August 2010
Volume 5 #8
Wading River Baptist Church
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Antichrist and His Kingdom
Part 2: The Rise of His Kingdom: Babylon the Great
In the first article in this series, we ex-
plored what the Bible says about Anti-
christ’s identity. This world dictator, who
will dominate the cataclysmic time of
judgment Scripture refers to as the “Tribu-
lation,” will possess unprecedented power
given to him directly by Satan himself.
With this power, he will subjugate all other
world leaders, and will oppose Israel, the
Jewish people, and above all, the Lord Je-
sus Christ, earth’s coming King of kings
and Lord of lords.
As Christians, we need to be clear that
his identity will not be known until the
church is removed from the earth in what
we refer to as the Rapture. What the Apos-
tle Paul calls “the mystery of lawlessness” is
already at work, and has been throughout
this age of God’s grace, or church age (2
Thess 2:7). However, the “man of lawless-
ness”—Antichrist himself—will not be re-
vealed until after the church is removed.
Here is the way the Apostle puts it: “. . .
only he who now restrains will do so until
he is taken out of the way. Then that law-
less one will be revealed whom the Lord
will slay with the breath of His mouth and
bring to an end by the appearance of His
coming; that is, the one whose coming is in
accord with the activity of Satan, with all
power and signs and false wonders, and
with all the deception of wickedness for
those who perish, because they did not
receive the love of the truth so as to be
saved” (vv. 7b-10).
This passage gives us a very brief
chronology of the Tribulation. It tells us
that the power which is restraining the full
manifestation of evil in the world must be
removed before Antichrist is revealed.
That power can be none other than the
Holy Spirit, and He cannot be removed
from the earth without the removal of
those whom He indwells, namely the
members of the body of Christ, all of those
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believers who make up the church. Once
the church is caught up to be with the Lord
(1 Thess 4:13-18; 1 Cor 15:51-52), Anti-
christ’s identity is revealed, he consolidates
his power through his use of deception and
false miracles, and begins his reign of ter-
ror—a reign which will be brought to an
end when the Lord Jesus himself destroys
him at His return to inaugurate His Messi-
anic kingdom.
From where does Antichrist come? To
answer this, we must return to Revelation
12:3 and 13:1. When he emerges out of the
sea, the beast (Antichrist) is portrayed as
having seven heads and ten horns, just as
the dragon had. On each of the horns there
is a royal crown and on each of the heads
there are slanderous names. In order to
probe this imagery more fully, we must
also refer to Revelation 17, and the infa-
mous vision of Babylon, the Great Harlot.
“Then one of the seven angels who
had the seven bowls came and spoke with
me, saying, ‘Come here, I will show you
the judgment of the great harlot who sits
on many waters, with whom the kings of
the earth committed acts of immorality,
and those who dwell on the earth were
made drunk with the wine of her immoral-
ity.’ And he carried me away in the Spirit
into a wilderness; and I saw a woman
sitting on a scarlet beast, full of blasphe-
mous names, having seven heads and ten
horns. The woman was clothed in purple
and scarlet, and adorned with gold and
precious stones and pearls, having in her
hand a gold cup full of abominations and
of the unclean things of her immorality,
and upon her forehead a name was writ-
ten, a mystery, ‘BABYLON THE GREAT,
THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF
THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.’
“And I saw the woman drunk with the
blood of the saints, and with the blood of
the witnesses of Jesus. When I saw her, I
wondered greatly. And the angel said to
me, ‘Why do you wonder? I will tell you
the mystery of the woman and of the beast
that carries her, which has the seven heads
and the ten horns. The beast that you saw
was, and is not, and is about to come up
out of the abyss and go to destruction.
And those who dwell on the earth, whose
name has not been written in the book of
life from the foundation of the world, will
wonder when they see the beast, that he
was and is not and will come’” (Rev 17:1-
8).
Throughout the centuries, there has
been a great deal of confused thinking
about this passage, confusion that results
from an allegorical interpretation. Preci-
sion and accuracy, however, demand a
literal-historical-grammatical approach to
the text. Thus, it is critical to note that this
revelation concerns Babylon. There is no
reason to interpret this name as being any-
thing other than literal Babylon, rebuilt on
the plains of Shinar in modern-day Iraq,
and which Scripture indicates will be the
capital city of Antichrist’s kingdom (Jer 50-
51; Zech 5:5-11; Rev 18). This harlot is sit-
ting on “many waters,” which the angel
informs John symbolize “peoples and mul-
titudes and nations and tongues” (v. 15).
Babylon is represented as a great harlot
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U. S. helicopters fly over the walls of
modern Babylon, built by
Saddam Hussein.
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with whom the kings of the earth commit
prostitution (see 18:3, 9), again a figurative
way of indicating that there will be political
and economic collusion between the na-
tions comprising the new world order of
Antichrist’s kingdom.
Modern Babylon, with Saddam Hussein’s
palace prominently visible.
That economic collusion is described
in greater detail in chapter 18. Once Baby-
lon is destroyed, “the merchants of the
earth weep and mourn over her, because
no one buys their cargoes any more—
cargoes of gold and silver and precious
stones and pearls and fine linen and purple
and silk and scarlet, and every kind of cit-
ron wood and every article of ivory and
every article made from very costly wood
and bronze and iron and marble, and cin-
namon and spice and incense and perfume
and frankincense and wine and olive oil
and fine flour and wheat and cattle and
sheep, and cargoes of horses and chariots
and slaves and human lives” (Rev 18:11-
13). It is clear, therefore, that Antichrist
surrounds himself with the world’s wealth
in a city of sumptuous splendor drawn
from the wealth of the nations of the world,
Missionaries of the Month – Peter and Bette Verkaik
The Fulani people of West Africa are one of
the largest nomadic groups in the world.
The Fulani are predominantly Muslim and
suffer persecution when they come to
Christ. For Peter and Bette Verkaik, these
are the people that they mission to and
with great success. They have two Disciple-
ship Training Centers and a Word of Life
Bible Club ministry with 50 churches run-
ning the Bible Club program. Praise God!
On May 23,
2010, Peter Verkaik,
Bob DeVoe, and
three Nigerian pas-
tors were ordained
by the Evangelical
Churches of West
Africa (ECWA) as
ministers. The ser-
vice was a really big
celebration and the
church was packed (with tents outside for
and reflecting the majesty of Nebuchad-
nezzar at the pinnacle of his power in the
ancient Babylonian Empire.
Thus, it is incorrect to view this
“mother of harlots” as the Roman Catholic
Church or the papacy, as many Protestants
have done since the time of the Reforma-
tion. Furthermore, it is also inaccurate to
understand Babylon the Great as “Anti-
christ’s religious system” as many evan-
gelicals, and even many dispensationalists,
have interpreted it. Babylon is Antichrist’s
jewel and the base of his worldwide he-
gemony, a city enriched through shrewd
political, military, and economic manipula-
tion. In this sense, the nations of the world
are drunk with the wine of her harlotry.
There is, of course, a thoroughly ugly
side of Antichrist’s kingdom, for in John’s
vision of the Great Harlot, she is seated on
a scarlet beast (representing Antichrist
himself) “full of blasphemous names” (v.
3). Thus, Antichrist’s kingdom will be dis-
tinguished by utter impiety, the most se-
vere hatred and defiance of God and His
people. There will be no tolerance of the
God of the Bible, of the Lord Jesus Christ,
or of those who love and worship Him.
That is why the harlot is drunk with the
blood of the saints and witnesses of Jesus.
Clearly, Antichrist, from his capital in Iraq,
directs a worldwide persecution involving
the martyrdom of those saints who publicly
declare their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ
(v. 6; 13:7). As the angel informed Daniel,
“he will speak out against the Most High
and wear down the saints of the Highest
One” (Dan 7:25).
the overflow).
They had an
open house af-
terwards with
60-70 people
trickling in all
day as they
served them
cake and a staff and workers in prayer as well as those
drink. Praise God!
Earlier in June, the Drama team,
headed up by Bob DeVoe, had a great tour
near Abuja. It included 12 performances
with over 5,000 total in attendance; 852
salvation decisions and 825 re-dedication
decisions. Praise God!
We need to keep the Verkaiks in
prayer for there is always a threat of vio-
lence as there was in Jos last month when a
few people were killed in a village outside
of Jos. Although it has been peaceful there
Finally, Antichrist is described as “the
beast that you saw [and] was, and is not,
and is about to come up out of the abyss
and go to destruction. . . . [H]e was and is
not and will come” (v. 8). To understand
this, we must return to chapter 13, where
we learn that Antichrist will suffer a fatal
wound at some point toward the middle of
the Tribulation period (13:3, 12). Although
he is killed, through the power of Satan and
the instrumentality of the miracle-working
False Witness (Antichrist’s religious ad-
viser), he experiences a resurrection which
impresses the entire world (v. 8). Thus, he
was (he lived and ruled), he is not (he is
killed), and will come (will be resurrected).
However, when he is resurrected, he
comes out of the abyss. The abyss in the
New Testament is the place of eternal tor-
ment, and a place where the most wicked
of angels, those who sinned at the time of
Noah (Gen 6), have been reserved for judg-
ment (2 Pet 2:4; Jd 6; Rev 9:1-11; cf. Lk
8:31). This detail indicates, therefore, that
when Antichrist is resurrected, he will be
indwelt with one or more of the vilest de-
mons ever to oppose God, who will
engineer his unparalleled reign of terror
throughout the Great Tribulation, the final
three and one-half years of judgment.
But we still haven’t answered one criti-
cal question: from where does Antichrist
actually come? And what about those mys-
terious seven heads and ten horns (13:1
and 17:3)? We will answer this question in
the next article in this series.
⎯ Pastor Ron Glass
in the last few weeks, we need to keep them
in prayer.
Malaria is also another concern for
prayer. It is a praise that Bette has been
malaria-free for over 8 months; however,
Peter has suffered with it twice over that
time. Pray for good health for both.
It is important, too, that we keep their
that have come to know the Lord through
their efforts to share the gospel. Keep
praying for them as they print out the New
Bible Club materials and the Quiet Time
Diaries and as they “Nigerianize” them to
make it easier for the Club leaders this fall.
Please continue to pray that all their
financial needs will be met, especially for
the finances to purchase the truck for
“Born Again to a Living Hope.”
⎯ Joan Tyska
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 Getting Acquainted with Sylvena Ingoglia
In 1927, Calvin
Coolidge was
president and
a loaf of bread
could be
bought for
nine cents.
Charles Lind-
bergh flew the
first nonstop
flight from NY
to Paris in that
year and NBC
went on the air as the first ever radio net-
work. Most interestingly, the first conven-
tion of the Italian Pentecostal Movement
was called in 1927 where the group adopted
articles of faith, which helped unify the
movement into a cohesive whole. Eventu-
ally the name changed and became the
Christian Church of North America.
Also in 1927, a layman from the Chris-
tian Church of North America came to the
home of Frank and Maria Brigandi, farm-
ers living in Mullica Hill, NJ. He witnessed
to them and gave them a Bible that brought
them to the Lord. Not only was this a spe-
cial year for the family in obtaining their
salvation and a new direction in life, it was
the year a daughter was born to them
named Sylvena, born on November 23.
Bible studies began once a week in the
Brigandi’s home. As Sylvena grew so did
the Bible studies, increasing to five fami-
lies. By 1933, the group had grown large
enough to have church services on Satur-
day nights. By the time there were 45
members, Sylvena’s father became a minis-
ter and they continued to meet in their
home over a period of 19 years. He led the
Bible study during the week and the Mon-
day night prayer meet-
ing for about six years
while Rev. Frank For-
tonato preached on
Saturday night.
Services were held on Saturday night
for two reasons. First, Rev. Frank Forto-
nato preached on Sunday at his church.
Second, because the congregation was
mostly farmers, the farmers’ Saturday
agenda was less busy due to the market
being closed on Sundays.
Even though church services were held
in the home for these 19 years, this col-
lected community of farmers put on their
Sunday best as they entered in to the
Brigandi’s home that had been trans-
formed into a house of worship. They even
had a coffee hour after the service supplied
by Sylvena’s mother. To this day, Sylvena
continues in the tradition of putting on
your Sunday best as she puts on her Sun-
day best each Lord’s Day to attend the
WRBC⎯always in her best, always looking
like the classy lady that she is.
By 1946, Sylvena’s father and mother
donated two acres of land as they began
planning to build a church. Donations
came in from eight of the farming families
attending the services in the Brigandi’s
home. By 1947, the church was completed
and it was dedicated in February 1947. The
dedication ceremony was well attended
with visitors from NY, DC, MD, OH and
PA.
Back then, most of the ser-
vice was held in Italian. A
youth group was formed and
met on Friday evenings with a
young man from Camden, NJ
volunteering to help with the youth. A spe-
cial memory of Sylvena’s is going Christ-
mas caroling (by car) on Christmas Eve in
3-4 feet of snow. Sometimes it was 4 or 5
miles between farm houses but was so
worth it when they gathered afterwards in
a home for “goodies” made by the ladies of
the church⎯a very special “Currier & Ives”
moment.
It is clear that Sylvena and her siblings
(Carmen, Conjetta, Rose, and Jennie) were
very close to the Lord throughout their
childhood. Even though Sylvena only
completed 10th grade, the education she
received at home was priceless and far su-
perior to any she could have received oth-
erwise. She not only was nurtured spiritu-
ally but was taught a skill that allowed her
to be employed professionally as a seam-
stress.
In 1946, while Sylvena and her father
were visiting in Brooklyn, NY at a pastor’s
home and his church, Sylvena met a young
man, the pastor’s nephew, Vince Ingoglia.
For the next two years, Vince came by train
and bus to NJ to see Sylvena almost every
two weeks. By October of 1947, they were
engaged and by April 24, 1948, Vince and
Sylvena were the first ones to be married in
the new church.
God blessed them with three children:
Mark Douglas, Cynthia Ann, and Debra
Marie.
In 1954, Sylvena’s father and mother
made the rounds one Monday morning
visiting all the families from the church.
That evening after the prayer meeting at
the church, her father closed the prayer
meeting with prayer and told everyone that
Jesus was coming. It was that night at the
young age of 60 that her father went home
to be with the Lord.
Because of
Sylvena’s sewing
skills, she was able
to work as a seam-
stress for 36 years.
Her first job was in
Plainview sewing
beachwear where she worked for 10 years.
She then worked at E.LS Mfg in Bayshore
for 20 years. Her last employment doing
alterations at Dance Trends lasted 6 years.
With so much experience, she worked into
a supervisory position.
Vince and Sylvena moved to Calverton
18 years ago and found the WRBC one
Easter Sunday and started attending 16
years ago. Now Sylvena, a widow, is faith-
ful to church and likes fellowshipping with
the seniors at the Senior Saints’ luncheons.
She has even volunteered one of her special
homemade soups for the luncheon. Years
back she served in the nursery for a couple
of years.
She still loves to sew and is quite good
at alterations. She also loves getting out-
side in her garden; both her beautiful
flower garden and her vegetable garden.
She is a collector of dolls and has her home
decorated with them. Being a farm girl at
heart, she took to collecting pig ornaments
and mementoes.
Without hesitation, Sylvena could be
described as a fine lady, very eloquent, a
little bit reserved. As the daughter of a
pastor, marrying a nephew of a pastor who
became a pastor himself, she has been
nourished by the Word in all facets of her
life. She knows and loves the Lord as her
favorite Bible verse reflects: for the wages
of sin is death, but the free gift of God is
eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord (Rom
6:23).
⎯ Joan Tyska
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 News for the Discerning Believer
“Teach me good discernment and knowledge, for I believe in Your commandments” (Psalm 119:66)
Society
“Moral earthquakes, like earth-
quakes of the geophysical variety,
most often occur suddenly and with-
out warning” says Dr. Albert Mohler in a
recent blog post entitled When Feminism
Kills – Abortion As ‘The Lesser Evil’. “At
one moment, the moral argument is
framed in conventional and familiar ways.
Just an instant later, all is changed.”
Mohler leads us through an article ap-
pearing in the 7/30/10 edition of The
Times (out of London) in which “writer
Antonia Senior acknowledges that an un-
born child at any stage is a human life. But
she then proceeds to assert that feminism
is more important than life, and that, when
necessary, women must be willing to kill
for the feminist cause even as they are will-
ing to die for it.”
Senior claims that after having experi-
enced her pregnancy with her daughter,
she now fully believes that life begins at
conception. But she also believes, as Moh-
ler summarizes, that “when it comes down
to the right of the fetus to live versus the
right of the mother to abort, the abortion
right wins.” He adds, “That statement, pub-
lished for all the world to see, perfectly
distills the inescapable logic of the abortion
rights argument. It is based on a willing-
ness to kill — and on the horrifying audac-
ity to call this killing ‘the lesser evil.’”
(AlbertMohler.com 7/1/10)
Augusta State University has ordered
a counseling student to undergo re-
education to alter her biblically
based beliefs on homosexuality. A
lawsuit has been filed against the univer-
sity by Alliance Defense Fund on behalf of
Jennifer Keeton, 24. Keeton, who is in the
midst of earning her graduate degree, says
she has “never denigrated anyone in com-
municating her beliefs but merely stated
factually what they were in appropriate
contexts.” When her professors learned of
her views, they mandated that she “attend
‘diversity sensitivity training,’ complete
additional remedial reading, and write pa-
pers to describe their impact on her beliefs.
If she does not change her beliefs or agree
to the plan, the university says it will expel
her from the Counselor Education Pro-
gram.” (LifeSiteNews.com 7/22/10)
Government
The Obama Administration will soon
need to decide which group to pan-
der to: homosexuals or Muslims. An
editorial in The Washington Times quotes
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton saying
“Human rights are gay rights, and gay
rights are human rights once and for all.”
Clinton has pushed the homosexual agenda
in the State Department, resulting in the
Department’s push for foreign govern-
ments to recognize homosexual unions
abroad. But as the article points out, “the
main pushback is coming from the Muslim
world, where ‘alternative lifestyle’ is just
another way of saying blasphemy.” Muslim
countries following Sharia law often punish
homosexual and effeminate activity with
flogging or death.
“Given the Obama administration's
fawning outreach to Muslim majority
states, this drive for homosexual equality
seems something of a disconnect. The De-
mocratic conundrum illustrates an aspect
of the clash of civilizations Mr. Obama is
willfully ignoring. Appeals to liberal West-
ern notions of human rights fall on deaf
ears with Muslims” reads the editorial. It
closes with the obvious: “In the Muslim
view, the only legitimate rights are those
bestowed by Allah, and Mohammed was
not known for his ‘gay-friendly’ attitude.
This is one fight in which the State De-
partment eventually will make a very dip-
lomatic retreat.” (The Washington Times
7/15/10)
“For the second year in a row civil
libertarians have accused the Dear-
born Police Department of violating
the First Amendment by arresting
Christian missionaries talking and
handing out literature to predominately
Muslim attendees of the Dearborn Interna-
tional Arab Festival” reports Ed Brayton of
The Michigan Messenger. “Prior to the
event, one Christian ministry filed a federal
lawsuit challenging rules that forbid the
handing out of literature outside of a des-
ignated area near the entrance of the festi-
val after they had encountered problems
with the police in 2009. The district court
rejected a request for a preliminary injunc-
tion against those rules, but the 6th Circuit
Court of Appeals reversed and granted a
Temporary Restraining Order (TRO)
against the enforcement of those rules.”
Acts 17 Apologetics, another ministry,
stood outside of the Michigan festival
peacefully witnessing to people. All four
members were arrested; two were handing
out literature and speaking with people and
two were videotaping. Videos of the en-
counter can be seen on YouTube. Despite
their arrests, the missionaries returned two
days later, again with video cameras, and
were told they could not hand out their
literature within five blocks of the festival.
This video is also posted on YouTube.
Brayton reports that the missionaries
are being represented by the Thomas More
Law Center, but even the ACLU has
jumped on board saying that “based solely
on the videotape, it appears that the man
encouraging others to convert to Christian-
ity was engaged in speech protected by the
First Amendment. The videotape suggests
that the man who was arrested was not
harassing the people with whom he was
speaking, nor was he inciting a riot; rather,
he was engaged in the type of free exchange
of ideas about religion that is valued in a
free society. The man’s message may not
have been popular at this particular festi-
val, but the Constitution protects unpopu-
lar speech as well as popular speech.” (The
Michigan Messenger 7/22/10)
Religion
A fragment of a tablet from a royal
archives dating from the 14th century
B.C. has been uncovered outside of Jeru-
salem’s Old City walls. It was found be-
neath a 10th century B.C. tower built during
the reign of King Solomon. The language
on the tablet appears to be ancient Ak-
kadian and was likely written by a scribe
who prepared tablets for the royal house-
hold. The fragment stands as proof that
Jerusalem was a major center during that
time period. (ScienceDaily 7/12/10)
Shamed pastor and former NAE
president Ted Haggard is back in the
pulpit. Haggard was forced to resign as
president of the National Association of
Evangelicals (NAE) four years ago amidst a
scandal involving an adulterous homosex-
ual liaison and illegal drug use. In a con-
fessional letter to fellow pastors he referred
to his desires as “repulsive and dark” and
called himself “a deceiver and a liar.” He
also signed a contract promising to leave
the ministry.
These days, Haggard claims he “over-
repented.”
Stephanie Simon of The Wall Street
Journal reports that Haggard has been
holding worship services in his backyard
barn. "‘Tiger Woods needs to golf. Michael
Vick needs to be playing football,’ Mr.
Haggard said as his new congregation
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joined him and Gayle in their backyard for
a post-worship picnic. Little kids, shriek-
ing with joy, splashed in the pool. Men
grilled burgers. Women set out chicken
salad.”
"‘Ted Haggard,’ Mr. Haggard said,
‘needs to be leading a church.’"
According to Simon, Haggard main-
tains that while he acknowledges “grave
lapses of judgment” in the episode he re-
fers to as "my crisis" he also claims “that in
Roads to Hell Come Out of Big Government
Virtue can be judged by how people treat
words. People of honor hold fast to mean-
ings of words even when they miscalculate
what is required under them or when it
harms their cause. Dishonorable people
tend to hold rigid or fluid meanings to suit
their interests. In other words, when an-
other person does not hold up their end of
a bargain with him, he will adamantly de-
mand justice with a strict construction of
the agreement. However, when he is defi-
cient in his end of a bargain or wants some-
thing that goes against an agreement, he
will try to change the meanings of the
words. Those who successfully “revise”
things in this manner prove themselves to
be thieves because this cheats people out of
what was theirs. I will expand this fact in
order to show that arrogant centralized
authority serves as a confusion mechanism
which leads people away from God.
The nation of Israel was established as
a theocracy when one man, Abraham, be-
lieved God, and the theocracy (rule by God)
was passed on to his descendants through
inheritance. This seems more legitimate
than God assembling people and having
them vote 53 to 47 percent to have Him
rule over them. Many Old Testament laws
concerned individuals and private property
rights. Could one of the reasons God insti-
tuted Jubilee (Leviticus 25)⎯where prop-
erty reverted back to the family that origi-
nally owned it⎯be that He wanted the
power that came with owning property
vested in the many rather than the few?
Did God oppose Israel having a king like
the pagan nations had (1st Samuel 8) be-
cause He thought centralized power vested
in fallen men to be an evil?
In the 119th Psalm, David equates
God's law as His Word and as truth. We
know that Israel generally hated and re-
belled against the law throughout its his-
tory. When God's begotten Word became
flesh (John 1:14), nothing changed. The
Israelites, led by the elite of their day, con-
tinued to hate God's Son just like they had
his sorrow and shame, he accepted too
much guilt after the scandal broke.”
“He portrays his encounter with the
prostitute as a massage that went awry and
said he doesn't have same-sex attractions.
He dismisses as a ‘witch hunt’ the findings
of his former church that he engaged in a
pattern of misconduct, including sordid
talk and inappropriate relationships. (He
said his only fault was cracking a few crude
jokes.)”
throughout most of their history. If they
had been seeking the truth, they would
have had to suppress their false notions
that their Messiah was to deliver them
from the Romans. Instead of being care-
takers of God's law and handing over the
reigns to their promised King, the Jewish
leaders arrogantly sought to suppress Him
by putting Him on trial lawlessly so they
could maintain their power. In their law-
lessness, Christ had to subject Himself to
their false ideas rather than fulfill the law if
He wanted to be deemed their Messiah!
The early American distrust of gov-
ernment officials should be evident to all
who study United States history and its
Constitution. It was commonly understood
that Federal government officials were to
be stewards of our Constitution and not to
have authority in and of themselves. The
main reason we were given three branches
of government is so a branch could be sup-
pressed if they violated the constitution.
State governments were represented in the
Senate and there was a doctrine called
nullification if that all wasn't enough. This
was supposed to protect people from gov-
ernment abuses. In short, the government
was to protect its citizens from invasion
and to be a referee between parties under
its jurisdiction. That changed quickly
when the Supreme Court declared that it
had the final authority on interpreting
what was constitutional and was not seri-
ously challenged. Today, although we are
supposedly still under the constitution
which limits federal power, it is the federal
government officials who get to decide
when those powers have been violated. It
seems that our government does every-
thing except what was delegated to it in the
constitution.
Our current government evangelists
preach that our constitution must be a “liv-
ing, breathing document” to allow more
“good” to take place on behalf of the peo-
ple. The amendment process is too taxing
for them. Generally, they conceive of gov-
Haggard claims he started his new church
as an act of “humble repentance” because it
“forces him continually to confront his sin”
whereas he feels moving to another state
and taking a secular job would have been
easier. Haggard goes on in the article to
brag that he “cusses” now and that people
feel more comfortable around him these
days now that he is no longer “respectable.”
(The Wall Street Journal 7/24/10)
⎯ Laura Kelleher
ernment as the be all and end all; an entity
unto itself. They can't have a majority of
people believe that their fluid view of our
law has in effect nullified it out of exis-
tence. According to them, we the people
are not supposed to discriminate or think
for ourselves by recognizing what is truly
around us. We ought to first filter every-
thing through the propaganda that they
dish out. They want to do all of our think-
ing for us. We are not supposed to bring to
light the abuses brought on by our gov-
ernment. People who do the best job at
this against corrupt governments have
been labeled enemies of the state and have
been murdered throughout history.
Early Americans understood property
and personal responsibility because they
did not have “safety nets” like we do today.
They themselves mostly bore the burden of
their vices and reaped the reward for their
industriousness and frugality. A lot of
them understood that the only way their
government could receive more power is
for it to be taken away from them.
Many people currently do not under-
stand property and responsibility. Today,
our politicians try to deny the laws of scar-
city and to obtain increased power through
ruses. Our Federal Government gives fiat
money, social security, insurances, bail-
outs, welfare, unemployment, and other
unconstitutional “benefits” which shield
people from reality and transfer wealth
unjustly. Even if we consider social secu-
rity as something that is paid into, we have
to realize that the money has already been
spent (stolen) and the program simply
takes money from working people and
gives it to the retired. These things enable
people to transfer their shortcomings to the
“system” and delay thinking about the con-
sequences until the whole thing falls apart.
If sin is debt owed to God for damag-
ing what is His, discussing the need for
salvation in private property and personal
responsibility terms would seem to be ap-
propriate. These concepts are getting more
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difficult to grasp for some because they
believe governments when they declare
there is no such thing as personal respon-
sibility (except maybe for our duties to
government) and seek to change the mean-
ing of words to suit their purposes. Both
Israel and our country should serve as ex-
There were lots of BBQ’s, family reunions,
and fireworks, but for the WRBC it was a
time to stop and remember the Fourth of
July with a passion of understanding in
how blessed the WRBC is in the freedom to
fill the calendar with so many events.
First on the July calendar was A
Summer Hymn Sing in place of the normal
Lord’s Day service on July 11, 2010. It was
a celebration of evangelicalism’s great mu-
sical heritage. Marie Caputo and Sarah
Piraino were at the piano, George Ehmann
at the organ, Carl Chapman on trumpet,
and Shannon and Linea Piraino on the
violins. Over two dozen hymns were sung
by the congregation and the choral ensem-
ble featuring musical solos by Kevin
Kenter, Nora Faustinorio, and Stephen
Heuzey. The ministry in music featured
great hymns of faith, worship, praise and
devotion.
July 12-16 was the High Power VBS
Soccer Camp with 67 youngsters attending
from ages 3 to 12. Maureen Glass, together
with Vic (in picture) and Cathy Perez
planned and ran a 5-day program that
brought together
God’s Word on
the playing field
and in the class-
room. Vic and
Cathy run a
*Christian soccer
league and thus
they were natu-
rals in their lead-
ership on the
soccer field.
Maureen Glass led a Bible study each
day using not only her knowledge but her
wonderful skill in acting to impress on the
children each of the lessons. As each Bible
student entered her decorated classroom it
was like stepping back in time 4000 years
with the décor of that period; Maureen’s
attire straight out of Biblical description,
and her spoken word scripted from the
Bible story being studied.
Not following the soccer theme, the 3-
and 4-year-olds explored the mighty love of
amples of law being turned on its head in
arrogance. I believe that many people need
to be brought out of the deceptions and
cocoons of the government road in order
for them to understand their need for sal-
vation.
July in Review
God through the VBS program High Seas
Expedition. Sarah Piraino along with a
crew of young women from the church ex-
pedited this program, overlapping into the
soccer program a wee bit for the wee ones.
Water/snack breaks were provided by
volunteers (in picture below) who kept the
young campers energized and hydrated.
The attempt to provide a totally healthy
menu was overridden by the popularity of
the all-American cookie – the Oreo! (Many
thanks for the overwhelming support and
donations of the Oreo!)
Sadly, the soccer camp came to an end
but not until parents and campers came
together for an ice cream social. Scripture
memory awards were given out, Peter
Albrecht delivered a spiritual message, and
mementoes and a picture magnet of their
group were given to each camper.
On July 18th, following the morning’s
service, everyone was
invited downstairs to
the Fellowship Hall for
coffee hour and for a
time of fellowshipping.
Special guests of
honor were Tom and
Laura Kelleher as they
were presented with a
“Do not be deceived, God is not
mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he
will also reap” (Gal 6:7).
⎯ Carl Chapman
gift certificate to use for their new baby boy
due August 28th. Future big brother, Luke
(in picture), is quite excited about the arri-
val of the new baby and will be attending a
class at the hospital in how to hold an in-
fant. Awesome!
In anticipation of the baptismal ser-
vice held on August 1st, Deborah Bristoll;
Stephen Heuzey; Sarah, Linea, and John
Moses Piraino; and Dennis Tyska met with
Pastor Glass on July 25th to prepare for
believer’s baptism. Testimonies were
shared in how they each came to know the
Lord Jesus Christ as their personal Savior
as Pastor Glass explained the biblical
meaning of and reasons for baptism.
During the service on August 1st, the
ordinance of baptism allowed Deborah,
Stephen, Sarah, Linea, John Moses, and
Dennis to offer their testimonies as an
outward symbol of an inward grace. By
this public expression, it symbolized their
union with the Lord Jesus and their be-
longing to the body of Christ, the church.
At the conclusion of the service, they were
all given the hand of fellowship and were
greeted individually at the coffee hour in
the Fellowship Hall. It was a time of good
fellowship and joyous praise.
*The Christian soccer league referred to in
this article is the Christian Youth Soccer
League (CYSL) serving the Christian com-
munity, conducting sessions during the fall
and spring. They practice on Thursdays
and play the games on Saturdays at the
Calvary Baptist Church, 324 Jayne Blvd.,
Port Jefferson Station. Tel: (631) 849-4613;
www.christianyouthsoccerleague.com or
contact via e-mail HIScysl@gmail.com
⎯ Joan Tyska
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 August Bible Quiz Questions July Bible Quiz Answers
1) Hananiah was cast into the lion’s den. True or false? 1) The angel Gabriel (Luke 1:26-33).
2) The given names of Daniel’s three friends were changed to 2) Isaiah (Isaiah 6:8).
Shadrach, Mishael, and Abednego. True or false?
3) Nathanael (John 21:2).
3) What did the children of Israel give Joshua the son of Nun
4) At a wedding in Cana of Galilee (John 2:3-10).
as an inheritance?
5) At Cana of Galilee (John 4:46-54).
4) Which apostle exhorts his readers to be doers of the word
and not hearers only? Bonus: Soteriology.

5) What did Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, change

Mattaniah’s name to? The Birthday Corner
August 6th – Ray Fitzgerald
Bonus: Are the words of Jesus, “It is more blessed to give August 6th – Doris Healy
than to receive,” recorded in the Gospels? If not, where? August 13th – Marlene Drummond
August 18th – Felix Acerra
August 18th – Marcelle Ritzmann
Submit the answers and Bible reference to: office@wrbc.us. August 19th – Steve Valentine
The answers for this month’s quiz will be announced in August 20th – Dino Volano
the next newsletter! August 21st – Florence Acerra
August 24th – Chris Glass
August 26th – Sarah Chapman
The Anniversary Corner
August 6th – Steve & Vicki Valentine
August 15th – Bob & Sue Hart
August 19th – Wally & Lisa Coleman
August 2010 August 24th – Kevin & Aneta Kenter

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 9:45 AM Sunday 2 3 4 8:00 AM Ladies Prayer 5 6 7
School–“God’s Universe” – Joan Tyska (727-5998)
(Dr. Vic Bellard) 7:00 PM Prayer Meeting
11:00 AM Morning and Exposition of Psalms
Worship⎯Baptismal and
Communion Service

8 9:45 AM 9 10 7:00 PM 11 8:00 AM 12 13 14

Sunday School Board of Ladies Prayer
11:00 AM Morning Deacons 7:00 PM Prayer Meeting
Worship Service Meeting and Exposition of Psalms

15 9:45 AM 16 17 18 8:00 AM 19 20 21
Sunday School Ladies Prayer
11:00 AM Morning 7:00 PM Prayer Meeting
Worship Service

22 9:45 AM 23 24 25 8:00 AM 26 27 28
Sunday School Ladies Prayer
11:00 AM Morning 7:00 PM Prayer Meeting
Worship Service
Annual WRBC Picnic

29 9:45 AM 30 31
Sunday School
11:00 AM Morning
Worship Service

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Wading River, NY 11792
Wading River Baptist Church
• For the Exaltation of God in All Things
• For the Proclamation of Faith in Christ
• For the Transformation of God’s People
Our Purpose
1. To glorify God through sharing
the good news of salvation by God’s
sovereign grace through faith in His
Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.
2. To nurture believers through a
strong program of Christian educa-
tion, youth ministries, and expository
Biblical preaching.
3. To provide an opportunity for
Biblical worship, service, and fellow-
ship.
4. To extend our ministry through-
out America and around the world
through participation in home and
foreign missions.
WRBC is affiliated with the Conserva-
tive Baptist Association of America
and the Conservative Baptist Mission
to the Northeast.