tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57169342011-04-21T17:46:50.105-07:00Gentle LoveGentle Love Christian FellowshipGenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570521592383080761noreply@blogger.comBlogger381100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716934.post-1163443685481946612006-11-13T10:47:00.000-08:002006-11-13T10:48:05.496-08:00ChapmanForPresident08.comGenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570521592383080761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716934.post-1163443411624483892006-11-13T10:43:00.000-08:002006-11-13T10:43:31.640-08:00ChapmanForPresident08.comGenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570521592383080761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716934.post-1133218907997500242005-11-28T15:01:00.000-08:002005-11-28T15:07:49.143-08:00Three Things That Christians Are NOT To "Render To Caesar"/ Jesus Christ: World's Greatest Tax Protestorby Minister of Christ Gene ChapmanIn a November, 2005 Internal Revenue Service envelope from New Jersey, I was informed that an IRS employee (we gather) sent inquiry on my views concerning Matthew 22:21: "Render therefore unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's and God the things that are Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570521592383080761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716934.post-1089501963674300792004-07-10T16:14:00.000-07:002004-07-10T16:26:03.676-07:00"No Fellowship With Darkness"
In Ephesians 5:11 we read the following: "And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them." As I look back over my life, this verse has influenced me more than most.
I remember being in high school and listening to my Government teacher talk about how Dallas, Texas needed a gay limo service to a bunch of 17 year olds. I Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570521592383080761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716934.post-1086488329520058672004-06-05T19:02:00.000-07:002004-06-05T19:18:49.520-07:00"Reflections of Death Fasting"
As I think of all the theology and prayer involved in the Austin Death Fast last year, I'm taken to I John 3:16, as one example. We read, "Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren."
It should be in the nature of every Christian to have a willingness to lay down our lives for oneGenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570521592383080761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716934.post-1085317051013706302004-05-23T05:38:00.000-07:002004-05-23T05:57:31.013-07:00"All Scripture"
There are those who would like to throw the Old Testament in the trash and continue on with the New Testament for life guidance. Paul the Apostle asserts: "All scripture is given by the inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness" (II Timothy 3:16).
Once, I heard Robert Tilton on the tv say, "We don't need Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570521592383080761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716934.post-1084746933801894862004-05-16T15:04:00.000-07:002004-05-16T15:35:33.800-07:00"Grieve Not The Holy Spirit"
In the book of Ephesians, we find God sharing with the Church down through the ages the practical application of the Christian walk in this world. In Ephesians 4:30 we read, "And grieve not the holy Spirit of God . . . ."
The greatest argument for Christians to oppose those sins in the culture that presumably defile no one other than those involved in "mutual Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570521592383080761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716934.post-1081279330307760922004-04-06T12:22:00.000-07:002004-04-06T12:26:38.296-07:00"Tribute/ Custom"
In Romans 13:7, we read, "Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute [is due]; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor."
First, a "tribute" is the Greek word "phoros" meaning: "an annual tax levied upon houses, lands, and persons."
Second, a "custom" is the Greek word "telos" meaning: "a toll, custom (i.e. indirect tax on goods)."Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570521592383080761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716934.post-1075601745082324992004-01-31T18:15:00.000-08:002004-01-31T18:17:22.466-08:00Lord's Supper audio post powered by audblogGenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570521592383080761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716934.post-1075599410674814222004-01-31T17:36:00.000-08:002004-01-31T17:38:27.890-08:00"This Is My Body"
Martin Luther, Father of the Reformation, has impressed me best with his understanding of the role the Lord's Supper plays in our lives. The Catholic is trained, based on my training, to believe that the bread and the wine turn into the literal body, soul and divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ in the hands of the priest. The non-Catholic is taught that the bread and the wine Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570521592383080761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716934.post-1074997294829163612004-01-24T18:21:00.000-08:002004-01-24T18:23:05.153-08:00"Be Thou Cast Into The Sea"
As I sit here in my motel room in Deming, New Mexico this evening, I am informed that the mayor of Bogota, Columbia reports that Fidel Castro looked very sick in December, 2003. It is no great thing to hear this for me, as I fully expected such after I began praying for the removal of Castro a couple of months ago here in New Mexico, where I now am, and asked you allGenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570521592383080761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716934.post-1074386194570072052004-01-17T16:36:00.000-08:002004-01-17T16:37:57.686-08:00"Free From The law Of Sin"
One of the most informative areas in the Bible is found in Romans. Romans teaches us a great deal about the nature of salvation that is through faith in Christ alone.
An area where many believers get fearful is in their personal sin. A person thinks, "If I keep sinning after I call on the name of the Lord for salvation, I must not be saved." Infact, Paul writes Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570521592383080761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716934.post-1073784972111219932004-01-10T17:36:00.000-08:002004-01-10T17:37:28.390-08:00"Respect of Persons"
In the book of James, we find an admonition to the believers in verse one (1) of chapter two (2). It reads, "My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, The Lord of glory, with respect of persons."
As we read on, we find that is wholly ungodly to place one man above another in matters of God's work. If one man has fine clothes, don't place him in the better Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570521592383080761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716934.post-1073246500710269192004-01-04T12:01:00.000-08:002004-01-04T13:11:14.856-08:00"Battle And Build"
In the book of Nehemiah, we find the story of a man of God who is so distraught about the status of his home city that he 'wept, mourned, fasted and prayed' (see: Nehemiah 1:4). God evidently heard his prayer and saw his humility before God's face, as Nehemiah was given the provision to return to his city and rebuild the walls thereof.
But it wasn't all easy. Nehemiah Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570521592383080761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716934.post-1072412032662783212003-12-25T20:13:00.000-08:002003-12-25T20:14:53.483-08:00"Extortioners Shall Not Inherit The Kingdom Of God!"
The word 'extortion' is perhaps the most powerful word in all of Holy Scripture against the Internal Revenue Service and the members of the United States House and Senate, who are complicit with the IRS, by their silence on the tax liability issue, as it relates to individuals. Even the sitting President of the United States is complicit in Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570521592383080761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716934.post-1072401584903723002003-12-25T17:19:00.000-08:002003-12-25T17:20:45.590-08:00"A Threefold Cord"
In Ecclesiastes 4:12, we read about the benefit of combined force. "A three strand cord" is a rope, and King Solomon is sharing his observation with us here that a stronger option than a stand alone thread is this rope concept.
Infact, some of the richest men and women in history used this quote to justify vertical and horizontal integration of business models. John D. Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570521592383080761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716934.post-1072032086288393242003-12-21T10:41:00.000-08:002003-12-21T10:42:22.590-08:00"Enslaver"
In I Timothy 1:10, we find an interesting word: "menstealers." This word is the Greek word, "andrapodistes." This word means, "enslaver." Enslaver carries with it the notion of 'bringing a man to his feet,' and 'kidnapping.'
The Word of God indicates that an "enslaver" is under the judgment of "the law" (vs. 9). So we can say with confidence that being an enslaver is "contrary to Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570521592383080761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716934.post-1071200755602363972003-12-11T19:45:00.000-08:002003-12-11T19:46:42.140-08:00"One Wife"
Since I stirred so much controversy last week in my sermon entitled, "Polygamy," I felt this would be a good time to explore the qualification of both a bishop and a deacon to be the husband of "one wife."
We read in I Timothy 3:2, "A bishop (ie. pastor) must then be blameless, the husband of one wife." And in I Timothy 3:12, we read, "Lets the deacons be the husbands of one wife."Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570521592383080761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716934.post-1070761335644139652003-12-06T17:42:00.000-08:002003-12-06T17:44:19.856-08:00"Blessed Are The Merciful"
In Matthew 5, we find Jesus offering us The Sermon On The Mount. This text is the basis of the Civil Rights Movements all over the world.
In it, we find Jesus saying, "Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy" (vs. 7). The easiest thing in the world to do is to be violent and unmerciful to those who have done us a wrong. The great strength is in Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570521592383080761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716934.post-1070125421833574482003-11-29T09:03:00.000-08:002003-11-29T09:12:49.546-08:00"Polygamy"
Polygamy is the state of having more than one wife or concubine.
Years ago at Baylor University, I was a scholarship student studying undergraduate Law, but my focus was to become a lawyer/ preacher like the Father of The Reformation, Dr. Martin Luther, with whom I'd been compared by the American Press back in 1986 and 1987, as I'd challenged Pope John Paul II's Catholic Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570521592383080761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716934.post-1070051077706732232003-11-28T12:24:00.000-08:002003-11-28T12:25:11.500-08:00"Season Of the Beast"
In Matthew 24, Christ Jesus makes us aware of his second coming at the end of Time. While no man may know the "day or the hour" (Matthew 24:36) of the end time, he speaks often of the 'season,' as we all know. And the Season of the Beast seems more real today than ever before.
In Revelation 11:8 and 9, for example, we read of two "prophets" who are killed in the street.Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570521592383080761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716934.post-1069459787872071172003-11-21T16:09:00.000-08:002003-11-21T16:13:29.856-08:00"Pay Your Taxes!"
In Romans 13:1-7, we, perhaps, find the Opposition to the TAX SLAVE FREEDOM MOVEMENT's strongest argument against us. In verse 7 we read, pay "tribute to whom tribute is due."
The word "tribute" is the Greek word, "phoros." It means, '"a load (as borne), ie. (figurative) a tax (property or individual); not a toll on goods or travel.'"
So when the Government is "due" (vs.Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570521592383080761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716934.post-1068947383117546212003-11-15T17:49:00.000-08:002003-11-16T18:58:28.030-08:00"Slavery Must Stop Here And Now!"
The other day, I was listening through the New Testament being read on tape, and I Corinthians 7:20-24 jumped out at me so much so that I couldn't get to sleep until 2 a.m. Let's have a look at the death blow God offers slavery of every kind.
In verse 20, Paul the Apostle is telling the church at Corinth that "servants" (ie. slaves) who are saved while alreadyGenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570521592383080761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716934.post-1068694278371297822003-11-12T19:31:00.000-08:002003-11-12T19:31:15.666-08:00"A Persuaded Prince"
In Proverbs 25:15a, we find King Solomon, under the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, sharing some valuable instruction to those of us who seek to be wise, especially in the dealings we have in the TAX HONESTY MOVEMENT with Government officials. King Solomon states: "By long forbearing is the prince persuaded . . . ."
The word, "forbearing" is the Hebrew word, " 'aph." It Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570521592383080761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716934.post-1068338201384598602003-11-08T16:36:00.000-08:002003-11-08T16:43:07.080-08:00"The Law, The Law and The Law"
In the Bible, we find many laws, but I find three sweeping primary laws dealing with the human soul. There is "Moral Law," found primarily in Exodus and Deuteronomy. There is "Jewish Ceremonial Law," found primarily in Leviticus. And there is the "Law of the Members," addressed by the Apostle Paul most clearly, in my humble opinion, in Romans (see: Romans 7:23).Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570521592383080761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716934.post-1067827264806769982003-11-02T18:41:00.000-08:002003-11-02T18:48:13.680-08:00"A Better Resurrection"
Whether you are in the TAX SLAVE FREEDOM MOVEMENT (exodus10-3.org), the SLAVE FREEDOM MOVEMENT (racialhealing.blogspot.com) or a soul winner at a church working to free SLAVES OF SIN (gentlelove.blogspot.com), you are dedicated to 'a better resurrection' than those around you in your normal daily walk in life. And here in Hebrews 11, we see that God doesn't seem to mind Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570521592383080761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716934.post-1067046029740963902003-10-24T18:40:00.000-07:002003-10-24T18:46:57.026-07:00"Spiritual Judgment"
One of the most troublesome areas in the Bible is that of judgment. We read in Romans 14:4, "Who art thou that judgeth another man's servant?" In I Corinthians 2:15 we read, "But he that is spiritual judgeth all things . . . ." And in Matthew 7:1 we read, "Judge not that ye be not judged." What a confusing mess on first examination? So let's tear into this.
Now, the way Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570521592383080761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716934.post-1066427074354513162003-10-17T14:44:00.000-07:002003-10-17T18:44:41.330-07:00"Extortioners Shall Not Inherit The Kingdom Of God!"
The word 'extortion' is perhaps the most powerful word in all of Holy Scripture against the Internal Revenue Service and the members of the United States House and Senate, who are complicit with the IRS, by their silence on the tax liability issue, as it relates to individuals. Even the sitting President of the United States is complicit in Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570521592383080761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716934.post-1066007029313568642003-10-12T18:03:00.000-07:002003-10-14T16:52:21.946-07:00"The Tithe"
In the formation of Gentle Love Christian Fellowship Church (gentlelove.blogspot.com), some have wondered where I come down on the "tithe." In fact, the Colony of Rhode Island was formed in part over a theological conflict with the Puritan leaders of the Colony of Massachusetts on the issue of the tithe. Some Rhode Island leaders didn't see the tithe as being consistent with New Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570521592383080761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716934.post-1066003807278065952003-10-12T17:10:00.000-07:002003-10-12T17:10:07.323-07:00"Do Good Deeds"
In John 3:19 we read, ". . . men loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil." The "light" represented in this text is Jesus Christ, but he further represents all that is right in the universe.
So, as we do evil works, we can presume that we will develop a heart that turns its back on Jesus or "all that is right in the universe." The opposite of this is Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570521592383080761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716934.post-1066003080484090232003-10-12T16:58:00.000-07:002003-10-12T18:14:51.993-07:00The general funding for the Church is set up as follows:
10% Prison Ministry:
5% Dick Simkanin Legal Defense Fund. Balance: $10.00.
5% Fans for indigent prisoners. Balance: $10.00.
10% Christian School/ Home School Funding of Children. Balance: $20.00.
10% Feeding and Housing of Poor/ Homeless. Balance: $20.00.
10% Widow and Orphan care. Balance: $20.00.
10% Alabama Christian Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570521592383080761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716934.post-1065314794615160382003-10-04T17:46:00.000-07:002003-10-04T17:46:34.100-07:00 "Not A Novice" In I Timothy 3:6, we read that one of the stated qualifications of being a "bishop" (vs. 3) or pastor is that he be "not a novice." The word for 'novice' here is the Greek word, "neophutos." It means: "newly planted" (ie. a young convert).
One problem we find in modern churches is a lack of knowledge in the pulpits, resulting in a credibility problem with younger members ofGenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570521592383080761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716934.post-1064791933113528922003-09-28T16:32:00.000-07:002003-09-28T21:54:41.516-07:00"Rebuke Them Sharply" In Titus 1:5-13, Paul the Apostle is in the midst of a letter to Titus, whom Paul left in "Crete" (vs. 5) to "ordain elders in every city." Crete is an island in the Mediterranean Sea, and there are those on this island preaching false doctrine who "subvert whole houses" (vs. 11). Paul tells Titus to "rebuke them sharply" (vs. 13).
An observation I've made in my own Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570521592383080761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716934.post-1064152354835076112003-09-21T06:52:00.000-07:002003-09-21T06:52:35.050-07:00It looks like Montgomery, Alabama is the logical place for the Gentle Love Christian Fellowship Church to be built. As I crossed Alabama in the TAX MARCH, I found many black families in gross poverty. Among the black church members I visited with, I found a strong pro Socialist/ Communist bent in their thinking. I think the issue of slavery reperations is central to the strength of the Socialist/Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570521592383080761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716934.post-1064152308165239352003-09-21T06:51:00.000-07:002003-09-21T07:22:24.400-07:00"What Doth Hinder Me To be Baptized?" In Acts 8: 26-40, we find the story of Philip's baptism of the 'Ethiopian Eunuch' (vs. 27). Philip is told by the angel of the Lord to go south from his location in Jerusalem to Gaza, which is desert (vs. 26). As real men of God are always to do, he obeys the Spirit of God and goes (vs. 27). Philip comes across the eunuch (ie. A eunuch is a castrated man;Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570521592383080761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716934.post-1063577281791232442003-09-14T15:08:00.000-07:002003-09-14T15:11:35.476-07:00"Remember Me"
In the book of Luke, we find a short dialogue between Jesus Christ and another man who made a simple plea to him, as they hung next to each other on crosses waiting to die: "Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom" (Luke 23:42). If there were no other sermon I could live to preach beyond this first one to the people of Gentle Love Christian Fellowship, I'd want it to Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570521592383080761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716934.post-1061728522337829532003-08-24T05:35:00.000-07:002003-08-24T05:35:22.283-07:00Greetings to all the folks. Today is Sunday, my 37th Birthday. I have a finacee (Jessica), who plans to marry me in a couple of weeks. I guess my sermons here for non-tax related issues should being in a short period of time. respectfully, Gene.Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570521592383080761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716934.post-1061653847647602892003-08-23T08:50:00.000-07:002003-08-23T08:50:47.696-07:00Welcome to Gentle Love Christian Fellowship.
Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570521592383080761noreply@blogger.com