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a message from dr. price invitation to salvation
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6 FEATURE ARTICLE 12 YOU ARE HELPING TO
American men, other than skin
cancer. Given this fact, men
MAKE IT HAPPEN need to know the facts behind
Editorial Offices Duties of the Husband
By Dr. Frederick K.C. Price this cancer.
7901 South Vermont Avenue Highlights From
Los Angeles, CA 90044 Global Summit 2007
(323) 758-3777 God placed the man as head By Minister Brenda Daniel
of the house. That does not
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mean that he is the god of the This year’s Global Summit was
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house, or the lord of the house. marked by the theme, “The Sexual Immorality:
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w w w. f a i t h d o m e . o rg to rank, man is the caretaker The Bed Defiled
on for highlights from this year’s By Dr. Betty R. Price
and protector of his wife and anointed speakers.
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contributors
Minister Robert Bolden is a graduate of the Ministry Minister Brenda Daniel is an ordained minister of
Training Institute at Crenshaw Christian Center. the gospel, a graduate of CCC Ministry Training
Bolden accepted the lordship of Jesus Christ in institute, and has served as a full-time staff member
1980. Bolden is the coordinator of Crenshaw of the church for the last 22 years. She trains and
Christian Center’s “Health and Restoration leads teams of missionaries to various countries
Information” where he speaks about health issues. around the world. Her genre of ministry includes,
He also spearheads the HIV/AIDS program. leadership training, ministry training, ministry devel-
Minister Bolden is also an Instructor at Abundant opment, ministry and program coordination, confer-
Harvest Christian Center School of Ministry in asso- ence guest speaker, (national/international) author,
ciation with Trinity University, an accredited school of theology where and instructor. Brenda has been married for 25 years. She and her hus-
he teaches classes such as the Principles of Faith, Pneumatology & band Wayne have two young adult children, Monet and Michael.
Angelology.
wives, hence the discrepancy. When you see that word in the
Bible being used you need to look at the context of the
phrase to determine the correct usage. If you read the
entire 11th chapter of I Corinthians, you will see that
Paul was making a clear comparison between hus-
bands and wives and Christ and the Church. He
was not talking about women as women, but
about women who were wives. It becomes clear
when you read verse 3 this way:
you can mess up a lot of people. Your husband did not redeem you or die for you;
When Paul said a husband ranked over his therefore, he has no right to tell you what to do
wife, he meant that a husband is responsible for his spiritually.
wife. God is holding us husbands responsible for our wives. We are A Christian husband does have the responsibility to live as an
responsible for loving them, taking care of them, providing for them, example in his home. He is the natural head of the house, and he
and protecting them in the domestic environment. This is an impor- ought to act like a leader in terms of being an example to his wife and
tant point: The husband’s rank is only valid in the natural environ- children. However, he has no right to force her to submit to him.
ment. The Word of God says in Ephesians 5:21, “submitting to one
I realize this may be a revolutionary idea to you, but the husband another in the fear of God.”
is not the spiritual head of the wife. A lot of people talk Some time ago, there was a heavy emphasis in
about the man being the high priest of the family, the some religious circles on submission. It seems
priest of the house, and so forth. However, the hus- A Christian Christians always have to come up with some new
band is not the priest of the house! How is he going trend, just as the world does. We have to have a new
to be a priest? Fact is, every born again person is a husband hobby, a new fad in spiritual matters. They cannot
priest and a king regardless of sex, race or class (I just stay on the straight and narrow way. There
Peter 2:5, 9; Rev. 1:6). does have the always has to be some new thing.
The only spiritual head in any home is Jesus. Jesus At any rate, there were men and women going
is the head; He is the only High Priest. We are corpo- responsibility to around teaching that women were to submit to their
rately kings and priests because we are the Body of husbands no matter what he did, who he is, or how he
Christ. Otherwise, you are saying that Jesus is the live as an acts. This idea is so dumb! Do you think God wants
man’s priest, but the man is the woman’s priest and you to submit to the devil? I cannot even believe the
you know that won’t compute. This would put a
human being between women and Jesus—just like in
example in so-called intelligence of some people who call them-
selves Christians. To think that your loving Heavenly
the Old Testament when a priest had to intercede his home. Father would want you to knuckle down to some
between the Israelites and God. We know that this beast who would treat his dog better than you. This
was all done away with at the cross. is ridiculous.
Jesus is the High Priest of each born again per- Men, the Word does not say that you are to love
son. No man can usurp the authority of the Priest of all the ages. If your wife the way Tarzan loved Jane. It does not say you need to beat
men do not need a human priest over them, then neither do women! your chest and proclaim that you are “the head of the house.”
This point is where a lot of people get into trouble, particularly I do not recall that I have ever told my wife I was the head of the
Christian women married to non-Christian men. They are told to sub- house. I have never told my children that. I just live in such a way that
mit to their husbands. How can a spiritually alive person submit to a earns respect. I carry myself as the head of the house, I do not proclaim
spiritually dead person? An unsaved husband does not even qualify as it. My wife should only submit to me to the extent that I treat her the
a head. He has no rank as yet, according to God’s order. Think about way Jesus treats the Church.
it, you mean to tell me that God is going to take His blood-bought, If a husband does not treat his wife in a Godly way, she does
blood-washed, spirit-filled child and put that child under the domina- not have to submit to him. Some husbands try to compel their wives
tion of a satanically-inspired, controlled and directed person? You to do all sorts of crazy things that are not of God. Proceed with cau-
have to be joking. tion wives, you are not obligated to submit and get involved in
The only person who has any business telling a such acts. —EIF
woman when to read the Bible, when not to read the
Bible, when to go to Church, when not to go to This article was excerpted from Dr. Price’s book,
Church, or whether she can tithe or not is Jesus. “The Christian Family.”
imbabwe is a nation with the highest rate of through the preaching of the Word of God. Through
CCC President Angela Evans (center) with Pastor Terry Millender Worshippers at a Global Summit 2007 service. Dr. John Haggai ministering the Word.
(left) and Pastor Vincent Odulele.
THE CHURCH
Dr. Terry Mize - Dr. Terry has more than 30 years in global mis-
By Minister Brenda Daniel
sions. He brings a great balance to the church, having one foot in the
ach year, Crenshaw Christian Center’s Global Outreach sacrifices and hard knocks of pioneering through the transition of
POWEROFFAITH
TESTIMONIES We ordered Dr. Price’s teachings, “How I was coming or going. I admit I almost gave
A Solid Foundation Faith Works,” his book on finance, the EIFM up, but through it all I found my direction by
I moved to Los Angeles, California in 1967.
Bible and other materials. Dick signed up for using faith. I applied Dr. Price’s faith teach-
When I moved to LA, I was a carnal Christian.
the Correspondence School. We learned that ings from the Bible and it worked—it truly
I was working at Hollywood Park Race Track
we had to tithe or be cursed. We began to works. In the natural you become frustrated,
as a bartender in different clubs and I was a
tithe to EIFM since we did not have a church angry and annoyed by all the negative things
heavy gambler.
home. Being blessed weekly, we grew and that are happening around you, but you have
I heard about Dr. Price in the 1970s; he
began to “walk by faith, not by sight.” to remind yourself that God helps you to have
was on Crenshaw Blvd. at the time. I went to
During 1996, God did some wonderful control and that you must stay focused on the
the church because some friends took me and
things, tying up loose ends and preparing me Word of God.
later I joined the church.
for Dick’s death in September. When Dick Looking back, I was a mess ready to hap-
His teachings took me from chance to
died I didn’t know what to do, but the Lord pen. But with the study of the Word and learn-
faith. Dr. Price taught us how to get up every
directed me to call EIFM. ing how to apply the correct prayer to the mat-
morning and pray for an hour before we start-
My family and I were ministered to. In fact, ter, I have become a conqueror. Dr. Price and
ed our day. I went from praying one hour to
the pastor came to Arizona to officiate over family I thank you for correcting me in many
three hours per day. I prayed and listened to
Dick’s funeral service and brought us much areas of my life. I appreciate Jesus and you for
the Word everyday and the Word changed my
comfort. My youngest son and others received training and teaching us how to apply the
life.
Jesus that day. Word of Faith.
I later became a volunteer employee. I did
In late 1998, I was ready to be a helpmate
not get a salary but I paid my tithes and offer-
again. I made a specific list of what I wanted —Sharon L. Eiland-Barnett
ings. I had quit all of my jobs and my husband
in my husband and prayed. In November
and I were living off of his one salary.
1999, God sent Jerry to our church from
However, God supernaturally gave me a salary
Michigan. Jerry and I fit perfectly and married
every week. I would receive money in the mail,
people would bless me and for a full year I
in April 2000. We Want To
In June 2003, Jerry was in a serious motor-
received a salary supernaturally. The following
year I was hired as a regular employee and I
cycle accident. He is here today because of
prayer and God’s goodness. We are still wait-
Hear
kept paying my tithes and offerings according
to God’s Word and Dr. Price’s teaching,
“Higher Finance.”
ing and expecting the manifestation of his total
healing. From You!
Thank you Dr. Price, we appreciate you
Working for Crenshaw Christian Center
and your ministry. Write to us at:
and the things I learned there is the foundation
of my ministry today. Dr. Price, you taught me Ever Increasing Faith
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The Beginning
of Wisdom
By La Verne Tolbert, Ph.D.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
Proverbs 9:10
A man came upon some bricklayers and asked one, “What are you building?”
“A wall,” the bricklayer wearily replied. Then the man asked a second bricklayer, “What are you building?”
The bricklayer stood strong, pointed to his growing wall of bricks, and announced proudly, “I’m building a cathedral.”
It’s all in the perspective. And perspective is important. As we raise our children, we might well ask ourselves, “What am I
building?” Adding clarity to our goals may give us a heavenly perspective.
Imagine building an army of God-fear- motive of their lives, our children will have a ers and therefore must know the Bible well
ers! Through God’s Word, we teach our chil- wholesome dread of hurting God’s feelings, enough to teach it. What children learn at
dren the reverential fear of God. To fear God of letting Him down. This is the fear of the church should reinforce what they’ve already
does not mean to be afraid of Him, or to have Lord, and it is the beginning of the process learned at home. Christian education begins
a sense of dread or terror that results from of becoming wise, of rightly applying what at home.
intimidation. To fear God means to respect they know. Granted, it’s true that parents must be
Him. An army of God-fearers—children who The process is the same for all of us. creative. I had a rude awakening the day I
respect God—is an awesome goal. And we When we apply what we know about God to tried to have Bible study with my daughter.
are building such an army, one family at a our lives and actually do what the Bible says, She whined, stomped her feet, and said,
time. Respect or reverence for God is rooted we experience “aha” moments of understand- “Noooo!” I persisted anyway, but it didn’t
in love and key to obedience. God’s great ini- ing and exclaim, “Oh! Now I get it!” We take long to see that all she was waiting for
tiative to love us inspires us to love Him learn to respect God, therefore we teach our was our time in the Word to be over.
back. children to respect Him too. I’ve known families who had devotions
We become wise by studying His Word. together. Some dear friends of mine discov-
BIBLICAL INTEGRATION Then we teach His Word to our children so ered that their daughter was gifted when at
As the guardians of our homes, it is our that His Word hidden in their hearts will three years old she had memorized and could
duty to impress upon our children the truths keep them pure and help them make right recite an entire chapter verbatim that her
of God’s Word. We accomplish this not by decisions. father had read to her the night before. Why
quoting Scripture all the time, but by flesh- “How can a young man keep his way wasn’t this working for me? The only result I
ing out its principles. It’s called biblical inte- pure? By living according to your word. I could see was that my daughter, La Nej,
gration. We think Christian; therefore we seek you with all my heart; do not let me resented the very thought of a formal Bible
live Christian. God’s truth is experienced stray from your commands. I have hidden study. She would rather talk than read. But
and evident in our lives. your word in my heart that I might not sin how would she ever really know God?
Whether or not we realize it, we are against you.” (Psalm 119:9-11) The Deuteronomy 6:7 passage came to
teaching our children all of the time—actions mind. I had to “talk” to her when we sat at
do speak louder than words—so it is impor- TEACHING OUR CHILDREN home, walked along the road, lied down and
tant for us to model Christ. For our children, It is amazing how many parents give got up. I had to capitalize on our time
the reality of what it means to be a Christian their children Bibles, march them up to together. And I had to be a living example of
becomes so real that the imprint of Christ is Children’s Church and hand them over to God’s Word. Telling her Bible accounts
etched in their character. the teacher as if to say, “You teach him.” This (“This reminds me of David and Goliath . . .”
When reverential fear is the controlling is backwards. Parents are the primary teach- and “That’s similar to what happened in the
I
t’s that time again. In my last column, you were exposed to Some of the things I’ve seen on the MySpace pages are totally
the truth and welcomed into the resistance. Now it’s time to filthy. Parents, you need to check out what your kids are doing and
deal with the enemy on his territory. As Christians it is our placing on this website—even if they don’t want you to. When I
job to represent Christ in everything we do. As Christian was a teen there were times when I didn’t like my parents. They
teenagers it’s more important now, than ever, to rep for disciplined me and took some things away from me that turned out
Christ because the devil has designed this world’s system to to be for my own good. Thank God! They got into my business
target you with the hope of ensnaring you in its many traps. because there were times when I could have been headed in the
There are some things in this world that are directly evil. On the flip wrong direction. I encourage the parents to check up on every-
side, there are some things in this world that are harmless in their origin how- thing their children are involved in (websites, music—all of it).
ever, they can be used for good or evil. In this column we will discuss one of I recall when my parents said there were movies I couldn’t see. Because
those things that are indeed harmless in its origin, but right now is being used they said I couldn’t see it, I didn’t violate what they said. Ephesians 6:1-3 says,
for both good and evil. What is be the problem, you may ask? The problem is “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor your father
that young people that claim to be children of God are using this “thing” for and mother, which is the first commandment with promise: that it may be well
negative purposes and fulfillment. Allow me, parents and teens, to talk with with you and you may live long on the earth.” I’ve personally had some young
you on the relevant subject of MySpace. people tell me about having inappropriate remarks left on their page. That tells
MySpace is an online community where you can display your pictures, per- me the kids today don’t have a fear of God and those in authority. They need
sonal profile, music, videos and blogs. Friendships and/or relationships, to have that healthy fear.
whether business or personal, and even intimate connections such as dates and I was afraid of my dad. Dad could show up when I was doing wrong and
sexual encounters have been made on this website. There have even been I’d get to shivering. It wasn’t a binding fear, but a healthy fear and reverence.
unfortunate accounts of online predators preying on women and young Psalm 112:1 says, “Praise the Lord, Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who
teens—male or female. Even with all of that, according to Alexa Internet, delights greatly in His commandments.” To this day, even though I’m taller
MySpace is currently the world’s fourth most popular English-language web- and weigh more than my dad, I’m still scared of him—meaning I respect him.
site, the sixth most popular website in any language and the third most popu- I fear him like I fear God. I want to do whatever he says to the best of my abil-
lar website in the United States, and there are various times when it has topped ity.
the charts. Alexa Internet goes on to say that the service has gradually gained If I did decide I was going to do something wrong (because the bottom
more popularity than similar websites to achieve nearly 80% of visits to online line is that no one made me do wrong), my goal was not to get caught! If I got
social networking websites. caught I would have to pay the consequences for doing wrong, but I didn’t do
Wow! I wonder if founders Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe are rich? wrong hoping to get caught for the world to see. So when I see these
According to Forbes.com, media giant News Corp. picked up MySpace for MySpace pages, I’m thinking “This is the WORLDWIDE WEB, what are
$629 million while MySpace itself secured a $900 million dollar “search” deal you thinking???” Don’t you know somebody may see this? There are cuss
with Google. They are indeed BALLIN’! These guys are wealthy for a multi- words and other filthy items. I know if I found this page, anyone else could as
tude of reasons. But they knew from the beginning that teens just like you well. What if Dr. Price decides to go to the website? You must understand
would join up and spread the word around like a virus. This website is one big there will be consequences.
ad pool. You have your own space and you can create your own page which is Then on top of all the filthiness, they want to rep their church and Jesus
advertisement and promotion on the Web. The concept is brilliant. Not Christ, when nothing else on the page represents anything regarding God’s
everyone can afford their own website, and there are even churches and min- Word. I’m bringing this up so that you (young people) won’t have to discuss
istries that advertise on MySpace. MySpace, like the internet, could be harm- this with your Pastor or THE PASTOR, Jesus Christ.
less because it simply displays what you put on it. My niece Adrian, for exam- This generation is bold, but they need to switch directions. They need to
ple, has promoted her make-up business on MySpace. have a zeal for God like they do for the things of the world. I often wonder if
With that, I feel I have to deal with some negative aspects of the site. When young people are afraid to step out and be bold Christians. Young people you
I’m done with this you may get upset with me, but I have to place my care for need to know that the world is watching. You’re representing CCC and
your lives above my care for your feelings. I’ve seen some things on MySpace Dr. Price doesn’t teach that. Sadly, people are always looking for ways
that are uncalled for and like I said, I’m dealing with this because we call to bring down the ministry. And this goes for any young people rep-
ourselves Christians having willfully accepted Jesus into our hearts. resenting any pastor and ministry. This has to stop. You have got
Therefore we should embrace Jesus. You cannot profess to know to change that. You can cut it off right now, repent, and go
Christ and conduct yourself as a child of Satan. The Bible in the direction of holiness. The Bible says in Matthew
says in Proverbs 22:6, “Train up a child in the way he 5:14 that we are the light of the world therefore it’s
should go, and when he gets old he will not depart time to let that bright light shine. I say this
from it.” It’s the training, rebuking, chas- from the heart because I love you.—EIF
tening, reproving and admonish-
ing of the Lord.
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