Acts 17:11 "Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true."
As most of you know, our ministry would not exist if not for the “Jim Wallis incident,” so I am sharing this post from Blue Collar Philosophy, an interesting site tracking Christians who support the antics of the Left:
It should surprise no one that President Obama’s supporters from the Christian Left are big fans of the Occupy movement. At a recent gathering of Leftist Christians two leading figures from this movement offer up their praise for the Occupy movement. This is apparently the new Occupy Theology tasked with justifying the goals of the movement with a theological construct. They even have invaded Twitter. Here is Jim Wallis offering up his excitement over the Occupy movement.
I find McLaren’s use of “the least of these” particularly offensive since he supports a man willing to tolerate infanticide. If the unborn and newly born do not epitome “the least of these” then who does?
As to who would more likely identify with the Occupy movement? I think Wallis and McLaren need to consider who the first Occupier in biblical history was.
With Jesus being used to justify what is going on in our streets, let us not forget who the first radical, the first community organizer, and the first occupier truly was. Figuring this out is rather simple. Just look at who American’s most inspiring radical praised in his book about being a radical. Saul Alinsky gives praise to none other than Lucifer…Did not Lucifer try and redistribute God’s power to himself?…Did not Lucifer organize his fellow angels in a rebellion to try and occupy Heaven?
Joyce Meyer was born on June 4, 1943. She is married, has four children, and lives outside of St. Louis, Missouri. She runs the Joyce Meyer Ministries organization (joycemeyer.org). When examining the site's statement of faith we are glad to see an affirmation of the Trinity, that man is a sinner, that without Jesus we can have no relationship with God, that salvation is a free gift, and eternal hell of conscious damnation. There is a concern with the statement on "divine healing," since there are so many aberrant groups that also affirm divine healing but say Christians must claim it and people who are sick are in sin. However, I am not aware of what Meyer's position is on this.
The Joyce Meyer Ministry takes in a great deal of money. She travels in a private jet and has several multimillion dollar homes.
"While Meyer's previous salary is unknown, a recent series of investigative articles in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch revealed Meyer's ministry purchased for Joyce and Dave a $2 million home, a $10 million private jet, and houses worth another $2 million for the couple's children, who also work for the ministry. The articles also outlined Meyer's recent personal purchases, including a $500,000 vacation home. Meyer, 60, lives in Fenton, Missouri, near St. Louis." (1/1/2004, http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2004/januaryweb-only/1-19-13.0.html)
Having a lot or a little money is neither good nor bad. If she has earned it all fairly through her work, fine. Nevertheless, this article will focus on her teaching, not on her finances. Let's take a look at scripture, then Joyce Meyer's teachings.
It is absolutely necessary that we Christians use biblical discernment when supporting any preacher and/or teacher of the gospel. It is irrelevant whether or not we like the person, think the person is a good speaker, or if the person says things that are uplifting. Instead, we must be as noble as the Bereans.
"Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily, to see whether these things were so," (Acts 17:11).
"Now these things, brethren, I have figuratively applied to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that in us you might learn not to exceed what is written, in order that no one of you might become arrogant in behalf of one against the other," (1 Cor. 4:6).
If the Bible says that even Paul was checked by scripture, and that we are not to exceed scripture's teaching, then aren't we obligated to judge what Mrs. Meyer says against the word of God? Of course we are. It is not enough to just believe what she says, no matter how good the words are or how well she presents them. Let's not be taken in by a public figure who is confident, assertive, and appears to be biblical. Our duties as Christians include biblical discernment - which can only be done by examining what she says and comparing it with scripture.
For the most part Joyce Meyer preaches a positive, biblical message that is of great value to many people. We applaud her desire to be biblical, to point women to godly submission and humility, to trusting God, being loving, to have value based in what Christ has done for us, etc. These are all good. However, there are some very significant errors that need to be addressed. Some of them are so bad that she is outside of biblical orthodoxy and must be considered a false teacher. Let's take a look at what Joyce Meyer has said.
Jesus stopped being the Son of God: "He could have helped himself up until the point where he said I commend my spirit into your hands, at that point he couldn’t do nothing for himself anymore. He had become sin, he was no longer the Son of God. He was sin."(http://storage.carm.org/joycemeyer/joyce-meyer-Jesus-became-sin-stopped-being-son-of-God.mp3)
Response: This is heresy. Jesus did not ever stop becoming the son of God. Essentially what she is saying is that Jesus stopped being divine, the eternal son, second person of the Trinity. This is an attack on the very nature of Christ and it is a dangerous false teaching. Joyce Meyer needs to repent and retract this statement. There is no place in Scripture that says Jesus stopped being the son of God. She's adding to the word of God and placing in the hearts and minds of listeners false doctrine.
I am a pastor's daughter that has been following the downward spiral of the Christian church for over 10 years now. I feel led to post the articles and links on the many false teachings that I have collected over the years in one place for the benefit of equipping fellow Christians to defend the faith. You will notice that, for now, I don't have any contact information available. This is done deliberately. The Lord has laid it on my heart to simply present this information, not defend it. It is up to you to search the Scriptures yourselves and see what is Truth. I will occasionally be adding articles of my own as time permits. As always, be a Berean and, don't take my word for it. Check the Scriptures out for yourself to see what is correct. Matthew 7:15 "Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.
Recently my driver's side window started giving me problems. It would work, then it wouldn't, then it would again..however, it is now stuck in the down position. When I push the switch to the up position, I hear a faint click but nothing happens.
I've taken off the door panel and have tried to push the window up by hand to no avail. Any advice on how to at least get the window up and stay up? More likely that the motor is bad or something else?
Thanks and if there's no voltage at the plug, what needs to be replaced? The relay? If there is voltage, how in the world do you replace the motor? I have the interior door panel off and the unit is riveted to the inner door panel..
Exciter570 wrote: Thanks and if there's no voltage at the plug, what needs to be replaced? The relay? If there is voltage, how in the world do you replace the motor? I have the interior door panel off and the unit is riveted to the inner door panel..
Replacing the motor: My best guess is to carefully cut the rivits and buy the right sized screws/bolts and locking nuts at a hardware store. I know the motor can be disassembled without removal as we have done that in the past and repaired a seized motor.
Fixing the voltage: If no voltage at the plug going to the motor from the switch then I would check for voltage on the plug going to the switch from the battery.
If that supply is dead as well then check the breaker, I believe power windows get an auto resetting breaker (Rear window defogger gets its own too, I've had them go bad before).
Also verify grounds and check the switch itself to see if it works or not when moved with the diode check function, it usually has a little speaker next to it as it makes a beep indicating it has a connection. Check for beep on leads before checking switch to see if the meter beeps first as some do not have the beeper function and display numbers only.
Worst case you can try applying 12 volts and ground directly to the motor to see if it moves at all, but be careful you do not break the window.
In some of my GM cars, the regulator motor has a internal circuit breaker which becomes sensitive. The window goes down but won't go up or goes up in short bursts. This is that circuit breaker device tripping. To get the window back up, you can try having someone pull up on the window while another person pushes the switch to the up position. By lifting the window, the motor pulls less current and the circuit breaker won't trip. The fix for this is to bypass the internal circuit breaker. It's a bit involved to explain but there were kits out there. You may be able to find more info on this at a G-body forum. I've come across this problem in my 94 Lumina van passenger side, 93 Lumina van drivers side and an early 90s Buick of my neighbors. I haven't had this problem with any Beretta's yet but that doesn't mean it can't happen. I assume GM uses the same regulators in all of it's cars.
Thanks guys, I had a mechanic test the motor today, I guess he put power to it directly and the window went up and told me it was the switch that is faulty.. that being said, I could not find a part on Rock Auto for a power window switch.. but did find this:
Did they also verify it was a bad switch by checking the fuse/breaker power to the switch? And checking the switch contacts?
If you have the newer style switch which looks different then I suggest a wanted ad in the classified section or in the Beretta.net facebook group, or a junk yard search.
I have a 1992, the switch is similar looking to the one you posted, but not the same. I think I'm in for a junk yard hunt. I'm not sure if the mechanic checked the fuse/breaker to the switch, I will check that before finding/ buying another switch.
Unfortunately these newer switches are not being reproduced. I think another member may havemade a adapter to attach the older switch on the newer car at one point, but I can't find that at the moment.
Yup, that's the same switch I have in mine. I found some used ones online. Going to take my chances with one of those.. It's too bad the newer style is not being reproduced and strange that the old style is when the newer is not.
Exciter570 wrote: Yup, that's the same switch I have in mine. I found some used ones online. Going to take my chances with one of those.. It's too bad the newer style is not being reproduced and strange that the old style is when the newer is not.
I think its because the older style is simply 2 switches while the newer style I believe has a little extra and the auto down feature for the drivers door. Not sure as I never looked inside the newer switch before.
Here is a write up I did of how to test your motor yourself. I know that I've had motors go bad but I never had a switch go bad.