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I am referring to a relationship with God & Jesus...not the typical
idea of religion. The obstacles come from doubt and unbelief. And from
hearing people in roles of authority use terms like 'religiosity' and
calling religion a 'crutch.'
No one who has experienced God's deliverance, no one who has had God
come through for them when there was no way out and no hope of a way
out would ever call their relationship with God a crutch.
It's more like air.
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On Apr 5, 2010, at 5:34 PM, John Stafford Anderson
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> So then we agree: religion can be an obstacle. They have the
> "word," they now need the school.
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> John
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> On Apr 5, 2010, at 4:47 PM, Vera Crowell wrote:
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>> John, darlin'
>>
>> "God helps those who help themselves" is not biblical, is not in
>> scripture, and is not what He said nor what He continues to say to
>> those listening.
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>> When you see people doing nothing, waiting for divine intervention,
>> they aren't doing what He said to do. There are many, many, many
>> things you have to do when you are counting on deliverance from
>> God. 'Doing nothing' will not get you delivered...which is why so
>> many people do not get their deliverance. God always does His
>> part...people do not want to do their part, so guess what happens??
>> No deliverance.
>>
>> We have a deliverance ministry, John, and guess what? People want
>> deliverance, but they want to be able to do what they want or not
>> do anything and they want God to do it all. It doesn't work that
>> way. Don't get me wrong. God and Jesus will meet you where you are.
>> You don't even have to take a step. You can just fall in their
>> direction and they will be right there, letting you know they are
>> ready, willing, and more than able to help get you out of what you
>> got yourself into, what someone else may have gotten you into, or
>> something that just happened through no fault of your own. But,
>> there are steps, baby steps at first, but still steps that have to
>> be taken before deliverance can happen.
>>
>> People who believe they can just sit back and do nothing and get
>> delivered are generally untaught and unskilled in the Word.
>> Undelivered, too.
>>
>> Hosea 4:6a: "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge."
>>
>> It was true then and is still true today.
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>> On 04/05/10, John Stafford Anderson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>> Vera, I truly appreciate you caring!
>>>
>>> But you might want to re-watch the film, because you actually hit
>>> the nail directly on the head. Where is the deliverance, or more
>>> importantly, from what are the students I am talking about waiting
>>> to be delivered? What about God helping those who help
>>> themselves? Waiting for divine intervention becomes one more
>>> reason for being inactive, inactivity creates apathy, and apathy
>>> self-perpetuates.
>>>
>>> John
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>>> On Apr 5, 2010, at 3:04 PM, Vera Crowell wrote:
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>>>> John,
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>>>> I care about you wayyy too much to let you continue to wallow in
>>>> your bliss. We need to make a time to meet so that I can explain
>>>> deliverance to you. No one who truly understands God's
>>>> deliverance and how it happens could possibly use 'deliverance'
>>>> and 'apathy' in the same sentence.
>>>>
>>>> Really, really, sincerely,
>>>>
>>>> Vera
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>>>>> Quite powerful. Thank you for this. I will definitely be
>>>>> showing it to students later in the week.
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>>>>> Although, one could also question the religiosity advocated in
>>>>> the film as also being a contributor to this societal
>>>>> breakdown. I believe that one can easily argue that generations
>>>>> of waiting on God for deliverance from every situation has led
>>>>> to apathy. Surely such total reliance had its place as a
>>>>> comfort when African slaves had absolutely no tools of
>>>>> empowerment other than their bodies, but now, however, far too
>>>>> often I hear on a daily basis from the most at risk of students
>>>>> of how Jesus will take care of every situation. So, say in the
>>>>> case of not passing a test, the excuse is that failure was what
>>>>> Jesus intended. Therefore, ultimately, religion becomes another
>>>>> crutch; another of the myriad means of shifting personal
>>>>> responsibility.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Still, this is a great effort at activism. Some of the images
>>>>> in the film provide a great historical references to the current
>>>>> situation with the semi-literate members of the Tea Party.
>>>>> Then, like now, the same ilk were convoluting blackness with
>>>>> communism, and as anti-American.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> John
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>>>>>> This video was created to inspire young at-risk African-
>>>>>> Americans not to fall prey to some of the problems they face in
>>>>>> society.
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>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please use the link bellow.
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>>>>>> http://vimeo.com/3658572 (http://vimeo.com/3658572)
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>>>>>> Michel,
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>>>>>> Dj M.sonics
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