What exactly is Sand of Christ?

“Sand of Christ is a keepsake that has been blessed and made holy by an ordained minister. It is a vial of sand that has been filtered, cleaned and purified, then anointed and blessed through a long and expensive process. The vial is secured in a waterproof metal capsule that has been highly polished by hand. Each one has the cross laser engraved.”

Festville: The expensive part is on the customer. It’s rather inexpensive to dump sand into a vial.

But isn’t this just regular sand?
This is regular sand, just as your place of worship is made of regular bricks, and your bible is made of regular paper…And, just like the feeling you get when you go to worship, carrying Sand of Christ with you will extend that feeling of faith and closeness.

How do I know Sand of Christ is really blessed?
Every Sand of Christ order includes a copy of the original certificate of blessing signed by the minister who performed the blessing.

What you get:
- Blessed Sand of Christ vial
- Waterproof polished metal capsule
- Jewelry loop and keychain ring
- Velvet storage pouch
- FREE gift, “Footsteps in the sand” bookmark and lapel pin

Festville: Of course “Footsteps [sic] in the sand” is included! Why not! Footsteps or Footprints? I guess you call it Footsteps so you don’t pay royalty to the original Footprints poet.

Only $29.99 plus $4.99 S&H.

http://www.sandofchrist.com/

A speeding pickup rear-ended a woman’s sedan in San Antonio on Friday, November 29, 2008 and sheriff’s officials say the driver said it was Jesus’ will because the other motorist was not “driving like a Christian.”

“He just said God said she wasn’t driving right, and she needed to be taken off the road,” said Lt. Kyle Coleman of the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office.

The driver of the pickup was identified in a Sheriff’s Office news release as Michael E. Schwab, 52, of Blooming Grove.

Schwab told first responders at the scene that “the other vehicle was not driving like a Christian and it was Jesus’ will for him to punish the car,” according to the release.

The 35-year-old woman was driving her sedan north when the pickup struck her vehicle. Schwab told deputies he was driving faster than 100 mph at the time, Coleman said.

The impact caused both vehicles to spin across a median before they came to a stop along a barrier in the southbound lanes. No other vehicles were involved.Though both vehicles were badly damaged, the drivers suffered minor injuries.

“God must have been with them, ’cause any other time, the severity of this crash, it would have been a fatal,” Coleman said.

The woman was taken to a hospital as a precaution. Schwab was later charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, motor vehicle. His bond was set at $50,000, according to the news release.

The pickup driver did not specify for authorities how the woman was driving poorly. Investigators determined the female driver “had done nothing wrong,” according to the release.

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Ezekiel Tamba Leno has started the Universal Movers and Shakers Facebook Group for Back to God Ministries or just called UMAS-BTG.

This group is designed solely for the display of dreams, visions, revelations and prophecies. UMAS is primarily focused on bringing people, states, countries, and nations back to God through revelations, dreams, signs, wonders, healing and miracles, as well as supernatural and divine interventions. Our focus is to interpret and translate in human language what God reveals to a person through dreams, visions, parables, and riddles.

He also writes:

He has told me since March 2008 who He chose to lead the United States as president for the next years to come. I have seen in my dreams things that happened in the United States since 1932 and things that will happen up to 2067.

Here’s one of the best parts:
“God has decreed a weather related natural disaster for the state of Alabama that will not be reversed unless restitution is made! The disaster is God’s responds to the policies of the state of Alabama that went contrary to the oath the founding fathers of the United States made to God. Only the governor can reverse the decreed by meeting God’s demand that a restitution be made to the victims of the policy. The policy in question will be disclosed only to the governor with details explanation of how to handle the restitution and other requirement.”

Georgia and California are on the list for natural disasters or else list.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=33411702092

Photo: Vince Pierri/Daily Herald

Steve Kreuscher is no more.

A Lake County judge granted permission to the Zion man Friday to officially change his name to “In God We Trust.” That’s “In God” as a first name and “We Trust” as a last name.

“I feel fantastic,” We Trust said. “I’ve been praying for this.”

The 57-year-old school bus driver and amateur artist says his new name fully expresses who he is as a person.

“God has brought me through some very hard times,” he said. “I feel this is a way to honor God and immortalize that phrase.”

“I feel great. It’s just like, yes!” We Trust said.

The process to change his name took roughly three months. Throughout the course We Trust said he was looking for a sign from God that would let him know it was a good idea. He got it one day while adding up the expenses for the name change, which came out to roughly $600.

“I didn’t want to use my own money because things are tight,” said the father of four. “Three weeks later, I got my (tax) rebate check for $600.”

We Trust will have to change his driver’s license, bank account and Social Security card to reflect his new name. That’s going to cost him some money.

He’s already had to pay $246 for the legal petition, and about $150 for legal notices in the newspaper.

He figures the total cost will be about $600.

And wouldn’t you know it? He just received his government stimulus check in the amount of $600.

“It didn’t surprise me,” We Trust said. “God is with me.”

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Kendall Guy, an Oakland pastor (left), and Rocky Twyman pray for lower gas prices after filling Guy’s car. Chronicle photo by Paul Chinn

Rocky Twyman - a community organizer, church choir director and public relations consultant from the Washington, D.C., suburbs - staged a pray-in at a San Francisco Chevron station on Friday, asking God for cheaper gas. He did the same thing in the nation’s Capitol on Wednesday, with volunteers from a soup kitchen joining in.

“Our leaders don’t seem to be able to do anything about it. The prices keep soaring and soaring.”

To solve the problem, Twyman isn’t begging the Lord for any specific act of intervention. He is not asking God to make OPEC pump more oil. Nor is he praying for all the speculative investors to be purged from the New York Mercantile Exchange, where crude oil is traded.

Instead, he says anyone who wants to follow his example should keep it simple.

“God, deliver us from these high gas prices,” Twyman said. “That’s all they have to say.”

Twyman, 59, has a history of taking on interesting causes, some whimsical, some deadly serious. Three years ago, he led a petition drive to have Oprah Winfrey nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. It didn’t work, obviously, but he says he had a great time with it.

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Photo via Milford Cubicle

Why does #3 have to USA? Why can’t it be Canada or Israel or Work?

The greater question is: What is Newswatch Magazine? And why would someone ever order a magazine after seeing a 800 number on the back of a 18 wheeler?

It is a magazine put out by David J Smith and the Church of God Evangelistic Association. The association is really the name of his church. The church is located in Waxahachie, TX.

What’s even better is that “Newswatch Magazine” is written across the pulpit. I also enjoy the bookcases behind the stage. Very nice. Instead of using lights from the ceiling to give Mr. Smith proper lighting for filming, they just went with lights on tripods as if it’s a photo shoot. And really it would be a nice Olan Mills backdrop. The bookcases with the ships on top.

If you check out other parts of their website, you’ll find photos of alleged POW camps in America (hinting at a war in America), some Russian trucks that showed up in America, and the best yet…possible UN vehicles!

They write: “These images were just sent to us showing many solid white vehicles that the words “UN” could easily be painted on the sides of them. This was taken in Bastrop, Texas.”

http://www.newswatchmagazine.org

Danny Davis Ministries is offering “No Evil Oil” which you’d using to anoint people with. It’s not your typical oil used, it’s blood red anointing oil.

It should be noted that Danny Davis has an extremely sweet mullet.

Some have asked, “Why would Danny invest thousands doing this?” Folks, hopefully by now you have the understanding that we want to see you and your loved ones abundantly blessed in every area of life!

Important Info:
- “Folks, this oil was prayed over for 17 days” (Comment: I wonder what the signfigance of 17 days was. And did they just make one huge batch of oil? Or do they pray for 17 days over each new batch?)
- Free - no cost to you but you are asked to give a donation.
- “This includes detailed instructions on how to use the oil and which areas of your life you should use the oil for breakthroughs!”

If you’re having trouble with your finances, then use the oil on your bills!

Do you need angels surrounding your home when you sleep?

In the mailout include explanations of who all participate in witchcraft (disobedient spouses) and how you should go ahead and anoint your car because “someone dies in an auto accident every 5 minutes.”

This is unrelated to the Blood Red Anointing Oil, but there are some sweet photos on his website. Here’s a photo of Tina and Bobby. They divorced b/c of his crack addiction but are back together. What’s nice about this photo is how they staged their unhappiness in the small photo but then they got all happy in the second. Classic!

For a love offering of $25.00 or more, they’ll send you your very own Jesus watch. “A note worthy feature on the watch is - instead of listing numbers, the names of the 12 Disciples are listed in their place! Truly a unique conversation piece.”

It is also worth noting that on his website, you can find out who the Antichrist is. Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is named. They counted up the letters in his name and came up with 18. And 6+6+6=18. Yes, it’s all there to be read on the link just above.

No Evil Oil webpage

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Alex Legion is freshman on the University of Kentucky basketball team. His mother, Annette Legion, is a prophetess and evangelist. Divine intervention brought him to UK from Michigan, a college he had not been considering. “I had no clue Kentucky was a basketball school. No clue,” Annette Legion said. “But God knew.”

When asked about God’s interest in her son, she quietly, almost as an aside, made a startling claim. “Me being a prophet, he has truly ordered my son’s steps,” she said matter-of-factly.

About six years ago, she was ordained by Bishop Milton L. Jackson at the New Beginnings church in the suburban Detroit town of Inkster, Mich.

When her son was considering UK, Legion learned that Bishop Jackson had moved to Lexington to lead the Church of God in Jesus’ Name, which is affiliated with Apostolic Fire International Inc. After Jackson’s death, his wife, Ann, became the pastor.

Legion, 50, saw this as a sign from God. She allowed her son to sign with UK, quit her job as a basketball coach and security officer at a Detroit area private school and moved to Lexington in August. She lives with Pastor Ann Jackson and works as an evangelist for the church on Georgetown Street, where she passes out fliers and works to increase the membership.

The church draws about 25 regular parishioners, but Legion envisions long lines of people at the door.

Legion wears the Oak Hill Academy national championship ring awarded to her son.

She can sound like a Jedi master from the Star Wars movies, her smooth and confident tone drawing the unsure into alignment with her will. A former professional basketball player in Belgium, her stature — 6 feet, 200 pounds — accentuates her air of authority.

“I thought I was bold,” Jackson said with a chuckle, “and I am bold.”

The Church of God in Jesus’ Name held a Miracle Revival in late August. Legion served several complementary roles, ushering attendees to their pews and assisting the guest speaker from Northridge, Calif., prophet Dion Mason, who preached a message of brotherhood. Mason noted the “demonic stronghold” on Lexington, which he said worships the false idols of horse racing, basketball, football and alcohol.

With Alex Legion playing basketball for UK, this might cause a theological conflict of interest.

“We’re praying he doesn’t get detoured by fame and fortune,” Pastor Jackson said.

“The Lord has shown me: They’re going to the Final Four,” she said, before adding a qualifier, “providing they play together.”

Was this a prophecy? A prediction? Merely wishful thinking?

“I have spoken these things into existence,” she said. “It’s not by accident that my son is here and now the Final Four is in Michigan.”

Complete article from Lexington Herald-Leader.

This is a short video piece shot during services at a snake handling church in West Virginia. The music is a rocking hybrid of blues infused gospel.