Comments for :: REFORM :: http://reformnow.wordpress.com Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:07:09 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on RE:FORM Conference 2009 by anita http://reformnow.wordpress.com/2009/08/11/reform-conference-2009/#comment-84 anita Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:07:09 +0000 http://reformnow.wordpress.com/?p=128#comment-84 There is great hope with people like you,,,,,you bring joy to my heart when there seems to be so much evil to even wonder where to start. I will pray for your ministry... There is great hope with people like you,,,,,you bring joy to my heart when there seems to be so much evil to even wonder where to start. I will pray for your ministry…

]]> Comment on What is RE:FORM? by synergy in religion and politics http://reformnow.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/what-is-reform/#comment-67 synergy in religion and politics Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:39:10 +0000 http://reformnow.wordpress.com/?p=72#comment-67 El Nino? (sp) Global Warming? Climate Change? Hundreds of scientists would argue otherwise and even some would tell you of the political ramifications of a global carbon tax for mother nature and the UN sponsored corporation that Al Gore owns. I'm all for being a good steward of HIS, The LORD Jesus' creation. The ecosystems that HE created are amazing and must be protected voluntarily or we will suffer. Clean water, food and air must be a focus locally, which in turn effects us globally. Please let's not synergize our JEUS loving stewardship with pagan idolotry of NATURE. It's bad enough we had to endure the compromise of the body of christ in politics from the 90's with Focus on the Family and the Christian Coalition now it's the GREEN Coalition. JESUSrules! g El Nino? (sp) Global Warming? Climate Change?
Hundreds of scientists would argue otherwise and even some would tell you of the political ramifications of a global carbon tax for mother nature and the UN sponsored corporation that Al Gore owns.

I’m all for being a good steward of HIS, The LORD Jesus’ creation. The ecosystems that HE created are amazing and must be protected voluntarily or we will suffer. Clean water, food and air must be a focus locally, which in turn effects us globally.

Please let’s not synergize our JEUS loving stewardship with pagan idolotry of NATURE. It’s bad enough we had to endure the compromise of the body of christ in politics from the 90’s with Focus on the Family and the Christian Coalition now it’s the GREEN Coalition.

JESUSrules!

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]]> Comment on 2009 Conference by Here@Northland » Blog Archive » RE:FORM Conference Video Now Available http://reformnow.wordpress.com/conference/#comment-63 Here@Northland » Blog Archive » RE:FORM Conference Video Now Available Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:33:44 +0000 http://reformnow.wordpress.com/?page_id=8#comment-63 [...] is now available at our new RE:FORM website, as is hotel and accommodations [...] [...] is now available at our new RE:FORM website, as is hotel and accommodations [...]

]]> Comment on Saving Lives One Outhouse at a Time by Marcus http://reformnow.wordpress.com/2009/03/12/saving-lives-one-outhouse-at-a-time/#comment-32 Marcus Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:33:36 +0000 http://reformnow.wordpress.com/?p=82#comment-32 Reflecting on this article I realised how Heavenly God made a perfect world where everything has a purpose and everything is Holy. He created everything to give unselfishly and to receive. The earth gives us the abundance of her food, be it animal, vegetable or mineral and we, along with all other living things, gain nourishment from it and then return it to the earth. This is the way that nature works, only humans want to take and take without returning anything (exept toxic waste). Herein lies the cause of many environmental issues. Fortunately it also gives us the solution. Case by case we have to figure out how to restore this natural balance. The real problem comes in trying to educate the people cuasing the problem why they should change. This goes for both the native burning rain forests to eake our a living selling charcoal and the giant corporations tearing up the ocean floor or blasing the tops off Kentucky mountains to get coal. Ultimately we have to move to a new culture of living for the sake of others and returning the resources God has given us back to His creation. Reflecting on this article I realised how Heavenly God made a perfect world where everything has a purpose and everything is Holy. He created everything to give unselfishly and to receive. The earth gives us the abundance of her food, be it animal, vegetable or mineral and we, along with all other living things, gain nourishment from it and then return it to the earth.
This is the way that nature works, only humans want to take and take without returning anything (exept toxic waste). Herein lies the cause of many environmental issues.
Fortunately it also gives us the solution. Case by case we have to figure out how to restore this natural balance. The real problem comes in trying to educate the people cuasing the problem why they should change. This goes for both the native burning rain forests to eake our a living selling charcoal and the giant corporations tearing up the ocean floor or blasing the tops off Kentucky mountains to get coal.
Ultimately we have to move to a new culture of living for the sake of others and returning the resources God has given us back to His creation.

]]> Comment on What is RE:FORM? by Marcus http://reformnow.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/what-is-reform/#comment-24 Marcus Sat, 04 Apr 2009 00:59:39 +0000 http://reformnow.wordpress.com/?p=72#comment-24 GLOBAL WARMING There is no longer any doubt that Global Warming is a reality. So much is said about the disasters that are going to happen. But what about the opportunities it will create. Warmer climates will get even hotter, creating drought and desert and ice caps will melt, creating flooding in populous coastal cities and plains. Wait a minute. If the ice caps melt, so will the Eurasian tundra, the frozen expanses of Canada and Greenland. Places that we cannot reach will become accessible and pleasant to live in. People will migrate there from the hot areas closer to the equator. It will be a pleasant climate. They will be able to farm. Some will find valuable resources in the land. Alaska, Siberia and Canada all have very long Artic coastlines. These will be ice free and great areas to develop fish farming. Since oceans are mainly water we will be able to extract hydrogen from the oceans and this could be our energy source in the future. This would be pollution free and perhaps provide a way to reverse Global Warming itself. Modern technology has already created amazing bridges and tunnels around the world, such as the twenty two mile “Chunnel.” The distance across the Bering Straits between Siberia and Alaska is fifty five miles, only two and a half times the length of the Channel Tunnel; not an impossible distance to cross. This link would provide direct land travel from New York to London, from Buenos Aires to Beijing and Singapore, from Cape Town to Seattle. Such an endeavour would require two things; Worldwide economic and political support. Since it would benefit all nations then every nation should participate both in funding and building it as a cooperative effort. There would have to be one ban. Absolutely no military troops or weapons should be allowed to use this “Peace Tunnel”. This would bring all people together in a major peace effort. It would encourage the creation of other world wide land routes and so increase trade. We do have to deal with the urgent problems we face due to global warming, but God created this world and has a solution to everything. He will not let His children perish, He created a Universe and a world of love and put us in the centre of this glorious garden so that we could “be fruitful, multiply and have dominion”. He will not fail us now. He sees beyond the gloom with hope that “Springs Eternal” from Him. We call ourselves “His children”. We can prove that by thinking like our Heavenly Father. GLOBAL WARMING
There is no longer any doubt that Global Warming is a reality. So much is said about the disasters that are going to happen. But what about the opportunities it will create. Warmer climates will get even hotter, creating drought and desert and ice caps will melt, creating flooding in populous coastal cities and plains.
Wait a minute. If the ice caps melt, so will the Eurasian tundra, the frozen expanses of Canada and Greenland. Places that we cannot reach will become accessible and pleasant to live in. People will migrate there from the hot areas closer to the equator. It will be a pleasant climate. They will be able to farm. Some will find valuable resources in the land.
Alaska, Siberia and Canada all have very long Artic coastlines. These will be ice free and great areas to develop fish farming. Since oceans are mainly water we will be able to extract hydrogen from the oceans and this could be our energy source in the future. This would be pollution free and perhaps provide a way to reverse Global Warming itself.
Modern technology has already created amazing bridges and tunnels around the world, such as the twenty two mile “Chunnel.” The distance across the Bering Straits between Siberia and Alaska is fifty five miles, only two and a half times the length of the Channel Tunnel; not an impossible distance to cross. This link would provide direct land travel from New York to London, from Buenos Aires to Beijing and Singapore, from Cape Town to Seattle.
Such an endeavour would require two things; Worldwide economic and political support. Since it would benefit all nations then every nation should participate both in funding and building it as a cooperative effort. There would have to be one ban. Absolutely no military troops or weapons should be allowed to use this “Peace Tunnel”. This would bring all people together in a major peace effort. It would encourage the creation of other world wide land routes and so increase trade.
We do have to deal with the urgent problems we face due to global warming, but God created this world and has a solution to everything. He will not let His children perish, He created a Universe and a world of love and put us in the centre of this glorious garden so that we could “be fruitful, multiply and have dominion”. He will not fail us now. He sees beyond the gloom with hope that “Springs Eternal” from Him.
We call ourselves “His children”. We can prove that by thinking like our Heavenly Father.

]]> Comment on What is RE:FORM? by CSG http://reformnow.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/what-is-reform/#comment-23 CSG Fri, 03 Apr 2009 23:49:00 +0000 http://reformnow.wordpress.com/?p=72#comment-23 Reforming the U. N. When the United Nations was founded after the Second World War it was with the hope that it would be an institution for peace, and that it would realize lasting eternal world peace. The United Nations has indeed made important contributions to peace. It has created many great organizations such as UNESCO and UNICEF that have benefitted the whole world. Nevertheless, after more than 60 years there is a broad consensus, both inside and outside the organization that the UN had yet to discover the way to fulfill its founding purposes of bringing lasting peace and harmony. While the number of member states approaches two hundred, the offices of these states often do little more than represent and even insist on their own interests. They seem inherently unable to resolve conflicts and achieve peace. The United Nations, launched with the splendid dream of realizing world peace, today has to confront its inherent limitations and confess that it can no longer give hope to humanity. To be a success the United Nations needed more than just a desire to bring peace. They needed moral and ethical values based on an absolute ideal. This is precisely what America has in our constitution. It is held in place partly by a set of checks and balances and partly by some basic beliefs that most of the population accept and adhere to. These come fundamentally from a Christian worldview. The United Nations includes many religions, so one cannot expect everyone to adhere to everything a Christian does. Indeed it is sadly true that many of the world’s conflicts have roots in religious misunderstanding and intolerance. Nevertheless there are basic tenets that all religions have in common, such as the existence of a creator or the sanctity of life and marriage and the need to live for the sake of others. Sadly when the UN was created it included a country that was opposed to these beliefs, a government that as state policy denied the existence of God and the eternal spirit of man; a country bent on destroying Christianity through state barbarism and world revolution. When such a member nation was one of the founding members and in the Security Council there was no hope for God to be included in the UN. In effect, God was cast out and could not work. The Cold War is over and the world has changed. This is a great opportunity to restore the United Nations and invite God back in. The United Nations could be reformed by having a Peace Council—a legislative organization consisting of global religious leaders of the same rank as members of the current UN Security Council—established within it. This council would be a legislative body consisting of religious leaders from around the globe. The Peace Council would speak not for the interests of a particular nation, as the existing UN representatives do, but would truly work for the welfare and peace of humanity from an interreligious and universal perspective that views humanity as one great family under God. The Re:Form movement, as a movement with a Christian worldview and seeking Biblical answers to the world problems, could consider this idea. If God is behind it nothing could stop it. This is radical Kingdom building. Reforming the U. N.
When the United Nations was founded after the Second World War it was with the hope that it would be an institution for peace, and that it would realize lasting eternal world peace. The United Nations has indeed made important contributions to peace. It has created many great organizations such as UNESCO and UNICEF that have benefitted the whole world. Nevertheless, after more than 60 years there is a broad consensus, both inside and outside the organization that the UN had yet to discover the way to fulfill its founding purposes of bringing lasting peace and harmony.
While the number of member states approaches two hundred, the offices of these states often do little more than represent and even insist on their own interests. They seem inherently unable to resolve conflicts and achieve peace. The United Nations, launched with the splendid dream of realizing world peace, today has to confront its inherent limitations and confess that it can no longer give hope to humanity.
To be a success the United Nations needed more than just a desire to bring peace. They needed moral and ethical values based on an absolute ideal. This is precisely what America has in our constitution. It is held in place partly by a set of checks and balances and partly by some basic beliefs that most of the population accept and adhere to. These come fundamentally from a Christian worldview.
The United Nations includes many religions, so one cannot expect everyone to adhere to everything a Christian does. Indeed it is sadly true that many of the world’s conflicts have roots in religious misunderstanding and intolerance. Nevertheless there are basic tenets that all religions have in common, such as the existence of a creator or the sanctity of life and marriage and the need to live for the sake of others.
Sadly when the UN was created it included a country that was opposed to these beliefs, a government that as state policy denied the existence of God and the eternal spirit of man; a country bent on destroying Christianity through state barbarism and world revolution. When such a member nation was one of the founding members and in the Security Council there was no hope for God to be included in the UN. In effect, God was cast out and could not work.
The Cold War is over and the world has changed. This is a great opportunity to restore the United Nations and invite God back in. The United Nations could be reformed by having a Peace Council—a legislative organization consisting of global religious leaders of the same rank as members of the current UN Security Council—established within it. This council would be a legislative body consisting of religious leaders from around the globe. The Peace Council would speak not for the interests of a particular nation, as the existing UN representatives do, but would truly work for the welfare and peace of humanity from an interreligious and universal perspective that views humanity as one great family under God.
The Re:Form movement, as a movement with a Christian worldview and seeking Biblical answers to the world problems, could consider this idea. If God is behind it nothing could stop it. This is radical Kingdom building.

]]> Comment on What is RE:FORM? by Marcus http://reformnow.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/what-is-reform/#comment-21 Marcus Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:20:43 +0000 http://reformnow.wordpress.com/?p=72#comment-21 World Hunger and the Ocean Re:Form Category - Poverty This is what I am thinking about: more than two thirds of the Earth’s surface, more than 70 percent is ocean. Every year, 20 million people die of starvation. That is 60,000 people a day. What will we do as our land-based food resources diminish? We will have to turn to the oceans and catch our food there. We really will have no choice but to come up with a solution for human survival depending on the sea. In the future, the sea will supply food to many of the world’s people. Naturally, the development and cultivation of the sea will become a preferred method for bringing an end to the starvation that plagues humankind. Generally we Americans do not really recognize the abundance sea-based food resources. We have little idea of the quantity of fresh fish jumping and splashing about. Most people like eating beef, but we know that cattle’s natural aversion to death causes their blood to coagulate and become all knotted up when slaughtered. Thus, people are eating beef embedded with many toxins and negative elements. The raw materials that we can get from dry land are limited but those that come from the sea are unlimited. One female fish can lay several million eggs. It is in this sense that the raw materials of the sea are unlimited. If little baby fish remain in the open sea, then most will be eaten by larger fish. But if we cultivate fish, it is possible to hatch up to 100 percent of the eggs and up to 90 percent can survive. This naturally becomes an unlimited resource. By correctly adjusting the feeding process and the input of other raw materials it is possible to propagate unlimited raw resources from the sea. That’s only possible with the ocean, and that is why we should think about marine commerce. It is becoming necessary to industrially develop the resources of the world’s oceans. Enterprises must develop that embrace all aspects of the fishing industry ranging from the manufacture of large scale fishing boats to the construction of fish hatcheries and farms. Also, it is now possible to connect even the mountains with the sea by piping systems, and there, above our cities, make high-elevation tanks where unlimited numbers of fish can be raised. The way I see it, this is the only viable way that humankind will be able to solve the food supply problem. The resources for humanity’s future are buried in the sea. The resources found on the land’s surface are reaching their limits and cannot last for long. They will be exhausted in a few short years. The challenge becomes how to recover the resources hidden away in the oceans. The food resources on land will not last for more than fifty years. In a few decades, this reality will rise up and hit us in the face. We should prepare now for that time. Fish –my favourite dish! World Hunger and the Ocean
Re:Form Category – Poverty
This is what I am thinking about: more than two thirds of the Earth’s surface, more than 70 percent is ocean. Every year, 20 million people die of starvation. That is 60,000 people a day. What will we do as our land-based food resources diminish?
We will have to turn to the oceans and catch our food there. We really will have no choice but to come up with a solution for human survival depending on the sea. In the future, the sea will supply food to many of the world’s people. Naturally, the development and cultivation of the sea will become a preferred method for bringing an end to the starvation that plagues humankind.
Generally we Americans do not really recognize the abundance sea-based food resources. We have little idea of the quantity of fresh fish jumping and splashing about. Most people like eating beef, but we know that cattle’s natural aversion to death causes their blood to coagulate and become all knotted up when slaughtered. Thus, people are eating beef embedded with many toxins and negative elements.
The raw materials that we can get from dry land are limited but those that come from the sea are unlimited. One female fish can lay several million eggs. It is in this sense that the raw materials of the sea are unlimited. If little baby fish remain in the open sea, then most will be eaten by larger fish. But if we cultivate fish, it is possible to hatch up to 100 percent of the eggs and up to 90 percent can survive. This naturally becomes an unlimited resource. By correctly adjusting the feeding process and the input of other raw materials it is possible to propagate unlimited raw resources from the sea. That’s only possible with the ocean, and that is why we should think about marine commerce.
It is becoming necessary to industrially develop the resources of the world’s oceans. Enterprises must develop that embrace all aspects of the fishing industry ranging from the manufacture of large scale fishing boats to the construction of fish hatcheries and farms.
Also, it is now possible to connect even the mountains with the sea by piping systems, and there, above our cities, make high-elevation tanks where unlimited numbers of fish can be raised. The way I see it, this is the only viable way that humankind will be able to solve the food supply problem.
The resources for humanity’s future are buried in the sea. The resources found on the land’s surface are reaching their limits and cannot last for long. They will be exhausted in a few short years. The challenge becomes how to recover the resources hidden away in the oceans. The food resources on land will not last for more than fifty years. In a few decades, this reality will rise up and hit us in the face. We should prepare now for that time. Fish –my favourite dish!

]]> Comment on Saving Lives One Outhouse at a Time by matthew harrison smith http://reformnow.wordpress.com/2009/03/12/saving-lives-one-outhouse-at-a-time/#comment-20 matthew harrison smith Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:48:44 +0000 http://reformnow.wordpress.com/?p=82#comment-20 http://www.dmttoilet.com/ Great entrepreneur out of Nigera is tackling the sanitation issue. This is one piece of the environmental challenges of stewardship - a critical piece. Looking forward to more articles and resources related to the water issue. http://www.dmttoilet.com/

Great entrepreneur out of Nigera is tackling the sanitation issue. This is one piece of the environmental challenges of stewardship – a critical piece.

Looking forward to more articles and resources related to the water issue.

]]> Comment on Rehabilitation for Human Trafficking Victims by Marcus http://reformnow.wordpress.com/2009/03/10/rehab-human-traffic-victims/#comment-19 Marcus Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:15:56 +0000 http://reformnow.wordpress.com/?p=77#comment-19 God is absolute love and lives with the overwhelming desire to live for us. Jesus is God incarnate come to bring us out of Satan's grasp with truth and love. I know this is perhaps a simplification but I am not trying to start a theological debate. The enemy of God and Man, Satan, is the exact opposite. He lives only for himself and decieves with selfish false love He hates to be exposed and will kill to stop anyone getting out alive and exposing him. Yet in human trafficking he exposes himself absolutely. We see him doing what he did from his very beginning, deceiving and destroying God's love in everyone - the trafficked, the trafickers and those who buy his false love. Over and over again he exposes the end result of his actions. He does this because he thinks Human Trafficking is protected by powerful people, politicians, money and fear. Yet all these people have God's heart within them. God's love overcomes fear. To overcome trafficking we need to educate leaders with the truth. Expose satan as the deceiver and criminal against God and mankind. Show how his way only ends in destruction and death, while God's way brings life, healing and love. Give them a better way. And in the villages where the traffickers take their prey, we should educate the families and find ways to unite them. God is absolute love and lives with the overwhelming desire to live for us. Jesus is God incarnate come to bring us out of Satan’s grasp with truth and love. I know this is perhaps a simplification but I am not trying to start a theological debate.
The enemy of God and Man, Satan, is the exact opposite. He lives only for himself and decieves with selfish false love He hates to be exposed and will kill to stop anyone getting out alive and exposing him.
Yet in human trafficking he exposes himself absolutely. We see him doing what he did from his very beginning, deceiving and destroying God’s love in everyone – the trafficked, the trafickers and those who buy his false love. Over and over again he exposes the end result of his actions. He does this because he thinks Human Trafficking is protected by powerful people, politicians, money and fear.
Yet all these people have God’s heart within them. God’s love overcomes fear.
To overcome trafficking we need to educate leaders with the truth. Expose satan as the deceiver and criminal against God and mankind. Show how his way only ends in destruction and death, while God’s way brings life, healing and love. Give them a better way. And in the villages where the traffickers take their prey, we should educate the families and find ways to unite them.

]]> Comment on The Face of Slavery by matt gambrell http://reformnow.wordpress.com/2009/03/13/the-face-of-slavery/#comment-18 matt gambrell Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:42:45 +0000 http://reformnow.wordpress.com/?p=86#comment-18 What a courageous young lady to share her devastating story. I am shocked and speechless. Mad at myself a bit for being so comfortable in my safe house in my safe city within my safe country. I will be praying about what my part is to help..thanks for sharing this. Speechless for now Matt What a courageous young lady to share her devastating story. I am shocked and speechless. Mad at myself a bit for being so comfortable in my safe house in my safe city within my safe country. I will be praying about what my part is to help..thanks for sharing this.

Speechless for now
Matt

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