What is a Prevaricator?
I pray that all had a good week end and that you were able to reflect the honor that a modern day knight possesses. I heard several disturbing stories over the week-end on Fox News. One that caught my interest and also one that really demonstrates the way that our country is headed was the "marketing decision" to replace the "Bible" with Well, lets just say a very popular form of "birth control". This is what you are doing when you surf the Internet and look set your Bible aside...! Every time you are tempted while on the net think off those "pay for a view" movies you can rent at these same hotels. ....Oh! I know you would "never pay for a view" but you do my dear friend you pay dearly....you are going to pay dearly ....you just don't know when! Every time you "pay for a view" on the Internet..just a mouse click away... it is almost the exact same thing as removing your Bible and replacing it with some alternate form of entertainment. You are replacing the Words of our King with your own lustful desires....and we all know what I our King said about your eyes..."better to get rid of them"....if you know what I mean! Either pluck your eyes out of your head or stop watching that stuff on the net....!
On the Church front.....I heard a very interesting story about Willow Creek also. It seems that entertaining would be Christians or seekers has not worked all that well. It seems that the old Schuller style of reaching the lost has not been "making disciples". I think that if someone was to understand the "foolish message of the Cross" then they "couldn't understand" this style of evangelism. But is has worked for so many.....or has it? We need to get our faces back into the Bible and our eyes back on Jesus! We need to put our knees on the ground and admit to "Our Great King" that we have been more like Ganelon...and we have been listening to Marsil far too long. Let us get it right...lets us turn from our sins and follow teachings and life of the man who died on that OLD RUGGED CROSS! The same cross that was meant for us men...lest we forget about the penalty for treason.....what a great King we have! Let us take up our Cross and follow this Great Knight...this Infinite King...Let us not commit treason by "copying the behaviors and customs of this world."
FIRST-PERSON: A shocking confession from Willow Creek Community Church leaders
May we try the "Bible Driven Church" and see how it might work?
While the church sleeps .....the battle rages on ....!
Ganelon shook his head. "Nay," he said, "such is not Charlemagne. All those who have seen him know that our Emperor is a true warrior. I know not how to praise him enough before you, for there is nowhere a man so full of valour and of goodness. I would rather die than leave his service."
"In truth," said Marsil, "I marvel greatly. I had thought that Charlemagne had been old and worn. Then if it is not so, when will he cease his wars?"
"Ah," said Ganelon, "that he will never do so long as his nephew Roland lives. Under the arch of heaven there bides no baron so splendid or so proud. Oliver, his friend, [28] also is full of prowess and of valour. With them and his peers beside him, Charlemagne feareth no man."
"Fair Sir Ganelon," said King Marsil boldly, knowing his hatred, "tell me, how shall I slay Roland?"
"That I can tell thee," said Ganelon.
"Promise thou the Emperor all that he asketh of thee. Send hostages and presents to him. He will then return to France. His army will pass through the valley of Roncesvalles. I will see to it that Roland and his friend Oliver lead the rear-guard. They will lag behind the rest of the army, then there shalt thou fall upon them with all thy mighty men. I say not but that thou shalt lose many a knight, for Roland and his Peers will fight right manfully. But in the end, being so many more than they, thou shalt conquer. Roland shall lie dead, and slaying him thou wilt cut off the right arm of Charlemagne. Then farewell to the wondrous army of France. Never again shall Charlemagne gather such a company, and within the [29] borders of Spain there shall be peace for evermore."
This is high treason of the worst kind...let us think about this when we want to attack our brothers in private....issues are issues....but the treason of our King ...is quite another. Did not our King say in the ancient archives....Hatred in thy heart is the same as murder!
When Ganelon had finished speaking, the king threw his arms about his neck and kissed him. Then turning to his slaves, he commanded them to bring great treasure of gold, and silver and precious stones, and lay it at the feet of the knight.
"But swear to me," said Marsil, "that Roland shall be in the rear-guard, and swear to me his death."
(Sort of like the one who betrayed our King)
And Ganelon, laying his hand upon his sword Murglies, swore by the holy relics therein, that he would bring Roland to death.
Then came a heathen knight who gave to Ganelon a sword, the hilt of which glittered with gems so that the eyes were dazzled in looking upon it. "Let but Roland be in the rear-guard," he said, "and it is thine." Then he kissed Ganelon on both cheeks.
(The kiss ! every time you follow that little mouse around on cyber space)
Soon another heathen knight followed him, laughing joyfully. "Here is my helmet," he cried. "It is the richest and best ever [30] beaten out of steel. It is thine so that thou truly bring Roland to death and shame." And he, too, kissed Ganelon.
(Hey Ganelon probably hates this but not as much as he hates Roland)
Next came Bramimonde, Marsil's queen. She was very beautiful. Her dark hair was strung with pearls, and her robes of silk and gold swept the ground. Her hands were full of glittering gems. Bracelets and necklaces of gold, rubies and sapphires fell from her white fingers. "Take these," she said, "to thy fair lady. Tell her that Queen Bramimonde sends them to her because of the great service thou hast done." And bowing low, she poured the sparkling jewels into Ganelon's hands. Thus did the heathen reward Ganelon for his treachery.
(Ok! Now if he wasn't doomed before he is NOW! He is seduced by this beautiful Queen...first he hates his brother, then he sells out and betrays his King and now he is listening to another man's wife tell him how great he is...your my night in shining armor....Roland...your my hero I wish my husband was a wise and brave as you are....)
"Ho there!" called King Marsil to his treasurer, "are my gifts for the Emperor ready?"
"Yea, Sire," answered the treasurer, "seven hundred camels' load of silver and gold and twenty hostages, the noblest of the land; all are ready."
(Here all the riches you need just don't tell your king....he doesn't really need to know how much you make and how much you earn by doing me this little favor)
Then King Marsil leant his hand on [31] Ganelon's shoulder. "Wise art thou and brave," he said, "but in the name of all thou holdest sacred, forget not thy promise unto me. See, I give thee ten mules laden with richest treasure, and every year I will send to thee as much again. Now take the keys of my city gates, take the treasure and the hostages made ready for thine Emperor. Give them all to him, tell him that I yield to him all that he asks, but forget not thy promise that Roland shall ride in the rearguard."
(I starting to feel a little conviction here I need to be going)
Impatient to be gone, Ganelon shook the King's hand from his shoulder. "Let me tarry no longer," he cried. Then springing to horse he rode swiftly away.
(Ok Lord be with me as I go and tell this big fat LIE to my .................Oh by the way a Prevaricator is some one who repeatedly lies or does not tell the truth)
Meanwhile Charlemagne lay encamped, awaiting Marsil's answer. And as one morning he sat beside his tent, with his lords and mighty men around him, a great cavalcade appeared in the distance. And presently Ganelon, the traitor, drew rein before him. Softly and smoothly he began his treacherous tale. "God keep you," he cried; "here I bring the keys of Saragossa, with treasure rich and rare, seven hundred camels' load of silver and gold and twenty hostages of the noblest of the heathen host. And King Marsil bids me say, thou shalt not blame him that his uncle the Calif comes not too, for he is dead. I myself saw him as he set forth with three hundred thousand armed men upon the sea. Their vessels sank ere they had gone far from the land, and he and they were swallowed in the waves." Thus Ganelon told his lying tale.
From the Ancient Archives:
She has become the hideout of demons and evil spirits, a nest for filthy buzzards, and a den for dreadful beasts. For the nations have drunk the wine of her passionate immortality: The rulers of the world have committed adultry with her, and merchants throughout the world have grown rich as a result of her luxurious living." Come away from her, my people. Do not take part in her sins, or you will be punished with her. For her sins are piled as high as heaven, and God is ready to judge her for her evil deeds........She has lived in luxury and pleasure, so match it now with torments and sorrows!
Some time others pay the price....
taken from and interview of a lawyer who fights porn....
Q: Is the increase in pornography related to the abortion or homosexual movements?
Sears: The short answer is yes. The longer answer would take a lot of detail, but both answers are based upon the fact that pornography is a result of a disordered view of the human person, sexual behavior and purpose.
The sexual union within marriage, between one man and one woman, is meant by the Creator to be an act of supreme love, giving and unity. It's a picture, if you will, of the supreme selflessness.
Amen!
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