Good Shepherd
Initiative

Free Since 1983
To Educate & Motivate
- not "entertain" -
HIS Character Matters

Human Trafficking & Slavery
Don't Just Happen
(Jesus said in Mark 7:21-23)

Would a "good" God design
"survival of the fittest"
as His WAY?
(Isaiah 65:25)

Canyon
Grand Canyon Expedition
(Thanks Tom & Paula)

Rights - Any discussion about human rights (slavery, oppression) or animal rights (cruelty, abuse) must first address our Creator's rights. He has the right to command how we treat both His people and His animals.

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* * Videos of Animal Friends
- More Pics / Vids -

Responsibilities - Jesus said the root cause of suffering in this world is a distorted view of and/or the rejection of the true WAY of our Creator. (John 8:1-59)

Mistakes - Man's self-serving, misguided, mischaracterizations of God have historically led to personal and cultural conflict, corruption, and collapse.

Hope - Discovering the WHO?, the WHY?, and the "WAY"? of origins is the foundation for true transformation.

Change - Truly lasting change for individuals and cultures must begin at the cornerstone - the Creator of creation.

sidotter
"Squirt" the Otter

honeyislandswamp
Honey Island Swamp


"Boatie" - Lizaboa

"Then I looked again
at all the acts of oppression
which were being done
under the sun.
And behold I saw the tears
of the oppressed
and that they had no one
to comfort them;
and on the side
of their oppressors was power,
but they had no one
to comfort them."

Ecclesiastes 4:1

GSI Media

(Non-GSI Sources)

© Sid Galloway BS, M.Div.
Just an old sheepdog of the Good Shepherd
Genesis 1:1

Communicating conclusions from 100's of PhD scholars
Supporting the authority of His Word & the consistency of His character

Human Rights? Slavery? - Animal Rights? Cruelty?
What about God's right to command compassion for all of His creatures?


Digital Media Study Tools (itouch, ipad, etc)

Movies, TV, Entertainment

Science / Creation / Evolution / "Political" Science

Biblical / Theology / Philosophy / Practical, Biblical Wisdom

Animal Compassion vs Cruelty Concerns

Geopolitical News / Intell / Analysis



Digital Media Study Tools (itouch, ipad, etc)

I do not agree with or endorse every aspect of any of the following authors, speakers, or organizations. However, each offers excellent, scholarly examinations of important subjects. There are many other fine groups and individuals beyond these few, which will be added as time allows.

** Please also see Non-GSI Links: Organizations

 

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(See the GSI Links: Resources page for tips on using your iphone or itouch as a powerful study tool, accessible anytime, anywhere!)

 

 

 



Movies, TV, Entertainment

Hollywood &
New Age
Evolutionary Religious Philosophy

** "Avatar & the New Evolutionary Religion",
by Dr. Carl Wieland.

 


The article by our Australian friend Dr. Wieland is an excellent expose regarding the insidious and powerful messages being fed to our children through movies, TV, video games, etc. Remember that we are social creatures that unconsciously absorb ideas, attitudes, and habit patterns from those around us - so much more from the powerful medium of video. (Rom 12:2)

 

 

 



Science / Creation / Evolution / "PC" Science


* Atheist Dawkins Stumped on the Mutation Mechanism of Evolution


Intermediate & Technical Presentations:

* Biblical Creation is in sync with 1000's of respected PhD scientists:
            * Dr. Raymond Damadian, Inventor of the MRI
            * Dr. John Baumgardner, World renowned geophysicist, Los Alamos
            * Dr. Andrew Snelling, Geologist, author Earth's Catastrophic Past
            * Dr. John Sanford, Respected geneticist, Cornell University
            -- author of Genetic Entropy: The Mystery of the Genome
            * Dr. Russ Humphreys, Astrophysicist, Sandia National Labs, etc.
            -- author of (Starlight and Time) (Evidences Young World Booklet)
            * Dr. John Hartnett, Prof. Univ. West Australia, astrophysics, etc.
            -- author of: (Dismantling the Big Bang) (Starlight Time New Physics)
            * etc, etc . . . . .  


CMI - Creation Ministries International

Dr. John Sanford (Geneticist, Cornell)

Dr. John Hartnett (Astrophysics, Univ. W. Australia)

Dr. John Baumgardner (Geophysics, Los Alamos National Laboratory)

Dr. Jono Sarfati on YouTube

Others . . .


AIG - Answers in Genesis - Videos on Demand

** Dr. Terry Mortenson (M.Div. Theol, PhD History of Geology)
* One of the most knowledgeable & understandable speakers


Beginner's Presentations of Creation vs. Evolution Issues:

- Lee Strobel on how the Fossil Record Proves Evolution False
- Lee Strobel on DNA Proves Evolution False
- ...


How does evolutionary belief affect belief in God?
(Revealing video clips by evolutionists)

- "Forget Jesus, the Stars Died for Us" (Atheist - Dr. Lawrence Krauss)


How do the universe, earth, and life affect belief in God?
(Awe inspiring video clips by believers)

Proof: How can you believe in what you cannot see?
(A brief video clip with beautiful photography and a profound message.)

Cell Complexity Animation/Video set to music:
("Magnifies" the Creator's awe inspiring design - Bio Visions at Harvard)

"If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed, which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down."

Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species: A Facsimile of the First Edition, Harvard University Press, 1964, p. 189.

 


 

Dr. John Baumgardner is one of the top geophysicists in the world, having worked at the famous Los Alamos Nat'l Labs.
(He was called by U.S. News & World Report, the "preeminent" expert in geophysical supercomputer modeling).
- Website www.GlobalFlood.org
- DVD Presentations
* "Models, Genes, and Global Warming"
* "Planetary Cataclysm"

 

 

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- Dr. John Sanford a top genetics researchers in the world, Cornell University.
(Dr. Sanford has developed over 25 patented inventions for genetics research, including the famous Biolistic Gene Gun.)

- DVD Presentations
* "How Evolution Hurts Science"
* "The Mystery of Our Declining Genes"
- Book: Genetic Entropy
- ....

 

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Biblical / Theology / Philosophy / Biblical Wisdom
(For now and forever)


Free Online Streaming Video on the Life of Jesus
The Good Shepherd
(Based on the Gospel of Luke - now translated into over 1,000 languages)


 

Dr. John Piper - "Desiring God Ministries"
- "No, Mr. President" (message of grief after hoping for change)
- "False Prosperity Gospel" (warning of predatory pastors for profit)
- Also many video clip available on You Tube
- ........

Dr. Piper is the Pastor at Bethlehem Church in Minneapolis.
Education:
Wade Hampton High School, Greenville, SC; Diploma, 1964
Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL; B.A. 1968
Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA; B.D. 1971
University of Munich, Munich, West Germany; Dr. Theology 1974

For six years he taught Biblical Studies at Bethel College in St. Paul, Minnesota, and in 1980 accepted the call to serve as pastor at Bethlehem. John is the author of more than 30 books and more than 25 years of his preaching and teaching is available free at desiringGod.org. John and his wife, Noel, have four sons, one daughter, and an increasing number of grandchildren.


 

Dr. John MacArthur - "Grace to You"

- Video - Audio Sermons - Audio Radio Programs

- Shepherd's Conferences Media (requires free sign in)

- One Place MacArthur resource

- The Theology of Creation Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

- Also many video clip available on YouTube
- ....


"Dr. John MacArthur is pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church. Following in the steps of his father, Dr. Jack MacArthur, John represents five successive generations of pastors in his family. He is also president of The Master's College and Seminary and is heard daily on "Grace to You," a nationally syndicated radio broadcast. The Grace to You ministry has distributed more than 10 million audiocassettes of his messages. John is also the author of many books, including The MacArthur New Testament Commentary series, The Gospel According to Jesus, and the newly-released The MacArthur Study Bible." (Learn more about Dr. MacArthur)


 

Dr. Ravi Zacharias - "Just Thinking"
- RZIM "Just Thinking"
- One Place resource for Dr. Zacharias ("Let My People Think")
- Also many video clip available on YouTube
- ...

 

 

"Dr. Zacharias was born in India in 1946 and immigrated to Canada with his family twenty years later. . . .
Dr. Zacharias has been a visiting scholar at Cambridge University, where he studied moralist philosophers and literature of the Romantic era. . . .
For 35 years Ravi Zacharias has spoken all over the world and in numerous universities, notably Harvard, Princeton, and Oxford University. He has addressed writers of the peace accord in South Africa, the president's cabinet and parliament in Peru, and military officers at the Lenin Military Academy and the Center for Geopolitical Strategy in Moscow."


 



Animal Compassion vs Cruelty Concerns -

 


"The Cove" (Exposing the horror of Japanese dolphin "harvests")
- Trailer Sample Video Clip

While obviously God's priority is on the protection of suffering people, please do not forget that cruelty is culturally contagious and often spreads like a social epidemic from animal abuse to human oppression. This documentary reveal the anti-shepherding character to which sinful man can fall when self-interest and greed desensitize us to the suffering of God's highly intelligent and emotional creatures.

Remember that dolphins have an intellect, emotional depth, and social system that equals or surpasses the great apes, elephants, etc. They are as far beyond our dogs as our dogs are beyond insects. People who have worked closely with these magnificently designed nephesh beings know them as friends and companions.

"The Cove is directed by the experienced National Geographic photographer Louie Psihoyos, who sets about to uncover a shocking (but regular) ritual on the Japanese coast: the herding and slaughter of thousands of bottlenose dolphins in the town of Taiji. A few dolphins are saved during this process, and sold off to aquariums so they can perform in water shows. The rest are crowded together and--away from prying eyes--stabbed to death, their meat sold as food. (Interviewing Japanese people on the street, they apparently have no idea that the "whale meat" on sale in stores is actually mercury-saturated bottlenose dolphin.) It's not that this mass killing is secret, exactly, but the fishermen of Taiji have done a proactive job of keeping cameras and other observers from getting a good look. Psihoyos wants to change all that, and he assembles a swashbuckling squad of scientists, filmmakers, and nerds (including movie F/X people who design fake rocks for hidden video cameras) to extra-legally smuggle recording equipment into the cove."

 


Man is much closer to an animal than to a god
(God is infinitely greater than man in every way)

"Concerning the condition of the sons of men, God tests them,
that they may see that they themselves are animals.
For what happens to the sons of men also happens to animals;
one thing befalls them: as one dies, so dies the other.
Surely, they all have one breath; man has no advantage over animals,
for all [is] vanity.
All go to one place: all are from the dust, and all return to dust.
Who knows whether the breath of man ascends upward
and the breath of the beast descends downward to the earth?" Ecclessiastes 3:18-21


 

AMAZON.COM


WHY DOGS SMILE AND CHIMPANZEES CRY

* Note that this secular video contains many out of date evolutionary claims that have been contradicted by recent scientific evidence.

"Are animals closer to humans on an emotional level than generally has been believed? The many scientists, researchers, wildlife photographers, and other animal experts interviewed in this Discovery Channel video answer with a resounding yes. They make their case in this 93-minute documentary, narrated by actress Sigourney Weaver, with stories of despondent dogs, grieving chimps, and lab rats who laugh when tickled. The first half focuses on happy bonds between mother and child, siblings, and animals and humans. The second half delves into the darker subjects of sadness and grief, offering astounding assertions such as elephants secrete a tearlike substance when upset and search dogs finding only corpses in the Oklahoma City bombing case needed treatment for depression. While the focus is on mammals, mollusks get some air time in the form of octopuses that appear to change color according to their situation. Backing up observations with brain imaging and genetic testing, the scientists--and this film--make a compelling view for any animal lover. --Kimberly Heinrichs




Geopolitical News / Intell / Analysis

 


ISLAM and KORAN vs COMPASSIONATE MUSLIM PEOPLE . . . .

- "Palestinians" and Global Misconceptions about Their Plight
(Evidence their suffering is not Israel's fault, but corrupt Muslim leaders)
* Predatory Palestinian Leader Arafat stole $1 Billion of aid instead of helping the families in real need (CBS News 60 Minutes Investigation)
* Jew Hating Journalist and favorite of Pres. Obama, Helen Thomas, exposed as both bigoted and grossly ignorant (Washington Post June 2010)
** PALESTINE BETRAYED, by Dr. Efraim Karsh, Yale University Press. Dr. Karsh is professor and head of Middle East and Mediterranean Studies.
(Reviewed by Dr. Daniel Pipes, (PhD Harvard Mid-East History)

- Video Son of Hamas Terrorist: Interview with Mosab Hassan Yousef conducted by JerusalemOnline News.

* Book: Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices

* See also Six Part video story below:

. . . . . on Mosab by Fox News
- Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 / Part 5 / Part 6

"Since he was a small boy, Mosab Hassan Yousef has had an inside view of the deadly terrorist group Hamas. The oldest son of Sheikh Hassan Yousef, a founding member of Hamas and its most popular leader, young Mosab assisted his father for years in his political activities while being groomed to assume his legacy, politics, status . . . and power. But everything changed when Mosab turned away from terror and violence, and embraced instead the teachings of another famous Middle East leader. In Son of Hamas, Mosab Yousef--now called "Joseph"--reveals new information about the world's most dangerous terrorist organization and unveils the truth about his own role, his agonizing separation from family and homeland, the dangerous decision to make his newfound faith public, and his belief that the Christian mandate to "love your enemies" is the only way to peace in the Middle East."

 

 


- Brigitte Gabriel, author & survivor of Islamic terrorism:

Also see Brigitte's Seven Part Speech at Heritage Foundation
Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 / Part 5 / Part 6 / Part 7

 


- Dr. Daniel Pipes (PhD Harvard Mid-East History)
Understanding Islam (Religion of Peace or Violence)

* VIDEO INTERVIEW by the Hoover Institution

 


AMERICAN POLITICS (Poly-Ticks)

- Dr. David Horowitz Video (a former '60's leftist liberal)
* How Radical Professors Indoctrinate College Students


- Dr. Alan Keyes
(PhD Harvard Government Affairs -
Doctoral Thesis was on Constitutional Theory)

** While I don't agree with all of Dr. Keyes' concerns, his scholarship, research, and presentations are compelling.

Video Interview on Pres. Obama, his person and policy

Dr. Keyes, as a black conservative scholar, has also written many books, one is possibly the best on the history of American slavery and the modern system of enablement that continues to fragment "black" families.

* Recommended Book: Masters of the Dream:
The Strength and Betrayal of Black America

 

 

 

 

 


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