Presbyterians Week Headlines
[1] Christian Observer Highlights for April 2010
[2] Injunction against ARP General Synod Likely; Judge Extends Temporary Restraining Order While Drafting Permanent Injunction
[3] U.S. Health Care Bill Recently Enacted Creates 6,000 Member Ready Reserve Health Corps that will Train with the U.S. Military and will be at Given Military Powers at the Discretion of the U.S. President
[4] Removed
[5] Virginia Political Leaders Condemned for Appearing as Special Guests at Fundraising Dinner for Falls Church, Virginia’s Dar Al Hijrah, a.k.a. 9/11 Mosque
[6] Two-Thirds of Reformed Church in America Classes Vote to Adopt Belhar Confession
[7] April 2010 Reformation Voice Available for Download
[8] St. Thomas Reformed Church of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands Celebrates 350th Anniversary in 2010
[9] The Trinity Foundation 2010 Christian Worldview Essay Contest
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[1] Christian Observer Highlights for April 2010
New articles in the Christian Observer for April 2010 include:
-- “Conservative Movement” Dunghill Rejects — Good Riddance To Them! - by John Lofton, Editor of TheAmericanView.com – discusses the inherent atheism, and thus failure, of the modern conservative movement;
-- The Ethics and Economics of Health Care – by the late John W. Robbins of The Trinity Foundation – government and health care from the biblical perspective, republished with permission from the September-November 2009 The Trinity Review;
-- Texas Textbook Shootout – by Christian Observer Contributing Editor Dr. Joe Renfro – the Texas textbook board controversy in the greater context of the teaching of Judeo-Christian vs. Secular Humanist values in the public schools; and,
-- The 2010 and 2012 Election Campaigns – an updated version of the editor’s August 2007 premier blog article, in tribute to first-time Christian Observer contributor John Lofton, whose writing and research greatly influenced the blog article;
Plus, regular features including weekly Sabbath School and Westminster Shorter Catechism lessons by Christian Observer Assistant Editor Dr. Robert LaMay, and Daily Devotionals by T.M. Moore.
+ Christian Observer, Post Office Box 1371, Lexington, Virginia 20110, christianobserver@christianobserver.org
[2] Injunction against ARP General Synod Likely; Judge Extends Temporary Restraining Order While Drafting Permanent Injunction
A 6 April 2010 article by Don Clements in The Aquila Report titled “Erskine College Lawsuit Decision Appears to Favor Plaintiffs, but Judge Needs More Time” reports that “the judge who held the last hearing on the Temporary Restraining Order [TRO] against the Synod, extended the TRO awaiting final drafting of an injunction.”
If a permanent injunction is issued in favor of the plaintiffs, the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church General Synod would be blocked from implementing the changes at Erskine College and Theological Seminary approved at the March 2010 called meeting of Synod until at least such time as a trial can be held at the Abbeville, South Carolina courthouse, whose trial docket has no openings for almost one year.
+ The Aquila Report, c/o Metokos Press, 211 Main Street, Suite 108, Narrows, Virginia 24124, 540-726-8223, operations@theaquilareport.com
+ Associate Reformed Presbyterian Center, 1 Cleveland Street Suite 110, Greenville, South Carolina, 29601, 864-232-8297, Fax: 864-271-3729
+ Erskine College and Theological Seminary, Post Office Box 668, Due West, South Carolina, 800-770-6936, gaston@erskine.edu
[3] U.S. Health Care Bill Recently Enacted Creates 6,000 Member Ready Reserve Health Corps that will Train with the U.S. Military and will be at Given Military Powers at the Discretion of the U.S. President
A 3 April 2010 Business Alert broadcast on Fox News subtitled “Health Care Reform will Setup Ready Reserve Health Corps” features Fox News Senior Judicial Analyst, Judge Andrew Napolitano, reporting that the Health Care Bill recently signed into law by U.S. President Barack Hussein Obama contains provisions to set up a 6,000 member ready reserve Health Corps that will be trained by the military, and at the U.S. President’s discretion, be given military powers.
Judge Napolitano additionally reports that the Health Care Bill now lets the U.S. President for the first time take authority over National Guard units away from state governors, against the will of state governors, during peacetime.
Judge Napolitano questions the need for a separate health care army, pointing out that if the U.S. Government required more physicians, that the U.S. Public Health Service and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control could hire more doctors.
For further background on these and related matters, please see the 12 February 2009 issue of Presbyterians Week article [2] Bill Introduced in U.S. House of Representatives to Establish Network of FEMA Camps on Military Reservations to House U.S. Civilians in the Event of a National Emergency, the 12 August 2009 issue of Presbyterians Week articles [2] U.S. Army National Guard Recruiting FEMA Camp “Internment/Resettlement Specialists” for American Gulag and [3] White House Blog Asks that Opponents of “Health Care Reform” be Reported to the White House via Email.
+ Fox News, 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10036, 888-369 4762, Fax: 212-462-6127, yourquestions@foxnews.com
+ National Guard, 800-464-8273, webmaster@nationalguard.com
[4] Removed
[5] Virginia Political Leaders Condemned for Appearing as Special Guests at Fundraising Dinner for Falls Church, Virginia’s Dar Al Hijrah, a.k.a. 9/11 Mosque
The Virginia Anti-Shariah Task Force (VAST) issued a 1 April 2010 press release condemning 11th District of Virginia U.S. Congressman Gerald E. Connolly, 8th District of Virginia U.S. Congressman Jim Moran, and former Virginia Governor and Chairman of the Democratic National Committee Tim Kaine, for appearing as special guests at a fundraising dinner for the Falls Church, Virginia, Dar Al Hijrah, a.k.a. 9/11 mosque. VAST additionally was represented at a protest 3 April 2010 at the Fairview Park Marriott in Falls Church, Virginia, while the fund raising event was being conducted.
The Dar Al Hijrah mosque has served as a center for terrorists, from two of the 9/11 terrorists who attacked the Pentagon, up to and including Fort Hood jihad mass-murderer U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hassan, M.D. The mosque has been directed by a string of radical imams including former imam Anwar Al-Awlaki who has since been identified as a commander in Al Quaeda.
‘Dar Al Hijrah’ is Arabic for ‘land of migration’ or ‘house of migration.’
+ Virginia Anti-Shariah Task Force, Fairfax, Virginia, 703-931-2324,
jameslafferty@usa.net
+ 11th District of Virginia U.S. Congressman Gerald E. Connolly, 4115 Annandale Road, Suite 103, Annandale, Virginia 22003, 703-256-3071, Fax: 703-354-1284, Contact Page
+ 8th District of Virginia U.S. Congressman Jim Moran, 333 North Fairfax Street, Suite 201, Alexandria, Virginia 22314, 703-971-4700, Fax: 703-922-9436, Contact Page
+ Tim Kaine, Chairman, Democratic National Committee, 430 South Capitol Street Southeast, Washington DC 20003, 202-863-8000, Contact Page
+ Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043, 650-253-0000, Fax: 650-253-0001, press@google.com
[6] Two-Thirds of Reformed Church in America Classes Vote to Adopt Belhar Confession
The Reformed Church in America (RCA) announced 5 April 2010 that a two-thirds majority of the denomination’s forty-six classes have voted to adopt the Belhar Confession, thus ratifying the RCA General Synod 2009 vote to add the Belhar Confession as a fourth standard of unity.
+ Reformed Church in America, 4500 60th Street Southeast, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49512, 800-968-6065, questions@rca.org
[7] April 2010 Reformation Voice Available for Download
The April 2010 Reformation Voice is available for download at the Heidelberg Reformation Association website.
+ Heidelberg Reformation Association, Rev. Howard Sloan, Secretary, 5543 Business 220, Bedford, Pennsylvania 15522
[8] St. Thomas Reformed Church of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands Celebrates 350th Anniversary in 2010
St. Thomas Reformed Church (STRC) of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, celebrates its 350th anniversary during 2010.
STRC was organized around 1660 by Dutch traders as the St. Thomas Protestant Reformed Dutch Church, transferring from the Reformed Church in the Netherlands to the Reformed Church in America in 1827.
+ St. Thomas Reformed Church, Post Office Box 301769, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands 00803, 340-776-8255, Fax: 340-777-3820, mail@stthomasreformedchurch.org
+ Reformed Church in America, 4500 60th Street Southeast, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49512, 800-968-6065, questions@rca.org
+ Reformed Church in the Netherlands
[9] The Trinity Foundation 2010 Christian Worldview Essay Contest
The topic of the 2010 Christian Worldview Essay Contest is the book Religion, Reason and Revelation by Gordon H. Clark. Each person who enters the contest must read this book and write an essay about it. The book is included in Christian Philosophy, The Works of Gordon Haddon Clark, Volume 4, and is available for US$15.00 per copy (retail price: US$21.95 for trade paperback), postpaid to U. S. addresses.
First Prize US$3,000; Second Prize US$2,000; Third Prize US$1,000.
Complete contest rules are available at:
http://www.trinityfoundation.org/2010EssayContest.php
+ The Trinity Foundation, Post Office Box 68, Unicoi, Tennessee 37692, 423-743-0199, Fax: 423-743-2005, tjtrinityfound@aol.com
