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THE STAFF
OF THE CHRISTIAN
TELEVISION NETWORK
IN CLEARWATER,
FLORIDA.
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>> HI THERE MY
FRIEND, AND WELCOME
TO HOMEKEEPERS AND MY
NAME IS ARTHELENE
RIPPY AND THE PROGRAM
IS, "HOMEKEEPERS."
AND WE WELCOME YOU
AND MAYBE YOU HAVE
NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE
AND WELCOME ABOARD
AND FOR THE REGULARS,
AND SOMEONE CALLED
AND THEY SAID THEY
WATCH AND 530 IN THE
MORNING AND ONE IN
THE AFTERNOON AND GOD
BLESS YOU AND I'VE
NEVER SEEN THIS AT
5:30 AM IN THE
MORNING, AND WE
APPRECIATE YOU AND
WATCHING EVERY DAY
AND GOD BLESS YOU,
AND WE HAVE GOT A
GOOD PROGRAM TODAY,
FOR SURE AND MY GUEST
IS DOCTOR JEFF
PARKER, AND HE IS A
PASTOR AND A
MISSIONARY AUTHOR AND
HE WROTE A BOOK,
"KILLING THE CHURCH
AND THAT FAILURE TO
CONFRONT." AND THIS
IS ONE OF THE BEST
BOOKS I'VE HAD IN A
LONG TIME AND IT IS
WELL-WRITTEN, AND
THIS HAS BEEN ON MY
HEART FOR A LONG
TIME, AND GROWING UP
IN THE CHURCH, THIS
HAS BEEN SO EASY TO
SEE WHAT IS HAPPENED
TO OUR STANDARDS,
AND TO SEE THAT SIN
IS RAMPANT IN THE
CHURCH AND IT IS NOT
ADDRESSED IN THIS
WOULD BE ADDRESSING
IT AND I WANT YOU TO
MEET MY GUEST. AND
I'M GOING TO BE
JOINING STEPHANIE,
AND I WANT TO TALK
ABOUT A DINNER PARTY
I HAD FOR SOME
FRIENDS BUT AS I WAS
PREPARING AND I
WANTED TO KNOW WHAT I
WOULD BE DOING, AND
MY MOTHER-IN-LAW WAS
SO FINE AND SHE IS IN
HEAVEN TODAY, AND
SHE WOULD ALWAYS FIX
FOR THE COMPANY, SHE
WOULD HAVE APRICOT
GELATIN, AND I
THOUGHT, I WOULD BE
FIXING THAT FOR MY
GUEST, AND THEY DID
EAT ALL OF IT. I
WANT TO SHOW YOU HOW
TO MAKE IT, AND THIS
IS SUCH A NICE
ADDITION TO ANY MEAL
AND IT IS PRETTY,
AND I BELIEVE, AND
THIS WOULD BE GOOD
WITH CHICKEN AND I
WANT TO SHOW YOU HOW
TO MAKE IT, I WANT
TO OFFER YOU THE
BOOK, FREEDOM FROM
FINANCIAL FEAR.
I MENTIONED, HE WAS
ONE OF MY FAVORITES
BECAUSE HE NOT ONLY
WOULD PREACH THE
GOSPEL TO HIS
CONGREGATION BUT HE
DID TRY TO CHANGE THE
NATION. AND I HAVE
GOT A GREAT
ADMIRATION FOR HIM,
AND MAYBE 25 YEARS
AGO, I WAS ABLE TO
SPEAK TO HIM ON AN
INTERVIEW. I WILL
OFFER YOU THIS, AND
MOST PEOPLE ARE
INTERESTED IN
FINANCES AND JESUS
SPOKE ABOUT THIS A
LOT. AND THIS IS
YOURS FOR THE ASKING
AND YOU CAN WRITE TO
ME AT MY PO BOX THAT
YOU SEE ON THE
SCREEN, AND PLEASE
GIVE THE BEST GIFT
YOU CAN AND IF YOU
CANNOT I WILL SEND
THIS TO YOU AND AS
LONG AS OUR SUPPLY
LAST. AND IF YOU
COULD HELP US OUT,
AND WE HAVE MANY
BOOKS BUT THIS IS
LIFTED OUT OF THE
SCRIPTURES. AND THIS
IS THE BEST WAY TO GO
FOR SURE. HELLO GIRL.
>> HOW ARE YOU?.
>> AND I'M GOOD, AND
I NEED TO, AND WE
HAVE GOT SOME LIQUID
AND LIKE YOU WOULD
FOR ANY, LIKE ANY
GELATIN.
>> AND THIS WOULD BE
THE APRICOT NECTAR.
>> AND THIS WOULD BE
ABOUT ONE CUP AND A
HALF, AND WE WANT TO
BOIL THIS A LITTLE
BIT. AND I THINK,
AND MY DINNER PARTY
WAS A SUCCESS, AND
FRIENDS, AND WE HAD
NOT SEEN EACH OTHER
FOR 15 YEARS, AND WE
WERE PRAYING AND WE
DID LAUGH A LOT, AND
WE SPOKE ABOUT HOW
GOOD GOD IS TO THE
WIDOWS. AND, I FIXED
A GARLIC CHICKEN AND
WE HAD DONE THAT A
FEW DAYS AGO.
>> DID THEY LOVE IT?
RIGHT?
>> AND THEY DEMANDED,
AND I HAD TO SEND
THEM THE RECIPE FROM
THE OFFICE. AND THIS
IS STARTING.
>> AND SPEAKING OF
FRIENDS AND I WANT TO
DO A SHOUT OUT, AND
I WANT TO TALK TO MY
FRIEND BARBARA, FROM
BONITA SPRINGS, AND
SHE SAID ME THIS
BEAUTIFUL BRACELET.
AND FOR NO REASON AT
ALL AND JUST BECAUSE.
AND THIS IS SO
ADORABLE. I LOVE IT.
AND I SAY THANK YOU
AND I LOVE HER SO
MUCH.
>> AND WE NEED TO
FIND, AND WE NEED TO
FIND SOMETHING LIKE
THIS FOR EVERYBODY.
>> THIS IS SO
FABULOUS.
>> AND I BELIEVE THIS
WOULD BE ABOUT FOUR
OUNCES OF CREAM
CHEESE AND REMEMBER
THIS WAS SO LITTLE
BEFORE.
>> AND YOU KNOW, AND
WOULD BE EIGHT OUNCES
OR NOTHING. AND I AM
NOT STIRRING IT.
>> AND YOU COULD
SPRAY THIS. AND
USUALLY THAT WOULD BE
MY JOB. BUT I'M NOT
SURE THAT SHE CAN DO
THIS.
>> LET'S SEE HOW I
DID, MASTER.
>> AND IF YOU COULD
PUT THE LIQUID IN
HERE. AND LIKE I
SAY, AND WE HAVE GOT
SOME CREAM CHEESE AND
WE HAVE GOT THE
DEEPEST, AND WE HAVE
GOT A DEEP DISH. AND
IF YOU WANT TO HEAT
IT UP, AND YOU COULD
DO THIS, THIS WOULD
BE GOOD ENOUGH AND I
WILL DO IT. AND SO,
YOU WILL NEED.
>> OH, OH,
>> LAUGHTER.
>> I ONLY HAVE THIS
ON 1. AND NOW, AND
THEN, YOU WANT TO DO
IS ALL OF THIS, AND
THIS WOULD BE SOME
LEMON JELL-O.
>> YES, THE PACKAGE
OF LEMON JELL-O AND
THE NECTAR.
>> AND YOU WANT TO
MAKE SURE THIS WILL
REALLY DISSOLVE.
>> AND YES, AND THIS
IS SURE, AND MAKE
SURE IT DISSOLVES.
>> AND YES, AND THIS
IS THE APRICOT JELL-O
FROM MY GRANDMOTHER.
>> OH, THE SMELL SO
GOOD. MMM.
>> AND ALL RIGHT,
THAT IS ABOUT ALL YOU
WILL BE DOING HERE.
AND YES, AND WE HAVE
THE APRICOT NECTAR.
>> AND WE HAVE THE
JELL-O,
>> AND WE HAVE THE
COLD WATER AND ONE
HALF CUP. AND YOU
COULD PUT THIS
TOGETHER.
>> WE WILL BE MIXING
THIS TOGETHER.
>> WE PUT THIS OUT A
LITTLE BIT AND WILL
THIS BE OKAY?
>> AND WE HAVE THE
COLD WATER, ARE WE
OKAY?
>> YES.
>> AND SHE CAN BE
HUMILIATED BUT NOT
ME.
>> AND LET ME DO THIS
QUICKLY.
>> WATER RUNNING. .
>> AND THIS IS GOING
TO BE PRETTY, AND
YOU CAN PUT THIS INTO
WHATEVER MOLD YOU
LIKE.
>> AND THIS IS ALL
ARTHELENE RIPPY, AND
YOU HAVE MADE THIS
AND THIS WOULD BE ALL
YOU.
>> AND YOU COULD PUT
THIS IN THE
REFRIGERATOR AND MINE
CAME OUT SO GOOD.
>> LAUGHTER.
>> AND SISTER, I'VE
GOT NOTHING HERE.
>> NOW LET ME TALK TO
THE PEOPLE. AND YOU
SPEAK TO THE PEOPLE.
>> HELLO PEOPLE.
>> YOU CAN QUOTE A
SCRIPTURE.
>> PUT ME UNDER THE
GUN,
>> AND THIS IS
MURPHY'S LAW AND MINE
WAS SO PERFECT. OH,
>> LAUGHTER.
>> AND WE ARE
STARTING, THAT'S
COOL. WE ARE ALMOST
THERE.
>> I CANNOT BELIEVE
THIS.
>> LAUGHTER.
>> OH, NO.
>> I AM TELLING YOU,
AND YOU MUST BELIEVE
ME,
>> YES, GET THIS IN
HERE.
>> AND MINE CAME OUT
SO PERFECTLY.
>> IF I HAD MADE
THIS, IT MIGHT HAVE
COME OUT AND DID YOU
SPRAY THIS?
>> AND YOU HAVE GOT
NOTHING.
>> NO. NO.
>> LAUGHTER.
>> I WILL BE SHOWING
YOU WHAT THIS LOOKS
LIKE AND ISN'T THAT
PRETTY?
>> AND DOESN'T THAT
LOOK TASTY.
>> AND I HAVE DONE
THIS SO MANY TIMES.
>> THIS IS BECAUSE WE
ARE ON THE
TELEVISION. AND THIS
IS AMAZING.
>> AND SATURDAY
NIGHT, I WILL TELL
YOU, ANYWAY,
>> AND THEY ARE HERE.
>> LAUGHTER.
>> THE INFORMATION IS
COMING UP ON THE
SCREEN AND I WILL BE
SPEAKING TO MY GUEST
RIGHT AWAY AND IF YOU
WANT THE INFORMATION
FOR THE RECIPE AND WE
WILL BE GLAD TO SEND
THIS TO YOU AND I
SENT THEM OUT TO MY
HOUSEGUEST. AND THIS
IS GOOD TO MATTER
WHAT YOU THINK.
>> LAUGHTER.
>> ♪
>>IF YOU WOULD LIKE A
COPY OF TODAY'S
RECIPE AND YOU CAN
WRITE TO THE ADDRESS
ON YOUR SCREEN, OR
YOU CAN SEND YOUR
REQUEST TO ARTHELENE
RIPPY, AT HER
WEBSITE YOU SEE ON
THE SCREEN.
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>>ALL RIGHT, I WANT
TO WELCOME, AND MY
GUEST DOCTOR JEFF
PARKER AND HE WROTE
THE BOOK, "KILLING
THE CHURCH, FAILURE
TO CONFRONT." AND HE
HAS BEEN A MISSIONARY
TO ZIMBABWE, AND HE
GOES BACK AND FORTH,
AND ALSO TO ENGLAND.
AND HE IS A CHAPLAIN
IN THE ARMY, AND HE
PASTORS IN
INNER-CITY CHURCH IN
JACKSON MISSISSIPPI.
YOU HAVE DONE A LOT
AND WELCOME. WE ARE
SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU.
>> I LOVE PASTORS,
AND MY GRANDFATHER
WAS A PASTOR. I HAVE
A COPY OF HIS
ORDINATION
CERTIFICATE FROM
1895. AND MY FAMILY,
AND MY HUSBAND, AND
I KNOW WHAT YOU GO
THROUGH. AND THIS
BOOK, AND I JUST
WANT TO READ ONE
SENTENCE, AND I WANT
TO SET THE STAGE,
AND THE ENEMY
DELIGHTS IN A CHURCH
THAT IS LAX, AND
ABANDONING THE CALL
TO HOLINESS, AND WE
MEANDER IN AND OUT OF
THE FAITH WITH LITTLE
IF ANY
ACCOUNTABILITY. AND
BOY, AND THAT IS SO
POWERFUL.
AND WHAT WAS IT, AND
MAYBE WAS THERE ONE
TIME, AND SOMETHING
HAPPENED AND YOU HAD
TO WRITE THE BOOK.
>> I HAVE BEEN IN
MINISTRY FOR 35
YEARS, AND ONE OF
THE THINGS, AND IN
BEING IN SUCH, ALL
OF THE DIFFERENT
MINISTRIES. AND
BEING OUT IN AFRICA
AND IN ZIMBABWE, AND
OUT IN THE BUSH, AND
ALSO IN THE TOWNSHIPS
AROUND ZIMBABWE. AND ALSO
FOR THE EUROPEAN
CHURCHES, AND THIS
WAS JUST A REMNANT,
AND IT BEGAN TO GROW
ON THE FACE OF ALMOST
CLOSING. AND I HAVE
BEEN ME IN AN
INNER-CITY CHURCH FOR
THE LAST 17 YEARS AND
I'M A CHAPLAIN IN THE
ARMY. YOU HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SEE
THE CHURCH IN A
VARIETY OF DIFFERENT
PLACES. AND IN
DIFFERENT CONDITIONS.
AND ONE OF THE
THINGS, THAT OVER AND
OVER AGAIN WAS
EVIDENT TO ME, AND
SO MANY TIMES THE
PEOPLE DO NOT CHANGE.
PEOPLE COME TO
CHRIST, AND THEY'D
AND THEY NEVER
CHANGE, PEOPLE SAY I
HAVE HAD AN ANGER
PROBLEM, AND MY
FAMILY HAS HAD IT,
AND THIS RUNS IN MY
FAMILY. AND FOR SO
MANY PEOPLE, THEY
NEVER REALLY, AND
THEY NEVER, THEY
WILL NEVER MOVE
BEYOND THOSE
PERSONALITY QUIRKS
AND BEHAVIORS.
>> THEY ARE NOT
CONVERTED. AND
FRANCIS SCHAEFFER, I
MUST PARAPHRASE HIM,
AND HE SAID,
SALVATION WITHOUT
CONVERSION IS
USELESS. IF THERE IS
NO CHANGE.
>> I THINK, AND IF
YOU ALLOW THE WORD,
FOR THE WORD HOLE IN
THE GREEK, AND THE
WORD SANCTIFICATION,
AND THESE WORDS ARE
ALIKE, AND THIS IS A
PROCESS AND JESUS
WILL CONFORM US INTO
HIS IMAGE, AND THIS
IS IMPOSSIBLE
WITHOUT
CONFRONTATION. AND I
SAY IN THE BOOK, THE
VOICES OF THE TRUTH.
AND WE NEED THE
PEOPLE, AND WE MUST
INVITE THEM INTO OUR
LIVES, AND THEY CAN
HELP US TO BE
CONFORMED. AND SO
MANY TIMES AND WE SEE
SANCTIFICATION AND WE
THINK IT IS THE HOLY
SPIRIT, AND I THINK
THEOLOGICALLY, AND
MANY PEOPLE ARE JUST
SO QUIET AND THIS IS
NOT SCRIPTURAL. AND
PART OF THE PROCESS
OF A RELATIONSHIP,
AND THE IRON SHARPENS
IRON. WE ARE LOOKING
AND WE ARE OBSERVING
THE QUALITIES THAT
ARE NOT CHRISTLIKE IN
SOMEONE AND WE NEED
TO BRING THAT TO
THEIR ATTENTION,
THIS IS AWKWARD AND
WE DON'T WANT TO DO
IT BUT IF WE DO NOT,
AND WE WILL ROB THEM
OF REALLY GROWING AS
A BELIEVER. IN AS
PAUL SAYS, TO THE
CHURCH AT CORINTH,
AND THEY ARE
SPIRITUALLY IMMATURE
AND BABIES. HE SAID
I WANT TO FEED YOU
SOLID FOOD.
>> THEY COULD NOT
DIGEST IT. AND WE
HAVE GOT, AND YOU
CAN SEE THEM ON THE
TV AND THE BIG
CHURCHES, AND THE
MESSAGES ARE JUST,
AND THEY ARE I HOPE
YOU FEEL BETTER. I
HAVE HEARD, AND YOU
SHOULD COMFORT THE
AFFLICTED, THEN
AFFLICT THE
COMFORTABLE WITH THE
WORD. AND NOT MUCH
IS SAID ABOUT THE
BLOOD OR THE CROSS.
AND GOD WOULD ONLY
UNDERSTAND, AND HOW MANY OF
THESE PEOPLE, AND
ARE THEY REALLY BORN
AGAIN?
>> AND IF YOU LOOK AT
IT JESUS, HE WAS VERY
CONFRONTATIONAL, AND
THAT WAS HIS QUALITY,
AND IN JOHN 6:66
AND AT ONE POINT, THE
BIBLE SAYS AND THEY
WANTED TO LEAVE. AND
COULD YOU SAY, AND
THE AVERAGE PASTOR
AND HE WOULD BE
PREACHING IN THE
PEOPLE WOULD WALK
OUT, AND WHEN YOU
LOOK AT THE PEOPLE OF
THE OLD TESTAMENT,
AND THE PROPHETS OF
GOD AND THE PEOPLE OF
THE NEW TESTAMENT.
YOU LOOK AT CHRIST.
THERE WAS A
CONFRONTATIONAL
NATURE. I MAKE THE
STATEMENT, AND
CONFRONTATION AND THE
CHURCH IS A PLACE
WHERE WE CONFRONT.
AND I WAS SICK IN
1994, AND I GOT A
PROBLEM IN ZIMBABWE.
I WENT TO THE DOCTOR,
AND HE LOOKED AT ME
AND HE SAID, HE SAID
DID YOU DO THIS? AND
DID YOU DO THIS? AND
I SAID NO TO
EVERYTHING. AND
FINALLY AND THEN HE
SAID, AND HE PUT
EVERYTHING DOWN AND
HE SAID, "IF YOU'RE
NOT GOING TO LISTEN
THEN YOU NEED TO GET
ANOTHER DOCTOR." AND
WHEN I GO TO THE
DOCTOR, I WANT TO BE
CONFRONTED. AND HE
IS CONCERNED ABOUT
MY PHYSICAL HEALTH,
AND MAYBE THE PLACE
WOULD BE A PLACE OF
CONFRONTATION. AND
THEY WILL SAY, AND
ONE OF MY FRIEND
SAID, A YOUNG
PREACHER HE SAID,
WHEN THE PEOPLE COME
TO CHURCH THEY
SHOULD BE MAD OR SAD
OR GLAD.
>> THAT MAYBE WHEN
THEY LEAVE.
>> AND THAT WAS HOW HE
WAS, AND HE WAS
SAYING THAT.
>> AND YES, AND
PEOPLE ARE APATHETIC.
AND THE CHURCH IS
A PLACE OF
CONFRONTATION, AND
THE PASTOR IS A
PERSONAL
CONFRONTATION. AND
THERE IS A GUY, AND
HE WROTE A BOOK,
CALLED, THE SUCCESS
PRINCIPLES. AND HE
BASICALLY DID THIS
AND IN A CONFERENCE,
AND HE WAS IN A
BUSINESS CONFERENCE.
HE WOULD TAKE AND HE
WOULD PICK SOMEONE UP
AND HE WOULD SAY,
YOU WILL REPRESENT A
GOAL IN MY LIFE. HE
WOULD BLINDFOLD
HIMSELF AND HE WOULD
PUT THIS PERSON OUT
IN THE ROOM. AND
THEN HE WOULD
BLINDFOLD THEM, AND
HE WOULD TRY TO REACH
THE GOAL BLINDFOLDED.
HE CAN SAY, HE
WOULD SAY, YOU ARE ON
COURSE WERE OFF
COURSE, AND YOU DO
SEE HIM BLINDFOLDED,
AND FINALLY HE WOULD
GET TO THE GOAL, AND
THEN HE SAYS, AND
WHAT DID YOU HEAR THE
MOST? OFF COURSE.
AND THERE YOU GO, AS
A BELIEVER, AND I
SAY AS A BELIEVER AND
IF WE ARE GOING TO BE
CONFORMED TO CHRIST,
AND THEN WE NEED TO
ALLOW PEOPLE WHO WILL
LOOK AT US AND SAY,
"YOU ARE OFF COURSE."
>> THERE ARE SO MANY
COMPONENTS TO THIS.
AND JUST PAINTING
WITH A BROAD BRUSH,
AND PASTORS PLEASE DO
NOT WRITE TO ME, AND
PAINTING WITH A BROAD
BRUSH, AND YOU KNOW,
AND THIS WOULD BE
BEST IF IT WOULD COME
FROM THE PULPIT. MY
FATHER WOULD SAY,
HANDLE IT FROM THE
PULPIT. I KNOW WHAT
HE MEANT. AND THE
WORD OF GOD THAT
WOULD BE SHARP, AND
IT CUTS DEEP. AND HE
WOULD ACCOMPANY, THE
HOLY SPIRIT. AND
COMING FROM THE MAN
OF GOD, FOR THE
PLACE AND THE TIME.
THAT WOULD BE THE
BEST WAY TO DO IT.
AND MAYBE ONE ON ONE,
BUT THE PULPIT WOULD
BE THE BEST WAY.
>> AND THIS IS A PART
OF THE PREACHING.
>> AND THE FOLLOW-UP
WOULD BE, AND ARE
THEY REALLY
PREACHING? AND ARE
THEY PREACHING
AGAINST SIN IN THE
PULPIT? AND ALSO ITS
RAMIFICATIONS.
>> AND YOU KNOW, AND
THIS IS THE MOST
DIFFICULT PART OF
PASTORING AND THE
REALITY IS, AND WE
ARE LIKE ANYBODY ELSE
AND WE WANT TO BE
LIKE, WE WON
APPROVAL, WE WANT TO
DENOMINATIONAL, YOU
TAKE THE BAPTIST, AND
YOU TAKE THEM, AND
THEY WANT TO REACH
THE PEOPLE, AND
THERE IS A DANGER AND
WHEN THIS IS THE
METHODOLOGY AND THE
MOTIVE, AND THE
DANGER IS, YOU BEGIN
TO COMPROMISE IN
THAT AREA OF
CONFRONTATION. YOU
BEGIN TO FIX THE
MESSAGE, AND YOU DO
NOT WANT TO MAKE
ANYBODY ANGRY. AND
THEN YOU BECOME
NONCONFRONTATIONAL
AND THAT IS ALIEN TO
THE BIBLE.
>> AND WELL, AND FOR
THE PASTORS, AND IF
YOU COULD SEE THIS,
AND IF YOU COULD FIND
A PLACE AND YOU ARE
BOUND BY SIN AND YOU
MUST BE REPENTED, AND
WE KNOW, AND LOVE AND
FOR THE PEOPLE, AND
THIS IS WHAT WE SAY,
AND YOU KNOW, ALSO
AND CULTURE, AND THE
CHURCHES, AND THERE
IS A CULTURE AND THE
PEOPLE ARE SO
BRAINWASHED. AND YOU
DON'T EVER WANT TO
HURT ANYBODY'S
FEELINGS. AND HOW
MANY TIMES DO YOU
HEAR AND MAYBE A
COURTROOM, AND
SOMEONE IS OFFENDED.
AND SO, AND THAT GOES
OVER INTO THE CHURCH.
>> AGAIN, OR THE AREA
OF CONFRONTATION, AND
I MIGHT SAY ABOUT MY
WIFE, THAT HAD A
RIDICULOUS GREEN
DRESS, AND IT WOULD
BE NEON AND IT WOULD
BE UGLY, AND YOU
KNOW, AND SHE MIGHT
GO, AND SHE SAYS,
"WHAT DO YOU THINK?"
AS A HUSBAND AND AS A
MAN, AND IF SHE LIKES
IT, BUT I KNOW IT IS
UGLY, AND IT DOES
NOT PRESENT HER WELL.
>> WHAT WILL YOU SAY?
>> I WILL SAVE THE
TRUTH, AND IN THAT
MOMENT I MIGHT NOT BE
LIKE. SHE MIGHT BE
FRUSTRATED, AND I
WILL SAY, THIS IS
UGLY. AND SHE WAS
HER BACK AND CHANGE,
AND SHE WOULD GIVE ME
THE SILENT TREATMENT
GOING TO CHURCH. BUT
I DO LOVE HER AND I
DON'T WANT HER TO BE
ASHAMED. IF I ALLOW
HER, AND FOR THE
SAKE OF MY OWN
COMFORT, AND IF I
ALLOW HER TO GO THAT
WAY, AND I SEE THE
PEOPLE LAUGHING, AND
THEY SAY LOOK AT HER.
AND THE REALITY IS,
AND I HAVE
COMPROMISED AND IN
ORDER TO HAVE PEACE.
THERE ARE SO MANY OF
US, AND NOT JUST
PREACHERS, AND EVEN
THE BELIEVERS. AND
WE MIGHT BE IN A
WORKPLACE, AND WE CAN
SEE SOMETHING AND FOR
SOMEONE IN CHRIST AND
THEY SHOULD BE
CONFRONTED, BUT WE
DO NOT WANT TO, AND
WE DO WANT TO BE
LIKED. AND WE WANT TO
HAVE PEOPLE LIKE US.
>> AND YOU SHOULD
SHINE THE LIGHT ON
THIS, AND YOU SHOULD
GET OVER IT, AND
THERE ARE THINGS
BIGGER GOING ON, I
HAVE BEEN A MINISTER
OF MUSIC IN ABOUT TWO
OR THREE CHURCHES AND
I WAS IN A CHURCH,
AND THEY WOULD HAVE
BEEN DIFFERENT FROM
MY CHURCH WHERE I HAD
COME FROM ON THE TOPIC OF
DIVORCE AND WE HAD A
MARRIAGE. I WAS
A HEAD OF THE MUSIC
DEPARTMENT, AND THERE
WAS A COUPLE WHO GOT
TOGETHER AND IT WAS
JUST WRONG, WRONG AND
WRONG. AND YOU KNOW,
AND I SPOKE WITH THEM
ALL. AND THEY LEFT,
AND THE PASTOR CALLED
ME, AND HE SAID THEY
HAD LEFT THE CHURCH.
AND YOU SAID, I WAS
THE PASTOR OF THE
GROUP AND HE SAID HE
WOULD BACK ME UP 100
PERCENT AND THEY GOT
MARRIED AND CAME BACK
AND WITHIN SIX MONTHS
AND THEY CAME TO ME
PRIVATELY, AND THEY
SAID IT WAS NOT GOING
WELL. AND YOU KNOW,
I COULD PRAY UNTIL I
HAD CALLUSES, AND
THEY WERE IN A
HARVEST. I WAS
TRYING TO KEEP YOU
FROM THE HARVEST.
AND THIS IS SO HARD
TO DO IT.
>> AND THIS WILL
AFFECT A MARRIAGE,
AND THE BOOK IS NOT
ONLY ABOUT RECEIVING
CONFRONTATIONAL
ATTITUDES, BUT THIS
IS DOING IT IN A
CHRISTLIKE WAY, AND
THE PEOPLE SAY MY
PARTNER IS MY WIFE OR
MY HUSBAND, BUT MOST
PEOPLE AND SO MANY
PEOPLE HAVE TEMPERS,
AND MAYBE A
PERSONALITY IS
CAUSING PROBLEMS, AND
SHE TRIES TO ADDRESS
THIS, BUT SHE LEARNS
THAT HIS OUTBURST,
AND IT IS NOT WORTH
IT AND SO SHE LIVES
IN THE MARRIAGE AND
LET ME SAY AND WHERE
THERE IS NO
CONFRONTATION AND NO
HONESTY THERE IS A
LOSS OF INTIMACY.
AND SHE LIVES, BUT
SHE IS FRUSTRATED IN
REALITY. AND THE
BOSS MY DRESS HIM
DOWN, AND SHE MY SAY,
YOU KNOW, HE IS
RIGHT. AND THERE IS
A COST TO THAT.
>> AND I HAVE HAD
DISCIPLINE AND THEY
WERE RIGHT. AND THIS
IS SO *** YOUR
FLESH. AND MAYBE
YOU'RE JUST TUNING
IN, THIS IS DOCTOR
JEFF PARKER AND HE'S
GOT A WONDERFUL LIFE
OF MINISTRY AND
AROUND THE WORLD WE
WILL PUT UP HIS
WEBSITE AND THIS IS
CALLED, "KILLING THE
CHURCH." AND BECAUSE
OF THE FAILURE TO
CONFRONT. AND I
WOULD URGE ANY
LEADERSHIP TO GET
THIS BOOK, AND IN
YOUR LIBRARY, AND
EVERY PERSON SHOULD
READ IT. AND I
SOMETIMES WONDER IF
WE KNOW WHAT HOLINESS
IS ALL ABOUT. AND
THE CHURCH IS LACKING
IN IT. AND THE
CULTURE HAS GOT SUCH
A HUGE EFFECT ON THE
CHURCH, AND MAYBE
MORE THAN WHEN I WAS
GROWING UP AND
BECAUSE OF THE TV AND
TECHNOLOGY, AND THIS
DOES NOT CHANGE THE
WORD OF GOD.
>> AND YOU KNOW, AND
MICHAEL, AND THERE
WAS A MAN, AND HE
SAID, IN EVERY
ATTEMPT, AND HE
WOULD TRY TO CONFRONT
HIS MOTHER. HE TRIED
TO REBUILD THE
RELATIONSHIP WITH HER
BUT ULTIMATELY YOU
SAID, I KNOW, THE
RELATIONSHIP, AND
HER RELATIONSHIP WITH
HER KIDS DID NOT
MATTER TO HER. AND
SOMETIMES PEOPLE MUST
CONFRONT SOMEONE,
AND THEY MUST RISK
THE LOSS OF THE
RELATIONSHIP, IN
ORDER TO TELL THE
TRUTH. AND IN ORDER,
AND SOME OF THE
PASTORS MIGHT SAY,
AND BREAKING THE
BARRIER FOR FEAR.
AND THE FIRST
CONFLICT YOU MIGHT
HAVE, AND WHAT YOU
FACE. AND AS A
PASTOR, AND YOU DO
NOT WANT TO HAVE THE
LOSS OF MEMBERSHIP,
AND IN ORDER TO SPEAK
THE TRUTH.
>> AND THEY WOULD BE
WELCOMED IN THE NEXT
CHURCH AND SINGING IN
THE CHOIR, AND WHAT
KIND OF RELATIONSHIP
DO YOU HAVE, AND IF
YOU ARE JUST
TIPTOEING ON EGG
SHELLS. AND TO TRY
TO KEEP SOMEONE.
>> YOU HAVE GOT A
SUPERFICIAL ON THE
SERVICE RELATIONSHIP,
AND MAYBE EVEN
DEVELOP IN A LOCAL
CHURCH, AND WHAT YOU
HAVE IS MEDIOCRITY
AND WHAT YOU HAVE
EVEN MORE WOULD BE A
LEVEL OF HYPOCRISY,
AND WE KNOW THERE ARE
THINGS THAT WOULD BE
WRONG, AND AGAIN,
AND AGAIN, AND THIS
IS INVITING. THIS IS
WHAT WE SAY, IN THE
SUCCESS PRINCIPLES,
AND WE WANT TO HAVE
INPUT, AND WE
INVITED, AND WE MIGHT
SAY, I'M HAVING A
PROBLEM AT WORK, AND
I DON'T KNOW, AND
WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE
IN A RELATIONSHIP.
AND I BELIEVE THERE
IS SOMETHING AND CAN
YOU HELP ME? AND
WHEN YOU GIVE
SOMEBODY THAT
PERMISSION AND IF
THEY LOVE YOU AND IF
THEY COULD SPEAK THE
TRUTH IN LOVE, AND
WHAT HAPPENS IS,
THIS IS WHEN SOMEBODY
REALLY BEGINS TO LOOK
LIKE CHRIST.
>> AND YES, THIS IS
SO MUCH THE WAY IT IS
PRESENTED, AND THE
TRUTH WILL SET YOU
FREE. AND THE TRUTH
WILL SET YOU FREE.
>> AND LET ME ADD
SOMETHING, AND ONE
OF THE THINGS FROM
GENESIS 48 OR 49,
AND JACOB WANTS TO
BLESS HIS SONS, AND
HE SAYS TO RUBIN,
AND HE ADMONISHES
HIM, AND RUBIN HAD
DONE SOMETHING WRONG.
HE ALSO ADMONISHED
LEVI, AND HE SAID HE
COULD NOT GO INTO
THEIR TENTS BECAUSE
THEY WERE VIOLENT.
AND I THOUGHT THAT
WAS NOT A BLESSING,
BUT TRUTH IS ALWAYS A
BLESSING.
>> THAT WOULD BE GOOD
AND I NEVER THOUGHT
OF THAT. AND ALSO,
AND FOR THE LAY
PEOPLE, AND FOR THE
PREACHERS AND WHEN
THEY PREACH FROM THE
WORD OF GOD AND YOU
ARE OFFENDED, AND
YOU SHOULD LOOK INTO
THE MIRROR. AND THE
ONLY PEOPLE WHO ARE
OFFENDED, WITH A
MESSAGE ON TITHING
ARE THOSE WHO DO NOT
TITHE AND THAT IS
PRETTY SIMPLE. AND
THAT IS ALL THE WAY
AROUND, AND THAT IS
NOT JUST THE
PREACHER, IT COULD
BE ANOTHER SAINT OF
GOD, BUT THEY REALLY
DO NEED TO PRAY, AND
THEY SHOULD BE PRAYED
UP AND KNOW WHAT THEY
ARE DOING, AND YOU
KNOW, THEY CANNOT GO
IN LIKE A TORNADO.
AND WE ARE OUT OF
TIME AND I'M SORRY.
>> THAT IS ALL RIGHT.
>> THIS IS SUCH AN
IMPORTANT SUBJECT AND
I WANT YOU TO TAKE A
NOTE OF IT, AND TAKE
A NOTE OF THE WEBSITE
AND FOLLOW THROUGH.
AND I BELIEVE, THIS
IS AMEN WHO HAS
WRITTEN THE BOOK, AND
I HOPE, AND THIS
WOULD SPREAD THROUGH
THE BODY OF CHRIST
AND WE COULD BE
AWAKENED, AND WE DO
NEED A REVIVAL IN
AMERICA AND WE SHOULD
REPENT. AND WE MUST
HAVE IS FROM THE
CHURCH AND THE PEOPLE
OF GOD, AND WE MUST
BE BOLD, AND WE
DON'T CARE IF ANYBODY
LIKES US. AND WE
STAND UPON THE WORD
OF GOD, AND WHEN IT
IS ALL SAID AND DONE,
YOU WILL NOT REGRET
IT. I AM SORRY AND
WE ARE OUT OF TIME
AND JOIN ME NEXT TIME
AND REMEMBER, THERE
IS NO HIGHER CALLING
THAN THAT OF A HOME
KEEPER AND GOD BLESS
YOU.
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