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He That Has Ears To Hear, Let Him Hear (Matthew 11:15-30)
For
the kingdom of God is not meat and drink;
but
righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
(Romans 14:17)
Challenging both secular wisdom and religious doctrines.
Will our descendants know moral virtue?
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July 11, 2008 - Conservatives for Obama?
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Sign thePetition Opposing the Organization of the Islamic Conference - The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) has Christians in their crosshairs. They are lobbying the United Nations to adopt a resolution that would make speaking out against Islam a crime ... ... A crime punishable by imprisonment, heavy fines, and even death. Stand with the ACLJ - and the ECLJ - as we oppose the OIC and put an immediate end to this anti-Christian bigotry.
Presidential Prayer Team Pray the Vote 2008 Resources: Forty Days to Pray the Vote - PPT’s Online Prayer Experience - Prayer Guides - Prayer for Leaders After God's Own Heart - Pray the Vote Preacher's Package & Church Group Prayer Kit - Pray the Vote Church Bulletin Insert - and more...
Tell Congress to Fix VAWA - The "Violence Against Women Act" requires a systematic overhaul. It needs to be changed so victims of violence are helped, so women in abuse shelters are healed, so men are not falsely accused and turned away from getting help, so children are raised by loving and fit parents, so families are safeguarded, so the rule law is respected, and so the truth is upheld. VAWA is a badly broken law that, like a cancer, has metastasized into every facet of American society. That’s why we’re joining RADAR ("Respecting Accuracy in Domestic Abuse Reporting") in this historic crusade to save our families and protect our children.
News and commentary (News & Commentary)
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"Senator John McCain could never convince me to vote for him. Only Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama can cause me to vote for McCain." - Thomas Sowell Random Thoughts
Senator Barack Obama Wants You to Pay for Abortions Important update: In an official response to the efforts of the Christian Defense Coalition, the Obama campaign does not deny Senator Obama supports taxpayer funded abortions
Obama's 143 Days of Senate Experience by Cheri Jacobus - Just how much Senate experience does Barack Obama have in terms of actual work days? Not much. From the time Barack Obama was sworn in as a United State Senator, to the time he announced he was forming a Presidential exploratory committee, he logged 143 days of experience in the Senate. That's how many days the Senate was actually in session and working. After 143 days of work experience, Obama believed he was ready to be Commander In Chief, Leader of the Free World, and fill the shoes of Abraham Lincoln, FDR, JFK and Ronald Reagan. 143 days -- I keep leftovers in my refrigerator longer than that. In contrast, John McCain's 26 years in Congress, 22 years of military service including 1,966 days in captivity as a POW in Hanoi now seem more impressive than ever. At 71, John McCain may just be hitting his stride.Conservatives for Obama? By Thomas Sowell - A number of friends of mine have commented on an odd phenomenon that they have observed-- conservative Republicans they know who are saying that they are going to vote for Barack Obama. It seemed at first to be an isolated fluke, perhaps signifying only that my friends know some strange conservatives. But apparently columnist Robert Novak has encountered the same phenomenon and has coined the term "Obamacons" to describe the conservatives for Senator Obama. ...Barack Obama is on record as favoring the kinds of justices who make policy, not just carry out laws. No matter how he may "refine" his position on this issue, he voted against the confirmation of Chief Justice John Roberts, who was easily confirmed by more than three-quarters of the Senators.
Democrats Opposed to Choice - Health Care Choice - Congress is doing the health care dance again. Republicans in the Senate stalled the current Medicare bill, which is primarily about preventing the automatic cuts in the reimbursement fees for doctors. The bill is stuck because it contains another attempt by Democrats to financially starve the Medicare Advantage program, which allows seniors on Medicare to have the option of using federal dollars to buy private health coverage. The Advantage program is popular and growing as more than one out of five people on Medicare (currently 44 million) are participating in it. Unfortunately, Congressional Democrats are using the same tools the Clinton Administration used to financially starve the Medicare + Choice program, the predecessor to the Medicare Advantage program. Congressional Democrats oppose health care choice and, led by Senator Obama, would rather support a Medicare "public option," where anyone at any age can pick whatever they want from Medicare. A public option program is essentially the beginning of a complete government takeover of health insurance. Congressional leaders should support a senior's right to health care choice and force insurers to compete for consumers through better services, quality and price. The only advantage for seniors and a competitive health care system will be through a program like the Medicare Advantage. The big government alternative is national health care and the destruction of any "Advantage" and access that seniors have to decent health care that respects their values.
U.S. Removes 'Yellowcake' from Iraq Last Major Stockpile from Saddam's Nuclear Efforts Arrives in Canada Associated Press - The last major remnant of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program -- a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium -- reached a Canadian port Saturday to complete a secret U.S. Operation that included a two-week airlift from Baghdad and a ship voyage crossing two oceans. The removal of 550 metric tons of "yellowcake" -- the seed material for higher-grade nuclear enrichment -- was a significant step toward closing the books on Saddam's nuclear legacy. It also brought relief to U.S. And Iraqi authorities who had worried the cache would reach insurgents or smugglers crossing to Iran to aid its nuclear ambitions.
"Politically Correct" - (Politically Correct) Examples and results of using unrighteous deception which lack Biblical Moral Virtue. Remove the Light (Jesus) and darkness (politically correct secular humanism) inevitably ensues.
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First corrupt their young minds, then subject their health to the "natural" results of that corruption (as politicians, school administrators, judges, and worse, parents appease because of "political correctness.")
America's Founding Creationists By Chuck Norris - According to Franklin, atheism was virtually nonexistent in America in those days. He explained in his 1787 pamphlet to Europeans, "Information to those who would remove (or move) to America": "To this may be truly added, that serious Religion under its various Denominations, is not only tolerated, but respected and practised. Atheism is unknown there, Infidelity rare & secret, so that Persons may live to a great Age in that Country without having their Piety shock'd by meeting with either an Atheist or an Infidel. And the Divine Being seems to have manifested his Approbation of the mutual Forbearance and Kindness with which the different Sects treat each other, by the remarkable Prosperity with which he has been pleased to favour the whole Country."
Indoctrination or Education? - (Education?) The good, the bad, and the ugly...Without a Heritage every generation starts over Will our descendants know moral virtue? The primary responsibility of education DOES NOT belong to schools. (Deuteronomy 6:5-7)
"The philosophy of the schoolhouse in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next." Abraham Lincoln
"Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people. Those who have known freedom, and then lost it, have never known it again." Ronald Reagan
"A trained intelligence can do much, but there is no substitute for morality, character and religious conviction." President Calvin Coolidge
"Knowledge unenlightened by the truth of God is dark knowledge. We may have a B.S., an M.S., and a Ph.D., but without the Lord all we have is dark information. It may help navigate us in the world of darkness, but by itself will never lead us to the truth. Apart from the revelation of the Spirit of God, none of us could ever find our way into the light. Darkly educated people are like those whom Paul described to his young protégé', Timothy, as 'always learning but never able to acknowledge the truth.'" (2 Timothy 3:7) Rediscovering the Kingdom by Myles Munroe
NEA still pushing liberal ideology - Leaders of the National Education Association continue to advance a liberal political ideology that includes support of the homosexual agenda, as evidenced by news items surrounding the group's annual meeting in Washington. ...NEA's ongoing support of the homosexual agenda is evident on their website, where a National Summit on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Issues in Education is advertised. The event, to be held in Chicago July 17-18, is sponsored by NEA. "We must do more to close the achievement gap. We must ensure that every child is learning and succeeding in school, regardless of race, gender and sexual orientation," Reg Weaver, outgoing president of the nation's largest teachers' union, said on the promotional page.
Pro-Lifers Picket NEA Convention: Chuck Donovan, Nellie Gray, Jim Sedlak, Rev. Childress, Bob Pawson Speak Out; NEA Endorses Obama - NEA's record of endorsing pro-abortion Democrats continued. Of NEA's 9,105 delegates: 8,578 voted; 527 abstained. 6,841 or 79.8% of those voting chose Obama: the lowest percentage in recent history. Kerry received 86.5%; Gore 89.5%; Clinton 91.5% (1996) and 88.2% (1992). ..."It is illogical, immoral, unethical and unprofessional for teacher unions to engage in abortion advocacy. NEA is supposed to use our dues monies to protect our jobs. Aborting babies - future students - also aborts teachers' careers. The leadership foolishly and perversely divides us over non-job-related issues - like abortion - then expects us to be unified for contract negotiations or strikes."
High Self-Esteem, Low Test Scores By Burt Prelutsky - There are new studies and new polls that strongly suggest that we are breeding increasingly stupid kids here in America. Like our tasteless tomatoes, they merely look good and healthy. But of course there is more than one way to test intelligence. So, while only 43% of our 17-year-olds know that the Civil War took place between 1850 and 1900, as opposed to, say, 1750-1800 or after 1950, they are very good at text-messaging. They also probably know the names of Britney Spears’ kids, which is more than Ms. Spears does at any given moment, but they have no idea why December 7, 1941, was a day of infamy. They also don’t know what “infamy” means. What makes the situation even more pathetic is that these kids, for the most part, have a terrifically high opinion of themselves. To be fair, nothing much has ever been asked of them, let alone demanded, and yet they are constantly being told how special they are. Hardly any of them are expected to do chores, and as teachers have been ordered by craven school boards to pass along any student who’s breathing, D’s are frowned upon and F’s are verboten. As a result, 18-year-olds, who can barely count up to 18 without taking off their shoes, automatically get their high school diplomas. Part of the problem is that far too many parents don’t place any particular emphasis on education. They worry plenty if their kids aren’t popular, but hardly at all if they can’t write a coherent sentence or identify Tom Sawyer’s best friend or name the inventor of the electric light bulb.
Extra, Extra...
Mystery Tablet Could Redefine Jewish-Christian Links A tablet said to date back to the first century BC could redefine links between the Christian and Jewish religions by predicting a messiah who would rise again after three days. Israel Knohl, a biblical studies professor at Jerusalem's Hebrew University, said his interpretation of the Hebrew text on the tablet could "overturn the vision we have of the historic personality of Jesus" Christ. ...The text declares that the Angel Gabriel is to awaken "the prince of princes" three days after his death, in an echo of the Jewish tradition which applies to the Messiah, according to the Israeli professor. The tablet was described and its text published last year in the Israeli historical and archaeological review Cathera. ..."It suggests that the story of his death and resurrection was not unique but part of a recognised Jewish tradition at the time."
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