Exodus 20:4-6 (ESV) says:

4(E) "You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5(F) You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the LORD your God am(G) a jealous God,(H) visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, 6but showing steadfast love to thousands[b] of those who love me and keep my commandments.

The 4th commandment is the number one commandment broken by most Christians.  The 2nd commandment is the second most broken commandment by some Christians; as these pictures shows here:

One of the most neglected commandments many Christians break is the 4th commandment that says to observe the 7th day Sabbath, known today as Saturday.  You can't keep just any day that you like and still be fulfulling the 4th commandment.  If you believe that the 10 commandments are still valid on Christians, then you have to observe the 4th commandment by keeping the 7th day Sabbath, in addition to the other 9 commandments.

This 21 minute video will tell you all about it.

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This subject may be a little controversial.  In Western society, great efforts are made to stop teen sex and/or teen pregnancy.  Conservatives advocate abstinence programs while liberals advocate condom use.  Regardless of what idelogy is advocated, the objective is to stop teen sex and/or pregnancy.  Because many teens are engaging in sexual activity, despite strong efforts to stop it, it makes me wonder if western society is out of touch with the true nature of the teenager.  Many people want them to put off marriage until they have finished college or university and have a good job.  But because it takes several years to accomplish that, one has to question whether this is a realistic goal for most people.

Outside of western society, it is not unusual for teenagers to be married.  This is especially true in eastern societies.  In Bible times, it was common for teenagers (especially girls) to be married. Even in western society 100 years ago, it was normal for teenagers to be married.  Some people will say that thing have changed since then and that people need to wait longer.  However, the human body has not changed and still physically matures in the teenage years.  Because of this, I am questioning whether outlawing something that is natural makes any sense.  It is like advocating laws for the sun to set every 48 hours when we have no control over when the sun sets.

The more I study into this subject, the more I have come to realise that God designed the human body to reproduce in the teenage years or the early 20s, and that making laws against this naturally occuring phenomenon is pointless.  This doesn't mean that I advocate sex outside of marriage, nor am I am advocating marriage soley for sex, or promote quick marriages.  Most places in North America permit marriages to take place when a person is 18 years of age.  However, our society discourages marriage until they are much older (around 25 or so), which I don't think is a good idea.

Abstinence has it's place, but it works best if you only have to wait a few years.  Telling teens that they won't be ready to marry until 10-15 years in the future is not realistic.  But a teenage couple might be more likely to wait until marriage if the waiting period is 2-3 years.

Whether or not you agree or disagree, I would be interested in your opinions so feel free to state them.

Although we are saved by faith and not by our works, works are still important which James 2:14-26 clearly shows.  I believe that one of the reasons why a lot of people leave church is because they practiced very little or no works in their Christian life. 

A wise person once said that any religion that does not demand anything of its followers or puts those who have newly embraced it, into more or less what they were into before, is an ineffective religion. What this means from a Christian perspective is that if the faith you embrace does not lead to sigificant and positive changes in your life, then it is not an effective faith.  But if it does lead to significant and positive changes in your life, then it is an effective faith indeed.

So let your light shine that they may see your good works (Matthew 5:16) and may your good works make you a better person.

Here's a link to some pictures of someone who dressed as Jem for Halloween.  

http://www.instructables.com/id/How_to_be_Jem_from_Jem_The_Holograms_for_Halloween/

Here is a good video of a young woman who is voting for the first time, and she is voting for Chuck Baldwin of the Constitution Party:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzLXkLXWJ3k

I'm not thinking about leaving the Seventh Day Adventist Church, but I am thinking about transfering my membership to another Adventist congregation. One of the main problems is that I have been attending there for over 2 years, but I haven't really made many friends there. I just meet most of the people there just once a week.

I also have a problem with the Filipinos over there. Don't get me wrong. I'm not prejudice. I like them and they make good food too. It's just that they speak a different language and tend to stick to themselves. This makes it harder to make friends with them. It's like having their own mini-society within the congregation. Because they have a seperate Sabbath School class in their own language, I can't study the Bible with them.

The other Adventist church I'm thinking of going to is farther from where I live. But they do have contemporary Christian music, and small groups that one can join throughout the week; not just on Sabbath.

The 8 week Canadian election has now finished. I came in last place in my riding with about 200 votes while the others got a lot more. That's not too bad for my first try running in politics. It was hard work, but it was also fun. I'm glad that I participated. Even though I didn't win the election, other good things happened. I know more about the political process. The election also helped to increase awareness of the Christian Heritage Party as well as helped to increase our membership across the country.

it is definately worth supporting a minor party with the hopes of it becoming major in the future. The evidence of that is with the leader of the Green party being invited to the debates and now being covered in the mainstream media. I wish I could convince my American friends that it's possible, but it's much harder because they have grown up with a two party system all their lives and don't see anything changing. Well, if you continue to support the two party system and don't give any support to third parties, then you will always have a two party system.

I just hope that our prime minister, Stephen Harper, doesn't call another election for a long time, but I won't count on it. I can see him calling one within 1/2 years to 2 years from now.

Anyways, it has been a good educational and fun experience and I hope to be able to run again in the future.

The Canadian Firearms Institute sent a questionaire to all candidates in the federal election. Here is the official Christian Heritage Party's response:

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After collecting 139 signatures in my neighbourhood, and filing the necessary papers and $1000 deposit that another CHP member gave (and will get back in a few months from Elections Canada), I am now a confirmed CHP candidate in my riding. This is a lot of work just to get on the ballot, but it was worth it.

Even if I don't get elected, this has been a wonderful experience to actually be a candidate that people can vote for. I even participated in one telephone interview with a college student in journalism with an assignment connected with the CBC!

It's a lot easier for an "average joe" like me to run for political office in Canada than it is in the United States. I believe that 20,000 signatures are needed in the US.

I also hope that Canadians who are pro-life and pro-family will join the Christian Heritage Party and support us.

This is just a note that I'm going to be away for a while due to my involvement in the Canadian election. I'm still busy collecting signatures so that I can get my name and party on the ballot.

Christian Heritage Party of Canada

Looks like Canada will be having an election in the very near future. That means that I will be running for Member of Parliment (MP) at almost the same time as the US election! I will most likely be running as a "paper candidate" since this is coming out of the blue. (Canada doesn't have fixed elections until recently which only applies to majority governments. We currently have a minority government).

I need papers from my party leader, and auditor to apply at Elections Canada. I also need $1000. I don't have that kind of money but fortunately, there are people available who are willing to donate that money; which is tax deductable. The hard part is collecting 150 signatures of people in my ridding to consent to me running; which every candidate regardless of political affiliation. They don't have to vote for me, so that's good.

Wish me the best!

It is bad enough when the mainstream media limits coverage of national politics to the two major parties. It is even worse when a "pro-family" organization does it. FRC Action, the legislative action arm of The Family Research Council and Focus On The Family, is having a "Values Voter" summit which is said to be the largest gathering of pro-life and pro-family voters across America. However, they have refused to invite Constitution Party presidential candidate, Dr. Chuck Baldwin, to the event.

Two-party system or not, they should invite Chuck Baldwin, in addition to the many other people they invited, so that people can be informed that there is a truly pro-life candidate running. Even if one decide to vote for the lesser of two evils, people need to be at least informed about the other choices available. It is very discouraging when an organization that claims to be pro-life and pro-family refuses to invite a candidate that, ironically, supports their views.

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These videos will explain it:

Don't vote for McCain/Obama:

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Vote for Chuck Baldwin:

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Chuck Baldwin Website

I got the results of my Ingetrety Analysis and I passed. This means that I have been approved to run in the next federal election in my ridding for the Christian Heritage Party. The Integrety Analysis is composed of various questions, criminal record check, credit check, etc. I also have to be in good standing in my home church since they also call my Pastor for a church reference.

It is not yet known when the next federal election will be. It is expected to be sometime next year. It's possible for it to happen sooner, but most Canadians do not desire an election this year.

I also haven't decided on what level of involvement I'll be at. I might decided to just have my name on the ballot and not do any campaigning or do a modest campaign by having press releases in my local newspaper and answering questions by phone and email and perhaps even have my own political blog or forum. If I do have a campaign, it will be very modest one since I don't have millions of dollars to spend like the Republicans and Democrats down south. I won't have to anyway since I'd be only running in my riding. There will be national CHP advertising to cover the advertising of party as a whole. My involvment is mainly to give people in my ridding the opportunity to vote for CHP.

It's not easy to support a small party. You constantly hear people say, "I agree with your views, but I'm going to vote for [mainstream party] because I don't believe you are going to win". Well, the Conservative party is in power. However, their leader Stephen Harper, has already said that his party is NOT going to support any leglisation to abolish abortion. He has also decided not to ban same-sex "marriage". Many Christians that are in the Conservative Party have been silenced and prevented from supporting the moral views that they hold dear. Some of those Christians such as Larry Spencer have even been kicked out. Don't get me wrong. The Conservative Party has done a lot of good and are better than the Liberals. But a Christian politican in the Conservative Party can only go so far. I know that the Christian Heritage Party has the potential to become a bigger party because many Canadians support our views. The challenge is trying to inform them and getting them to join us and vote for us.

There are also circumstances that are beyond our control. For example, the leader of the Green Party has been denied participation in the national debates; despite having representatives in EVERY riding. All that their supporters can do is to continue supporting their party and continue to be persistant in the hopes that they eventually get invited. The Christian Heritage Party will have similar challenges as well.

The Christian Heritage Party is known for their pro-life and traditional marriage policies, but here are some other issues that we support:

- We support a Family Tax Credit which would make it much easier financially for one parent to stay home to take care of the kids

- We support treating the national debt as a mortgage where fixed payments are made until the debt is paid off. This could be done within 20 years.

- We support taking care of the environment. What we don't support is propaganda that claims that certain things are causing environmental problems when they are not. Many environmental changes such as global warming are natural changes and not always linked to Man. Things like pollution should be dealth with.

- For non-violent criminals, we support them making restitution to their victims, who is often forgotten in our justice system.

- We support the death penality where there are 2 or more witinesses, and judge and jury are in unamonous agreement. DNA evidence may also be used.

- We support a Sunday law where non-essential businesses would be required to close on Sundays. Exemptions would be made for those who keep a different day for religious purposes such as Saturday for example.

Many people running for the Christian Heritage Party are ordinary people like myself. Not many big name politicans are members. (Larry Spencer, who got kicked out of the Canadian Alliance and who was not invited to join the Conservative Party, is one of the few big name politicans we have in the Christian Heritage Party). We are always looking for candidates. If your riding doesn't have a candidate and you are a Christian in good standing in your home church, then please consider joining the Christian Heritage Party and becomming a candidate. You have to be at least 14 years of age to be a regular member, but be at least 18 years of age to run as a candidate. You can choose any level of involvement that you wish; whether that is doing no campaigning and only having your name on the ballot, to modest campaigning, to huge campaigning. It is also a good way to get political experience. After all, not everybody gets to run in an election.

(This blog post is NOT directed to those who truly support Republican or Democratic parties. This is directed to people who like the third party candidate better, but who vote Republican or Democrat anyway, just because they are "more likely to win".)

To be honest with you all, I am getting sick and tired of people who refuse to vote for their favorite third party candidate just because "he's not going to win". Such people are a bunch of losers. It's harsh, but that is my honest view on the subject. Here are the reasons why I think this way:

1) People who vote this way are not doing anything to change the system. They are just supporting the status quo of preserving the two party system. If you continue to vote this way for the next 20 years, will it improve the electability of third parties? Of course not. Also, mainstream parties are not going to have any incentive to change if they know that they are going to get your vote anyway. No business will change their policy if people complain but still continue to buy from them. The same principle applies to political parties and votes.

2) People who vote this way are not voting for who they believe to be the best person and are underminding democracy. The purpose of voting is not to pick the person who is most likely to win, but to pick the person that best represents your views. There is no point in having a democracy if you are not going to vote for the person you believe is best. If you truly like the third party but vote mainstream just because they have more media coverage, then you are letting others decide who you vote for instead of you making an independent decision.

3) Third parties do NOT have to win to influence change. If a third party takes away a large number of votes, it will influence the mainstream party to change their policy to get back those votes in the next election. If they don't then the third party will risk taking their place. The Republican Party themselves were once a third party.

As I said before, this blog post is directed to those whose favorite candidate is third party, but who vote mainstream anyway. Everybody should be voting for their favorite candidate. If your favorite candidate is Republican or Democrat, then for for them. On the other hand, if your favorite candidate is Constitution Party, Libertarian Party, or Green Party, then vote for them.

I don't know what is needed to change the two party system, but I do know that supporting your favorite third party is one of them. The more support third parties get, the more likely the system will change later on in their favor.

Looks like we are really seeing McCain's true colours:

http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/may/08052206.html