Gerald Flurry Dares To Write About Self-Righteousness

Of all the hypocritical things that Gerald Flurry could have written about he has to choose "self-righteousness." There is not a humble bone in Flurry's body, nor in his son Stevie and the rest of the extended family.  They have set themselves up as the pinnacles in godly virtue where all truth flows from.

Flurry writes:

Have you ever been around a person who made you feel guilty, or very unrighteous, because you felt this person was doing so many righteous deeds? You didn’t want to become close friends with him because he always made you feel so unrighteous. Job had that effect on people.

We need to understand that self-righteousness repels, while the true righteousness of God draws people to you as it did to Jesus Christ. People liked Christ. He was a nice man to be around because He didn’t put people down or make them feel inferior.

Flurryism is all about making people feel guilty and unrighteous.  He is right though in one thing, Flurry is REPELLENT to everyone because of his self-righteousness.  His constant belittling of members, his destructive rules that have destroyed families, marriages and lives, have all contributed to his repellent personality.

He then writes:

Christ condemned the Pharisees for their self-righteousness. “For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 5:20). Christ said plainly that if our righteousness doesn’t exceed what these fellows had, we can’t even be in the Kingdom of God. It is that serious.

This is coming from a man who set himself up as a "true" minister, published books that he claims were hand delivered to him by angels, and builds monuments to himself and Herbert Armstrong.

That is why we feel uncomfortable sometimes around people who flaunt their self-righteousness. If we are self-righteous, that will turn people off more quickly than anything—guaranteed. If we want friends, we can’t go around feeling superior to them. On the contrary, we should work to make all people feel like royalty.

The above is incredibly comical coming from a man who feels he is superior to every single person in the Philadelphia Church of God.  If all people are truly royalty in the PCG, they why are so many living in abject poverty while the fat cats live in luxury?  When will Stevie and others give their salaries to the poor members so that can build luxury homes like they have?

Then he gets even more self-righteous:

How do you feel, down deep in your heart, when you are in the presence of an adulterer or somebody who has committed a horrible sin? Do you feel uncomfortable? Jesus Christ sat with people like that all the time. The Pharisees hated Him for doing so.

When is the last time Gerald Flurry sat down with an adulterer, or a gay member,, or a member that is not tithing? When was the last time he invited the family with a disable child into his home?

Like any good Armstrongite, Flurry wants you to know that he is only discussing this because his god is not happy and wants to spank self-righteous people:

We need to realize that our own human righteousness doesn’t contribute one thing to the Work of God, or to God’s Kingdom, or to the growth of any person spiritually. Only the Spirit of God does those things. Good things only come from what God builds within us, and that is the mind of Jesus Christ.

Without this perspective, we get into all sorts of improper reasoning. For example, when we come into the truth of God, we tend to remember what we gave up: Oh, I had to give up this; I gave up that. We feel so righteous because we gave up all these things, instead of saying, Oh wow, look what God gave me! I’ve been given so many things! And He is letting me be a part of His Family!

Imagine being a father or mother and having your child tell you, You know, it is really important that I am in this family; I don’t know how it would function without me. You would probably paddle his little bottom. God feels the same way. He doesn’t want you to have an attitude of, Look at what I am contributing in this Work. Rather, He wants you to say, Thanks for working through me and letting me be a part of your Family and for sharing all you have with me. That is reality—the other view is a fantasy.

Since Flurry is totally ignorant about what Jesus accomplished or taught, he has this to say about what he thinks most of his members really are:

Here is the approach that we ought to have. “But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people” (Psalm 22:6). This is just understanding what you are as a human being without God. It is the attitude Jesus Christ had on the stake.

Christ realized the human condition. We are no different from worms crawling around in the earth, as far as our future life is concerned.

If you are a believer you know Flurry's comment above is utter bullshit. 

Then Flurry admits he is a spiritual bastard:

It is easy for us to look at our problems and become discouraged. Yet, if it weren’t for having some problems, we would not be building character and headed for the Kingdom of God! Correction in your life is the greatest blessing you can receive. It is an act of love designed to get you into God’s Family. What a privilege to be tried and tested by God, receiving the education we need to be in His Family.

God lovingly corrects His sons. If we reject His correction, then we are spiritual bastards. We are no longer sons.

Amen to that Six-Pack!

What Does Eric King and Bill Clinton Have In Common?

OK, I know the first answer you all came up with....multiple women......but that's not all that they share in common.  Both believe in UFO's, though Clinton is more vague about it all.

King is all a twitter right now that Bill Clinton made the following comment the other day:

While Clinton said he had “all the Roswell papers reviewed” and found no clear evidence that aliens exist, he also said he wouldn’t be shocked if intelligent life exists outside our planet or even if extraterrestrials one day visit Earth.

“We know now we live in an ever-expanding universe,” Clinton said. “We know that there are billions of stars and planets literally out there — and the universe is getting bigger. We know from our fancy telescopes that just in the last two years more than 20 planets have been identified outside our solar system that seem to be far enough away from their suns — and dense enough — that they might be able to support some form of life.”

“So it makes it increasing less likely that we’re alone,” he continued.

“Oh, you’re trying to give me a hint that there are aliens,” Kimmel quipped in response.

“No, I’m trying to tell you I don’t know,” Clinton replied. “But if we were visited some day, I wouldn’t be surprised. I just hope that it’s not like ‘Independence Day,’ the movie — that it’s, you know, a conflict.”

King got this off the Daily Caller web site: Clinton on Aliens

One of Eric's 7 Women immediately chimed in:

Eric also speaks about UFO’s and shows how this subject is addressed by true Christians!

James Malm's "god" Only Answers Prayers In Proportion to How Many of the 613 Laws You Keep

The Church of Malm, always looking for the right combination, 

never realizing the safe is already unlocked.

James Malm's pathetic whoring to the "law" over the sanctification and justification of Jesus is blatantly apparent in today's post with the following sentence:

Our prayers are answered in proportion to our diligent keeping of the whole word of God!

Malm's magical god only proportionally answers prayers according to how many of the 613 laws of Hebrew scripture that you keep.  Do you only keep a few of the laws?  If so, then Malm's god will only listen to a portion of your prayers.  Accordingly, the more laws you keep the better Malm's god will like you.

In truth though, this is not isolated to Malm and his little cult.  It is the same thing that every single COG out there believes.  The "law" is the focus of every COG out there.  They cannot talk about Jesus, but published stacks and stacks of literature on the "law."  Telecasts, sermons, webcasts, and web sites all expound the law.  The "LAW" is the true god of the Church of God.

When Is An Apostle Not A Prophet?

Eric King:  HWA's failed prophecies were actually speculative predictions. Therefore, he cannot be held accountable.

What we must remember is the fact that God did not call Mr. H.W.Armstrong to be a “prophet”, God called Mr. H.W.Armstrong to be an APOSTLE. It is true that Mr. H.W.Armstrong longed for the appearing of his Savior, Jesus Christ. The apostle Paul during the New Testament era felt that he too might see the return of Christ Jesus in his day. Apostle Paul wrote in terms of disciples “longing for His appearing”. This is something that all true Christians do. So we must understand that what Mr. H.W.Armstrong spoke about regarding these types of issues should more appropriately be called “predictions” and NOT prophecies. Speculation is not a sin.

Is Eric King An Easy Target For "Cheeseheads?"

The thin-skinned Malmites are getting really perturbed that we continue to make fun of them.  One of them had this to say about us. 

WARNING! There are swear words below for those too delicate to read further:

Those BLOGGERs that make fun of Eric and COGSR ministries would never try to talk the shit they do about Muslims. They are little shits that would run. COGSR is an easy target for the cheesy Christian haters.

God Invented Smart Phones Specifically For Bob Thiel To Get His Message Out To Africa

Years ago the Worldwide Church of God made the claim that the printing press had been invented so that Herbert Armstrong could print the "gospel" message for all the world to see.  Then when Herbert Armstrong got restless after the death of his wife and needed to fly around the world, the church claimed that jet planes had been invented so that he could travel to all the nations on earth to deliver the "gospel", or in COG speak, "A Strong Hand From Someplace."  Then, computers came on the scene and the church bought one of the largest IBM mainframes ever built.  Computers too, were created for the express use of the Church of God. Remember that God had to invent the computer in order to keep track of members tithing amounts.

Now we transition to the 21st century and Bob Thiel, god's greatest gift to humanity and the Mayans, says that smart phones have been invented to get the final message out to all of Africa and the rest of the world.

A Door That is in the Process of Opening Even Further

Although at this time, relatively few in Kenya and Tanzania have direct access to the internet without going to an internet café (which few can afford), I noticed that nearly all had cellular telephones.

Once “smart phones” become popular in Kenya (I had not noticed any while there), we should be able to reach many, many more than we have been able to over the internet.  Our plans for the internet and congregations should be ready by the time many of those in East Africa will have additional abilities to access them.  This “door” is opened for Philadelphians (Revelation 3:7-8) to proclaim the gospel (cf. Acts 14:28, 1 Corinthians 16:9; 2 Corinthians 2:12) of the kingdom (Matthew 24:14) is being opened more for us and we expect to go through it to reach even more.  Please pray that God will more fully open this door for us (cf. Colossians 4:3). The Final Phase of the Work

Kissing Hank's A$$ - The Story of the Church of God

There are a few swear words for those too delicate to listen.