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Gavin Rumney had an interesting
screen capture on Thursday that was written by Michael Germano. Germano is the "brains" by Living Church of God's fake "university" that is seeking accreditation. People have always assumed that Germano was a little more educated than many of the hierarchy in the Worldwide Church of God. He was also the one of the people behind the push to get Ambassador College/University accredited both times it went through the process. Germano was also part of BibArch "magazine" a pseudo-archeolology site that tried to prove many things from Scripture and to match things up with Armstrongite mythology.
His
bio contains the following educational pursuits:
Michael P. Germano, a graduate of the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, holds earned doctorates from the University of Southern California and
the University of La Verne. He completed post-graduate study in anthropology, archaeology,
and theology at Southern Methodist University and Texas A&M University at College
Station
Just check out all of the "worldly" education he received. Contrast that to his mind boggling comments above:
The American academy has been overrun by an evil leftist ideology
turning many college and university schools of arts and sciences into
citadels of deception and factories of deceit. Many English,
anthropology, history and political science departments are staffed with
flaming leftists with a very few exceptions. It is almost impossible to
find PhD faculty in these disciplines that reflect traditional American
values. Their brains have not just been washed but scrubbed clean and
reprogrammed. Part of the deception is that academic leftists not only
see themselves as the most brilliant, enlightened and balanced people on
the planet capable of governing everyone in every context but as
moderates. It is impossible to have a reasonable conversation with
members of this elite as they have convinced themselves of their
indignant, deceptive righteousness. It boils over into lefty religion
and includes some well-meaning evangelicals who have been attracted by
it. The building of America has taken many generations but it is being
shredded. As the saying goes, any old jackass (an appropriate symbol)
can kick down a barn but it takes a skilled carpenter to build one.
I am sure the accrediting organization that is working with Living "University" would love to hear how degrading Germano is to them.
Some in the Church of God thought Germano was going to be a "breath of fresh air" as he readily acknowledged that Christians are NOT bound to keeping Sabbath, unclean meat rules, paying tithes, circumcision and "holy" day observances.
Germano should be a breath of fresh air for LCG. Here's an excerpt from his article The Sinaitic Covenant and the Law of Moses: Irrelevant? Or, Do They Still Matter?
"In
apostolic Christianity, Christians of Jewish or Gentile origin were
free, as they remain today, to adhere to the Ten Utterances and observe
various Mosaic Covenant traditions such as observing the Sabbath,
celebrating the annual Sabbaths and associated festivals, abstaining
from unclean meats, paying tithes, and circumcision, but they were not bound to do so."
(SOURCE: http://web.archive.org/web/20050302190114/bibarch.com/Articles/Article-The+Siniatic+Covenant.htm ). see University in a Broom Closet
My how times have changed! Germano knows better but has prostituted himself out to Rod Meredith's mindless rantings. For shame!
Consider Germnao's letter to the Worldwide News dated May 9, 1995:
The encouraging comments from our ministry all across the nation have
been inspiring to my wife, Brenda, and me. It seems that each person had
his or her own personal struggle in coming to understand what God is
leading us collectively to know and do as his children.
Learning
is painful; there is nothing easy about it. I used to believe, and
preach, that the most difficult aspect of life was child rearing. I have
now changed my mind. It is being a Christian.
Thanks to Mr.
Tkach's leadership and relationship with God, we have been led by the
Spirit of God to come to a deeper, richer, fuller understanding of what
it is to be a Christian. The understanding appears to be wholly of the
Spirit. When the veil is removed, all comes into place. Spiritual
renewal is being worked out in a powerful and wonderful way throughout
the Church.
At Ambassador University we have some on the faculty
(both lay members and ministers) who have not been able to see or accept
the
New Covenant understanding. The majority of the faculty,
however, have and are deeply thrilled and excited about the new
understanding. Some faculty and students have decided that they will
work in active opposition. This is sad, but each person has come to his
or her decision.
All of our children and their mates remain loyal
to God's Church and work as it is administered by Mr. Tkach. I believe
that by the early summer the Ambassador University community will all be
of one mind once again, and we can go forward with the wonderful work
that lies ahead. It is going to be a very large and exciting work, and I
hope we can all grasp the vision and significance of it.
Our
prayers and thoughts are with all our brothers and sisters in Christ—the
ministry and the brethren. Please pray for Ambassador University. We
love all of you and we know you love us.
Michael and Brenda Germano
Ambassador University
The Germano's claimed to have been lead to grace during the changes in the Worldwide Church of God. Their lives were deeply enriched with the "fuller understanding" on what it meant to be a Christian. They claimed that the "veil had been removed" from their eyes." Yet they have become mouthpieces for the legalistic lies of Rod Meredith. Deep down they KNOW what Meredith teaches is WRONG yet they do NOTHING. The almighty paycheck still reigns supreme!
