Quote of the Week: Ted Haggard's New Church

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By Dan Gilgoff, God & Country

"For this prayer meeting, I have no goals. I have no secret hope that more people will come. I am not driven as I was. Before I focused on the Great Commission. Now I focus on helping other people."

Disgraced Colorado pastor Ted Haggard on a new church he's starting in his home next week

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Deuteronomy 21:18

'If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not listen to the voice of his father..'...or his mother.'...even when they punish him.'...his father and mother must take hold of him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his town.''They shall say to the elders, "This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard."''All the men of the town must then stone him to death. You must banish this evil from among you.'

Deuteronomy 13:6-8

'If your brother, or your son or daughter, or your beloved wife tries to secretly entice you, telling you to go and worship other gods, gods of people living near you, or far from you, or anywhere on earth, do not listen to him.'You must kill them. Show them no pity. And your hand must strike the first blow.'Then the hands of all the people. You shall stone them to death.'

Deuteronomy 13:13-15

'If you hear that in one of the towns, there are men who are telling people to go and worship other gods, it is your duty to look into the matter and examine it.''If it is proved and confirmed, you must put the inhabitants of that town to the sword.'

'You must lay the town under the curse of destruction, the town and everything in it.'

You must pile up all its loot in the public square and burn the town and all its loot.''That town is to be a ruin for all time, and never rebuilt.'

Leviticus 11:3

'You may eat any animal that has a cloven hoof, divided in two parts, and chews the cud.''Regard the camel as unclean, for though it chews the cud, it does not have a cloven hoof.''Regard the hyrax as unclean, for though it chews the cud, it does not have a clove hoof.''Regard the rabbit as unclean, for though it chews the cud, it does not have a cloven hoof.''Regard the pig as unclean, for though has a cloven hoof, it does not chew the cud.''Do not eat their meat or touch their dead bodies. You will regard them as unclean.' Leviticus 11:9

'Of all that lives in the waters of the seas and rivers, you may eat anything that has fins and scales.''But anything in the seas or rivers that does not have fins and scales, regard as an abomination. Do not eat their meat and regard their carcasses as an abomination.''Of the birds, regard the following as an abomination and do not eat them: the eagle, the osprey, the kite, the falcon, the raven, the horned owl, the nighthawk, the sea gull, hawks of all kinds, the little owl, the cormorant, the white owl, the desert owl, the carrion vulture, the stork, the heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.''Of the birds, regard the following as an abomination and do not eat them: the eagle, the osprey, the kite, the falcon, the raven, the horned owl, the nighthawk, the sea gull, hawks of all kinds, the little owl, the cormorant, the white owl, the desert owl, the carrion vulture, the stork, the heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.''Do not eat anything that crawls on its belly, whether it walks on four legs or more. They are an abomination.''There are, however, some winged insects you may eat: those that have jointed legs for hopping on the ground. You may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket or grasshopper.''Wherever you live, you must not eat the blood of any bird or animal.'

dj of GA 2:34PM November 06, 2009

You dont know jesus christ but you are typical of the types of people who believe these fairy tales. Just like the Taliban of Afghanistan you seek to retain the status quo of religious power so that you may impose your twisted will on others, even if they do not believe in ghosts and demons. There will not be peace on earth until GOD and ALLAH go to the same place as ZEUS and APOLLO, nothing but interesting relics of ancient beliefs when from people who either did not understand science or just refused to for their own selfish reasons.

RB of FL 2:26PM November 06, 2009

I don't know about the sincerity or not of Ted. But I do know Jesus Christ. Because of all that was written in comments before this, is why He came. Man is selfish and rebellious. We need a mediator, savior, and divine friend. He is my best friend and I know him well. I have repented and He has forgiven my sins. He has also healed me from pain and sickness many times. You can say it is just my imagination if you want to. But I say it is the power of His love. There are too many miracles for it all to just be coincidence. SD

Steve Deller of FL 10:30AM November 06, 2009

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Dan Gilgoff covers religion for U.S. News & World Report. He is the author of The Jesus Machine: How James Dobson, Focus on the Family, and Evangelical America are Winning the Culture War, and is a former politics editor at beliefnet. E-mail Dan at godandcountry@usnews.com.

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