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Pop Quiz

Posted by Melvin Jones on February 28th, 2005

Okay boys and girls. The site has been up for approximately three weeks and it�s time for a pop quiz. Don�t worry, there are no trick questions and you can keep your score to yourself once you finish. Additionally, most of the test will be either multiple choice, or have one or two words answers. It is open book (that book being the Bible or course), and given that I am a gracious instructor, it will be very difficult for any of you to actually fail. Besides, as several of you insist on saying, despite the evidence to the contrary: “Who am I to judge?” (more…)

Troy’s Comments

Posted by Melvin Jones on February 26th, 2005

Troy’s Comment in its entirety:

Bro. Jones,

I didn’t and don’t reveal myself because who I am personally is irrelevant. Also I am keeping in line with the guidelines you established on this site which is that this isn�t about attacking anyone personally it is just about discussing the merits of the points given. Believe me if it was personal I would have no problem telling you my name, meeting you or whatever, but I think I can make my point to you and have discourse with you about the apologetic aspects of this discussion without it being about you and me. Because I am sure you are doing all of this for the kingdom. :-) (more…)

First Baptist Is At It Again

Posted by Melvin Jones on February 24th, 2005

The internet is a wonderful thing. It lets you gather tremendous amounts of information without having to spend a tremendous amount of energy, time, or money. And with high-speed internet you can get stuff done even faster. But I digress.

I visited the FBC of Glenarden site a couple of days ago so I could stay up on what they are doing. Revival’s coming up shortly. And they have a dynamic speaker from Beulahland Bible Church out of Georgia speaking. But I could have the wrong Watson and the wrong Beulahland. You decide. (more…)

Thank You Profit Jordan - You Make This So Easy

Posted by Melvin Jones on February 23rd, 2005

It’s just too easy. I went out to Profit Jordan’s site to see what was new. He had a link to someone I have not seen or heard in years. In fact, I was thinking about this bloke a couple of days ago. It’s ironic he should surface now. (more…)

Hypocrisy - It’s Not What You Think

Posted by Melvin Jones on February 20th, 2005

If you have been a Christian for any length of time, and you have sought to live the life rather than just run the traditions, you�ve probably had this experience. You let other people know that you have become a Christian and that your life is different now. You want Christ to work in you (Phi 2:13) and you begin to grow as a Christian. But then you mess up. Worse, you mess up in front of one of the non-believers you’ve been talking to. The result? A loud resounding accusation of being a Hypocrite. But are you? (more…)

I Can’t Believe These People Think You’re This Stupid!

Posted by Melvin Jones on February 20th, 2005

Profit Jordan is back! And he’s cleaned up his act. No, he’s still trying to use God as the master marketer, but he is now clean cut and equally clean shaven. Here are a couple of before and after pictures. You may have a hard time recognizing the cleaned up version.

Dred Jordan
This is before he asked for all the money.

No Dreds Jordan
This is after he asked for all the money.

But when you consider what he is asking you to give for the “training” you’re going to get, it seems well worth the effort of re-defining his coiffure. Take a look at the planned one week program and the cost of that one week.

The Conference Costs and Content

Thirteen hundred dollars!!!! And for what? Training on how to sound like Sister Cleo?

Let’s see. One thousand to thirteen hundred dollars per person. Let’s say fifty people are desperate enough to sign up and pay for the week-long session. That comes out to over $60,000! And this is for just a single week of stuff. Don’t forget they also have the Blessings in a Bottle for $52 and the $365 Personal Prophecy Program.

I am obviously in the wrong business. If I want to make a lot of money, I need to be doing religion instead of Christianity.

I’ll tell you again: if you don’t know Jesus Christ, you are going to fall for charlatans like these guys. You’ll give them your money and you’ll get nothing but deceptions, frustration, and disappointment for your sacrifices. If you keep falling for these guys, maybe you should check your salvation. After all, Mark 13:22 says some pretty explicit things both about the deceivers and the deceived.

Dump these bozoes. Seek sound doctrine. Get off your lazy butts and study the word for yourself (2 Timothy 2:15). Then find a church that isn’t all about the Benjamins.

Stop enabling these men and women - wolves and greedy beasts as Paul, Peter and James describe them. (Acts 20:29; Isa 56:11; Titus 1:12 ; 2 Peter 2:12)

By the way, here’s the magazine advertising these clowns. Send them an e-mail and ask them why they insist on giving a platform to Profit Jordan and his fellow profiteers. Click on the image and your browser should take you to their site with the addresses you need. Tell a friend. If the friend doesn’t have access to the internet, give them the snail mail address.

GospelToday

Sure, you know they are wolves and pimps. But what about Granma Simon who is simply religious and not actually saved? She follows these clods thinking she has a connection straight to God. Shouldn’t she be warned? Remember, once she dies, she will be eternally separated from God, and it will, in part, be thanks to the pimps in the pulpits. But I do believe Jesus Christ will have a comment or two to throw you way as well if you don’t say something (2 Cor 5:10).

T. Dexter Jakes and Oneness

Posted by Melvin Jones on February 20th, 2005

Dexter

Click here to listen to the interview Click on the microphone to hear the interview.

I’ve linked to an interview of T. Dexter Jakes back before he was quite so careful about answering questions about his view on the Trinity. The interview was conducted by an associate of John Coleman

There are also a couple of articles available. In one, Jakes offeres some comments on his view. Read them for yourself here (he is “defending” his view, vague as it is) and here (CT is giving some of the misgivings about him). Both articles are in Christianity Today. Please notice that he never gives a definitive response one way or the other, nothing that even remotely resembles a simple statement of doctrine such as “I believe that God exists in three distinct persons, the same in character, single in purpose, in a single Godhead. ” He simply repeats the general statements used even by the Oneness crowd. He states the obvious of Scripture but never goes past it.

The Oneness and apostolic crowd is notoriously uncompromising in their oneness stand. If he came across as a Trinitarian, I suspect his income would go way down. On the other hand, if he went Oneness, the people who insist on some doctrinal accuracy (they are growing fewer and fewer by the year) will dump him. I suspect if he holds out just a little longer ( a couple or three years at most) the main part of the Chruch will be so dumbed down that it won’t really matter what he believes. People will follow him just because they like what he says.

Notice that even in the interview he dances around the issue and even uses many of the phrases favored by the Oneness and Apostolic crowd; terms such as “The word Trinity is not in the Bible.” In stead of just sitting around, press him, your pastors, and anyone else you can reach, to have him give a definitive answer. If they support him, sell his books, have him as a speaker or otherwise endorse him, they should be willing to press him on his position. If they are not, then in all probability it all about the Benjamins and nothing else.

As one politician once said, you get the leaders you ask for.

The Kenny and Leroy Show

Posted by Melvin Jones on February 19th, 2005

Ken Copeland Kenny and Leroy Bobsey Click on the microphone to listen.

Here are some more quotes by the Bobsey twins, Kenny and Leroy. See if you can detect a general theme in the clip.

And don’t forget: until everyone in the church is driving a Lexis that they paid for in cash, Jesus can’t return. So hurry up, get out there, and get your vehicle.

But seriously, can you imagine Paul trying to sell the Macedonians some trash like this? Do any of you remember what he said about the Macedonians? Well, since you asked, take a look at 2 Cor 8:1-3. Apparently the Macedonians were what one might bluntly call dirt-poor. Yet Paul makes no mention of the fact that they should be filthy rich instead. He simply comments on the grace given to them to give in their poverty.

The only things they had in abundance were joy and trials. How does that square with what Kenny and Leroy are trying to foist on you?

Or can you imagine Paul or Peter, in writing to the churches, using such phrases as:

1. The anointing to prosper (0:05 )
2. Financial anointing (0:14)
3. Lack of anointing (0:23)
4. Building anointing (0:25)
5. Causing the Holy Spirit to do ANYTHING (0:33)
6. They shall spend their days in properity and pleasure (0:54)
7. God is calling his church back to his wealth (01:00)
8. Until we operate properly (in wealth) Jesus can’t come(1:03)

These pimps are not preaching the Gospel as it relates to Christian living and maturity. They are simply appealing to the greed and selfishness we all are subject to.

If your church promotes either of these bozoes, you need to talk to the leadership and help them to understand why they should dump them. If they refuse, you should start looking for another church, ’cause you’re being pimped.

The clips are from the Believer’s Voice of Victory broadcast for January 4th, 2005. To listen to the clip again, click on the microphone.

Click here to here the twins

New Contest - Pimp o’ the Month

Posted by Melvin Jones on February 17th, 2005

Pimp o'the Month

Ladies and gentlemen, I have decided to make this a much more interactive site. In order to involve you in the contents with more than just comments, I have decided to initiate a contest.

The pimps and pimpettes are out there. While I want to concentrate on the national Big Dogs and the Big Dog wannabees in my area, I would also like to help people who may need to be informed of their local pimps and pimpettes.

The rules are fairly simple.

1. If you think you know a pimp (or pimpette) operating in your local area, tell me about him (or her).

2. Give me specifics. The fact that they drive a big car is not an automatic indicator of his pimpism. But it’s a start.

3. If the candidate is involved with the Word Faith idocy, say so.

4. If they have a web site, include it in your comments.

5. If the church is pastored by a woman, or if the church has a husband/wife team as co-pastors, include it.

6. If the pastor has armor bearers (read here - butlers and drivers) include that information.

7. If the church has more than 1000 members (yes, I pulled that number out of my…arm pit) include that information.

8. If the pastor travels a lot to preach at other churches, include that fact.

9. If the church has a book store and they sell books by Word Faith phoneys tell me. Mention some of the titles.

10. A ten point bonus if the church’s book store sells Benny Hinn books such as “Good Morning Holy Spirit!”

11. The decision of the judge is final.

12. There will be no one there to validate my findings.

I will take the submissions and, after scoring the candidates, identify the pimp o’the month.

The pimp o’the month will be announced on the 15th of each month.

Extra points if you can provide a picure of the pimp candidate or is his site has a picture of him - or her.

I’m toying with the idea of sending the submitter of the winning candidate some cheap token prize. But I haven’t decided on that just yet. I’ll decide later on. At a minimum I will say nice things about you and maybe prophesy something really positive into your life.

A Huge Responsibility Poorly Met

Posted by Administrator on February 17th, 2005

I read over the comment from one of the readers again. Here, I know it’s kind of long but take a look at it one more time.

WHOEVER YOU ARE, I THINK THAT YOU MUST BE VERY ENVIOUS OF PASTOR JENKINS AND THE OTHER PASTORS AND MINISTERS, TO HAVE SUCH NEGATIVE BELIEFS OF THE SCRIPTURE AND YOU DO NOT WALK IN FAITH OF YOUR PASTOR OR HIS BELIEF OF THE HOLY BIBLE,WHO ARE YOU TO JUDGE WHAT ANY OF THE PASTORS SAY IS THE WRONG WAY TO INTERPRET THE BIBLE, YOUR BELIEFS ARE YOURS TO INTERPRET ANY WAY THAT YOU WANT, BECAUSE YOU ARE WHO YOU ARE AND PASTOR JENKINS, REVEREND ELDRIDGE, YOU DID NAME HIM AS ONE OF PASTOR JENKINS FOLLOWERS OF THE WORD, THEY ARE WHO THEY ARE AND IF WE ARE TO SURVIVE THIS WORLD, WITH ALL THE KILLINGS,WAR AND EVERTHING ELSE YOU CAN NAME IS GOING ON YOU NEED OUR GOD AND YOU ARE NOT GOD, GOD IS THE ONLY ONE TO JUDGE, NOT YOU. SOUNDS TO ME AS IF YOU NEED GOD IN YOUR LIFE, NOT (SATAN). I THINK WE NEED TO PRAY FOR YOUR SOUL. MAYBE YOU WILL BELIEVE. SO DON�T BE ENVIOUS OF MY PASTOR JENKINS OR ANY OF THE OTHER PASTORS, GO TO CLASSES AND BECOME A PASTOR, OR MINISTER AND BE HAPPY.

I could assume this is simply a phony comment, a comment by someone disguising him or herself. Or I can assume it is a sincere response to an article I have posted on this site.

If you remember, this comment appears in the “Runnin’ With the Big Dogs” posting. Read what she says again and see if you can hear that the woman completely trusts and depends on John Jenkins.

There are at least two types of people who attend First Baptist Church of Glenarden.

The first group attend the church and ignore what the pastor says if they don�t like what he says. As an example, I know a couple who attend First Baptist Church of Glenarden. They have been members there for at least 10 years now. When John started preaching his “Man of God” shtick, they heard him. The wife said she disagreed with it and that was that. There were no arguments from Scripture against it, she just didn’t agree with it. She didn’t have a problem with him saying it. She just ignored it. These people are a part of the church more for the social environment than for anything spiritual or Bible related. They are professionals, well educated and willing to give the church money as long as it doesn�t interfere with their lifestyle too much. They are not after the truth, they are only after social relationships. And of course the church organization is glad to have them because they can be convinced to give money.

Then there are those who accept whatever the pastor says as virtually the very word of God. They are sincere, perhaps newly saved, and really want to be obedient to God.

As you read the above comment, it is easy to see that this dear lady falls into the second category. I will assume that she is a Christian. But whether she is or not, it is clear that she completely trusts and depends on the teachings of John Jenkins.

Whether she should have this trust and dependence or not, the fact is she does. And the question we have to ask is: What do John Jenkins and the rest of the ministerial staff do with this trust? Remember, at her stage of Christian maturity, she clearly cannot discern for herself. She must depend on the pastor and ministers to get her to the point that she can feed herself and begin to truly mature in Christ. But right now she seems to be a completely helpless babe in Christ. And if things continue as they are, she will, years later, die a completely helpless babe in Christ.

If John tells the congregation that this is the Year of Overflow, she will believe it. If he says “You are the head and not the tail,” even if he is twisting the Scripture, she will believe it and order her life according to what he has said. If he tells them when the praises go up, the blessings come down. she will believe him. Faith is a substance? If he says it she will believe it. And she will strive to integrate that into her life, vainly trying to speak a desired reality into existence and failing miserably.

If she is told that she can have a better relationship with God by giving sacrificially, she will do it. If she is told that if she takes care of the Man of God, God will take care of her, she will do that, no matter how desperate her financial situation might be. And she will do it expecting God to bless her. And when God doesn’t bless her as promised, she faith ends up shipwrecked. (Titus 1:19)

John has a huge responsibility in this situation. What is that responsibility? It’s outlined in 2 Timothy 4:1-4. It says:

I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom; preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires; and will turn away their ears from the truth, and will turn aside to myths.”

His job is to preach and teach sound doctrine. If he preaches bad doctrine, this dear woman will follow behind him, resulting in the shipwrecking of her faith. If one of the pimps appears at the church with a healing service and she or her child is not healed, she will be told it didn’t work because she doubted. Then she will be wracked with guilt and a sense of failure.
Again, the Bema seat of Christ awaits each of us. (2 Cor 5:10), And those who have been put in a position of authority to teach and shepherd are held to a much higher standard than the rest of us (James 3:1,2). Has John met that responsibility or is he frittering it away by striving to be one of the Big Dogs?

Why I Left First Baptist

Posted by Melvin Jones on February 16th, 2005

I am of the view that there are very few valid reasons to leave a church organization. Some reasons people try to use include:
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I Am Melvin H. Jones - Former FBCG Sheep

Posted by Melvin Jones on February 16th, 2005

I was going over some of the rather sad comments readers have made in response to some of the articles and I realized that my identity doesn’t appear blatantly on this site. As I look at a couple of articles, I see my name does appear. For instance, when I discuss the astounding Biblical illiteracy of Daryl Godlock, I give my name and at least a part of my e-mail address. But that may have been too subtle for some of you. So here, let me disabuse you of any notion that I am afraid to let folks know who I am. I am depending on you knowing who I am to lend credence to the site’s contents. It’d be great if some of the elders and deacons could be shamed into acting like elders and deacons instead of high-ranking sheep.

I am Melvin Jones. I live in Bowie, MD. I attended FBCG for over seven years and was definitely not a bench warmer. I am not keeping my identity a secret, not from John Jenkins, the elders or deacons at FBCG, or the general audience on the web. If I am going to call out the pimps and their bad doctrine, why would I hide my identity? And if you are very nice to me, I might even include a photograph.

Again: My name is MELVIN HOLLEY JONES JR. You can contact me through this website. If you want to engage in a serious dialogue, I will be more than happy to give you my e-mail address. But if you are going to mouth the inanities listed in some of the comments I have reviewed, you are only demonstrating why the pimps are able to continue to take your money and waste it on things like $50 million dollar buildings which will prove to be nothing more than monuments to the builders. This, by the way, is what the $50 million is being spent on.

The Pastor's House

Examples of Why I’m Running This Site

Posted by Melvin Jones on February 16th, 2005

By the way, my name is Melvin Jones.

This entry is a little on the long side. My apologies for it. I will at least try to make sure the text is fairly useful to you and maybe even a little amusing.

The following are two unedited comments made by a couple of ladies (secondary ladies since they are not the FIRST Lady) who visited this site. Specifically, these commentors read “Runnin’ With the Big Dogs”. Take a look at their responses. They exactly fit the mold for the easily pimped parishoners. Dr. Cashflow Dollar would be proud of what John has accomplished so far.

WHOEVER YOU ARE (I’m Melvin Jones), I THINK THAT YOU MUST BE VERY ENVIOUS OF PASTOR JENKINS AND THE OTHER PASTORS AND MINISTERS, TO HAVE SUCH NEGATIVE BELIEFS OF THE SCRIPTURE AND YOU DO NOT WALK IN FAITH OF YOUR PASTOR OR HIS BELIEF OF THE HOLY BIBLE,WHO ARE YOU TO JUDGE WHAT ANY OF THE PASTORS SAY IS THE WRONG WAY TO INTERPRET THE BIBLE, YOUR BELIEFS ARE YOURS TO INTERPRET ANY WAY THAT YOU WANT, BECAUSE YOU ARE WHO YOU ARE AND PASTOR JENKINS, REVEREND ELDRIDGE, YOU DID NAME HIM AS ONE OF PASTOR JENKINS FOLLOWERS OF THE WORD, THEY ARE WHO THEY ARE AND IF WE ARE TO SURVIVE THIS WORLD, WITH ALL THE KILLINGS,WAR AND EVERTHING ELSE YOU CAN NAME IS GOING ON YOU NEED OUR GOD AND YOU ARE NOT GOD, GOD IS THE ONLY ONE TO JUDGE, NOT YOU. SOUNDS TO ME AS IF YOU NEED GOD IN YOUR LIFE, NOT (SATAN). I THINK WE NEED TO PRAY FOR YOUR SOUL. MAYBE YOU WILL BELIEVE. SO DON�T BE ENVIOUS OF MY PASTOR JENKINS OR ANY OF THE OTHER PASTORS, GO TO CLASSES AND BECOME A PASTOR, OR MINISTER AND BE HAPPY.

Although I got a little depressed when I read this comment, I will try to break it down and make an observation or two.

First, notice that she doesn’t really address the issues. She accuses me of being envious of John Jenkins. And some how, the basis of her believing I am envious is because of my “negative beliefs of the Scriptures.” The fact is I am tremendously concerned for John. If according to the Bible he is teaching another gospel (suffering in hell paid for our sins, not suffering on the cross), the Bible (not Melvin) doesn’t have anything good to say about his state (Galatians 1:8) As your pastor likes to say - “Those words were there before I got here.” I actually feel sorry for him and the ministerial staff he has so badly misled. But I especially feel great pity for the thousands of people at FBCG who may not even be saved to begin with. This is a terrible responsibility for John to take into eternity. I dread his appearance at the Bema seat of Judgment.

She then seems to object that I do not walk in “…faith of my pastor or his belief of the Holy Bible.” Surely most of you know that we are commanded to exercise our faith in God, not our pastor. Paul, an apostle, actually commended the Bereans for checking to see if what he said was true. (Acts 17:11) Why then is it to be considered ungodly to test what the pastor-teacher says against the standard of the Bible?

She then asks a very good question. She says “Who are you to judge what any of the pastors say is the wrong way to interpret the Bible?” She seems very much to be implying that no one is to judge any interpretation another person comes up with. But is this really a valid position?

For starters, the Bereans judged what the apostle said. 1 Corinthians 14:29 says that we are to judge the utterances of the prophet. We are to judge the validity of what he says. In fact, here Paul is talking about discriminating and discerning. And in the context, it appears to be talking judging the accuracy of what has been said.

The issue that pushed me away from FBCG is the teaching that Jesus’ death of the cross was not sufficient to pay for our sins. The questions you have to ask yourself are:

1. Does the Bible say Jesus’ death on the cross was sufficient to pay for our sins? (The answer here is “Yes”.)

2. Does saying his death was insufficient constitute another gospel? (Again, the answer to this question is “Yes”.)

3. Is the pastor’s interpretation right simply because he is the pastor? (Surprise! The answer here is “No”.)

4. If the Bible says Jesus paid for our sins on the cross and the pastor says He paid for our sins in hell, which one are you going to go with? (Apparently, if you attend First Baptist, the answer here is “The pastor”. However, the correct asnwer is “The Bible”.)

The commentor goes on to say some other things, but I’m not really sure it’s worth taking your time to cover. You can read the comment here and in the comment section of one of the posts.

Instead, I would like to move to a second commenter.

She says:

Mr. Jones, get a life. Being so wrapped up in the teaching at FBCG you don�t agree is waisting valuable time for you and your family. You have no heaven nor hell to put your family in, we each make our own decisions as to which doctrines we want to follow. You have chosen your path to follow. When you listen to the messages each one is presented from scripture. It is left to each individual to follow what they believe according to scripture, not just what their pastor says. If you don�t believe in what Pastor Jenkins is teaching from scripture, don�t try to poison the minds of others with your findings and beliefs. Our time in this system of things is getting shorter and these things you are writing is a total waist of time that could be spent in a much more positive manner. I�ll pray for you and your understanding of God�s word. God Bless!!

Mr. Jones, get a life.

Again, the first response is one of insult. She implies I have no life. I might not, but the fact that I�m concerned about the church and the bad doctrine it is being fed is not necessarily an indicator of that lack. Of course, if the writer doesn�t think an accurate view of the essentials (Jesus died on the Cross for our sins is certainly an essential) is important, then yes, I am engaged in a massive game of Trivial Pursuit.

You have no heaven nor hell to put your family in, we each make our own decisions as to which doctrines we want to follow.

Then she makes an interesting statement. She makes the fairly obvious, if somewhat unrelated, observation that I have no heaven or hell to put my family in. The issue here is not if I can send someone to hell. The issue we must address is whether or not John Jenkins is preaching another gospel. And if he is, what should the believers� response be to that? My task is to make sure you understand the need to make a decision in the first place, not threaten you hell fire or make you believe one thing or another. John isn’t going to do that. He will tell you what to believe and if you choose not to believe it, you will be encouraged to keep your mouth shut or find another church.

When you listen to the messages each one is presented from scripture.

Yeah. So? She seems to think that just because someone uses the Bible they must be telling the truth. Jehovah�s Witnesses regularly use the King James and other versions to demonstrate to the average Christian dimwit that Jesus was a created being. Does that mean they are telling the truth? David Koresh, the leader of the Branch Davidians, memorized a huge amount of Scripture. He used it to convince his followers that he should be allowed to have multiple wives including some of the prettier little girls there in the complex. Did using scripture make his statements true?

It is left to each individual to follow what they believe according to scripture, not just what their pastor says.

Notice that this person does not talk about the rest of scripture. Romans 16:17,18 says that we should take note of a person who teaches error, not simply believe what we want. Galatians 1:8 talks about God�s attitude toward someone who preaches another gospel (price for sin paid on the cross versus price for sin paid in hell � if you look at the two, even the words look different.). 2 Thess 3:14 says that we are not to keep company with such a person. 2 John 10, 11 says that the believer should not receive someone who brings faulty doctrine. If they do, they are sharing in that person�s evil deeds. Galatians 2:14 gives a lesson by example. When Peter screwed up and went along with the Judaizers, Paul called him out, in public, in front of the rest of the believers. He didn�t conclude that Peter was free to believe what he wanted to believe. Each one of the verses I list seems to indicate that the Christian is to do more than simply let the error continue.

If you don�t believe in what Pastor Jenkins is teaching from scripture, don�t try to poison the minds of others with your findings and beliefs.

Again, if what the pastor is saying is another gospel, am I �poisoning the minds of others�� or am I doing my job of warning the church as directed in the previously cited sections of the Bible?

Our time in this system of things is getting shorter and these things you are writing is a total waist of time that could be spent in a much more positive manner.

A perhaps more urgent way of putting it is �It is given men but once to die, and then the judgment.� (Hebrews 9:27) She�s right. We do have a short time here. But we have an eternity on the other side. I don�t want to face Jesus Christ my Lord and have Him ask me why I didn�t warn the Church about the pimps in the pulpit. And even if some people want to close their eyes to what the Bible says, I still have to speak up loudly and, if need be, abrasively. Better I should offend on this side, than stand by while the sheep are fleeced and then face Jesus Christ at the Bema seat of Judgment (2 Cor 5:10).

If what I am saying is true, you who stand by silently have a great deal to answer for. And this isn’t because I have a hell to send you to. It’s because the Bible says so.

If I have missed something here (Scripture please) let me know.

Incidentally, my name is Melvin Jones.

And thank you for your offers of prayers. This is a challenging task with ample opportunities to screw up. It is my desire to get it right one hundred percent of the time.

Melvin Jones
Bowie, MD

Real Milk and Meat - Not Just Syrup and Cotton Candy

Posted by Melvin Jones on February 13th, 2005

Some of you do actually read books. I know this for a fact. I see you on the Orange line on the way into work in the morning and on the way back at night. However, much of what you read is stuff by T. Dexter Jakes, Eddie Long, Prophetess Juanita Bynum and (I’m especially holding my nose here) Benny Hinn and Marilyn Hickey. (more…)

Building Update

Posted by Melvin Jones on February 11th, 2005

I have a pretty good source who indicates the cost of the new facility has increased from $22 Million to almost $50 million. Now that is a lot of praise and worship.

Here’s what the $50 million is going toward.

The Pastor's Vision

Remind me again of the reason for doing this? Oh yeah, with this structure you’ll be able to really impress unbelievers with the power of Christ in the individual’s life. (more…)


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