Spirit of the Cherokee

Cherokee Legend


Do you know the legend of the Cherokee Indian youth's rite of Passage?

His father takes him into the forest, blindfolds him and leaves him alone.
He is required to sit on a stump the whole night and not remove the
blindfold until the rays of the morning sun shine through it. He cannot cry
out for help to anyone. Once he survives the night, he is a MAN. He cannot
tell the other boys of this experience, because each lad must come into
manhood on his own.


The boy is naturally terrified.
He can hear all kinds of noises.
Wild beasts must surely be all around him.

.............................................Maybe even some human might do him harm.

The wind blew the grass and earth, and shook his stump, but he sat
stoically, never removing the blindfold. It would be the only way he could
become a man! Finally , after a horrific night the sun appeared and he
removed his blindfold. It was then that he discovered his father sitting on
the stump next to him. He had been at watch the entire night, protecting
his son from harm.



We, too, are never alone. Even when we don't know it, God is watching over
us, sitting on the stump beside us. When trouble comes, all we have to do
is reach out to Him.

If you liked this story, pass it on.
If not, you took off your blindfold before dawn.


Moral of the story:

Just because you can't see God,

Doesn't mean He is not there.

'For we walk by faith, not by sight.'




The Reverend Stephen Foreman (1807-1881) ,born of a Cherokee Indian mother and a Scottish father,was a vessel foreordained to advance the Kingdom of Christ among his people.He studied at Union Theological Seminary,Princeton and was licensed to preach by the Union Presbytery of Tennessee in October of 1833.His work predestined included translating the Books of Isaiah,Psalms and the New Testament into the Cherokee language.Noted for preaching with a certain fluent animation in the Cherokee tongue,he also proved an instrument,to the Glory of God,in the establishment of the first Presbyterian Church at Tahlequah.


Soli Deo Gloria

Bernard Jeffrey McCullough (October 5, 1957 – August 9, 2008)

Bernie Mac is gone...

It is with a profound sadness that this Protestant Laird announces the passing of a true comedic genius.Often incorrigibly raunchy,yet tempered with a legitimate,galvanized reality,the comedian known as Bernie Mac slipped the bonds of this mortal life this morning in Chicago and now is with the Savior.


While the overwhelming majority of his humor was hardly fodder for an episode of the Coral Ridge Hour,he espoused a gritty relevance that,while side-splittingly funny,was never exploitive!That is more that anyone can say for those with dark agendas cloaked in pious garb!

As his career matured,he endeavored to embody the virtues of the devoted family man......


.......he starred in the Bernie Mac Show,which aired in 2001 and ran for five seasons and garnered a plethora of awards for excellence.In TV Guide's list of the 50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time,he ranked 47th.An impressive benchmark for a series whose run was not an especially protracted one!

Bernie Mac waged a valiant struggle against sarcoidosis for several years.Amidst the onslaught of this most debilitating malady,he pressed on in a tireless quest. He would later be ranked 72nd on Comedy Central's list of the 100 Greatest Stand Up Comedians of All Time.

In 2007,he announced on The Late Show with David Letterman that he no longer would do the stand up routines for which he was noted.Endeavoring to focus more on film production and to take more time to spend with his family,he thus reflected the fruits of a genuine epiphany that comes from only one source.





This Protestant Laird's prayers are with his wife,Rhonda,their daughter,Je'Niece and granddaughter Jasmine; as well as the tens of millions of fans of this comic giant,both in and outside the United States.

You always kept it real,Bernie......We thank you for that and may the angels lead you into Paradise!!!!

A Deacon's "perspectives" - Earl Apel of Mount Auburn Presbyterian Church Cincinnati, Ohio ...

In spite of the richness, clarity and judiciary culture and tone of our tradition of faith in Christ, or perhaps because of these, we have in our Presbyterian churches a myriad of profane cliques who have mastered the art of feigning cognitive dissonance when given portions of our beliefs are not in proportion to their whims. Their profanity becomes validated when the penchant for the scripturally cogent is not pursued with extreme prejudice. In Ephesians, are we not enjoined to put on the whole armor of God? Is the Sword of the Spirit not the Word of God? Are we not charged to substantiate church doctrine with Scripture, i.e. a fortiori?

In this vein none, save the mind of a typical New Age heretic like the one pictured above,Earl Apel, would look at G-6.0106b and deduce the following:

"G-6.0106b does not address homosexuals or so-called homosexual practice at all. In fact, it notes there are standards (more than one) and notes that among those standards is one that would obviously apply to heterosexuals (men and women) since marriage does not apply to homosexuals in the PCUSA. So if there is more than one standard, it makes perfect sense that there are also standards for homosexuals not stated here that include loving, committed relationships that, in fact, can be blessed in the PCUSA and so are not sin. And there are numerous other standards not explicitly stated by G-6.0106b."

Our tradition of faith is so vast and its history so multi-factorial that it's impossible for every catechetical vignette therein to explicitly condemn what was referred to a century ago as "that unspeakable act". If we are to follow Earl Apel's logic (God forbid), we can focus only on this and say that, because G-6 makes no mention whatsoever of the Lord's Supper, perhaps we should ban communion!



This Laird supposes such a move would reduce communion tokens,like this one from Perthshire, Scotland,to the equivalent of....what......contraband??!!


This is just a clever attempt, one employed ad infinitum by the apostate factions I would add, to side-step the moral gravity of Leviticus 20:13.Another grave consequence of this is that the construct of the family, with all concomitant values and obligations, preliminary and incumbent, have been compromised-perhaps irreparably!

It's got a lot of us beside ourselves,Arch!

The elect are reminded in the Second Helvetic Confession, reaffirmed by the Protestants in Scotland in 1566, Chapter 17,Section 5.140 that "...while the pious snore, the wicked gain ground and do harm to the Church." The elect, in the wholesale sense, seem to have all but completely lost sight of the gravity of THIS catechetical dictum. As a result, perhaps even reflective of a Divine expiation for the laxity of the righteous, thistles like this are allowed to bloom in the garden of God's Kirk where the TULIP once abode.


Yet...for whatever it's worth........


It does nothing to tarnish the image of the City of Cincinnati in this Laird's mind.


...........all large cities have some form of pollution or another,after all............ :-)

Two juggernauts that have forgotten how to prioritize!

General Motors and the PCUSA-two entities that have had a definite material impact on the life of this Protestant Laird,to say the absolute least!

The former had,once upon a time,annual profits that exceeded the Gross National Products of the four Scandinavian nations combined and at one point,rivaled Italy's GNP.

Translation:The CEO of GM quite literally wielded world influence that was exponentially greater that MOST heads of state!



A Japanese company ( Toyota ) and an American company (GM) decided to have a canoe race on the Missouri River . Both teams practiced long and hard to reach their peak performance before the race . On the big day, the Japanese won by a mile . The Americans, very discouraged and depressed, decided to investigate the reason for the crushing defeat . A management team made up of senior management was formed to investigate and recommend appropriate action . Their conclusion was the Japanese had 8 people rowing and 1 person steering, while the American team had 8 people steering and 1 person rowing .


Feeling a deeper study was in order, American management hired a consulting company and paid them a large amount of money for a second opinion . They advised, of course, that too many people were steering the boat, while not enough people were rowing . Not sure of how to utilize that information, but wanting to prevent another loss to the Japanese, the rowing team's management structure was totally reorganized to 4 steering supervisors, 3 area steering superintendents, and 1 assistant superintendent steering manager . They also implemented a new performance system that would give the 1 person rowing the boat greater incentive to work harder . It was called the 'Rowing Team Quality First Program,' with meetings, dinners, and free pens for the rower . There was discussion of getting new paddles, canoes, and other equipment, extra vacation days for practices and bonuses . The next year the Japanese won by two miles .


Humiliated, the America n management laid off the rower for poor performance, halted development of a new canoe, sold the paddles, and canceled all capital investments for new equipment . The money saved was distributed to the Senior Executives as bonuses and the next year's racing team was out-sourced to India . Sadly, The End . Here's something else to think about: GM has spent the last thirty years moving all its factories out of the US , claiming they can't make money paying American wages . TOYOTA has spent the last thirty years building more than a dozen plants inside the US . The last quarter's results: TOYOTA makes 4 billion in profits while GM racked up 9 billion in losses . GM folks are still scratching their heads . IF THIS WEREN'T TRUE, IT MIGHT BE FUNNY

This is also a parable of the ineffective "renewal" efforts in the PCUSA. If real Christians were not suffering, it, too, might be funny.

Blessed are the saints who have been equipped with the sound doctrines of TULIP!

The Old Gray Dog
James E. Tuckett

Thanks,Rev.Jim. After this analogy,there's nothing that could come from this Protestant Laird,or anyone else,that wouldn't prove anti-climactic!!!!!

An Open Rebuke to the...err...ahem...."Reverend" Bill Schmuck...ahh Klutz.....I mean.......Curmudgeon.....

Misinformed… or irreverent?
July 8, 2008
Just when I think I've heard the epoch of Biblical dismissiveness or catechetical/historical laxity and indifference, I yet run across something so devoid of sedateness via a moral compass that I become infuriated anew. This time by a so-called minister of the Word and Sacrament named Bill Smutz, whose position is, in my humble view, tantamount to heresy!

The usurpation of circumstance by the Father's Right Hand of Providence in the affairs of men and nations and the recognition of the same by the elect are irrefutable. Our nation's government itself is based on the Presbyterian construct.

Has Bill Smutz never heard of John Calvin referred to as "the virtual founder of America?" There are several reasons for this:

On May 31,1638,the Reverend Thomas Hooker delivered a sermon based on Deuteronomy 1:13-17,upon which the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut was singularly based. The latter was required reading for each constitutional delegate, as per the orders of none other than the Hero of the Monongahela, His Excellency George Washington.

On Oct.3,1789,Washington,then president, issued a Thanksgiving proclamation which contained these words:

"Now, therefore, I do recommend and assign Thursday, the 26th day of November next, to be devoted by the people of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being who is the beneficent author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be; that we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and protection of the people of this country previous to their becoming a nation; for the signal and manifold mercies and the favorable interpositions of His providence in the course and conclusion of the late war; for the great degree of tranquility, union, and plenty which we have since enjoyed; for the peaceable and rational manner in which we have been enabled to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national one now lately instituted for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed, and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and, in general, for all the great and various favors which He has been pleased to confer upon us ..."

To Bill Smutz, Washington was engaging in dangerous mischief when he said this.

To use Bill's verbiage-"dangerous attitudes and practices" was the evident end and aim of my distant cousin, General William Henry Harrison;

whose presidential inauguration speech in 1841 offered these reflections:


"However strong may be my present purpose to realize the expectations of a magnanimous and confiding people, I too well understand the dangerous temptations to which I shall be exposed from the magnitude of the power which it has been the pleasure of the people to commit to my hands not to place my chief confidence upon the aid of that Almighty Power which has hitherto protected me and enabled me to bring to favorable issues other important but still greatly inferior trusts heretofore confided to me by my country."

....as well as....

"I deem the present occasion sufficiently important and solemn to justify me in expressing to my fellow-citizens a profound reverence for the Christian religion and a thorough conviction that sound morals, religious liberty, and a just sense of religious responsibility are essentially connected with all true and lasting happiness; and to that good Being who has blessed us by the gifts of civil and religious freedom, who watched over and prospered the labors of our fathers and has hitherto preserved to us institutions far exceeding in excellence those of any other people, let us unite in fervently commending every interest of our beloved country in all future time"

While serving as the Territorial governor of Indiana, Harrison and wife,


Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison, were foreordained mortal catalysts in the establishment of the first Presbyterian congregation in Indiana in March of 1806.

That's Indiana,Bill! The same state that the church you "pastor" is located

There would be no such place as the United States without God and His Kingdom on Earth. Phrases like "God Bless America" underscore the elect's appreciation of the magnanimity of God's unmerited, yet nonetheless inerrant Will! Either Smutz is lamentably misinformed or he suffers from a spiritually lethal mix of irreverence and Anglophobia, for which the Father's discernment through the Savior's blood provide the only remedy.
Eric Wells
Boardman, Ohio

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Rainbow Jihad

Bradley Fowler-charlatan, sodomite,convicted felon and new cause-celebre for the godless left!


$70 million sought from Zondervan, Thomas Nelson Inc.
Homosexual man says publishers' Bibles
violated his rights, inflicted emotional pain

The Layman
Thursday, July 10, 2008

A homosexual Michigan man is suing two Christian publishers over their versions of the Bible. The lawsuits claim that because these Bibles refer to homosexuality as a sin, his constitutional rights have been violated and he has suffered emotional pain.

Bradley LaShawn Fowler, 39, of Canton, Mich., is seeking $60 million from Zondervan and $10 million from Thomas Nelson Inc. Both lawsuits were filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The case against Zondervan was filed Monday and the Thomas Nelson case was filed in June, the Grand Rapids Press reported.

A judge refused Monday to appoint a judge to represent Fowler in the Thomas Nelson case. Fowler is representing himself in both cases.

Fowler claims in his lawsuits that Zondervan and Thomas Nelson's versions of the King James Bible manipulated Scripture without informing the public, WorldNetDaily reported. They did so, he alleges, by using the word "homosexuals" in 1 Corinthians 6:9. Because his family's pastor used one of these Bibles, his family considered him a sinner and he suffered "20 years of emotional duress and mental instability," he told the TV station.

A Zondervan spokeswoman told the TV station that her Michigan-based company doesn't translate the Bible or own the copyright for any of its translations, but instead relies on the "scholarly judgment of … highly respected and credible translation committees." Also, Zondervan never alters the text of translations it is licensed to publish, she added.





Err...ahhh...ahem...this begs a question....



....We're supposed to think of of THESE GUYS as the GREATEST ENEMIES of Christianity??!! As bad as they are,they aren't destroying Western Civilization from within!

If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
Leviticus 20:13

Bradley Fowler is aiming to hold a publishing company accountable for the eternal decree of the Father's creation.This decree has ensured the very survival of mankind from the day he was formed from the dust of the ground!This wayward soul claims a version of the King James Bible caused his pastor and family to consider him a sinner,causing him "20 years of emotional duress and mental instability".

Has it ever occurred to him that if it looks,acts and flies like a duck,people are unlikely to behave as though it's a mountain lion!

Folks,It gets no more patently ridiculous than this!Don't be surprised if this Fowler person receives a call from Bruce Chow and the PCUSA Stated Clerk's office with an offer to assume legal expenses in the spirit of social justice.

It will doubtlessly be justified by portraying him as an "oppressed" minority.The victicrats will have a field day describing the pastor's perspectives as "hate speech"


........................and placing Fowler in the hallowed pantheon reminiscent of Matthew Shepard.






Any day now,he'll be appearing on Oprah!

Perhaps we should file a joint class action lawsuit against those who have tirelessly endeavored to undermine Biblical authority.Our sensibilities have been grievously offended,our perspectives have been deliberately mis-characterized and our spirits have been traumatized in the wake of the efforts of these parties.Those who cling fervently to the immutable truths of the Risen Christ are the true victims of this post-modern culture!

To coin a phrase from the radical left, "We shall overcome!"

The General Assembly-a Circus of heretics!!!!!

For when our Saviour promises that what his servants bound on earth should be bound in heaven, (Matthew 18: 18), he confines the power of binding to the censure of the Church, which does not consign those who are excommunicated to perpetual ruin and damnation, but assures them, when they hear their life and manners condemned, that perpetual damnation will follow if they do not repent. [Excommunication] rebukes and adminiverts upon his manners; and although it ... punishes, it is to bring him to salvation, by forewarning him of his future doom. If it succeeds, reconciliation and restoration to communion are ready to be given. ... Hence, though ecclesiastical discipline does not allow us to be on familiar and intimate terms with excommunicated persons, still we ought to strive by all possible means to bring them to a better mind, and recover them to the fellowship and unity of the Church: as the apostle also says, "Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother" (2 Thessalonians 3: 15). If this humanity be not observed in private as well as public, the danger is, that our discipline shall degenerate into destruction.

Institutes of The Christian Religion 4.12.10


It is beyond comprehension that the mass exodus taking place in the PCUSA is not an absolute top priority of business at the GA!Then again,with leadership of Reyes-chow's caliber,it's hardly surprising that the Stated Clerk's office expects this trend to only accelerate.
In flawless concert with the enemies of the true Reformed Faith,he writes:


"homosexuality is not sinful by nature and should not be an excluding factor for ordination or marriage. That said, I know this is not where our denomination is right now and I appreciate the passion with which those who disagree engage in the discourse."

On his website,he poses this question:

"...when it comes to homosexuality, regardless on which side of the aisle you live on, how long can one be engaged in a community where the position is held in the contrary? Could we agree to disagree about the ordination of women? Could we agree to disagree about interracial marriage? I don't think we could, but yet for some reason we believe we can in this case."


After a most hearty contest with nausea,this Protestant Laird again wrote The Layman:


A request to the Office of the General Assembly
June 26, 2008
Are we too far into the protocol of the 218th GA to make another request? If not, I'd like to ask the Office of the General Assembly to assist in defense of the following:

1. The Trinity -- An effort has been under way for quite some time now to emasculate the Triune Godhead. Apparently, it's not flush with the pseudo-evolutionary motifs of those whose views are well outside the milieu of classical pre-suppositional apologetics.
2. The Bible - The beliefs in the immutability and inerrancy of the Father's Word to the elect have been systematically assailed and undermined for decades in the Presbyterian Church by neo-heretical agents within its very walls.
3. Confessions - The latest victim is the Heidelberg Catechism of 1563. Certain portions are being stricken for fear of offending those whose aim is to make a mockery of Christ's Kingdom by endorsing that which the Bible clearly speaks of as an abomination. Frederick the Pious, who was the instrument of God in the introduction of the Reformed faith to the Holy Roman Empire, is doubtlessly looking down at this abhorrent spectacle in sadness!
4. Traditional ordination standards -- The clarity thereof has been deliberately obscured for the benefit of feminism, globalism and various other perversions.
5. The family -- The complementarian model for marriage between man and wife outlined in the Word of God and its proponents have somehow been miscategorized with the African slave trade, the Nazi Holocaust and their promulgators.

The above request will cost nothing ... except an earnest petition to the Father to forgive the laxity that partly facilitated the lofty toleration of doctrinal error and those who are unable/unwilling to honor His Word in His own House!

This initiative might take a little longer than expected, as we are 57,572 shy of the manpower we had this time last year!
Eric Wells
Boardman, Ohio