Beau James Ouellette

Freedom from Porn

2010-06-10T04:31:00.000-07:00

Good article from Apple's CEO to curve P**n on it's products.

Sex Addiction?

2010-04-01T13:54:00.001-07:00

As we have been inundated with the news panels on the latest adultery scandal with actress Dandra Bullock’s husband Jesse James (News heading below)

“Sandra Bullock’s husband Jesse James is seeking unspecified in-patient treatment after being caught in a media storm amid reports he had multiple mistresses.”

The debate about sex addiction becomes absolutely boring and a bit foolish. Is it really a addiction? Are men just using that as a excuses to not face the consequences of there actions?

The therapy people of the world just love this! What becomes so frustrating for me in watching this is that the perspectives taken do not get to the root issue of the problems in the peoples lives. Tiger Woods and his wife had great goals when married, with great thoughts and feelings towards one another no doubt. They are not stupid people who got married in Vegas after knowing each other for a day or two, but people who dated and thought through there life as husband and wife. But why then does this not last or prevent adultery? Because all the right goals and pursuits in this world, no matter how noble or praise worthy is not the glue that holds marriage together in wholeness or better yet…holiness. Now the world thinks so. Therapy from the worlds perspective just says you need to be more compatible (hence e-harmony, preached on the Michael Nedveed show), have common goals, spiritually, financially etc… and your good to go. But as statistics bear out in the church and out of it, that is not the case.
The reason guys or girls (no one mention them, though these guys are having sex with them), engage in sex outside of marriage is simply because they are not satisfied. Not sexually by there wives, but because they have a porn view of sex, and of life. They like the women at the well in John chapter 4 went from one pleasure to another because they did not know the one who could give them satisfaction and complete pleasure. The fact is that no person on the earth can satisfy you!!! Did you hear that… I don’t care how much alike you are, you will never, ever, ever be complete in another other than your creator. Only He can give you what you need and the proper view of love which shows itself in the bedroom to the way you relate to enemies. You are complete in HIM (Christ, Colossians 2:10). The reason no one on earth can satisfy you is because they are the walking dead, mortal, & sinful. Discribing people that way helps us understand that we cannot be filled with peace and complete pleasure by this kind of entity. We need a eternall love and pleasure that brings lasting peace, not bondge. The pleasure of this world (i.e. sex) does not last, hence the need for Tiger or Jesse James to seek this false pleasure again and again.
Tiger and Jesse are products of a porn way of looking at sex as a way to be pleased (satisfied). Solomon, King David and many other Biblical guys have fallen into the same pursuit, yet for them it was accepted in the culture. They were rich, as Tiger and Jessee James and with that financial status comes the opportunity to pursue a King’s pleasures, though they will not satisfy.
Is it a addiction, sure if you define addiction as a habitual behavior that leads to destruction of family, friends and yourself. Do these guys say this to get out of the responsibility of it? Time will tell of the intents of the heart, but the only reason it’s considered bad in the culture is because of the way we currently view women (not as property as in the past) and a Christian (though it’s fading) view of marriage, one man and women for life…(this to is passing away in our culture)
Let’s look at things from a Biblical point of view and not a psychological/therapy view. ”In God’s light we see light (clearly)” Psalm 36:9
For more on this subject please check out my book, Porn & A Pastor at http://www.tatepublishing.com/bookstore/book.php?w=978-1-61566-015-5

Fighting the good fight!

2009-11-02T10:00:00.001-08:00

The ministry that I started this year, Running Light Ministry, was created to get the Word in our churches that Christ is more pleasurable than porn. That might shock you a bit, but it is the theme of the Bible! God is more better than anything. Psalm 36:8 'You give us drink from the river of your pleasures."
We have been able to participate in various events in Tucson this year and look fowrad to more oppurtunities to educate Tucson with the impoact of the Porn industry in our world, and what you can do to get out! If you can use this ministry in any way please let me know! Our website is www.runninglight.org
We seek to educate, but help those in bondage and their spouses!

Joel Rosenberg 9-11 townhall at Calvary Christian

2009-09-02T15:20:00.000-07:00

Inside the Revolution 9/11
Calvary Christian Fellowship of Tucson will be hosting via satallite the Inside The Revolution Documentary on 9/11 at 6:30 in our main worship center.
In 1979, the Ayatollah Khomeini seized power in Iran, unleashed the Islamic Revolution, and changed the world forever. Three decades later, New York Times best-selling author Joel C. Rosenberg brings you a groundbreaking documentary film that takes you inside the three most dramatic movements of our time:
•THE RADICALS—Why do Radical Muslims want to annihilate the United States and Israel? Why do they believe the Islamic Messiah’s arrival on Earth is “imminent” and the End of Days is at hand? How close are they to acquiring nuclear weapons and achieving their apocalyptic objectives?
•THE REFORMERS—Aren’t there any Muslims who believe the Radicals are wrong? Is there any real hope such Reformers can create real democracies in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere?
•THE REVIVALISTS—Is it really true that millions of Muslims are abandoning Islam and turning to faith in Jesus Christ? How is it happening? What are their stories?
Inside the Revolution is a 90-minute documentary film with extensive special features and exclusive interviews with:
•Porter Goss, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency
•Lt.-General (ret.) Jerry Boykin, former Delta Force commander and deputy undersecretary of defense for intelligence
•Hon. Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel
•Senior Iraqi government officials
•Joel C. Rosenberg, author and founder of The Joshua Fund
Filmed on location in Iraq, Turkey, Morocco, Israel, the United Kingdom, and Washington, D.C.

Every TV in the United States!

2009-08-19T09:53:00.001-07:00

Posted on August 7, 2009 by runninglight
By Beau J. Ouellette
Ever wonder why porn addiction in constantly growing? Well my blog for today is to give you a insight to the amazing distribution of the porn industry (movies here) to all American homes through a company called, NEW FRONTIER MEDIA based in Boulder Co.
As Internet porn gets most of the media attention, do you realize that every TV in the United States has porn piped in, ready to view through V.O.D. channels? (Video On Demand) This is not my boast, but of N.F.M. themselves. Here is a quote from their website;
?The Transactional TV segment distributes branded adult television programming to cable and satellite television companies. Content is distributed to nearly every television household in the United States. Pay-per-view and video-on-demand programming competes well with other forms of entertainment because it is offered conveniently in the comfort of user?s homes, is high quality, and at a reasonable price point. Retail customers pay as much as $14.99 for one of our features. This compares with an average of $3.99 for big Hollywood releases. The Transactional TV segment operates a 12,000 square foot digital broadcast center in Boulder, Colorado that includes a vast content library comprising over 10,000 hours of digital content.?
I thought this quote to be quite informative. This company makes it?s money from porn. As we order it on our V.O.D. you can see at a quite high price compared to the average Hollywood video, we are benefiting N.F.M. and it?s constituents. The company?s boast is that it has a huge building that holds over 10,000 hours of porn content! That?s just what we need!!! (joking)
I pray for this company?s owners. I don?t believe they know not what they do. Many, I?m sure, invest in a growing, cutting edge company like this without even knowing it. I have a I.R.A?.I wonder if some of that gets put into a company like this?
But what keeps a company like this going is me, us, you, etc?. Yes, we have laws that make porn available to all, but do we have to buy it, watch it and then come back again and again? Cable, V.O.D. is a approximate 2 billion dollar a year revenue. This is not going away, it?s too big! But for us Christians let?s go after something more pleasurable.
?You satisfy from the fullness of your house and you give us drink from the river of Your Pleasures!? Psalm 36:8

The Wrong Well...MSNBC Porn Industry Expose

2009-07-20T10:31:00.001-07:00

I was given a call by my partners in Running Light MInistries last night, letting me know about the up-coming Porn industry exlusive that would be aired this weekend (July 20). I actually did not want to watch it, but then my wife told me she recorded it for me to see if there were any new things that would contribute to my research on the influencce of porn worldwide.

I confess I watched it in fast forward most of the time. It's amazing how the news media just get's done talking with a man that has been addicted to porn for years, his life ruined, only to then show a famous porn star pole dancing in nothing?! It points to a importanat point.

"For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God."

The carnal man, and in this case MSNBC, does not understnad what they do. It seems obvious to me that showing porn, while getting done interviewing a man that has been in bondage to porn only contruibutes to ...more showing of porn..(that's what there doing)

But to those that are not thinking of the things of God they are blinded to the contradiction of it all.

The other interesting note I thought about while watching it, was that the Porn industry is no longer taboo at all. It was justified in the news piece by it's lack of critical questions to those women that were involved in the business side of the industry. I got the take the interview was as interviewing any fourtune 500 company. How are they going to survive in the economy? What is the internet doing to impoact the industry? How are the employee's comensated?

Instead you saw how "normal" the once marginal is. Women in Porn have kids, nice houses, business savy staff and marketing teams.

Let's pray for these people in the industry. For the men and women that are involved in it. They do not know the Lord and His pleasure. I was once blind but now I see and I believe the Lord is reaching out to these as well. They are simply looking for water from the wrong well. (John 4)

"He who comes to me will never be thirsty again"
Jesus

A note to Pastor's

2009-07-08T17:57:00.001-07:00

I am a Pastor.

I too am 37 years old.

Porn has been a norm throughout my life. I mean it is not shocking or something to be thought of as discusting etc... This is my sick, sinful culture.

What really makes me disturbed is that I am getting older and the culture is more blind as ever to perversity and porn, though it is talked about all the time.

The news picks apart those in our goverment that have scandals it seems every year. People who are famous that are addicted to porn are on the front page. O'Riley comentates on a culture of youth that take photos of there sexual behavior to send then via their cell phones to friends. As it sounds so Marginal there is a amazing double standard which expresses loudly that porn is the norm.
These same news stations have the most glamourous looking ladies as there news anchors. They are articulate, smart, educated, succesful, Religious and wear provocative cloths!
It is tough for a man or lady for that matter that stuggles with porn, to view news today. It seems that the porn influence is just about everywhere. What ever happened to older news reporters? Do they all have to be models today?

This is our world.

For my generation porn is not marginal, but very much like Israel's worship of Baal and the other false God's that where about sex.

Pastors stuggle with porn. The stats say quite a bit do. There is hope in Christ as you know, but there is a need for refreshing and renewing through seeking the Glory of God.

I am one that has fallen before and am ashamed of it. It effects my family, ministry and dis-honors the Name of the Lord.
If you are out there please visit www.settingcaptivesfree.com or www.runninglight.org

Will anyone talk about the influence of Porn?

2009-05-01T08:26:00.001-07:00

Today on the news we have the porn influence all over it.

"The Bobbits meet again" and "Pageant Paid For Miss Calif. Implants."

What I find so interesting about these two stories on The Early Show is that neither of them mentioned porn as being a influence into the decisions for which they have received the news converge.

"Miss California Pageant Co-Director Keith Lewis confirmed on The Early Show Friday. He also said reports that the Miss California pageant helped foot the bill for the operation were true."

Maggie Rodriguez who interviewed Keith Lewis sounded appalled that getting breast implants would increase her changes of winning. It sounded a bit staged to me. I mean where does Maggie live? Pluto! Everyone today who has gone to a store has more then likely bought a doll that had a Miss America figure with... well, a we endowed set of breasts.

In the book, "The Porning of America" by Sarracino and Scott they show a picture of a Bratz doll to show how the porn model for women has become the norm. They call it, "Normalizing the Marginal."

And this is what has happened with women. Having a porn body has become the standard. This Miss California girl has been raised around pictures, shows, mannequins (In stores), books, music video's and the like that all normalize the porn look. Women over the past 40 years have been taught that there worth is that of a man's. Just as a man works and improves to get better and better at his job so a women's worth is now the same. One big problem... In emphasizing this equality or value to the society, her worth as a mother, nurturer and a child bearer has been diminished drastically.

And this is what porn does. It shows women who pursue there worth in pleasure (like a man) and not in the ability to produce a child and raise it.

This change of worth is so different then in any other time in History. Women have always been valued for there ability to have children. But not any more! This change has also lead to why in this country we have such a gender problem. Technology has made this possible. Porn has shown that women can pursue pleasure (perceived pleasure at that) and not have children.

Ok, enough of that...back to Miss California. Why get breast implants? Because we have normalized it! We like it. We all like our porn in some way or another. The influence of porn is staggering and it is not just a man problem. 1 out of 3 viewers on porn sites are... You guessed it? Women.

Psalm 4:2 How long will you love worthlessness and seek falsehood?

Two men killed themselves over money!

2009-04-22T15:44:00.001-07:00

Posted on April 22, 2009 by runninglight | Edit
Today there were two news reports that I was troubled about. Here they are?
In Notes Left in Family?s Killings, Md. Man Details Debts, Depression
In one of six notes he left scattered about the rented house in Middletown, Christopher Wood, 34, described his financial hardships and his struggle with depression and anxiety ? factors that investigators believe contributed to the killings.

Police investigating death of Freddie Mac official
By ALAN ZIBEL and MATTHEW BARAKAT ? 2 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) ? The chief financial officer of money-losing mortgage giant Freddie Mac was found dead in his basement early Wednesday morning in what police said was an apparent suicide.
David Kellermann, 41, apparently hung himself, a law enforcement official familiar with the investigation. He asked not to be identified because the investigation was ongoing.
HOW incredibly sad this is. Due to money two men decide to take there lives with one taking the lives of his entire family. How far will we go until we realize that there is no pleasure in the temporal items of this world. There are such extreme times in a person?s life where the feeling?s of loss become so overwhelming that the only way out seems to be taking of life. I do not underestimate such feelings and believe they are real as witnessed by those in the Bible. Kind David cried out to God in anguish along with many others who were at the end of a desperate situation. But, there was the but! Let me explain. King David though going through extreme circumstances on the outward, exercised faith in His speech by using a ?but.?
Just look at Psalm 13
1 How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever?
How long will You hide Your face from me?
2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul,
Having sorrow in my heart daily?
How long will my enemy be exalted over me?

3 Consider and hear me, O LORD my God;
Enlighten my eyes,
Lest I sleep the sleep of death;
4 Lest my enemy say,
?I have prevailed against him?;
Lest those who trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
Doesn?t sound to good for David!!! He is desperate and see?s no end??but?
5 But I have trusted in Your mercy;
My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation.
6 I will sing to the LORD,
Because He has dealt bountifully with me.
David was in desperate situations like all of us are at one time in the world. He was guilty of murder, adultery and loosing a Kingdom because of it! Talk about a failure. Yet he looked to to the Lord to be merciful. He thought in terms of how God could get the glory from this, instead of, the empty cup that so many are drinking from. God has a plan, and purpose! The two men that did such horrible things needed to know about the ?but? of the scriptures. Though they were in financial crisis, but God is merciful and compassionate (Psalm 145).
This awakens me to share the pleasure of God to others in this world, who are in desperate need. Money just does not do it! Read Ecclesiastes if you don?t believe me!

Columbine shooting

2009-04-20T11:08:00.001-07:00

Today is the 10th year anneversary of the Columbine shooting that took place in Colorado when Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold went on a killing rampage killing 12 students and a teacher, as well as wounding 23 others, before committing suicide.
I can remember the how blown away I was wathing the news. Growing up near L.A. I was familiar with youth my age flying off the handle, but this was extreamly insane of these two people. So many look to video games, music, and the other cultural influences in teenagers as a result of this masacare, but let me give you one other that goes much more deeper in to the issues with our adult culture... EVOLUTION.
Our President Barak Obama when inaugurated listed things needing to be done in the U.S. and one of them was "We will restore science to its rightful place." Now the evolutionist I'm sure herald this statement which will become a battle cry for more evolution to be taught. How did evolution effect such a two young students? Even if not being taught it directly in school evolution propaganda is everywhere. Practically every dinasour book takes a long earth age perspective. So from child on, it is always in back of our brains. Life is in a constant stuggle of the strong vs. the week. There is no point to life, no right or wrong, no consequences, Life is what I make out of it, Life is about me! Oh, how wonderful humanism is!? The religion is atheism, "Darwin is it's prophet and evolutionary science is its sacred book."
Oh let's remember on this day how one get's to the point of thinking of taking so many people's life. There is a battle of the minds that is taking place. 2nd Corinthians 11:4 "But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ."
Religion is not the answer, but Jesus is. "I have come that they may have life and life more abundantly."

The modern prophet (Our news)

2009-04-16T08:28:00.001-07:00

This says the Lord concerning the prophets, Who make my people stray? Micah 3:5
I would like to think that today's prophets are not those in the pulpits of America, but our 24/7 news agency's, CNN, MSNBC & Fox News Channel, that like the prophets of ancient times are the voice peace of the country.
Have you ever watched the news (like I did this morning) and just thought, This isn't news, its commentary on the news! I think you have. These news anchors are the prophets and prophetesses of today as they critique, put down & sway public opinion through there clever spin.
In our news today I saw a CNN reporter interviewing a Father with his little girl on his shoulders at one of the Tea Party rallies that are happening all across the United States in protest of the Bank bailouts. This reporter wouldn't even let the man answer her questions, but instead saw it as a opportunity to criticize Him and the protest.
Now I love debate, but what was this reporter doing? She was putting her own opinions first on the protest before simply reporting the news. She had become a prophet to sway the nations.
For me watching, this was quite embarrassing to watch. It was a very immature move on the reporter's part. Here is a Father of a 2 year old at a peaceful protest doing what this country is founded on, the freedom to voice a public opinion on our government, and she uses it as a pulpit to argue her and those she represents agenda and doctrine. It was sad to watch.
Our news in this country is no longer news, its various prophets swaying the public. If anyone gets a chance to read Joel C. Rosenberg's new book "Inside the Revolution," please do. If you would like to get an idea of what is happening in the middle east (really what is happening), then I dare you to read it! You will get interviews from the rulers of countries like Iraq and Afghanistan, one on one discussion with those who have fled their lives, been a part of the radical Islam groups and much, much more. There words, not our news prophets.

Gay movement good for Christianity in America?

2009-04-09T09:13:00.001-07:00

Ok, with that title I need to do some defending. Please hear me out.
I begin my defense by stating a Christian doctrine so true and foundational yet not without its proponents, ?God is Sovereign.?
This is a direct quote from the scriptures themselves (Gen 15:2)
Genesis 15:2
But Abram said, "O Sovereign LORD?
Now the awkwardness with the Sovereignty of God is abroad in the Christian culture. ?How can God be in control of all?? ?How can a Holy God allow such evil and wrong doing in the world??
On our subject we could say, ?How can God allow such behavior that by nature does not work??
But in my own heart there became a wonderfully gentle peace that has come over me when I grabbed a hold of the truth that God does all things for His Glory. (Psalm 115:1 ?Not to us but to your name be the Glory?)
All things, even evil things are allowed and purposed to His utter Glory (Job, Acts 2:23)
Now where I use to get muddled with this is when I would look at a statement like the above and then look to my own end as a argument against such a statement.
My own end, is what I think, is the right thing. This ?right thing? is usually what makes me ?Happy.? There was a time when our own happiness was not such dominant thought in the world, but more issues of survival and virtue. This ?right thing? that we all think God should be about the business of doing is birthed from our own sinful state of thinking we are the center of the universe, or ours. ?How could God allow that, look at the bloodshed and the atrocity, the injustice?? ?How does God get the Glory for that?? Notice that these common thoughts come from the perspective not of faith in what the scriptures teach, which is again, ?All things work together for good to those who love God and are called according to His Purpose (His Glory.) These well known arguments against the purpose of God come from our reasoning that God is not doing things as I think are right.
Now my argument is that God is purposing all things for His Glory. Whether the Pharaoh of Egypt or the Homosexual agenda in America.
I now would like to share why I believe this generation in America is allowing such behavior. One world?Guilt.
What pain is to the body, guilt is to the soul. And this generation of leaders is guilty. I remember sitting with some family members in my living room watching a sporting event when they asked where my son was. They knew he was in his room playing his ?evil? video games, wasting his 14 year old life away, yet they asked and then went on to say how bad it is to be into video games like that. I quickly thought about what I was doing at 14 as the son of a 50/60?s generation that smoked dope all day while taking off their clothes listening to the most stoned out music in the rain! I was not any different. So I asked my family members, ?Now what is it that your generation added to our society, Porn & Pot!??
My parent?s generation was a mess and has a bolder amount of guilt like yeast has gone through the batch of dough. This generation I believe is extremely guilty. Abortions are 46,000,000 since Roe v.s. Wade, We have a massive drug problem in the country, America generates more porn than any other country (90% of the porn sites are U.S. created), music has become less innovative than ever, and now Gay marriage.
To my generation this is normal behavior that?s why I think the younger generation say?s, ?what?s the big deal, let them get married, so what.? It?s not because of guilt for the younger generation, it?s plain, allowed normal behavior.
I believe the response to guilt in the leaders of this generation is either a extreme brokenness before God, and the breaking of his commandments or a further allowance of behavior that makes for a atonement for their own sins. If they were to say that Gay marriage is wrong then consequently they would have to look at their own lives of having massive sex, smoking extreme quantities of the ganja, and simply not parenting their children because they where to into their BMW?s and boats. The change of this world is a temporary change for self exaltation, while the humility and brokenness that is found in Jesus is for His exaltation. This current generation is for self exaltation.
God will purpose in the hardness of heart of this generation in such a way as to make the riches of His grace known. Simply put, ?Where sin abounds, grace abounds all the more? (Rom 5:20).
God is moving all things to a place where this grace in Jesus abounds all the more. Today I know look at such trends in American culture though the lens of God?s perspective and no longer what I think is right. ?How can God allow this in America?? My answer is, ?Why not?? What makes you think God revolves around what you think and not His purpose, exalting his Glory through the grace in Jesus to a lost world?
22What if God, choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience the objects of his wrath?prepared for destruction? 23What if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory?Romans 9:22
This will make uncomfortable who think of justice from their own prejudices of right and wrong. But as one famous Christian Pastor put it in his 1st Chapter, first sentence, ?It?s not about you.?
God is concerned about his Glory and the current push to have same sex marriages in America will be used by God to further the maximum Glory to His Name.
What could the results of such a law be in America? For sure a certain further distancing between Christina ethics and the worlds for sure. What if Pastor?s will have to perform same sex marriages? Some will no doubt go to jail. From the perspective of some this is bad, because who would want to go to jail? But for the one who knows the ultimate purpose of God is for His Glory jail is a opportunity to be used by the Masters Hand to minister to others and suffer, if it be the Lord?s will, to His Glory. How sufferings show the Glory of God? Because when we suffer for Christ name we show to a dying world the infinite worth of following Christ! This glorifies God. We are satisfied in Him and Him alone. ?There is nothing I desire on the earth besides you? Psalm 73:25.
If we see the allowance of more and more then it is sure to exalt the holiness of others more and more!
With this is mind, let us believers in Christ fight for what we believe in through a peaceful, law abiding way. If the Homosexual agenda in America get?s its way, I believe there victory will result in an outpouring of opportunity for those desperately trying to atone for their sins through false pleasure and allowance. No matter?God wins.

The Countdown Continues - by Pastor Scott Richards

2009-02-19T10:30:00.001-08:00

When the history of 2009 is finally written, what story will be considered the most important?

It will probably not be the economy.

Or the environment.

Or the new administration.

I believe it will be an event that will take place far away from the shores of the United States that may have a staggering effect all of the above.

Israel, Iran liable to clash in 2009 over nukes, says U.S. intel chief

Israel and Iran are liable to enter into a confrontation or a crisis sometime this year due to Tehran?s progress in its nuclear weapons program and Jerusalem?s determination to thwart it, the head of U.S. intelligence told lawmakers on Thursday.

In a report to the Senate Intelligence Committee on the potential threats as foreseen by the 16 intelligence arms of the United States, Dennis Blair said that Hezbollah, the Lebanese-based Shi?ite group which is backed by Iran, has beefed up its weapons arsenal in preparation for another round of fighting with Israel.

Blair said Hezbollah presents a formidable threat to U.S. interests, particularly if the organization feels Washington directly threatens Iran or acts against the group?s targets, infrastructure, and leadership.

When the inevitable happens and Benjamin Netanyahu is named Israel?s new Prime Minister, his job one will be to deal decisively with the imminent threat of an Iranian nuclear bomb.

A growing consensus among intelligence experts puts the development of such a nuke within the next 8-10 months.

Adding to the pressure is the increasingly cozy military relationship between Iran and Russia, including the installation of state of the art anti-aircraft defenses at key nuclear development sites.

If Israel is to prevent Mahmoud Ahmadinejhad from having the capability to make good on his threat to wipe the Jewish nation off the map, they will have to act and act quickly.

If I may engage in a bit of Scripturally influenced speculation, I believe that no later than this Fall, we will see a successful destruction of a large part of Iran?s nuclear facilities.

Where does the Scripture give insight into this?

In Ezekiel 38-39, the now famous account of the future Gog and Magog invasion of Israel, there are two significant details presented.

Iran is mentioned as a part of this invading coalition of nations, but not in an independent capacity.

Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya are with them, all of them with shield and helmet; Gomer and all its troops; the house of Togarmah from the far north and all its troops?many people are with you. (Ezekiel 38:5-6)

Since a nuclear armed Iran could act independently in its desire to do in six minutes what it took Hitler six years to do, their subservient role in this prediction strongly hints that they will not achieve that capacity.

Since Ahmadinejhad and the mad Mullahs believe that the 12th Imam, their Muslim messiah will only come at the height of world wide conflict, it is in their interest to stir the pot.

In other words, if they have a nuclear weapon, they would not hesitate to use it aggressively in their desire to fulfill prophecy.

So since Israel will be around to be invaded in the Last Days, and will live for a time in a state of security from their enemies, it seems that an Iranian bomb is a non starter.

The only way that their ambitions in his area will be frustrated will not be through diplomatic or economic sanctions.

It will take a military strike.

Israel recognizes that they cannot depend on the US to do this.

Odds are that we will see Israel make such a move. And when it does, the entire world balance will be altered.

To view more Blogs from Pastor Scott Richards visit www.scottrichardslive.com

What a football..uh porn ...game!

2009-02-03T12:04:00.001-08:00

Well once again the Super Bowl game has given us more then we asked for!
Fortunately for me I didn't see it, but of course when I got on the internet it was posted all over the place. Tucson AZ, comcast company got something a bit tweeked and well... a hard core porn scene was what we got for 10 seconds.
Im sure this is no shocker to us who saw the Janet Jackson breast shot a couple of years ago, but this deffinately was a step up on the rating scale.
This is just another case where porn has become the norm in our life. As the Super Bowl game was on another cable network, Spike TV, was showing the Adult Video Awards from Las Vegas! It's the grammy's for porn! I wonder how they rate who's the best actor or actress? And who votes? Who goes to these events too?
Many of you probably are aware that many actors got there start in the porn industry in the 70's and producers as well. It's a great place to start I guess. Unfortuately for many there is no get out of jail free card. Many get abused by the industry while others make a killing of a profit!
Hard core porn is just no longer .... Hard Core!
You have Jr. High students engaging in hard core like relations, videoing it on there cell phone and sending it to there friends! Now that's Hard Core!
The pursuit of false pleasure is endless. Why is this bad?
Because false pleaseure leads to destruction. It looks like a porn addict, a young women with babies or a young mother aborting her child. How many millions upon millions of people are in bondage to porn? Addictions don't love anybody, but the substance.
So at the A.V.A. in Vegas people are on the stage with happy smiles thinking they are movie stars, yet what a illussion! No longer to those who make it in the San Fernando Valley the main producers of porn, but now through technology all of us can produce and show our own porn to millions!
The super bowl is the most watched sporting event other then the Wordcup and olympics, so it seems appro-poe to have what has become mainstreame in on all the action. As one writter wrote..."Would you like porn with that burger?"

Psalm 4: 2 How long, O men, will you turn my glory into shame [a] ?
How long will you love delusions and seek false gods

Needing Freedom from Porn...our country does!

2008-12-16T11:32:00.000-08:00

I love a passage that is found in Joshua 7:13. It says, "you cannot satand before your enemies until you take away the accursed thing from among you!"

The backround is that the nation of Israel are going to battle agaist a whimpy, tiny of a nation, but have run into a major roadblock! They are unable to win. The reason why is given in verse 13.

Like Isareal we at times seem to be stuck in a rut with no light in sight. The reason for this is that we need to remove an obstacle from our lives that is keeping us from experienceing the joyful freedom we so desire.

For those I talk to it's porn. 12% of the interenet is porn so many women and men have found a pleasure that has now become such a obstacle in the lives. For many who are reading this, you to have stuggled with porn more then likely and you've tried and tried to be rid of it only to fall back week after week. 50% of all internet users in any given month are porn viewers! Removing for some mean killing there TV or Computer, for others its not going to the local bar or social event. But this we must get... Unless it's removed we cannot stand.

This porn obstacle has influenced our our nation from the polititians to the homless person in the park. Even the 2008 Bush stimulus checks we recieved as a nation went to porn!

An independent market-research firm, AIMRCo (Adult Internet Market Research Company), has discovered that many websites focused on adult or erotic material have experienced an upswing in sales in the recent weeks since checks have appeared in millions of Americans' mailboxes across the country.

As crazy as it sounds, porn has been a obstacle in our nation and in our individual lives. "We cannot stand against our enemies until we take away the accursed thing from among us."

How tuff it is for the porn addiction man or women to make good decisions either when it comes to war and economics or how to manage your families expenses or dicipline your kids.

Purity before Power!

If you are reading this and have tried to "remove" porn from your life only to fail, please email me at beau@settingcaptivesfreetucson.org or visit www.settingcaptivesfree.com

Why object to a God? SEX?

2008-12-10T14:29:00.000-08:00

Have you every thought that people who are Atheist are smarter then you? And because they are smart...scientific people they don't believe in a God? Why would they...they have all the answers right...

I like what Aldous Huxley from the infamous Huxley family and Atheist said, "We objected to the morality (religious) because it interefered with our sexual freedom."

See...Not believeing in God isn't just because the scientist has proven there is no God, (that hasn't happened).

Not believeing in God free's them from any accountibility for their action. I can do whatever, and there is no God who will settle the score later on.

And did you notice what kind of liberation Huxley was talking about? SEX!!!

I like the quote from Dinesh D'Souza's book "Why is Christianity so Great, on pg. 269, "The orgasm has become today's secular sacrament."

So many refuse to accept a Creator because the feeling they get during a intiment occation with themselves or another.

Do we love our lust that much?

Accountibility

2008-11-20T15:40:00.000-08:00

Porn addiction is synonymous with darkness. The clubs I went to with friends were dark. Vegas is only cool at night and the sunset strip is too! There is something to be said about doing deeds of darkness in darkness, for the light seems to quench it's power. Accountability is about bringing the addiction into the light. I remember the old vampire flicks from Elvira, the mistress of the dark. I thought they were so spooky. The scenes were in creepy looking houses that were ancient. Who in there right mind would want to watch a scary flick like that in the day? That messes the whole thing up!
Lights tends to spoil the darkness and make the darkness seem less intimidating and strong. So it is with porn. Most people that I've known who have been into porn have not been into it in a congregational setting, it's a private affair. Usually it's done in a dark room or night time when everyone is asleep. It's just the person and a computer or a TV, and few extra items that we need not go into and tada! That's it! And I don't see many windows or doors for that matter in adult stores! Porn people like there privacy. So the environment of a porn addict is one of being alone or at least hidden from others. Bringing the addiction into the open doesn't just 'seem' to kill the strength of the sin, but it actually does do it by no longer keeping the consistent environment of secrecy in which the addiction thrives.
Accountability not only means bringing the addiction into the "light," but it also entails a continual, honest and growing relationship with a person that has been freed himself from porn. Many people who have not been into porn do not have the understanding of the sick, wicked and deceptive mind that they are working with. Porn addicts want to be alone with there porn. There thinking is always to pursue more porn. My dad used to say, "you can't BS a old BS'r." And in that cured statement, I believe there is a truth to it.
With what I just said, now I wish to show, that accountability with a freed porn addict is the real, but not the ideal! It would be ideal if everyone in the Christian Church could minister to a porn addict! If only all of us in the church new the depth of our sin and the wickedness of our minds. But so many in the body see themselves as "not as bad off" as the porn addict or any other kind of addict. "Sure I might sin a bit," someone might think to himself, but the Biblical reality is any type of missing the mark of God's perfection and Glory is a offence to Him, and because of such action on our parts, the cross was needed. Jesus blood was shed for the porn addict and the prideful pomp.
Christ died for the ungodly…Romans 5:6

If anyone needs help in this area call me at 331-0758 or visit www.settingcaptivesfree.com

For Goodness Sake?

2008-11-16T14:18:00.000-08:00

THIS BLOG IS TAKEN FROM SCOTTRICHARDSLIVE.COM

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

The inflatable Frosty the Snow Man displays are popping up in front yards.

The occasional Christmas carol is being worked into elevator music.

Pre-Thanksgiving Holiday Bonanza-thon Sales Blow Outs are being staged at the mall.

And, of course, the godless set is already offended.

To whit-

'Why Believe in a God?' Ad Campaign Launches on D.C. Buses

WASHINGTON, D.C. — You better watch out. There is a new combatant in the Christmas wars.

Ads proclaiming, "Why believe in a god? Just be good for goodness' sake," will appear on Washington, D.C., buses starting next week and running through December. The American Humanist Association unveiled the provocative $40,000 holiday ad campaign Tuesday.

In lifting lyrics from "Santa Claus is Coming to Town," the Washington-based group is wading into what has become a perennial debate over commercialism, religion in the public square and the meaning of Christmas.

"We are trying to reach our audience, and sometimes in order to reach an audience, everybody has to hear you," said Fred Edwords, spokesman for the humanist group. "Our reason for doing it during the holidays is there are an awful lot of agnostics, atheists and other types of non-theists who feel a little alone during the holidays because of its association with traditional religion."

To that end, the ads and posters will include a link to a Web site that will seek to connect and organize like-minded thinkers in the D.C. area, Edwords said.

Edwords said the purpose isn't to argue that God doesn't exist or change minds about a deity, although "we are trying to plant a seed of rational thought and critical thinking and questioning in people's minds." http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,450445,00.html

"Rational thought and critical thinking", eh?

Let's examine this ad campaign by its' own standard for a moment.

The first question that runs through my mind is pretty basic - What does the American Humanist Association mean by the word "good"?

No doubt, they take the general societal consensus that defines being "good" as having compassion and consideration for others, particularly those who are strangers, physically hurting or generally on the losing end of things.

But what if my culture says that being "good" is helping humanity perfect itself by culling out such "human weeds"?

What if my perspective states that the sick and the slow should not be allowed to survive and pass their inferior genes on to another generation who will only suffer the same fate.

What if I believe, for the greater evolutionary good, all welfare, social assistance and health care should be denied those who simply fail to measure up to a pre-determined genetic standard. In fact, unless certain individuals meet that standard they should not even be considered human beings.

I'd be in some pretty impressive company if I held those views.

Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood believed the first statement. http://www.spectator.org/archives/2004/06/23/maggie-sanger-and-the-human-we

Nobel Prize nominee Herbert Spencer believed the second. http://www.iep.utm.edu/s/spencer.htm

Francis Crick, the co-discoverer of DNA held to the third. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3798/is_/ai_n9036015

The ultimate questions the American Humanist Association raises with their amazingly superficial ad campaign is simple - Whose definition of good are you using? And why should I listen to you?

The main problem we run into when we remove God from a discussion of morality is this:

If there is no God, we are simply an accident. A nice roll of some chemical dice.

If we are an accident, there is no ultimate purpose to our lives beyond following our drives for survival and reproduction.

Morality is simply a social convention. It is enforced by the consensus and will of the controlling leaders of the majority of humanity.

And if morality is merely a power game, the only difference between Hitler and us, is that he lost a war.

To answer the question on that cheery holiday billboard - why believe in God?

Because "goodness for goodness sake" is both incomprehensible and irrational without Him.

A far more consistent ethic is rooted in the truth that our inherent desire to "be good" is a reflection of the fact that we are made in the image and likeness of the Author of goodness.

As a fairly intelligent man named Solomon concluded at the end of his life -

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:

Fear God and keep His commandments,
For this is man’s all.
For God will bring every work into judgment,
Including every secret thing,
Whether good or evil. (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14)

There is nothing like Porn!

2008-10-24T18:39:00.000-07:00

What a title! Hope it got your attention. It's amazing how this open economy we live in has created wonderful things like a microwave and on the other hand has given such fuel to a beast like the Porn industry. Arizona is making some great strides at being one of the most influential states, in the US for the distribution of Porn. In the wonderful, lovely & predominately wealthy Scottsdale resides one of the most famous Porn stars ever! With Club Jenna, Erotica in Arizona is happening coming in ninth place on the Erotica most important cities in the U.S. list! Not bad, I must say, not bad at all. Not only is the Porn industry cranking 97 billion annually a year with the U.S. at just under 14 billion, it's important I'm sure to our government to keep the ball rolling. Playboy has 700 employee's which adds up to some good tax dollars to help out the Feds shopping spree. But in all seriousness...(not that what I've mentioned isn't serious), but a real sad effect of such a free market without regulation on what is being sold is seen here in Arizona. In analyzing Google trends, when the word "Porn" is researched for the most hits in a U.S. city, Chandler comes in at number four! Chandler goes down a notch to seventh place when it comes to the searching for "XXX". And tenth place when "Sex" is typed in.

Will it stop? Not until a righteous ruler comes, until that time, there's just to much cash to kick around.

What can we do about it? Stop buying it.