Current News Article Helps Put Perspective on OBE

I have spent much time on past history of the Outcome Based System. I was happy to have this current news article surface. It was posted October 27, 2011 by The Blaze Website and Titled, Education Teacher's Union Offered Grant to Create 'Activists' Out of 1st and 2nd Graders by Tiffany Gabbay.

Before you read it, remember the beginning post of this education journey and how I stressed the importance of words and language.

Remember William Spady's admission he was a "wordsmith"

Remember the video of the NEA stating their goal wasn't about the children but power and support of this declaration was given with standing ovation.

Now go ahead and read the article.
I'll give you a minute or two....

What a relief the superintendent knew the language was dubious and declined the grant. That he "asserts that the teachers' intent and meaning of "activism" differed from the obvious interpretation."

Let me make a point that can easily go unnoticed. Don’t let anyone fool you, just because integrity and good intention may be behind some of the teachers wanting to use this, one can’t be naive to the fact the federal government is the one who is ultimately in control and will dictate the requirements for curriculum. They may say you have the reigns but who provides the money and the framework?

Did you notice the Activist's Library? It was filled with known supporters of Marxist-Leninist, Communist ideology. 'Ahem'... Saul Alinsky.

And remember the root of how Socialism and fascism works; from the top down. This system leaves no room for individual freedom's to be exerted. Control from the top down means your intentions get left by the wayside and you in turn support something wrong and downright evil.

Sometimes life demands we shun a system even when good people are entangled in the web. How else can freedom reign?

We must be expert linguists and listeners in order to overcome this great deception. People like William Spady find the time to weave words to further their ideology just as the snake cunningly deceived Eve with the twisting of God's words.

I'm not exactly sure who Edmund Morrison is but I like his quote:
"Like stones, words are laborious and unforgiving, and the fitting of them together, like the fitting of stones, demands great patience and strength of purpose and particular skill."

We need to be attuned to what the language user's purpose and skill support as they are building a foundation. In simple terms the saying, "sticks and stones may break our bones, but words can never hurt us," needs a revamp. Words craftily strung together can deceive, our bones may not be broken but something much worse is at stake, our souls.

Chronological New Testament: A Few Thoughts



"Do whatever He tells you"
by andycoan


I've been reading The Chronological New Testament, and have been eating up every page. As I read the books of the New Testament on the timeline in which they happened, I find certain dynamics being revealed in such a way that it caused me to feel as if I was reading The New Testament for the first time.

I wondered why the members who debated, studied and eventually put together the twenty-seven books known as the New Testament Canon, did it in the order they did. I've heard some evidence points to the notion the books in the order we are use to were aligned this way in order to help make doctrinal issues clear. Without going into that tangent; following the order of events as they took place in time has only helped make doctrine clear for me and I've read the New Testament in "traditional" order many many times and have never seen things as clear. The problems that arose and how they were addressed, the struggle to keep the church pure, the teachings of Jesus born out in believers life through real experiences all follows the sequence and definately reveals a pattern that if we pay attention shows us clearly how the church should function.

Does the modern church live this pattern out? There's some homework for ya!

There have been many moments where the words have popped off the page and started a brainstorm of thoughts. Since being part of the church means sharing your experiences with the Lord with other believers I thought I'd at least share how this book, put into action by a believer so others could benefit, has at least on a basic level helped spur me on in my understanding of how to walk with God and be an active participant in His church (I Corinthians 16:15-18 CNT WebVersion).

The book starts off with the preparation of men who were to take God's message out into the world, Acts 1-11. Paul's experiences have a great impact on the church and as the text unfolds I notice I can relate as the Holy Spirit has taught me some of those same things through my own personal experiences and have also given me reason to keep trying for those things I know I lack.

I read 2 Corinthians 11 and 12 and I can understand Paul's point, talking about his weakness is made strong in Christ. In chapter 11 he talks of being unskilled in speech yet he speaks boldy the things of Christ. There are times I feel the worlds weight glaring down on the truth and my flesh wants to quiver and hide, yet through the Holy Spirit's strength and guidance He has made my mind sharp and strong able to dispell the world's reasoning in order to show Christ's glory for what it truly is. I am honored and humbled this vessel was used to Christ's gain.

I read chapter 11 verses 22-33 and if you look at that account of peril through fleshly eyes it makes no sense that someone would go through all that for his fellow believer and to be obedient to Christ. Why would someone choose this path of constant struggle and pain? Then in chapter 12 the Lord sends a demon to keep Paul in check, he even asks for it to be removed and the Lord says no and Paul responds with gladness. Paul understood the principle of sumbission at all cost because his gain was Christ. His spiritual life meant more to him then the fleshly, time condensed one he had now. Being able to go through this willingly and gladly has to have personal, knowledge and devotion to something alive and tangible and utterly true. From a fleshly point Paul would look insane but when someone has found the truth and knows it, they are a rock unmoveable and it doesn't matter what the rest of the world thinks.

I ask myself the hard question, Could I go through what Paul went through to follow Christ? (Remember Christ was our ultimate example in what He gave for us)

The more I talk to God, get to know Jesus and follow what the Holy Spirit teaches me through real life events, I'd like to think, YES. Experience to experience I am being transformed by the reality of Christ in my life and the joy given only by God surpasses any worldly sorrows.  There is gladness in my weakness because He is being glorified for who He truly is and I get to be part of something I don't deserve. I am coming to understand what taking up your cross really means through the personal teaching of the Holy Spirit as He reveals to me what I need to do or what He wants to do, confirmation of it in scripture and then relating it to other believers carrying their cross too. Now that is the real church and I am proud to be part of it.

As the first lines in the Chronological New Testament say, "The first church was not the one in Jerusalem; it was Jesus and the 12 disciples. The real pattern cannot be based on mere assumptions drawn from letters Paul and others wrote. Jesus set the example for His church."  It is based on relationship.

Paul is a shining example of following Jesus' pattern, as were countless others in the New Testament, and we must include the righteous in the Old Testament as well. The fact I am offered the chance (my life) to try and follow the example and pattern too makes my spirit soar....

Thanks to Ken Brown and James Dinsmore for putting together the Chronological New Testament!

Note: The picture above has special significance pertaining to my walk with God...2 Kings 4...when I found this on the photosite I use the title the photographer gave it sealed the deal for my choice in using it with this post...

The Mending Wall

Here's another ramble of mine again written 2 years ago. I was interested to learn these facts concerning illegal aliens in American History.... (kind of an interesting back drop to think about when you read my rant)
Back during the great depression, Herbert Hoover ordered the deportation of ALL illegal aliens in order to make jobs available to American citizens that desperately needed work.


Harry Truman deported over two million illegal aliens after WWII to create jobs for returning veterans.

In 1954 Dwight Eisenhower deported 13 million Mexicans. The program was called Operation Wetback. It was done so WWII and Korean veterans would have a better chance at jobs. It took two years, but they deported them.

My how the times have changed....

I was reading Robert Frost’s Poem Mending Wall when I was enlightened. Not in your typical poetic understanding but in a political way. I love how a line can transport you to a totally different idea but still relate. Before I explain the political enlightenment, I’ll give background behind this poem to put things into context. Two neighbors meet to fix a stone wall that separates their properties. One begins to question the need for this wall. “My apple trees will not get across and eat the cones under his pines.” He also pushes the issue in jest and states, “but here there are no cows. Before I built a wall I’d ask to know what I was walling in or walling out?” Twice the neighbor states, “good fences, make good neighbors.” Ahh! There is wisdom in those words.

It has been a long proven fact that people need boundaries. Boundaries set a standard, they draw a line in the dirt so all parties involved know what is acceptable and what is not, boundaries make expectations clear, they help keep the peace if an offense should arise. Let’s apply these known facts to the influx of illegal aliens due to the Mexican-American Border Crisis. “Are you suggesting we build a wall between us,” you ask? “Absolutely,” I say. Now don’t get all Berlin wall on me and freak out and think my idea is communistic or anti-immigration. I am an advocate for balance and protecting the welfare of my livelihood and that of my children.

Have you noticed the effects of letting people into this country with out enforcing the rules? Here are some examples to refresh your memory. In the state of California the majority of foreclosed homes are ones that illegal aliens purchased. How could they purchase a home in the first place? American citizens work hard, long hours to pay for their own health insurance but an illegal alien can go to the emergency room and receive service before a citizen and not pay a dime. An illegal alien can rape and murder a child and be released back into the American population, not sent back to where he came from or tried in the justice system. And if he was tried then guess who still ends up paying that bill, you guessed it, the hard-working American citizen. How did we give them special rights while we pay the costs?

“What good would a wall do,” you ask? It would bring back order and require responsibility on behalf of the American citizen, not to mention act as a protection against the drug cartels that are running rampant preparing to overtake their country. Since there are many contacts already located in the U.S. why wouldn’t they wage war here too? I’m not talking about full scale warfare but pocket, city eruptions, L.A. riots on a grander scale.

“What will the wall enforce,” you ask. “It will enforce the policies already in place but have been neglected for far too long,” I say. If you come to the wall and want to enter you have better have a work visa to pass through. You want to stay in the U.S. then become a citizen through the naturalization process and be proud of something, give back to the country that has provided opportunity, don’t shit on it by not following the simple rules to become a citizen. I blame Americans for this lackadaisical attitude. We’ve acted like spoiled ungrateful children who have no concern or care for their parents hard work to get them where they’re at. We’re like teenagers who invite anybody and everybody over to their parent’s house to party while they are away and all hell breaks loose. No respect for parents or self along with an undisciplined nature will destroy a well built house. A sign of a well adjusted family is one of discipline founded on rules and standards that do not sway. We dismantled the invincible wall we had with Mexico through passive neglect. We forgot that to be an American is something to be proud of, to fight for, and to protect. We gave it away like Esau gave away his birthright. . To be an American citizen means nothing in this day and age, if we would only look back and understand the sacrifice that was paid for by blood in order to be called an American there wouldn’t be an illegal alien problem. We need a wall to symbolize a rite of passage. All would have a common knowledge that to be in America and become a citizen is a privilege. Since we let the unruly child have control too long the wall will seem like a punishment at first, as the discipline becomes enforced the child submits to the rules, maturity blossoms and friendship can be realized.

The problem has grown big enough that a big solution is needed. A mending wall may be the only way. Let’s take the man’s simple words of insight in Frost’s poem as guidance and hope for the future, “Good fences, make good neighbors.”