Read the latest newsletter on the Freedom Fair Happenings!

It’ll be one of the largest Christian Family Oriented 4th of July Celebrations in the whole area! Be a part of a great and exciting event with lots of great events and games for all ages.

2008 Happenings!

• 
  Inflatables for the
  Kids - FREE!
• Pony Rides - FREE!
• Petting Zoo - FREE!
• Horseshoes, Sand Volleyball, Water Balloon Toss - FREE!
• Christian Bands -
  ALL DAY at Amphitheater
• Face Painting - FREE!
• Beautiful Lake with Beach, Diving Board and Rope Swing
• Food Venders will be Available -
  
  ALL DAY!
• Tethered Hot Air Balloon Rides - $5
• Dunk Booth and MORE!!!


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Tags: 4th of July, Christian celebration, freedom fair, Freedom Fair Updates, MO, St. Louis

Well, we are getting closer and closer to the 2nd Annual Freedom Fair Celebration! We are so excited and things are really popping! Miracles are taking place every day and Yahweh is really in charge of this outreach to St. Louis. Be a part of it - keep abreast of what’s going on and subscribe to our e-news - just click here and go to our main site and sign up to get the newsletter - or subscribe to our feed right here!

Jim

Tags: 4th of July, Christian celebration, freedom fair, St. Louis

Are
the chosen people the Jews or
the Christians? Or, were they
the Jews chosen a long time
ago but now the chosen people
are the Christians? If so, what
happens to the Jews? “Who
are the Chosen People?”
seems like such a simple
question. But strangely enough,
many of us are not sure exactly
how to answer this foundational
question. Most evangelicals
know what it means to be “saved”,
but are stumped when it comes
to really understanding who
the chosen people are and why
it is so important of a question
to begin with. This very unbiased
study leaves no stone unturned
as we will start in Genesis
and move our way through the
entire bible, revealing who
the chosen people really are.
After all, all of His instructions
were given to the “Chosen People”,
right? So, if we don’t know
who the chosen people are, then
how can we know what our instructions
are? Understanding this subject
is a critical necessity to truly
understanding the relationship
between the Old and the New
Covenants.

You need to listen to this one!

If
you consider yourself a
leader in any way (pastor,
small group leader, husband,
wife, parent, etc…), and
want to be a more effective
leader resulting in more
successful relationships,
then you need to listen to
this new series on
leadership and
relationships. This series
is packed full of material
from the leading modern guru
on leadership, Edwin
Friedman, and is more than
enough information to fill
an entire semester at any
college!

Check out our newest Study and listen to the Audio - You’ll find it under Topical Studies under the Audio Teachings at our website Passion For Truth Ministries. Click on the Reaching Success in Leadership and Relationship heading.

Jim

Tags: collins, end days, modified seeds, prophecy

REACHING SUCCESS IN LEADERSHIP AND RELATIONSHIPS
The two greatest commandments in the bible are 1. Love the Lord with all your heart, mind, soul and strength AND 2. Love your neighbor as yourself. Both of these commandments deal with how we deal with other people! The level of fulfillment and success in our lives is DIRECTLY related to how much success that we have in our RELATIONSHIPS with one another and with our Creator. RELATIONSHIPS are EVERYTHING!

If you consider yourself a leader in any way (pastor, small group leader, husband, wife, parent, etc…), and want to be a more effective leader resulting in more successful relationships, then you need to listen to this new series on leadership and relationships.

This series is packed full of material from the leading modern guru on leadership, Edwin Friedman, and is more than enough information to fill an entire semester at any college!

You will learn through this series:

• How to “win” and solve every argument!
• The 3 forces that pull people apart.
• How to lead and yet still remain connected to the group.
• How to create a healthy relationship system where all the members are actively contributing to the vision and body as a whole.
• What to do when the system breaks down?
• Where on earth does conflict come from and how do we get rid of it in 10 seconds flat!

And MUCH MORE! CLICK HERE to listen to the Audio teaching!

Tags: Edwin Friedman, leader, leadership, pastor, success

Yep, Freedom Fair 08 is fast approaching - plans are in the works for even a bigger and better Christian Celebration that will focus on our FREEDOM - freedom in our great country, freedom in Messiah Yahshua (Jesus) and Freedom from sin!

Make plans now to join us on July 6, 2008 at the El Shaddai Ranch from noon to after the HUGE FIREWORKS display!! Lots of games for the kids - including petting zoo, hot air balloon rides, pony rides, inflatables for the little ones, a great swimming lake with rope swing, paddle boats, nice beach area and so much more! Check out our Freedom Fair site check out our main site at Passion For Truth Ministries.

Looking forward to a great fun-filled CELEBRATION!

Jim

Tags: 4th of July, Fourth of July Fair, freedom fair, July 4th, July 6th, Passion for Truth Ministries, St. Louis

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Here’s the link to the e-news for 3-25-08

The Origin of “Easter”

By Jim Staley

In the ancient heathen world there were gods and goddesses for everything. There were gods for the sun, moon, trees, animals, love, and so on. And as Paul found out, there was even a god called the “unknown god”, just in case they missed any. Some of these gods were at one time real human beings and after death were glorified to the status of a god or goddess. The people did not necessarily worship the sun or the moon but the god that was “in charge” of the sun or the moon, etc… Even the great Caesars were given god-like status even while some were still alive!

The greatest of all of the gods throughout all of history and all civilizations was virtually always the “sun-god”. And the first god worshipped as the god of the sun was Nimrod, the very same Nimrod from the book of Genesis. And from the book of Genesis we learn that Nimrod was a great grandson of Noah, an incredible hunter and became a mighty king on the earth. Genesis also records for us in chapter 10 that he was responsible for building the kingdoms of Babel and Nineveh along with many other cities.  But his most famous accomplishment was the “brilliant” idea to build a “tower whose top would reach the heavens”. This in turn provoked the LORD to come down out of heaven to confuse their language and scatter them over the face of the earth. This infamous tower became known as the “Tower of Babel”. Nimrod was said to be the most powerful ruler of all time and when he died, Babylonian legend says that he ascended into the heavens and he became the sun-god.  The name that the people of his time would call him would be “Baal” which means “lord”. The wife that he left behind was named Semiramis, who would now become the “Queen of Heaven” since she was the wife of the sun-god Baal.

Years later Semiramis became pregnant. She declared that she had become pregnant by the rays of the sun of her deceased husband, Nimrod (Baal), and nine months later she gave birth to a son in which she gave the name “Tammuz”.  Because of the god-like status of his late father Nimord, baby Tammuz was quickly haled to be the reincarnation of his father Nimrod. Tammuz, like his father, also became a mighty hunter on the earth.  But, when he was forty years of age, he was killed by a wild boar on one of his hunting expeditions.  Because he was revered to be the reincarnated sun-god, his death brought great despair upon the people of Babel.  So, they set aside forty days of weeping and fasting for Tammuz each year in the Spring to commemorate each year that he was alive. (This tradition has been passed down through the ages to the church and is where we get the forty days of fasting before Easter Sunday.  This is where the Catholic original tradition of “Lent” came from until Catholic leadership changed the origination to the 40 days of fasting that Jesus did in the wilderness.)  After the forty days of weeping, they would kill a wild boar (getting back at the boar that killed Tammuz) and eat the ham on the first Sunday after the Spring Equinox (This is where the tradition of eating ham on Easter Sunday came from).  Also as a side note, one of the ancient statues of Mary holding baby Jesus in the Vatican is actually a REAL statue of Semiramis holding baby Tammuz!  The Catholic Church just changed the names to Mary and Jesus!
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~Blessings ~ Jim

Tags: crucifixion, easter, passover, wednesday death

Good Friday is a Myth;
Jesus died on a Wednesday!!

by Roy A. Reinhold

I was quite blown away recently to hear Hal Lindsey state on his national radio program that he has come to believe that the scriptures show a Wednesday crucifixion. Perhaps you ought to examine the evidence and decide for yourself; be like the Bereans who were complimented in scriptures for examining the teaching of Paul in light of the scriptures to see if it was so. There is clear, concrete evidence in the scriptures for a Wednesday crucifixion; you be the judge.

DAYS AND 3 NIGHTS IN THE HEART OF THE EARTH

One of the most common questions asked by new Christians is, “How could Jesus have been in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights if He died on a Friday afternoon and rose before sunrise on a Sunday?” Most Christians duck the question, since at most they can only come up with one day and two nights (Friday nighttime, Saturday daytime, and Saturday nighttime in our measure of days). If they add in the Friday daytime they get two periods of daytime, even though Jesus would have died in the late afternoon on a Friday. This late afternoon death is consistent with the Passover lamb being killed between the two evenings of Jewish teaching. The lamb was killed between 3 and 6 PM on the afternoon of the 14th of Abib/Nisan and prepared, because the 15th was the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which was an annual Sabbath observance (the first and last days of Unleavened Bread were annual Sabbaths in addition to the normal weekly Sabbaths). This search of the Word is important, not because it affects salvation, but because it answers the questions posed on whether Jesus kept His Word, and whether the Bible is true in this matter. A legitimate concern and question for all Christians!!

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This is a really interesting article written by Roy Reinhold - check it out!

~Jim~

Tags: crucifixion, easter, passover, wednesday death

Galatians

The Epistle to the Galatians is a book of the New Testament. It is a letter from Paul of Tarsus to a number of early Christian communities in the Roman province of Galatia in central Anatolia. It is principally concerned with the controversy surrounding Gentile Christians and the Mosaic Law within Early Christianity. Along with the Epistle to the Romans, it is the most theologically significant of the Pauline epistles, and has been particularly influential in Protestant thought.

Listen to the audio teaching on the Epistle to the Galatians!

Tags: apostle, Christian, epistle, Galatia, Galatians, Jewish, Paul, Pauline, Romans, Saul, Tarus