Dave Pack: I Love The Past! - Oh Wait, I Hate The Past!

Davey starts his weekly letter off by once again proclaiming that he is going to restore the "glory days" from the past.  All the brethren will dwell together in harmony, all bitterness, intrigue and malice will be eliminated as everyone becomes Stepford Members trying to relive the past.  Oh how glorious those days were.

In previous announcements, we covered the big elements of the “Church of God” landscape that will change in light of the Haggai prophecy. We saw reunification of God’s people will explode the size and scope of God’s Work and that brethren will be together for the Feast of Tabernacles, Sabbath services, socials, Spokesman/Graduate Clubs, youth camps, Ministerial Conferences, college and more. Obviously, these changes will be BIG, but in a sense not as big as those that must occur in the lives of individual Christians. YOU must be ready to give up doctrines, traditions, practices, policies and standards that you have unwittingly (or wittingly) absorbed.

Then, further down his latest screed, he calls all of those activities as spiritually blinding the members to what they should have been doing.

Be honest with yourself and acknowledge what God’s Church became for so many—and probably you—as it grew to the globe-girdling size that it reached. There was literally something for everyone, and something was almost always going on. As a result, enormous numbers stopped thinking about the need to pray, study, fast, meditate, exercise God’s Spirit—and copy Jesus Christ in building the perfect, holy, righteous character of God, en route to awesome rulership in God’s kingdom.

Instead, they focused on the next picnic, dance, potluck, basketball and other sporting tournaments, Y.O.U., Y.E.S. (youth programs), singles activity, fundraising project, senior citizen dinner, track meet, Spokesman Club Ladies’ Night, talent show, youth camp session, snow party, deacon/elder meeting, get-together, etc. (Yet Church Bible Studies were cancelled long before anyone felt the need to reduce any of the activities mentioned here.)

Typical of Armstrongism one never quit knows what is the  right thing to do.  One minute something is being praised by the Dear Leader and the next it is being claimed to be a tool of Satan.  No wonder people drank!

Dave Pack: The Alcohol Miracle Worker

Not only is Dave Pack one of the worlds most important men, he also took on and tackled the enormous alcohol problem in Armstrongism.  He DEALT with it!  Never mind the fact that he probably caused a lot of people to start drinking after they were treated like dirt by him.

As for "self examination" that is all Armstrongism ever focused on!  No one was ever worthy and was just inches away from being squashed by God's big fat thumb.

The Bible warns in many verses about spiritual “drunkenness.” This condition in the Worldwide Church of God caused many brethren to close their eyes and drop off to sleep, forgetting about the crucial role of self-examination. This was largely produced by the fact that many people used God’s Church as a giant, nonstop party for many years, and some for decades. We now know that most were obviously in it (or, over time, came to be in it) for the “good times,” and, spiritually speaking, the “alcohol” flowed freely. (This became a literal problem as well. I know—I saw and dealt with it.)

Dave Pack: It's All About ME and HWA - You Won't Find No Wimpy Jesus Here

Davey is back with his 18th installment in his plan to set himself up as Joshua.  Dave apparently felt left out because HWA had taken all the cool names, so he had to resort to a little read book in Hebrew scriptures that he feels describes him.

Davey starts out today letting you know that it is all about HWA and "ME."  Only Davey, the most important man in human  history, is carrying on the work pf Herbert W Armstrong.  No mention of Jesus anywhere, but lots and lots of HWA and "ME."

In Part Two of the Haggai series, I explained that these announcements have been a vital part of God telling YOU to consider YOUR ways! In fact, The Restored Church of God has been doing this for over 14 years. Ask: Which other organization has taught in explicit detail—through scores of books, booklets, articles and sermons (over 2,100 pages of just Splinter Explanation Packet material)—what God expects His people to do during and after an apostasy? Which group has carefully maintained and held fast to ALL of Mr. Armstrong’s teachings—which you once understood came FROM THE BIBLE? Which organization has gathered God’s people back to one organization, restoring all that was destroyed by the apostates? The remnant of God’s people outside His Church has been told countless times BY ME to “consider its ways.”

James Malm: The World Is In Such BAAAAAAAD Shape That I Need To Start Preaching Audio Sermons!

It has only been a matter of time till apostle James Malm started preaching.  The odd thing with Malm is that his personality cult has already suffered a split and he hasn't even started preaching yet!  That bad bump in Malm's rise to power is minor compared to the incredibility horrid situation the world is in right now.  Satan is running around like a roaring lion seeking to destroy the true Church of God and Malm is out to set things straight!

Like non-ordained self-appointed prophet Thiel, apostle Malm is prerecording sermons the scattered brethren and for his first Feast site.

Malm writes today:

ANNOUCEMENTS:   Because of the situation in the world and in the various COG Groups, the time has come to ramp up this work to the next level.

I have now begun to post audio talks at a special new Podcasting site.  I hope to begin adding new talks on a weekly basis

I have started a free podcast site on which to load audio sermons.  Once I successfully test out this site and podcast host, I intend to upgrade to a paid site; allowing for as many audios as I can make, and the removal of the Google advertising.  

By using this podcast host, they will take care of all technical issues and will provide unlimited bandwidth for as many listeners as come.  They will also post the podcasts on iTunes and other podcasting venues.

I am also planning to record the sermons at the Feast for publication, and right now I am working on a list of subjects for the Feast and another list for the podcast sermons to avoid duplication.

I am not a trained speaker so my first effort could benefit from considerable improvement, but I believe the content is most important at this time.  The delivery will improve with a little practice.

Link:  Unity, Tolerance and Doctrine  This talk is 49 minutes long. I had 15 pages of notes for this talk and only got through half of them; so there will definitely be a part 2 and possibly a part 3 on the same subject.  I can see that my first effort was burdened by going too fast and trying to cover too much, and my voice was affected since I am not used to this.  I was in too big a rush;  the next talks will be a little slower with better diction.