What’s going on here? A few years ago, I was told Vanderbilt University Divinity School was a Methodist-related school. Then, I was told it had become an interdenominational school. Then, I read that it had a Muslim chaplain. Then, I saw on TV that student groups have been told that they cannot have faith-based requirements for their leaders (Christian groups cannot require their leaders to be Christians, etc.). Now, I have read that to make the school better, it has hired an out-spoken homosexual ordained American Baptist clergywoman to be its dean, this was the best person the school could find for the job, a church choir sang a Michael Jackson song at her convocation, and the school hired her female gay partner to be a professor of religious studies.

It is enough to make me wonder what caused this institution of so-called higher education to abandon its lofty level of learning go on an obvious downward spiral of politically correct (not biblically correct) worldly standards and lower its once high standards to such great depths. Is Vanderbilt Divinity School among those latter times groups that Paul said would depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils (1Timothy 4:1)? Has Vanderbilt Divinity School fallen so hard that it needs to hire people who are ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth to improve the school (2 Timothy 3:7)? Are we witnessing a commitment to train false teachers to bring in damnable heresies among us (2 Peter 2:1)?

The Bible says, “Let everyone that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity,” but the evidence seems to indicate that this Divinity School dean and professor are entangled in fleshly lusts and worldly pleasures that they apparently have no intention of departing from (2 Timothy 2:19). As they see it, they are enlightened, but the Bible that they purportedly believe and teach indicates that their hearts may have been darkened (Romans 1:20-24).

Also, the only way they can do such unnatural things and not be troubled by the Holy Spirit is for them to not be indwelt by the Holy Spirit or to have their consciences so seared with a hot iron that they are numb to the fornication they appear to be involved in (1 Timothy 4:2). As the school sees it, the dean’s homosexuality is not relevant, but the school has a commitment to confront homophobia. As the school sees it, their new dean is a progressive pioneering scholar, but she doesn’t seem to understand some of the Scriptures that she teaches or she is blatantly distorting them (distortion of the Word is a sin that can be traced back to Satan in the Garden of Eden). And fornication is one of the sins that caused God to firebomb Sodom and Gomorrah in ancient times (2 Peter 2:6-8). There is nothing enlightened, progressive or pioneering about that (Genesis 1:27-28; Leviticus 18:22; 20:13; 1 Corinthians 7:2; Romans 1:20-32).

It is a mistake for anyone to ignore or distort God’s Word, but morally weak Divinity Schools, deans and professors that ignore or distort God’s Word may do great harm by producing morally weak preachers that do the same thing or at least approve of it. Unless those morally week preachers change, some of them may ultimately ignore or distort the Word and bring reproach upon the church. They may also produce morally weak members that will be lukewarm and possibly bring reproach upon the church.

In a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honor and some to dishonor (2 Timothy 2:20). It should be the desire of every Divinity School to employ morally strong and faithful vessels of honor to strengthen the church and not to weaken it. If the best person that Vanderbilt Divinity School officials could find to fill a position is an immoral person who trumpets an immoral lifestyle and tries to turn evil into good, then corruption has taken root and that school is no longer qualified to teach the Scriptures. A real Divinity School should know that the beginning of knowledge is a respect for God and that does not mean the god of pleasure. And the true Christian lifestyle is a narrow way not a broad way.

The good news is that Vanderbilt Divinity School can choose to stop ignoring the Scriptures and turn back to the godly teachings that earned it great recognition and respect in the past. And this dean and professor can repent of the sin that is preventing them from living a Christian lifestyle, be forgiven, become truly enlightened and go about our Father’s business sowing pure wheat instead of wheat mixed with tares (Matthew 13:24-43).

One last thing, Christians should not be surprised by this: A falling away from the faith (2 Thessalonians 2:5), taking pleasure in unrighteousness or choosing unrighteousness over righteousness (2 Thessalonians 2:12), without natural affection (2 Timothy 3:3), loving pleasures more than loving God (2 Timothy 3:4), a form of godliness (2 Timothy 3:5), and being lukewarm and spiritually blind are signs of the approaching Rapture (Revelation 3:16-17).

FYI: God Has Spoken (And We Know It) by Daymond Duck is available (linked at raptureready.com to my publisher). Books and a Kindle version are available at amazon.com. A Nook version is available at bn.com. Check out what it says about Syria, Russia, Iran, Egypt, natural disasters, the Two-State Solution, etc. Please post a comment.

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Daymond & Rachel Duck

“Agenda 21” refers to, “The Global Agenda for the 21st Century.” It began in 1992 at a U.N. conference called, The Earth Summit. It is basically a diabolical plan to establish world government. It has never been approved by Congress, but Presidents Bush (senior), Clinton and Obama have pushed it.

On July 19, 2010, President Obama signed Executive Order 13547. This executive order commits millions of dollars and twenty-five agencies in the U.S. to bring America into compliance with Agenda 21 (world government). Among other things, Agenda 21 covers the use of America’s land and water (including private property), our recreation, human and business activity on that land and water, how and where we live, work and so on. It amounts to unrestrained control by zealous, unelected officials over every U.S. citizen and every square inch of our once free nation.

America got a little taste of bitter things to come during the recent government shutdown when the Obama Administration blocked the entrance to public parks, monuments and private properties. Tourists were not allowed to pull off the road in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park to view the haze covered mountains or the beautiful colors of the many changing trees. Tourists were not allowed to set foot on Ellis Island to tour the Statue of Liberty, a symbol of freedom, given to the citizens of the U.S. by the people of France. Tourists were not allowed to walk on the trails, photograph the animals or use a park restroom in Yellowstone National Park and some were actually locked inside their hotel. For a while, heroic WWII veterans were even confronted with barriers when they attempted to visit memorial sites to honor the dead at Washington’s National Mall.

In national parks all across the U.S., roads were blocked, privately owned businesses were forced to shutdown for lack of customers and some people were prevented from setting foot on their own property. Our president and his team of disrespectful lawyers who orchestrated this outrageous dirty-trick campaign against innocent Americans are the same ones who have been targeting people with the IRS, trying to grab our guns, looking into ways to confiscate some of our bank accounts and retirement funds, and asking us to trust them with our healthcare.

Sadly, many have come to believe that our president is a shameless chronic liar, he is betraying the American people and it is getting worse by the day. Some say the consequences of what he is doing are catastrophic for our nation. It seems to me that the Democratic Party is to blame because they didn’t vet him, most of our record-setting low-rated docile Congress are a national disgrace because they are letting him get away with it, and we the people are bringing it on ourselves because we keep re-electing these irresponsible officials who are supposed to be representing us instead of themselves and the entrenched world government loving Washington establishment.

Brace yourself because a perfect storm is developing and it is about to come ashore with fury. President Obama has been secretly negotiating a treaty called the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Some reports say he plans to seek fast-track authority that will allow him to sign this treaty before the end of 2013 without Congress even reading it. Some say leaked portions of the treaty reveal that it will set aside the Constitution of the U.S., destroy America’s legal system, require Congress to change many of our laws, abolish many of our individual rights and freedoms, and turn one-fourth of America’s land area over to the UN. If that happens, our public parks, monuments, some private properties within or near them, some of our roads and restrooms may be permanently closed and blocked.

I don’t know what Congress will do about President Obama’s request for fast-track authority. But I don’t have any trouble believing there are enough naive people and enough traitors in those bodies to vote on fast-tracking the treaty without even reading it. I probably shouldn’t speculate, but it has even occurred to me that U.S. citizens could be required to pay high prices to the UN to visit the parks we established and once owned. And I am wondering if those parks and monuments will be patrolled by Park Rangers from the U.S. or troops from the UN. Thus, the loss of America’s sovereignty; the destruction of America’s legal system; the blocking of America’s parks, monuments and some private properties; and the blocking of some of America’s roads may be fast-tracked, signed, sealed and set in motion before the end of this year. That will be fundamental change we can believe in. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

FYI: God Has Spoken (And We Know It) by Daymond Duck is available, (linked at raptureready.com to my publisher). Books and a Kindle version are available at amazon.com. A Nook version is available at bn.com. Check out what it says about Syria, Russia, Iran, Egypt, natural disasters, the Two-State Solution, etc. Please post a comment.

Prophecy Plus Ministries
Daymond & Rachel Duck