GSI Seminar:
God vs Oppression
© 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 how we treat . . .
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
See also the article: "Your Persecuted Family"
News You Can Use:
- PREDATORY PRIESTS protected by false "Christian" system
* Wolves in shepherds robes abusing vulnerable children.
". . . . D'Arcy, a well-known media figure and commentator, said the findings of the Murphy Report were "absolutely sickening." And he said that when he served on the Council of Priests in Dublin during the 1990s, he never even "heard a hint" of accusations of abuse. "This is not just in the Diocese, this goes right to the top in Rome," he said."
* See the following, excellent discussion by Dr. John MacArthur about the unbiblical "traditions" that have fostered such horrors in the gross misuse of Christ's name, by anti-shepherds.
(Scandal of the Catholic Church)- Current News on Human Trafficking (Google News Search)
- Global Human Trafficking News Roundup (... Florida is 3rd highest)
- Sex Slaves Often Victimized Twice in War on Human Trafficking
Sample Introduction & Power Point Presentation Slides:
Inherent to every culture and manifested throughout all levels of society, "survival of the fittest" among people leads to predatory abuse of power and systemic slavery, both the insidiously subtle and the grossly blatant. Why?
Is the root etiology of this societal disease merely poor education? Institutions spend billions of dollars trying to teach people that they should get along, love one another, and "be nice". Yet wars, crime, personal violence, human trafficking, government and corporate overlords continue to increase.
* See the US Gov't, Trafficking in Persons Report 2009
* Too often, politicians only make reports not changes.
Hypocrisy Distorts the Image of the True Creator to His Dishonor:
Frederick Douglass, former African-American slave, freedman, renowned statesman, "American Slavery, American Religion, and the Free Church of Scotland" - An Address Delivered in London, England, on May 22, 1846:
"I have found it difficult to speak on this matter without persons coming forward and saying, "Douglass, are you not afraid of injuring the cause of Christ? You do not desire to do so, we know; but are you not undermining religion?" This has been said to me again and again, even since I came to this country, but I cannot be induced to leave off these exposures. "I love the religion of our blessed Savior, I love that religion that comes from above, in the "wisdom of God, which is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. ".
. . . It is because I love this religion that I hate the slave-holding, the woman-whipping, the mind-darkening, the soul-destroying religion that exists in the southern states of America. It is because I regard the one as good, and pure, and holy, that I cannot but regard the other as bad, corrupt, and wicked. Loving the one I must hate the other, holding to the one I must reject the other, and I, therefore, proclaim myself an infidel to the slave-holding religion of America."
"Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass": ". . . . In August, 1832, my master attended a Methodist camp-meeting held in the Bay-side, Talbot county, and there experienced religion. I indulged a faint hope that his conversion would lead him to emancipate his slaves, and that, if he did not do this, it would, at any rate, make him more kind and humane. I was disappointed in both these respects. It neither made him to be humane to his slaves, nor to emancipate them. If it had any effect on his character, it made him more cruel and hateful in all his ways; for I believe him to have been a much worse man after his conversion than before."
Christ our Creator vs. Cultural Cruelty
William Wilberforce, possibly the single most powerful influence in stopping the transatlantic, African slave trade, author of REAL CHRISTIANITY:
"Just in time for the release of Amazing Grace, the movie about the life of William Wilberforce, is this edition of his classic book from 1797, Real Christianity, paraphrased in modern language and made more accessible to contemporary readers. This is the book that helped abolish the slave trade in the United Kingdom, and called Christians to live a more authentic life of faith more than 200 years ago. The timeless truths it contains will speak to readers in fresh ways today. Christians who eschew cultural Christianity in favor of a real faith in Christ will find the principles here thought-provoking and applicable. The social justice orientation will appeal to readers of Jim Wallis, Os Guinness, Charles Colson, Shane Claiborne, John Perkins, Bono, and Nancy Pearcy. Readers will also find the book is a good litmus test of the authenticity of their own faith."
Education vs. Transformation:
Could it be that education, while important, is merely a band aid that cannot heal the real cause of oppression? Is it possible that personal transformation of the heart is necessary for lasting hope and change? Do children have to be taught selfishness or is it already a natural part of who they are?
John (Joseph) Merrick - The "Elephant Man" - a testimony to the beauty of a soul radiating even through the ugliness of a diseased and broken body by the regenerative character of our Creator. If a picture speaks a thousand words, then this video speaks millions.
Racism, Evolution, Survival of the Fittest:
If the origin of our species was chance through mutations, competition, and violent survival of the fittest, then wouldn't racism, eugenics, and genocide be the best "Way" of life?
If God designed the process of "survival of the fittest", wouldn't that reveal Him to be a malevolent monster and not a Good Shepherd? The Good News (the full "Gospel", Greek = euangelion) reveals that God did not design the selfishness, suffering, disease, and violent death that infects His creation today. Our Creator gave free moral choice and man chose to separate from Him and His Way of unselfish love.
Darwin's racist "religious" philosophy:
If Darwin's subtitle "Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life" was not clear enough, please read on and think critically:
Darwin even more graphically, in his book, The Descent of Man, did not simply state an observation. Darwin made morally racist value judgments as logical conclusions from his theory of upward evolution (descent and improvement by competition, suffering and death).
Darwin's quote above is an example of the evolutionary root that has consistently led to the cultural fruit of racism, eugenics, and even genocide.
Today, groups like Planned Parenthood (founded by an open proponent of eugenics, Margaret Sanger) continue to distort truth that would set people free, in order to enslave others for personal gain.
* See also this article by Dr. Jerry Bergman on Margaret Sanger & PP:
"Birth control leader Margaret Sanger: Darwinist, racist and eugenicist"
"Margaret Sanger was the founder of Planned Parenthood, the leading organization advocating abortion in the United States today. Darwinism had a profound influence on her thinking, including her conversion to, and active support of, eugenics. She was specifically concerned with reducing the population of the ‘less fit’, including ‘inferior races’ such as ‘Negroes’. One major result of her lifelong work was to support the sexual revolution that has radically changed our society."
The following books are highly recommended as sources of truth about the insidious dangers from "Politically Correct" college campus counseling programs:
Christians, one of the most common slaves for 2,000 years:
Genuine, Christ-following Christians have been enslaved, persecuted, tortured, and killed by pseudo-Christians throughout history. Beware the tendency of anti-Christians to use pseudo-Christian examples to misrepresent "Christianity":
THE PILGRIM CHURCH: Tracing the pathway of the forgotten saints from Pentecost to the Twentieth Century.
"It ought to be obvious to even the casual observer of history that the real story of the church is not the one recorded in secular history. This classic work by E. H. Broadbent demonstrates that the true heart of this amazing drama is not even recorded in church history books.
This is the saga of those intrepid believers, "of whom the world was not worthy", who not only were persecuted by civil authorities, but were denounced, defamed, and decimated by the professing church.
Who were the Waldensians? The Lollards? The Stundists? The Anabaptists? These names were given by their enemies to those who claimed only the name of Christ, and who were prepared to suffer for His cause rather than submit to those man-made traditions that they believed contradicted the Word of God.
Written in an engaging style, the author will thrill your heart with the stories of unknown heroes of the faith. It will spur you on to greater devotion to the Lord Jesus and a deeper concern for His suffering people in many countries today"
Women's Rights or Women Betrayed and Enslaved?
UNPROTECTED:
A Campus Psychiatrist Reveals How Political Correctness
in Her Profession Endangers Every Student,
by Miriam Grossman, MD
HOOKED:
New Science on How Casual Sex is Affecting Our Children
by Drs. McIlhaney MD and McKissic Bush MD
Women's Rights? Absolutely, but . . .
. . . what about the 500,000 little women killed every year by abortion
Below are links to the reality of abortion. If you are one of those desiring to deny reality then continue to pretend by not using these links:
- The Facts About Abortion Procedures
- Family Research Council on Sanctity of Life
- Pregnancy Resource Center
Please don't forget.
Human oppression knows no bounds. It extends beyond our misuse and abuse of vulnerable humans to many of our Creator's other nephesh creatures - His nephesh animals about whom He cares - yes every a sparrow.
See the seminar:
God's Animal Compassion
[Jesus said:]
"Are not two sparrows sold for a penny?
And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.
"But even the hairs of your head are all numbered.
"Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows."
Matthew 10:29-31
They think and they feel . . .
Much more in the seminar . . .
Past articles, ppts, and seminars on this subject are being reworked ...
Two Decades writing - 100's of articles - 1,000's of files -Not gone
- The OLD resources are not gone, just retired (archived).
* As I upgrade the site piece by piece, trying to teach myself Dreamweaver CSS :-), some pages could temporarily not work well . .