| Headlines
for Tuesday, September 7th, 2010 |
Israel
National News: TIME Magazine’s Latest Blood Libel About Israel
The September 13, 2010 issue of TIME Magazine arrived yesterday.
The cover story is titled “Why Israel Doesn’t Care About Peace” and is illustrated
by a large Jewish star composed of daisies. Yes, daisies—as in “counting daisies,
don’t have a care in the world.” This is precisely the point of Karl Vick’s article.
He writes: Israelis are no longer preoccupied with the matter [of peace
with the Palestinians]. They’re otherwise engaged: They’re making money; they’re
enjoying the rays of the late summer … they have moved on....Vick and his editors
at TIME seem to think that showing six photos of Israelis at leisure: blowing
smoke on a beach chair, lounging on a beach chair, resting in an army uniform
on the beach without a chair, playing with one’s baby in a stroller, sitting at
a café—are proof that Israelis are engaging in activities which are not
admirable, are, in fact, “proof” that they are not suffering but rather, proof
that Israelis simply don’t care about peace with the Palestinians. And Vick brings
in polls as well as expert and person-in-the-street opinions to back up this claim.
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THINKER: Obama's New
Oval Office Rug Says a Lot About Him
Woven into the new presidential seal rug adorning the Oval Office
is a misattributed quotation, offering us a perfect metaphor for the Obama presidency.
Jamie Stiehm reports in the Washington Post: "The arc of the moral universe
is long, but it bends toward justice." Accord- ing to media reports, this quote
keeping Obama company on his wheat-colored carpet is from King. Except it's
not a King quote. The words belong to a long-gone Bostonian champion of social
progress. His roots in the republic ran so deep that his grandfather commanded
the Minutemen at the Battle of Lexington....The error perfectly encapsulates
the shallowness of Barack Obama's intellect and his lack of rigor. Obama is a
man who accumulated academic credentials while giving no evidence whatsoever of
achieving any depth. He was the only president of the Harvard Law Review to graduate
without penning a signed article in that esteemed journal. His academic transcripts
remain under lock and key, as do his academic papers. For the sort of people like
David Brooks of the New York Times, who are impressed by fancy degrees and a sharp
crease in the trousers, Obama may appear to be the smartest-ever occupant of the
Oval Office. But, as the old joke goes, deep down, he is shallow.
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Churches
Not Exempt From Nation’s Foreclosure Problems
...Since
December 2007, the number of foreclosure proceedings brought against churches
has tripled compared with the previous seven years... |
Christian
Leaders Repeat Calls to Halt Koran Burnings
Christian
leaders – liberal and conservative – reaffirmed their opposition to one Florida
group's plan to burn copies of Islam’s sacred text on the upcoming anniversary
of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. | TOP
TEN THINGS AMERICA HAS DONE FOR MUSLIMS
...The
proliferation of these radicals raises questions about our own epistemic communities.
Journalists, pundits, and our bloated politically correct elite class foster this
pathological sense of anti-Americanism as part of their.... |
Iran:
Israeli Attack Would Mean its Own Demise
Iran's
president warned over the weekend that an attack on his country will mean the
end of Israel. "Any offensive against Iran means the annihilation of the Zionist
entity," President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday. "Iran does not care much
about this entity because it is on its way to decay." |
T-shirts
Used as 'Billboard' For Christ
A
Christian apparel company is challenging students to take advantage of their religious
freedoms by expressing their Christian faith through clothes. |
Scottish
Episcopal Rules God Not Necessarily Male
Episcopalian
bishops have approved the introduction of more "inclusive" language, which deliberately
removes references suggesting that God is of male gender. Traditionalists have
criticised the changes on the grounds... | Iraqi
Christians - Even Harder Times Ahead
The
ministry Open Doors USA believes life for believers in Iraq will only get worse
now that American combat troops are being pulled out of the country. |
Expert
Warns Iran May Try To Take Over Persian Gulf
...Arab
states in the Gulf believe that Iran's saber-rattling and aggressive statements
towards Israel are actually a decoy, aimed at shifting the focus from its real
purpose, a full takeover of the oil and gas-rich Persian Gulf. |
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IMF
Would Lead New Economic Order As US Dollar Declines
Ever since its inception 66 years ago,
the International Monetary Fund has fancied itself at the center of the global
economy. | Gaza
Celebrates Jewish Deaths by Giving Candy to Children
Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon says
that while PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas talks peace in Washington, his men encourage
terrorism back at home – and Gazans celebrate terrorism by giving out candy. |
AMERICAN
THINKER: Obama
Did Create 3 Million Jobs -In China
President
Obama should be saying, "My economic stimulus plan has preserved or created 3
million jobs -- in China." He keeps leaving out the words "in China." His plan
is stimulating American demand for imports, not demand for American products. |
The
Multi-Site Church: A Recipe for Success?
With
a 90 per cent success rate, multisites have become one of the more popular strategies
for church growth in the US in the last decade, a new survey reveals. While megachurches
may have pioneered the one church in two or more locations model, smaller churches
have recently used the model. | Homeschooling
Continues to Grow
Recent
media reports have pointed to the growing trend of homeschooling, with Texas alone
seeing a 20% increase in the number of homeschooled... |
Chinese
pastor, wife slain at church served by Lottie Moon
A Chinese pastor and his wife were slain
Aug. 31 at Penglai Christian Church, where Lottie Moon, an icon of Southern Baptist
mission work, served in the early 1900s in Penglai, China. |
Hillel Frisch Op-Ed:The
False Religion of Peace
Substantive
progress in the peace process is hardly what Mahmoud Abbas is seeking to achieve
in Washington. While he wishes to maintain an appear- ance of movement in the
negotiations, he cannot yet afford to lose the... |
Califorina
Capitol Rally Promotes Christian Values
Thousands
of Christians from across the country gathered Saturday at the California state
capitol to promote traditional values. | |
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| Headlines
for Monday, September 6th, 2010 |
Pakistani
Minister Wants Obama To Be 'Leader of All Muslims'
A Pakistani minister wants US President
Barack Obama to offer Eid prayers at Ground Zero in New York and become the "Amir-ul-Momineen"
or Caliph of Muslims. Minister of State for Industries Ayatullah Durrani,
who belongs to the ruling Pakistan People''s Party, said the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr
festival, expected to be observed on September 11, would be a "golden opportunity"
for Obama to offer Eid prayers and declare himself the leader of all Muslims. |
Emergency
in Pakistan Will 'Get Worse Before It Gets Better'
More than a month since floods started
ravaging Pakistan’s northwest region, relief workers on the field say the emergency
will “get worse before it gets better.” | Muslim
Cleric Calls for Beheading of Dutch Politician
A
well-known Australian Muslim cleric has called for the beheading of Dutch anti-Islamic
politician Geert Wilders, a newspaper said on Friday. |
NY
Mosque Investor Is Also Hamas Terrorist Supporter
One
of the investors in a proposed Islamic center near ground zero is a Long Island
medical clinic owner whose expressions of sympathy for Palestinians included a
donation to a charity later shut down for links to Hamas. |
Christians
Respond To Stephen Hawking
Physicist
Stephen Hawking made headlines this week for taking on arguably the most influential
scientist in human history, Sir Isaac Newton. | Craigslist
Drops Ads for Adult Services
Craigslist
appears to have surrendered in a legal fight over erotic ads posted on its website,
shutting down its adult services section Saturday and replacing it with a black
bar that simply says "censored." | James
Hutchens: Peace
Summit Is an Exercise In Futility
Israel’s
Interior Minister Eli Yishai said: “The shootings only prove that peace talks
will lead to nowhere, because Hamas is the ruler on the ground, and won't let
the Palestinian Authority reach an agreement."… " | |
Student
Says He Was Told to Remove U.S. Flags From Truck
A Colorado high school student wants an
explanation from school officials after reportedly being told by security guards
to remove American flags from his truck because they might make other students
uncomfortable. | Muslims
Protest Plans to Burn Quran
Thousands
of Indonesian Muslims are rallying outside the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta to denounce
a Florida church's plan to burn copies of the Quran on Sept. 11. The Dove
World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla., said it will burn the Islamic holy
book on the ninth anniversary of the terror attacks. |
Georgia
Church Fights for Right to Bear Arms
...it
is legal in Georgia to carry a gun only in a church parking lot -- not in the
church -- some supporters of bearing arms are working to change the law... |
Congo's
First Lady: 'We Need You, Lord'
Marie
Olive Kabila, one of the youngest First Ladies in Africa, is using her belief
in God to bring spiritual change to the Democratic Republic of Congo. |
Texas
Court Upholds Ban On Gay ‘Marriage’
A
Texas appeals court has struck down a trial court’s ruling Tuesday that the state’s
ban on same-sex “marriage” violated the rights of a homosexual couple seeking
a divorce. | White
House Denies Bailout Of Afghan Bank
Countering
a NYTs article, Deputy U.S. Treasury Secretary Neal Wolin said that "... No American
taxpayer funds will be used to support Kabul Bank." |
Church
Mourns Loss of U.S. Army Chaplain in Afghanistan
Members of Capt. Dale Goetz’s church back
in Colorado Springs are mourn- ing the loss of the U.S. Army chaplain following
his death earlier this week. | Abortion
Support at Catholic College?
A
student protest is under way against Alverno College, a Catholic school for women
in Milwaukee, for promoting pro-abortion links on its website. |
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Headlines
for Weekend, September 4th-5th, 2010 |
Stephen
Hawking: God Was 'Not Needed'
To
Create the Universe
The scientist has claimed
that no divine force was needed to explain why the Universe was formed.
In his latest book, The Grand Design, an extract of which is published in Eureka
magazine in The Times, Hawking said: “Because there is a law such as gravity,
the Universe can and will create itself from nothing. Spontaneous creation is
the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the Universe exists, why
we exist.” He added: “It is not necessary to invoke God to light the blue
touch paper and set the Universe going.” In A Brief History of Time, Prof
Hawking's most famous work, he did not dismiss the possibility that God had a
hand in the creation of the world. He wrote in the 1988 book: "If we discover
a complete theory, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason — for then
we should know the mind of God.” His new book rejects Isaac Newton's theory that
the Universe did not spontaneously begin to form but was set in motion by God.
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Obama:
New Jobs
Numbers 'Positive' But Not Good Enough
With
the unemployment rate ticking upward, President Obama said on Friday he'd roll
out new plans next week to spur the economy. | Jesus'
Garden Tomb Threatened by Muslim Construction
More
than a quarter of a million Christians visit Jerusalem's Garden Tomb every year.
The holy site is believed by many to be the place where Jesus rose from the dead.
But now, the sacred ground is in danger of being damaged by a Muslim construction
project. Garden Tomb Director .... | Chance
of Israeli Attack on Iran 50-50 and Rising?
he
chance that Israel will launch a pre-emptive attack on Iran's rogue nuclear-weapons
facilities is now 50-50 and appears to be rising steadily, says Middle East expert
and award-winning journalist Arnaud de Borchgrave. |
White
House Defends Obama's 'Mainstream Christian' Faith
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs says
President Barack Obama is a "committed, mainstream Christian" — contrary to the
claims of Fox News Channel host Glenn Beck. | U.S.
Files Discrimination Lawsuits On Behalf Of Muslims
The Obama Administration’s taxpayer-funded
Islamic defense program has been quite busy this week, filing several discrimination
lawsuits on behalf of Muslims in different parts of the country and holding Justice
Department meetings to discuss prosecuting “anti-Muslim hate speech.” |
NYC
Mosque Rhetoric May Harm Persecuted Christians
The
sometimes hateful rhetoric being used by opponents of the proposed mosque near
ground zero can result in violence against Christians living in Muslim-dominated
countries, warned a ministry leader who works... |
Va.
School Rebuked Over Response to New Christian Club
A middle school principal who sought to
avoid controversy over the formation of a Christian club on campus created some
when he sent a "candid" e-mail to his staff. | Methodist
Survey Aims To Stop Membership Decline
It's
the conundrum Protestant denominations with declining memberships and shrinking
budgets are desperate to solve: How to stem the decades-long losses and attract
new worshippers. The United Methodist Church, the third largest denomination
in the country, thinks it could be closer to finding ... |
Challies:
How
(And How Not) To Use Facebook for Ministry
...The
good news is that Facebook has a lot to commend it; there many things it does
very well...The bad news is that there are also (and inevitably) ways in which
it can hinder ministry if not used well. | |
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 The
word "candor" has a modem sense. In earlier times it meant whiteness or brightness,
coming from the old Latin word candidus, meaning "white, ...in modem speech candor
is openness, faimess, outsp- okenness, sincerity. It is a rare virtue, one of
the most winsome of all the virtues... MORE |  | ...
...In Paul's absence he desires that the
Philippians shall press right on with the work of their own sal- vation in so
far as the development is committed to their hands. The eye should rest upon the
final goal and so Paul uses a verb that puts the emphasis on the final result.
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am going to speak to you on some thoughts that have come to me by thinking around
a v e r se which I heard as a little country lad years ago when the people were
coming to hear a man of God speak God's word. And it is a very simple text;
it says, "Prepare to meet thy God." Of course you will understand that this is
addressed to a nation, to the people of Israel, and yet it has a very definite
personal appli- cation, just like the Bible, which is regenerative in power and
which is inspired in totality, personal in its application. "Prepare to meet thy
God."
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THERE are two ways in which a practical
moralist may attempt to displace from the human heart its love of the world -
either by a demonstration of the world's vanity, so as that the heart shall be
prevailed upon simply to withdraw its regards from an object that is not worthy
of it; or, by setting forth another object, even God, as more worthy of its attachment,
so as that the heart shall be prevailed upon not to resign an old affection, which
shall have nothing to succeed it, but to exchange an old affection for a new one.
My purpose is to show, that from the consti- tution of our nature, the former
method is altogether incompetent and ineffectual... MORE |
 Let
us think seriously this afternoon of one word; the word which is the key-note
of our text. A very short word; for in our language there is but one letter
in it. A very common word; for we are using it all day long when we are
awake, and even at night in our dreams; and yet a very wonderful word, for though
we know well whom it means, yet what it means we do not know, and cannot understand...If
the whole universe, sun, moon, and stars, and all that we ever thought of, were
destroyed and became nothing, that word would probably be left; and we should
be left alone with it; and on what we meant by that little word would depend our
happiness or misery. And what is this wonderful little word? The word I.
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