Colorado Churches Deliver Relief During 'Apocalyptic' Fire

Pastor Brady Boyd of New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colo., stared out the window of his office and saw a firestorm of epic proportions raging down the mountains on the other side of I-25 on Tuesday.

"It was apocalyptic when that fire started coming down the hill. The whole side of the mountain was on fire. It was unbelievable. I never witnessed anything like it in my life. It was a perfect storm for the fire," Boyd told The Christian Post Wednesday morning.

The five-day-old Waldo Canyon Fire became a monster on Tuesday when high heat, low humidity, and 60-mile-per hour winds were too much for firefighters. The fire jumped two fire breaks and began to destroy more than 100 homes and led officials to evacuate 32,000 people from the area, it was reported by officials on Wednesday.

In the midst of a fire described in historic and sometimes biblical terms, Christians from local churches, including New Life Church, began providing every need imaginable to people who were evacuating and traumatized, Boyd said.

"What I love about our church is that I did not have to tell anyone, anything or organize [a response]. They responded without me even saying anything," he said. "They took people into their homes. They took food down to the food banks. There were people that were moving horses, livestock out of danger, they've volunteered all that.

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http://www.divinenewsnetwork.com Min. Thomas Allen

I pray for all those who lost their homes… May the Lord be with them at this terrible time.
- Chris P
  
  The same "Lord" that let the fire burn down their houses? You people have a really warped sense of duty to this malevolent imaginary guy..
  - crashaxe
    
    Chris P. No offense but please do a little research, look at the complexity of things, for example the iris of the human eye and how it works it works too well for not to have been made by someone a lot smarter than us.
    I mean think about it man, to say that we all just evolved over time is just moronic, it's like going out into the desert and finding an old car and saying it evolved from the desert.
    Again no offense but to say that God does not exist just shows that a person has not done any research and is just believing what some other fool has stared. Sorry but it makes one look foolish.
    - Chris
      
      Rubbish. Eyes HAVE evolved multiple times and the progression is known. There is no fossil record to support YOUR preposterous and unsupportable claim of magic.
      
      I am not foolish – I am VERY well educated in science and engineering – It is YOU people who are the moronic undereducated clowns that still believe in a magic skygod.
      
      I have designed a car from scratch – If God is a designer – he is flat out stupid. What nutcase puts the urinary tract inside the prostate gland.
Marilyn Smith

Thank you, church! This is the true story of "They will know you are Christian by your love! Churches: See the example here. This is what we do and how we are to act. Comfort and love to people during the greatest tramas of our times; why? because we know where our hope comes from and who is our Rescurer. Spread the Word!
Evermyrtle

Thank GOD for protecting HIS people. He is allowing these fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, droughts, floods, blizzards, earthquakes, etc. as a warning that HE is displeased with the behavior of our nation. The evils that we promote, make these same evils legal. We know by HIS WORD that HE will sit back until HE has had enough of of our evil and HE will cleanse the earth I am not allowed to define that feat, on this site.

Revelation 21:1-5
1. And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there wan no more sea.
2 And I, John saw the Holy City, new Jerusalem, coming down from GOD out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
3. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of GOD is with men, and HE will dwell with them, and they shall be HIS people, and GOD HIMSELF shall be with them, and be their GOD.
4. And GOD shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be an more pain: for the former things are passed away.
5. And HE that sat on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new, and HE said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
Winston

There is irony in the USAF academy shoving GOD/Christianity out of the service academy and now has an apocolyptic fire lapping at its campus! Judgment is here… God is trying to get mankind's wayward attention but the selfish pride of sin is in the way of good vision.
- Chris
  
  I thought somebody would have an excuse for their crazy God. What a load of rubbish. God burns down over 300 homes because the Air Force starts to obey the rules it was supposed to abide by?
  
  Your god is a nasty malevolent vision. You people cannot agree on anything.
  
  The atheists were helping with this fire too and they weren't wasting their time on fruitless prayer.
  - Evermyrtle
    
    You are an evil anti-GOD moron but it is not too late to change. HE will accept you but you have to accept HIM first.
    - Chris P
      
      I'm not evil – there are no gods.
      - http://youtu.be/HlD3Gaq4cN0 Despeville
        
        Indeed, for once you were right like a broken clock is… There is only One Triune God.
    - Glen S
      
      Yep, insults are really going to get someone to come to the saving knowledge of Jesus. Great fulfillment of the Great Commission. (Sarcasm intended!)
  - keyboardshark
    
    While the fire at the doorsteps of the USAF academy right after their repudiation of God may have been a coincidence, we do know that fire is a picture of judgement in the Bible, so it is indeed ironic as Winston pointed out:
    
    "A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about."
    Psalm 97:3
    
    "How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?"
    Psalm 89:46
    
    "38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
    
    39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
    
    40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.
    
    41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;
    
    42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
    Matthew 13
    
    "For our God is a consuming fire."
    Hebrews 12:29
    - Glen S
      
      Wow, attend Westboro much? Is this what passes for compassion in your neck of the woods? For the believer, now is not the time for piling more pumice and brimstone on the citizens of these states. Now is the time to be giving a helping hand.
      - keyboardshark
        
        Glen S says: " Is this what passes for compassion in your neck of the woods? For the believer, now is not the time for piling more pumice and brimstone on the citizens of these states."
        
        What part of what I said do you not agree with? I simply pointed out that the Bible does indeed use the word "fire" as a picture of judgement, and then I gave several verses as proof. Do you disagree with this, and if so, why?
        
        Secondly, I also noted, as Winston observed, that the fire in Colorado, in the vicinity of the USAF academy, came not long after their decision to repudiate God. Do you disagree with this, and if so, why? And I also agreed with him that it was ironic. You may choose to disagree with this, but it is a simple association between the Bible's use of the word 'fire' as a picture of judgement and the USAF's repudiation of the same God who wrote the Bible.
        
        So my question to you is, where do you read hatred on my part into anything I wrote? You are jumping to a conclusion, apparently based on your dislike of God and the Bible, that is not supported by what I actually wrote. And where do you find anywhere in my post that I want to be "piling more pumice and brimstone on the citizens of these states"? I think you have to ask yourself some serious questions as to why you are setting up these straw man conclusions that erroneous portray what I wrote as 'hateful'.
        
        I would also like to note that I have no connections whatsoever with Westboro church, nor do I agree with many of the tactics they employ, so I do not know why you are trying to associate me with them, either.
  - Glen S
    
    So, we see the inconsistent logic of the disbelief in God. You say you don't believe in Him, yet you blame Him for a natural disaster? Others have given science credit for saving lives, but then blame God when a child dies? How can you blame that which you don't believe?
    
    I don't believe in ghosts, and I surely don't blame that which doesn't exist for the thumps in the night.
lambsev

REVELATION 8

7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;

9 And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.

10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;

11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

12 And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.

13 And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!
Chris

As far as I know New Life Church did not become and evacuation center. Our godless high school was.
- keyboardshark
  
  A church building and a high school are both buildings, not people. That is not the issue. The issue is that members of New Life Church, as well as other congregations, provided needs to people who were evacuating and traumatized. Why do you seem to have a problem with that? Do you hate God so much that you cannot stand it when Christians do good unto others? If atheists were helping out, I would applaud them just as much as I would anyone.
Chris P

The article implies that New Life Church was doing something special when in fact it was not. New Life Church did not immediately volunteer as an evacuation site.

There was a recent survey that showed that very little of what people regard as their "giving" to churches as "charity" actually ends up as such. Some churches do end up passing along a good proportion to charity but many do not.
- keyboardshark
  
  Again, what does it have to do with the building? Why do you keep making an issue about which building was used? It was the response of the people that was key. The church is not a building, it is a group of like-minded people.
  
  (From the article): “What I love about our church is that I did not have to tell anyone, anything or organize [a response]. They responded without me even saying anything,” he said. “They took people into their homes. They took food down to the food banks. There were people that were moving horses, livestock out of danger, they’ve volunteered all that. "
  
  What individual churches do with their money is their business. The primary responsibility of the New Testament church is to bring the Gospel to the world. Their secondary objective is to meet physical needs, as this is a visible means to show the world our concern for others. Some churches may have more excess funds beyond what is needed to bring the Gospel, and are therefore more able to fund charitable causes. Others may not have much excess, but the members can still take action on their own. You cannot pigeonhole every church into a category based on some "recent survey" (for which you did not provide a link).
  - mesamanp47
    
    My, my, seems Chris stepped on your ego, or was it your narcissistic reasoning. I note the second paragraph excerpted from the article is totally disregarded in your acrimonious apology in the last paragraph.
    - keyboardshark
      
      I wasn't commenting on the entire article, only Chris' disparaging of New Life Church simply because their building was not used as an evacuation site. My rejoinder was that it was the people who did the good deeds, and the church consists of people, not a building. Chris often seems to find a way to disparage Christians at every turn, and I was simply pointing out the flaw in his logic of using a building to do so.
      
      Exactly what part of my reply to you consider to be a defense of my 'ego' or 'narcissistic reasoning'? I'm confused. Me thinks you are reading way too much into my reply. You will note that I did not attack Chris personally as you seem to be doing to me. Maybe you can help me to understand why you consider what I wrote to be an "acrimonious apology"? I don't recall apologizing for anything.
dwoodphd

Ether 12: 27 And if men come unto me I will show unto them their aweakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them.
Also:
Deut. 11:8
Joel 3:10
Like 9:48, 18:14
2 Cor. 12:9
Heb 11:34
1 Nephi 14:1
- http://youtu.be/HlD3Gaq4cN0 Despeville
  
  Macaroni?
- Joe Anzilotti
  
  "Like" 9:48, 18:14? Is this something out of Farcebook?
  - Roderuck
    
    Thank you….I wold like to read more.
Chuck

This is for Chris. Suppose
youre right in saying there is no God and Christians are wasting their time and efforts. What have they lost or gained. A clean living good healthy life style and no regrets. But on the other hand suppose there is a God and there is a Heaven and a hell. Suppose Jesus was the real Savior who died for the sins of mankind and all He wanted was for us to accept Him. Now you and I know one day we are going to die. Then what? Suppose you right. After death nothing. Suppose they're right. For them heaven. For you? Something I'd think about if I were you.
- crashaxe
  
  Yep! Eternity spent falling in burning hell fire forever is something to think about, or Walking on streets of gold for all of eternity.
  Hummmm… maybe I had better check this out so as not to make the worst mistake of my life.
  Just because one says there is no God don't make it so, it's as foolish as saying something like if I stand in front of a moving train it won't kill me when it hits me.
crashaxe

This is all just a little sample of Gods wrath and coming cleansing fire.
Chris

SO yesterday on the local newspaper site the religious were crowing about how they had prayed and nobody had died

They were WRONG. Their prayers did NOTHING – as usual – it was time totally wasted.
- http://youtu.be/HlD3Gaq4cN0 Despeville
  
  That is only your reductionist mindset and cliche bias you bought into… I wonder if that kind of vehement stereotyping you exhibit is not working out your Oedipus complex in the sense of the religion of your parents.
aceituna

God does not delibertly set fires and destroy the land. But God does allow us to reap the consequences of what we do. Consider all the excessive enviornmental restrictions the govt. puts upon land owners so that they are not permitted to clear and use their land in the way that would serve both themselves and their neighbors, but have to let it go wild and leave all the dead underbrush "for the protection and home for wildlife" which in turn becomes a fire hazzard. If man were left to put their land to proper use, like God first did when He put Adam in the Garden of Eden, the hazzardous underbrush would not be there and the fire would be much easier contained. Probably not even started. The fires are not the result of a dangerous and wrathful God, but the result of the foolishness of man.
- Deep_Thinker
  
  So because man is foolish, a few "elected" leaders (who I presume are also foolish) should set up rules governing the other fools?? And somehow those fools are somewhat less foolish than the rest of us?
  
  Talk about a fool…
MontieR

Where the hell is FEMA.