Michael Venish Starts His New Web Site

Michael Vensih, a former Restored Church of God employee and part of the inner circle recently left RCG and stated exposing the lies of Dave Pack

Venish then became interested in Christ's Knock (shut down) led by Lou Maschio (Knockers Church of God as many refer to it as.)  Soon after Venish started collaborating with Maschio, Maschio handed over the Christ Knock's web site and its small group of followers to Venish and walked away.

He has started his own site and is now taking contributions: The Lamp: Revealing the Way for the People of God

Most, if not all of us came out of a church where, a “work” was being proclaimed as God's Work. After God closed down the Worldwide Church of God– because it became the work of men, we now have various groups – Churches of God – led by those who supposedly fled the “apostasy”, to begin their own brand of the truth, which they claim, is associated with the patriarch that died. Among these groups, certain demagogues rose up, the principle ones being, Mr. Gerald Flurry and Mr. David Pack, who are leading a vulnerable people, even further away from what Jesus Christ established as His church, and through His original apostles.

God in His wisdom, calls His people sheep, because sheep flock, they want to belong, to be a part of something, that is why there are clubs, fraternities, societies, associations, organizations and churches. Sheep need leadership. But all too often, they want to crown their leader, place him on a pedestal, give him a title of some sort, or proclaim, “he leads our work!” The desire to belong is not wrong, we are to fellowship where possible, but the thing that is wrong, is not learning from the mistakes of the past, as well as what we can see today, some brethren elevating men to positions God and Jesus Christ never ordained. I know some leaders in some churches, claiming to themselves exalted titles.

I don't want anyone to crown me, nor give me a title. If that is what you want, I'm the wrong person. As a servant of Christ, my responsibility is simple, it is to help God's people– those who are willing– to achieve the joy of their salvation, to make entrance into the Kingdom of God. I do not believe, I am to deliver a “KNOCK”, neither am I “A VOICE”, I have my own voice which emanates from my own throat.

 As I wrote to you in a letter, I was intrigued by what Mr. Maschio was doing, in reaching out to our scattered brethren. I also said, “we have a common goal, which is our important responsibility, to make it as the Bride of Christ, ready for His return”. I offered help in the form of sermons to assist him, in feeding those whom God had called, those people he was taking care of. 

It was not my intention, to be caught up in the circumstances that we find ourselves in today, nor was it my purpose to lead, guide or direct any church or “work”. However, be that as it may, I do not draw back, nor shrink from any challenge to assist and to teach those with the Spirit of God, who want me as their minister.

Flurry Cult Youth Camp: Pray Before You Play Basketball It's A Sport Easy To Get Frustrated In

Summer camp with the Flurry cult in Edmond OK.  

Will the youth be instructed this summer not to fornicate 

so that no babies will be born before they flee to Petra?  

Why are they even doing camp when they should be packing to flee?

In respoinse to a comment that followers the online video, Grant Turgeon sums up all that is wrong with the Philadelphia Church of God:

COGWA's Britten Taylor On Jesus....Oops, Sorry - On The Law

I was checking out the COGWA web site tonight just to see how they talk about Jesus, the god they claim to follow.  As usual there is not a whole to about Jesus, his miracles and healing of unconverted broken people, no mention of Jesus breaking bread with prostitutes and the outcasts of society, nothing about the parables filled with metaphors about being there for the other, nothing about unconditional grace, nothing about rest in Jesus, not much of anything about Jesus.  There was however, LOTS and LOTS of law.  Myriads of lists of things you should not and cannot do.  Rules and regulations abound.  Typical Armstrongite proof-texting abounds, but no Jesus.

Britten writes:

The Ten Commandments are some pretty simple rules of life. In fact, Jesus taught that these are laws of love—loving God with all your heart and loving your neighbor as yourself. They were designed by our Creator to be very basic and easy-to-remember rules that would help us live the right way and enjoy the resulting blessings. But where are we today with regard to the most fundamental of God’s laws?

Here’s a test for you. Can you, right now, list the 10 Commandments? If you can, you’re a rare person!

In a 2007 survey of 1,000 Americans—including churchgoers—80 percent could name “two all-beef patties” as the main ingredients of a Big Mac, but only 60 percent knew “Thou shalt not kill” was one of the 10 Commandments!

Less than half, 45 percent, knew that “honor thy father and mother” was a commandment, but 62 percent knew that a Big Mac has a pickle!

Forty-three percent of those surveyed could recall that Peter and Bobby were characters on the old Brady Bunch TV show, but only 34 percent recalled that “remember the Sabbath” and “do not make false idols” were among the 10 Commandments.

This level of ignorance is amazing and, I must say, immensely disrespectful to God!

Better yet, how about asking a COGWA member to tell you about Jesus, who he was and what he did.  The level of ignorance will be amazing, and I must say, immensely disrespectful to God and Jesus.

Rod Meredith and His Angry God

I was reading one of Rod Meredith's letters to his members and co-workers today and it was like reading something from 50 years ago. Its the same old story.  One angry pissed off god who is just itching to reign fire and brimstone down upon his wasted creation called humanity.  Of course a few of the frozen chosen will escape, but only by the skin of their teeth because God is pissed at them too.

Thirteen paragraphs and not one thing about Jesus, the example he set, the parables he taught, the things he did, nothing about grace, nothing about love.  Just lots and lots of typical crap about a pissed off god, what an amazing church we are, and how Rod is setting the example.  It's all works based and graceless.  They complain their message does not get heard by most, is it any wonder??????????????  Who in their right mind would buy into this crap?  They claim to follow Jesus but are embarrassed to even mention his name.


From his June 12 letter these are the highlights.

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• really bad weather is just ahead!
• dangerous hurricanes are predicted
• They may do huge damage. 

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•  increasing drought
• massive wildfires   
• growing “dust bowl” conditions in much of the Southwest
• thousands of farmers to suffer heavily
• many to consider leaving the farming profession for good

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• same-sex “marriage” is growing
• distribution of the “morning-after pill”
• young girls and boys can go ahead with their fornication with more peace of mind
• young men will probably not feel the need to take protective measures
• increasing the incidence of venereal disease and AIDS!   

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• lawsuits and investigations are mounting as countless instances of governmental and corporate corruption are being exposed.
• liars and thieves are at the highest levels of our society
• growing mistrust of governmental and corporate leaders

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• these seemingly different problems are all part of a Big Picture described by the real GOD of the Bible
• He alone—actually controls the weather.
• lying, the thievery and the massive corruption of our entire society
• growing sins
• God will intervene in the weather to punish our nations unless we repent. 
• easy to forget how involved our Creator is in both our national and personal lives.
• How involved He is in causing bad weather.
• soon-coming enormous earthquakes 
• horrifying disease epidemics soon to come
• God will be in the ultimate destruction of our rebellious society
• We in this Work of the great God are continuing to reveal to increasing millions of people the reality of that true God and the totality of His awesome power.  

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Matthew 24:7-8

“For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences [disease epidemics], and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows”

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Leviticus 26:14-16

But if you do not obey Me, and do not observe all these commandments, and if you despise My statutes, or if your soul abhors My judgments, so that you do not perform all My commandments, but break My covenant, I also will do this to you: I will even appoint terror [terrorism] over you, wasting disease and fever which shall consume the eyes and cause sorrow of heart. And you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it” 

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• as a nation “despise” God’s statutes and His laws.  
• turning away from almost every vestige of biblical Christianity!
• national power and prestige of the British-descended and American peoples go down and down
• once-powerful British Empire...dissolved  
• It is all part of God’s prophesied warnings 
• bad weather, fires, earthquakes and disease epidemics—plus other catastrophes—would all begin to occur and bring them down. 
• as genuine Christians, must learn to “connect the dots.” 

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• God’s supreme purpose to teach humanity that our own ways and the fruits of our human reasoning will be broken. 
• obey His laws and ways will we be blessed with good weather, world peace and prosperity
• know that God is real, know that your Creator is in charge and that it is He that is bringing about all this because of His specific promises to do so
• His desire to “shake” our peoples to an awareness of our own sins
• bring us to genuine repentance for our own good. 

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• There is one Work on this earth which is proclaiming this inspired warning  
• This is that Work!
• God has continued to bless the Living Church of God
• some self-appointed “prophets” or “apostles” who make big claims and, at the same time, throw around erroneous accusations.
• Brethren, as the senior evangelist remaining in the true Church of God,
• God is continuing to greatly bless this Work. 
• Tomorrow’s World magazine circulation surpassing 400,000,
• television program is aired on more than 220 stations,
• new Russian satellite network which is comprised of four separate satellites giving us worldwide coverage in the Russian language!
• thousands of literature requests and inquiries every single week—often 5,000 or 6,000 or more! 
•  

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• English, French and Spanish-language Tomorrow’s World Web sites reach multiple millions
• major new Web site upgrades planned for later this year
• Social Media efforts continue to experience explosive growth
• Twitter account is increasingly active and is followed by more than 31,000 people
• Tomorrow’s World Facebook page posts and ads have a total reach of more than 26 million unique people!
• Facebook page currently supports more than 53,000 unique Facebook fans
• weekly views to the page topping over 1 million on any single day!

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• as we approach the termination of this present society
• do everything we can to “reach out” to our fellow man and warn our peoples before it is too late. 

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• how much are you, personally, sacrificing in order to get His final warning message to our peoples? 
• How zealous are you to do all you can to support the very Work which the living Christ is using to preach the full message of His coming Kingdom and His way of life to this world?
• your tithes and offerings are being put to very good use in preaching the Gospel
• we do need to “stir ourselves,” and be able to get on more stations and preach this message with ever greater power
• mixed-up world begins to feel the real impact of this Work of God before it is too late.
• May God help every one of you do his or her part. 
• At age 83, I am trying to “go all out,” myself, to give of myself 
• each one of us demonstrate our zeal for our Creator by getting fully involved in the Work of the living Christ right now!