GLENN BECKS 8/28 RESTORE HONOR RALLY
BY PAUL JOHNSON
Somehow I knew when I awoke at 3:58 AM in that motel in Germantown, Maryland I knew that day would change my life  and all Americans forever. It took over two hours on the bus and subway to arrive at 10:45 AM to see a sea of patriots looking toward the Lincoln Memorial that I could not even see. At 11 AM I heard only part of the opening prayer.
Dressed as George Washington I was surprised by warm greetings like, “What took you so long?” I thought, “I’d sure like to hear better and see the front. So, I stepped up to a fellow and whispered, “May I get through here?” “Certainly,” he smiled and said.
I thought, “Maybe this will work. But am I doing the right thing?” People were standing shoulder to shoulder, sitting in lawn and wheelchairs, and children played on blankets as I moved forward with my forty pound backpack. It took me over an hour to move along the long reflection pool to about one hundred foot of the stage on the steps of Lincoln’s Memorial. There was no way through. Suddenly a young man that may have been a soldier said, “Make a hole, make a hole.” I knew I’d done the right thing. In a few minutes I was standing behind a lady on the front right side row turning sideways said, “Stand here beside me,” as Sarah Palin finished. As shot video on the giant TV screen I saw myself on the screen. Jim Gibbons of Mt Airy North Carolina who was my Preacher at Grassy Creek Christian in Pendleton County KY when I was in college saw that shot on the BBC, called my office, and sent me an email. But, the best was yet to come.
Various inspiring speakers talk about American history, our troops, freedom, and how we can restore honor and America.  Glenn Beck was at his best and as the bagpipes came out playing more than six hundred thousand of us sang Amazing Grace. As cameraman filmed a little boy with a big flag that was flying around me I stepped out of the shot, he motioned me back, and I thought, “I’ll salute America and our
troops.” I turned and did.
Little did I ever dream Beck would include that in the highlight video. Just Google “Amazing Grace 8/28,” to see that video section. Click here to see the complete Restore Honor video. Share it with family and friends with a bowl of popcorn and pass it along. You’ll feel better about the past and future of the greatest nation ever on planet earth.
There must be 600,000+ stories that are better than this. I hope you will tell yours and in a hour when so many wolves in sheep clothing try to divide America I pray that you’ll gather those closest to you, your family, and neighbors to share the Restore Honor video.
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HOME CHURCH AND
MY “ROOTS”
After writing
a Christian man who lays hardwood floors on his knees a family
health plan. I asked, “Anything else?” He said, “Tell us about
house church.” I asked, “What?” He replied,
“You mentioned something about house church in a radio add two
years ago.”
What’s a
house or home church? It’s like home schooling as “we teach one
another” (Colossians 1:16-17) and older than any book of the New
Testament. Jesus said, “Where two or three are gathered together
in my name, there am I in the midst,” Matthew 19:20. His church
began in a house and did well in homes for three hundred years.
Many today
have drifted or been driven from the sectarian church, visited
many groups or denominations, and today are “home alone.” They
pray, read their Bible, but” dislike the “system.” They’re tired
the division, most of their $$$ going for buildings and salaries,
and/or just got bored.
Many may not know I was a clergyman or holy man for twenty-five years and a
“tentmaker” most of the time starting four congregations in four
states mostly paying my way of the time. I could hold my own with
those you see on TV.
Here’s my story it may offend some of you and I’ll probably lose
some business. I’m old enough that people don’t have to like me.
So, here goes.
I met Betty who was sitting on a pew in a revival near Richmond,
KY. She was a beauty with big brown eyes and the longest black
hair I’d ever seen. We married a year or so later on 1/1/1960 in
that building. We have one daughter, Dawn, who works with us and
three grandchildren.
We were
saddened like many of you about the divisions in our and other
groups. We’ve seen the scars of the religious wars in Europe
between those who called Him Lord.
I always knew something was wrong and wondered why people fell
away. I found out. I met the enemy. It was me and the clergy
system.
I had a chance to sit on a pew for a month. You might say I got
the “view from the pew” and like Hank Williams, “I saw the
light.”
I tired of
being lifted up above my brethren just because I had a Bible
College degree and could speak without stuttering.
Parents who treat their children differently are condemned, but we
can do it in the name of Jesus and it’s okay.
Through a deeper study of the N.T and quite a bit of soul
searching we came to some decisions for our home and His church.
We’ve been doing home church for over twelve years. Jesus met
mostly with twelve and often with three as so can we. Bigger is
not better. Why and how we meet and who’s in charge is dead wrong
according to I Corinthians 14:26 and you can prove it.
Self
appointed clergy leaders knew if the people heard and accepted the
message of Jesus that they could
“go direct” to God through Him they’d have to get honest work.
They cried for and got his blood, but He rose on the third day.
Everyone is clergy or chosen.
Eleven of the
twelve he chose, lived with, and taught got his message only after
his resurrection and passed it on with many various
temporary gifts to heal,
speak in foreign languages, and prophesy (telling God’s word and
will) Acts 8:18, 19:1-5.
Jesus prayed
for unity (John 17:20-21) and division heresy for three hundred
years, I Corinthians 1:10-13, 3:3-7.
Early Christians knew nothing of expensive church buildings,
boards, popes, hired Pastors/Ministers, creeds, Sunday offerings,
and their God did not live in temples made with hands, Acts
17:24-31.
Groups of a dozen or so met in homes for mutual edification and the New Testament is “shot through” with
references about “house church,” Acts 2:1-4, 2:46, 5:42, 8:3,
12:12, 18:7, 20:7, 20:20, Romans 16:3-5, 16;19, I Cor. 16:19,
Colossians 4:15, and Philemon 1:2.
How’d things get so complicated?
Constantine,
a pagan Roman Emperor, named every day of our week and called the first day of the week Sunday.
He proclaimed himself the head of the church, and built many
church building about A.D. 323. Then came hired the pagan priest
to replacing slain leaders, pews, sermons, pulpits, “orders” of
worship, and we’ve been asleep on the pews since. The reformation
just increased divisions.
God has only one church.
I’d like to hear your ideas.
I plan make and put on this site a CD and DVD about home church. |