| Update
for Nov. 30-Dec. 1st, 2009 |
ClimateGate:
Worst Scientific Scandal of Generation
...The
reason why even the Guardian's George Monbiot has expressed total shock
and dismay at the picture revealed by the documents is that their authors are
not just any old bunch of academics. Their importance cannot be overestimated,
What we are looking at here is the small group of scientists who have for years
been more influential in driving the worldwide alarm over global warming than
any others, not least through the role they play at the heart of the UN's Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change. MORE |
| Out
with Jesus, In With 'Frosty the Snowman'
The
3rd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Philadelphia has upheld a school district's
ban on Christmas carols such as "Silent Night," "Joy to the World," "Oh, Come
All Ye Faithful" and "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" – and approved "Rudolph the
Red-Nosed Reindeer" and "Frosty the Snowman." In the Nov. 24 ruling the Third
Circuit approved the school policy banning all religious Christmas music, including
instrumentals, that had been part of... MORE |
| Al
Mohler: Why I Signed The Manhattan Declaration
I
am not inclined to sign manifestos or petitions. While believing strongly and
passionately about many causes, I am not usually impressed with the effectiveness
of such statements and I am generally concerned about how such statements might
be used or construed by others...But I signed The Manhattan Declaration. Indeed,
I am among the original signatories to that statement, released to the public
at the National Press Club last Friday. Why? There are several reasons, but they
all come down to this -- I believe we are facing an inevitable and culture- determining
decision on the three issues centrally identified in this statement. MORE |
| Mom
Ordered to Give Up Child Because She Is No Longer a Lesbian
Superior
Judge William Cohen ruled last week that Lisa Miller, a former lesbian who is
now a Christian, must hand her daughter, Isabelle, over to her former partner,
Janet Jenkins by Jan. 1. Miller
conceived Isabella through artificial insemination while she was in a civil union
with Jenkins. About a year later, Miller left homosexuality. MORE |
| Thanksgiving
Proclamation 1st Ever To
Omit Direct Mention of God
President
Obama's brief proclamation of Thanksgiving Day on November 26 was unique among
all recorded Thanksgiving proclamations by his predecessors: it is the first one
that fails to directly acknowledge the existence of God. MORE |
| China
Sentences Megachurch Leaders to Prison
A
Chinese court sentenced the pastor and leaders of a 50,000-member megachurch in
northeastern China to prison, rights groups reported Thursday. Pastor Wang Xiaoguang
of Linfen Fushan Church in Linfen, northern Shanxi province received three years
for “illegal land occu- pation” and his wife Yang Rongli received a maximum of
seven years for “illegal land occupation” and “assembling a crowd to disrupt public
order," according to ChinaAid Association. Other church leaders received three-
to four-and-a-half-year prison sentences. MORE |
| Wave
of Debt Payments Facing U.S. Government
The
United States government is financing its more than trillion-dollar-a-year borrowing
with i.o.u.'s on terms that seem too good to be true. But that happy situation,
aided by ultralow interest rates, may not last much longer. Treasury officials
now face a trifecta of headaches: a mountain of new debt, a balloon of short-term
borrowings that come due in the months ahead, and interest rates that are sure
to climb back to normal as soon as the Federal Reserve decides that the emergency
has passed. Even as Treasury officials are racing...MORE |
|
Rick Warren Slams Obama's Abortion Stance
President
Barack Obama's stance on abortion amounts to ignoring an American holocaust, says
Pastor Rick Warren, author of the best- selling "A Purpose Drive Life." Speaking
on NBC's Meet the Press, Warren slammed Obama's stance that abortions should
be rare, suggesting that position essentially supports the idea that life begins
at conception. "We've had 46 million Americans who aren't here. Those who could
be here since Roe v. Wade, who are not voting. I think that innocence is a holocaust.
I really do," Warren said. MORE |
Pamela Geller: Muslim Groups
Stifle Free Speech at Colleges
Nonie
Darwish, author of "Cruel And Usual Punishment: The Terrifying Global Implications
of Islamic Law," was scheduled to speak at Columbia and Princeton Universities
last week, but both events were canceled under pressure from Muslim groups.
MORE |
Planned Parenthood Drops
Lawsuit Against Former Employee
Planned
Parenthood recently dropped its lawsuit against a former employee who quit after
she "had a change of heart" on the issue of abortion. The national abortion provider
decided not to pursue legal action against Abby Johnson and the Brazos Valley
Coalition for Life and submitted a notice to the District Court of Brazos County,
Texas, 85th Judicial District, to withdraw its lawsuit.MORE |
U.S. Forces Training Possible Terrorists
A new report
released by the Center for Near East Policy Research, a Jerusalem based think-tank,
discusses the possible connection between American military aid and Palestinian
terrorism, and deals with the Office of the U.S. Security Coordinator (USSC),
run by Lt. Gen. Keith Dayton. MORE |
Christian Shoppers: 'It's
OK, Wish Me A Merry Christmas'
To
put Christmas back into the holiday season, tens of thousands of Christians will
be wearing buttons that read, "It's OK, Wish Me A Merry Christmas."MORE |
Red Kettle Campaign Expands
Beyond Pocket Change
For
the 118th time, The Salvation Army has kicked off its annual Red Kettle Christmas
campaign. This year, however, may prove to be much different from years before
with the implementation of modern day technologies. MORE |
Haggard: Prayer Meeting
Not a Church Plant
Former
megachurch pastor Ted Haggard informed his supporters this week that the prayer
meetings he’s been holding at his house are not the gatherings of a new church.
MORE |
|
Climate
Change Scientists Dumped All Their Data, Others Can't Doublecheck It
Scientists
at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have admitted throwing away much of the
raw temperature data on which their predictions of global warming are based. IIt
means that other academics are not able to check basic calculations said to show
a long-term rise in temperature over the past 150 years. MORE |
| 'Church
of Oprah' Ends With Her Show
...With
millions of viewers worldwide, an XM radio station and a glossy magazine bearing
her name, Oprah did so much more than incite audience hysteria over car giveaways.
In her years on air, she became a spiritual leader to women around the world...Oprah's
spiritual path is similar to many other modern Americans, despite her unusual
platform. She grew up attending a Baptist church, became disillusioned, and settled
into a spirituality that is more "love thy neighbor" than hellfire and damnation.
MORE |
| SHARPER
IRON:
Aaron Blumer Interviews
John C. Whitcomb
...A
prophecy conference does not need to be a cold, intellectual excercise in analysis
of chronological details. Dr. Whitcomb’s love for—and walk with—the God behind
the prophecies carries more weight than his analysis of the prophetic data. His
talk is peppered with spontaneous prayers along the lines of, “And I say thank
you, Lord, for Your great wisdom.”MORE |
| American
Thinker: Global Warming Fraud and the Future of Science
...Environmentalist
Greens needed a threat -- one that menaced not only technological civilization,
but life on earth itself. They have promoted an endless parade of such threats
since the 1960s -- overpopulation, pollution, runaway nuclear power, and global
cooling -- only to see them shrivel like old balloons. They required a menace
that was overwhelming, long-term, and not easily disproven. With global warming,
the climatologists gave them one. MORE |
| /
Atlantic:
Did the Prosperity Gospel Cause the Crash?
...America’s
churches always reflect shifts in the broader culture, and Casa del Padre is no
exception. The message that Jesus blesses believers with riches first showed up
in the postwar years... But it really took off during the boom years of
the 1990s, and has continued to spread ever since. This stitched-together, homegrown
theology, known as the prosperity gospel, is not a clearly defined denomination,
but a strain of belief that runs through the Pentecostal Church and a surprising
number of evangelical churches... MORE |
| Questions
Obama Must Answer on Afghanistan
Next
week President Obama is expected to announce his new Afghanistan strategy. Americans
should look for answers to four questions when judging that plan. What’s at stake?
What’s the desired end state? How will he accomplish the mission? How much will
it cost? Afghanistan will define Obama’s presidency which might explain the long,
dysfunctional process... MORE |
|
Chris
Monckton: The
Criminal Conspiracy of Global Warming
This
is what they did - these climate "scientists" on whose unsupported word the world's
classe politique proposes to set up an unelected global government this December
in Copenhagen. An unelected global government with vast and unprecedented powers
to control all formerly free markets, to tax wealthy nations and all of their
financial transactions, to regulate the economic and environmental affairs of
all nations, and to confiscate and extinguish all patent and intellectual property
rights. MORE |
| | Misdiagnosis
of 'Vegetative State' Raises Questions
A
man thought to have been in a vegetative state for 23 years was conscious throughout
the entire ordeal. Rom Houben of Belgium was diagnosed as being in a vegetative
state after a car wreck, but doctors now know the 46-year-old man was aware of
his surroundings, heard what was being said, but couldn't respond. He has been
provided with equipment to read and type since this discovery, and with therapy,
he is now able to communicate. MORE |
|
Meet
the New President of Europe
Herman
Van Rompuy. Get used to the name. He is the first President of the European Union,
which with the ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon by all the 27 EU member states
in early November was transformed into a genuine United States of Europe. The
President of Europe has not been elected; he was appointed in a secret meeting
of the heads of government of the 27 EU member states. They chose one of their
own. Herman Van Rompuy was the Prime Minister of Belgium. I knew him when he was
just setting out, reluctantly, on his political career. To understand Herman,
one must know something about Belgium, a tiny country in Western Europe, and the
prototype of the EU. MORE |
| | 
“They Did Not
Honor Him as God, or Give Thanks”
Thanksgiving
is a deeply theological act, rightly understood. As a matter of fact, thankfulness
is a theology in microcosm -- a key to understanding what we really believe about
God, ourselves, and the world we experience. A haunting question is this:
How do atheists observe Thanksgiving? I can easily understand that an atheist
or agnostic would think of fellow human beings and feel led to express thankfulness
and gratitude to all those who, both directly and indirectly, have contributed
to their lives. But what about the blessings that cannot... MORE |
|
Obama Shatters Spending
Record for First-Year Presidents
The
federal government spent $3.5 trillion during President Obama's first year in
office. This far exceeds the spending for any other first-year president.
MORE |
Navy SEALs Face Assault
Charges for Capturing Terrorist
Navy
SEALs have secretly captured one of the most wanted terrorists in Iraq. For their
trouble, three of the SEALs are now facing criminal charges stemming from the
suspect's bloody lip.MORE |
Southern Baptist Agency
to Cut Missionary Force by 600
The
Southern Baptist Convention’s international mission agency will cut its overseas
force by as many as 600 missionaries in 2010 due to a severe budget shortfall.
MORE |
AMERICAN THINKER: Our Indestructible
Thanksgiving Tradition
Do
you know what actually happened in 1621? Do people realize what these honored
Pilgrims were really like? MORE |
AMERICAN THINKER: Links
Between the Internet and Freedom
This
Thanksgiving, I'm grateful for the Internet and the opportunity it affords for
free expression. MORE |
AMERICAN THINKER: The Truth
of Thanksgiving
Our
nation has dramatically changed since the inception of this special day. I asked
my students if they knew the original intent of the day we now call Thanksgiving.
To my consternation, these were a few of those responses... MORE |
Ex-Haggard Counselor: We
Wish He Would Not Do This
A
member of Ted Haggard’s now-defunct restoration team says he and the others wish
the former megachurch pastor would have followed their counsel rather than doing
what he is now. MORE |
Lawsuit Paranoia Nixes
Christmas Parade
The
Alliance Defense Fund has contacted an Ohio town urging its officials to reconsider
an earlier decision to cancel its annual Christmas parade. MORE |
T-shirts create a load
of controversy
The
Gainesville, Florida, school district is being sued for banning students from
wearing a T-shirt.MORE |
Cardinals' Pujols Thanks God for Ability
& Award
Albert
Pujols, the unanimous winner of this year's National League Most Valuable Player
award, says he thanks God every day for his baseball career. On Tuesday,
Pujols received all 32 first-place votes in balloting by the Baseball Writers'
Association of America... MORE |
Mass. Healthcare Undermines
Romney's GOP Support
A
new poll shows that former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney now has a less than
50 percent favorability rating among Republican voters. MORE |
T.V. Actor Says Christianity
is Being Marginalized in Britain
Suchet
claimed a charity he worked for had been recently turned down for government funding
"because it was a Christian charity, even though it had been funded by the Government
for several years."MORE |
Salvation Army Kicks Off
2009 Red Kettle Christmas Campaign
The
Salvation Army officially kicks off its 2009 Red Kettle Christmas campaign Thursday
during the nationally televised halftime... MORE |
|
Over
150,000 Americans Sign Manhattan Declaration
More
than 150,000 people have so far signed the Manhattan Declaration, just a week
after the document was unveiled. And one of the document's drafters, Chuck Colson,
hopes the number will soon reach a million so that Christians would put America
on notice that they will not compromise their faith, no matter what. MORE |
| John
MacArthur: Why I Won't Sign the Manhattan Declaration
...Although
I obviously agree with the document’s opposition to same-sex marriage, abortion,
and other key moral problems threatening our culture, the document falls far short
of identif- ying the one true and ultimate remedy for all of humanity’s moral
ills: the gospel. The gospel is barely mentioned in the Declaration.
MORE |
| Israel
Readying New Arms For Iran Attack
With
cutting-edge anti-missile systems and two new submarines that can carry nuclear
weapons, Israel is readying a new generation of armaments designed to defend itself
against distant Iran as well as Tehran's proxy armies on its borders. Having failed
to crush Hamas' firepower in its Gaza offensive last winter, or Hezbollah's in
its 2006 war in Lebanon, Israel is turning to an increasingly sophisticated mix
of defensive technology. MORE |
| N.H.
High Court to Hear Case of Christian Girl Ordered Out of Homeschooling
The New Hampshire
Supreme Court has agreed to take up the case of a Christian girl who was ordered
out of homeschooling and into a public school. Attorneys for 10-year-old Amanda
Kurowski argue that the lower court judge overstepped its authority when it determined
that it would be in the best interest of the student to explore and examine new
things, other than Christianity.MORE |
| Sharper
Iron: Lessons From the Thanksgiving Pilgrims
...Thanksgiving
is almost the only holiday which has yet to be hi-jacked by secular or commercial
forces. Think of it—the closest that retailers get to this celebration is speaking
of the day which follows it, or perhaps dressing in supposed 17th century garb
to film silly commercials. Thanksgiving has also not really been corrupted by
worldliness. Few seem to talk about getting drunk for Thanksgiving Day or staying
out all night beforehand. MORE |
| New
EU President Would Govern World
In
accepting his appointment to be the first permanent president of the European
Council in the European Union, Herman Van Rompuy affirmed his belief that the
new world order would be dominated by international organizations that would seek
to destroy the last vestiges of nation-states on the face of the globe, Jerome
Corsi's Red Alert reports. MORE |
| ///
| Update
for Nov. 25th-26th, 2009 |
Research:
Giving Thanks Brings Health, Happiness
Bill
Golden survived more than 20 years in the Army and another 30 in law enforcement.
He fell sick with colon cancer, and at 86, he has an artificial hip and arthritis
in his knees. Golden still gives thanks, though, and researchers say that appreciative
attitude can be good for you, too. Academics have long theorized that expressions
of thanks promote health and happiness and give optimism and energy to the downtrodden.
Now, the study of gratitude has become a surprisingly burgeoning field, and research
indicates being thankful might help people actually feel better. There's a catch,
however: You have to say thanks more than just once a year.MORE |
| 'No
God? No Problem!' Holiday Ads to Hit U.S. Cities
The
first of five U.S. cities will be hit by a new atheist holiday ad campaign this
Thanksgiving weekend. Washington, D.C. residents can expect to see ads proclaiming,
“No God?...No Problem!” inside buses, rail cars and on the side or tail of buses
by week’s end. The campaign, sponsored by the American Humanist Association, will
then target the transit systems of New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
MORE |
|
Is
the Bubble About to Burst?
Yes,
it's true! The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the organization
that "insures" your bank deposits, is officially broke. It ran out of money in
early October due to the large number of banks that are continuing to fail.1 This
news came in spite of the fact that the FDIC had raised its rates to member banks
earlier in the year in an attempt to shore up its dwindling reserves. When the
financial crisis began in September of last year, the FDIC reported that 117 banks
were in trouble. Since then approximately 80 percent of the banking companies
on that list have gone under. MORE |
| | The
Final Nail in the Coffin of Global Warming?
If
you own any shares in alternative energy companies I should start dumping them
NOW. The conspiracy behind the Global Warming myth has been suddenly, brutally
and quite deliciously exposed after a hacker broke into the computers at the University
of East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit and released 61 megabytes of confidential
files onto the internet. MORE |
| 
The Evidence of
Climate Fraud
A
folder containing documents, data and, e-mails purportedly "hacked" from Britain's
Climate Research Unit (CRU) may be smoking-gun proof of a worldwide conspiracy
to exaggerate the existence, causation, and threat of global warming. And the
list of apparent conspirators includes many of the world's leading climate alarmists
-- the very scientists on whose work the entire anthropogenic global warming theory
is based. MORE |
| Survey
Examines Protestant Preaching On
Marriage,
Abortion
With
last Friday’s release of the Manhattan Declaration – a 4,700-word statement from
evangelical, Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox signers declaring their commitment
to the sanctity of human life, biblical marriage and religious liberty – newly
released data from LifeWay Research describe the beliefs of Protestant pastors
on these issues, and how often they discuss them in church. MORE |
|
Ga. City to Review 'So
Help Me God' Police Oath
Marietta,
Ga., is considering changing the oath of office that the city's police officers
take so that recruits can swear to uphold the law without saying the phrase "so
help me God." MORE |
Americans More Likely to
Credit Obama for Verse Than Bible
A
Bible verse about caring for the poor and the oppressed was wrongly attributed
by a majority of U.S. adults to celebrities, politicians and other prominent figures
including President Obama, Oprah, Bono and Angelina Jolie.MORE |
AMERICAN THINKER: Jerusalem
Stone and the Genocide of Titus
Israel's
high-rise buildings in Jerusalem are built out of Jerusalem stone, a beautiful
natural building material that makes even the new city look gloriously resurrected
from the very hills themselves....MORE |
SBC President Johnny Hunt
Diagnosed with Cancer
Southern
Baptist Convention President Johnny Hunt revealed Monday that he has prostate
cancer and expects to have surgery in Jan. MORE |
Man Happy With Simple Life
In Utah Cave
A
48-year-old man who has not used money in nine years and resides in a desert cave
in Moab, Utah, said he loves his simple existence.MRE |
'World's Biggest Animal
Sacrifice' Begins
UP
to a million Hindu devotees have gathered in a village in Nepal to witness the
slaughter of hundreds of thousands of animals in a mass sacrifice that has drawn
widespread criticism. MORE |
Creationists to Give Out
1M Copies of Darwin's 'Origin'
One
million more copies of a special pro-Intelligent Design edition of On the Origin
of Species will be given away to college students, Ray Comfort announced.MORE |
ACLU 'Bullying' Tenn. School
The American
Civil Liberties Union has filed suit against a Tennessee school on charges similar
to those in a 2006 Florida case. MORE |
FBI Releases '08 Hate Crime
Figures; Increases Reported
There
were over 7,000 incidents of hate crimes reported last year with a large majority
having been against race, according to a new report released Monday by the FBI.MORE |
Hundreds Riot in Egypt
Over Muslim Rape Claim
Hundreds
of angry Muslims, and by some accounts thousands, attacked Coptic Christians in
a southern Egyptian town this past Saturday over an allegation that a Christian
man kidnapped and raped a Muslim girl. MORE |
|
| Former
Obama Organizer Threatens to 'Out' Catholic Priests to ‘Encourage’ Them to Repudiate
Church's Stand on Homosexuality A
longtime Washington, D.C., liberal Internet activist has founded a Web site that
he says will collect accounts of homosexuals in the Catholic priesthood--accounts
he will use to “encourage” them to change their views on homosexual marriage and
other issues. “Outing” the priests--publicly revealing their homosexuality--is
“not off the table,” Phil Attey, founder of the Web site ChurchOuting.com, told
CNSNews. com. The site will also collect information on straight priests who have
broken their vow of celibacy... MORE |
| Minnesota
Pastor Parts with Congregation Over Homosexuality
A
Little Falls, Minn., pastor recently spoke out about his decision to resign after
his congregation rejected a motion to leave the Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America. The Rev. Nate Bjorge told the Brainerd Dispatch that First Lutheran Church's
vote last month to stay in the ELCA called into question his effectiveness as
a pastor. "I was extremely disheartened," Bjorge told the local newspaper as he
recalled the Oct. 11 vote. "I haven't been angry by this whole process. Sad might
be a better word."MORE |
| American
Thinker:
If I Forget
Thee O Jerusalem
...It
is useful to dwell on what has been said by both Jews and non-Jews in the past
about Jerusalem. Now there is a government and a Prime Minister in Israel under
assault by President Obama, who demands that Israel abandon parts of eternal Jerusalem
and give it away to those who hate the Jewish people and who have set their face
against accepting any Jewish independence or sovereignty in Israel. MORE |
| Cardinal
Says 'No Way' Catholic Members of Congress Can Support Senate Health Care
"The bishops
of the United States support "universal, affordable health care for everyone,"
Cardinal Justin Rigali, the archbishop of Philadelphia, told CNSNews.com. "But
we make a distinction between health care and killing, so abortion is out of the
question," he added. MORE |
| ///
| Update
for Nov. 23rd-24th, 2009 |
Religious
Leaders Call for Civil Disobedience
If
Laws Don’t Respect Faith
A
formidable coalition of 150 Catholic, Orthodox and evangelical leaders are calling
on Christians in a new manifesto to reject secular authority – and even engage
in civil disobedience – if laws force them to accept abortion, same-sex marriage
and other ideas that betray their religious beliefs. On Friday, these leaders
released a 4,700-word document – called the "The Manhattan Declaration: A Call
of Christian Conscience." MORE |
| Climate
Skeptics See 'Smoking Gun' in Leaked E-Mails
Hackers
broke into the servers at a prominent British climate research center and leaked
years worth of e-mail messages onto the Web, including one with a reference to
a plan to "hide the decline" in temperatures. The Internet is abuzz about the
leaked data...Climate change skeptics describe the leaked data as a "smoking gun,"
evidence of collusion among climatologists and manipulation of data to support
the widely held view that climate change is caused by the actions of mankind.
The authors of the e-mails, however, accuse the skeptics of taking the messages
out of context, adding that the evidence still clearly shows a warming trend.
MORE |
| EU
Creates Historic New Post... President of Europe
On
Thursday, the European Union made an “historic” decision to create a “President
of Europe.” They chose Belgium Prime Minister Herman van Rompuy over Britain’s
Tony Blair. If you’re thinking, “van who?”, don’t worry — you’re not alone. In
one of the most undemocratic developments in recent history, the new leader of
a half-billion Europeans is a name only 12% of them have even heard of. He was
chosen unanimously by a council of other EU leaders, not by popular vote, and
will take office January 1, 2010. MORE |
| Muslim
Countries Seek Blasphemy Ban
Islamic
nations are mounting a campaign for an international treaty to protect religious
symbols and beliefs from mockery — essentially, a ban on blasphemy. Documents
obtained by The Associated Press show that Algeria and Pakistan have taken the
lead in lobbying to bring the matter to a vote in the U.N. General Assembly.Such
a ban would face great resistance in Western nations that enshrine freedom of
expression as a fundamental right. MORE |
| American
Vision: The Stock Market’s Secret
Standard
& Poor’s, the long-time trusted bastion of stock market data and indexing,
has just recently revamped their website, and it now discourages the general public
from accessing its vital stats. What was once clearly published regularly in an
easily accessible part of their website is now hidden behind a registration page
which requires first and last names, company name, email address, and phone number.
And “why?” you may ask. MORE |
| American
Muslims & Their Participation in the Military
The
contents of a two-year old seminar presented by Major Nidal M. Hasan, the medico
believed responsible for the Fort Hood massacre, were apparently recorded in the
form of powerpoint slides. These slides are in one sense nothing new. They
review the basics of Islam: its pillars and core beliefs. However, in addition,
Major Hasan explains the implications of this theological material for the lived
situation of Muslims in the US armed forces. He says that Muslims can experience
problems in the military... MORE |
|
More Americans Expected to Travel for
Thanksgiving
The
AAA auto club says a few more Americans will be traveling away from home for Thanksgiving
this year, though most people are making their holiday treks by car. The group
says about 33.2 million people will travel by car this year, a 2.1 percent jump
from 2008. The numbers were based on a survey of 1,350 households.
MORE |
American Thinker:
Marriage Versus the Nanny State
....God
in His wisdom designed marriage to effectively serve both the unifying and procreative
functions. A couple that pursues a great marriage lives in conformity with God's
design, and thus many virtues as well as great happiness arise naturally as a
byproduct of their respectful treatment of one another and others.MORE |
Free Speech Censored in
Student's Pro-Life Stance
The
Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) is suing a New Jersey school district for silencing
a student while she expressed her pro-life views. MORE |
Obama May Put Americans
Under World Judges' Power
President
Obama has dispatched a delegation this week to The Hague to explore issues involving
the United States' possible participation in the International Criminal Court.
MORE |
Anglican Head, Pope Hold
'Cordial' Talks
Archbishop
of Canterbury Dr. Rowan Williams met Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican Saturday
to discuss relations between the Anglican and Roman Catholic Churches.MORE |
Activist Judge Confirmed
with Help of Ten Republican Senators
The
Senate voted 59-39 yesterday to confirm President Obama's first circuit court
appointee, the pro-abortion Judge David Hamilton. MORE |
Researcher Says She Found
Text on Shroud of Turin
A
Vatican researcher claims she has found a nearly invisible text on the Shroud
of Turin and says the discovery proves the authenticity...The claim drew immediate
skepticism from some scientists... MORE |
God Shows Up in Vampire
Novel
A
handsome man with a dark secret, a vulnerable heroine and a love story make Thirsty,
at first glance, your typical vampire novel. But then God shows up. MORE |
Newspaper Denies Ex-Editor's
Religious Discrimination Claim
The
Washington Times is denying a religious discrimination claim by the newspaper's
former opinion editor. MORE |
Church Registration in
Vietnam Inches Along
The
operating license is the first one granted since five were granted two years ago.
The last of those five churches was finally allowed to hold its organizing assembly
in late September. MORE |
Medical Doctors Confirm
God's Miracles with Medical Data
International
Christian Medical Conference under the Theme "Spirituality and Medicines" Brought
400 Doctors from 30 Nations. MORE |
Eyes of the Nation Are
On the Southern Baptist Convention
Will
the Southern Baptist Convention step up to the plate and hit the ball out of the
park this Christmas? MORE |
Why is Obama Subsidizing
America's Islamic Adversaries?
"Islamic
jihadists remain the most serious threat against America today, despite President
Barack Obama's effort to improve relations..." MORE |
|
Sou.
Baptist Leader: Obama ‘Very Dangerous,’ Causing ‘Severe Damage’
One
of the leaders of the nation’s influential Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) tells
Newsmax that President Obama is “very dangerous” in his economic policies and
his foreign policy is causing “severe damage” to U.S. standing in the world. Dr.
Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious
Liberty Commission and author of the book “The Divided State of America: What
Liberals and Conservatives Are Missing In The God And Country Shouting Match”,
told Newsmax.TV that the cultural war is heating up. MORE |
| Conn.
Schools Threatened with Lawsuit Over Graduations at Church
The
American Civil Liberties Union and Americans United for Separation of Church and
State have threatened to sue Enfield Public Schools if their graduation ceremonies
are not moved out of a church. "Students and their families should not have to
choose between attending graduation and being subjected to proselytizing religious
messages," said Alex Luchenitser, senior litigation counsel for Americans United..
"Yet that is exactly the choice that the Enfield Schools impose on students and
their families." MORE |
| Climatologists
Baffled by Global Warming Time-Out
Global
warming appears to have stalled. Climatologists are puzzled as to why average
global temperatures have stopped rising over the last 10 years. Some attribute
the trend to a lack of sunspots, while others explain it through ocean currents.
Ironically, climate change appears to have stalled in the run-up to the upcoming
world summit in the Danish capital, where thousands of politicians, bureaucrats,
scientists, business leaders and environmental activists plan to negotiate a reduction
in greenhouse gas emissions. MORE |
| On
the 150th Anniversary of Darwin's Origin
November
24 will mark the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin's book On the Origin of Species,
one of the most influential books on biology ever written, and arguably the most
controversial. One hundred and fifty years after Darwin made popular the idea
that the diversity of life on planet Earth today descended (or ascended?) from
lower life forms over millions of years, the general theory of evolution is still
not accepted by vast numbers of people, to the chagrin of large numbers of evolutionary
biologists. MORE |
| Liberal
Group Condemned For Attacking Wisconsin Prayer Vigil
The
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater has fallen under criticism for an e-mail announcing
a prayer vigil. School officials allowed the notice of a prayer vigil for Amy
Krueger, a former student who was killed earlier this month in the Fort Hood massacre..."What
you have is Freedom From Religion Foundation using its normal bullying and intimidating
tactics," said Julaine Appling, president of Wisconsin Family... MORE |
| ///
| Update
for Nov. 20th-21st, 2009 |
Avoiding
Doomsday Hype and Hysteria
The
doomsday film 2012 had a mega-weekend at the box office. It took in $225 million
over a period of five days, a combination of $65 million domestically and $160
million internationally Wednesday through Sunday (Nov. 11–16, 2009). In anticipation
of the hype and hysteria of the Mayan Calendar end-of-the-world scenario, Christians
were ready for an answer. MORE |
| Army
Keeps Media From Palin Fort Bragg Event
Army
officials plan to prevent media from covering Sarah Palin's appearance at Fort
Bragg on Monday, saying they fear the event will turn into political grandstanding
against President Barack Obama. Fort Bragg spokesman Tom McCollum told The Associated
Press on Thursday that Army officials had decided to keep media away from Palin's
book promotion at the North Carolina base. MORE |
|
Why
Is Islam Confusing?
Americans
are greatly confused as to what to think about the Muslim religion. Our political
leaders constantly tell us that Islam is a “religion of peace.” Presidents Bush
one and two, President Clinton, and especially President Barack Obama all repeat
this like a ‘mantra’ of indisputable truth. Yet Islam’s own foundational books
and its history show conclusively that is not true. The problem is based in a
contradiction within the very foundation Islam itself. MORE |
| | Bible
Verse Being Used In Anti-Obama Slogan
There’s
a new slogan making its way onto car bumpers and across the Internet. It reads
simply: “Pray for Obama: Psalm 109:8” A nice sentiment? Maybe not.
The psalm reads, “Let his days be few; and let another take his office.” Presidential
criticism through witty slogans is nothing new. Bumper stickers, t-shirts, and
hats with “1/20/09” commemorated President Bush’s last day in office. But
the verse immediately following the psalm referenced is a bit more ominous: “Let
his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.” MORE |
| Indiana
Pastor Resigning Church, Lists His 'Sins'
The
Rev. Glenn McDonald went to members of Zionsville Presbyterian Church at this
weekend's services with a surprising message: He was resigning from the church
he founded 26 years ago because of sins in his life...McDonald said he had committed
the sin of idolatry by allowing the business of running a big church and the desire
to please his congregation -- rather than God -- to become the focus of his work.
The result, he said, was the mind-set of a workaholic... MORE |
| Jews
Raise Millions To Be Ready for Coming of The Messiah
Yehuda Glick
is a 44-year-old American-born Jew who spends most of every day preparing for
the arrival of the Messiah in Jerusalem. Since he became the executive director
of the Temple Institute, Mr Glick's main task has been to supervise the manufacture
of the utensils the high priests will need when the day arrives. Crowns and other
instruments made of solid gold fill glass cases in the Temple Institute museum
in Jerusalem's Old City. MORE |
|
California Church Packs
The House With Gay Jesus Play
A
play depicting Jesus as a gay man played to a packed church sanctuary tonight
while a handful of protesters outside called it blasphemous. MORE |
American Thinker: Sarah
Palin's Walmart Strategy
What's
notable about Sarah Palin's book tour, which starts midweek, is where she's not
going. She's not going to L.A. or New York, Boston or San Francisco. She's going
to the middle of the country. MORE |
N.Y. Court: Married Gay
Couples Entitled to Benefits
New
York's top court has rejected a Christian legal group's challenge to some government
benefits provided to legally married same-sex couples living in New York. MORE |
Senate Confirms Controversial
Judge to Federal Bench
The
Senate on Thursday confirmed U.S. District Judge David Hamilton for the Chicago-based
federal appeals court, approving a nominee targeted by conservatives as a liberal
activist. MORE |
White House Backs Off Cancer
Test Guidelines
A
top federal health official said Wednesday that the controversial new guidelines
for breast cancer screening do not represent government policy. MORE |
Girl Appeals to Obama to
Help Ex-Muslim Father
The
15-year-old daughter of well-known Egyptian convert Maher el-Gohary has written
a letter appealing to President Obama to help her father who is in danger of being
murdered or imprisoned for becoming a Christian. MORE |
U.N. Says the World Needs
Fewer Children
The
U.N. Population Fund has declared that having fewer children would help reduce
so-called global warming...but added it is difficult to proof a connection between
the two. MORE |
Gay Pastor Controversy
Prompts New Lutheran Group
A
decision by the country's largest Lutheran denomination to allow gay pastors to
serve as clergy is leading a conservative opposition group to try to form an alternate
Lutheran church body. MORE |
|
Planned
Parenthood Director Who Goes Pro-Life Spurned By Her Liberal Church
Abby Johnson,
the former Planned Parenthood clinic director whose about-face on abortion prompted
her to resign her job, says she's gotten flack for her decision from an unexpected
quarter: her own church. Her Oct. 6 decision to leave Planned Parenthood
in Bryan, Texas - after viewing an ultrasound- guided abortion of a 13-week-old
fetus two weeks earlier - made headlines, especially when she ended up...
MORE |
| Grant
Jeffery: A Response to the 2012 Mayan Prophecy Theory
The
film entitled 2012 was released November 13th with a top Hollywood cast that explores
the idea of a global doomsday event that many New Age followers and a few Christians
believe will occur at the time of the northern hemisphere's winter solstice on
December 21, 2012. This date coincides with the end of the Mayan Long Count Calendar's
current cycle which only extended until 2012.... MORE |
| New
EU Presidental Post Designed To Give Europe More Power
The
new EU president and foreign minister posts are designed to make the EU more effective
and give it more clout on the world stage. Created by the Lisbon Treaty,
the new positions of President of the European Council and the High Representative
for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy will be filled following talks at a Brussels
summit.. MORE |
| Foreign
Minister of Italy Says EU Needs It's Own Army To Be Relevant
The
foreign minister of Italy says his country will push for the creation of a European
army after the new Europe takes shape, a result of all 27-member states in the
EU adopting the Lisbon Treaty. MORE |
| /
| Update
for Nov. 18th-19th, 2009 |
USA
Today: The Question of 'Incentives' For Church Growth
Worshipers
at Lighthouse Church of All Nations in Alsip, Ill., have had an added incentive
to be in the pews the last few weeks. Their pastor is giving away cold, hard cash.
A thousand bucks a weekend, according to the Chicago Tribune. The pastor pulls
three seat numbers out of hat, and two lucky worshipers gets $250, while one gets
$500. The cash comes straight out of the collection. MORE |
| | 9th
Circuit Asked: Do Courts Enforce Constitution?
The
stage is being set for a major ruling from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on
whether the U.S. judiciary actually can enforce the provisions of the Constitution.
The basic question is being raised in an appeal of a district judge's decision
to dismiss a legal challenge to Barack Obama's constitutional eligibility to be
president. MORE |
| Nathan
Jones: Busy Week in Prophetic Fulfillment
Students
of Bible prophecy are always keeping a close eye on the news, looking for events
that fulfill what the Bible explicitly says will lead up to Jesus' soon return.
This past few weeks the news has been filled chock full with set-up events that
have arranged the players in their proper place for an epic prophetic event.MORE |
| New
‘Dismay’ Over Israeli Housing Construction Underscores Deep Differences Over Jerusalem
A decision
by an Israeli planning body to approve the construction of 900 housing units in
a part of Jerusalem claimed by the Palestinians is threatening a new rift with
Washington and prompting the Israeli government to reiterate its position on the
city it claims as its “eternal, undivided” capital. MORE |
| M.G.
Mickey: Will We Be Microchipped?
Bible
prophecy foretells a time coming in the prophetic future when the prophesied Antichrist
is going to cause "all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to
receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might
buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number
of his name." (Revelation 13:16-17) All of us familiar with bible prophecy know
what the preceding Scripture specifically refers to, namely the mark of the beast,
but do we fully realize that right now, buried within a Democratic party-endorsed
bill that most of us overwhelmingly stand in opposition to, the precursor to the
mark of the beast, at the very least, may be lurking, largely unseen by the public?
MORE |
| Jack
Kinsella: What Does Obama's Bow To Japanese Emperor Really Mean?
One would
think that President Obama has handlers that advise him on local customs and practices
in nations that he visits. And assuming that is true, that raises another question.
Does he listen? MORE |
|
US Fury As Israel Approves 900 New Housing
Units
Relations
between Israel and the United States hit a fresh low today when the State Department
condemned the construction of 900 new housing units in an East Jerusalem settlement
suburb. MORE |
Court Refuses to Revive
Battle Over Religious Grad Speech
The
U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear the case of a high school valedictorian whose speech
was cut short by school officials after she began speaking about the role her
beliefs played in her success in life. MORE |
Christian Blogger Raises
$30K in 18 Hours
A
33-year-old preacher's kid from Atlanta recently raised $30,000 in 18 hours to
build a kindergarten in Vietnam. It was his first shot at fundraising but even
more surprising is the fact that the money was raised through his blog.
MORE |
Obama Moves In On Alaska
Pipeline
The
Obama administration put its mark in the overwhelmingly Republican state of Alaska,
asking Alaska pipeline coordinator Drue Pearce to step down, according to U.S.
news sources. MORE |
Palestine seeks independence,
leaves Israel out
A
messianic Jewish leader is pleased that the European Union (EU) has rejected an
appeal by the Palestinians to recognize a Palestinian state without Israeli consent.
MORE |
Church Van Crash Leaves
2 Dead, 14 Injured
A
van carrying 16 members of a Colorado church group veered out of control on an
icy Oregon freeway Thursday morning and rolled over several times before coming
to a stop. MORE |
CDC: Sex Infections Still
Growing
Latest
statistics on chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis show the three highly treatable
infections continue to spread in the United States.MORE |
Russia - Pastors Fined
for Conducting Public Service
Two
pastors in Russia were recently fined for holding a worship service in public.
MORE |
D.C. Board Rejects Ballot
Initiative on Gay Marriage
The
D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics ruled Tuesday not to take same-sex marriage
to the ballot for a vote by the people. MORE |
NJ teen barred from abortion
protest sues school
A
New Jersey high school student claims in a federal lawsuit that administrators
violated her religious and free-speech rights by prohibiting her participation
in a silent abortion protest. MORE |
|
The
Future of Church Facilities
Until
recently, churches responded to growing attendance by building larger facilities.
But the faltering economy makes raising large sums for building projects harder
to accomplish. And combined with the aversion of younger churchgoers to the bigger-is-better
ministry philosophy, these tight-money days are demanding imaginative alternatives.
For some churches, the question has become, "Should we build at all?" MORE |
| Pastors
Test Expanded Hate Crimes Law
Conservative
pastors rallied outside the Justice Department on Monday to test the limits of
the newly expanded hate crimes law. Calling the new law – which broadens
the definition of federal hate crimes to include attacks based on sexual orientation
and gender identity – a clear threat to religious liberty, the group sought to
defend their freedom to proclaim biblical truths. MORE |
| $98
Billion Taxpayer Dollars Wasted by Government Agencies, Report Says
More than
$98 billion in taxpayer dollars spent by government agencies was wasted, much
of it on questionable claims for tax credits and Medicare benefits, representing
an increase of $26 billion from the previous year.IIn all, about 5 percent of
spending in federal programs in fiscal year 2009 was improper, according to new
details of a government financial report that were released Tuesday. MORE |
| Verichip
Buys ID Security Company
VeriChip
has a new name. The company famous for its development of RFID tags that can be
implanted in humans has acquired Steel Vault Corporation, a provider of identity
security products and services. Anti-identity-theft meet human microchipping.
Together, VeriChip Corp and Steel Vault Corp are forming a new company called
PositiveID. MORE |
| Walter
E. Williams: Why Liberals Excuse Communist Horrors
...the
reason why the world's leftists give the world's most horrible murderers a pass
is because they sympathize with their socioeconomic goals, which include government
ownership and/or control over the means of production. In the U.S., the call is
for government control, through regulations, as opposed to ownership... MORE |
| //
| Update
for Nov. 16th-17th, 2009 |
Gay Activists
Mull Organized Terrorism On Christians
In
the wake of the horrific act of Islamic domestic terrorism at Fort Hood Texas,
it has been learned that militant homosexual activists recently made similar online
postings to those of Nidal Malik Hasan, threatening additional acts of terrorism
against Christians. In response to Maine’s natural marriage victory last Tuesday,
gay activists have directly threatened to retaliate with terrorism and the killing
of Christians on the popular homosexual activist “JoeMyGod” Weblog. Liberty Counsel
notified the FBI which is investigating the matter. As of this morning, the offending
blog entry had been removed. MORE |
|
No
American President Ever Bowed to a Foreign Leader ? Until Now
This
past Saturday when President Obama bowed to the Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress
Michiko he created a new presidential precedent. No president of the United States
in the more than 230 years since the country was founded in 1776 had ever bowed
to a member of royalty. That was until Barack Obama?s presidency. In April, President
Obama bowed to the Saudi king during the G-20 meeting. At the time Obama's deferential
bow was somewhat obscured... MORE |
| | Netanyahu
Threatens to Retaliate if Palestinians Declare Statehood
Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened to retaliate if Palestinians declare
a unilateral state, saying such a move would unravel existing agreements with
the Israelis. Netanyahu’s stern comments come the same day that a senior Palestinian
official told Fox News they are considering a U.N. resolution to declare a Palestinian
state. Palestinian officials had said Sunday they were preparing to ask the United
Nations to endorse an independent state without Israel's consent because they
were losing faith in the peace talks. MORE |
| Gay
Marriage Supporters Threaten to Strip Churches of Tax Exemption
More than
75,000 Americans have joined an online movement seeking the revocation of tax-exempt
status from churches that were involved in the repeal of Maine's gay marriage
law. "It's no secret that the Catholic Diocese led the 'Yes on 1' effort
in Maine... MORE |
| Bill
Wilson: Federal Seizure of Islamic Centers Not What They Appear to Be
...This action
will have far reaching implications for Islam in America. It will open a court
debate on whether Islamic centers supporting terrorism fall under First Amendment
protection. This case will most certainly test the First Amendment religious freedom
guarantees. It will either establish that Islam is not a religion when it acts
against the country or it will forbid forevermore any actions against Islamic
centers. MORE |
| Married
With Children Paves Way to Happiness
Want
to be a happy married couple? Consider having kids. A new study found that having
children boosts happiness. And the more, literally, the merrier. But unmarried
couples shouldn't expect to find greater happiness through child-raising. The
study, published in the Oct. 14 online edition of the Journal of Happiness Studies,
suggests that having children has little or no effect on boosting happiness among
couples who aren't hitched. MORE |
|
Illegals Could Be Legal As Quickly As
Next Year
Obama's
senior advisor said yesterday that a plan to grant citizenship to millions of
illegal immigrants in the U.S. is in the works and could be made law as early
as next year. MORE |
Obama Condemned for Indifference
to China Church Persecution
As
President Barack Obama prepares for his first visit to China, leaders of the unapproved
churches there are condemning his administration for indifference to the increasing
persecution they are facing. MORE |
Obama's Failure, Netanyahu's Opportunity
Once again,
US President Barack Obama has demonstrated his intention of "putting light" between
America and Israel. His hostility toward Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu during
the latter's visit to Washington this week was breathtaking. MORE |
County Commissioners' Prayer
Leads to Federal Court
Alliance
Defense Fund is again preparing to battle a court case filed against a county
in North Carolina for the mention of Jesus' name by the board of commissioners
in government prayers.MORE |
Clashes Erupt After Murder of Christian
Man in Egypt
Clashes
broke out in a southern Egyptian village Saturday after Muslim youth began throwing
stones at Coptic Christian churches and homes in the area in response to the extended
detention four Muslim murder suspects. MORE |
Al Gore Heckled During
Global Warming Speech
Addressing
a crowd of a thousand people at the Mizner Park Amphitheater, Gore was repeatedly
booed by about 200 protesters stationed outside the open-air facility.MORE |
Maine Churches Need Not
Fear IRS
Alliance
Defense Fund is prepared to protect churches in Maine from the opposition of homosexual
advocates. MORE |
Church Registration in
Vietnam Inches Along
The
operating license is the first one granted since five were granted two years ago.
The last of those five churches, the Christian Fellowship Church, was finally
allowed to hold its organizing assembly in late September. MORE |
ACLJ Seeks Dismissal of
'In God We Trust' Lawsuit
American
Center for Law and Justice has filed a legal response to a lawsuit that opposes
religious engravings in the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington. MORE |
Oklahoma Pro-Life Laws
Face Legal Challenges
An
abortion law in Oklahoma that would require women seeking abortions to disclose
such information as their relationship with the baby's father and reason for the
abortion has been put on hold. MORE |
Convictions Few for Anti-
Christian Violence in India
Following
six acquittals last week in trials for those accused of the 2008 anti-Christian
violence in India’s Orissa state, Christians are losing heart to strive for justice,
according to a prosecuting attorney. MORE |
United Methodists Tackle
Ineffective Clergy, Congregations
United
Methodists are reevaluating the so-called "guaranteed appointment" of clergy system,
calling into question the effectiveness of the long-established practice amid
membership decline. MORE |
|
Senator
Gregg: U.S. Facing Fiscal Meltdown
The
Republican President Barack Obama once nominated as commerce secretary said Sunday
that the U.S. is on the brink of a fiscal meltdown that will give it "third-class
status as a nation." Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., the senior Republican on the Senate
Budget Committee, told C-SPAN that the biggest problem faced by the country is
"the impending fiscal meltdown of our nation," a risk he said is only exceeded
by the risk of a terrorist attack using weapons of mass destruction. MORE |
| Hal
Lindsey: Correct or Politically Correct?
Last
week's massacre at Fort Hood, Texas, by an Army psychiatrist who is a Muslim,
may finally expose the almost stupefying adherence to political correctness by
Big Media, our government, and the Left. The levels to which they're willing to
sink to be "PC" is almost mind-boggling. What's more, it's insidious and deadly.
For years I've thought that America's decline in the last days may be caused by
economic excess, failures, or catastrophe. But, now, I'm beginning to think that
America's inevitable decline may well be caused by "political correctness." MORE |
| Churches
Win in Equal Access Debate
A
California city has had a change of heart related to church activities in city
facilities. Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) attorney Daniel Blomberg explains that
the case boils down to the fact that public facilities are indeed public facilities
-- and that churches, which are part of the public, have equal rights of access."The
city of Richmond, California, had a policy that would prevent the churches from
being able to use some of its facilities," says the attorney." MORE |
| Evangelist
Sentenced to 175 Years for Taking Girls Across State Lines for Sex
Evangelist
Tony Alamo was sentenced Friday to 175 years in prison for taking little girls
as young as 9 across state lines to have sex with them. The decision punishes
him for the rest of his life for molesting children he took as "brides" in his
ministry. Alamo, 75, had denied the charges, claiming they came from a Vatican-led
conspiracy against the church he led, called the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries.
During Friday's hearing in Texarkana, Ark., some of Alamo's victims testified
about how their families were destroyed while the evangelist took over their lives.
MORE |
| Palin:
I Didn't Know Bristol Was Having Sex
Sarah
Palin says she didn't know her daughter Bristol was sexually active before she
learned the teenager was pregnant.
The
former vice presidential candidate told ABC's Barbara Walters: "Truthfully, we
were devastated." Bristol was a high school senior when she gave birth to son
Tripp in December. Her pregnancy was publicly announced just after Palin accepted
McCain's invitation to be his running mate. MORE |
| ///
| Update
for Nov. 14th-15th, 2009 |
U.S. to Seize
Mosques, Skyscraper Linked to Iran
Federal
prosecutors have taken steps to seize four U.S. mosques and a Manhattan skyscraper
owned by a nonprofit Muslim organization long suspected of being secretly controlled
by the Iranian government. In what could prove to be one of the biggest counterterrorism
seizures in U.S. history, prosecutors filed a civil complaint Thursday in federal
court against the Alavi Foundation, seeking the forfeiture of more than $500 million
in assets. MORE |
|
Bush
Warns of Threats to Freedom, Economic Growth
Former
President George W. Bush, outlining plans for a new public policy institute, on
Thursday said America must fight the temptation to allow the federal government
to take control of the private sector, declaring that too much government intervention
will squelch economic recovery and expansion. With the Obama administration establishing
far-reaching controls in the auto, real estate and financial sectors, Mr. Bush
said that "the role of government is not to create wealth, but to create the conditions
that allow entrepreneurs and innovators to thrive." MORE |
| | Religious
Extremism or Traditional Values?
When
I see the Obama Administration trying to force their version of health care on
us, trying to shove Cap and Trade down our throats, and telling us that we can
have everything we want without any tax increases, it sounds like the irresponsible
parent telling the children they can do what they please without fear of consequences.
Of course, the natural result of such liberalism is a bunch of spoiled brats with
an entitlement mentality. MORE |
|
'Three
Parent Babies' Take a Step Closer To Reality
Scientists
are a step closer to producing a controversial "three parent baby" after they
successfully fertilised an egg with two biological mothers. Researchers used eggs
from young donors to repair damaged eggs of older women in order to increase their
chances of fertilisation. They have not yet used the eggs to produce babies, but
they have injected them with sperm to produce an early stage embryo in the laboratory.
While the move breathes new life into "old eggs" and could also remove genetic
illnesses, it is likely to provoke an ethical storm as critics believe it could
lead to hybrid or genetically modified children. MORE |
| | Northern
Va. Mosque of Alleged Fort Hood Shooter Connected to Jihadists and Islamic Terrorist
Groups
Dar-al-Hijrah
Islamic Center, the mosque in Falls Church, Va., where accused Fort Hood attacker
Nidal Malik Hasan worshipped in 2001 when he lived in the Washington, D.C., area,
is perhaps best known as the same mosque that three 9/11 hijackers attended prior
to flying a plane into the Pentagon. But according to federal documents...
MORE |
|
Feds Want to Seize Muslim-Owned Properties
A U.S.-based
terrorism expert suggests that the recent announcement by federal authorities
that they intend to seize property owned by an Iranian-owned Islamic foundation
is just the "tip of the iceberg."MORE |
British Could Each Be Given
Personal a 'Carbon Allowance'
veryone
in Britain should have an annual carbon ration and be penalised if they use too
much fuel, the head of the Environment Agency will say. MORE |
Presbyterians Launch 'Every
Church Plant a Church' Thrust
The
Presbyterian Church in America is pushing its "every church plant a church" campaign
to help bring more people to Christ.MORE |
Gold Hits Record High Above $1,123
The price
of gold surged to an all-time high point above 1,123 dollars per ounce on Thursday,
as trade was driven by buoyant stock markets and the weak US currency. MORE |
Groups Oppose Defamation
of Religions Proposals
More
than 100 organizations, including Muslim and secularist ones, have signed a petition
against the proposed U.N. resolutions on the "defamation of religions," which
they contend will do more harm than good for religious freedom.MORE |
Abortionist banned in Florida
surfaces in NYC
A
Florida abortionist whose license was revoked is now practicing in New York City.
MORE |
ACLU defends lesbian student
on prom issue
The
American Civil Liberties Union is threatening an Alabama school district over
prohibiting a lesbian from taking her girlfriend to the prom. MORE |
London Mayor Praises Work
of Street Pastors
Hundreds
of street pastors and supporters are in London to share their experiences and
consider how they can minister more effectively to the people out and about on
Britain's streets each weekend.MORE |
|
The
Price of the Public Option
...At
a recent town hall meeting, President Obama said, "Now, the only thing that I
have said is that having a public option in that menu would provide competition
for insurance companies to keep them honest." But government itself is responsible
for the dearth of competition in the insurance business. MORE |
| UK
Is Abortion Capital of Europe
With
nearly half of teenaged pregnant girls in Britain going for termination, the country
has surpassed France to become the abortion capital of Europe, a new survey said.
According to the survey by a European pressure group, around 48,150 abortions
were carried out among girls under 20 in 2007 in Britain, against 31,779 in France,
which has a larger population. MORE |
| Swine
Flu Toll Is Worse Than First Estimated As Vaccine Remains Scarce
Estimates
of deaths caused by the swine flu have grown to nearly 4,000 since April, roughly
quadrupling previous estimates. But that doesn't mean swine flu suddenly has worsened.
Instead, the federal numbers made public Thursday reflect a long-awaited better
attempt to quantify the new flu's true toll. Most cases still don't require a
doctor's care. MORE |
| Dem's
Plan to Repeal 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
A
conservative military watchdog expects a tough fight in Congress if Democratic
leaders move forward with a plan to try ending the ban on homosexuals serving
in the U.S. military by attaching an amendment to next year's defense authorization
bill. On Wednesday an aide to Congressman Barney Frank told The Hill that both
the White House and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi back the strategy of using the
defense bill to attempt to change the 1993 law which strictly forbids homosexuals
from serving in the military. MORE |
| //
| Update
for Nov. 11th-12th, 2009 |
Homosexual
Blog Forecasts Violence On Christians
The
FBI is investigating terrorism threats posted on a homosexual blog that appear
to be aimed at Christians. Pro-family activists have drawn attention to a disturbing
exchange on a homosexual blog run by Joe Jervis of New York. The exchange takes
place between individuals named Fritz and Tex in the comment section of a blog
discussing the Maine homosexual marriage defeat and pro-family activists Matt
Barber of Liberty Counsel... MORE |
|
Myth
or Lie? The Fallacy of a Peaceful Islam in the West
Lie
upon lie, politicians in most Western countries from Gordon Brown and Tony Blair
to Bill Clinton, George Bush and Barak Obama continue to lie each time another
act of Islamic terror is perpetrated against the West with the protest that Islam
is a tolerant religion. The biased media machine is always prepared to propagate
this myth as is the left wing academic establishment. In a recorded video Barak
Obama even once referred to his “Muslim faith”... MORE |
| | House
Dem: Investigate Church Tax Exemption
Rep.
Lynn Woolsey, a California Democrat dismayed by the House vote over the weekend
to prohibit taxpayer subsidies for insurance policies that cover abortion in the
healthcare overhaul, is saying maybe the IRS should investigate the tax-exempt
status of the Catholic Church following its lobbying effort for the restriction.
“I expect political hardball on any legislation as important as the health care
bill,” Woolsey writes in Politico. “I just didn’t expect it from the United States
Council of Catholic Bishops … Who elected them to Congress?” MORE |
| Vatican
Looks to Heavens for Signs of Alien Life
E.T.
phone Rome. Four hundred years after it locked up Galileo for challenging the
view that the Earth was the center of the universe, the Vatican has called in
experts to study the possibility of extraterrestrial alien life and its implication
for the Catholic Church. "The questions of life's origins and of whether life
exists elsewhere in the universe are very suitable and deserve serious consideration,"
said the Rev. Jose Gabriel Funes, an astronomer and director of the Vatican Observatory.
MORE |
| Reformed
Church in America Is Imploding, Prof Says
The
Reformed Church in America ship is sinking, argues one Reformed believer. "The
denominational craft has carried us far, but its time is up. It has sprung debilitating
leaks which can no longer be plugged." MORE |
| UK
Starts Study on Using Human DNA In Animals
British
scientists begin a new study on Tuesday to consider how human DNA is used in animal
experiments and to determine what the boundaries of such controversial science
might be. Though experts have been swapping human and animal DNA for years — like
replacing animal genes with human genes or growing human organs in animals — scientists
at the Academy of Medical Sciences want to make sure the public is aware of what
is happening in laboratories before proceeding further. MORE |
|
White House Communications
Chief To Step Down
White
House communications director Anita Dunn will step down from her post at the end
of the month and Dan Pfeiffer, her deputy, will take over, according to sources
familiar with the move.MORE |
Stupak Amendment Could be Short-Lived
National
Right to Life is warning that pro-abortion Democrats will fight tooth and nail
to get a prohibition on federal funding of abortion ultimately removed from their
healthcare bill. MORE |
Fort Hood Suspect Warned
of Muslim Threat Within Military
Major
Nidal Malik Hasan urged the military in 2007 to allow Muslim soldiers to be released
as conscientious objectors instead of fighting in the Afghan and Iraq wars to
avoid 'adverse events.' MORE |
Pro-family advocate - target
of threat
A
pro-family leader in Maine receives a death threat via the telephone. MORE |
Jail Time For Those Without
Health Care Insurance?
Mr.
Obama said, "penalties are appropriate for people who try to free ride the system
and force others to pay for their health insurance."MORE |
NY - the marriage battle
continues
New
York's governor has called the legislature to a special session. MORE |
UK Down Syndrome Pregnancies
Rise Sharply - 92% Aborted
The
number of Down syndrome pregnancies in the UK has nearly doubled over the past
20 years, whereas the number of Down syndrome births has slightly declined, with
the vast majority of such pregnancies ending in abortion, according to a study...
MORE |
Australia Considers Same-Sex
"Marriage"
As
part of its inquiry into the Marriage Amendment Bill the Australian government
yesterday heard arguments for and against same-sex "marriage." MORE |
Paterson: NY Will Be Broke
Before Christmas
Gov.
David Paterson told the state Legislature on Nov. 9, 2009, if there aren't immediate
cuts made to education and hospitals New York State will be broke before Christmas.MORE |
'Planned Parenthood Pushes
Abortion for Profit': Ex- Director
Abby
Johnson, the ex-director of a Planned Parenthood abortion facility who recently
made national headlines after converting to the pro-life position, has revealed
that Planned Parenthood pushes employees to strive for more abortions to boost
profits. MORE |
|
Are
Russians Losing Their Religious Liberty?
Russian
Baptist leaders have raised concerns about proposed revisions to the nation's
religion law -- changes they contend would greatly curtail religious freedom in
Russia. Yuri Sipko, president of the Russian Union of Evangelical Christians-
Baptists wrote Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Oct. 20 expressing "alarm and
puzzlement" at the new and unexpected development in church-state relations. MORE |
| Netanyahu
Leaves White House with
No
Comment
Prime
Minister Binyamin Netanyahu left the White House after a one-hour and 40-minute
meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama Monday night without speaking to reporters
-- a rare occurrence. The meeting had been grudgingly scheduled early Sunday
morning by the White House just a few hours before Netanyahu was to leave for
the U.S. to speak at the 2009 General Assembly of the Jewish Federations... MORE |
| Newborn
Babies Cry in Native Tongue
From
their very first days, the cries of newborns already bear the mark of the language
their parents speak, scientists now find. French newborns tend to cry with rising
melody patterns, slowly increasing in pitch from the beginning to the end, whereas
German newborns seem to prefer falling melody patterns, findings that are both
consistent with differences between the languages. This suggests infants begin
picking up elements of language in the womb, long before their first babble or
coo. MORE |
| | Man
Fired for Advocating Traditional Marriage Peter
Vadala was fired from a Boston bookstore at Logan Airport in Massachusetts after
an encounter with a female manager. She came to him exclaiming she had gotten
engaged. When Vadala asked, “Where’s he (referring to her fiance) taking you for
a honeymoon?” the female corrected him by saying, “Where’s she taking me?” Vadala
asked for clarification and the coworker explained that her fiancée was
a female. MORE |
| Alleged
Killer of Abortionist Has No Regrets
The
man accused of killing George Tiller plans to tell the court that he was justified
in shooting the prominent abortionist and says he has no regrets. MORE |
| ///////
| Update
for Nov. 9th-10th, 2009 |
Texas Army
Killer Linked To Sept. 11 Terrorists
Major
Nidal Malik Hasan worshipped at a mosque led by a radical imam said to be a "spiritual
adviser" to three of the hijackers who attacked America on Sept 11, 2001. Hasan,
the sole suspect in the massacre of 13 fellow US soldiers in Texas, attended the
controversial Dar al-Hijrah mosque in Great Falls, Virginia, in 2001 at the same
time as two of the September 11 terrorists, The Sunday Telegraph has learnt. His
mother's funeral was held there that year MORE |
|
National
Geographic:
10
Failed Doomsday Prophecies
Just
as some people today believe a Maya calendar pinpoints 2012 as the end of the
world as we know it, some ancient Romans saw the A.D. 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius
as a sign of a coming apocalypse. That's because Roman philosopher Seneca, who
died in A.D. 65, had predicted the Earth would go up in smoke. The end never came,
but that hasn't stopped people--over centuries and across cultures-- from forecasting
our collective doom. MORE |
| | Palin
On Health Care Bill: Hold On, Sunday's Coming
"We’ve
got to hold on to hope, and we’ve got to fight hard because Congressional action
tonight just put America on a path toward an unrecognizable country. The same
government leaders that got us into the mortgage business and the car business
are now getting us into the health care business. Despite Americans’ decisive
message last Tuesday that they reject the troubling path this country has been
taking, Speaker Pelosi has broken her own promises of trans- parency to ram a
health care bill through the House of Representatives before midnight." MORE |
| Pastors
Open Online Churches, Use Social Media
Church
volunteers greet visitors entering the lobby. The worship band begins its set
and a pastor offers to pray privately with anyone during the service. When the
sermon is done, it’s time for communion, and the pastor guides attendees through
the ritual. Later, worshippers exchange Facebook and e-mail addresses so they
can stay in touch. There is nothing remarkable about this encounter, which is
replicated countless times each weekend at churches around the world. It’s all
happening online. MORE |
| Be
Prepared, The Worst Is Yet To Come In Economy
The
large-scale government intervention in the economy is going to end badly. Any
number of pundits claim that we have now passed the worst of the recession. Green
shoots of recovery are supposedly popping up all around the country, and the economy
is expected to resume growing soon at an annual rate of 3% to 4%. Many of these
are the same people who insisted that the economy would continue growing last
year, even while it was clear that we were already in the beginning stages of
a recession. MORE |
| Concerns
Over Superbugs In Our Food Supply
About
two years ago, dozens of workers at a large chicken hatchery in Arkansas began
experiencing mysterious skin rashes, with painful lumps scattered over their hands,
arms, and legs. “They hurt real bad,” says Joyce Long, 48, a 32-year veteran of
the hatchery, where until recently, workers handled eggs and chicks with bare
hands. “When we went and got cultured, doctors told us we had a superbug.” MORE |
|
FBI Given Gunman's Name
Six Months Ago
The
Muslim Army major who killed 13 people in a shooting spree at Fort Hood had come
to the attention of the FBI 6 months earlier over possible links to extremist
comments posted on the net.MORE |
House Democrats Pass Health
Care Bill
The
Democrat-led House late Saturday passed landmark legislation that would fulfill
President Obama's call to dramatically reshape the country's health care system,
passing it with just one Republican vote. MORE |
Conservatives condemn passage
of House health bill
Monstrous
and a defiance of the will of the American people - that's how one pro-family
group is describing the health bill that House Democrats pushed through Saturday
night by a vote of 220 to 215.MORE |
Italy Gov't to Appeal Ruling
on Classroom Crucifixes
The
Italian government will appeal a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights,
which decided this past week that hanging of crucifixes school classrooms violates
religious and education freedoms.MORE |
Man Says Image Of Jesus
Appears On Truck Window
Jim
Stevens said he's not particularly religious and is clueless about why an image
resembling Jesus keeps appearing on his pickup. MORE |
Rick Warren, Reader's Digest
part ways
A
joint publishing venture between influential pastor Rick Warren and Reader's Digest
magazine has collapsed less than a year after it was announced with great fanfare.MORE |
Computers, Records Seized
At ACORN Offices In La.
State
investigators raided ACORN offices on Friday, taking away computer hard drives
and documents as part of a probe into alleged embezzlement and tax fraud.MORE |
Courts deem pro-life groups
lack standing
Pro-life
groups will continue to fight against implementation of federal funding of human
embryo research. MORE |
Malaysian Church Body Calls
for Immediate Release of Bibles
The
representative body of Christians in Malaysia is calling for the immediate release
of the more than 15,000 Bibles that were seized by Malaysian authorities this
past year, arguing that the confiscation is an infringement of their constitutional
rights.MORE |
|
The
Mother Who Brought Down the
Fort
Hood Killer
A
police officer and mother of one was hailed a heroine yesterday after it emerged
that she almost single handedly ended the massacre at America’s biggest military
base. Kimberly Munley does not look as if she would be much of a match for a heavily
armed US soldier on a murderous rampage. But the slightly built 34-year-old civilian
officer was first on the scene after Nidal Malik Hasan began firing...MORE |
| Fallen
Pastor Ted Haggard To Again
Lead
Worship
Ted
Haggard, who was dismissed from the megachurch he founded after a man alleged
a cash-for-sex relationship with him, plans to lead people in worship again. The
pastor told The Gazette he is holding a "prayer meeting" November 12 in his Colorado
Springs living room, but said it would also be correct to call it a church.MORE |
| David
Reagan: Daniel Is a Hated Book
...Liberals
hate it because they do not believe in the divine inspiration of the Scriptures,
and Daniel's book is a great testimony to divine inspiration. That's because it
contains some of the most remarkable prophecies in the Bible, prophecies that
are detailed in content and broad in scope, stretching from Daniel's time to the
day of the Messiah's Second Coming. As one person has put it, "Daniel wrote history
more accurately before it happened than anyone has ever done after it happened."
To discredit the book, liberals have tried to argue that it was written long after
the time of Daniel by someone who assumed his identity. MORE |
| Billy
Graham Gives Thanks on 91st Birthday
World
renowned preacher Billy Graham is spending the weekend receiving several family
members at his home in North Carolina to celebrate his 91st birthday."I've experienced
God's gracious love in a personal way all these years," Graham said in his reflection.
"Today my heart is filled with gratitude to the Lord for all He has done for me,
and for all the prayers from so many people over the years."MORE |
| /
| Update
for Nov. 6th-7th, 2009 |
Israelis
Prepare for War with Iran
The
postcard from the Home Front Command that recently arrived in my mailbox looks
like an ad from the Ministry of Tourism. A map of Israel is divided by color into
six regions, each symbolized by an upbeat drawing: a smiling camel in the Negev
desert, a skier in the Golan Heights.In fact, each region signifies the amount
of time residents will have to seek shelter from an impending missile attack.
The invisible but all-pervasive presence on that cheerful map of existential dread
is Iran. If Israel were to launch a pre-emptive strike against Iranian nuclear
facilities, Tehran’s two terrorist allies on our borders—Hezbollah and Hamas—would
almost certainly renew attacks against the Israeli home front. MORE |
|
Army
Killer Yelled 'Allah Akbar'
An
Islamic gunman reportedly shouted "Allah Akbar" before killing 13 and wounding
30 at Fort Hood, Texas. Major Nidel Malik Hasan was reportedly mad about his impending
deployment to Iraq and decided to kill his fellow soldiers over it. The Associated
Press said Hasan had come to their attention at least six months ago because of
Internet postings that discussed suicide bombings and other threats. The son of
Jordanian immigrants, Hasan was a practicing Muslim and had hired an attorney
to litigate what he called harassment from his colleagues over his radical religious
beliefs. MORE |
| | Hillary:
U.S. Wants Israel Settlement Halt 'Forever'
Secretary
of State Hillary Rodham Clinton defended the U.S. stance toward Israeli settlement
building to worried Arab allies on Wednesday, saying Washington does not accept
the legitimacy of the West Bank enclaves and wants to see their construction halted
"forever." Still, she said an Israeli offer to restrain -- but not halt -- construction
represents "positive movement forward" toward resuming Israeli-Palestinian peace
negotiations. MORE |
| Man
Fired After Saying Homosexuality Is Wrong
A
Massachusetts man has been fired from his sales position at the Logan Airport
branch in Boston of Brookstone allegedly for telling a female manager that his
Christian faith says homosexuality is wrong. Peter Vadala was fired, and the company
says he violated a tolerance policy. But Vadala reports his dismissal came because
he expressed his Christian view of homosexuality after a female manager made repeated
references, as she approached him four times during work hours, to her plans to
marry her lesbian partner. MORE |
| David
Reagan: Are End-Time Prophecies Really Being Fulfilled Today?
I am constantly
running across articles by Dispensationalists in which the argument is presented
that in order to be a "consistent futurist," you cannot contend that prophecies
are being fulfilled today. Instead, it is argued that all end time prophecy relates
to Israel in the Tribulation and Millennium. Therefore, all we are seeing today
is "stage setting," but not the fulfillment of prophecy. I strongly disagree
with this viewpoint. First of all, there are four end time prophecies concerning
Israel that were fulfilled even before the 20th Century began. MORE |
|
UN Approves Anti-Israel
Resolution Backing Goldstone Report
...How
is it possible that Israel only has 17 other true friends in the world, out of
192 countries? An evil wind is blowing against the State of Israel and the Jewish
people. MORE |
US Admiral Concerned Over
China Military Buildup
A
U.S. Navy admiral expressed new concern over China’s military buildup and urged
Beijing to be clearer about its intentions. With China’s military growing at an
“unprecedented rate,” the U.S. wants to ensure that expansion doesn’t destabilize
the region, Rear Adm. Kevin Donegan told reporters on a visit to the Chinese territory
of Hong Kong. MORE |
Maine Homosexuals Vow To
Target Anti-Gay Marriage Voters
In
a defiant speech to several hundred lingering supporters, No on 1 campaign manager
Jesse Connolly pledged that his side “will not quit until we know where every
single one of these votes lives.” MORE |
Traditional Marriage Now
31-0
Voters
in Maine have rejected an effort by lawmakers there to impose homosexual "marriage"
in that state. Same-sex marriage has now lost in every single state -- 31
in all -- in which it has been put to a popular vote. MORE |
Vote Clears Way for Illinois
Abortion Notification Law
Illinois
is allowed to start enforcing a long-debated parental notification law for teen
girls seeking abortions after more than a decade of legal challenges.MORE |
Jesus, World Crisis & Prophecy: Connected?
People often
ask whether the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) has any special prophetic significance.
Or, could it possibly represent the start or near approach of the Tribulation?
MORE |
City Overrides Local Church
In Building Dispute
An
Illinois church has lost a battle with the Village of Hazel Crest over use of
a building as a church.MORE |
Evangelical, Jewish Leaders
Call for Sanctions Against Iran
Evangelical
Christian and Jewish leaders are calling for immediate sanctions against Iran
to discourage the government from developing nuclear weapons.MORE |
Planned Parenthood Director
Has Change of Heart, Resigns
Planned
Parenthood has been a part of Abby Johnson's life for the past eight years; that
is until last month, when Abby resigned. "I just thought I can't do this anymore,
and it was just like a flash that hit me and I thought that's it,"...
MORE |
Cap and Trade - Gore's 'Gravy Train'
Al Gore reportedly
stands to benefit greatly from proposed "cap-and-trade" legislation -- and possibly
become the first "climate billionaire." MORE |
Italians Outraged As European
Court Rules Against Crucifixes
Italians
reacted with outrage on Tuesday after a European court ruled that displaying crucifixes
in the country's schools... . MORE |
Salvation Army, JCPenney
Launch Online Shopping for Needy
The
Salvation Army and JC Penney launched on Tuesday an online Angel Giving Tree program
that will allow customers to adopt... .MORE |
Man Appears Alive at Own
Funeral in Brazil
A
Brazilian bricklayer reportedly killed in a car crash shocked his mourning family
by showing up alive at his funeral.MORE |
|
Planned
Parenthood Clinic Director Resigns After Witnessing Abortion
The
director of a Planned Parenthood abortion center in Texas has resigned and embraced
the pro-life movement after witnessing an abortion through an ultrasound.
Johnson had worked at the clinic in Bryan/College Station, Texas, for eight years
before departing from the facility after her change of heart."I left on good terms
and simply had a change of heart on this issue,” she told 40 Days for Life, which
had been holding prayer and fasting initiatives outside her clinic since fall
of 2004. “Over the past few months I...really reached my breaking point after
witnessing a particular kind of abortion on an ultrasound."
MORE |
| Israeli
Military Seizes Cargo Ship Carrying Hundreds of Tons of Iranian Arms
A ship seized
by the Israeli navy near Cyprus today had been carrying enough weapons and munitions
for the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorist group to fight Israel for at least
one month, announced Rani Ben-Yehuda, the deputy commander of Israel's navy. The
cargo ship originated in Iran and was headed for Syria, the Israeli army said.
Iran regularly attempts to send weapons to Syria, and from there the shipments
are smuggled to Hezbollah bases, Israeli security officials said. MORE |
| DeYoung:
Czech Republic Signs Treaty To Make Way for the United States of Europe
After the
constitutional court of the Czech Republic ruled that the EU's Lisbon Treaty is
in line with the Czech constitution, the way was clear for Czech President Claus
to go ahead and sign the Lisbon Treaty and thus ratify the document that will
lead the way to the United States of Europe to form a very powerful economic and
political body of nations. The European parliament president says the treaty will
be in effect throughout the EU and enter into force by the end of this year. MORE |
| Ignoring
Root of Muslim 'Honor Killings' Is Dangerous
A
bestselling author and critic of Islam says a recent "honor killing" in Arizona
illustrates that authorities need to come to grips with the Muslim problem in
America. Noor Faleh Almaleki, 20-year-old daughter to Faleh Hassan Almaleki, was
placed in a hospital October 20, the day police say her father ran her and her
boyfriend's mother down with his Jeep. The incident happened while the women were
walking across a parking lot in the west Phoenix suburb of Peoria. MORE |
| Sounding
the Alarm of a Marxist Takeover of America
Talk
show hosts Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage, and Glenn Beck independently of one
another are shouting from the radio and television towers that the White House
and the Congress are destroying the free market system. They are imploring the
American people to wake up and take action before the freedoms of this country
completely come under the control of a Marxist socialist juggernaut. MORE |
| //////
| Update
for Nov. 2nd-3rd, 2009 |
James
Dobson to Go Off the Air
Influential
conservative leader James Dobson is planning to go off the air, his ministry reported
Friday. In an announcement, Focus on the Family announced Dobson’s intention to
remove himself as the primary radio voice of his daily radio broadcast at the
end of February but made clear that the move was not prompted by health concerns.
Dobson remains "a man of health and vigor," Focus on the Family president and
CEO Jim Daly reported. "The Bible tells us that to everything there is a season
– and Dr. Dobson's season at Focus on the Family has been remarkable," Daly added.
MORE |
| | Offshoots
Of Churches Are Sprouting Up On Web
Church
volunteers greet visitors entering the lobby. The worship band begins its set,
and a pastor offers to pray privately with anyone during the service. When the
sermon is done, it's time for Communion, and the pastor guides attendees through
the ritual. Later, worshippers exchange Facebook and e-mail addresses so that
they can stay in touch. There is nothing remarkable about this encounter, which
is replicated countless times each weekend at churches around the world. It's
all happening online. MORE |
| Palestinians
Reject Clinton Proposal,
Then
Blames U.S., Israel
Secretary
of State Hillary Clinton yesterday offered the Palestinians backing for a halt
to Jewish construction in the strategic West Bank and eastern sections of Jerusalem,
but the Palestinian Authority refused her proposal. At a press conference here
today, Clinton publicly endorsed Israel's view that Jewish construction in the
West Bank should not impede resuming negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.
The Palestinian Authority had demanded a complete halt to settlement activity
in line with previous demands from the Obama administration. MORE |
| Mohler:
Obama Says We Are 'Free to Live
and
Love as We See Fit'
As
Sen. John McCain recently remarked, "elections have consequences." President Barack
Obama signed the "Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act"
into law on Thursday, fulfilling a campaign promise and handing the gay rights
community one of its most sought-after achievements..."This is the culmination
of a struggle that has lasted more than a decade. Time and again, we faced opposition,"
said the President. "Time and again, the measure was defeated or delayed. Time
and again we've been reminded of the difficulty of building a nation in which
we're all free to live and love as we see fit." Does President Obama actually
mean what he said here? Does he really call for a society "in which we're
all free to live and love as we see fit?" MORE |
| Survey:
Churches Still Generous Despite Recession
Despite
the recession, churches throughout the country have stepped up to try to prevent
their charitable giving from going downhill. According to a new study, released
Tuesday, more than two-thirds of congregations reported that their fundraising
receipts increased or remained the same in the first half of 2009 compared to
last year, even as the economic downturn was worsening. MORE |
|
Palestinians Accuse Hillary Of Hurting
Peace Talks
Palestinians
on Sunday said Washington's backing for Israeli refusal to halt Jewish settlement
expansion had killed any hope of reviving peace negotiations soon.MORE |
"Death Panels" Return: House Bill Has
Potential Physician-Assisted Suicide Loophole
They're
back. The provisions on advanced-planning directives labeled "death panels" by
concerned observers have re-emerged in the final version of the US House of Representatives
health-care reform bill. Moreover, the bill also lacks protective language that
would prevent reimbursement of physicians counseling assisted suicide as a legitimate
"end-of-life" option in states like Washington and Oregon.MORE |
Pastors, Deacon Plead Guilty in Scams
Officials
say two pastors and a deacon from a Houston church have pleaded guilty to fraud
charges stemming from student loans and reimbursements for housing Hurricane Katrina
evacuees. The U.S. Attorney's Office says the three were leaders of the Fishers
of Men Worship Center. MORE |
First Baptist Dallas Unveils
$130 Million Building Plan
First
Baptist Church of Dallas today announced a $130 million capital campaign to build
a 3,000-seat worship center, a religious education building and parking garage,
a glass concourse, and a sky bridge.MORE |
Has Pro-Life Movement Struck
a Nerve?
Pregnancy
centers in Baltimore are fighting against a proposed ordinance. The ordinance
would require centers to post signs saying they do not perform abortions or provide
birth-control information, but refer patients to other sources that do. MORE |
Pastor Returns to Pulpit
After Severe Stabbing
The
Rev. Kevin Ramsby returned to the pulpit in Highland Park Sunday after weeks of
recovering from an attack where he was stabbed in the neck, arms and chest.MORE |
U.S. Prison Reformers Back
Report's Proposed Policies
State
and federal policy makers are being encouraged to help meet the needs of the 1.7
million children in America who have a father or mother behind prison bars by
implementing newly recommended policies.MORE |
Christian College Nixes
Forum with Homosexual Filmmaker
Hope
College in Holland, Michigan, has scuttled a student-proposed forum on sexuality
that would have featured the participation of an openly homosexual Oscar-winning
filmmaker. MORE |
Pitt Anglicans Seek 'Christian
Way' to Resolve Property Dispute
Anglicans
in Pittsburgh who broke from The Episcopal Church announced this week that they
will appeal the recent ruling that strips them of their church properties.MORE |
Mother Charged in Murder
of Her Autistic Son
A
Mississauga, Ontario woman was charged earlier this week with murdering her autistic
son in what some are speculating may be a case of euthanasia spurred by the boy's
condition.MORE |
|
Temple
Mount Riots Spotlight
Religious
Oppression
A
pro-Jewish movement within Israel's Likud Party says that Arab riots on Jerusalem's
Temple Mount won't end until the government of Israel restores the Jewish holy
site to Jewish control. Nine police officers were recently injured as Arab rioters
hurled rocks and bottles at security forces attempting to stem the violence that
began earlier in the morning. According to Israel National News, the riots stemmed
from calls by radical Muslim groups in east Jerusalem to "defend" the Temple Mount
from conquest by what they called "radical Jewish right-wing elements." MORE |
| Limbaugh
Says Obama 'In Over His Head'
Conservative
radio host Rush Limbaugh warned in a TV interview of unprecedented "radical leadership"
in the White House and called President Barack Obama a narcissist who is "immature,
inexperienced, in over his head." MORE |
| Climate
Change Treaty a Precursor to
Global
Government?
...It
appears that what a U.S. President and Congress (Republican or Democratic) could
not do through the constitutional legislative process, they are attempting to
do through international treaty. Therefore, it is my studied opinion that Lord
Monckton's assessment that this upcoming Climate Change Convention in Copenhagen
is a "pretext" for the establishment of one world government is "spot-on."
MORE |
| Don
Johnson: Separation Over Essentials – An Analogy
The
doctrine of separation insists that Christians must separate from professing Christians
who deny essential doctrines. This is the fundamentalist position. Some have a
problem with the notion of ‘essential doctrines’ because it suggests that other
doctrines are ‘non-essential’. That really isn’t the case... MORE |
| American
Thinker: Why Marriage?
Like
fish in the ocean having little awareness of water, our collective intellect has
forgotten about the forces managed by marriage. Say the word "marriage,"
and what is another word it brings to mind? How many of us would say "sex"? How
many of us relate it to a father's parental rights? How many of us zoom directly
into "parental responsibility" at the thought? More often, don't we associate
marriage more and more with social status, a lifestyle, or a philosophy? Many
argue that marriage is an outdated institution. MORE |
| //
| Update
for October 31st-November 1st, 2009 |
Obama Signs
Bill Violating ‘Equal Justice Under the Law,’ Critics Say
President
Obama on Wednesday signed a defense authorization bill that includes a "hate crimes"
provision based on people's sexual behavior, a sign he is pushing the "radical
social agenda," said one Republican leader. Democrats on Capitol Hill slipped
the hate crimes language into the defense spending bill. A stand-alone bill making
homosexuals and transgender people a specially protected class has failed to pass
Congress for years. MORE |
| Bill
Wilson: Obama's Public Option Lives On
Despite
the People's Will
After
the millions of protestors who attended rallies, town hall meetings and marched
in the streets against socialized health care, the Congress is going ahead with
it anyway. They apparently believe they know better than the people who elected
them. And the lies and deceit perpetrated upon the American people is unprecedented.
But the stakes are high. This White House and Congress are attempting to do what
no enemy, foreign or domestic, has ever succeeded in doing - the complete takeover
the United States of America. The government will control the vast majority of
the economy once it conquers nationalized healthcare - and it will control the
purse strings of every American. MORE |
| America
Moving from Kingdom of Cash to Socialism, Says Russian Newspaper
I don’t know
what amazes me more… This story or the fact that the story comes from Pravda.
The last turning point similar to the current one happened approximately 400 years
ago. The Western European society discovered a new hierarchy of values. Feudalism
that valued service and chivalry was replaced with capitalism. Wealth became the
measure of success, and everyone was to care about his own pocket only. The cult
of money replaced all other values, including religious. MORE |
|
Jan
Markell: Galloping Globalism
I
think that most of us who have wondered why America is not prominent in the Bible
in the last days now have our answer. Of course America did not exist in Bible
times for anyone to write about. But surely the most powerful nation ever would
have some veiled reference to it in the Bible. The answer is that we have a president
trying to make America equal to every banana republic in the world. Galloping
globalism, in fact, has almost every world leader acknowledging that all nations
must be equal and play on a level field. MORE |
| | Christianity
Today: Cool on Climate Change
A
new coalition argues Christians need not heed warnings that millions will die
from human-induced global warming and says we should seek more practical ways
to help the world's poor. Human emissions of carbon dioxide are not the main cause
of global warming, the Interfaith Stewardship Alliance (ISA) said in a document
released in July. The ISA, a loosely affiliated group of more than 130 theologians,
scientists, policy analysts, and others, said the consequences of global warming
for the poor have been exaggerated. MORE |
Conservatives Vow to Keep
Eye on New Hate Crimes Law
Christian
conservative groups will be keeping a close watch over how new hate crimes legislation
will be enforced after President Obama signed it into law Wednesday.MORE |
Wal-Mart Starts Selling
Caskets, Urns Online
Wal-Mart
has started selling caskets on its Web site at prices that undercut many funeral
homes, long the major seller of caskets.MORE |
UVA Students Using DNA To Build 'New
Life Form'
Creating
an original organism required no bolt of lightning for a team of University of
Virginia students. But it did take buckets of ice, vials of bacteria and a FedEx
delivery. Nestled in the package were bits of DNA, whipped up in California and
ordered online. MORE |
St. Louis Will End Ban
on Christian Handouts During Gay Pride
The
city of St. Louis has agreed to scrap a problematic literature distribution policy
after a federal court ordered the city to stop enforcing it as part of a lawsuit
filed by an Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) allied attorney. The policy was used to
prohibit Christians... MORE |
Conservatives Propose UN
Reform
At
a United Nations (UN) press conference Wednesday a group of conservative policy
experts put forth an agenda for UN reform including alternatives to major UN programs
on social issues and methods for making the UN more accountable to member states.MORE |
Uprising Over 'Holiday
Tree' Taking Root
In
an attempt to be "inclusive," Kentucky's governor has created a storm over a tree.
Governor Steve Beshear is calling for a giant evergreen tree on the Capitol lawn,
announcing that it will be a "holiday tree" rather than a "Christmas tree."
MORE |
Chuck Missler: Meeting
Shariah with Christ
...Last
week, Iraqi-born Faleh Hassan Almaleki ran over his 20-year-old daughter, Noor,
with his 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee. She and her boyfriend’s mother, also injured
in the incident, are both in the hospital, and Noor is fighting for her life.
MORE |
Ahmadinejad: 'Zionist Regime
a Threat To All Nations'
"The
Zionist regime is a threat to all nations ... it cannot tolerate the existence
of any strong country in the region," said Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
on Tuesday, according to Teheran... MORE |
Awakening America to Radical Islam
Brigitte
Gabriel, one of America's top experts on Islam and terrorism, is taking her message
on the road in an effort to build a grassroots citizens' organization to combat
the spread of radical Islam.MORE |
German Protestant Body
Elects First Female Head
The
Evangelical Church of Germany (EKD) elected its first female head Wednesday during
a meeting of the Protestant body’s council... MORE |
15,000 Bibles in Malaysia
Seized Over 'Allah' Reference
Malaysian
authorities have seized more than 15,000 Bibles that refer to God as "Allah" in
recent months, said church officials Thursday.MORE |
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Bizarre
Beauty Secret Based On
Unethical
Technology
A
Swiss firm is using tissue from aborted babies to make anti-wrinkle creams.The
process creating this cream was produced at the University of Luasanne from a
14-week- gestation aborted male baby. Debi Vinnedge, executive director of a ministry
called Children of God for Life, discovered the happening. "There's a company
by the name of Neocutis, and they make several different types of skin care creams,"
she explains. "They have a product called PSP, which is a skin protein, actually
purified skin proteins, that are taken from the tissue from an aborted baby."
MORE |
| Premiums
to Skyrocket Under Obamacare
Millions
of consumers will suffer skyrocketing insurance premiums next year due to "indirect
taxes" contained in both the House and Senate versions of healthcare reform, according
to various medical and insurance industry experts. Healthcare reforms that were
supposed to contain costs will actually cause a sharp hike in premiums, they add.
In fact, several studies indicate consumers' premiums could more than double next
year if healthcare reform takes effect. MORE |
| British
Grandma Interrogated and Threatened by Police over Gay Pride Complaint
The visit
and threat of a "hate crime" charge by police to a 67 year-old U.K. pensioner
and devout Christian grandmother, has garnered outrage from all corners of Britain,
and has even been criticised by the head of Britain's leading homosexualist lobby
group. Mrs. Pauline Howe was told by two police officers who visited her home
that she may have committed a "hate incident" simply for having written a letter
to her local council complaining about the local Gay Pride parade. MORE |
| Stem
Cell Breakthrough Could Create Babies Without Men, Women, or Sexual Relations
Researchers
announced a scientific breakthrough yesterday in which the progenitor cells to
human ova and sperm have been created out of embryonic stem cells. Pro-life commentators
have responded to the news by highlighting the massive ethical pitfalls involved
in the technology: not only does the process result in the death of embryos, but
it potentially leaves both men and women, as well as natural sexual relations,
out of the human reproductive picture. MORE |
| Thomas
Sowell: Dismantling America
Just
one year ago, would you have believed that an unelected government official, not
even a Cabinet member confirmed by the Senate but simply one of the many "czars"
appointed by the President, could arbitrarily cut the pay of executives in private
businesses by 50 percent or 90 percent? Did you think that another "czar" would
be talking about restricting talk radio? That there would be plans afloat to subsidize
news- papers - that is, to create a situation where...
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