Affiliation
Veritas Evangelical Seminary is a free standing inter-denominational institution with its own Board of Directors, without affiliation to any particular church or denomination.
Luman R. (Roger) Wing (San Diego, CA)—Research Scientist[Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa Board Member, former UTT Board Member, Pastor Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa]
Don Stewart (Laguna Niguel, CA)—Author/Speaker [Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa Board Member, Pastor's Perspective co-host, His Channel]
David Shirley (Murrieta, CA)—Pastor/Educator [Calvary Chapel Pastor Westminster London,England]
Joseph M. Holden (Winchester, CA)—President [Calvary Chapel Bible College Academic Adviser & Teacher]
Brian Brodersen (Costa Mesa, CA)—Pastor/Chairman [Calvary Chapel Bible College Vice President, Assistant Pastor Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa]
Now some would have you to believe these people are not one in the same. What do you think now that you see the evidence?
Geisler, Missler, Smith, Graham
Chuck Missler admits he was a co-laborer with Chuck Smith at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa for over 25 years, it’s in his bio on every site Chuck admits to running. Some would have you to believe Chuck Missler and Chuck Smith have little to do with one another now, in spite of the obvious facts that Chuck Missler speaks at Calvary Chapels and his organization: Compass.org/Steeling the Mind propagates the same roll call of speakers at various Calvary Chapels across America and abroad. Maybe we need to see a more recent connection. How about this:
This is from a site called “Darwin is dead” site address is:
“Creation Science Fellowship of Calvary Chapel meets 7:30 P.M. the first and third Saturday of each month at 3000 West MacArthur Blvd in Santa Ana, California. The six-story LOGOS Building is located just west of Fairview Rd and MacArthur Blvd, and is adjacent to the main campus of Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa. Admission is free. Parking is free. We are open to the public.” Source: darwinisdead.com (not an endorsement)
If you view the page you will see that is related to CCCM and you’ll see the speakers they have.
February 12, 2011 – Special extra meeting on the 2nd Saturday of February – Chuck Missler, Ph.D. (Biblical Studies) spoke on the topic, “Cosmic Electricity: A Billion, Billion, Billion, Billion Times Stronger Than Gravity!”
Chuck Missler appears to still be close to Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa. Chuck Missler provides CC’s with their list of “Speakers” constantly. Norman Geisler is a Jesuit trained PHD(not an endorsement of the site). Geisler has stated along the same lines of Chuck Missler that he believes UFO’s are really demonic Nephelim. Geisler wrote a couple “Covenants” in his lifetime that gained the “Speakers/Pastors” that are involved in Calvary Chapel. All of Norman Geisler’s board members are related to Calvary Chapel. Norman Geisler may be a subversive Jesuit who is begetting further Jesuits by his involvement in CC Bible College and Veritas. Chuck Missler, CNP member shares his men with CC and Geisler. They are one in the same. There is no “discernment” there are no “watchman” this is a highly designed well oiled machine. I pray you research all that I’ve presented here.
The Building where Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa holds their “Creation Science Fellowship” meetings is in the same building that Samaritan’s Purse (Franklin Graham) has an office.
Click on picture for enlarged version. I’m sure the use of Samaritan’s Purse and Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa has nothing to do with each other. Just like Skip Heitzig and Greg Laurie being on the Billy Graham Evangelical Association board has nothing to do with Calvary Chapel. I’m sure Arnold Frauchtenbaum’s attendance and signature of Lausanne Covenant (LCJE- Lausanne Consultation of Jewish Evangelicalism run by Billy Graham) has nothing to do with anything either. The Lausanne Covenant is part of the United Nations and World Council of Churches, but that has nothing to do with a one-world-apostate-ecumenical-interdenominational-false church. Billy Graham’s Masonic ties and work with the Vatican has nothing to do with Veritas, Calvary Chapel Bible College, shared board members, man issued and signed covenants. I’m sure it’s all nothing.
You will not find a “Discernment” ministry that has anything to do with book deals or conference speakers related to Calvary Chapel truly exposing what is going on within Calvary Chapel. Do not expect any “Researcher” or “Speaker” who shows up at a Calvary Chapel to tell you who is on whose board or who is on the “pass go” list. Some discernment sites and “speakers” may give the appearance of warning about Calvary Chapel’s heresy but they may be playing you for a fool to keep you preoccupied with some exposure while they are busy covering up for their friends.
Why is a financier who practices Shari’a law, CIA op, invited to speak at a ‘Prophesy Conference?’ Maybe he’s going to direct all the sheeple to put money in his hedge fund because he can ‘discern’ the turns of the market and he ‘knows’ that the whole thing is going to collapse soon? Maybe. Or maybe the infiltration of Mammon worship has gone beyond Wall St. & Mega Churches.
“Jim Rickards” otherwise known as James G. Rickards was invited to speak at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa’s Prophesy Conference this past September.
I reported last year on Chuck Smith’s appearance with and endorsement of Rick Warren at last year’s Harvest Crusade.
Since then the demise of Calvary Chapels everywhere is all but obvious and yet still shrouded in secrecy. Now, a CIA, intergovernmental agent, is making his rounds at a “Prophesy” conference. (Rickards is a self-admitted Catholic) I do not know if this man is a Saved, Born Again, Regenerate Christian. Realistically, if one takes a look at any Calvary Chapel Conference being a Christian is not a requirement to be a speaker (another good reason to test the spirits that come into your church body). As you will read below, Mr. Rickard’s bio on his Omnis site is much more telling than the one that Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa disclosed.
James G. Rickards, Senior Managing Director for Market Intelligence
James G. Rickards is Senior Managing Director for Market Intelligence at Omnis, Inc. and co-head of the firm’s practice in Threat Finance & Market Intelligence. He is also a member of the Board of Directors. Mr. Rickards is a seasoned counselor, investment banker and risk manager with over thirty years experience in capital markets including portfolio management, risk management, product structure, corporate finance, regulation and operations.
Mr. Rickards’s career prior to Omnis spans an over 30-year period during which he was a first hand participant in the formation and growth of globalized capital markets and complex derivative trading strategies. He has held senior executive positions at “sell side” firms (Citibank and RBS Greenwich Capital Markets) and “buy side” firms (Long-Term Capital Management and Caxton Associates) as well as technology firms (OptiMark). Mr. Rickards has been a direct participant in many of the most significant financial events over the past 30 years including the 1981 release of US hostages in Iran, the 1987 Stock Market Crash, the 1990 collapse of Drexel, and the LTCM financial crisis of 1998 in which Mr. Rickards was the principal negotiator of the government-sponsored rescue. He has been involved in the formation and successful launch of several hedge funds and fund-of-funds. His advisory clients have included private investment funds, investment banks and government directorates. Since 2001, Mr. Rickards has applied his financial expertise to a variety of tasks for the benefit of the US national security community and the Department of Defense.
Mr. Rickards is licensed to practice law in New York and New Jersey and various Federal Courts and has held all major financial industry licenses including Series 3, Series 7, Series 24, Series 30 and Series 63. He has been a frequent speaker at conferences sponsored by bar associations and industry groups in the fields of derivatives and hedge funds and is active in the International Bar Association. He has been the interviewed in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times, Politico and on CNBC’s Squawk Box, as well as Fox, CNN, NPR and C-SPAN and is an OpEd contributor to the New York Times and the Washington Post.
Mr. Rickards is a graduate school visiting lecturer in finance at Northwestern University and the School of Advanced International Studies. He has recently delivered papers on econophysics at the Applied Physics Laboratory and the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Mr. Rickards has published numerous articles in the fields of cognitive diversity, network science and risk management. He is a member of the Advisory Board of ShariahCapital, Inc., a firm specializing in Islamic finance and is also a member of the International Business Practices Advisory Panel to the CFIUS (Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States) Support Group of the Director of National Intelligence.
Mr. Rickards holds an LL.M. (Taxation) from the New York University School of Law; a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School; an M.A. in international economics from the School of Advanced International Studies, Washington DC; and a B.A. degree with honors from the School of Arts & Sciences of The Johns Hopkins University. (Source: Omnis Inc.)
Another bio fact:
I was formerly General Counsel of Long-Term Capital Management, the hedge fund at the center of the 1998 financial crisis, where I was principal negotiator of the Wall Street rescue plan sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. (per his testimony Before the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight Committee on Science and Technology U.S. House of Representatives September 10, 2009)
Maranatha 5 Prophecy Conference
Perplexity of Nations – DVD/MP3: “There shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity …” ~ Luke 21:25.
Today we observe …
• Global financial debt, thrusting securities to collapse
• Iran threatens Israel’s existence with destruction
• Worldwide cataclysmic upheavals
• Pandemic epidemics
• Corrupted governmental ratifications and rulings
As children of God, what are we to do in light of such “perplexity”?
Pastor Chuck, James Rickards, Don Stewart and Doug Hamp survey the key events of the end times and share how today’s headlines strikingly foreshadow biblical prophecies. Your mind will be informed and your heart will be moved to be ready for the Lord’s soon return. BONUS: Calvary Chapel senior pastors address eschatological issues and questions for Pastor Chuck and Don Stewart to respond and answer. Chuck Smith is the senior pastor at Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa, California, and has been a Bible teacher for more than sixty years. His Bible studies can be heard worldwide on the radio program, The Word For Today.
Jim Rickards is senior managing director for market intelligence at Omnis, Inc. He has been a direct participant in significant financial events over the past 30 years including the 1981 release of hostages from Iran and was also the principal negotiator for the government-sponsored bailout of LTCM. His clients include private investment funds, investment banks and government directorates in national security and defense.[end]
If you visit Sharia Inc. online you will not see James G. Rickards name on the site. I know. I looked. I do apply research to my items! Since he’s a ‘Board Member’ I assumed his name wouldn’t be on the site. Take one name, Dr. Shaykh Yusuf Talal Delorenzo the Chief Shariah Officer of Sharia Inc. (who as of October 4th moved to Dubai) and James G. Rickards and do a search and then you will find this; An archived Wall Street Journal Online article entitled:
Dr. Yusuf Talal DeLorenzo pictured with Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Executive Chariman, DMCC
One recent afternoon, New York money manager James Rickards presented Sheik Yusuf Talal DeLorenzo with a dilemma: Could his hedge fund be Islamic friendly? Islam prohibits all kinds of speculative behavior that is embedded in Wall Street’s DNA. But Mr. DeLorenzo, a Massachusetts-born convert to Islam, is on a mission to meld centuries-old Islamic law with modern finance in the U.S. Mr. Rickards’s fund couldn’t bet on currency futures or some of the shares in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index, Mr. DeLorenzo said, if he wants observant Muslims to invest. But some alterations could earn the sheik’s approval — such as holding currencies instead of futures, and buying only S&P 500 companies that aren’t debt-heavy or dependent on profit from interest payments. “Music to my ears,” Mr. Rickards said. “It sounds like I can still get the effect I’m looking for.”
more from the article:
‘Excruciating Detail’
Mr. DeLorenzo and other well-known scholars began by breaking down the entire process of the traditional short sale “in excruciating detail,” recalls Mr. Meyer. Some of the scholars’ questions stumped even seasoned short-selling pros. One example: If an investor borrows shares in a company, and that company goes bankrupt, who has voting rights?
Questions like that were “just exasperating,” Mr. Meyer says. “You’re thinking, ‘It’s bankrupt, what does it matter?’ But in Islamic finance, you always need to know ownership and control” to make sure the risk is shared among the parties. After months of meetings in London and New York, Mr. DeLorenzo and his fellow scholars adapted the arboon contract — akin to a down payment that enables the short-seller to take ownership of the share, rather than just borrowing it.
To address avoiding companies with too much debt or other issues under Islamic law, Shariah Capital developed new screening software. It taps directly into the quarterly reports that companies file electronically to the Securities and Exchange Commission and weeds out businesses that carry high amounts of debt or reap significant income from interest payments.
Mr. DeLorenzo now holds the title of chief Shariah officer for the company, and can tap into the software and monitor what’s being traded at any time. Two U.S. hedge fund firms have signed up to use the trading platform so far, and Mr. Rickards, the New York hedge-fund manager, is considering joining them.
Mr. DeLorenzo says he hopes adapting Islam to modern finance could eventually influence other areas of Islamic law. Shariah has “essentially been in a coma for several centuries,” he contends. “It desperately needs reviving.” He says he wants to expand his own small group of colleagues, but encounters cultural obstacles. He recalls a meeting earlier this year in Dubai where a scholar lectured a group of visiting executives from a multinational investment firm about the sinfulness of conventional finance. “It was worse than bad,” Mr. DeLorenzo says. . [end of source]
Clearly Shari’a banking is part of Islamic Religion. Islam boasts that it is a full system, Religious, Political, Monetary, and Community all rolled in one. Would the bible believing Christians who trust in their ‘shepherd’ bode well to know that James Rickards has compromised himself enough to promote, produce, and perpetuate Shari’a Law & Islamic Banking in the United States? Would those bible believing Christians not warrant pause of concern, or even hesitation at taking this man’s advise on a looming “Economic Armageddon” if they knew that the same person dishing out futures advise on the market might possibly be the one who’s creating it in the first place? Is it above our pay grade as average, stupid, American, Christians to question motives of speakers at our conferences or better yet the level of compromise from the very ‘shepherd’ held in regard to protect said flock?
One could assume James G. Rickards knows that the USD will be devalued and Gold will hit $5,000.00 because he’s really smart, knows the right people, and has the right connections. But this article is addressing this question, “What is a financier, CIA op, Shari’a Investment Banker, doing at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa at a “Prophesy” conference?
It’s a nagging question. We could also ask ourselves a more compelling question at this point in the Apostasy,
1 Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, 2 not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of Christ had come. 3 Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, 4 who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. 5 Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? 6 And now you know what is restraining, that he may be revealed in his own time. 7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way. 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming.
Matthew 6:19-25
19Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
20But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
21For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
22The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
23But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
24No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
25Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
Hebrews 13:5-6
5Make sure that your character is free from the love of money,being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, “I WILL NEVER DESERT YOU, NOR WILL I EVER FORSAKE YOU,”
6so that we confidently say,
“THE LORD IS MY HELPER, I WILL NOT BE AFRAID.
WHAT WILL MAN DO TO ME?”
*Editors note* I did attempt to contact Chuck Smith via Word for Today site. I submitted questions to him asking if he was aware that Rickards was involved in Shari’a Finance. I have not received a reply(submitted 1 week ago). I also contacted Rickards via Twitter and have replies from him stating he does not know Smith personally but was asked by his “assistant” to come speak, and that he’s a “Catholic” and in his “spare time conducts counter-terrorism.”
For more on Calvary Chapel and their Leaven see the ‘CC’ page in my header on Homepage!
*Update* Although this piece of information has little to do with Chuck Smith hosting a Banker who also conducts Sharia Compliant Businesses it does continue on the same vein. Chuck Missler who has had an extensive Calvary Chapel career also has a business called, SwanSat. Swan Sat is a “satellite” system which happens to promote the use of a single currency it created called the Auric for Africa. Interestingly SwanSat wants its potential investors to know that it is a Sharia compliant business and thus is open to the Islamic Banking community. See for yourself Here: SwanSat site. (as always use of a link is not an endorsement) Seems Calvary Chapel and it’s “affiliates” have diverse backgrounds.
The world in a coin. This is our vision, our hope. It is a necessity and a challenge. What seems an impossible dream becomes an inevitable historic, economic and social process. It is an event which is intertwined with the fate of human evolution.
A single currency becomes the premise for an increasingly global planet. A virtual currency capable of speaking a single, comprehensible language to foster humankind’s innate desire to go farther, to surpass boundaries, and move towards true principles of peace, freedom, brotherhood and understanding beyond issues of race, political and religious beliefs and party interests.
We are presenting the peoples of nations, governments, institutions, intellectuals, ordinary people, pragmatists and idealists, scholars and, above all, young people – the real protagonists of the future – with a simple, ingenuous yet determined long-term vision for building an ideal bridge with tomorrow and interpreting a dream to transform into reality.
In this program, currency yet again assumes the principle goal which it has had since its invention centuries ago: to facilitate and codify human commercial and social exchange. And become a form of pure “communication” between different peoples – a communication of ideas, ideals, information and culture. This constitutes progress, development and well being.–(Emphasis Mine)
Famous People Who Have Known about this share their Comments:
“A future currency that unites all continents? A dream, a utopia, a reality? It is up to us to decide.” Arthur Schlessinger Jr.
“It is interesting that young students from different countries can get involved in an international project that helps them understand certain aspects of international economic policy, allowing them to prepare for the future monetary union that we hope for.
I should like to congratulate you, Dr. Sassoli, along with all participants in this project, and send you my warmest regards. Silvio Berlusconi, Italian Prime Minister 21st May 2009.
“Unity also means peace and love. I applaud this very important initiative, which can help humanity overcome national barriers, while ensuring well-being and preserving the identities of the earth’s peoples.” Tara Gandhi
“The Dollar, the Euro, and then, why not, the Russian Ruble, the Swiss Franc, the Japanese Yen, and other currencies together in a united currency. Why not? It sounds so extraordinary, yet so harmonious.
It will also foster trade, social exchange, and friendships across the Continents. Furthermore, it is so difficult to travel (and I do so often) when you have to think about so many different currencies.
My very best wishes for the United Future World Currency program!” Sophia Loren
About the Coin: OBVERSE the “Number 1” icon is repeated five times, representing the five continents. The border inscription reads “Unity in Diversity” and includes the first issue date of 2009.
Tree of Life on Back of World Currency Coin
FIRST TEST ISSUE
Author:Luc Luycx, Royal Mint of Belgium.
REVERSE:the Tree of Life,with five leaves symbolizing local tree species that grow in the five continents. The border inscription reads “United Future World Currency”.
Author:Laura Cretara, former artistic chief of the Italian State Mint.
***Alert***
Did you get that? The Tree of Life?The Tree of Life is described to us in Genesis it is in the following verses:
Genesis 2:8
8 The LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed. 9 And out of the ground the LORD God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 2: 15
15 Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it. 16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; 17but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”
Genesis 3:1-7
1 Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?” 2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; 3 but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’” 4 Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. 5 For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” 6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings.
Genesis 3:22-24
22 Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”— 23 therefore the LORD God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken. 24 So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.
I venture to state that the “Tree of Life” on this coin is deceptive and purposefully used to give the ‘nations’ the sense that they are imitating God. They are in effect imitating Satan, and offering a false Spirituality, one that says, “Surely You Won’t Die!” If you don’t think the matter of this ONE WORLD CURRENCY is a spiritual one I point you to Article 3 in the Manifesto taken from United Future World Currency’s own Website:
ART. 3
It is therefore our wish to bring to life the project for a common currency, which has been given the provisional names, “Eurodollar/Dollaeur” (initially), “United Money”, then “United Future World Currency”. It would symbolize not only the economic, but also the human, social, political, and spiritual bonds between the Nations of different Continents that hold similar ideals. (emphasis mine)
Apparently This NEW WORLD Currency is a ‘Test’. I’ll say it is a test! The Asian markets already reacted to this news, falling -2.33% the Nikkei was down -216 points at the time of this post. Europe markets are opening as I type this up. Originally I was drawn to this story on the News that President Medvedev of Russia presented this Global Currency: Bloomberg Article.
Medvedev Presents the Test Coin for NEW WORLD CURRENCY
However, as I researched this at the website of, United Future World Currency, I came to realize that these ‘people’ have been planning this for some time and it came as NO surprise. While all the conspiracy freaks and Radical Extremist End Times believers have been saying that a New Global Economic System was at hand I guess we are now redeemed of our ‘craziness.’ The majority of all the information presented here with the exception of my commentary is taken from the UNITED FUTURE WORLD CURRENCY’s own website. Please take the information and weigh it against the light of Scripture. Scripture tells us that a single economic system would occur, a type of ‘hyper’ inflation is described in Revelation, then we see that we eventually become a Cashless society because of the Mark of the Beast. So we are on our way folks, and we are on our fast! Grab a hold of the Truth of the Times and Search out the Truth of Jesus Christ as your salvation. Repent and Believe! Our redemption draws nigh!
The Royal Mint of Belgium has been the first to issue a test coin for this new currency, a special rare gold edition that will be gifted at the forthcoming G8 Summit. The coin has been designed by Luc Luycx, author of the common side of the Euro coins.
The project will study security and anti-counterfeit measures; meanwhile, experimentation to seek innovative solutions for an “intelligent” money are also underway with an university.
The currency will also undergo an important public test run at the 2015 Milan Universal Expo.
Interesting, this came out just yesterday. Not “News” in terms of those who have been watching the weather channel. IE, watchmen on the wall have been seeing the demise of our US dollar as part of the play book in the grand scheme to devalue the dollar, break down other currencies until all the world will scream for help and blushingly accept one currency or several nationalized currencies.
This is from a business channel, not a Christian publication, there are no mention of conspiracy or motive it’s just bloomberg tv. I subscribe to it via youtube, because my cable carrier doesn’t have it. It is a relatively conservative forum, not like MSNBC or CNBC or CNN money. Check it out. I have other tid bits on this blog concerning the coming financial crisis. Next year is going to be loads of fun!