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1. Downplay the importance of sound Bible doctrine: Oh? The foundation of all Biblical doctrine should be Christ. Any focus on Christ is not a downplay of sound doctrine. 2. Ecumenical, seeks to break down barriers between faiths and denominations. Ecumenical has a number of meanings. On some levels it seeks to breakdown barriers that are not Biblical and yet maintain distinctives. It does not always mean to break down all barriers. 3. Strong reliance on Spiritual Disciplines over a deep study of the Word of God. Oh? Spiritual discipline includes a measured directed study of the Word (the Bible) as opposed to simple light reading. 4. Neglect of Bible prophecy. Perhaps true in part? There is a reduced focus on esoteric prophetic ideas that have often in the past been proved false. Rather there is a focus on changed lives today and the future shared with God.

The school currently has 170 students and recruitment shows that it was to have more in the coming year. My children have attended the school since first grade. The academy is on the east side of Hidalgo county in south Texas. There is another Adventist academy on the west side of the same county. An Adventist elementary school just closed down in the neighboring county to the east. It was was15 miles east of Valley Grande Academy and they were already making plans - before today's news - to open it again next year. Please pray for this school. There is no reason an Adventist school with 170 students should be closing.

Censoring 'Christ' By Carol Brown If you want to send flowers from Marks & Spencer, a high end department store in the UK, you’d better watch your language when sending a message along with those lovely blooms. The Daily Mail reports: The words 'Christ' and 'Jesus Christ' have been placed on a list of banned words by Marks & Spencer and cannot be used in gift messages. Customers buying a bunch of flowers who try to add a free message containing them are prevented from completing their order. An on-screen notification, which pops up if any blocked words are entered, reads: 'Sorry, there's something in your message we can't write.' 'Christ' and 'Jesus Christ' join other banned words including 'f***' and 'gay' - but some terms including jihad, Buddha and Allah are accepted. 'Terrorist' and 'd**k' can also be included in messages. The policy emerged earlier today after one customer was stopped from buying a £35 bouquet for a funeral because she said in the gift message that it was from a family in 'Christ Church Teddington'. When Gerardine Stockford, 53, phoned customer services an employee told her that it must be a blocked word, according to The Sunday Times. Lord Carey, a former Archbishop of Canterbury, was shocked. He said: 'If Christ becomes an offensive word in a Christian land then all of us should be alarmed.' Despite the supermarket giant being made aware of the issue yesterday, it still has not changed the facility. A spokesman for Marks & Spencer said: 'An automatic phrase checker is in place to prevent the use and misuse of certain words and it includes hundreds of words of varying nature. 'The words Jesus and Christ are included to prevent their misuse.' It remains to be seen if this was an innocent error or something more intentional. Either way, someone needs to tell the Archbishop of Canterbury that there is ample reason to be “alarmed,” floral deliveries aside. See here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here for a small handful of examples among what has become an infinite cascade of examples of civilization collapse in Great Britain (and throughout Europe). [Hat tips: Jihad Watch for the article on Marks & Spencer. For many of the links at the end of this blog, a big hat tip to Pamela Geller whose website is an incredible repository of information on the subject of Islam. Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer are tireless warriors in this fight of the ages. God bless them both.] If you want to send flowers from Marks & Spencer, a high end department store in the UK, you’d better watch your language when sending a message along with those lovely blooms. The Daily Mail reports: The words 'Christ' and 'Jesus Christ' have been placed on a list of banned words by Marks & Spencer and cannot be used in gift messages. Customers buying a bunch of flowers who try to add a free message containing them are prevented from completing their order. An on-screen notification, which pops up if any blocked words are entered, reads: 'Sorry, there's something in your message we can't write.' 'Christ' and 'Jesus Christ' join other banned words including 'f***' and 'gay' - but some terms including jihad, Buddha and Allah are accepted. 'Terrorist' and 'd**k' can also be included in messages. The policy emerged earlier today after one customer was stopped from buying a £35 bouquet for a funeral because she said in the gift message that it was from a family in 'Christ Church Teddington'. When Gerardine Stockford, 53, phoned customer services an employee told her that it must be a blocked word, according to The Sunday Times. Lord Carey, a former Archbishop of Canterbury, was shocked. He said: 'If Christ becomes an offensive word in a Christian land then all of us should be alarmed.' Despite the supermarket giant being made aware of the issue yesterday, it still has not changed the facility. A spokesman for Marks & Spencer said: 'An automatic phrase checker is in place to prevent the use and misuse of certain words and it includes hundreds of words of varying nature. 'The words Jesus and Christ are included to prevent their misuse.' It remains to be seen if this was an innocent error or something more intentional. Either way, someone needs to tell the Archbishop of Canterbury that there is ample reason to be “alarmed,” floral deliveries aside. more: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2015/03/censoring_christ.html#ixzz3TKLnRpe8

Challenging The Existence of God Christian author Graham Veale challenges the popular arguments of New Atheists in his book, New Atheism: A Survival Guide . Here are seven things atheists misunderstand about God. Read more at http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Galleries/7-Things-Atheists-Get-Wrong-About-God.aspx#ZlwIAbxaLWtHHAYc.99

Native Cubans could move to the big leagues without dealing much in politics, secrecy and defection six decades ago. Cuban baseball talent was highly regarded and increasingly desirable. Not coincidentally, Minnie Minoso was at the forefront of the international game then. His baseball skills caught the eye. His distinctive name caught the ear. And his warm and engaging personality made him an uncommonly popular figure anywhere he played -- no, anywhere he went -- and helped forge a legacy that, to this day, prompts baseball folks to smile. http://m.whitesox.mlb.com/news/article/110808820?partnerId=ed-8983323-779725833

If Dr Raymond Moore was still around he would put that school on a work program 1/2 time

So true we are not intellectually capable of understanding all the complexities of God. He reveals a lot to us, but we cannot know it all as believers, and we know much less if we do not open ourselves to what His word says.