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By Jim Torres “Towers”

Have you ever noticed that atheists, agnostics and homosexuals (often one and the same) respond vehemently to anything said by a Christian leader, particularly if he is evangelical. Their attacks often sound like highly intellectual rants by highly educated people but as the scriptures say, “Thinking themselves to be wise they became utter fools” in denying the existence of God. Another quote is, “The fool has said in his heart – there is no God.” How true.

These people seem to think they created themselves! At the very least they have no idea how they came to be here. My goodness, everything we touch, see, feel and smell tells us that there is indeed a creator and a loving one at that. He hangs this multi-trillion pound ball and it spins in mid air. Then He covers it with clouds to rain on the crops for food to feed ourselves. Atheists and other pseudo intellectuals can’t even make a glass marble float in mid air, much less a drop of rain. Unlike meteors and some other heavenly bodies, this sphere is basically round and is just enough out of round to offset the earth in motion at the right speed and trajectory!

The sky is blue to keep us from ever becoming bored and at sunrise and sunset it gives us a beautiful panoramic painting of different hues that soothes the soul. Green vegetation and grass is also pleasing to the eye. What might it be like if the sky or grass was another color? Boooooring.

What keeps the oceans from washing across the globe – gravity? Yes, and where does gravity come from? I know, I know centrifugal forces. But who could have calculated the strength and sense of direction to balance things out – mankind? Ha!

Two little old ladies were talking about pollution and carbon monoxide. I was sitting nearby. I went over to them and asked, “Have either of you ever heard of photosynthesis?” One said, “yes” while the other said, “no.” Then I explained that vegetation converts carbon monoxide and other such gases into oxygen which, of course, we breathe. They were astonished and looked at one another in embarrassment. All of their gobbledygook was laid waste in one fell swoop.

We could go on and on about these poor lost souls and their manmade philosophies, but I’ll cut it short by asking them to give me a reason for their being. They have none. They don’t know where they came from (conceived in God’s mind) nor where they’re going (heaven or hell), much less why they’re here. When they go off on us Christian believers these so-called loving people do so with rage and anger. Even going so far as to stop up their ears! That tells me that they don’t want anything to do with their creator or his laws and advise. They demand to do their own thing without restrictions, men with men and women with women.

Only by the intervention of God in their lives can they have any hope for the future and freedom from anxiety and guilt. Let me add that you can’t philosophize with these people. The only thing we can do is drop scripture bombs on them with love and concern, give them over to God and pray for the best. “The knowledge of God is the beginning of wisdom.”

Then there are people who would kill you and them just for adhering to our God Jehovah and His Christ. Islamists would also kill atheists, homosexuals, Christians and Jews. All other religions are anathema to them.

There is really no reason to care about either of these kinds of people except that they try to foist on true believers their brand of theology or atheism without understanding or care of understanding the hard truths we all face today. It’s a conundrum of the times where these two totally incompatible philosophies of life can come together as one against the written word of God. Yet the true Christian does care and tries to do something about it.

Meanwhile, carnal Christians go about their business as usual, making more money, making business deals, acquiring more things, going on vacation, getting divorced, etc. All of this while the world burns and convulses in pain and fear. After all, they are saved and on their way to heaven. And so they wait expectantly for the rapture. God help us!

I recently got on Facebook to promote my film “The Prophecies – 2016” as it is imperative to get the word out to garner contributors for my indiegogo spiel. Knowing that Christians and people that claim to be Christians have their own agendas, my spiel is aimed primarily at non-believers, knowing that they truly want to know what’s going on in this crazy world. I know this is true from my street ministry. The masses are becoming frantic in their search for answers. Why the earthquakes, why the drought, why the wars and rumors of war, the crime, the murders, Isis, the all out chaos. Why doesn’t someone do something!? And so I’ve expanded my outreach to my Facebook friends by quoting scripture and offering advice and prayer. Check me out on Facebook:   Jim Towers in Naples, Florida.

By the way:

While John B. is working feverishly on the website and the indiegogo spiel in England, I am forging ahead and lining up speaking engagements here closer to home. This has been no easy task, and I’m getting weary. But hey, somebody has to do it.

Nevertheless, I’m beginning to get endorsements from various prominent people such as Donna Bosn, founder and president of “He Knows My Name Ministries.” Also endorsing is Dr. Melvin Glenn, a world famous medical innovator, and others.

Meanwhile, I’m still looking for a professional cast and crew consisting of camera operators, lighting technicians, sound techies, grips and production assistants. Those interested should send a resume (and a head shot if you are an actor) to jt.filmmaker@yahoo.com

YBIC Jim Torres “Towers”

jt.filmmaker@yahoo.com

Would you read a book by an author who says the following?

“Jesus is a million times more vicious and vindictive than Pharaoh, Nero or Hitler put together”; that Jesus Christ is “not the Savior from sins”; that Jesus died “a failure and in vain and never saved anyone”; thus Jesus “is not even a good man but a liar, a rogue and a deceiving rascal”; that “Calvary is a farce, a travesty and a sham.”

Probably not right! The author of “The Shack” supposedly made those remarks and espoused them in a 2004 document, where he also rejected his evangelical faith and embraced universalism as well. That is the allegations of a former colleague and friend James B. De Young.

The take away from reading the various articles written on the bad theological message of the book is that so many Christians fail to read their Bible or understand what it is about. Without that study, they can easily fall for any heresy, or cult that passes their way. They don’t know how to discern bad theology from correct theology. Take my earlier post on cults such as the Jehovah’s Witness, William Branham (all the Churches that fall under his spell), etc. People have a hunger for the word, and when you’re hungry you will eat anything. In the Cults case it’s a message that is false, given by false teachers.

Eric Barger (Eric Barger Link) wrote about The Shack and had this to say;

Several chapters into the book, a most unorthodox version of the Holy Trinity is revealed. Young’s tale diminishes Almighty God from His rightful position as a supernatural being. Instead of speaking by His Word and His Spirit, He is morphed into a feminine figure, reduced to passing notes to those with whom she wants to communicate.

From my first glance at The Shack, it struck me that the idea of God in human form, even in the pages of a novel, is more than just theologically questionable. It is forbidden by several passages from both the Old and New Testaments, not the least of which is the Second Commandment (Exodus 20: 4-5). The Apostle Paul proclaims, “Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man…” (Romans 1:21-23a)

Young’s “Papa” character insists that sin is its own punishment. This distorts the reality of Hell and discounts eternal retribution for sin.

– Readers of The Shack are told that Jesus is only the best way to know God – not the only way.

– The Shack teaches that, when Jesus went to the cross, God Almighty died there, too. This is a heresy known as patripassianism. (In our private conversation I challenged Young about this, but to no avail.)

– The Shack states that there is no structure or hierarchy within the Trinity and that the three personages of God are all equally subject to one another and to humans as well. I challenge fans of The Shack to open a Bible and try to make that square with the Scripture

Dr. R. Albert Mohler Jr (Dr Albert Link) wrote about the book and his conclusion was;

All this reveals a disastrous failure of evangelical discernment. It is hard not to conclude that theological discernment is now a lost art among American evangelicals — and this loss can only lead to theological catastrophe.

 The Shack is a wake-up call for evangelical Christianity. An assessment like that offered by Timothy Beal is telling. The popularity of this book among evangelicals can only be explained by a lack of basic theological knowledge among us — a failure even to understand the Gospel of Christ. The tragedy that evangelicals have lost the art of biblical discernment must be traced to a disastrous loss of biblical knowledge. Discernment cannot survive without doctrine.

Finally an Article recently in Charismanews (Charismanews Link ), which goes to the heart of the books main heresy, that of Universalism – that there are many paths to salvation not just one. It concludes with the following;

“So here we media people are faced with one of the greatest challenges in our nation’s history. Will God grant once again to us a revival and a new reformation of biblical truth to withstand the onslaught of the inclusivism and universalism of our day, represented by The Shack, or will we be overwhelmed by false teaching? Will we influence the church to become a “complete man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, so we may no longer be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about with every wind of doctrine by the trickery of men, by craftiness with deceitful scheming, but, speaking the truth in love, we may grow up in all things into Him, who is the head, Christ Himself” (Eph. 4:13-15)?

May it be said of us, in the apostle Paul’s words to other Christians struggling to discern the truth and live godly lives: “But you did not learn about Christ in this manner, if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus” (Eph. 4:20-21). Christian media need to be at the forefront of leading a new awakening.”

 

I urge readers to not blindly follow the lost into false teaching, You have the power to discern for yourself what the Bible teaches, don’t be confused and be as the Bereans who Paul sates;

“Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.” Acts 17:11

 

Sources links.

http://www.apologeticsindex.org/1109-the-shack-william-p-young

http://www.ericbarger.com/death-of-discernment-barger.htm

http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/01/27/the-shack-the-missing-art-of-evangelical-discernment/

http://www.charismanews.com/culture/50636-burning-down-the-shack-exposes-greatest-deception-to-blindside-the-church-in-last-200-years

I am sorry if I’ve offended anyone in my articles who is a true believer and a chosen one of God. Please forgive me if you are one of those. I am grieved that I have to rail against the brethren at times. After all, I’m not perfect either. Yes, I’m intolerant at times and call out deceivers and liars within the Christian family, particularly at this time in world history when there are so many signs of Christ’s return for His own. But somebody has to do it. I’d like to believe that I’ve been inadvertently following the admonition of the Apostle Paul to “Rebuke, admonish and correct the brethren who are in error.”

I realize that some new Christians can sometimes find themselves in error and need correction once in a while, but these newcomers should be handled with understanding and concern. I’ve discipled a few men in my time and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed it. Sometimes it was even fun, though at times it could become very intense. Surprisingly enough, I found that some of the more sincere men were capable of grasping biblical truths immediately. At the same time I treat non- believers with kid gloves, love and kindness. Surprisingly, that’s what the scriptures ask us to do. Nevertheless with time running out we can’t disciple everyone, but we must share the good news of the Gospel as though it might be our last chance to do so.

Many dramatic signs of the times are developing at breakneck speed. Let me tell you about a couple of them. Scientist are finding a way to switch off the aging process, which means that people might be able to choose how long they live. In the book of Revelation there is a verse that alludes to this fact. “Things will get so bad that men will want to die but will not be able to do so,” which speaks of the Great Tribulation. But then again it may be that God our creator will turn death away from those who dared to ignore Him and the salvation offer. No one really knows.

Another sign you can read about is that “Virtual Reality Porn” is coming to a store near you. Did you ever think you’d see the day? These goggles and earphones will make it possible for a person to live out their wildest fantasies. The bad part about this is that 70% of young boys begin watching porn at the age of ten. Is it any wonder that we have so many sex maniacs roaming the streets today? This dreadful habit is like any other addiction, one thing leads to another which leads to another and finally ends in tragedy. And that can destroy a person’s life. We all know someone who’s been there. “In the last days people will be lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God.”

As if that is not enough evidence that the United States is on a downhill slide, there was a statue dedicated to Satanic worship being erected somewhere in Detroit in my home state late last night. The name of the satanic image is Baphomet. The loathsome creature is of a male body with goat’s head and horns, cloven hooves and sitting on a throne. There are a boy and a girl on either side of it looking up at the creature and admiring the evil thing. Hundreds of people were in attendance at the unveiling of it last night chanting, “Hail Satan.” Jex Blackmore is the director of the Satanic temple in Detroit.

With all this craziness going on we only have a short time left to snatch our loved ones and neighbors from the pits of hell, and we will be held accountable for not doing so. If you have no concern for others, then you may want to examine your faith. As Jesus’ half brother James puts it, “Faith without works is dead.” I know we are saved by grace alone, and that “We are saved by faith and not of ourselves it is a gift of God lest any man should boast.” But don’t let that be a copout for doing the right thing.

Maybe Satan has been cast down from his abode in the heavens and is deceiving, blinding and killing off as many human beings as he can, because he knows his time is running out. That’s what the book of Revelation says will happen in the End Times. In any case, something bad is just around the corner and then there will be a time of great mourning and repentance, even in the church. Frankly, I’m surprised it hasn’t happened yet! On the other hand, those who deny God and His only begotten Son will become even more rebellious. Chances are they will even kill Christians and Jews here in America and actually, as you know, that’s already begun around the world.

By the way;

I’m glad to report that a certain brother named John who lives in England is constructing a website for my evangelical movie “The Prophecies -2016” and paying for the hosting for three years as well! Three others are also jumping on board to help me in other ways. They obviously feel the way I do about the need to reach out to the lost and hurting before it’s too late to do so.

In the meantime, I am making preparation to promote this evangelical film (which is a call to repentance) on local media outlets by making personal appearances. One Christian program I’ll be trying to appear on is The Jim Bakker show. On that show I’ll be sharing some of my evangelistic experiences with the viewing audience, which is something I’ve never seen done on these shows. I can’t wait to tell the viewing audience about the big, bad, burly biker I led to Christ who died in a motorcycle wreck, went to the very gates of hell and couldn’t sleep after he came out of a coma… I’ll keep you informed.

I’ve also begun ministering to others on Facebook and am receiving good response with thank you’s, affirmations and such.

E-mail me to receive a synopsis of my screenplay “The Prophecies – 2016” – for free.

YBIC

Jim Torres “Towers”

jt.filmmaker@yahoo.com

(Editors note: If you are or know crew members with experience as well, or for more information contact Jim T. “Towers” – jt.filmmaker@yahoo.com)

It wasn’t that long ago that Christians didn’t go to the movies. It was sinful. Today it is a rare Christian who doesn’t go, at least periodically. Most however watch movies on Net Flix so they won’t have to get up off the couch. For Young people it’s a night out with friends or significant other. In many cases Christians are a discriminating lot, and who can blame them? Far too many of today’s movies are complete trash and television is catching up to them quickly with their own putrid slime. And so, they must either expand their viewing habits or learn to live with uninspired football themed formula films.

Since Christian films have only just begun being made in earnest in the past ten years or so, there are many amateurs out there who don’t know what they’re doing yet they feel called to make them. These so called Christian films are often nothing more than morality plays and football movies are the worst offenders. These movies seldom if ever deal with real life, suicide, drug addiction, abortion, or real life current issues. All families today are affected by these things.

Movies have become a mainstay of society and have advanced technology to the point where sometimes it is hard to distinguish reality from theatrics. Often they lead the way in new technologies’ and often set the tone of our nations morality. Television is close behind in defining our world view with its bias left leaning News programs.

Mel Gibson, the seasoned actor, writer and director who made “The Passion of the Christ” is in my opinion a true artist. It’s too bad Mel doesn’t understand the meaning of repentance and of walking with Christ. It has been discovered that it’s the director and not the stars that make a successful movie. It is their individual director’s vision of the story that makes it come to life much like an artist with his pallet in hand.

All too often a movie that could have been good turns out to be a jumbled mess usually this is a result of too many cooks in the kitchen. The producers and actors see things differently and so they try to inject their two cents into the movie with a director who doesn’t know what he wants and we get to pay to view the results.

The whole world revolves around money and movie making is no different. The people who make movies are in it for the money. If they can get you to come to see their movie with sex scenes interspersed throughout then they will gladly give you what you want and more. These are uninspired people who are in it only for the money. But who doesn’t love money? Iran has recently made a professional move promoting Islam costing millions of dollars.

Political propaganda makes use of film to the uttermost. Nazi Germany used it to great effect during the Second World War making dozens of propaganda films.

I’ve had various setbacks in trying to get my evangelical film off the ground. But of course it’s because I’ve had strong opposition from the evil one because of its evangelical stance calling for repentance. After forty years in the movie business: if I don’t understand the medium then my life has been a waste, but I believe God has me in this business that I love, to serve warning to fellow Americans and others to repent and about the signs of the times. (It is aimed at the masses.)

In putting together my promo for crowd funding I chose to put together a montage of two second videos of various happenings around the world but primarily in the United States. In all there are about twenty. These would be cut into my personal appearance intermittently. In so doing I was appalled at what I encountered on the internet. Nothing is sacred anymore, not even human life.

Being a Born Again Christian for so many years I’ve more or less been sheltered from such things except when I’m out witnessing on the street. Little did I know what goes on behind closed doors and is only now beginning to take place out in the open as well! The vile things you can see human beings doing on the internet make a sane person want to vomit.

I can remember a time when ladies were feminine, at least in public. Today, many are just as bad as men and sometimes even worse – even out in the open. Men have always been one step up from being animals especially if they don’t know Christ. Being a man myself I expect this behavior from them and more. But when I see women acting like this I cringe and want to cry. There seems to be no sense of right and wrong. It’s like Sodom and Gomorra all over again.

Even Christians are being sucked up in the vortex of this madness in smaller things like failing to keep their word; and this with a self righteous attitude. There was a time when a man’s word was his bond but not today. They too lie and cheat and backstab the brethren at any opportunity, often just make a buck or to promote an agenda. You can hardly distinguish them from the worldly masses except that some are better dressed.

Today, many people seem not to understand what the word sin or even repentance is. At least not when you see them acting like wild animals on the internet. My hope is to reach out to those who are still open to the message of salvation before it’s too late. “But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come; For men will become lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to their parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God, having a form of Godliness but denying it’s power. And from such people turn away! For of this sort are those who creep into households and make captives of gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts, always learning but never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.”

I’ll be going on twitter soon and then it’s off to the races at Indiegogo the crowd funding website.

YBIC

Jim Torres “Towers”

I’m angry. I’m really angry. Before I go on, I want to say that I know that God is in control. But as a Christian, it is my duty to stand for righteousness, and stand against evil!

When we were growing up, our dad would speak about America with tears in his eyes. His parents and my mom’s parents emigrated from Ukraine around 1903. They fled persecution as Jews to come to America. Our nation was known in the world as the best country on earth. My dad was a Patriot.  He served in WWII as a medic in the army. He loved that America stood with Israel. I think that is what brought more tears to his eyes than anything else.

How has this happened so quickly, brethren?  I remember in the 1950’s, saying the Lord’s Prayer in school.  My parents knew that we said that, and they didn’t mind at all. I’m choking back tears, just writing this piece. I love my country, but it’s become a wasteland of gross sin. I don’t trust our government anymore. I just don’t know what is ahead for us, but it doesn’t look good.

In searching for a common thread throughout this downward spiral into the pit in which we find ourselves, I kept coming back to one thing — Communism.  Khrushchev said this about America:

“We will bury you without firing a shot.”

He knew that our demise would come from within. He knew that his people were already here, and it was just a matter of time before our Republic would fall.

Recently, I wrote an article on the goals of Communism. I want to show you that Obama’s promise to fundamentally transform America was directly in line with Communist goals:

​1. ​Develop the illusion that total disarmament [by] the United States would be a demonstration of moral strength.

From the start, BHO has spoken of disarming America. He has worked with the U.N. to bring this about.  Our founding fathers gave us the 2nd Amendment, because they knew the horror of tyranny, and they wanted to protect the American people from ever being overtaken by an external or internal force which strove to rob us of our freedom.

2. Provide American aid to all nations regardless of Communist domination.

Obama has spoken often of befriending all countries, whether Communist or not. Within the last few months, he has developed a strong relationship with Cuba, and now we are building an American embassy there!

3. Promote the U.N. as the only hope for mankind. If its charter is rewritten, demand that it be set up as a one-world government with its own independent armed forces.

Obama looks to the U.N. always for support for his goals for America.

4. Do away with loyalty oaths.

BHO has proclaimed to the world from his first day in office, that America is not exceptional. He discourages patriotism in America.

5. Capture one or both of the political parties in the United States.

Well, that happened long ago with the Democratic Party. It has been filled with Marxists/Socialists for years, but now they brazenly confess this with much pride.

6. Use technical decisions of the courts to weaken basic American institutions by claiming their activities violate civil rights.

We saw this with the SCOTUS decision on gay marriage. What greater “Basic American institution” than marriage as defined by God as between one man and one woman?  The gay community compared themselves to the Black community, which is ludicrous. Blacks are a race of people who were being denied their rights as American citizens. Gays are people who have chosen to live a sinful life.  This is like comparing apples and oranges.

7. Get control of the schools. Use them as transmission belts for socialism and current Communist propaganda. Soften the curriculum. Get control of teachers’ associations. Put the party line in textbooks.

This began in the 1960’s, but presently has a stranglehold on our schools, since BHO came into power.

8. Infiltrate the press. Get control of book-review assignments, editorial writing, policy-making positions.

Never in all my years have I seen a president of the United States own the press, as this president does. They might as well be paid by the government. Who knows, maybe they are.

9. Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them “censorship” and a violation of free speech and free press.

The irony here is that there is a glaring double standard for free speech. Everyone is protected except for the Christian.

10. Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography and obscenity in books, magazines, motion pictures, radio, and TV.

Can you say “Common Core?”  And as far as TV, the shows are so immoral and offensive, my husband and I watch reruns of The Waltons and Little House on the Prairie.

11. Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as “normal, natural, healthy.”

Isn’t it amazing that in BHO’s first term, he defended marriage as between one man and one woman.  Recently, after the SCOTUS decision on gay marriage, BHO lit up the White House with the colors of the gay flag. He knew that he would back gay marriage in his second term. Everything he does is calculated.

12. Infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion with “social” religion. Discredit the Bible and emphasize the need for intellectual maturity which does not need a “religious crutch.”

Sadly, this has happened within the church — even the discrediting of the Bible, and the move to social religion.  BHO was quoted a few days ago, as telling the church that it’s time to change their views on gay marriage.  GOD does NOT change.

13. Eliminate prayer or any phase of religious expression in the schools on the ground that it violates the principle of “separation of church and state.”

This happened many years ago because of an atheist named Madeline Murray O’Hair.  The “separation of church and state” does not appear in our Constitution. It was coined as a phrase from a letter by Thomas Jefferson to a group of pastors from Danbury CT. They were concerned that the State might impose a religion on them.  Jefferson assured these men that would not happen.  It’s been told for so many years that this phrase is in the Constitution to protect the atheists from people of faith.  Adolph Hitler said that if you tell a big lie long enough, the people will believe it.  He was right.

14. Discredit the American Constitution by calling it inadequate, old-fashioned, out of step with modern needs, a hindrance to cooperation between nations on a worldwide basis.

BHO spends much of his time degrading our Constitution, and calling it outdated.

15. Create the impression that violence and insurrection are legitimate aspects of the American tradition; that students and special-interest groups should rise up and use “united force” to solve economic, political or social problems.

These “uprisings” are well funded by George Soros, who is unapologetically Communist.

16. Repeal the Connally reservation so the United States cannot prevent the World Court from seizing jurisdiction [over domestic problems. Give the World Court jurisdiction] over nations and individuals alike.

I believe that this is at the heart of Jade Helm 15. I believe that BHO plans to allow the World Court have jurisdiction in the U.S. to help to quench any uprising. I also believe that this is how he will attempt to disarm us.

My dad would weep if he saw what has happened to this once great and beautiful country. Our founding fathers would weep as well, but I do not believe they would be surprised.

Benjamin Franklin was questioned by a woman after the Constitutional Convention of 1787, who asked him: “Doctor, what do we have; a republic or a monarchy?”  He responded to her:  “A Republic – if you can keep it.”

Brethren, it is our job now to share salvation with the lost. This has always been our job, but time is so short. We need to ask our Lord to give us an abundance of boldness to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ, so that many will be saved from their sins!

“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age” Amen. (Matthew 28:19-20).

COME LORD JESUS – COME QUICKLY!

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I thank God I’m not a pastor. What a heavy responsibility a pastor must bear. I’m not talking about just any pastor, but one who has been truly called to that position by God. When a man is responsible for those whom he pastors he must deal with a multitude of issues. He must be all things to all men without skirting or watering down the Word of God, and that’s a pretty tough row to hoe. That’s why it’s important that a pastor be “called” by the Almighty to the ministry. Thank God I’ve been called to evangelism and love it.

We can’t say with a certainty whether a man has been called or not. He may know all the Christian jargon and rudiments of the faith, but only time will tell and only God knows. We are told that by their fruits you shall know them. Still we can’t know their true story or heart, so we can’t be judgmental except in extreme cases where an unrepentant leader continues in obvious sin. The behavior of some may even test your faith.

For example, in Florida yet another pastor has fallen recently and resigned over sexual indiscretions. This is the second one from a prominent church in South Florida. Along with the Catholic Clergy and leaders in all denominations, some of these people are committing overtly sinful acts – often with the flock. I for one would not dare condemn them, since I know how things work in the real world – having been there myself. The only thing I can figure is that these men have lived sheltered lives and know nothing of the natural inclination of the sexes. Both men and women desire to be recognized for their beauty or brains, and they will use these attributes to entice others of the opposite sex. Not only that, but some would even dare rape innocent children to satisfy lustful desire! For most of these unrepentant sinners, integrity means little, especially to those who have not really been “born again.”

Since we are all capable of unrighteousness, even to the deception of ourselves, we can’t be too quick to condemn others. Jesus warned us of self-elevating ourselves by the condemnation of others. Those outside the Christian community should stop and consider that these fallen pastors are only men with the same inclinations as all other human beings, and unless we are careful to stay close to God we too can fail, despite the fact that we have the Holy Spirit to guide us by His presence and the written word of God. Without faith it is impossible to please God.

What would you do if confronted by these temptations? Would you endure? Can you navigate the treacherous currents of secular society and deal with fake Christians within the walls of the church? What would you do if Isis or the government closed the doors of your church? Could you stand this assault on your faith? It isn’t easy and these assaults will only increase as time marches on. The just shall live by faith.

Jesus said, “In the Last Days it is going to be very difficult to be a Christian.” So we must be alert, well informed and trust in our heavenly Father to strengthen us by His presence and again by the written word of God. Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Having said that let me say this as well.

With all that’s happening in the world like the aforementioned atrocities and the following signs we who know Christ in a personal way should be able to discern the times.

I will touch on just a few of these latest other signs.

Since a Patsy Cline hologram will perform sometime in the near future on stage, is it possible that the Anti Christ will demand that people everywhere bow down to his hologram image in fulfillment of biblical prophecy?

The pope is calling climate change the greatest threat to mankind while radical Islam is killing Christians everywhere, yet he seldom if ever mentions it. Isn’t he one of us? Doesn’t he care about them!?? Incredible!

Ramadan was celebrated at the White House the other day. It was the same day two teenage boys were beaten, hung on posts and left to die for not fasting on that day in Iraq. It was an Islamic celebration of those who would impose their evil religion on us or kill us in the process. What!??

In the meantime Iranian leaders have decided to continue to enrich uranium for a nuclear bomb against our sanctions and have as much as told the U.S. and U.N. to go to hell as they continue to threaten Israel with annihilation.

These things make even non-believers question what’s going on in the world. At the same time we are quickly running out of time to reverse the course of our nation. All of this craziness may come down to this: are YOU ready for any inevitability?

Again, Jesus said, “When I return will I find any faith?”

By the way, insofar as my evangelical movie project “The Prophecies – 2016” is concerned, I’m still having a problem getting Christians to offer their help. Because of that, I’m inclined to believe that apathy prevails in the Christian community, even in light of today’s fulfillment of biblical prophecy! In spite of that I will press on believing that this is my calling.

But I firmly believe that, “All things are possible with God.” Beyond that, I know for a fact (because of my being able to communicate to any person on the street) that most people are questioning the unparalleled times in which we live and are open to the Gospel or scripture in general. They will almost certainly respond to “The Prophecies – 2016” as they are beginning to feverishly seek answers to today’s ever increasing dilemmas.

YBIC

Jim Torres “Towers”

Well that was fast, and this may still be overturned.  However, what we see here is the just the start of what I anticipate to be a long fight over Religious Freedom.  It was never about gay marriage it was about the gay agenda. The clamor to go after Christians and punish/persecute is just starting.

Proctor, VT — According to NBC News, a pastor at the Christian Proctor Church in Vermont, has been sentenced to one year in federal prison after refusing to marry gay couples. This comes shortly after the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision ruling that states must allow gay-marriage.

The Christian Pastor, 56-year-old Paul Horner, had his lawyer speak to reporters on his behalf.

“We are currently disputing the guilty verdict and I am confident my client will be a free man here shortly,” said attorney Tom Downey. “Horner was just using his best judgement according to his rights and religious freedom in this country.”

http://nbc.com.co/christian-pastor-in-vermont-sentenced-to-one-year-in-prison-after-refusing-to-marry-gay-couple/

(The following is from the study of the Book of Romans by Chuck Missler.  Romans 9,10, and 11 all with deal with the Nation of Israel from past, to present to its future.  It is uncanny how the tactics used by the Nazis in Czecholovakia, are in use today against Israel)
History teaches us that man learns nothing from history.

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

The Strategic Barrier

Czechoslovakia was strategically placed in the heart of Europe, and its conquest was central to Hitler’s plans for overrunning Europe. Though small, Czechoslovakia could field over 800,000 men (one of the strongest armies in Europe), and it had a highly efficient arms industry. To complicate matters from Hitler’s point of view, it possessed a formidable physical barrier to his designs in the shape of the Sudeten mountains, which bordered Germany and guarded the access to the Czech heartland and the capital city of Prague only miles away. A system of fortifications and fortresses had been built in the mountains over many years, making passage by force a very costly proposition, perhaps even impossible. We now know from the Nuremberg trials and other sources that Hitler’s generals were utterly opposed to an assault on the Czech fortifications. Worse from Hitler’s point of view, the Western powers
had promised at Versailles to guarantee the Czech border against any aggressive attack. France, which in 1938 could field one hundred divisions (an army 50% larger than Germany’s), had agreed in writing to come to the Czech’s defense, and Britain and Russia were committed to joining in if France did.

The Propaganda Solution

Since an outright military victory seemed impossible, Hitler embarked on an unprecedented campaign to politically force the Czechs to give up the land, and with it any hope of being able to defend their capital or their country. The inhabitants of the Sudetenland, Hitler said, were predominantly German, and these three million Sudeten Germans deserved—what else?—the right of self-determination and a destiny separate from the other seven million inhabitants of Czechoslovakia; this despite the fact that the country was a democracy and that the Sudeten Germans enjoyed economic prosperity and full civil rights. To buttress his claim, Hitler organized and funded the creation of a new Sudeten political leadership that would do his bidding, which was, in the words of Sudeten leader Konrad Henlein, to “demand so much that we can never be satisfied.” In addition, Hitler backed the establishment of a Sudeten liberation movement called the Sudeten Free Corps, and he instigated a series of well-planned and violent uprisings that the Czechs were compelled to quell by force. Hitler’s propaganda chief, Goebbels, orchestrated a fearful propaganda campaign of fabricated “Czech terror” and oppression of the Sudeten Germans.

Thus the plight of the German minority in Czechoslovakia was merely
a pretext … for cooking up a stew in a land he coveted, undermining it,
confusing and misleading its friends and concealing his real purpose …
to destroy the Czechoslovak state and grab its territories ….
The leaders of France and Great Britain did not grasp this. All through the
spring and summer, indeed almost to the end, Prime Minister Chamberlain
and Premier Daladier apparently sincerely believed, along with most of
the rest of the world, that all Hitler wanted was justice for his kinsfolk in
Czechoslovakia…
William Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

The Reversal of Causality

The Czech refusal to allow the Sudeten territories to return to their “rightful” German owners, Hitler prattled, was proof that the Czechs were the intransigent obstacle to peace. For what choice would Germany have but to come to the assistance of its oppressed brethren living under intolerable Czech occupation? Moreover, the Germans reversed causality, claiming that the Czechs were trying to precipitate a European crisis in order to prevent the breakup of their state, that the choice between war and peace in Europe was in
Czech hands, and even that “this petty segment of Europe is harassing the human race.” But there was a simple way to simultaneously avoid war and achieve justice, Hitler said. The Western powers—meaning Britain and France— could force the Czechs to do what was necessary for the sake of peace: Czechoslovakia had to relinquish the “occupied territories!” Manufacturing a Point of View And it worked. With astonishing speed, the governments and opinionmakers of the West adopted Hitler’s point of view. Throughout 1937 and 1938, mounting pressure was exerted on Czechoslovakia by the leading Western powers “to go to the utmost limit” to meet Sudeten demands. Czech leader Edvard Benes was reviled as intransigent. The Western press published articles lamenting Czech shortsightedness and its total disregard for the cause of peace in Europe, as well as the injustice of not allowing the Sudetenland to be “returned” to Germany (despite the fact that it had never been part of Germany). The British envoy who was dispatched to investigate the situation even went so far as to demand that Czechoslovakia “so remodel her foreign relations as to give assurances to her neighbors that she will in no circumstances attack them or enter into any aggressive action against them.”

Land for Peace

On September 18, 1938, under the gun of Hitler’s September 28 deadline, a meeting was held between the British Cabinet and the French prime minister and foreign minister, in which it was determined that democratic Czechoslovakia must accede to Hitler’s demands.  Despite the fact that the West had promised in writing at Versailles to go to war to defend Czechoslovakia’s borders, it was agreed that the Czechs must give up the Sudetenland for “the maintenance of peace and the safety of Czechoslovakia’s vital interests.” In return, the Czechs would receive from Britain and France “an international guarantee of the new boundaries… against unprovoked aggression.” If the Czechs did not accept the plan and thereby save the peace of Europe, they were informed by the leaders of the free world, they would be left to fight Hitler alone. In Neville Chamberlain’s immortal words: “It is up to the Czechs now.”

The Sting

But in fact it was not even left to the Czechs. Chamberlain realized that if the Czechs were to fight, France and Britain might be forced to fight too. As the Czechs and Germans mobilized, Chamberlain became increasingly hysterical about averting war by buying off Hitler with the Czech defensive wall. He shuttled repeatedly to Germany to try to arrange the payoff. Finally, minutes before his September 28 deadline, Hitler “agreed” to Chamberlain’s proposal for an international peace conference to bring peace to Central Europe. At Munich, Britain and France pleaded with Hitler for 11 hours to “compromise” and take the Sudetenland peacefully.
In the end Hitler agreed. The Western leaders returned in triumph to London and Paris. In government, in parliament, and in the press, Chamberlain and Daladier were praised, cheered, and thanked for having traded land for peace. “My friends,” said Chamberlain, “I believe it is peace in our time.” Having grasped the fact that his supposed democratic allies had allowed themselves to become tools in Hitler’s hand, Prime Minister Benes announced Czechoslovakia’s capitulation to the demands of the
totalitarians. “We have been basely betrayed,” he said.

Phase Two
On September 30, the Czech army began its withdrawal from the Sudetenland—from the strategic passes, the mountain fortresses, and the major industrial facilities that would have been the backbone of Czechoslovakia’s effort to defend itself. But this was only Phase One of Hitler’s plan. The German annexation of the Sudetenland was followed by a renewed list of demands on the Czechs. The Nazis continued to invent incidents of violence and oppression against the ethnic German minority in what was left of the Czech state.
Less than six months later, on March 15, 1939, the Nazi war machine rolled through the rest of Czechoslovakia. Shorn of their defenses in the Sudeten mountains, the Czechs were now powerless to resist. Phase Two had been implemented. The Western powers again did nothing. Once more, all their assurance proved worthless.

Clear and Present Danger
Unfortunately, the parallels to today’s effort to gouge Judea and Samaria out of Israel are all too easy to see. Like the Sudeten district, the West Bank is mountainous territory, a formidable military barrier that guards the slender and densely populated Israeli shoreline and Israel’s capital city. Like the Germans, the Arabs understand that as long as Israel controls these mountains, it will not be overrun. They understand too that a military campaign to seize these mountains is at present unthinkable, and that Israel’s removal from them can be achieved only by the application of irresistible political pressure by the West on Israel to withdraw. The Arab regimes have therefore embarked on a campaign to persuade the West that the Arab inhabitants of these mountains (like the Sudeten Germans, comprising roughly a third of the total population) are a separate people that deserves the right of self- determination—and that
unless such self-determination is granted, the Arab states will have no choice but to resort to war to secure it. As in the case of Czechoslovakia, Israel’s insistence on not parting with territories strategically vital for its defenses is presented as the obstacle to peace. Echoing Munich, the Arabs repeatedly advocate “active” American (and European) involvement, in the hope that an American Chamberlain can be found to force “the intransigent party” to capitulate where it is otherwise unwilling to compromise its own security. That the Arabs have borrowed directly from the Nazis in this, as in so many of their other devices against Israel, is not surprising. What is surprising, or at least disappointing, is the speed and readiness with which this transparent ruse has been received, digested, and internalized by the elite of the Western world. Not a day passes without some somber editorial or political comment from august quarters in America or Europe asking Israel to voluntarily accept the same decree that Czechoslovakia was asked to accept.

A motive is the reason to do a certain thing, or simply put, a reason for an action. Usually a motive asks what we can gain by doing a specific thing. In other words, “What’s in it for me?” We all seem to be hard wired for this way of thinking. It is viewed by psychiatrists as a logical tool for self preservation. Yet true Christian living requires that all that we do should be done selflessly. For the true Christian motives are everything. Nevertheless, it can be a hard thing to determine a person’s true motives, even our own.

Pure motives require introspection and prayer. Since God can’t be patronized or conned, true prayer can’t or shouldn’t be flowery, shallow or meaningless words. Our Heavenly Father wants us to pray in Spirit and Truth. All too often we Christians only mouth sweet sounding words that are designed to entrance, deceive and justify a particular action, especially when praying in front of others. More often than not, we want to be seen as paragons of the faith. We want or need the affirmation of others. But like David, we should ask to have God search our hearts to see if there be anything amiss in our motives toward Him. In this respect David was a man after God’s own heart. True repentance, should be paramount in our introspection. “The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good.” He knows our motives and the intent of our heart.

On the other hand, there are those who whimper in dread and fear because they haven’t developed a close relationship with the Father of lights. They have a problem in trying to reconcile their motives to what God requires of us. First that God is and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him. When we fret and cry without reason in the presence of our Heavenly Father it is usually due to lack of understanding of the scriptures, which give us hope and assurance and an intimate knowledge of the goodness of the God of heaven and earth. These people fear Him, and rightfully so, but once love and trust is established they can be open and talk to Him without dread. Then they can come boldly to His throne of Grace, fearlessly saying Abba Father!

The more we know of Him the more we understand his ways and what pleases Him. We can only know these things when we study the Holy Scriptures. That’s why it is imperative to read and study the bible as often as possible. There isn’t any need to jump up and down, stomp and wail for His presence, you don’t have to fall on the floor and spin around on your back like a dying cockroach, or try to reach him on tiptoes with hands extended toward the heavens.

When you know our Heavenly Father intimately you have peace, assurance of salvation and hope, even in the face of adversity. The more we know of Him the more fearless and joyful we become.

So what are your motives? If you think God is a means of making money or achieving fame and recognition you are only deceiving yourself. You will have to answer to the Almighty sooner or later, so please don’t go there.

“Take notice, you senseless ones among the people; you fools, when will you become wise? Does He who fashioned the ear not hear? Does He who formed the eye not see?”

 

By the way,

I realize that today’s movies and even television are being used by the evil one to the destruction of humanity. Morals and sexual purity are shredded and homosexuality is becoming the norm in today’s society. Decent entertainers and entertainment are hard to come by these days. Even the Disney star “Hanna Montana” (Miley Cyrus) rails against her parents religious beliefs with outspokenness, using the F bomb repeatedly, and displaying her female lover openly. Her parents must be devastated.

My criteria for a worthwhile film or production is: what is the redeeming value and/or what have I learned. Maybe the redeeming value is only a momentary respite from the reality of the evil days in which we live, after all we need to laugh and be entertained once in a while.

Trying to make a decent and meaningful evangelical film is the hardest thing I’ve ever tried to do, and I’ve always excelled in everything I’ve put my hand to. But Satan has kept me from advancing this agenda. However, I can now see the good in having been stalled, as now I can mention Isis in my screenplay and also the deterioration of our God ordained laws in our beloved land as well, things that have only begun to happen openly in the past couple of years. This ought to make people aware of the evil times in which we live, the last days.

I’m on facebook now in preparation for appearing on the crowd funding website Indiegogo. Check it out and feel free to write me.

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16

YBIC

Jim Torres “Towers”

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