I have some questions for a theology school assignment.  Would you respond?

Jeremy

Dear Jeremy –

Sure thing!  My responses are noted below, right after your questions.
 
1) What is your stance on Biblical interpretation-literal, metaphorical, allegorical etc. A combination of one or more?
Absolutely literal, and since God is the author of language, you will of course find all kinds of language usage such as literal, metaphorical, allegorical, etc  Reading in the Bible is only good all the time – it gives interesting and excellent instruction and example and it is an awesome teaching tool for instruction in language and so forth.  You can teach your children the Word of God and what he requires of you and at the same time, they can learn about anthropomorphisms, prosopopeias, allegories, metaphors, similes, synecdoches, and so much more!

                         i) Method(s) of inspiration (Plenary Verbal, dictation etc.)
Of course plenary, verbal – there is a suggestion of some kind of dictation when Moses met with the Lord Jesus Christ in the mount and got the book of the law.  Everything you find in the scriptures is what we believe – that includes in Luke 2 when it says that Simeon had been given to understand that he would not see death until he had seen the Lord’s Christ – if that is as basic as the impulses upon his heart – that is good.  Further, if you believe the Bible – then you believe the words of Paul wherein he lays out the mystery that was hid and now is before our eyes, Christ in us – that is – in HIS people – that is – in HIS body – that is – the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, of whom he is the head, so inspiration by impulses upon our hearts, but better than that – by his sayings that he utters through the mouth of his servants the prophets – and THAT is just goodness! 

I say – IF you believe, then you know that when you hear the servants of God tell you straight up, again and again that we preach to Doomed america, you had better understand that america is Doomed!  Let me show you some words from the Lord Jesus Christ on this – and you might like it – IF you believe:  Mark 13:11  But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost. 

Now you must love those words, if you believe.  Because that will help you to understand that when they drag us into court to put us on trial for our religion in a really righteous nation that would not DARE put people on trial for their religion (if you don’t believe me, just listen to Mitt Romney and the talking heads in Doomed america every day now talk about how we don’t make our candidates pass a religion test – that we are so T O L E R A N T and we are so G O O D and blah, blah, barf) - nevertheless – I say – so you know when they drag us into court to put us on trial for our religion – if you believe these words of the Lord Jesus Christ – the words were given us to speak in that hour.  Now, I would suggest that anyone who names the name of Christ at this hour in this nation would be VERY interested in what those words were!   :p   I was – and I loved them!  We did not draw back and we were not ashamed of the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ – and that is because he has mercy upon us!!  It was a savor of death unto death those present that do not believe!!

                         ii) Hermeneutical methods; Structuralism, deconstructuralism, contextual, historical, textual etc.
Okay – right here I would begin to worry about your soul.  WHAT are you getting into all this for?  How about you just read the words and obey the commandments and stop all this grinding over these kinds of things?  Meanwhile – the method of interpretation is primarily like this: 

Joh 14:16  And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
Joh 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.
Joh 15:26  But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
Joh 16:7  Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.

I would recommend a careful reading of that excellent sermon by the Lord Jesus Christ at John 14, 15 and 16 and then his excellent prayer at John 17.

                         ii) Do you affiliate yourselves with any ‘mainstream’ denomination and their statement of faith/beliefs?
What we find is that ALL the so-called mainstream denominations have very good statements of faith and belief, e.g. the Book of Common Prayer; the Declaration of Faith of the Presbyterians and the Methodists and the Baptists and some of those statements of faith that came out of some of the early conventions of this country e.g. the Black Rock Convention and others have proper statements of faith.  Having said that however, we find from a vast amount of experience, walking the streets of this nation, every day for 17 years, and talking to these so called preachers, that to the man – this generation does NOT go by their own declarations of faith – they lie!!  Those writings are just books on the shelf – they have NO application for these people!

The churches that you find in the New Testament were local, visible, self-governing, called out bodies of believers that were NOT connected to some super-church structure.  We follow that pattern.

2Co 6:17  Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, 

2) How do you view and interpret Jesus Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection and its impact on the world/salvation?
The scriptures says this about that:  Christ died for the sins of HIS people.  They will therefore, having that gift, and being guided and having that work that was begun in them by GOD – HIS workmanship – live sober, righteous and godly in this present world, and they alone will serve God in truth, and they be strong in God and do exploits and they will be a stumbling block to their generation and they will condemn the world – because the world will reject the Word of God that they preach plainly and unapologetically before their faces!!  Those people that Christ died for will have saving faith and the rest will NOT and they will make their way (the rest that is) through this life striving against and contending with the people of God and they will NEVER get it – they will be ever learning and never able to come to a knowledge of the truth!!  They will land in hell.

Read these words distinctly – don’t keep lying about God dying for all mankind – if he had – there would be NO HELL!  It is rank blasphemy to say that the blood of Jesus Christ cannot save those for whom he died!!  That takes the power away from your sovereign God and gives it to his creatures – and THAT is going to get your dumb self in trouble with your God!!  THAT IS HIS GLORY and he will NOT give his glory to another – not even your bad self!! 

Mt 26:28  For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
Mr 14:24  And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many.
Isa 42:8  I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
Isa 48:11  For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.

AND THIS – you have NOTHING that you did not receive from your God – so you have NOTHING to be such an arrogant brute about – STOP TRYING TO TAKE THE GLORY FROM GOD!!

1Co 4:7  For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?

READ ROMANS 9

And finish with this passage in Ephesians 2 that I referenced elsewhere in these answers:  2:6  And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:  7  That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.  8  For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:  9  Not of works, lest any man should boast.  10  For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

3) How do you view the ‘grace’ of God; only His ‘elect’, available for all people (if they accept it) etc.
Your question is WAY too complicated for such a simple proposition.  Here it is – the grace of God has appeared unto all men teaching them that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts that you should live sober, righteous and godly in this present world looking for the blessed hope and the glorious appearing of our Savior, etc. – but the only people that will do that are the elect of God – the election hath obtained it and the rest were blinded.  It is NOT available for all people and it is supreme arrogance for you to even suggest that the human – who is DEAD in trespasses and sins – can you say DEAD? – would do ONE thing to accept anything – DEAD PEOPLE CAN’T DO ANYTHING TO HELP THEMSELVES!!  If God does not quicken you, you will NEVER be quickened!! 

Titus 2:11   For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,  12  Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;  13  Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;  14  Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.  15   These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee. 

Ro 9:11  (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth; )
Ro 11:5  Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
Ro 11:7  What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded
Ro 11:28  As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sakes.
1Th 1:4  Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.
2Pe 1:10  Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
Ephesians 2:1   And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;  2  Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:  3  Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.  4   But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,  5  Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved; )
Col 2:13  And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;

4) How do you view other denominations of ‘Christianity’–Catholic, Anglican, Pentecostal, 7th Day Adventist, Orthodox etc.
I view them all as different heads of the EXACT SAME MONSTER – his name is “False Religious Systems” and God hates them ALL – they are ALL headed to the same hell!!  Paul said – if anyone comes bringing ANY other gospel than this – LET THEM BE ACCURSED!!  He also said – don’t listen to them – don’t believe them!  And let me add this – RUN FROM THEM!!  Your eternal, never-dying soul depends upon it!

5) What is your core message?
Start here:  Deuteronomy 11:26   Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;  27  A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day:  28  And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.

OBEY YOUR GOD, have policies of obedience in your home and your nation and God will bless you – if you have polices of disobedience and that includes your lying blasphemous words about your God and HIS WORD, teaching your children rebellion against God and that God is a liar, then you will be cursed in this life and you will go to hell and if you are going to do that, just do it and shut up about it!   ;D 

God hates fags and their enablers, thus, God hates america and america is Doomed!!  I could multiply words, but that is the heart of it!  For a good discussion on the blessings and the curses with particularity – see Deuteronomy 28! 
For a LOT of words on the doomed thing – see the law and the prophets – focus on Deut. 32 and also see Ezekiel 16 – but you truly need to have that whole body of knowledge.

                         i) Who are you trying to reach primarily–Laity, Pastorate, ‘unchurched/dechurched’, society ‘at large’ etc.
Listen carefully here – EVERY SON AND DAUGHTER OF ADAM!!  Mark 16:15  And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

                         ii) How does your message differ from other denominations of Christianity (as per examples above)?
Well – simply this – we tell the truth about that the scriptures and what God requires of you and the rest, because you pay them to do so, will tell you any lie that you like.  E.g.  God loves everyone, etc.  See Jeremiah 23 and Ezekiel 13 and 23 and read the short book of Malachi – excellent in many ways and has a special curse for the lying priests!! 

6) What methods of getting your message ‘out’ do you find successful/unsuccessful?
Happily, we serve the God that holds the keys to the doors of utterance and HE opens the doors and NO MAN can shut them – so what we find is that if we obey and get ourselves out onto these streets and open our mouths or hold up the signs, our God gets the message published – we don’t worry about it after that!  See how nice that is – it makes our lives blessedly simply – we say the words and great is the company that publishes it!  (I have Bible for that – you know I do – check it out!   Ps 68:11  The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.

7) What is your view on the validity of other religions and their claims (salvation); Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Zen, Zoroastrianism etc.
See my answer to #4 above – same thing!  Here is what Isaiah said, to add to this discussion:  Isa 8:20  To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

Once again, I thank you for your time. If you, or anyone, could answer these questions to the best of your ability I would greatly appreciate it (with scriptural reference(s) if at all possible).
 
If there is anything else I can tell you, just feel free to ask!

Your friend,

Shirley L Phelps-Roper

I have a press request.  I’m a freelance journalist working on a book project. The book’s theme is the American Dream, and what that means to people. One important right people have in America is the right to free speech. If we take away that constitutional right, then we take away what is important about our country.

Best,
Hank (Cre8shrimp)

Dear Shrimp or Hank, :D

Exactly – and it doesn’t matter how many children of Doomed america are shipped into the Iraq sausage grinder to “fight” (NOT) for our freedoms – if there are not people standing on the soil of this nation of rebels against their God with NO cause, where the real threat to this constitutional democracy is being waged, and fighting that fight, there will be no First Amendment!

The servants of God at Westboro Baptist Church are talking to you daily about eternity and your never-dying souls, most of which are headed straight to hell, and we are talking to you daily about the destruction of this nation because of her filthy, unrepentant manner of life, that God has never let ANY nation engage in without serious consequences.  IN SHORT, if you forget God and establish polices of filth and disobedience and murder (not to mention your filthy sex practices – have-private-part-will-travel-expose-it-mutilate it-share it-with-all-etc. (YIKES and YUCK) in your nation, WORSE than Sodom and the cities about her, you will suffer her fate!

Every person in this nation should have a PhD degree in Ancient Sodom and her destruction and in the antediluvian world, and her destruction – but this generation will not even mention those two events that the prophets and the apostles warned were examples of what will happen to any nation that forgets God.  And God says this to such a people:

Psalm 50:16   But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?  KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT ABOUT THE WORD OF GOD.
17  Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee. 
18  When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
19  Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
20  Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son.
21  These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.  This nation of rebels think that God is blowhard like they are and his promises to deal with them are not true – but you do greatly err, not knowing the scriptures nor the power of God!
22  Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver. 

We do all this work free of charge to you – we ask for nothing and take nothing from you!  And you deal with us in such a way that we must also fight for your freedoms – WHERE IT COUNTS!!  This nation of rebels is a danger to themselves and to others!

In short – today, the “American Dream” is a fraud.   :yes:   You had blessings from your God – you forgot God and went awhoring after other gods that are not gods and you worship everything BUT your God so now, it is a Doomed american nightmare!  Stay tuned for the final act!

Thanks for writing, and if there is anything else we can tell you, feel free to write again, or call our published number.

Shirley L Phelps-Roper