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Signs of the times. Ayatollah: Kill all Jews, annihilate Israel: "The Iranian government, through a website proxy, has laid out the legal and religious justification for the destruction of Israel and the slaughter of its people. Calling Israel a danger to Islam... opportunity must not be lost to remove 'this corrupting material. It is a ‘jurisprudential justification” to kill all the Jews and annihilate Israel, and in that, the Islamic government of Iran must take the helm.”
Signs of the times.
Palestinians throw shoes, sticks
at UN Secretary General:
"On his visit to the Middle East last week, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon
attempted to get Israel and the Palestinians to restart the peace talks.
Since the Palestinians don’t want peace and the Israelis aren’t willing
to give in to all the Palestinian demands before the talks even start, he
didn’t get very far.... While Secretary Ban was in Gaza, his armored convoy
(...he needs armed protection to visit the Palestinians...) was attacked
by dozens of Palestinians. They threw sticks and their shoes—a sign of great
disrespect—at Ban’s car, accusing him of favoring Israel! ...[Yet, the]
United Nations is the most pro-Palestinian body in the world....
"The real danger is posed by Iran—a nation led by radical Islamists who support terrorists and are
working diligently to accomplish their goal of seeing Israel 'wiped off
the map.'” Control. Bishop Does Not Recant Saying that Hitler And Mussolini 'Would Love Our (Public School) System': “The reference to dictators and totalitarian governments of the 20th century which I made in an interview on the topic of school choice was to make a dramatic illustration of how these unchecked monolithic governments of the past used schools to curtail the primary responsibility of the parent in the education of their children,' he said. 'Today many parents in our state experience the same lack of freedom in choosing an education that bests suits their child as those parents oppressed by dictators of the past." See The UN Seizure of Parental Rights
Banning Christian leaders.
Christian Students: ‘Asking Us to Deny Our Faith’:
"...a new video...showcases student reaction to the university's non-discrimination
rules -- regulations that forbid student clubs from requiring leaders
to hold specific beliefs. ...The clip opens with individual students
discussing...the nation's history of religious freedom.... 'Congress shall
make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the
free exercise thereof.'"
See
UNESCO's Declaration on the Role of Religion
in a Culture of Peace
Integrity still wins!
Forget Romney or Obama, the
voters want Tim Tebow:
"...if Tim Tebow swapped the pigskin for politics, he just might be a shoo-in
for the White House. Asked which NFL playoff quarterback they would choose
for president of the United States in the coming election, more than one
in four voters go for Tebow, according to the results of a new Reuters...poll....Of
course, at 24, Tebow is too young.... There might also be questions over
whether he could be disqualified because he was born in the Philippines
– his parents were American missionaries."
Faith & Courage.
Throat slashed, woman reads
Bible to her attacker:
"...a woman spent at least an hour reading the Bible to her attacker after
he slashed her throat Wednesday night. 'She even invited him to her church,'
said Shelby Police Capt. Rick Stafford. 'He kept saying he was sorry, and
then walked away.'
Revolution.
Hezbollah Eyeing Southwest Border’:
"The Iranian-supported Shi’ite terrorist group Hezbollah has spread its
influence all the way to the U.S. border with Mexico.... Michael Braun,
a former chief of operations at the Drug Enforcement Agency, said... 'Hezbollah
are absolute masters at forming close relationships with existing
organized crime groups around the world that helps them facilitate what
they need to do.”
Persecution.
The Misguided Aims of the Counterfeit
"Church": "During
the Middle Ages, the 'common people' could neither own nor read the Latin
Bible. So when John Wycliffe's first English Bible became available in the
1390s, a virtual war on Biblical Christianity began. Thousands of faithful
believers were tortured and killed by Europe's ruling 'christian' establishment
for reading the new Bible....
"In 1413, John Oldcastle was hanged and burned in Wales. His sin? Living
by the truths he found in his new Bible! 'Do with me what ye will,' he told
his executioners. 'Though ye judge my body... ye can do no harm to my soul....
I will stand [true to His Word] to the very death by the grace of my God.'...
"The Crusades seemed good at first. Their goal was to reclaim and restore
the holy places in and around Jerusalem. In Europe, hundreds of thousands
of Roman Catholic troops took their vows as Crusaders and began their mission.
But in their path, they left a bloody trail of innocent inhabitants whose
fields were ravaged, food was stolen, and homes destroyed. People were slaughtered,
and entire Jewish communities were trapped in synagogues and burned to death....
No wonder few Jews would trust 'Christians' in the years ahead."
See Economy. 47 Signs that China is Destroying America On the Global Economic Stage: "In 2011, our trade deficit with China was the largest trade deficit that one nation has had with another nation in the history of the world, and China has now accumulated more than 3 trillion dollars in foreign currency reserves. Every single day, we lose more jobs, more businesses and more of our national wealth to China. ... #7. China produced 19.8 percent of all the goods consumed in the world during 2010. The United States only produced 19.4 percent. #8. During 2010, we spent $365 billion on goods and services from China while they only spent $92 billion on goods and services from us." Deception. The Gospel According To Saint Obama: "The National Prayer Breakfast is an annual event that attracts over 3,000 people. Every U.S. president in recent decades... have shed politics at the door. But not Barack Obama. Yesterday he shamelessly wrapped his left-wing socialist political agenda in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.... Obama said this: 'And I think to myself, if I'm willing to give something up as somebody who's been extraordinarily blessed, and give up some of the tax breaks that I enjoy, I actually think that's going to make economic sense. But for me as a Christian, it also coincides with Jesus' teaching that 'for unto whom much is given, much shall be required.'... "Notice
the sleight of hand. Jesus did teach that we are to help the poor. If Obama
had said, 'Michelle and I, inspired by the Gospels, have decided to give
our wealth to the poor,' he could have a Christian argument. But...[he]
is proposing to take other people's wealth under the threat of fines
or imprisonment to give it to those he deems needy.... Healthand Conscience. ObamaCare and Religious Freedom: "James Madison...author of the First Amendment, said: 'Conscience is the most sacred of all property.' ...Yet the Obama administration has veered in the opposite direction. It has refused to exempt religious institutions that serve the common good...from its sweeping new health-care mandate that requires employers to purchase contraception, including abortion-producing drugs. ...hundreds of thousands of individual citizens, have raised their voices in principled opposition to this requirement that religious institutions and individuals violate their own basic moral teaching in their health plans. ... [But] those loud and strong appeals were ignored." See Moral Corruption Video. Soros endorses Romney: George Soros - "If it's between Obama and Romney, there isn't all that much difference." [Comment by Don Hank: "Wake up America! You’re being herded like sheep to the candidate pre-chosen by those who already control our lives and this country – the same people who have eroded our liberties through discarding the US Constitution."] See Trusting God as Freedom Fades Global Ecumenical Church? Pope says uniting Christianity requires conversion: "Ecumenism... is not an optional extra for Catholics but is 'the responsibility of the entire Church.'... Pope Benedict then touched on the lack of unity in the Christian community, which he said 'hinders the effective announcement of the Gospel..." See Marching toward Global Solidarity |
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