The Truth Shall Make You Free!

A very good friend of mine, a man of God and a caring Pastor from my former hometown submitted and sent me a copy of his newsletter, which I have copied below in its entirety. Recent news events have raised concerns…ongoing concerns and questions about Islam, the Quran, and the faith of some 1.5 billion Muslims around the world.
Now whether they are moderate or radical Muslims can be argued until the proverbial cow leaves Texas but Islam is without a doubt not a religion of peace as our political leaders and a few “questionable” Christian leaders would have you believe, nor is the Quran the Word of God for Allah is not the God of the Holy Bible.
When Muslims say that God (Allah) had no son, they are right! Allah is a false god...in fact the moon god and he did not and cannot have offspring in the same sense, purpose or reason as the God of the Bible, Yawveh (El Elyon, Jehovah) has a Son, who is our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Now before you judge, do the research…do the study…compare the Quran with the Bible...compare what the Quran says about Jesus with what the Bible says about Jesus and tell me what you find. Read my friends article and write him too. We both invite you to do so and will freely speak with you on the subject matter. My friends email is included in his article, and my email is: bcovenantf@yahoo.com

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Special Pastor’s Note 0910a September 11, 2010

THE PASTOR WHO WOULD NOT
Pastor Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Church in Gainesville, Florida either was a prankster or desired international attention. Well he got what he wanted but left much to be desired. His idea of burning the Koran got a lot of people upset and uneasy. Christians, the Military, the Secretary of Defense, the Pentagon, President of the US and of course Muslims. Now I wonder why that is such a big deal for an American to exercise freedom of expression. After all he did not say burn people only their book. For you politically correct junkies was Pastor Jones’ First Amendments trampled upon because of political reasons? Are the powers in Washington, DC at Pennsylvania Avenue practicing double standards when it comes to Christianity vs. Islam? As long as his group would have met in a peaceful manner and ONLY burned the book – does the first amendment afford that freedom in America? Remember, this is not the Middle East – this is America. Congress ratified the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights in 1789 giving Americans certain freedoms and rights you will not find in far Eastern countries. It is a crime for men to publicly whip women and equally a crime to have more than one wife (so far). But convert to Islam and move to the far East and those practices are widely accepted.


THE KORAN THAT CONTRADICTS
But have you read the Koran lately? The Holy Koran admittedly commands the Muslim to "fight," "hate" and do not be "friends" with Christians and Jews. Certain Surah translated by the Arabic scholar Abdullah Yusuf Ali in Surah 5:14, 5:51, 8:12 and 9:12-14. These are all Surah (and many more) that do not sound like a loving Allah but more of a wrathful one commanding his disciples to kill and disassociate with ANYONE who does not believe. Whoever does not believe that Muhammad is Allah’s last prophet and whoever does not believe that Allah (the all merciful, the compassionate, the beneficent) are enemies of Islam and deserve to die.
If you take the Holy Koran and place it side by side with the Holy Bible and had the time to conduct a comparative analysis you would discover many contradictions – not in doctrinal beliefs in each book – but in opposition of each book. For instance fight, hate and do not be friends contradict the words of Jesus Christ in the following verses:
“Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God . . . Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.” Matthew 5:9, 11
“But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven, for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. For if you love them which love you, what reward have ye? Do not even the publicans the same? And if you salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? Do not even the publicans so? Matthew 5:44-46 Your comments are welcomed and encouraged as long as they are factual and Biblical. Personal feelings and personal beliefs will be discarded and deleted. You may contact me at TimothyJD@verizon.net or on Facebook under Timothy Durden. Be sure to view my 101 Biblical Words facebook page and leave your comment. These verses alone are a clear contradiction of the Holy Koran and yet many Christian teachers and political leaders would have you to believe that Allah and the God of the Bible are the same. I seriously doubt they are the same and I declare the God of the Bible to be the One, True, Only Living God – all the other gods are false – they are all dead!
And as far as the hypocrisy of America and the military check this out:

BURNING THE BIBLE
The question should be asked has that ever happened in the history of Christianity? You are a misinformed Christian if you do not think Bibles have been burned before. But the question would be – where Bibles burned by Muslims? Here is your answer:
AP June 18, 2007
Father Manuel Musallem, head of Gaza’s Latin Church, told the AP that Muslims have ransacked, burned and looted a school and convent that are part of the Gaza Strip’s small Romany Catholic community. He told the AP that crosses were broken, damage was done to a statue of Jesus, and at the Rosary Sister School and nearby convent, and prayer books were burned.


Gummen used the roof of the school during the fighting, and the convent was “desecrated,” Mussalem told the AP “Nothing happens by mistake these days,” he said. Father Mussalam additionally told the Jerusalem Post that the Muslim gunmen used rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) to blow through the doors of the church and school, before burning Bibles and destroying every cross they could get their hands on.
And another of most recent times:
(CNN) -- Military personnel threw away, and ultimately burned, confiscated Bibles that were printed in the two most common Afghan languages amid concern they would be used to try to convert Afghans, a Defense Department spokesman said Tuesday.
Afghan workers enter a walkway on March 3, 2009, at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan.
The unsolicited Bibles sent by a church in the United States were confiscated about a year ago at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan because military rules forbid troops of any religion from proselytizing while deployed there, Lt. Col. Mark Wright said.
Such religious outreach can endanger American troops and civilians in the devoutly Muslim nation, Wright said.
"The decision was made that it was a 'force protection' measure to throw them away, because, if they did get out, it could be perceived by Afghans that the U.S. government or the U.S. military was trying to convert Muslims," Wright told CNN on Tuesday. Your comments are welcomed and encouraged as long as they are factual and Biblical. Personal feelings and personal beliefs will be discarded and deleted. You may contact me at TimothyJD@verizon.net or on Facebook under Timothy Durden. Be sure to view my 101 Biblical Words facebook page and leave your comment.

Today, Christian Broadcasting's David Brody says "the Bibles were burned because the rules on the base say that all garbage is burned at the end of the day. But just asking here; if the U.S. Military seized a stack full of Korans, would they be burned? You think that might cause a little outrage in the Muslim world?"
Yikes!

And finally take a gander at this broadcast from CNN:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOV4jM0_6BI

The United States Military treated Bibles as “trash” because the Military burns its trash everyday and since the Bibles were not returned to the United States they were burned. And you wonder why Pastor Tim calls the government and the “system” corrupt.
Forever and Always –
In His Service
Pastor Tim
His Bond-Servant

The Encouragement of a Friend

It’s been a while. Like the whole summer that I haven’t entered anything on this blog, or did my radio broadcast on Blog Talk Radio, or updated my ministry website. Why? I’m glad you asked. Even church and ministry leaders get discouraged and need encouragement. But where do they go, or should it may be said, to whom do they go when their down?

Some days ago I wrote about the Encouragement of a Son. My son encouraged me when he and his family where were visiting over the summer. I needed that encouragement, was blessed by it and began to make preparations to return to the blog, the radio show and seeking means of doing prison ministry. Then “bam” I was let down again, disappointed once more, frustrated with religious folks and generally turned off.
And so for another few weeks I drug around with my head down…forgetting my son’s encouraging words, never minding the fact that he was listening, watching, waiting to hear a Word. Then after some weeks I got a letter from a old friend, a friend who should be walking around all the time with his head down…discouraged, disappointed, frustrated, but he is not!

Why? I’m glad you asked. You see my friend is incarcerated behind prison walls for his participation in a crime some 35 years ago. He is known by the title “lifer” in the prison system, went to jail at 15 years old and he just turned 51. This man has served Christ longer than some of you have been alive…I say some of you for I am his age.

He’s in jail you say? For a crime…well then that is where he should be. Yeah, but he has seen other men commit worse, far worse offenses that he did do their 10-20, or 15-25 and get out…only to re-offend, commit a more heinous act come back do that bit and get out again. Screwed up system that punishes a person for life because they couldn’t afford a high price lawyer, or there from the inner city but allows “others” to keep on doing crimes and receiving no punishment
Well this man, my friend wrote me a letter from prison…wrote and told me how blessed he was to hear a Word from many years past…wrote and told me my son was not the only one person who heard, whose faith had grew, and that there were many others…many who we will not know of or hear of on this side of glory who are somewhere listening, watching, waiting.

My son and my friend…wow…who could ask for anything better!