the home and be on guard against the enemy's attacts on any member of the family. A godly parent can exercise great authority in the name of Christ to resist the enemy and fight on behalf of the children. Like Job, a parent is also the priest of the home, bringing the sins of the children to God so that the enemy cannot establish strongholds in their lives.

Spiritual warfare awareness can also be very effective in witnessing and evangelism. You learn to recognize the barriers and strongholds in advance and prepare the way through prayer, spiritual authority, divine appointments and ministry.

A spiritual warrior knows his inheritance in Christ. He knows God's promises and is not easy prey to the lies and deceptions of the enemy, who tries to call these promises and inheritance into question. He understands the lie is the enemy's language and his most effective weapon. Therefore, the warrior seeks constantly to fortify himself in an understanding of God's truth which he wears like armor for protection.

To summarize what I have been talking about, a commitment to spiritual warfare means:

1. A New Attitude - You begin to think like an overcomer with a victorious attitude. You walk according to your inheritance of grace in Christ. You no longer have an attitude of playing it safe. You know you want to be on the front lines for God, not trying to live the comfortable life with as few problems as possible.

2. A Greater Focus - You carefully guard against the attempts to distract you or to push your buttons. You recognize that the enemy likes to entangle God's people in the cares of this world or provoke us to react in the flesh. You understand the importance of keeping your eyes on the Lord and standing in faith upon God's character, not in your abilities.

3. A Necessary Discipline - You have begun to discipline yourself on all levels. You are setting more time aside for study and prayer. You are spending more time being alert and obedient to the leading of the Spirit.

4. A More Balanced Biblical World View - You take very seriously the Biblical warnings to God's people about an enemy that is real.

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‘I’m Doin’ Jesus’ announces G.S.’ debut album ‘That Real Talk’ and reveals cover

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on October 14, 2012 at 10:43pm
 

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GS (aka GodSon), for those who are not familiar, gained popularity in the secular music industry as a rap artist heavily sought after by Interscope and many other major labels. Growing up as a “Preachers Kid”, GS was introduced to the Christian Rap Community young and as a Christian Rap Artist himself early 2011 through the God Over Money label. While signed to God Over Money, songs like “Pressin On” Ft. Bizzle quickly gained him the attention of many supporters. This song garnered a huge buzz. 
 

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Track Major Productions presents ‘Raise Your Standard Apparel’

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on October 14, 2012 at 10:38pm

 

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The owners of Trackmajors.com, have branched off into a new and exciting frontier. From music to Fashion. This Fall 2012 will be the coming out of Raise Your Standard Apparel. The name of the company speaks volumes within itself. We wanted to create a brand that is a banner for our faith that ANYONE can wear. Our hope is that our designs not only uplift and encourage those that are wearing it, but also sparks healthy conversations about a personal relationship with God with those who inquire.

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Domingo Guyton – The New Old School(EP) – Album Cover + Track List Revealed

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on October 14, 2012 at 9:53pm

 

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HOPE Multimedia Co. recording artist, Domingo Guyton is set to release The New Old School –EP on September 18, 2012.

The New Old School delivers an old school message with a new flow. Inspired by Romans 1:16, “For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ” the project articulates the need to be bold with the Gospel. Domingo aims to bring the Gospel in a new light while expounding on traditional themes. Forgiveness is a concept that’s often talked about but difficult to implement. Domingo adds, “Since God forgives, I do too. This song is a declaration to have grace on others through forgiveness. Regardless of the world’s perspective on forgiveness, in light of Christ’s sacrifice on the cross I’m compelled to forgive others since I’m forgiven.”
In a world that has a plethora of negative ideas, music and media, The New Old School offers an alternative. The Gospel changes people and the transformed group impacts the world. Domingo adds, “This project is a way to encourage this generation that loving the Lord with all our heart, mind and soul is what we are to do. When Christ is first, then we can deliver the “new fresh sound” to a world that needs to hear music glorifying the Lord.”

The project features Applejaxx, Trini, Disciple (Di), Nia Ferguson, Jordan Felisbret and Shiron Dubose. Kajmir Royale produced all songs except one produced by Tech Groove.

ABOUT DOMINGO GUYTON
Domingo Guyton, born and raised in Boston, MA is the President of Hope Multimedia Company and is currently an adjunct professor at Springfield College and Worcester State University. Unknown to many, he is no stranger to the game. With seven albums under his belt and being an artist for the past 19 years, his music has appeared in several TV Shows and movies, and he has been featured in two books: Teens With The Courage To Give and Passionaries.

1. God Forgives, I Do (feat. Nia Ferguson & Jordan Felisbret)
2. Holy Ghost (feat. Disciple – Di)
3. The Jeremy Lin Anthem
4 Work (feat. Jordan Felisbret)
5. Not Ashamed (feat. Applejaxx, Trini, Jordan Felisbret & Shiron Dubose)

All Songs produced by Kajmir Royale, except #5 produced by Tech Groove
Mixed + Mastered by International Show

Follow Domingo Guyton on twitter @domingoguyton.

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