Waking Jonah

Pastor Andrew Arrowood from Valley Lighthouse in Van Nuys, CA discusses the “new birth” as revealed in Scripture…

[Part 7 of an 11-Part series]

Ministry: Valley Lighthouse of Van Nuys, CA
Full Podcast: 2008-06-17 – 1930 – Pastor Arrowood – The New Birth
Date: 6/17/08
Speaker: Andrew Arrowood
Notes: John 14:10-11 – “Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake.”; John 10:30 – “I and my Father are one.”; John 14:8-11 – “Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father? Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. “; John 14:15-20 – “If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.“; Is there any doubt that when you look at Christ you are not looking at the junior version of God, but you are looking at the God of the Old Testament robed in the flesh of humanity?… And when you receive the Spirit–the Holy Ghost–in your life, you are not receiving the third member, but rather you are receiving a portion of the very Spirit of the Old Testament–the very Spirit that made Jesus God?; John 14:25-27 – “These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”; Jesus said “I will not leave you comfortless, I will come to you.”; The Holy Ghost is Jesus in spirit form; These three titles refer to the different roles of the one God–He is the Father in creation, Son in redemption, Holy Ghost in His body the church; 2 Corinthians 5:19 – “To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.”; It rings true with the Old Testament… Deuteronomy 6:4 – “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD“; Isaiah 9:6 – “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”; When you receive Jesus you are receiving the God of the Old Testament… when you receive the Holy Ghost, you are receiving the Spirit that was in Christ; There are not three… there is not four… there isn’t even five… there’s only One–”Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD”

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Andrew Arrowood

Pastor Andrew Arrowood from Valley Lighthouse in Van Nuys, CA discusses the “new birth” as revealed in Scripture…

[Part 6 of an 11-Part series]

Ministry: Valley Lighthouse of Van Nuys, CA
Full Podcast: 2008-06-17 – 1930 – Pastor Arrowood – The New Birth
Date: 6/17/08
Speaker: Andrew Arrowood
Notes: What about Matthew 28:19? – “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost“; Matthew 28:19 was obeyed in Acts 2:38; The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are titles, not names; Many simply repeat the Lord’s command found in 28:19, instead of actually obeying it; Jesus didn’t say “This is how I want you to baptize them… using this formula”, He said “Go baptize them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost”; They were not confused about the Godhead–they had full clarity that Jesus was the Jehovah of the Old Testament robed in flesh; They understood that there was a name that was above every name, and that name was Jesus… and that the name of Jesus was the name of the God of the Old Testament, the man that was standing in front of them, and the Spirit of the man that was going to fill them on the day of Pentecost; They understood that this was just one God, and when you evoke the name of Jesus you are evoking the name of that one God; What is the name of the Father?… John 5:43 – “I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.”; The name of the Father is Jesus; What is the name of the Son?… John 20:31 – “But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.”; What is the name of the Holy Ghost?… John 14:26 – “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.”; The Holy Ghost is not a name, it is a title for the Spirit of God in the church today… Father is not a name, it is a title for the Creator that we understood from the very beginning… Son is not a name, it’s just a title for a role that He was playing… he was coming as the Son in redemption; This is one of the most beautiful revelations of the Bible… the message of who Jesus really is; The name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost is Jesus; The disciples never had a single conflict over baptism in the New Testament… they all did it the same way and preached it the same way–they were not confused, because they understood the oneness of God

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Andrew Arrowood

Pastor Andrew Arrowood from Valley Lighthouse in Van Nuys, CA discusses the “new birth” as revealed in Scripture…

[Part 5 of an 11-Part series]

Ministry: Valley Lighthouse of Van Nuys, CA
Full Podcast: 2008-06-17 – 1930 – Pastor Arrowood – The New Birth
Date: 6/17/08
Speaker: Andrew Arrowood
Notes: What formula was used?… The birth of the church in the second chapter of Acts made John’s baptism obsolete–it was updated when a name was added to it; John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance, or a turning away from sin; But turning away from sin was not enough, you still had the stain of sin on you; We had to have a name that took away sin; The turning from sin was a great thing, but there needed to be an actual cleansing that happened, and that cleansing that happened was when they would call upon the name of Jesus Christ; Acts 2:38 – “Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins“; Acts 4:12 – “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”; If we had people that were sick and we anointed them with oil, we would not pray over them “in the name of the Holy Spirit”, or we wouldn’t say “the Jehovah of the Old Testament”… we would say “in Jesus’ name”; If we were going to pray for someone to be loosed of devils, we would pray in Jesus’ name… the one thing that gives you dominion over them is when you evoke that name… because all power is in the name of Jesus; If we would use it all those other times, why would we not want to use it when we are actually being buried with Christ, evoking His blood… why not use the name of Jesus?; Actually in Scripture, no other way was it ever done, other than by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus; Acts 8:16 – “For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.”; Acts 10:48 – “And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord“; Acts 19:5 – “When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.”; Romans 6:3 – “Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?“; Jesus’ name must be evoked verbally to have a proper baptism; Notice three questions Paul asked the church at Corinth: “Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?” (1 Corinthians 1:13); Jesus was crucified for us, so we should be baptized in Jesus‘ name; Look at Paul’s own baptism in Acts 22:16 – “And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.“; Water baptism is a command to be obeyed for salvation; Mark 16:15-16 – “And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved“; Galatians 3:27 – “For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.”; You “put on Christ” through baptism; Acts 2:41 – “Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.“; Ephesians 4:5 – “One Lord, one faith, one baptism”

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Andrew Arrowood

Pastor Andrew Arrowood from Valley Lighthouse in Van Nuys, CA discusses the “new birth” as revealed in Scripture…

[Part 3 of an 11-Part series]

Ministry: Valley Lighthouse of Van Nuys, CA
Full Podcast: 2008-06-17 – 1930 – Pastor Arrowood – The New Birth
Date: 6/17/08
Speaker: Andrew Arrowood
Notes: The fulfillment of the command to the early church; Acts 2:38 – “Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.”; Acts 10:48 – “And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord.”; Acts 19:5 – “When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.“; How was the early church baptized?; The word “baptism” comes from a Greek word “baptizo”, meaning to dunk, immerse, or soak; John 3:23; Matthew 3:16; Acts 8:38-39; Every time it defines how they were baptized, they were always immersed in water, and every time there was a distinct formula that was used… they evoked the name of Jesus Christ, which is the saving name; The Bible says in Acts there is only one name that takes away sin, and that’s the name of Jesus; Matthew 28:19 and the synoptic gospels… they all agree with one another–when you really define it, it’s talking about using the name of God; We define what that name was from Isaiah 9:6, that the name of God is Jesus; When you evoke the name of Jesus, you are evoking the name of the Savior… the name of the One that died for you… that shed His blood for you; You are also buried with Him, which is another part of repentance… you leave the old man there, and then you leave and you live a different way

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Pastor Rodney Shaw from New Life Church in Austin, TX preaches on finding opportunities to get people in the presence of God, where God can change their lives…

[Part 7 of a 7-Part series]

Ministry: New Life Church of Austin, TX
Full Podcast: A Real Message for a Real World
Date: 1/23/11
Speaker: Rodney Shaw
Notes: All the things that we can offer socially are just a triage service… we’re just putting tourniquets on wounds and stopping the bleeding, we’re not really doing anything permanently unless we can get them in the presence of God, where God can change their lives; We need to see a miraculous move of God’s Spirit; In his last known letter before his death, Paul says as emphatically as possible to Timothy… “preach the Word“–”Timothy, preach the gospel, because it’s the only hope that this world has… and it’s what the church has been called to do.”; Our focus has to be single, and that is we are a light in a dark place, we are a city set on a hill, and the unique thing we bring to the table is the gospel of Jesus Christ… it’s the power of God… it pulls people out of darkness; We’re looking for opportunities where we can share the gospel of Jesus Christ

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Rodney Shaw

Pastor Rodney Shaw from New Life Church in Austin, TX preaches on the real hope for the world today… Jesus Christ.

[Part 5 of a 7-Part series]

Ministry: New Life Church of Austin, TX
Full Podcast: A Real Message for a Real World
Date: 1/23/11
Speaker: Rodney Shaw
Notes: We cannot fall into the slump that some Christian groups have fallen into and become merely a social and a political outlet; We ought to be involved… but at the core of our identity is Jesus Christ, crucified, buried and rose from the dead, and He poured His Spirit out… that is the hope for society–that is the hope for this world; Jesus Christ will change your life… Isaiah said “Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” (Isaiah 1:18)… that’s what God can do for your today; God has put you in this world and He’s given you the power to do what He wants done in this world… that is the hope of this world; Paul said in Romans, “I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation” (Romans 1:16)… you can’t vote that in, you can’t legislate that in, you’ve got to come to the cross and repent of your sins; You’ve got to come and confess, you’ve got to repent, you’ve got to be baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus (Acts 2:38), and He will confirm your repentance and faith by filling you with His Spirit–that is the most life transforming that could ever happen to you… it’s a real message for a real world

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Rodney Shaw

Pastor Rodney Shaw from New Life Church in Austin, TX discusses the real problem with America… spiritual bankruptcy, as well as the real solution for America… the gospel of Jesus Christ.

[Part 4 of a 7-Part series]

Ministry: New Life Church of Austin, TX
Full Podcast: A Real Message for a Real World
Date: 1/23/11
Speaker: Rodney Shaw
Notes: The problem with America is our morality; The issue of life is a great example: those who oppose abortion sometimes are the loudest advocates for war… and those who are the loudest advocates against war are advocates for abortion, so it’s just pick whose life you want to take… “let’s go take adult lives, or let’s take kid lives”; Life is precious in whatever form you find it, and a Christian should avoid all possibilities that they would be put in the circumstance to have to take another life; The real problem with America is not that we took prayer out of schools–If we had godly judges, we wouldn’t have taken prayer out of schools… if we had praying teachers and administrators, we wouldn’t have taken prayer out of schools… if we had praying parents, we wouldn’t have taken prayer out of schools… if we had a praying electorate, we would not keep voting in people who don’t pray; Our legislators call in chaplains to open their sessions with prayer, and then they don’t let them pray in the name of Jesus; The real problem with America is spiritual bankruptcy; America’s problem is not a political problem; The early church turned their world upside down and they had no political power; The early church had a transforming influence on the world so that in a matter of a few centuries the whole known world was Christianized, but they couldn’t vote against the morality of Rome; They preached the gospel, and they preached miracles and signs following; They didn’t have a social gospel or a club gospel, or something that was politically correct or socially palpable… they preached a message of Jesus Christ, and Jesus Christ crucified; They preached a message that when people heard it and they believed it their lives were transformed, and things happened in people’s hearts–not because of legislation–but because of the power of the gospel of Jesus Christ

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Rodney Shaw

Pastor Rodney Shaw from New Life Church in Austin, TX preaches about the healing, saving, powerful name of Jesus…

Ministry: New Life Church of Austin, TX
Full Podcast: Call His Name Jesus
Date: 12/19/10
Speaker: Rodney Shaw
Topics: There’s power in the name of Jesus; Peter said “Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission (forgiveness) of sins” (Acts 2:38); The name of Jesus is not just symbolic, there literally is saving power in the name of Jesus; Jesus told his disciples “Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: And that repentance and remission (forgiveness) of sins should be preached in his name…” (Luke 24:46-47); Jesus said “And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues” (Mark 16:17); There is authority and power in the name of Jesus; There is a name that is above every name… and that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord (Philippians 2:9-11); “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12)

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Chris Pinto discusses the true beliefs of the founding fathers with Nita Horn on the Raiders News Network…

[Part 34 of an ongoing series. Click here for Part 1.]

Show: Raiders News Network
Full Podcast: Documentary filmmaker Chris Pinto Discusses “The Hidden Faith of the Founding Fathers”
Date: 11/4/10
Host: Nita Horn
Guest: Chris Pinto
Topics: By biblical definition the founding fathers were antichrists–the Bible says who is Antichrist but he that denies the Father and the Son; Much of the film (The Hidden Faith of the Founding Fathers) documents what they were trying to do… they weren’t promoting Christianity, they hated Christianity; John Adams quote: “the Christian religion is the greatest religion in the world”… but then he denies that Jesus is the Son of God; Their commendations are much like the pharisees 2,000 years ago… the pharisees would be standing for all of the conservative values that we see the Christian coalition promoting, but the dividing line is preaching Jesus as the Son of God–that He is the way, the truth, and the life, and that no man comes unto the Father but by Him… that’s when the Pharisees got enraged and wanted to take up stones and stone him; The same was true of the founding fathers… they loved Jesus for his morality and his good works, but as soon as you say He’s the Son of God, they wanted to get rid of Him; The trial of Christ–historically Barabbas was a freedom fighter–a revolutionary–he was revolting against Rome and fighting against Roman authority… that’s why the people shouted “give us Barabbas!”

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Taking a break from the current series to bring you a Christmas message from Chris White of the Nowhere to Run podcast…

Merry Christmas everyone!

Show: Nowhere to Run
Full Podcast: Nowhere to Run 12/21/10
Date: 12/21/10
Host: Chris White
Topics: Christmas is rooted in pagan traditions… the date was rooted in Roman religion; It’s the one time you can talk to your family about Jesus and it not be out of place; Go to the Christmas parties, spend time with your family, let them see what Christ is doing in your life; It’s a matter of the heart; In pagan rituals in the past you had to sacrifice to an idol, participate in some sexual practice, eat meat sacrificed to idols… there were really good reasons for Christians not to participate in pagan festivals; In our American culture, it’s mostly just getting together with your family and eating together… don’t forsake that; Some of your family really needs you… you’ve been praying for them all year, go see how they’re doing… go talk with them, even if it’s just to show them what God is doing in your heart and in your life

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Chris Pinto discusses the true beliefs of the founding fathers with Derek Gilbert from A View From the Bunker…

[Part 32 of an ongoing series. Click here for Part 1.]

Show: A View From The Bunker
Full Podcast: VFTB Live: Chris Pinto — Hidden Faith of the Founding Fathers
Date: 10/29/10
Host: Derek Gilbert
Guest: Chris Pinto
Topics: The key message of the documentary, “The Hidden Faith of the Founding Fathers“; As believers, Jesus says to us… “my kingdom is not of this world”; The Bible says “here we have no continuing city, but we look for one to come”; We’re looking for a city whose maker and whose builder is God, not man; As Christians, we are strangers and pilgrims upon the earth during our time here–our cause, our fight, is for the defense of the gospel of Jesus Christ; People are compromising the gospel so they can defend the founding fathers and the principles of the American Revolution, when the founders were antichrists; The spirit of Antichrist is going to compel you to compromise the gospel so you can achieve that more perfect worldly union that the devil wants mankind to have… but that’s not what Jesus came into the world to do; The only peace that mankind can know is through faith in the Son of God, Jesus Christ–He is our peace, He’s our salvation, our hope; The philosophies and the wisdom of men ultimately come to nothing; The Bible warns “cursed is the man who trusts in man”–we don’t need to trust in the founding fathers of America… we need to put our trust as Christians in the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Word of God; Ultimately we need to compare this information–like everything else–against the plumb line, which is the gospel of Jesus Christ

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Continuing the series on the true beliefs of the founding fathers… this time with Derek Gilbert interviewing Chris Pinto on Derek’s radio show, A View from the Bunker.

[Part 26 of an ongoing series. Click here for Part 1.]

Show: A View From The Bunker
Full Podcast: VFTB Live: Chris Pinto — Hidden Faith of the Founding Fathers
Date: 10/29/10
Host: Derek Gilbert
Guest: Chris Pinto
Topics: The whole argument of the founding fathers as alleged Christians is being used by people like Glenn Beck and David Barton to energize Christians and entangle them in this political right-wing agenda… to politicize Christianity in our American system and “take America back” to the founding fathers; The problem is… the founding fathers–by biblical definition–were antichrists; The Bible says “who is antichrist but he that denies the Father and the Son”–this is something you can prove about most of the chief founders; The founders were really deceiving the country because a lot of their views were not known by the greater body of the population; There was a movement during the Civil War era where Christians were trying to get the Constitution re-written to include references to God, and specifically references to the Lord Jesus Christ; People have been arguing against what the founders did since the Revolution–for the last 200 years; The revolutionaries were not Christian heroes–they were antichrists who were trying to destroy Christianity in our country… that’s the shocking revelation

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Chris Pinto discusses the true beliefs of the founding fathers with Dr. Future and Tom Bionic on the Future Quake Show…

[Part 20 of an ongoing series. Click here for Part 1.]

Show: Future Quake
Full Podcast: Exposing the Idolatrous Myth of the “Faith” of The Founding Fathers
Date: 10/11/10
Hosts: Dr. Future & Tom Bionic
Guest: Chris Pinto
Topics: Thomas Jefferson and the supernatural elements of the Bible; The Jefferson Bible is the quintessential picture of what most of the founders and the revolutionaries believed about Jesus Christ… it was originally called “The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth”–the title communicates what Jefferson thought… that Jesus of Nazareth was an ordinary man who had an excellent system of morality and led an exemplary life; In his bible, Jefferson takes out all of the supernatural elements… the virgin birth, the miracles of Christ, the resurrection, the entire book of Revelation–Jefferson said the book of Revelation was the “ravings of a maniac”; People will quote Jefferson and he’ll say some nice things about Jesus, and then they clip the quote and don’t tell you everything else he said; Jefferson would mock many of the teachings of Christ… said the apostles were full of stupidity and roguery, and that they were impostors; A recurring theme among the founding fathers–Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine–they all generally believed in a system of works-righteousness; Paul says that the preaching of the cross is foolishness to them that are perishing

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Chris Pinto discusses the true beliefs of the founding fathers with Dr. Future and Tom Bionic on the Future Quake Show…

[Part 19 of an ongoing series. Click here for Part 1.]

Show: Future Quake
Full Podcast: The “True” Faith Of The Founding Fathers, And The Roots And Premises Of “Patriotic” Christianity
Date: 3/22/10
Hosts: Dr. Future & Tom Bionic
Guest: Chris Pinto
Topics: The sacrifice of the saints that have come before us; They endured what they did not for the cause of their own liberty, but for the cause of the gospel; Jesus says “if any man would come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross and follow me“; The cross is given to a condemned man… it’s the acknowledgment that we are dead to this world; Paul says “I am crucified unto the world, and the world is crucified unto me“–that is the example that millions of saints in centuries past have given us; The documentary “A Lamp in the Dark“; We can see things getting darker and darker in this country; We can see the New World Order/Kingdom of Antichrist emerging day by day on the world scene–prophecy tells us it’s going to happen; Ultimately the only real salvation is eternal in the Lord Jesus Christ; There’s coming a day when all else is behind us and it’s time to suffer for our Lord, and nothing is going to change that; We need to get our hearts ready and be encouraged by the testimony of the saints

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