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Taking The Cross Out Of The Church
God should bless them in their sinful
w om an, who seem ed to be the
married
and
they
wanted
children
acts. They even said that they hold
By Mame Ann Callier-Spears
added to their union. For this phase of wife o f the couple, had she thought hands and pray before having sex.
In the world, man has standards
life, a man is needed. This couple on how this unusual m arriage may Well! The pastor dismissed them
d ia l he has set for himself; and in
im pact her child. H er response
these standards, man has deliberately chose artificial insemination and a w as, “ I hope that he w ill love us immediately. He was appalled! He sat
beautiful baby boy was bom.
in wonder. “ How could these people
forgotten to include God.
as we w ill love him . And that he
I
said,
“How
ironic!"
come
to me thinking that I would
All that one has to do is to listen
w ill not be asham ed o f us.” Then
The
other
woman,
of
the
two,
condone
their sinful actions?”
to the news on television and radio
the question w as asked, “ W hat
said
that
she
would
then
have
her
This
only proved that Satan also
and read the newspapers and maga­
w ill you tell him w hen he asks
child
using
semen
for
the
same
donor
attends
worship
services regularly.
zines. There - you will hear and see
so that the children would have like about his father? And how do you
However
—
evil is a strong
that m an's standards, for life, have
think your different lifesty le w ill
features
and
the
same
father.
persuader.
Evil
has
a strong rap. It’s
changed drastically. Such as: chil­
affect him when he enters school
1, personally, was perplexed by
cunning
and
relentless.
If you don’t
dren divorcing their parents, separa­
and his peers begin to ask ques-
the
entire
scenario;
because,
if
you
are
know Christ, then, you become an
tion of church and state, fraud, sex
put-out with being a woman, why tio n s?’
and violence among the brethren,
She lowered her head and her easy target
Standards!
homosexuality, drug laws, legally would you want to have a child?
eyes before responding; and then, the
My elders would say, “Sugah,
As I grew, I can recall the words
helping a person to commit suicide,
you want to have your cake and eat it women looked at each other as it they of my parents, “Don ’ t ever lower y our
sex in the schools among the teachers
were searching for a common re­
and students, children killing their too. The best of both worlds.”
sponse. The female, who had the baby standards to accommodate someone
One woman said that having a
parents and adults sodomizing their
and had a big baby shower which was else’s desires.”
The lowering of one’s standards
children and others, serial killers of child was fulfilling the primary func­ attended by other women of the same
tions of a woman’s body. Well? So is
has
always
been an act of accommo­
every conceivable kind -- and more.
mind, said, “We will tell him that we
One day I watched this docu­ having a husband. Two women can­ are his parents. We will give him dation. An attempt to make some­
mentary that found an entire city that not produce a child. Neither can two much love. And - we can only hope thing fit. Right now, we have a myriad
of square pegs that have been forced
was inhabited by homosexual women. men.
The same God that wiped-out and pray that he will be proud of us as into round an oblong holes. And this
They owned and/or headed many key
parents.”
was blindly done with no regard of
companies and/or businesses. They Sodom and Gomorrah is the same
I thought to myself, as I sat
God
that
rules
and
super-rules
-
to­
how it would impact the innocent or
were the doctors, the teachers, the city
day. There was a purpose to G od’s watching this program, “These people the young.
board members, the lawyers, the store­
can’t really think that God approves
Mankind has truly gone to his
keepers, your next door neighbor and creation of Adam and Eve so that of this? They just can’t!”
and
her
extremes.
pastor. They had their own church propagation could take place. He did
This reminded me of a true story
not create Sam and Steve or Anna and
More and more, each day, you
that performed marnages between the
Eve - because his words, “Be fruitful from a pastor-friend. He said that a can hear and you can see where
same sex (even though this is an
couple came to his office lor counsel­
and multiply...”, would have all been
churches have literally taken the cross
abom ination before God). These
ing. The man was married and he and
a horrible joke. That’s like telling a
women were fair of face -- yet, some
his family wenttothis pastor’s church. out of the church. The parishioners
fish
to
go
and
hatch
an
elephant
or
foolishly believe that God really ap­
had altered their appearance to make
The woman, however, was single and
telling
a
mouse
to
give
birth
to
a
themselves seem and look hard. There
also attended this same church. They plauds their efforts by saying, “When
grizzly
bear.
Everything
has
its
order
Christ walked this earth, he did ev­
was open kissing in public places and
came to the pastor because they loved
and
its
place.
erything he could to help mankind.
restaurants and clubs.
T he in te rv ie w e r ask ed the each other so much that they felt thai
There was a couple that had been
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In times like these, we need an
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Man may make frail attempts to
remove the cross from the church in
an effort to appease and satisfy the
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“Those false prophets speak about
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“The church is a hospital for the sick
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Gregory Dennis Allen
March 24,1953 - March 29,1994
Services Were Held:
Friday, April 8,1994
Emmanuel Temple Church; 1032 N. Sumner;
Portland, Oregon; Bishop A. A. Wells Officiating
Gregory Dennis Allen was bom
March 24, 1953 to M illie and
Alfreddie Allen, Sr., in Portland,
Oregon. He attended Beach Elemen­
tary School and Jefferson High
School. He continued his education
at Portland Community College in
General Studies and at Moler Barber
College, graduating in July, 1988.
He was employed at Golden ’ s House
of Style.
In 1976, G reg was Saved and
filled w ith the H oly G host at
E m m a n u e l T e m p le C h u rc h .
T here, he serv ed as P resid en t o f
the Sons o f T h u n d er, an au x il­
iary for young boys, and sang in
the ch oir. Tn his later years, he
experienced spiritual d ifficulties
in his w alk, and w as not alw ays
successful in en d u rin g w ith the
Lord.
Greg played many sports, loved
fishing, singing and spending time
with hischildren. He was also known
by his family as having a sense of
humor.
Left to cherish his memory are
his five children: Sirena Allen
Robinson of Aurora, Colorado;
D e’Asha Allen-Peterson, S ien a
Allen, Chelsea Allen and Isaiah
Phillips, all of Portland, Oregon;
and two grandchildren, LeRoy Mo­
rales and Jarves Tryels.
Greg, prececded in death by his
father Alfreddie Allen, Sr., in 1980,
is also cherished by his mother,
Millie Allen-Pollard; Grandmother,
Geneva Allen; brothers, Alfreddie
Allen, Jr., Jeffrey Allen-McDavid,
Anthony Allen, Kevin Allen and
Michael Alien; sisters, Genice Allen,
Barrie Allen, and Sherika Allen, all
of Portland, Oregon. He also leaves
four aunts, three uncles, and a host
of nieces, nephews, relatives and
friends.
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