Tim sent this message to local pastors on January 6, 2014:

Our Lord has charged us with the divine power to demolish strongholds (2 Corinthians 10:4).  But all too often it seems that Christians in our community are reinforcing demonic strongholds instead of seeking to tear them down.

“A stronghold is a mind set impregnated with hopelessness that causes the believer to accept as unchangeable something that he/she knows is contrary to the will of God.”

Do we believe that it is God’s will for babies to be aborted in Bakersfield?  Do we believe that God wills that those who attend our churches participate in abortions?   Do we believe that God wants His people to speak up for the innocent children who cannot speak for themselves?  Do we believe that we honor God by enabling members of our congregation to “sin that grace may abound”?  Do we accept as “unchangeable” the continuation of the carnage of abortion (nationally, locally, and in our own congregations)?
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