Archive for August, 2011
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
(Image via Wikipedia) New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg plans to exclude any prayers from clergy at ground zero during the 10th anniversary commemoration of the 9/11 attacks. He inferred that “it’s just not appropriate”? However, pastor Rick Warren is planning to hold an alternative national prayer service 2 blocks away at a sister […]
Filed under: 9/11/01, Culture & Religion, Politically Correct, Prayer, USA
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Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
(Image via Wikipedia) Here we go again, main stream journalists going out of their way to demonstrate how dumb and stupid some Christians can be – in this case ‘Catholics’. Everyone knows that the earth revolves around the Sun but in a recent article published in the LA Times, the writers find A few […]
Filed under: Catholic Church, Culture & Religion, Media Bias, MSM
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Monday, August 29th, 2011
There is a prevailing trend in mainline Protestantism to disregard the authority of the Bible and view it as merely a fabrication of people writing their own opinions while being somewhat inspired by some sort of outside cosmic source that one might refer to as divine. Therefore when folks like the Apostle Paul seem to […]
Filed under: Bible Issues, Christianity, Christology, Europe, The Bible, Theology
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Sunday, August 28th, 2011
From the Washington Post: LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Presbyterians in Mexico are breaking ties with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) because of differences over homosexuality. The theologically conservative National Presbyterian Church of Mexico voted to stop working with the U.S. denomination. U.S. Presbyterians voted last May to remove barriers for ordaining people in same-sex relationships. The churches […]
Filed under: Presbyterian Church (USA)
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Saturday, August 27th, 2011
(Jerusalem via Wikipedia) Yesterday was International Quds Day all across the Muslim world. The last Friday of Ramadan is dedicated to supporting the Palestinians and calling for the destruction of the Jewish state of Israel. Here’s just a taste: -Iran: Thousands rally in the streets of Iran against Israel and the USA. Many demonstrators […]
Filed under: Egypt, Hamas, Iran, Islam, Islamist Radicals, Israel, Jihad, Palestinian Territory
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Friday, August 26th, 2011
(Image via Wikipedia) Jerry Buell, the “Teacher of the Year” who was suspended for comments he made on his personal Facebook page has finally been reinstated. The Lake County, Florida, School Board concluded a week-long investigation into his unfavorable comments about the recent legalization of homosexual marriage in New York. Buell has been exonerated […]
Filed under: Church and State, Culture Wars, Education, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, Homosexual Marriage, Politically Correct
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Friday, August 26th, 2011
(Image via Wikipedia) Does VP Biden really support China’s forced ‘one-child’ policy? In a speech during his visit to China, Biden made the following remarks: “Your policy has been one which I fully understand — I’m not second-guessing — of one child per family.” Maybe the VP doesn’t fully realize that the ‘one-child’ policy […]
Filed under: 'Family Planning', Abortion, China, Pro-Life, Sanctity of Life, Woman's Rights
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Friday, August 19th, 2011
As the election season starts to heat up and several evangelical Christians get in the race for the Presidency, the liberal main stream media once more trots out scary mythic visions of crazy ‘fundamentalist’ Christians taking over America and turning it into a ‘theocracy’. Rep. Michele Bachmann and Gov. Rick Perry in particular along with […]
Filed under: Agenda Driven Media, American Church, Church and State, Culture & Religion, Freedom of Religion, Politics & Religion, USA
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Thursday, August 18th, 2011
(Image via Wikipedia) Jerry Buell,who teaches social studies at Mount Dora High School, received a ‘Teacher of the Year’ award in 2010. But this year he was suspended by his district for making anti-gay marriage comments on his personal Facebook page. In response to the legalization of same-sex marriage in New York, Jerry wrote […]
Filed under: Blogging, Church and State, Education, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, Homosexual Marriage, Persecution, Politically Correct, Schools, USA
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Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
Iranian authorities recently seized and destroyed 6,500 copies of the Bible. It is the latest demonstration of an on-going campaign in Iran to capture and eradicate all Bibles in the country. They consider the book to be a subversive threat against Islam and the very existence of their nation. According to Dr Majid Abhari, adviser […]
Filed under: Culture & Religion, Freedom of Religion, Iran, Islam, New Testament, Revival, The Bible
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