- Jesus said, "I am the Way, and the Truth, and the
Life: no one comes to the Father, but through Me." (John 14:6) The
Anti-Defamation League says Christ's claim to deity and exclusive mediacy
to God the Father is not just old time religion anymore; it's dangerous
anti-Semitism. (See, <http://adl.org/PresRele/ASUS_12/5149_12.htm>ADL
Condemns Ann Coulter's Comment)
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- ADL's charge comes in response to bland,
but very Christian remarks by conservative pundit Ann Coulter, interviewed
by Donny Deutsch on CNBC, October 8. She said that Jews, without faith
in Christ, were not "complete."
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- Sound like Hitler? Hardly. Coulter was
saying what the New Testament and authentic Christianity has taught for
millennia: Jesus is God, the second member of the Trinity, Creator of the
universe and each one of us. We are debtors to Him at birth. Our whole
purpose is to know and trust the One who created us and to lead as many
others as possible to such fulfillment, joy, and rest of soul in Him.
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- Of course, Christianity also teaches
that we are judged by a reasonable God, according to the light we have.
St. Paul makes it clear that, when people "who do not have the law
do instinctively the things of the law, these, not having the law, are
a law unto themselves, in that they show the work of the law written in
their hearts" (Romans 2:14-15) He is saying that, if geographical,
cultural, religious, or communication barriers insulate anyone from a knowledge
of who Jesus is and this person does his best to love God and his fellow
men, God receives him.
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- Coulter's remarks seem pretty tame.
But for ADL director, Abe Foxman, anti-Semites are now lurking behind every
bush; Christians like Coulter confirm that Christianity pulsates with anti-Semitism
- a desire, not to incinerate Jews in ovens, but to kill their precious
Jewish souls through conversion. Many orthodox Jews, such as Foxman, consider
such proselytizing "genocide" of the Jewish people through assimilation-
a virtual "hate crime."
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- For generations, evangelical Christians
have coddled the Zionists, confident that an effusion of love and support
of Israel would overwhelm all resentment or suspicion from Jews. Now, in
many public statements, the most belligerent pit bull of Judaism, Abe Foxman,
is lashing out, biting the hands of the evangelicals who have fed him.
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- It is vital that Christians not be intimidated
by ADL rhetoric. Our eternal souls are on the line if, to please Jewish
activists, we stop teaching what Foxman describes as "anti-semitic"
passages from Scripture - or using Christ's name in public prayer. (See,
<http://truthtellers.org/alerts/ntantisemitic.html>ADL's Foxman:
New Testament is Anti-Semitic)
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- Instead, Christian defenders should
arise, as they did in the early church and Reformation, backing ADL and
Foxman down through Biblical good sense. Foxman should be chased back into
his hate crimes kennel!
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- Rev. Ted Pike is director of the National
Prayer Network, a Christian/conservative watchdog organization.
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- Let the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith
teach you how they have saddled 45 states with hate laws capable of persecuting
Christians: http://www.adl.org/99hatecrime/intro.asp.
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- Learn how ADL took away free speech in Canada
and wants to steal it now in the U.S. Congress. Watch Rev. Ted Pike's <http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7217700265038533779>Hate
Laws: Making Criminals of Christians at video.google.com. Purchase this
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for $24.90, DVD or VHS, by calling 503-853-3688, or at the address below.
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