“Just Hitting Another
Brick Wall”
Today, I am going to give a "two-fer".
The First posting is a general warning to the public concerning toothpaste, and the second is a warning to churches:
Throw Away Toothpaste made In
A warning on Friday, from the government, urges consumers to avoid using toothpaste made in
The agency is not aware of any poisoning from the toothpaste in the
Officials say they are primarily concerned about toothpaste sold at bargain retail outlets. The ingredient in question called DEG, is used as a lower-cost sweetener and thickening agent. The highest concentration of the chemical found in toothpaste, so far, was between 3 and 4 percent of the products overall weight.
“It does not belong in toothpaste even in small concentrations,” said the FDA’s Deborah M. Autor.
The agency is particularly concerned about chronic exposure to DEG in children and people with kidney or liver disease.
An import alert posted by the government says DEG has been improperly used in a variety sedatives, syrups and cough medicines worldwide. Most recently, a cough syrup containing DEG resulted in more than 40 deaths in Panama last September.
China’s food safety problems have in recent months become a matter of international concern, a situation reflected in trade talks between Chinese and U.S. officials in Washington last week.
Most notably, on March 15, the FDA learned that certain pet foods were responsible for sickening and killing hundreds of cats and dogs across the U.S. this was traced to containments in vegetable proteins imported into the United States from China and used as a thickener in pet food containing gravy.
Is this what we signed on for with all of the “Free Trade” agreements? Think about it people, ever since the U.S. has signed free trade agreements, we have lost jobs here at home, and with the rise in the number of illegal immigrants that have been allowed to flood into our country, we have seen an increase the frequency of foods, especially in our fresh fruits and vegetables, having to be recalled due to contamination by various bacteria and viruses, such as E Coli and Salmonella.
We didn’t have this to this extent when I was a kid. Up until a few years ago, we were able to purchase fresh squeezed apple juice and apple cider. Today, that isn’t allowed. The juice/cider now has to be pasteurized and it no longer tastes the same. How many of you still remember when you could go to any store and buy whole milk (milk with a thick layer of cream on top), no more. It appears that globalization and free trade has led to a loss of not only jobs, but a whittling away of individual freedoms and good tasting, wholesome, and natural grown foods.
I say: “To hell with free trade and globalization”. Lets take back our jobs, our freedoms and our right to safe, fresh and natural foods.
As The World Goes, So Goes the Church
It is with a heavy heart that I write about the following topic, but I feel that it is extremely important that I do. The world in general, and the
As the liberal secularists gain ever more control over, not just the
Sad to say, even the Church of Jesus Christ, from the mainline to the independent, has fallen prey to this destructive mind set. So many of the Churches today, that call themselves Christian, have strayed from the fundamental teachings of both the Old and New Testaments. No longer do priests, ministers or pastors speak out against sin, and not only do they not speak out against it, in many cases, they invite it and welcome it into their congregations. According to many church leaders, the words of Jesus Christ; “Hate the sin, but love the sinner”, means that we should never speak out against sin because we will offend the sinner and we have no right to judge. They also seem to think that every church must not only welcome the sinner into the church, but the church must also welcome the sinner’s evil actions as well. Whatever happened to repentance?
It is true... the Church is a spiritual hospital for sick souls... a hospital for sinners!
Every time the liberals want to legalize something that is immoral, they do it incrementally, by getting those, who still do have a sense of morality, a sense of right and wrong, to compromise, then when they get what they want, they then go after more, and much like a frog, put into a kettle of cold water and then having the water slowly brought to a boil, it does not realize it is being cooked until it is too late, so we too are being slowly destroyed. When will we learn that we cannot compromise with the devil! We, the Church of Jesus Christ, are on the edge of a precipice, so the question now is: Do we allow ourselves to be pushed to our death, or do we turn and fight back, standing up for what we know is right and moral?
Today, the Church, as a living and breathing body, is at a crossroad. We can either go along with the status quo and continue compromising with Satan, continue allowing evil into our midst, allowing sin without correction to come among us just to keep our pews full and to bring new people in, or do we take the harder path and speak out against sin and begin, once again, to preach and practice repentance and the acceptance of Christ Jesus as our Savior, even if it means having less people in the pews. I am not saying that we should keep sinners out of the Church, after all, we are all sinners, but I am saying that we must not allow the sinners to stay in our midst if they continue in their sin with no intentions of repentance (turning away from their sins) and only paying lip service to the acceptance of Jesus.
All of this political-correctness disease has caused the hierarchy of one mainline church to turn a blind eye to even the members of their own clergy who committed sexual sins against young children in their congregations. Another mainline church is now on the verge of splitting because the liberals in the church are permitting same sex marriages. To add to all of this, there are far too many bishops and priests in the various Catholic and Orthodox churches who are more interested in their own selfish aims than they are in building up the Body of Christ. Too many of these clergy are just playing church. They enjoy the title of bishop or archbishop, acting like pompous fools just for their own self- edification, while the souls of many are being led straight to hell because these actors on the ecclesiastical stage are too busy prancing and preening and wallowing in their own self-glory. They ordain men to the priesthood, willy-nilly, then turn their backs on them instead of being there to guide and correct them as a father would with his sons. They enjoy getting together with other bishops of similar ilk to stage fancy consecration ceremonies, to raise others to the rank of bishop, often with no regard to that individual’s background or personal worthiness, and to make matters worse, they foment strife among each other in an attempt at one-up-man-ship. As a result of these games, they have left behind a trail of broken young men who wanted only to be a priest and to serve God, only to be disillusioned and have their hopes and dreams dashed.
The infection of the "correctness disease" is an action promulgated by the Evil One. This disease causes for many to argue and claim they are "more Catholic" than the other, or they are "more Orthodox" than the other, even saying, "he has a past and we cannot associate" with this one or that one. The truth of the matter is that when such arguments arise, the evil one has entered into the heart to destroy. The Church, as a spiritual hospital is a church about not only Repentance, but forgiveness and the only singular sin, that is unforgiven by God, is that one involving blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. If your forgiveness is true, you will work with the one who whom you claim is either not "Catholic" enough or not "Orthodox" enough. Your forgiveness is real! But if you cannot work with that one person or clergyman whom you hold judgement toward for past situations, you may actually be telling a lie by not only your actions but blaspheming the Holy Spirit which means you are more concerned not just for your personal ecclesiastical welfare, but your pew and finances! The Church suffers greatly from this kind of false action which is a true example of one's belief in the LIfe and Teachings of Jesus Christ...
I say that enough is enough! Time is fast running out. We will all have to stand and make a choice as regards our belief and acceptance of Jesus Christ. Do we truly believe in the words of Jesus, when he said: “I am the truth, the light and the way, and no one can come to the Father except through me.” Or are we going to comprise and give in to a ONE WORLD, ONE RELIGION mindset that says all other religions are equal. Are we going to stand as a beacon of light and hope to the world by saving a remnant of the TRUE Church, the TRUE Body of Christ, and stop playing mind games? Are we willing to set aside our own pride to work together to have at least one Church of true believers who remain steadfast to the TRUE TEACHING of Jesus Christ? We better make this choice soon, or it will be too late. Time is running out!
Hold fast to prayer, faith and belief. If each of the different jurisdictions can come together in one common union (communion), yet still maintaining their individual Episcopal jurisdictions, it will benefit not only the individual jurisdictions, but the Body of Christ as a whole, and the souls of many.
As the world turns more and more secular and liberal, we can remain as a place of refuge for those seeking a safe haven in a sinful world. As many of the other churches have ceased to be truly Catholic Christian (whether Orthodox or otherwise) in their teachings, we could remain the True Church of Jesus Christ, but we cannot do it alone while fighting and bickering with each other.
The only way to stand against evil, is to stand together in unity in the name of Jesus Christ.
The Very Rev. Archimandrite Gregori, SSJt +
Now For a Laugh!!
George Carlin's Solution to Save Gasoline
President Bush wants us to cut the amount of gas we use. The best way to stop using so much gas is to deport 11 million illegal immigrants!
That would be 11 million less people using our gas. The price of gas would come down.
Bring our troops home from
This option will probably deter illegal immigration and provide a solution for the troops in
Problem solved.
“Abouna” Gregori
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