| Headlines for Monday, April 11th, 2011 |
Ahmadinejad: ‘A Mideast Without Israel and America Is Now Possible’
The Iranian Revolutionary Guards website, Sepah News, reports: In his first press conference of the new year 1390 [Iranian New Year was on March 21] which took place on Monday evening, April 4th, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad asserted that a new Middle East, without the specter of the Zionist regime, America and its proxies, is taking shape. Ahmadinejad warned that the U.S. and its allies plan to partition Jordan under the guise of creating a Palestinian state which is in fact nothing more than an attempt to save the Zionist regime. MORE |
Congress Strikes Budget Deal; Pro-Lifers Gain Some Wins
Avoiding a government shutdown, congressional leaders agreed to a budget that will immediately cut $38.5 billion in federal... MORE | Beijing Police Arrest Christians at Church Service
Beijing police on Sunday detained dozens of worshippers from an unapproved Christian church who were trying to hold services in a public space after they were evicted from their usual place of worship, a parishioner said. MORE | DAILY CALLER: Episcopal Church Wants to Celebrate 'Earth Day' On Good Friday
While Christians worldwide meditate upon the crucifixion of their savior this Good Friday, the Episcopal Church has suggested that the faithful also reflect upon whether they’re doing their part to reduce C02 emissions. Two of the world’s holiest religious... MORE | NEWSBUSTERS: Seattle School Renames Easter Eggs as 'Spring Spheres'
Seattle, Washington sounds like a town competing for the most ACLU-friendly city in America. A public school teacher there told a teenage volunteer she could hand out Easter eggs with candy....as long as she called them "Spring Spheres." MORE |
CONCORD MONITOR: '20/20' Features Trinity Baptist Church Accusation
Trinity Baptist Church, where a former parishioner said she was forced to stand before the congregation to seek forgiveness after she was raped and impregnated as a teenager, is going under the national television MORE | ABC's 20/20 Does Hit-Piece On Independent Baptists
THIS IS A RECAP FROM CELEBRITY CAFE: This edition of 20/20 focuses on the story of Tina Anderson. Tina was only 16 when she claims she was forced to stand terrified before her entire church congregation to confess her “sin.” She had become pregnant, but she says she wasn’t allowed to tell the group that the pregnancy was the result of being raped by a fellow congregant, a man twice her age. MORE |
Hell in First Century Judaism
Rob Bell makes frequent appeals to “1st Century Judaism” as the proper background for understanding the New Testament. In Bell’s hands, this is all well in good in princi- ple, but not so good in practice. MORE | Terry Jones May Burn Effigy of Muhammad Next
The Florida pastor whose public torching of the Quran sparked violent Muslim protests in the Mideast told WND Jerusalem Bureau Chief Aaron Klein that an effigy of Islam... MORE | Cohabitating Couples Must Be Allowed To Adopt In Arkansas
More than two years after Arkansas voters prohibited adoptions by cohabitating cou- ples, the Arkansas Supreme Court reversed that ban April 7 in a ruling that... MORE |
| Headlines for Weekend, April 9th-10th, 2011 |
Fundamentalist Protester Gives Lady Gaga 'Get Out of Hell Free' Card
...While en route to her concert, she noticed a protester who held a sign declaring “Trust in Christ or end in hell.” He also passed out “Get out of hell free” cards, which were a limited time offer...Handing her the “Get out of hell free” card, the protester told Gaga “that’s going to happen one day darling,” only causing the pop star... MORE | WASHINGTON TIMES OP-ED: Ban Koran-Burning, Ban Free Expression
Should the burning of Islam’s holy book, the Koran, be banned? This is the question many in Washington are asking, following last week- end’s deadly rampage in Afghanistan. On March 20, Pastor Terry Jones, who heads the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla., presided over a Koran-burning. MORE |
New Regulations Mean Church Nurseries Must Replace Cribs
In order to comply with new safety regul- ations taking effect in June, churches need to replace their nursery cribs, which MORE | SHARPER IRON: IS CONGREGATIONAL VOTING BIBLICAL?
For most of us, voting is a common experience. Many vote for our government repre- sentatives and, if we are involved in civic groups, we may vote in them as well. Voting is a means by which we express self-determination. MORE | RANDY ALCORN: Rob Bell's "Love Wins", and the Doctrine of Hell
...Oddly, Bell insists that he’s not a universal- ist, yet his book indicates that he believes exactly what universalism does MORE |
| Headlines for Friday, April 8th, 2011 |
Palestinian Rockets Target Israeli School Bus
A 13-year-old boy was critically injured by an anti-tank missile that exploded near a school bus outside Kibbutz Sa'ad, shattering windows. The bus driver also sustained shrapnel wounds to his leg and... MORE | AL MOHLER: Atheist Christopher Hitchens On the KJV
Why would an ardent atheist care about translations of the Bible, and why would Christians be concerned with what an atheist would think? These are rather obvious questions, especially when the atheist is Christopher Hitchens, one of the most influential of the New Atheists. Nevertheless, Hitchens devoted his column in the May 2011 edition of Vanity Fair to the King James Version of the Bible, which celebrates its 400th anniversary this year. As always, Hitchens is interesting and provocative...He offers anecdotal... MORE |
USA TODAY: Mormon Prophets?
Mormon President Thomas S. Monson, his two right-hand men and 12 apostles will speak at this weekend's General Conference and offer sermons that many Mormons will treat like faxes from God. Mormons consider these MORE | What's Christian About Rob Bell's Book?
Rob Bell is one of the hottest Christians in the nation today, but does he say anything that’s uniquely Christian? In his new book, “Love Wins,” Bell paints a picture of a God who loves, but doesn’t ground it in the atoning death of Jesus Christ.. MORE |
......../////////........| Headlines for Thursday, April 7th, 2011 |
Why Fox is Saying Goodbye to Glenn Beck
Fox News host Glenn Beck took viewers by surprise Wednesday with the announcement that his 5 p.m. program will “transition off” the network. “I am going to leave this program later this year... MORE | AM THINKER: Terry Jones, His Critics, and Islam
Terry Jones has finally done it...This would have been uneventful had it not served as the latest excuse for massive rioting and killing on the part of Muslims worldwide. MORE | GOSPEL COALITION: Isaac Watts...The Reformer You Know By Heart But Not By Name
Watts was born the son of an English nonconformist, a reformer who faced the threat of persecution for much of his life in the name of faithfulness. Out of that furnace of suffering, the pressure of... MORE | SPENCER: A Koran, and Free Speech, in Flames
Enraged over the burning of a Koran in Florida, Muslims have mur- dered about 20 people in Afghanistan and five in Pakistan — none of whom ever burned a Koran or had any acquaintance with the men who did. These killers are monstrous. MORE |
KEVIN DEYOUNG: Divine Wrath... Consequence or Curse?
It has become common for Christians to describe hell as our freely chosen identity apart from God. Hell, it is said, is not so much where God sends the wicked, as much as it is what the wicked.. MORE | PAUL RYAN: America Won't Survive Past 2037
House Budget Chairman Congressman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said President Barack Obama’s budget strategy is to “do nothing, punt, duck, kick the can down the road” while the debt remains on track to eventually hit 800 percent of GDP. MORE | CBN: What Mideast Unrest Means for Christianity's Future
As unrest continues to spread throughout the Middle East, Islamic terror groups like the Muslim Brotherhood are taking advantage of the situation to further their cause. MORE | AP:Rob Bell Never Envisioned Controversy Surrounding Book
Evangelical megachurch pastor Rob Bell said he did not anticipate the firestorm he would stir with his book that questions the tradi- tional Christian belief that a select number of believers... MORE |
| Headlines for Wednesday, April 6th, 2011 |
Time Mag Editor: Koran Is ‘Directly The Word of God,’ Bible Just a Book ‘Written By Man’
In another example of a sort of cultural suicide where western media types assume that all Muslims are blameless while all Americans are at fault in this clash of civilizations between Islamism and the West we have a recent episode of MSNBC’s Hardball with... MORE | AMERICAN THINKER: Will Koran Burning Be Banned In The United States?
As an American in the United States of America, you are allowed to do many things. You can burn the flag. You can burn the Bible. You can produce obscene art and sometimes even get government money to finance it. You can make movies and TV shows that... MORE |
JOHN HAWKINS: We Can’t Dictate What People Do Here Based On What Illiterate Muslim Savages Do Over There
You have a First Amendment RIGHT to burn a Koran, just as you have a First Amendment Right to burn a Bible, a Torah, or a Bhagavad Gita. However, I wouldn’t recommend burning any of those books simply because it’s needlessly offensive to people of other faiths. Still, there’s only one religion that has followers that use the desecration of their holy book as an excuse to go on a murderous rampage. MORE |
The Significance and Attraction of the Jordan River
Each year thousands of Christians head to the site on the Jordan River where some believe John the Baptist baptized Jesus. In recent months the rescued Chilean miners and former candidate Mike Huckabee have visited the Yardenit baptism site. MORE | California School District Sued For Disciplining Student Witness
A California teen has filed suit against his former high school for suspending him after he brought his Bible to school and shared his faith with his fellow students. MORE |
| Headlines for Tuesday, April 5th, 2011 |
U.S. Gov't Spent More Than Eight Times Its Monthly Revenue
The U.S. Treasury has released a final statement for the month of March that demonstrates that financial madness has gripped the federal government. During the month, according to the Treasury, the federal government grossed $194 billion in tax revenue and paid out $65.898 billion in tax refunds (including $62.011 to individuals and $3.887 to businesses) thus netting $128.179 billion in tax revenue for March. MORE | Koran-Burning Pastor Defiant Despite Riots
At least 20 are dead in Afghanistan, including two American soldiers, as Muslims rioted for a fourth straight day Monday, enraged by a Florida church's burning of a Koran... MORE |
Five Christians Tried for Blasphemy in Iran
Five Christians imprisoned in the Iranian city of Shiraz are scheduled to be tried for blas- phemy on Monday, according to Christian Solidarity Worldwide. The five have already served one year in prison for "crimes... MORE | May 15th Strategy To Invade Israel Posted on Facebook
Social-networking sites, specifically Face- book, are being used to promote a campaign that appears to target the very existence of Israel, with hundreds of thousands worldwide seeking to join in a plan to "return" to... MORE | GET RELIGION: The Unrepentant Terry Jones
...But now that mobs in Afghanistan murder- ed nine humans and injured 81 others in response to the burning of the book, we’re seeing much more coverage. And the cover- age is very interesting. ... MORE |
Terry Jones Says, "I Would Rather Die Than Stop Preaching About Islam'
The controversial pastor who has sparked riots in Afghanistan which have left at least 20 dead has said he would rather die than stop preaching against Islam. Reverend Terry Jones said his right to speak out was more important than the lives of those who had died during the unrest - or any American soldiers who might be killed in the future. He said he would continue his campaign against Muslims even though every single one of his 30 parishioners had deserted him. The 59-year-old did however admit that he now carries a gun everywhere he goes because he has received death threats... MORE | PHIL JOHNSON: On Street Preaching
Street preachers are much-maligned and often despised (or worse) for their work. The following thoughts are adapted from a comment I made in an evangelical forum where questions were being raised about the validity of open-air evangelism. Several forum participants said they are embarrassed by open-air preaching, loud evangelism, public calls for repentance, placards, and tract ministry...One thing was clear: lots of Christians have a low opinion of people who pro- claim the gospel through signs or sermons on street corners. I have a different point of view...Evangelical Christianity has a noble tradition of open-air preaching, and some of the finest preachers... MORE | Israel Threatens Unilateral Steps If UN Recognizes Palestinian State
Israel informed the 15 members of the United Nations Security Council last week, as well as several other prominent European Union countries, that if the Palestinian Authority persists in its... MORE
7 Topics We Can't Have Adult Conversations About in America
by JOHN HAWKINS-In a world where politics has become all- consuming and there's an interest group look- ing for an opportunity to exploit every issue, it has become almost impossible.. .MORE | FOREIGN POLICY: The Syrian Time Bomb
While one war rages in Libya, another rages in Washington as to the necessity of U.S. action there. Indeed, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said as much this weekend, noting that Libya was not a "vital national interest." But if Washington is looking for an Arab state in the throes of unrest, one that is key to its regional and national interests, planners might want to pay more attention to Syria, which is now undergoing upheaval not seen since the early 1980s. MORE |
| Headlines for Monday, April 4th, 2011 |
22 Killed in Afghan Protests over Florida Quran Burning
At least 22 people have been killed in Afghanistan so far in a series of violent protests against the burning of the Quran by two Florida pastors, according to reports coming from Afghanistan. Two people were killed and dozens injured on Sunday as new demonstrations erupted in the country over the burning of the Muslim holy book by extremist Christian preachers Terry Jones and Wayne Sapp. . MORE | Pastor Unbowed, Vows New Anti-Islam Protest
A militant fundamentalist Christian preacher in Florida whose burning of a Quran triggered deadly riots in Afghanistan was unrepentant Saturday and defiantly vowed to... MORE |
UK DAILY MAIL: Is Image of Jesus Part of Books Hidden In a Cave for Nearly 2,000 Years?
The image is eerily familiar: a bearded young man with flowing curly hair. After lying for nearly 2,000 years hidden in a cave in the Holy Land, the fine detail is difficult to determine. But in a certain light it is not difficult to interpret the marks around the figure’s brow as a crown of thorns. The extraordinary picture of one of the recently discovered hoard of up to 70 lead codices – booklets – found in a cave in the hills overlooking the Sea of Galilee is one reason Bible historians are clamouring to get their hands on the ancient artefacts. MORE | | |
Nuclear Disaster Uproots Fukushima Bap Church
As radioactive water leaks from a quake- damaged power plant off the coast of Japan, a local congregation attempts to make sense of the disaster. Two weeks ago, the Rev. Akira Sato evacuated his flock from the Fukushima First Baptist Church, three miles away from... MORE | Missionaries Grapple With Leaving Japan
Wolfgang Langhans, a Tokyo-based field dir- ector for missionaries, calls the week since the earthquake and tsunami hit Japan "the busiest and most stressful week of my life." But when those twin crises created a third — the threat of dangerous radiation leaks... MORE |
TA McMAHON: Are You Ready for the Royal Wedding?
...Since true believers in Jesus are disciples of the original disciples, what Jesus had to say to them in John 14:1-3 certainly applies to those of us who have likewise believed upon Him. We are the bride. He has prepared a place for us in heaven. One day, he will return for His bride. In the custom of the ancient Jewish wedding... MORE | RELIGION DISPATCHES:Qur'an-Burning Pastor Says It's Time "To Hold Islam Accountable"
For the Qur'an-burning Terry Jones, the murders of UN workers and others in Afghanistan proves his point: that Islam is a violent religion. Jones apparently sought such a response. "MORE |
| Headlines for Friday, April 1st, 2011 |
Whistle-Blowing Witch Grounded by U.S. Government Agency
Here's a situation for all you aspiring managers: If you were the boss at a U.S. government agency and one of your employees complained that she was afraid of a co-worker's religious practices... MORE | Arkansas Ruling Favors Free Speech, Freedom of Religion On School Grounds
A federal court has issued an order that halts an Arkansas school district policy used by school officials to deny a third-grader and her mother permission to hand out flyers for church-sponsored... MORE | A Report From Fukushima First Baptist Church
...an interesting series of blog posts—posts written by Pastor Akira Sato, who is the pastor for the Fukushima First Baptist Church, near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. MORE | Student Suspended for Sharing Faith Sues Sch District
A former student at a high school in Southern California recently filed a lawsuit against the school district after he had been suspended for sharing his faith. About a year ago, Kenneth Dominguez... MORE |
Jordan Battles To Regain 'Priceless' Christian Relics
A group of 70 or so "books", each with be- tween five and 15 lead leaves bound by lead rings, was apparently discovered in a remote arid valley in northern Jordan somewhere between 2005 and 2007. A flash flood had exposed two niches inside the cave... MORE | WalMart CEO Warns of Serious Inflation in Coming Months
U.S. consumers face "serious" inflation in the months ahead for clothing, food and other products, the head of Wal-Mart's US operat- ions warned Wednesday. MORE | PRACTICAL SHEPHERDING:
Should a Pastor be Willing To Clean Toilets?
....this would be one of my pastoral weekly duties and I sinned often in my heart as I did it. The Lord in His grace taught me some of the most valuable lessons about humility, pastoral ministry... MORE | How Pastors Can Ruin their Reputation on Facebook
Pastors, Facebook is a great way for you to build and maintain relationships with people both inside your church and in your com- munity. But Facebook is not without its risks. Every time you post something, you risk hurting, offending or distancing... MORE |
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