Hollywood: Driving the Homosexual Agenda for 40 Years By Paul Wilson

Hollywood celebrities exuberantly celebrated President Obama’s recent declaration of support for gay marriage. But Hollywood did not have to come out of the closet and support homosexuality – it has long used its influence to purposely swing public opinion in favor of homosexuality.

For several decades, Hollywood has shown its overt support for homosexuality. Brokeback Mountain was nominated for Best Picture for its unabashedly sympathetic portrayal of a doomed gay relationship. Newt Gingrich’s half-sister officiated at a gay wedding on “Friends” in the 1990s. More recently, late night talk show host Conan O’Brian officiated at an actual gay wedding.

Homosexual advocacy on television first began to manifest itself in the 1970’s. In 1972, made for TV movie “That Certain Summer” featured Hal Holbrook and Martin Sheen as a gay couple. In 1973, “An American Family” was the first television show to feature an openly gay character (Lance Loud) “as an integral member of family life.” Billy Crystal played a gay character on the ABC sitcom “Soap” in 1977. Despite the fact that the show consistently lost money, ABC put on “Soap” for 4 seasons.

This push towards normalizing homosexuality reached full torque in later decades, coming to a head during the late 1990s. NBC sitcom “Friends” aired an episode with a lesbian wedding in 1996; the episode featured Newt Gingrich’s sister as the official celebrating the wedding. “Friends” producer Marta Kauffman told Ben Shapiro, for his book Primetime Propaganda that, “When we cast Candice Gringrich as the minister of that wedding, [was there] a bit of ‘f*** you’ in it to the right wing directly? Yeah.”

“Ellen,” featuring lesbian Ellen DeGeneres, created a stir when she “came out” on air. “Will and Grace” featured a gay man and a straight woman rooming together.

Today, the airwaves are awash in pro-homosexual content – GLAAD tracks how often networks air homosexual characters on their shows. Fox’s musical comedy “Glee” is on the front lines of homosexual advocacy, showing gay sex and slamming anti-gay bullying. Other popular shows prominently featuring homosexuals include “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Modern Family.” “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” host Conan O’Brian even officiated at a gay wedding in 2011.

It is no wonder that Ben Shapiro declares in “Primetime Propaganda” that television is the “culture’s most ardent advocate for gay marriage.”

Filmmakers have also not been shy about their support for gay marriage. The 2005 film “Brokeback Mountain”, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture, featured two cowboys in a gay relationship. The 2008 film “Milk” told the story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to be elected into public office in California. “The Perfect Family,” which mocks a “devout Catholic” as a bigot for opposing homosexuality, is Hollywood’s most recent latest pro-homosexual effort.

Hollywood actors and directors have not been shy about their goal to normalize homosexuality. Ryan Murphy, the creator of “Glee,” declared “Hopefully I have made it possible for somebody on broadcast television to do a rear-entry scene in three years.” Shapiro quotes then-ABC executive Marcy Carsey, who helped produce the “Soap”: “I mentioned that Soap was one of the favorite shows I ever put on the air … it dealt with homosexuality when nobody was, it dealt with all sorts of stuff that you just couldn’t do with television but we did, and I thought that was a great thing to do.”

Politicians and journalists who favor homosexuality have also noticed the impact of the entertainment industry on influencing societal attitudes towards homosexuality. In a recent interview in which he came out for homosexual marriage, Vice President Joe Biden declared: “when things really begin to change, is when the social culture changes. I think ‘Will and Grace’ probably did more to educate the American public [about homosexuality] than almost anything anybody’s ever done so far.” NBC “Today” anchor Ann Curry agreed with Biden, declaring: “… there weren’t a lot of gay role models on television … Now, there – this is, we’re in the wake of ‘Will and Grace,’ you know, we’ve seen ‘Glee’ on television …”

Hollywood has fervently pushed for the normalization of homosexuality in America for decades – and this trend has only intensified.

http://blogs.christianpost.com/guest-views/hollywood-driving-the-homosexual-agenda-for-40-years-9862/

Under Pressure

“You know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.” James 1:3

When our kids were growing up, we loved having picnics in the backyard. No picnic was complete without a plate full of big, juicy watermelon slices! From my kids’ point of view, part of the fun was playing with the seeds. As soon as a wet seed hit the table, they couldn’t resist the urge to press it with their thumb to see how far they could make it fly across the table.

I can’t help but think we’re a lot like that when life presses down on us. When the pressure gets too intense, we start looking for ways to bail out from under the thumb of circumstances that seem too much to handle. And all too often we are tempted to bail in terms of our attitudes, feeling angry, bitter, or even mad at God—or anyone else we can blame our problems on. Or, we are tempted to bail in our actions by refusing to persevere in righteous ways.

Thankfully, James offers some great advice about why it’s so important to stay under the pressure. He reminds us that God has a purpose in mind when He allows trials to press down on us. Like turning coals into diamonds, some things only happen under a lot of pressure. Staying under the pressure is how God tests our faith in order to make us “mature and complete” (James 1:4). But, if we bail in our attitudes or actions under the burden, we interfere with the productive intentions that God has for our lives.

It’s interesting that the Greek word James uses in our text for “perseverance” (James 1:3) is hupomeno. It’s derived from two Greek words: hupo (under) and meno (remain). James is making the point that in order to achieve God’s refining goals for our lives, we need to be willing to cooperatively remain under the pressure.

It boils down to whether or not you want comfort or character. You may think that life should be a bed of roses, but if that’s your take on life, you’re in for a big surprise—trouble happens! The issue is not if you will face trials, it’s how you will respond to the inevitable pressure that the problems of life bring.

It may be that you face pressure at work. In the face of a seemingly insurmountable project, it’s easy to think, “If I just fudge a little bit I could get this job done faster.” Or, when the problems at home won’t go away, we find ourselves wondering, “Maybe I’ll just leave so I won’t have to deal with this anymore.” The sin of pride causes us to respond to problems with thoughts like, “I don’t deserve this.” And soon our attitudes are in the dumper and God’s work is derailed.

In fact, the next time you’re tempted to bail on God and squeeze out from under the trouble, think of Jesus, who “humbled himself and became obedient to death” (Philippians 2:8). He “remained under” great suffering for the purpose of making you better.

So embrace the process and permit God to do His work of making you more mature and usable, for your good and His glory. Believe me—the pain will be worth the gain!

YOUR JOURNEY…

• Do you try to bail out from under pressure? Why it is hard to remain under it?
• What are some reasons why you might try to bail on God’s maturing process in your life?
• What are some steps you can take to be more committed to the process of growth?
• Take some time to pray and thank God for His desire to produce maturity in your life, and then surrender to the process.

http://getmorestrength.org/daily/under-pressure/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GetMoreStrength+%28Strength+For+The+Journey%29

The Habit of Having No Habits

If these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful . . . —2 Peter 1:8

When we first begin to form a habit, we are fully aware of it. There are times when we are aware of becoming virtuous and godly, but this awareness should only be a stage we quickly pass through as we grow spiritually. If we stop at this stage, we will develop a sense of spiritual pride. The right thing to do with godly habits is to immerse them in the life of the Lord until they become such a spontaneous expression of our lives that we are no longer aware of them. Our spiritual life continually causes us to focus our attention inwardly for the determined purpose of self-examination, because each of us has some qualities we have not yet added to our lives.

Your god may be your little Christian habit— the habit of prayer or Bible reading at certain times of your day. Watch how your Father will upset your schedule if you begin to worship your habit instead of what the habit symbolizes. We say, “I can’t do that right now; this is my time alone with God.” No, this is your time alone with your habit. There is a quality that is still lacking in you. Identify your shortcoming and then look for opportunities to work into your life that missing quality.

Love means that there are no visible habits— that your habits are so immersed in the Lord that you practice them without realizing it. If you are consciously aware of your own holiness, you place limitations on yourself from doing certain things— things God is not restricting you from at all. This means there is a missing quality that needs to be added to your life. The only supernatural life is the life the Lord Jesus lived, and He was at home with God anywhere. Is there someplace where you are not at home with God? Then allow God to work through whatever that particular circumstance may be until you increase in Him, adding His qualities. Your life will then become the simple life of a child.

http://utmost.org/the-habit-of-having-no-habits/

Keep the pressure on sponsors of trash TV

Darden Restaurants – Red Lobster and Olive Garden – have been regularly sponsoring offensive shows such as “Don’t Trust the B—- in Apt. 23” and “GCB.”   And Red Lobster has again sponsored this week’s episode of “Don’t Trust the B—- in Apt. 23.”   However, on a positive note, regular sponsors PepsiCo, Old Navy, and Mazda did not advertise this week after hearing from many of you!

 

Help us keep the pressure upon Red Lobster, as well as the other advertisers sponsoring “Don’t Trust the B—- in Apt. 23” – which include repeat offenders Kraft cheese, Honda, and new advertisers Subway, Nikon, Gevalia coffee, and Hyundai.

 

These corporations need to hear from you!

 

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The latest episode of “Don’t Trust the B—- in Apt. 23” featured the two female roommates being filmed for a fetish porn website.  In a scheme by roommate Chloe to earn rent money, she hides webcams throughout their apartment – including the bathroom – to film the two girls and sell on a porn site.  Not only does this segment depict lewd erotic imagery with lesbian overtones, it also condones such illicit, degrading behavior to impressionable young viewers.

The episode does depict the “good” roommate, June, going to church – but of course the church service, a Korean church, is lampooned and used as a punch line.  And then June, who begins the episode challenging Chloe on moral absolutes of right and wrong and black and white, ends up embracing Chloe’s amoral view of “everything is gray” by the end of the episode, justifying immoral behavior to benefit herself.  Another depiction of Christians as hypocrites by ABC.

Scattered throughout the episode are crude references to male genitalia and homosexual sex acts.

This is what the sponsors listed above empowered with the latest episode of “Don’t Trust the B—- in Apt. 23.”

Take Action! Click here to send a message to the advertisers supporting this crude show.

http://www.americandecency.org/archives/keep-the-pressure-on-sponsors-of-trash-tv/#more-6662

The Lord will show who is holy; and will cause him to came near unto Him. Num 16:5

It was on these, words that the Psalmist founded his exclamation, “Blessed is the man whom Thou choosest, and causest to approach unto Thee.” This is what we all need. We often endeavor to approach unto God, but meet with many disappointments. Thomas Welsh said, on one occasion, that he had been wrestling to obtain access from six in the morning until nine! There is something better. If you are His, you may humbly count on God to cause you to come near; believing His promise: “Draw nigh to God, and God will draw nigh to you.”

In your morning prayer, or at any other time which you set apart for devotion, let this be the cry of your soul: “My God, cause me to come near.” When for long you have been dwelling afar off, and the distance threatens to become chronic or permanent, let this again be your petition: “Cause me to come near.” And throughout the rush of daily life, let your dependence be on Him who alone can cause you to come near so that you may dwell in His courts.

But God cannot do this unless the soul is utterly surrendered to be His; for “if we say we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth.” We must be un-anchored and unbeached if the tide is to bear us on its bosom. We must be free from the touch of other hands if we are to respond to His. We must sit loosely by the things of the earth to feel the drawing of heaven. This is, in part, the meaning of holiness. “Who are His, and who is holy?” Those who have experienced separation to God and sin. Give us this, O Lord; then draw us near to Thyself, and we will run after Thee!

http://devotionals.ochristian.com/f-b-meyer-devotional.shtml

Antidote to Workaholism by Mark D. Roberts

Psalm 127:1-5

Unless the LORD builds a house,      the work of the builders is wasted. Unless the LORD protects a city,      guarding it with sentries will do no good.

Psalm 127:1

In 1971, theologian and psychologist Wayne E. Oates published a book called Confessions of a Workaholic. His use of the term “workaholic” went viral, as they say. Soon everybody was talking about whether or not they were workaholics, how much they overworked, and so on. American culture tends to hold up workaholics as role models of commitment and success, even as we worry about the implications of overwork for health and family.

Although Psalm 127 was written centuries before Confessions of a Workaholic, it speaks to this condition with incisive insight. “Unless the LORD builds a house, the work of the builders is wasted. Unless the LORD protects a city, guarding it with sentries will do no good” (127:1). All of our efforts to produce and to guard what we have produced will come to naught without God’s help. Thus, Psalm 127 continues, “It is useless for you to work so hard from early morning until late at night, anxiously working for food to eat; for God gives rest to his loved ones” (127:2). Long hours filled with anxiety might get the job done, but they will not produce a life of value and significance. God intends for us to work, yes, but also to rest.

Psalm 127 doesn’t suggest that it’s wrong to build a house or guard a city. The problem comes when we do it on our own strength, trusting in our efforts, working long hours, thus disregarding our health, our families, and, indeed, God’s gift of rest. Thus, the questions for you and for me would include: What is God doing? How can I get involved in his project? How can I cooperate with God in the activities of my life? What does God want to do in and through me each day?

When we invest our lives in what God is doing, our efforts are fruitful. Our lives are balanced. We have the joy of accomplishment as well as the benefits of peace of mind and rest. Today, I want to join the Lord in his work, offering my best to him, trusting him for the results. I want to take time for his good gifts, for family and friendship, for prayer and rest.

QUESTIONS FOR FURTHER REFLECTION: Do you tend to overwork? If so, why? If not, why not? How does Psalm 127:1 speak to you? What is the “house” you’re trying to build? What is the “house” God wants to build through your life?

PRAYER: Dear Lord, I confess that all too often I’m trying to “build a house” and “protect a city” through my own efforts. I sometimes think if I can work “from early morning until late at night” and pull it off on my own. Forgive me for such arrogance.

I acknowledge, gracious God, that I will not be able to build anything of lasting value in my life apart from you and your strength. You are the master builder. You are the source of all good things, the giver of all good gifts.

So help me, Lord, to do my work as your junior partner. May I look to see what you’re doing and join in this effort. May I trust you to work through me by the power of your Spirit.

And when it’s time to stop, Lord, may I trust you enough to stop, knowing that you want to give me rest. In the name of Jesus, Amen.

http://www.thehighcalling.org/reflection/antidote-workaholism-1

Tozer Devotional-Daily Cross-carrying

Daily Cross-carrying

Our Lord called men to follow Him but He never made the way look easy. Indeed one gets the distinct impression that He made it appear extremely hard. Sometimes He said things to disciples or prospective disciples that we today discreetly avoid repeating when we are trying to win men to Him. What present-day evangelist would have the courage to tell an inquirer, “If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it” (Matt. 16:24-25)? And do not we do some tall explaining when someone asks us what Jesus meant when He said, “Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law” (Matt. 10:34-35)? That kind of rugged, sinewy Christianity is left for an occasional missionary or for some believer behind one of the various curtains in the world. The masses of professed Christians simply do not have the moral muscle to enable them to take a path so downright and final as this. When will Christians learn that to love righteousness it is necessary to hate sin? that to accept Christ it is necessary to reject self? that to follow the good way we must flee from evil? that a friend of the world is an enemy of God? that God allows no twilight zone between two altogethers where the fearful and the doubting may take refuge at once from hell to come and the rigors of present discipline?

http://www.cmalliance.org/devotions/tozer?id=547

The Power of the Good News · Max Lucado

The Power of the Good News · Max Lucado.

The Daily Spurgeon: God has given you an anchor

The Daily Spurgeon: God has given you an anchor.

Are You Being Tempted?

“Blessed is the man that endureth temptation.” Jas 1:12

You’ll never be exempt from temptation. Each season of life just brings temptation in a different form. When you’re young you’ll struggle with the need for companionship and sexual fulfillment. In business you’ll be tempted to distort the truth, cheat and pocket the money. When you become successful, if you’re not careful you’ll become ego-driven, controlling and opinionated. The truth is, you never become so spiritual as to be exempt from temptation. After forty days of prayer and fasting, Satan tempted Jesus. So you are as vulnerable to attack after a great spiritual experience as you are in your lowest moments. Satan understood Jesus’ assignment and he was out to stop Him from accomplishing it. And he is out to stop you too! The battle you’re in is not over the past, it’s over the future. In the face of repeated temptation Jesus defeated Satan by using the Word of God, and you must too. Without it you have no defense. In what specific areas do you struggle? What’s your strategy for victory? What percentage of the time are you successful? What Scriptures have you memorized to help you conquer the tempter when he comes against you? Look at Samson, God’s champion: blinded, chained, grinding corn like an ox in a Philistine dungeon. Sin has a blinding effect, a binding effect, and a grinding effect. Graveyards and prisons are filled with people who were too weak to stand up against Satan. Dreams crash daily on the rocks of temptation. Move the ship of your life away from those rocks while you still can.

http://theencouragingword.wordpress.com/2012/05/12/are-you-being-tempted/