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Vine & Fig
Tree is a non-profit educational
organization with both a positive and a negative goal:
- Positively,
we seek to bring about the fulfillment of the
"Vine
& Fig Tree" prophecy of the
Prophet Micah -- in our lifetime.
- We understand Micah's prophecy to describe the Christianization
of the entire world. Some have said this means we
advocate "Theocracy."
- Micah's prophecy envisions the spread of a
traditional, conservative morality, in a
decentralized, family-centered society. Some have
said this means we advocate "Patriarchy."
- "Swords into Plowshares" speaks of a
society where the initiation of force or violence is
eliminated. This means the elimination of socialism
in all its forms. This means laissez-faire
capitalism. Some have said this means we advocate
"Anarchy."
- We do not believe in the "separation
of church and state," but the
complete elimination of both
of these corrupt and corrupting institutions.
- We somewhat-humorously call this positive agenda The
Christmas
Conspiracy.
- We know of no
similar agenda on the entire Internet.
- Negatively,
we seek to battle the most important and destructive
Supreme Court-approved trends of our day, some of which
are set forth here.
- Some people think we are "negative,"
"judgmental"
and complain too much. We love these people. Being
called "judgmental" is a whole lot more fun
than being ignored.
More about our philosophy and activities can be found here.
This is not an easy website. Not only are there more
than 1,000 webpages, some of them are very controversial.
They really make you think. It's like being on an
athletic team and the coach ordering you to do 1,000
push-ups. It's not like the coach thinks that at the big
game this weekend the teams are going to decide the
championship by seeing who can do the most push-ups. The
coach just knows that it will be easier to hit a ball
over the wall in deep centerfield if you do your exercises
before the big game.
You don't have to agree with everything on this
website to benefit from it. Check everything you read
here by the Scriptures; test the spirits (Acts
17:11; 1 John 4:1). But if you stretch your spiritual
muscles it will be easier to carry the Cross Christ asks
you to carry. There's a lot of spiritual muscle-building
here, and it's more entertaining than a Jane Fonda
workout video.
Examples:
- Although millions of Americans go to church every
Sunday, more and more Christians are disenchanted with
the liturgies and rituals of only-on-Sunday religion.
If you fall in love with Micah's Vine
& Fig Tree vision you may be tempted
to pull up stakes and leave your church. That may
not be the best idea. On the other hand, if you
feel that you're entitled to go to heaven just because
you planted yourself in a pew every Sunday, you may be
in need of some spiritual exercises:
- Justification
by Allegiance
- Should A
Christian "Attend Church"?
- The
Home-Church Debate
- Every Christian
is a priest, every Christian a pastor
- A
World Without Priests
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- Most Americans believe that living in America is
better than living in any communist dictatorship, and
most Americans believe that capitalism is better than
socialism, but few can explain why. As a result,
America is becoming more socialist. The Vine
& Fig Tree defense of laissez-faire
capitalism will make it easier for you defend the
American idea of "limited government," even
if you choose not to go as far as we do. Ready for some
push-ups?
- Laissez-faire
Capitalism
- Anarcho-Capitalism
- A
World without "The State"
- The
Christian Anarchist Homepage
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- America is the land of "Liberty
Under God." Our official national motto is
"In God We
Trust." But a vocal minority of atheists have
convinced the Supreme Court that America's Founding
Fathers intended to create a secular
nation with a wall
of separation between God and Government. Anyone
who says religion should be accommodated by the
government is accused of trying to "impose a
theocracy." You're looking kinda flabby -- time
for some exercises:
- America was a
Theocracy
- America
should be a Theocracy Again
- Atheists
should not be allowed to hold political office
- America's
Laws were Based on the Ten Commandments
- Court
Decisions Banning the Ten Commandments Should be
Resisted
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- But should we resist the increasingly anti-Christian
federal government with guns and bombs? If you even
thought that for a second, you need to do some
spiritual sit-ups.
- Christians
should be Pacifists
- America's
War for Independence (1776) was unBiblical
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- Deciding how "realistic" or
"practical" the "Vine
& Fig Tree" vision is depends
on how big your God is. Many Christians pay lip-service
to the idea of God being "sovereign," but
their God just isn't powerful enough to bring about
Micah's "Vine & Fig
Tree" vision without coming back to
earth, destroying everything and starting over.
Besides, the ACLU might be offended if God started
fulfilling prophecies like Micah's. How sovereign is
your God? Is there a wall of separation between God and
society called "free will?" Is Man able to
tell God to back off and leave us alone? Push-ups,
push-ups, push-ups!!
- God
Interferes in Human History
- God has predestined every molecule in the universe,
including the electrical impulses in your brain that
you call "thoughts." I dare you to use
your "free will" to click here.
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- But even if God is sovereign, hasn't He predestined
everything to get worse and worse before the Second
Coming of Christ? If we work for the Christian
Reconstruction of society, won't that just delay the
Second Coming? Wouldn't it be sinful, in fact,
to try to "bring in the Kingdom" by our own
works?
This is going to take a lot of
push-ups. Check with your Physician.
Don't try all these exercises alone all at once. Please
go through them in order.
- The Second Coming has
already taken place.
- We are already
in The Kingdom.
- In fact, we're
already in heaven.
Again, you don't have to agree that we're already in
heaven, but if you work through those exercises, you'll
find it a lot easier to believe what the Bible says, and
you'll agree that after doing these exercises, you'll be
strong enough to believe a lot more of what the Bible
says than you could before.
And isn't it your goal to believe as much of the Bible
as you possibly can? That's our goal as well.
We have worked hard to create this
website, and we're still working on it. If you feel you
have been helped by our work, remember that "the
laborer is worthy of his hire" (Luke
10:7).
Write to:
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Vine
& Fig Tree
Taney County, MO
65731-0179 |
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