Archive for January, 2009
Friday, January 30th, 2009
(-Picture via Wikipedia) by Holly McCarthy, Guest Writer As the world continues to grow and evolve, we see the church working hard at changing at the same pace and attempting to remain relevant in a society that continues to trend toward a more secular viewpoint in many areas of life. Many things that would have [...]
Filed under: -Outreach, Christian living, Christianity, Culture & Religion, Culture Clash
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Thursday, January 29th, 2009
(-Orissa location via Wikipedia) Catholic Archbishop Raphael Cheenath claims that the Indian government ignored the horrific anti-Christian persecution in the state of Orissa for months because most of the victims were from the poorest and lowest rung of Indian society–Dalets, the so-called ‘untouchables’ according to the Hindu the caste system. The government didn’t even bother [...]
Filed under: -Freedom of Religion, -Persecution, -Politics & Religion, -Religious Persecution, Christianity, Culture & Religion, India, News Commentary, Religious Conflict, Sanctity of Life
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Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
1. Egypt: Judge tells Christian Convert that He Would Like to Kill Her Martha Samuel Makkar was arrested at Cairo’s airport on Dec. 13 while attempting to flee the country. Members of her extended family were threatening to kill her since she professed a belief in Jesus and converted to Christianity. It is illegal to [...]
Filed under: -Freedom of Religion, -Islam and Christianity, -Persecution, -Religious Persecution, -Sharia Law, Culture & Religion, News Commentary
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Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
(Video-33 seconds: John Boehner, the House Minority Leader on the stimulus bill) The new Obama $825 billion stimulus bill that is supposed to get the economy going has provisions for potentially spending $100′s of Millions for contraceptives and birth control. It opens up a wide door and makes so called ‘family planning’ services available [...]
Filed under: -'Family Planning', Abortion, Culture Clash, News Commentary, Politics
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Monday, January 26th, 2009
In case you missed it, since the Main-stream media seemed to ignore it. Over 30,000 attended a ‘March for Life’ Saturday on the waterfront in San Francisco California of all places, against abortion. Also, in case you missed it, tens of thousands marched against abortion in Washington DC. Meanwhile, President Obama reaffirmed his support for [...]
Filed under: Abortion, Barack Obama, Culture Clash, Culture Wars, News Commentary, Politics, Sanctity of Life
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Sunday, January 25th, 2009
Many times what we see happening in the natural is a symbol for what is also taking place in the spiritual realm. ‘Change’ was the word that we heard over and over again during the recent election. Now with a major change in presidential administration taking place this week it has become a reality in [...]
Filed under: American Church, Culture & Religion, Culture Wars
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Saturday, January 24th, 2009
Vatican City: Church officials announced Friday that Pope Benedict XVI has started a Vatican channel on YouTube in order to reach out to the younger generation. At a Vatican news conference, an executive of Google Inc., parent company of YouTube joined with Catholic clergy in publicizing the posting of the first 12 videos on the [...]
Filed under: Culture & Religion, Internet Ministry, News Commentary
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