Bigotry

1.) It must be done in

love and never in anger. 2.) There should always be a clear explanation as to why the spanking is to be administered, and assurance that the child understands the explanation. (This takes time and thought and eliminates anger.) 3.) After the discipline is over with,

there should be hugs and kisses and assurance of love. 4.) If, for some reason anger is involved, the parent should humble themselves and apologize for their wrong attitude and

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That knowing took place around ten at night and has sustained me for all my forty-two plus years as a Christian.

Since that night I have studied the scriptures, arguments against Christianity and have had many prayers answered according to the scriptures than I could tell. The reality has come

time and time again as my prayer was directed to this God of the Bible and shared with nobody else, and specific answers came with the knowledge that only God knew what I had requested. I have had prayers answered from very simple prayers to such things as provision direction and healing among other things. I had an experience that unbelievers cannot relate to and many believers haven't gone through a demonic attack on my life.

I have been in ministry and have been involved in casting out demons personally and in groups. I've been healed immediately in answer to prayer in the name of the Jesus of the Bible, have prayed for others who have also been healed immediately, and have watched others prayed for and healed instantly. In none of these cases was there a televangelist, faith healer or prominent personality involved. These were in small and virtually unknown ministries and involved people who were just every day Christians of no reputation.

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This one is hard for even many Christians to acknowledge, but it doesn't matter what others believe when God moves - I saw food multiply right in front of me in answer to the prayer of a young girl. It's a travesty that Christians say they believe God can do anything and then refuse to believe he can do what is a very insignificant thing to God like multiplying food, but it happened and I won't try to explain how because I have no clue. Believe about this one whatsoever you wish.

In ministry I have witnessed wonderful anointing of God on preachers and teachers many times and have had powerful anointing in preaching and witnessing myself at times. I have seen children come in from a day playing in a field, laughing and telling how angels came and played ball with them. Every one of these children who saw the angels were between the ages of three and 10, and their excitement was very convincing!

I have ministered in homes where the presence and power of God were so evident that it overwhelmed me and the people in the house even though in two cases they were unbelievers. I have been arrested falsely while ministering outside of a shopping center and imprisoned for nearly a month.​​​​​ I have witnessed God's power shutting the mouths of men in prison who came to a service to cause confusion and trouble.

God revealed his power to my wife and I in our home by healing our son in answer to our prayer when he was in terrible pain and crying. We prayed for him and he was healed instantly and just got down and played. ​That pain never returned to him. My second oldest son and I bound demonic power in his room after the demons frightened him, and later, at the age of three years old, he bound Satan himself in a second visit made to his room by demonic power and after that there were no more visits.

​​By the grace and mercy of God all seven of our children have come to know the Lord Jesus as their Savior prior to their sixth year. Not one of them was coerced into this but all came by their own conviction. The earliest one came to the Lord at the age of three years old. He is the one who bound the demonic activity in his room. All of our children have remained faithful to the Lord from the youngest (23) to the oldest (34).

One of our children is currently involved in ministry, four are married to Christians which

is another answer to the prayers of my wife and I, and all of them have a bond of love that only God can create between them. Some of our children have been used by the Lord in ministry over the years as well.

There is much more than these things that have convinced me of the reality of the God of scripture. The times when people just happened to show up at the right time, had the right answer in a time of deep need, came to us to be ministered to when they could have been in another place at another time, the provisions that came to us without letting our needs be known and on and on are plenty and more than sufficient to let me know that the God of the Bible is the only true God and that Jesus Christ is the only way to know God and be forgiven and receive eternal life.

Accuse me of bigotry if you wish, but all that has transpired since my salvation has convinced me that the God of the Bible is living, hears and answers my prayers, and has my best interests at heart. Despite the many arguments of Atheists, religionists, secularists, and all the other "ists," I am firmly convinced and irrevocably certain that what I believe is the cure for everyone who will lay down their subjective bias and examine what I am sharing on this site.

I am not an intellectual giant, and some people, my intellectual superiors, present arguments in such a fashion that they transcend my puny understanding so that I can't grasp what they are saying.​​​​​​ These are the same people who scoff at faith because they demand an answer to everything and despise simplicity. For these people I say, consider what I am sharing here. Refuse to be an intellectual bigot filled with your own opinion to the point of scoffing at those who you consider inferior to yourselves. If the simple-minded among you are right, your intellectual capacity will keep you from the greatest truth in the universe and it will eventually be your downfall as you stand before this God of the Bible unprepared, lost and undone in an irreversible position, hopeless and horrified!

To those who can come down from their intellectual tower and consider even the simplest of things, God is waiting for you to acknowledge him so that he can free you from the bondage of opinion forever. To all those who have already stepped down from this lofty tower, I salute you, and challenge you to do all you can to help others who are still up there and either have no intention of coming down or are waiting for a person just like you to help them understand this simple faith that you have found.

Bigotry is one thing. Knowing is another. It is up to each of us to discover the difference. It is crucial to life on earth and infinitely crucial in regard to eternal life! Don't put it off one more second!​​

The Bigot's Creed

​​Believe as I believe — no more, no less
​That I am right, and no one else, confess ;
Feel as I feel, think only as I think,
Eat what I eat, and drink but what I drink
Look as I look, do always as I do ;
And then, and only then, I’ll fellowship with you.


That I am right, and always right, I know,
Because my own convictions tell me so ;
And to be right is simply this : to be
Entirely and in all respects like me.
To deviate a jot, or to begin
To question, doubt, or hesitate, is sin.


Let sink the drowning man, if he’ll not swim
Upon the plank that I throw out to him ;
Let starve the famishing, if he’ll not eat
My kind and quantity of bread and meat ;
Let freeze the naked, too, if he’ll not be
Supplied with garments such as made for me.


‘Twere better that the sick should die than live
Unless they take the medicine I give.
‘Twere better that sinners perish than refuse
To be conformed to my particular views ;
‘Twere better that the world stood still than move
In any other way than that which I approve.

-Anonymous-

This poem represents the height of bigotry! It is

a good measure to examine ourselves against!