"Flickinger's parents, Sylvie Labrecque and John Flickinger, say the attack on Flickinger and six of his colleagues was a clear targeted attack by Israel Defence Forces (IDF) because of how obviously marked the World Central Kitchen convoy was. It was also travelling on a well-used humanitarian route and the group had co-ordinated its movements in advance with the IDF."
The Canadain Press is reporting that "Oregon's Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek on Monday signed into law a bill that recriminalizes the possession of small amounts of drugs, ending a first-in-the-nation experiment with decriminalization that was hobbled by implementation issues."
Dan Dicks is reporitng that "On April 1st 2024 Canadians can expect a 23% carbon tax increase while on that exact same date Justin Trudeau and members of Canada’s Parliament will receive a raise of 4.4%!
In this video Dan Dicks of Press For Truth covers the hypocrisy of the Canadian government who dares to give themselves a raise while the rest of Canada struggles to handle an exorbitant tax increase of 23%."
The first shooter looked pretty determined. I'm surprised the driver survived. The second shooter was a bit erratic. He wasn't really aware of his target and was certainly not aware of what was behind his target. Just kind of pointed the gun in the general area and pulled the trigger. This was on Robson Street around 6 PM. That's very busy. This shooting was totally reckless.
The Driftwood Crips here also work for the Edmonton Hells Angels. I do not believe that was the UN.
CTV is reporting that "Elon Musk's X said it's funding legal bills for a Canadian doctor previously chastised by regulators for her tweets about COVID-19.
In a post to the X News account on Sunday morning, the company formerly known as Twitter wrote that it's proud to defend Dr. Kulvinder Kaur Gill against what it calls government-supported efforts to cancel her speech."
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After my 20 years of building a career from scratch, and during the regime of former Disney CEO Bob Chapek, Lucasfilm made this statement on Twitter, terminating me from The Mandalorian: “Gina…
OK so I've already put out part one of my Easter Message discussing the historical reality of Christ. Now I want to talk a little bit about Christian doctrine and Christian hypocrisy which leads to Christian intolerance. Again I don't want to hate. I believe in the freedom of religion but I don't believe all religions are true. I believe that all religions have good and bad in them just like every community does. We can't really obsess over the bad but we can't ignore it either lest we be led astray. Christ said beware of wolves in sheep's clothing who will enter in from among us. What does that mean? You tell me. He said it. Now let's talk about it.
There are obviously different forms of Christianity.
First we had the Catholic church. Well that's the first that we know of. There was a gap of 300 years between the murder of the last Apostle and the formation of the Catholic church. Constantine had been killing Christians for years until he had a dream where he was victorious in battle under the Christian cross. So he has a change of heart and gets all the religious leaders together and said alright you guys get it together. I want you to stop fighting with each other and come to an agreement on a doctrine. We'll embrace that and persecute everyone who doesn't believe our own brand of Christianity. So the council of Constantine also known and the council of Nicea was created and the Catholic church was born.
Before that Christians were being killed for 300 years simply for being Christians. Paul was a zealous Jew who was present at the martyrdom of Stephen and was personally involved with killing many Christians for hearsay. I talked about that in part one about the historical reality of Jesus. The law said people guilty of blasphemy were to be put to death. Paul saw the light on the road to Damascus. He was smitten blind then healed. He had a dramatic and lasting conversion.
My point is that Christians have not always agreed on doctrine. They have often fought amongst themselves just like the Muslims have. In Ireland we had a conflict between Catholics and Protestants but a lot of Protestants fight with each other too.
The conflict in Ireland was more about politics than religion. It just so happened that Protestants tended to support British rule while Catholics tended to support being independent of England. The flag for the Republic of Ireland is green, orange and white. Green for Catholic, orange for Protestant and white for peace between the two. I support the freedom of religion not the amalgamation of religion. Adapting a state religion is the road to abolishing all religion. First you abolish all religions but one, then you finally abolish that one last religion then mission accomplished. A New World Order of Communism has taken all your rights away once and for all.
OK so for all practical purposes first we had the Catholic church. Then all of a sudden King Henry starts to feel guilty for murdering his ex wives. The Catholic church didn't allow divorce so instead of murdering is exs he decided to create his own church. He created the church of England and put himself in charge of it. Israel had good kings and bad kings over the years but never in the history of Israel had a king taken over Judaism and formed his own brand.
Yet that's exactly what King Henry did and the Protestant Reformation was born. Although it had a bad start, many others like John Wesley had good intentions. The Bible was translated into English and people started reading it. After they started reading it they discovered that some things the Catholic church taught didn't line up with the Bible. So we had several groups of people try to confirm the church to be more in harmony with the Bible.
Unfortunately human nature replaced those good intentions with a whole lot of infighting. People would get in a fight and have a disagreement on some point of doctrine. They'd break off and form their own church and someone else would get in a fight with them and break off and so on and so on until we kind of had a mess of contradictions that missed the whole point.
I'm not hating on the Catholic church, the Church of England or any other church. I'm just calling it like it is. Personally I like Catholics. Although I don't agree with everything their church teaches they tend to be good normal people.
Some of the other break aways have become very hateful and intolerant. When I was young there was a guy on the radio called the Bible Answer Man. He was one of the most intolerant people I have ever heard. Any Christian who didn't believe his own exclusive brand of Christianity, was of the Devil. Which was in itself amusing because his doctrine was wrong.
I support Christian values. I agree with James who said faith without works is dead. When I was young I had some friends who were Mormons. Some of my intolerant Christian friends would insist that Mormons were of the Devil. I thought that was absurd and unchristian so I'd get in arguments with them.
They claimed that Mormons believe you had to earn your way to heaven and that took away from God's grace so it was of the Devil. I'd just shake my head and bow it in shame. These people were insane. They claimed Mormons were of the Devil because Mormons taught you were supposed to do good. That makes no sense.
I had studied Satanism. Satanism taught Do what though whilt shall be the whole of the law. Satanism taught no rules no morals. They taught the exact opposite of what the Mormons taught. I'm not saying I agree with everything the Mormons teach. I'm just saying the claim that Mormons are of the Devil is ridiculous and that leads us to the root of the conflict.
This brand of intolerant Christians teach that everyone who does not believe in their exclusive brand of Christianity is of the Devil. Everyone, not just Mormons. So right off we can all see the flaw in that doctrine and we can see where that doctrine leads. It leads and breeds intolerance.
Now I'm not saying we should have a tolerance for sin. I'm not saying we should compromise with the Devil. I'm saying we shouldn't be deceived by him. I saw a video clip of a crazy women hijack the microphone at a Muslim event proclaiming Christ as King rudely denouncing Mohammad to be a false prophet. That was very unchristian.
I'm not a Muslim but I do not see Mohamed as a false prophet. There is a lot of good in Islam. I see Mohamed as a reformer like John Wesley. Mohamed had a mission to the Arab nations and he taught them to do good. That is what Christ taught.
I understand the atonement of Christ. I don't believe Christ taught believe in me and continue to sin. Christ taught repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. John the Baptist taught the same thing. Christ and John the Baptist taught people to do good. If someone was to teach believe in Christ but don't do good, that is what I would call a false prophet.
We are told that one day every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is the Christ. Yet everyone will not be saved. OK what do you mean saved? Saved from what? Death? We all are. After this life the spirit continues. One day everyone will be resurrected and judged. Everyone. The good and the bad. The best of the best and the worst of the worst. Everyone will be resurrected and judged. So in that sense, thanks to the atonement of Christ everyone is saved from physical death. Yet Christ said in my father's house are many mansions.
Having said that, the flip side of Christian intolerance is Christian service. Mother Teresa exemplified this. Many churches included the Salvation Army, First United and Union Gospel Mission performs acts of service on a daily basis. That is the intent of the religion: love and service. Whosoever is least among you the same shall be the greatest. Martin Luther King.
SHTF TV is reporting that "The Conservative Party of B.C. has dropped a controversial Denman Island doctor as a candidate in this fall’s provincial election after his views on COVID-19 and vaccines circulated online on Wednesday.
Within hours of his nomination announcement, Stephen Malthouse was cut as a candidate in the riding of Ladysmith-Oceanside."
“We are a new party, we have grown at a record pace, but some mistakes are bound to happen. Unfortunately, we nominated a couple of candidates who ultimately weren’t the right fit for our team,' said B.C. Conservative Party president Aisha Estey." AYFKM?
The BC Conservatives have already been hijacked. That didn't take long. The BC Liberals or whatever they call themselves now fell because they endorsed the BC NDP's punitive declaration defiantly endorsing lock downs and mandates. Now, as soon as the BC Conservatives finally start to gain some traction they quickly forget and dump the people that got them there.
SHTF TV is also reporting that "A transgender member of a new UN panel that’s drafting global health rules has a kinky track record in everything from bestiality to bondage, drugs and nudism, DailyMail.com can reveal." I'd rather take medical advice from Dr Stephen Malthouse.
The cherry blossoms in Vancouver are in full bloom. They started to bloom last weekend and this weekend they are in full bloom starting to fall like snow. It's not a powerful scent but if you concentrate you can smell the gentle aroma of cherry blossoms in the air. It reminds me of the cherry blossom incense we would burn in martial arts classes and on the Lunar New Year.
I am told that the cherry blossoms in Japan bloomed early this year but they're late in Korea. In Korea they still haven't bloomed yet. Look at how the deplorable fake news is misrepresenting that. The BBC is reporting that "In Japan, the rare and beautiful 10-day cherry blossom front is set to start 10 days earlier this year due to global warming." Global warming. F*ck off.
Yet Time Magazine insists that the early blooming in Japan is strictly due to climate change as they deny the late blooming in Korea. What, have the fake news outlets fired all their staff and all their articles are written by AI now? Just program a climate change narrative and all their articles become the same. Just enjoy the spring for f*ck's sake and cram your bullsh*t up your a*s.
I am not a climate change denier. The climate has been changing ever since the ice age. But I'm not a globalist and a climate change alarmist either. I believe in protecting the Constitution and the Charter of Rights. I don't believe climate change is a valid excuse to throw away civil liberty and embrace Communism. That is bat sh*t crazy and we can see that is where the fake news is trying to take us. You should be ashamed of yourselves. Truth will prevail.
Last winter was very mild because of the El Niño just like in 2010 during the winter Olympics. Warm ocean currents from the south tended to move north giving us a mild winter. Justin Trudeau tried to blame that on climate change. Next winter is La Niña which means cold ocean currents will bring cold temperatures south giving us a cold winter. Again, Justin Trudeau will blame that on climate change. Yet the cycle of cold and warm winters from the El Niño and La Niña currents have continued for a long time. Now all of a sudden it's climate change and the AI algorithms want to use that to implement the UN's New World Order. Not on my watch.
Remember groundhog day? That humorous tradition tried to predict whether we'd have a long winter or an early spring. That long-standing tradition showed some years we have a late winter and other years we have a early spring. That fluctuation existed before the alarmist algorithms.
The UN New World Order is reporting that "Let's advance and achive the United Nations Global goals by 2030 & Happiness for all by 2050." Let's not. Global Communism sucks.
Well the OPP does it again and a full patch Hells Angel from New Brunswick is busted again.
CTV is reporting that "Robin Moulton, 54, of Minto, New Brunswick has been charged with impaired operation, possession of a schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking as well as trafficking in schedule I substance. The execution of the search warrant resulted in the seizure of approximately 125 Kg of crystal methamphetamine." That is a lot of Crystal meth.
Hells Angels sneakers? AYFKM? This guy is a little bit of a clown. No disrespect.
I'm not sure which direction the large shipment was heading but we are told the Hells Angels run the crystal meth in New Brunswick. There was one guy from the Outlaws in Nova Scotia trying to compete but I don't think he's in good standing with the club. I could be wrong.
I'm not saying I support one rival over the other becaaue I don't. I'm just sayin crystal meth is a horrible drug and y'all gotta get over your greed. Your greed will be your downfall. Those who fight against a law biding society shall fight amongst themselves and they shall be drunk with their own blood. Figuratively speaking of course. Karma's a b*tch yo.
Robin Moulton was previously sentenced to four-and-a-half years in jail for cocaine trafficking in 2018. Yo man get a real job.
Today I want to talk about why Jesus was crucified. Not in a religious sense but in a historical one.
I'm not going to get into born again bullsh*t about how if you say Abracadabra you are saved and what you do no longer matters. IMO that is not the gospel of Jesus Christ but I'm not getting into that. Today I want to talk about how the mob mentality dramatically changed from Palm Sunday when they were cheering him to a week later when they were demanding he be killed.
Before I do that I want to be very clear about one thing. This isn't about the Jews rejecting Christ. This is about humanity rejecting Christ. It could have been any group of people. I have often heard it said if Christ came in our generation and taught the same things he taught back then, the church would crucify him all over again. Why is that? Religion, like politics is always hijacked by opportunists. Moses once said "this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord:
Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits."
He's describing human nature. It doesn't just apply to Jews, it applies to everyone.
People don't want to hear the truth. People can't handle the truth. People want to be lied to. They want someone to make them feel comfortable and if he does, they will pay him well.
So let's talk about how the opinion of the mob dramatically changed from Palm Sunday to Good Friday.
I heard a sermon in the United Church once where the minster pointed out that they went from shouting Hosanna to shouting crucify him in less than a week. I want to talk about what happened. What Jesus said and did to upset the mob and get canceled.
I know a lot of traditional Christians don't like the movie Godspell or Jesus Christ Superstar but I really liked the music in those plays when I was young. Most Christians are familiar with the story of how Christ cleansed the temple. How he overturned the tables and physically threw the money changers out of the temple with a whip. That was very bold and dramatic.
I am told that the religious leaders at the time weren't shocked by what he did. They questioned his authority. That was something they were supposed to have done but didn't.
The first four books of the New Testament are called the gospels. Four different authors describe Jesus' life and mission. We read two slightly different accounts of what Jesus said when he chased the money changers out of the temple. In one version he said my father's house is a house of prayer but you have made it a den of thieves.
The other version states he said my house is a house of prayer not my father's house. That public declaration of divinity was considered by many to be blasphemy. In James E. Talmage's book Jesus the Christ he claims that Jesus cleansed the temple twice. Once at the beginning of his mission and again at the end of his mission shortly before he was crucified.
We can debate whether or not he cleansed the temple twice. The point is, he did do it after Palm Sunday before he was crucified and on that occasion he made a public declaration of divinity. That was one event that happened after he was greeted with cheers of Hosanna. Mathew 23 is another. In Mathew 23 Jesus confronted the religious leaders at the time and called them liars, hypocrites and children of hell. He confronted them and he cursed them. That's when they said, this man is crazy. Crucify him and from that moment on they set a plan in motion to destroy him.
I want to be very clear that he was speaking to the religious leaders at the time who were exploiting the church. They happened to be Jews but he wasn't just speaking to the Jews. He was speaking to all of us. He was also speaking to the leaders of Christianity, of Islam, of any religion that says one thing and does another. There is good and bad in every religion and in every community. If we deny that then we condone the bad. Martin Luther King said "Non-cooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good." I believe that.
The way the movie Godspell portrayed that event was a bit hokey but the song was powerful.
So after the mob's triumphant welcome into Jerusalem, Christ cleansed the temple and confronted the religious leaders at the time. Again, he wasn't just speaking to the Jews, he was speaking to everyone. Josh McDowell wrote two excellent books. More than a Carpenter and Evidence Demands a Verdict. He wrote a few other weird ones but those two stand out as worth while.
In the book Evidence Demands a Verdict, he described the midnight trial and how it broke all the rules. He pointed out that all the witnesses contradicted each other and they were left with nothing on him. Until finally they asked, art though the Christ?
As Josh McDowell pointed out, they had nothing on him. All he had to do is say no and walk away but he didn't. That forces us to ask would he die for a lie? Not unless he was crazy but if he was crazy how did he fulfill biblical prophecy? How did he convince his 12 disciples to die for their testimony that they saw Christ after he was resurrected? These questions are for another day.
My point now is simply that during his trial they had nothing on him until they asked art though the Christ? His answer was profound. He said before Abraham was I am. He said two things. He said yes, I am the Christ. I am the Messiah Ben David but he went far beyond that.
Remember Moses and the burning bush? Moses asked God, who shall I say sent me? God said tell them I am sent you. It was the Hebrew word for I am. So when Jesus answered them in his trial, not only did he say yes I am the Christ, he also said he was Jehovah, the one who spoke to Moses in the burning bush. The religious leaders at the time freaked and said we have no need for further witnesses. We have heard enough.
Now I want you to remember that the law the Jews had been given at that time was crazy. No disrespect. The law said you were to be stoned for adultery, you were to be stoned for breaking the Sabbath. A rebellious son was to be stoned. It's amazing anyone survived and weren't all stoned.
Martin Luther King said the old law of an eye for an eye leaves everyone blind. He was right but the law required at the time if you had committed blasphemy, you were to be put to death. That was the law that God had given them and Jesus was claiming to be God. According to the law he gave them, that was blasphemy.
This Easter I want to emphasize that we can't hate on the Jews for crucifying Christ. The Christian church would have done the same thing and the Jews were simply obeying the law God gave them. Jesus had to die to fulfill the plan God had for him.
Many years ago a Punjabi coworker once asked me, why do you call it Good Friday if that was the day Jesus was killed? I just said it's complicated. What was I supposed to say? He died for our sins? She would have been like what do you mean he died for our sins, then I would have been back to it's complicated. The atonement of Christ makes it possible for us to repent. Which simply means we can change. We can grow. We can progress. We can rise above our past.
A damned soul is a soul that can't progress like a dam stops the flow of water. Jesus made it possible for us to progress and it doesn't matter what race or religion you are. Life is about moral righteousness. If we are wicked then we are not children of God we are as Paul declared bastards, children of another. Actions speak louder than words. As ye sow so shall ye reap.
I realize the crucifixion of Christ is a sensitive topic for Jews. I saw a recent interview with Candace Owens and a Jewish Rabbi who misunderstood some of the things she had said. In that interview the Jewish Rabbi said some people believe that because the Jews rejected Christ they have become evil and Satanic. That is not true. I had a Jewish friend in Belfast who said Jesus was a gift from the Jews to the Gentiles. I can accept that.
This era is considered the Times of the Gentiles. Peter held the keys to the gospel of circumcision but Paul held the keys to the gospel of uncircumcision. Gentiles who accept the gospel are accepted into the kingdom by way of adoption through baptism.
This does not mean the Jews are of the devil. Jesus was a Jew. His apostles were Jewish. Paul was a Jew. The Old and New Testaments of the Bible were written by Jews.
Jesus was a reformer. He encouraged the Jews to remember the prophets.
Moses, Elijah and Isaiah were prophets. Israel has been led astray when they followed men instead of prophets.
I heard someone once claim that the Jews don't believe in the Old Testament. They just believe in the Torah. That is not true. Do you celebrate Purim? That's from the book of Esther not the Torah. The Torah is the first five books of the Old Testament. It is considered the law.
Do you recognize King David? He wrote the book of Psalms. Do you recognize King Solomon? He wrote the book of Proverbs. Do you set an empty place for Elijah during Passover? Elijah was a prophet just like Moses was. So was Isaiah. Great are the words of Isaiah. We will begin to understand his prophecies in our era. Jesus' advice to the Jews would be to remember the law and the prophets. Muslims believe Jesus was a prophet. I can accept that.
