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August 6, 2008 -
Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed?
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Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? (EarsToHear.net) ¶And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples, He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism. Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied. Acts 19:1-6
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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...Petition for all U.S. citizens to protect Marriage in California - (Mathew Staver, Founder and Chairman Liberty Counsel) The fight to defend marriage in 2008 just got more difficult. First, in Massachusetts, the House followed the Senate in voting to make that state an exporter of homosexual marriage -- despite an overwhelming grassroots outcry from citizens across the Nation, including thousands of Liberty Counsel friends. California Officials Seek To Destroy Marriage Amendment - Then, California's Attorney General Jerry Brown announced that he was changing the descriptive language for the marriage amendment that will be voted on this fall. Brown's description now says the marriage amendment will "eliminate" a right to same-sex marriage and cause a loss of tax revenue "in the several tens of millions of dollars." The change is clearly an attempt to sway voters against the amendment! Some are saying Brown is paying off homosexual activists in preparation for an upcoming run for governor. Go here to see for yourself how Jerry Brown is trying to spin the California marriage amendment. Tell Brown His Dirty Tricks Are Unacceptable! Jerry Brown has overstepped his bounds and has, in my opinion, abused his power as a public official in an effort to create a bias against the marriage amendment. This is unacceptable and we cannot tolerate such actions. That is why Liberty Counsel is launching an immediate and urgent petition that will be delivered to Brown, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and California's two U.S. Senators. I want California officials to know that we will not tolerate this blatant attempt at manipulation and bias against marriage! This is an issue with national repercussions, so I am asking every Liberty Counsel team member to sign this petition. The stakes couldn't be higher. The future of marriage in California and the rest of the Nation could come down to whether you and I allow Brown's dirty tricks to stand unchallenged. I will not sit by silently. Please join me in raising a mighty chorus of citizen voices demanding that Brown’s dirty tricks be stopped. Thank you once again for taking a stand for marriage.
Tell Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to allow a vote on offshore drilling! (FRC.org) - Related: Dems Skip Town: Empty Promises Revealed by Eric Cantor - “This leadership team will create the most honest, most open and most ethical Congress in history.” -Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Nov. 16, 2006 - ...They dodge the debate for weeks. They disingenuously lead the American people to believe that oil and gas won’t necessarily be a part of our energy needs in the future. They schedule votes on feckless energy legislation – see “use it or lose it” and oil speculation - to make it look like they are doing something. They justify their stonewalling as an effort to “save the planet,” impervious to the fact that other countries with far worse environmental track records will only intensify their drilling efforts. But worst of all, they skip out of town for five-weeks without allowing a single vote or amendment that would meaningfully alter the imbalance of supply and demand that has triggered the spike in oil prices. This is a dereliction of duty of the gravest magnitude. ...We are calling on the Democrat majority to promptly return to work and engage us in the drilling debate the country so desperately wants and needs to hear. Sign the Petition: www.CallCongressBack.com and demand House Democrats to act to lower gas prices.
News and commentary (News & Commentary)
Thomas Sowell - "Senator John McCain could never convince me to vote for him. Only Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama can cause me to vote for McCain." ...“Obama is being hailed as the newest and freshest face on the American political scene. But he is advocating some of the oldest fallacies, just as if it was the 1960s again, or as if he has learned nothing and forgotten nothing since then... But politics is not about facts. It is about what politicians can get people to believe.”
CHIEF JUSTICE MARGARET H. MARSHALL HEADS NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF CHIEF JUSTICES Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall was elected President of the Conference of Chief Justices (CCJ) and assumed her new position this week at the group’s annual meeting in Anchorage, Alaska. Chief Justice Marshall will lead CCJ's many initiatives to improve the administration of justice in the fifty states and five territories of the United States. Concurrently, Chief Justice Marshall became Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Center for State Courts, the national information and research clearinghouse and “think tank” for state courts. It is a one-year term. (See The Despotic Branch at EarsToHear.net)
An urban America -- the Democrats' vision? A Minnesota congresswoman says the United States is the only country that has made it illegal to access its own energy.
EDITORIAL EXEGESIS “The ‘windfall profits’ tax is back, with Barack Obama stumping again to apply it to a handful of big oil companies. Which raises a few questions: What is a ‘windfall’ profit anyway? How does it differ from your everyday, run of the mill profit? Is it some absolute number, a matter of return on equity or sales—or does it merely depend on who earns it? Enquiring entrepreneurs want to know. Unfortunately, Mr. Obama’s ‘emergency’ plan, announced on Friday, doesn’t offer any clarity. To pay for ‘stimulus’ checks of $1,000 for families and $500 for individuals, the Senator says government would take ‘a reasonable share’ of oil company profits. Mr. Obama didn’t bother to define ‘reasonable’... This extraordinary redefinition of free-market success could use some parsing. Take Exxon Mobil, which on Thursday reported the highest quarterly profit ever and is the main target of any ‘windfall’ tax surcharge. Yet if its profits are at record highs, its tax bills are already at record highs too. Between 2003 and 2007, Exxon paid $64.7 billion in U.S. taxes, exceeding its after-tax U.S. earnings by more than $19 billion. That sounds like a government windfall to us, but perhaps we’re missing some... business subtlety. Maybe [Obama has] in mind profit margins as a percentage of sales. Yet by that standard Exxon’s profits don’t seem so large. Exxon’s profit margin stood at 10% for 2007, which is hardly out of line with the oil and gas industry average of 8.3%, or the 8.9% for U.S. manufacturing (excluding the sputtering auto makers). If that’s what constitutes windfall profits, most of corporate America would qualify... The fun part about this game is anyone can play. Jim Johnson, formerly of Fannie Mae and formerly a political fixer for Mr. Obama, reaped a windfall before Fannie’s multibillion-dollar accounting scandal. Bill Clinton took down as much as $15 million working as a rainmaker for billionaire financier Ron Burkle’s Yucaipa Companies. This may be the very definition of ‘windfall.’... The point is that what constitutes an abnormal profit is entirely arbitrary. It is in the eye of the political beholder, who is usually looking to soak some unpopular business. In other words, a windfall is nothing more than a profit earned by a business that some politician dislikes. And a tax on that profit is merely a form of politically motivated expropriation. It’s what politicians do in Venezuela, not in a free country.” - The Wall Street Journal
James Taranto - “It doesn’t seem to occur to Obama that the oil companies would pass the ”windfall profits tax“ on to consumers. What a great plan: You get relief from $4-a-gallon gas, and the only downside is $5- or $6-a-gallon gas!”
Laura Ingraham - “What exactly has the Democrat-controlled House done for us lately? Well, it authorized the FDA to regulate tobacco, it apologized for slavery and Jim Crow laws, and let’s not forget, the House Transportation Committee moved to ban in-flight cell phone use.”
What
America's Daughters Need To Know About Nancy Pelosi by Michelle Malkin -
With congressional approval ratings at an all-time low and the Democratic
Congress under fire for taking a five-week vacation instead of working on
energy policy, perhaps this wasn't the best time to send Nancy Pelosi jetting
from coast to coast to tell our daughters how to save the planet, manage our
households and run our government.
Pelosi: GOP’s Oil Drilling Plan Is A ‘Hoax’ (CNSNews.com) - A Republican plan to open more public land to oil exploration and drilling is “unworthy of serious debate,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said on Monday.
House Speaker Pelosi Vows to Kill Defense of Marriage Act and Still Receive Communion Pelosi relieved no bishop has had the courage to call her to account for her strong abortion advocacy By Peter J. Smith - SAN FRANCISCO, (LifeSiteNews.com) - US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has vowed to join Barack Obama's new crusade to kill the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and promises to continue to fortify herself with Holy Communion from the Catholic Church for the campaign. Pelosi told reporters at a press conference last Thursday that she plans to support Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) in his effort to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, should the American people elevate him to the presidency.
Anti-life 'Peace and Justice' Catholics Are Anything but Catholic It is no secret that the "peace and justice" crowd is soft on abortion - Excerpt from commentary by William A. Donohue - How can groups that are nominally Catholic join with a group that is the most notoriously anti-Catholic organization in the nation? The answer is obvious: They are ideologically compatible. They would argue, however, that their commitment to helping the poor and promoting peace makes them more Catholic than most pro-life groups. But what does their commitment entail? Social-justice Catholics love to tout organizations like Bread for the World. But the fact is that this group does nothing but lobby for welfare programs - it has never given any poor person a job, never helped them to get a job, and never once put food on the table for them. But it is good at lobbying, and what it lobbies for is more handouts.
Obama’s Views Not Consistent With Christianity, Conservative Says (CNSNews.com) - Americans should question Sen. Barack Obama’s commitment to Christianity based on his “disregard” for unborn life, well-known black conservative author and activist Star Parker said. “I think [Obama’s social policies] will destroy what’s left of the black family,” she said.
Obama Will Cause 'Mammoth Depression' In a special Newsmax video, political guru Dick Morris says Obama's tax proposals will push the country into a major economic depression. He also says McCain is playing softball and must make his strongest attacks in August to win.
Is Obama adopting McCain's oil strategy? The head of a Washington-based conservative public policy group says Barack Obama's latest stance on offshore oil drilling is typical "political doublespeak."
Indoctrination: "Mainstream" Media & 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)
"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
Exclusive: Indoctrination in Public Schools Leads to Rise in Home Schooling Renee Taylor - It’s that time of year again as parents scramble to pick up the necessary supplies to send with their children as they are bussed off to the public school (I call them government indoctrination centers) across town. Unlike years ago, when our parents sent us to school with a notebook for each class, a couple of pencils and our lunch money, today’s child will lug clear or mesh backpacks filled with such necessities as liquid anti-bacterial hand soap, boxes of baby wipes and, in the case of Hermitage Elementary School in Hermitage, Arkansas, their first graders will supply two rolls of paper towels and a 50 count pack of clear sheet protectors each. ...Our tax dollars not only pay for teachers, administrators and janitors, they also pay for something called a “migrant aide,” whose job requirement, according to our local paper (the Bradley County Eagle-Democrat), includes the ability to read and speak Spanish. By the time a child arrives at a government-funded school paid for with our property tax dollars, shouldn’t they either be proficient in English? If not, shouldn’t their parents be required to pay for a “migrant aide”? Once your child is settled into his or her classroom, the National Education Association has a wealth of teaching tools to properly do what I consider indoctrinating your child. Perhaps this year, your child’s teacher will use the following guidelines for Thanksgiving lessons: Interdisciplinary Activities Help Students Learn About & Celebrate Thanksgiving...
"Politically Correct" - (Politically Correct with PC dictionary) Examples and results of Political Correctness which means using unrighteous deception which lack Biblical Moral Virtue. Remove the Light (Jesus) and darkness (politically correct secular humanism) inevitably ensues.
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.")
Citizens for Good Public Policy Ignoring enormous community opposition, the Gainesville, Florida City Council earlier this year enacted an ordinance that granted special privileges to men who perceive themselves as women to use women’s bathrooms in any school, business or public facility. As a result, a coalition of citizens and businesses, in Gainesville, formed “Citizens for Good Public Policy, ” for the purpose of enacting a Charter Amendment that would prevent the addition of such bizarre special categories to the City’s civil rights ordinance. The group gathered 8,800 signatures, several thousand more than the 5,581 needed to place the Charter Amendment proposal on the March 2009 ballot. The supervisor of elections for Gainesville has until September 14, 2008 to certify the signatures. If passed by the voters, the Charter Amendment will invalidate the City Council’s recently enacted “gender identity” category, which most citizens agree creates awkward and potentially harmful situations.
Answer to Poverty ‘Complex,’ Liberal Group Says (CNSNews.com) - Ending poverty in America is a “complex” matter that requires the cooperation of government and the marketplace, said a policy analyst for the liberal Center for American Progress (CAP) at a panel discussion last week. Conservative critics, however, questioned the role of government in reducing poverty and whether the goal is realistic.
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Tyson Foods: An American Company? "The Tyson plant in Shelbyville, Tennessee is no longer acting like an American Company because they have decided not to celebrate Labor Day," according to Don Swarthout, President of Christians Reviving America's Values (CRAVE).
Swarthout asked, "How can a company like Tyson just decide to ignore the fact that Labor Day is a recognized American Holiday?" However, Tyson has decided to ignore Labor Day as a holiday and celebrate Eid al-Fitr as a way to cater to their Somali Islamic employees.
Swarthout said, "What makes this particularly upsetting is that Tyson is replacing a secular holiday with an Islamic Religious Holiday. If we wanted to replace a secular holiday with a Christian holiday the company or the courts would not allow us to do such a thing."
People we allowed to come into this country should want to learn our culture and to live like Americans. If a holiday is obscure by the standards of society, then in America you have to accept the fact that holiday is obscure and move on with your life.
We still live in America and therefore we should celebrate all of our American holidays. Somali Muslims should not expect to come to our country and then tell us what holidays we have to celebrate. If they come to America they should try to become like Americans, speak the language and do as Americans do.
Our Founding Fathers were Christians and celebrating a Muslim Holiday in place of an American holiday was never intended to happen in America. Like the local Shelbyville newspaper said about this situation, "Once again, American Traditions are pushed aside."
Swarthout said, "What makes Tyson think they have the right to replace our American holidays by substituting a Religious Muslim holiday in its place? This nation was founded by Christians and we are still the majority, not the Muslims."
Swarthout concluded by saying, "We must take pride in our country, celebrate our recognized holidays and set a proper example for those who come to our country. The American people are sick and tired of this type of treatment!"
Tyson Foods refused to comment when contacted about this story.
Extra, Extra...
Happily Never After: How Hollywood Favors Adultery and Promiscuity Over Marital Intimacy on Prime Time Broadcast Television , which revealed that broadcast networks depict sex in the context of marriage as either non-existent or burdensome while showing positive depictions of extra-marital or adulterous sexual relationships with alarming frequency. Across the broadcast networks, the new PTC report found that verbal references to non-marital sex outnumbered references to sex in the context of marriage by nearly 3 to 1, and scenes depicting or implying sex between non-married partners outnumbered similar scenes between married couples by a ratio of nearly 4 to 1. ...Watch TV Examples from the Study - PTC Clip Tape
The BIG Lie: “[O]rganizations like the NRA... are trying to increase deaths by gun in this country.” - MSNBC’s Keith Olberman, the perennial “Worst Person in the World”
The Gratingest Generation by Thomas Sowell - If those who lived during World War II were "the greatest generation," this must be the gratingest generation. It's not just the constant meaningless chatter that grates. There is the incessant self-dramatization. Everybody knows about Manny Ramirez's hair styling. But there have been many other sluggers over the years, whose haircuts were never noticed. Does anyone remember Ted Williams' haircut or the haircuts of Mickey Mantle or Hank Aaron? All those people are remembered for what they did, not how they looked. Boxers and wrestlers must be the worst. Outlandish get-ups and behaving like badly raised brats have become the norm. When you see old films of Joe Louis or Rocky Marciano, you see adults acting like adults-- indeed, like gentlemen.
Woodrow Wilson - "America was born a Christian nation. America was born to exemplify that devotion to the elements of righteousness, which are derived from the revelations of Holy Scriptures. Part of the destiny of Americans lies in their daily perusal of this great book of revelations. That if they would see America free and pure they will make their own spirits free and pure by this baptism of the Holy Spirit." From his famous address: "The Bible and Progress," May 7. 1911, Denver, Colorado.
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